SPA U9S WELCOME BALLYDESMOND GAA BOYS & GIRLS
A few games this weekend for the under 9s with a very strong showing from Spa and some great games against Ballydesmond boys and girls. Great fun was had by everyone and there was great support for both teams!

U13B BOYS TRAVEL TO BALLYDONOGHUE
Our Spa U13B team were away to Northern Gaels on Sunday morning in Ballydonoghue. Great effort by our team. Northern Gaels were the winners on the day, but our lads battled throughout the game and are showing massive improvement.

U15 CO LEAGUE FINAL SPA V MOYVANE/TARBERT
Hard luck to our 15s last week in a brilliant game of football in the Co League U15 Division 5 Final against Moyvane / Tarbert. Played at Firies GAA Club, it was a brilliant game of football by both sides. These were two evenly matched teams with the narrowest of margins throughout this intense game. Unfortunately, we just lost out to the North Kerry side on a final score of Spa 1-9 Tarbert/Moyvane 1-11.

DONAL CURTIN CUP SENIOR LADIES CO LEAGUE RD7: Spa 3-9 ISG 3-6
The Spa senior ladies travelled to Templenoe on Sunday to play ISG in Round 7 of the Division 3 Credit Union Donal Curtin Cup. It was very warm conditions but that didn’t stop both teams starting at a lightning pace. ISG opened the scoresheet with a fine point and were unlucky to not add to that straight away as they followed it with two close wides. Eimear Beazley got Spa’s first point and that seemed to settle Spa. It was a very strong first half performance by Spa with goals coming from Meghann Cronin, Maireád Bennett (pen) and Vanessa Dineen. Points from Liadh Tobin, Aisling Mahony & Maireád Bennett really put Spa in the driving seat. The score at half time was 3:07 to 1:02.

ISG came out after half time determined to turn the game around and they increased their work rate hugely and turned over a lot of ball depriving the Spa forwards of any ball. The Spa’s defence was under huge pressure and tired legs started to show . Ciara Moynihan getting injured was a big blow for Spa but they dug deep and did just enough to hold off a very impressive ISG comeback. The final score was 3:09 to 3:06 to Spa.

Well done to all the girls for a superb performance in that heat and well done to management, Tomás Daly, Craig Power and Ivor Flynn and Mags Cronin for all your help.

CO LEAGUE DIVISION 6B RD 7 SPA 3-7 JOHN MITCHELS 1-12
Well done to our Senior B team & management who travelled to Tralee for Rd7 of the Co League on Sunday morning - final score Spa 3-7 John Mitchels 1-12. This concludes the Div 6B Co League round games with the Division 6 Shield competition to start shortly.

CO LEAGUE RD 7 SPA 1-15 KILLARNEY LEGION 0-15
Spa welcomed neighbours Legion on Friday evening for Rd7 of the Co League, and after an entertaining and competitive derby, it’s Spa that come away with the valuable two county league points.

Full match report available here

Well done to our team and management. Next game is away to Milltown/Castlemaine on the weekend of May 24th / 25th (fixture details TBC)

Spa: Shay O Meara, Eric O’Donoghue, Brian Lynch, Eoin Fitzgerald, Conor Stack, Dan O’Donoghue, Michael Foley, Ciaran Spillane, Shane Cronin, Mikey Moynihan, Aidan Cronin, Michael Kearney, David Spillane, Michael Horgan, Cian Tobin. Subs: Thomas Cronin, Luke O’Neill, Eoin O Riordan, Oran O Neill

KERRY ARE MUNSTER MINOR CHAMPIONS
Congratulations to the Kerry team and management on their 2-18 to 1-6 Munster Final victory over Cork last week, with special mention to our Spa representatives with the squad Joey McCarthy and Niall O’Mahony.

KERRY TEAMS
Congratulations to Dara Moynihan and the Kerry team & management on their win over Monaghan in Rd 1 of the Championship Group Stages. Congrats also to the Kerry Ladies who are the new Munster champions after defeating Cork on Saturday, and commiserations to the Kerry U20s on their loss to Tyrone in the All Ireland U20 Final on Sunday.

SPA U8 GIRLS TAKE TO THE FIELD AT HALF TIME IN MUNSTER LGFA FINAL
There was huge excitement for the Spa U8 girls who played during the half time interval at the Ladies TG4 Munster Football Final in Mallow last Saturday. The U8 girls and their supporters were there to cheer on Kerry Ladies as they defeated Cork in the Munster LFGA Final. These players proudly represented Spa as they showcase their skills in a half time contest against Cork’s Passage West. Well done girls.

SPA GAA CLUB LOTTO
Lotto Numbers 13/05/2024: 3, 4, 21, 25. No winner and €50 Lucky Dips to Paudie & Anne Horgan, Donie Cremin, Paddy & Mary O’Keeffe and Sean Kissane. Next Monday’s lottos jackpot is €5,400 and play online on spagaa.com or in usual outlets.

KILLARNEY CLUB 7S
The Heineken Killarney Club7s takes place on June bank holiday weekend Saturday June 1st and Sunday June 2nd.  Tickets can be purchased online at www.killarneyclub7s.ie. Guaranteed entertainment with Gaelic Football 7s and 20+ hours of live music across the weekend.

ITEMS FOR NOTES  
Any items for the Spa notes over the next few weeks please contact Deirdre (0851216359) or email pro.spa.kerry@gaa.ie before 8pm on Sundays