KERRY ARE ALL IRELAND CHAMPIONS
Congratulations to Jack O’Connor and his team and management on winning the All Ireland Final on Sunday!
Special mention as always to Dara Moynihan and Dan O’Donoghue on the extended panel and former Spa coach Arthur Fitzgerald.
A brilliant win and great to see Sam Maguire coming back to Kerry after an 8 year break!
KERRY GAA HOLIDAY FUND TICKETS
Members that received a raffle ticket for the Kerry team holiday fund with their All Ireland ticket – these tickets can be dropped into the lotto box in the Spa clubhouse reception and the club will return them to the Co Board office.
Members are advised to return their tickets as soon as possible to be included in the Co Board draw that takes place at Convention later in the year.
KERRY SOUTH U15s
Hard luck to the Kerry South U15 Development squad who lost out to Galway on Saturday. The panel includes Spa players Fionn Daly, Joey McCarthy and Luke Doolan.
KERRY SOUTH U16S THROUGH TO ALL IRELAND FINAL
Congratulations to Eoin Fitzgerald, Aidan Cronin, Oran O'Neill and the Kerry South U16 Development squad who defeated Cork West on Saturday to make it through to the All Ireland Final on August 13th.
U12B GIRLS SHIELD FINAL
U12B girls shield final took place last Wednesday night against Castlegregory. Our young squad played very well but unfortunately met a stronger Castlegregory side on the night.
Well done to all involved, players, parents and especially coaches Margaret and Liam.
U15 EAST REGION DIVISION 4 FINAL SPA 3-12 FIRIES 3-8
Our young blues played out their second final this season against the same opponents Firies in a pulsating encounter in Direen this evening.
Firies came fast out of the blocks early and within 7 mins were 1-3 to no score up. Our boys didn’t panic and in the following 10 minutes tagged on 3-1 of our own. HT Spa 3-4 Firies 1-4 .
Second half saw Spa start with 14 for the first 10 min after a black card late in the first half , during this period our boys controlled the game and stretched their lead to 8 with 10 minutes to go. To their credit Firies came roaring back into the tie tagging on 2 more goals. With minutes remaining our boys kept their nerve and finished the game winning the final by the same margin as the county league final by 4 points. FT Spa 3-12 Firies 3-08 .
Great credit to both sets of players for putting on a great game of football played in front of a large crowd in Direen.
Congratulations to our U15 boys and their management team
SPA SENIOR LADIES THROUGH TO DONAL CURTIN CUP FINAL
The Spa Senior Ladies turned out on Monday 19th July to play Austin Stacks in Tralee in the semi-final of the Donal Curtin Cup. Playing conditions were ideal, not too warm given the temperatures earlier in the day. The Spa Ladies knew this game was going to be tough but they took them on from the start.
The Spa Ladies displayed fantastic team effort and played great attacking football. They worked tirelessly throughout the game to stay on top of the leader board. Austin Stacks were a very strong side but the Spa Ladies rallied through their opponents defence leading the game by 6 goals and 3 points.
The final score Spa 6-3 to Stacks 1-9.
The Senior Ladies team have reached the Final in the Donal Curtin Cup and will meet their neighbours Dr Crokes. Date and time to be confirmed at a later stage.
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RD1
Spa are in Group A of the 2022 Senior Club Championship with Dingle, Na Gaeil and Kenmare Shamrocks. We play Dingle in Rd1 on Saturday August 6th (7pm in Strand Rd) with Rd2 and Rd3 fixture details to be confirmed after that game.
U21 COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
Best of luck to Spa members Cian Murphy and selector Sean Cronin with the East Kerry U21 team as they play North Kerry this Wednesday night July 27th in the U21 Co Championship Final (7.30pm, Austin Stack Park).
CO MINOR CHAMPIONSHIP
Well done to the East Kerry minor team who defeated St Brendan's Board last week in Rd1 of the Minor Championship group stages. Special mention to the Spa members with the team Oran O'Neill, Timmy Moynihan, Aidan Cronin, Luke O'Neill, Danny Coffey, Emmett Spillane, Cian Russell and mentor John O'Neill.
They play Rathmore in Round 2 this Thursday July 28th (7pm, Rathbeg).
EAST KERRY JUNIOR LEAGUE
East Kerry Junior League continues this Tuesday July 26th with Spa away to Currow (7.30pm).
LGFA ALL IRELAND FINAL
A huge weekend ahead for Kerry LGFA! Best of luck to Cassandra Buckley and the Kerry Ladies team and management as they take on Meath in the LGFA All Ireland Senior Championship Final this Sunday July 31st in Croke Park (4pm).
SPA GAA LOTTO
Lotto Results 18/07/22: Numbers Drawn 6, 20, 23, 25. No winner and €50 Lucky Dips to Cathy Somers, Paudie O’Mahoney, Assumpta O’Donoghue and Brian Cahill.
Next week's JACKPOT is €6,200 and tickets on sale online on spagaa.com (click here) or in usual outlets. Thank you for your continued support.
ITEMS FOR NOTES
Any items for the Spa notes please contact the club PRO on 085 1216359 or pro.spa.kerry@gaa.ie before 8pm on Sundays.