News 30th June 2010

Abbeydorney Under 10 win the Eddie Godley Memorial Trophy

Abbeydorney Under 10s Winners of the Eddie Godley Trophy in Abbeydorney
Causeway Under 10 Winners of Group 2 Eddie Godley Memorial NK Blitz
Tommy O'Connor NK PRO presents the Eddie Godley Memorial Trophy to Eoin McCarthy	Tommy O'Connor presents NK Under 10 Hurling Blitz Group 2 Winners Captain Daniel Goggins
Abbeydorney Under 10 Mentors L-R Tony Maunsell,Barry Sheehan, David Clifford, Timmy Spillane. Front L-R Mike Leahy Co-Ordinator, Joe Dowling.	The Eddie Godley Memorial Trophy

 

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News 28th June 2010

Some of the Abbeydorney children waiting to run in the Community Games Saturday in Castleisland. From left to right; Dylan Peevers, Ava Peevers, Oisin Maunsell, Jedd Maunsell, Caoimhe Spillane and Rachel McCarthy.

Kerry Minor Hurling Team Win Christy Ring Shield
Kerry Minor Development squad traveled to Cork to take part in the Christy Ring Minor Tournament on Saturday last. All games were 15 minutes a side and the other participants were club teams. The Kerry team first met Bruff and won the game 2-08 to 0-04. Next they met St Finbarr's from Cork and won that game with a score of 1-05 to 0-04.
In the final they met Blarney and won that with a score of 1-08 to 2-02, Tadgh Moore Dr Crokes was Captain of the Kerry Minor Hurling Team, well done to the players and Management on another good win.

Christy Ring Final
On Saturday next the 3rd July OShea Tralee will be running a bus to Croke Park for the Kerry vs.Westmeath Game at 4pm the Bus will leave Tralee at 8am 8.15am from Abbeydorney and Ballyduff at 8.30am, we wish Kerry hurlers well on the day a win would be great for Kerry Hurling who steadily improving since the start of the year.

North Kerry Under 10 Hurling Blitz
On Wednesday next 30th June The North Kerry Under 10 Hurling Blitz will be held in Abbeydorney starting at 6pm sharp, any teams late will be deducted points so please come early.

Cúl Camps
Cúl Camps will be held in Abbeydorney and Na Gaeil Tralee on 26th-30th July cost €55.00, please make contact with club officers.

Graduation at Maureen's Pre-school on Monday last. Front row left to right: Aisha Thoms, Lillie-Mai Gaynor, Keith Cotter, Aoife Hogan, Chloe Kavanagh, Lauryn Dowling, Abbie Sheehan, Jack McCarthy. Back row left to right: Hannah McKenna, Calum Ryan, Sìobhan Clifford, Conor Costello, Damien Hogan, Ruby Ryall ans Diarmuid O'Connor.

Kerry GAA Lotto
The Kerry GAA Lotto stands at €15.400 tickets can be purchased on line.

Keanes Minor Hurling League
(Rd1)O'Dorney V Ballyduff 28th June @7pm
Causeway V Kenmare 28th June
Round 2
Kenmare V O'Dorney 5th July
Ballyduff V Causeway 5th July
Round 3
O'Dorney V Causeway 12th July
Ballyduff V Kenmare 12th July

County Intermediate Hurling Quarter Finals to take place on Thursday 1st July - first team drawn has home venue and there is extra time in the event of a draw at full time: Kilmoyley V Causeway
Dr. Crokes V Lady's Walk
O'Dorney V Kenmare
Ballyheigue V Kilgarvan
Semi finals are as follows at neutral venues and extra time if necessary
The winners of Kilmoyley v Causeway V The winners of Ballyheigue V Kilgarvan
The winners of Dr. Crokes v Lady's Walk V The winners of O'Dorney v Kenmare

Eddie Godley Memorial Trophy Wednesday, 30th June 2010 at Abbeydorney GAA Grounds. Time 6pm. Co-ordinator: Mikey Leahy 087 1336127
Group1		Group2
A Kilmoyley		1 St Brendans
B Lixnaw		2 Crotta
C Ballyheigue		3 Causeway
D Ballyduff		4 Abbeydorney
Time	Field 1	Field 2	Field 3
6.15	Kilmoyley v Ballyheigue	Lixnaw v Ballyduff	St Brendans v Causeway
6.45	Crotta v Abbeydorney	Kilmoyley v Ballyduff	Lixnaw v Ballyheigue
7.15	Crotta v Causeway	Ardfert v Abbeydorney	Ballyheigue v Ballyduff
7.45	Causeway v Abbeydorney	Crotta v St Brendans	Kilmoyley v Lixnaw
**Final Runners up Group 1 v Runners Up Group 2 in Pitch 1 at 8.30pm. ***Final Winners Group 1 v Winners Group 2 in Pitch 2 at 9pm. RULES: Normal hurling rules. No soloing. All games are 6 minutes each half. 3 minutes for half time. Finals: 8 minutes per half. We hope all teams will co-operate with the times set down to enable the competiton to be run off in time. Groups were drawn by North Kerry Coiste na nOg Referees: Brian O'Leary (Abbeydorney), Sean Casey (Ballyheigue), Padraig Hussey (Ballyduff) Tea-Breaks: 7.15 - 7.40 - Kilmoyley and Lixnaw 7.45 - 8.00 - Ballyduff and Ballyheigue 8.00 - 8.15 - St Brendans and Causeway 8.15 - 8.30 - Crotta and Abbeydorney Tea times may change for teams depending on who qualifies for the finals.

Credit Union County Senior Hurling League: Abbeydorney 3-13 Kenmare 1-13 Two goals by Barry Sheehan in the 6th and 10th minute of the second half turned this game for O'Dorneys and some excellent points by Brian Donovan (0-9) Kenmare had Sean Ryan in top form with 0-9 from frees and play.
Team Panel: Jason Fealy, Niall O'Connell, Diarmuid Ryan, William O'Leary, Mike Hannifin, Kieran Dineen, Danny McDonagh, John Maunsell, Brian O'Donovan, Nigel Roche, Eoin Egan, Brian O'Leary, Brian Leen, Barry Sheehan, Brian Fealy
Subs: Ian Maunsell and Aonrai Donovan.
Referee: Diarmuid Carroll, Ballyduff.

Div 3 Co.Hurling League: Abbeydorney 0-16 St Brendan's 1-7 Played in Abbeydorney on Wednesday evening last Abbeydorney struggled against a 13 man Ardfert side in the first half but eventually got the better of them in the second half best player on the night was Simon Egan.
Team Panel: Jason Fealy, Brian Fealy, Danny McDonagh, Fergal Roche, Tony Maunsell, John B Meehan, Der Lawlor, Hughie O'Connell, Simon Egan, Mark Callaghan, Stephen O'Connor, Mike Leahy, Bill Maunsell, Damien Healy.
Referee: John Ross, Ballyduff.

North Kerry Intermediate Championship: Crotta O'Neill's 1-12 Abbeydorney 1-9 This was a busy week of fixtures with the Intermediates out again on Thursday evening Abbeydorney led at H/T 0-7 to 0-5. PJ Ryan had a goal for O'Dorney in the Second half and both teams were awarded penalties which O'Dorney failed to score.
Team Panel: Kevin Nolan, Danny McDonagh, Brian Fealy, Fergal Roche, William O'Leary, Diarmuid Ryan, John B Meehan, Aonrai Donovan, John Maunsell, Ian Maunsell, Mark Callaghan, Stephen O'Connor, Padraig Dineen, Barry Sheehan, PJ Ryan, Referee: Diarmuid Carroll Ballyduff.

Wishing a speedy recovery to all players who are out injured.

Fixtures for week
Monday 28th June: Minor Hurling League Abbeydorney vs.Ballyduff in Abbeydorney @ 7pm
Wednesday 30th June: Div 3 Senior Hurling League St Pats vs.Abbeydorney venue away on Wednesday @ 7.30pm
Wednesday 30th: North Kerry Under 10 Hurling Blitz in Abbeydorney on @ 6pm. Sharp
Thursday 1st July: North Kerry Under 16 League Lixnaw vs.Abbeydorney in Lixnaw @ 6.30pm
Thursday 1st July: County Intermediate Q/F Abbeydorney vs. Kenmare in Abbeydorney @ 7.30pm
Friday 2nd July: North Kerry Under 13 Championship Abbeydorney vs. Kilmoyley in Abbeydorney @ 6.30pm
Saturday 3rd: July Christy Ring Finals in Croke Park Kerry vs. Westmeath @ 4pm
Monday 5th July: Keanes Minor Hurling League Kenmare vs. Abbeydorney in Kenmare @ 7.30pm
Wednesday 7th: July North Kerry Under 21s and Div 3 Co League games are on and will have to be changed.

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News 21st June 2010

Christy Ring Cup Final
Kerry will play Westmeath in the final of the Christy Ring Final on Saturday 3rd July at Croke Park at 4pm, A supporters bus will leave the clubhouse for this match and anyone interested in traveling should contact Kathy Maunsell on mobile 087 7670556 for details.

Bord Na nÓg Meeting
A Bord na nÓg meeting will be held on Monday night the 21st June at 9.30pm at Gaa Clubhouse, All welcome to attend.

Under 8 Hurling Blitz
On Monday last the young hurlers of the future togged out in Abbeydorney for the first blitz and we had a great evenings hurling, our final night will be next Monday 21st June at 6.30pm.

Fiona Waltz, Michelle McCarthy and Julieanne O'Keeffe of the Abbeylix Camogie Club, who played with the Cillard Camogie Club who won the Division 4 All-Ireland Feile Final at 2010 Feile. Congratulations to all.

Feile na nGael
Congratulations to Killard Camogie Club on winning the Feile Competition this week-end.

Primary Schools Hurling Skills
David Egan was also a member of the club in the Primary Schools Hurling Skills that was omitted from last weeks notes.

Walk-overs
We had a number of Walk-overs this week with last minute cancellations apologies to all our supporters

North Kerry Under 11 S/ Final: Causeway 2-15 Abbeydorney 4-5
Causeways points scoreing was the difference between the teams with Causeway up 1-11 to ODorneys 1-1 with the aid of the breeze,Abbeydorney played very well in the second half and were back to just 1 point when Causeway pulled away with good points in the second half. best players were Sean Holden and Killian Spillane.
Team Panel Sean Holden, Eoin McCarthy,Jack O'Hara Parker,Aidan Leahy,Mickey Clifford,Niall OMahoney,Rachel McCarthy,Killian Spillane,Jack Sheehan,Albon Stack,Michael Slattery,Robbie Sheehan,Jamie Herbert, Adam Maunsell,Keith O'Connor,Shane Byrne,Daniel Aslet,Shane Conway, James Rigney.
Referee

Fixtures
County Senior Hurling League: Abbeydorney vs. Kenmare on Tuesday next 22nd June @ 8pm in Abbeydorney.
Intermediate Match next Thursday 24th June in Abbeydorney at 7.30pm.

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News 14th June 2010

Munster Senior Football Semi/ Final Replay: Kerry 1-15 Cork 1-14 AET in Pairc Ui Chaoimh.
Marc Ó Sé popped over a Kerry point two minutes into injury time to force extra time on a scoreline of 1-11 apiece. Cork had led for most of the match but faded in the fourth quarter before Ciaran Sheehan's 69th-minute effort seemed to have handed them victory. But the character of the All-Ireland champions shone through in the end.

Primary Schools Hurling Skills
Cian McCarthy took part in the Kerry Primary Schools Hurling Skills Competition on Saturday last at Austin Stacks Park.

Under 8 Team at Blitz held in Abbeydorney on Monday

North Kerry Under 14 Semi Final: Ballyduff 4-10 Abbeydorney 1-9 Venue Ballyduff
Abbeydorney and Ballyduff played in the North Kerry Under 14 Semi Final on Bank Holiday Monday last. Abbeydorney played very well in the first half and were up at half time by 3 points. In the Second half Ballyduff rattled the net with 3 good goals from Jack O'Grady to win this match. All the abbeydorney players played very well in this match and are improving with each game.
Team Panel: Niall O'Mahoney, Sean O'Connor, Ronan O'Donovan, David Egan, Jack Carmody, Stevie O'Sullivan, Colm McCarthy, Michael O'Leary (1-5), Andrew Barry, Cian McCarthy, Jack McCarthy (0-4), Darragh Scanlon, Cian Dowling, Anthony Rigney, Donal O'Connell, Creg Freeman, Daniel Teehan, Danny Murphy, Jordan Walsh,
Referee: Keith Boyd Lixnaw.

North Kerry Senior Hurling Championship: Causeway 3-14 Abbeydorney 2-9 Venue Causeway
Causeway gave O'Dorney a severe hiding on Tuesday night. Causeway opened with a point from John Mike Dooley while Brian O'Donovan rattled the net for O'Dorney after 6 minutes. Causeway's first goal came from Stephen Goggin after 17 minutes. Causeway led at half time 1-8 to 1-6.
Causeway rattled O'Dorney in the second half with a goal from Cyril Dineen after 3 minutes and worse was to follow when Dooley rattled O'Dorney with a third goal after 18 minutes, . This was a game Abbeydorney will want to forget and start pulling together from here to the Senior Championship.
Team Panel: Greg Fealy, James O'Connor, Eoin Egan, Niall O'Connell, Mike Hannifin, Kieran Dineen, Nigel Roche, Brian O'Leary, John Maunsell, Joe McCarthy, Aidan Healy, Brian Leen, Brain O'Donovan, Brian Fealy, PJ Keane.Subs Barry Sheehan for Brian Fealy, Aonrai Donovan for Brian O'Leary, Kieran O'Connell for Joe McCarthy, Jason Fealy for Brian O'Donovan, William O'Leary for Mike Hannifin.
Referee: Diarmuid Carroll, Ballyduff.

County Intermediate Semi Final: Kilmoyley 3-8 Abbeydorney 1-10 Venue Causeway
Abbeydorney played Kilmoyley in the Intermediate Championship s/final on Wednesday night last with both sides battling hard before half time Kilmoyley 2-2 O'Dorney 0-5, Kilmoyley's goals coming from Andy McCarthy and two points from Michael Meehan. Abbeydorney scores came from Ian Maunsell and Joe McCarthy,
Abbeydorney started to play well in the opening minutes of the second half with a goal from PJ Ryan and a free from Ian Maunsell to take the lead when both teams were reduced to 14 players and this was to prove costly for Abbeydorney with a number of players not able to attend this match, Kilmoyley got a vital goal in the dying minutes.
Team Panel: Kevin Nolan, Danny McDonagh, Brian Fealy, David Clifford, Fergal Roche, William O'Leary, Der Lawlor, Aonrai Donovan, John Maunsell, Ian Maunsell, Mark Callaghan, Joe McCarthy, PJ Ryan, Paul McElligott, Brian Leen.
Subs: Jason Fealy for PJ Ryan, Kieran O'Connell for David Clifford
Referee: Mike Joy Ladys Walk

North Kerry Under 11 Hurling League: Abbeydorney 4-3 Ballyheigue 1-0 Venue Ballyheigue
Abbeydorney young hurlers had a good win over Ballyheigue on Thursday night last with Niall O'Mahoney scoring (1-1), and Cillian Spillane (2-1). and Keith O'Connor (1-1)
Team Panel: Sean Holden, Eoin McCarthy, Jack OHara Parker, Aidan Leahy, Mikey Clifford, Niall O'Mahoney, Rachel McCarthy, Cillian Spillane, Jack Sheehan, Albon Stack, Michael Slattery, Robbie Sheehan, Jamie Herbert, Keith O'Connor, Shane Byrne.
Subs: Daniel Aslet, Shane Conway, James Rigney.

Fixtures
County Div 3 Hurling League: Abbeydorney C vs. Duagh in Abbeydorney on Wednesday 16th June @ 8pm.
North Kerry Intermediate Championship (Special): Abbeydorney vs. Lixnaw in Abbeydorney on Thursday 17th June @ 7.30pm

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