County U21 Football Championship

Fr. Caseys 0-10 Oola 0-12

 

Fr. Caseys U21 Footballers travelled to Martinstown last Friday night to take on Oola in round 2 of the County Championship. Having narrowly lost to Rathkeale in round 1, Fr. Caseys were anxious to get a result but it was not going to be easy against a strong Oola team backboned by County Footballer Josh Ryan. Oola kicked the opening two points before Paudie Smith did well under pressure to opened Fr. Caseys account with a point after 8 minutes. Oola replied with a brace of points to race into a three point lead. It was 21 minutes before the next score in the game and it came from the boot of Jamie O'Connor. Oola however cancelled out that point before the interval to take a 0-05 to 0-02 lead at the break. Fr. Caseys having played poorly were still very much in the game but a big second half performance was needed.

 

Fr. Caseys needed scores badly but it was Oola who extended their lead to 5 points with two early second half points. Fr. Caseys needed to reply quickly and up stepped Jonathon Lyons and Thomas Sexton with points to keep the Abbeyfeale men in the game. Oola replied with a brace of points and with 18 minutes remaining Fr. Caseys now had an uphill battle. A point from play by Jamie O'Connor soon followed by a pointed free from Cormac Roche reduced the margin to 3 points. With 10 minutes remaining Fr. Caseys had time on their side and when Martin Coughlan pointed and Cormac converted another free there was just a single point between the teams. With 5 minutes remaining Jonathon Lyons stepped up to kick the equaliser and now it looked like there would only be one winner. Unfortunately Oola rallied their troops and went to the opposite end of the field to kicked two points in quick succession to regain the lead. A fisted point from Martin Coughlan with 1 minute remaining left just a single point between the teams. With injury time to come Fr. Caseys were still hopefully of stealing a draw but Oola put closure on the game with a late pointed free to leave the final score Fr. Caseys 0-10, Oola 0-12.

 

After a spirited second half display it was a pity Fr. Caseys did not hold on for a draw. Like the Rathkeale game this team showed spells of brilliance but they were equally as guilty of spells of poor shooting and marking. In both group games they have been competitive but both times they were on the wrong end of narrow defeats. They play their final group game next weekend vs Mungret and the permutations are easy, anything but a victory and their season is over. Hopefully by next weekend all the issues can be addressed and this highly talented team can start achieving their true potential. 

 

National Club Draw

The yearly GAA National Club Draw has returned and Fr. Caseys GAA Club are currently selling tickets for this draw throughout the parish of Abbeyfeale. With all money raised being returned to our local club, this is a very important fundraiser and we would strongly encourage all club members and supporters to support this draw. Fr. Caseys GAA Club have been very busy in the past year upgrading the club facilities from the all-weather training pitch, new nets and dugouts to maintenance work on the complex and clubhouse. All of these upgrades come at a high cost and we would really appreciate the support of the people of Abbeyfeale in this fundraising initiative. The top prize in the National Club is a Renault Dynamique, second prize is a €2,000 travel voucher. In total there are 20 fantastic prizes on offer, more details can be found at www.gaa.ie/nationalclubdraw. The cost of the tickets are €10

 

AIB Home Insurance Offer
Does your Home Insurance need renewal? Open a Home Insurance policy with AIB Bank, mention Fr. Caseys GAA Club & AIB will kindly donate €50 to our local GAA Club. If 20 of our fans do this before the end of December, our club will receive a €1,000 O'Neills voucher. Please note this offer has been kindly extended from September to the end of the year. Your support for this offer would be greatly appreciated.

 

41 Card Game

The weekly 41 Card game continues every Friday night in the GAA Clubhouse. A great night of entertainment is guaranteed and with door and raffle prizes also on offer you have plenty of chances to win. The card game starts at 9pm sharp with both regular and new faces more than welcome. The winners from last week are as follows:

 

Joint Winners (13 Games): Eamon Scannell, Paddy Sheehan, Sean O'Connor

Joint Winners (13 Games): Dan Dillane, Tom Murphy, Sean Harnett

Table Prize: Liam O'Connor, Jamsie McEnery, Beth Collins

Door Prize: Bill Blair

Raffle Prizes: Willie McAuliffe, Toddy O'Connor x2, Eamon Scannell, Tom Lenihan

 

Spin & Win Draw

The following are the results from last Sunday nights Spin and Win Draw which was held in the GAA Clubhouse. Well done to all our winners and many thanks to everyone who purchased a ticket. 

 

Leanne Morrissey €40

Lorraine Naughton €40

John McCarthy €80

 

The next Spin and Win Draw will be held on Sunday November 26th in the GAA Clubhouse at 9.30pm. With the jackpot not won last weekend, the prize fund now increases to €1,800. From next weekend until Christmas 5 additional names will be drawn each week to enter a special Christmas raffle. Please note that as an alternative to purchasing the weekly tickets, you can also purchase a yearly ticket for a once off €100 payment or you can also setup a direct debit of €8.33 a month. How do you purchase a yearly ticket? Simply contact any committee member and they will gladly assist. The three players spinning the wheel next weekend are as follows:

 

Sean O'Connor, Knocknasna

Cormac Moloney, Knocknasna

Maureen Lane, New Street

 

Club Website

Check out our club website at HYPERLINK "http://www.frcaseysgaa.ie"www.frcaseysgaa.ie for all the latest club news, fixtures, results and lots more. Our club website is updated regularly and is well worth a visit. You can also follow us on Facebook at HYPERLINK "http://www.facebook.com/frcaseysgaa"www.facebook.com/frcaseysgaa and on Twitter at  HYPERLINK "http://www.twitter.com/frcaseysgaa" www.twitter.com/frcaseysgaa

 

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