Senior Football Championship - Should have won it, could have lost it!

Rathkeale were back in action in the Senior Football Championship last Friday evening, hoping to bounce from their mediocre performance against Pallasgreen the previous week. Fr Caseys provided the opposition and with a win under their belts already, were strong favorites to overcome the Rathkeale outfit. The game was played in Newcastlewest with Jason Mullins of St Kierans officiating the contest. Rathkeale were playing with the aid of a slight breeze in the first half however it was Fr Caseys who made the brighter start and fired over two points within the opening 4 minutes. Rathkeale responded through a well worked point from Keith Harnett however Fr Caseys fired their third point and Adrian Enright's second. Fr Caseys scored again a minute later through Maurice Gleeson and with only 8 minutes on the clock the signs were ominous for Rathkeale. 

Eoghan O'Connor opened his scoring account on the 10th minute, only for this to be cancelled out with Adrian Enright pointing twice for Caseys. With Rathkeale finally discovering their running game, Eoghan O'Connor had a gilt-edge chance saved when side footing to his left after a great run through Mikey Morrissey. O'Connor made amends on the 19th minutes with his second point only for Fr Caseys to respond again through a point of their own. Rathkeale enjoyed the remaining 7 minutes of the half and were now the dominant side with Harnett scoring his second point after good work from Pat Sheahan and O'Connor. Sean Sheahan tagged on another on the 26th minute before O'Connor scored the last score of the half, leaving the score 0-07 to 0-06 in Fr Caseys favour.

Rathkeale began the second half with the same dominance, however poor shooting from O'Connor and Kevin Shanahan would go on to cost Rathkeale. O'Connor did finally score on the 37minute from a free, with Darren Jones, who was on leave from a family wedding, went onto score Rathkeale's 8 point of the night. O'Connor pointed again from a free and Rathkeale were well on top at this stage of the game. Adrian Enright pulled a point back for Fr Caseys and then came the turning point in the game. 

Fr Caseys' David Ward was dismissed on the 42nd minute for a second bookable offence for a tackle that you would witness in Thomond Park. O'Connor fired another point for Rathkeale however this was the end of their purple patch and it was Fr Caseys who galvanised themselves, now playing with 14 men. Substitute, Ronan Sweeney, hit two quick points for Fr Caseys before Adrian Enright hit a third in quick succession. Rathkeale responded well with points through Shanahan and O'Donnell to give the Deel outfit a point advantage with 7 minutes remaining. Could Rathkeale push on from this, afraid not and once again Fr Caseys stormed back in an enthralling encounter that ebbed and flowed. Fr Caseys hit three points in the final three minutes of normal time and you would be forgiven to think that the opportunity was lost for Rathkeale. But full credit to Rathkeale, they battled back and continued to run at the Fr Caseys defence and Eoghan O'Connor kicked two frees in the 2nd and 4th minutes of stoppage time to earn a well-deserved draw for Rathkeale. Final score, Rathkeale 0-14, Fr Caseys 0-14. Rathkeale will be disappointed not to have won the match however will take great heart from taking a point from the fixture and will be very pleased with a spirited team performance. Well done to all involved, it was great to see the fight back from the team. The unwelcome break will now kick in and it will the end of July before the Championship resumes with a tasty encounter against Newcastlewest, if we play with the same intensity as Friday we won't be a million miles off! This leaves Rathkeale on one point with all the teams closely bunched without a runaway leader, still all to play for!

Team: Johnny Mooney, Shane Hourigan, Sean O'Shea, Garry Enright, Patrick Sheahan, Paul White, Darren Jones, Trevor Nolan, Kevin Shanahan, Mikey Morrissey, Keith Harnett, Sean Sheahan, Damien Quaid, Eoghan O'Connor, Eoin O'Donnell

 

All teams received a walkover from Cappagh and therefore the 2 points

Club Limerick Draw 2016 Update - 2nd Draw this Saturday!

The 2nd Club Limerick Draw will take place this Saturday morning between 10am-11am on Limerick Live 95FM. Best of luck to all our players!

Limerick GAA are hopeful that all members will have their membership cards in the next week or so, we will keep you posted once we know more. Remember if you haven't yet joined the Club Limerick Draw you can still join. Obviously with one draw elapsed the joining fee has been reduced to €90. Come and join today!

Bord na nOg 

Training for all teams has re-commenced for the 2016 season. Football training for Under 8's, 10's and 12's is underway on Monday evenings at 6.30pm while hurling training is in full swing for under 8's 10's and 12's on Wednesday evenings at 6.30pm. All welcome, if anyone is not receiving texts in relation to training please contact Mike Barrett on 087 9162184.

Club Membership 2016

Club membership for the 2016 season is now due. Rates for the upcoming season are as follows: Adult €50, Under-18 €20 and a family rate of €70. The rate for non-playing adult members will remain at €30. This represents good value in comparison to membership costs in other clubs across the county. All players must pay their membership prior to taking part in any games or training. This will be strictly enforced this year so make sure you contact Philip O'Donnell, who is the club registrar again for 2016, before training commences. We are taking this matter very serious this year and you simply won't play if you haven't paid, players are also going to ensure that their fellow players have paid so no excuses.

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Upcoming fixtures

Tuesday May 10th - JAHL Semi Final: Templeglantine v Adare at The Bog Garden at 7.15pm

TBC- Co SFL: Rathkeale v Pallasgreen in The Bog Garden. Date & Time TBC

Master Fixture List for Rathkeale GAA Club

Below is a complete Fixture List for Seniors, Juniors, U21 & Minor Hurlers & Footballers. Asking all players to keep this and refer to it when booking holidays etc.

County Senior Football Championship 

Group 1: Oola, Na Piarsaigh, Dromcollogher/Broadford, Ballylanders, St Patricks, St Kierans. 

Group 2: Fr Caseys, Ballysteen, Newcastlewest, Monaleen, Pallasgreen, Rathkeale.  

Round 1 - April 23rd Pallasgreen 2-05, Rathkeale 1-06

Round 2 - April 29th, Rathkeale 0-14 Fr Caseys 0-14, at Newcastlewest at 7pm

Round 3 - 28-07-2016 (Thu) - 31-07-2016 (Sun) v Newcastlewest

Round 4 - 25-08-2016 (Thu) - 28-08-2016 (Sun) v Ballysteen

Round 5 - 01-09-2016 (Thu) - 04-09-2016 (Sun) v Monaleen

Quarter Final - September 17th 

Semi Final - September 24th

Final - October 16th 

 

County Football League

Div-2: Rathkeale, St Senans, Athea, Oola, Pallasgreen, Galbally, Castlemahon, Adare  

Round 1 - 19-03-2016 (Sat) Rathkeale 1-08 - St Senans 1-08

Round 2 - 26-03-2016 (Sat) Galbally 1-08 - Rathkeale 0-11

Round 3 - TBC - Home v Pallasgreen

Round 4 - 11-06-2016 (Sat) 7.30pm Away v Oola

Round 5 - 25-06-2016 (Sat) 7.30pm Away v Castlemahon

Round 6 - 05-07-2016 (Tue) 7.30pm Home v Athea

Round 7 - 09-07-2016 (Sat) 7.30pm Away v Adare

 

 

West Senior Football Championship

Quarter Final-3 16th April. Drom Broadford 2-09 Rathkeale 0-10 played in Newcastlewest.

 

West Junior-A Hurling Championship

Group-1 Monagea, Templeglantine, Rathkeale, Kileedy.

Group-2: Croagh-Kilfinny, Tournafulla, Askeaton, Adare.

Round-1 Weekend of 29th May. V Kileedy.

Round-2 Weekend of 3rd July. V Templeglantine.

Round-3 Weekend of 17th July. V Monagea.

Quarter Finals 7-Aug

Semi-Finals 21-Aug

Final 11-Sept

Co Quarter Finals 24th Sept.

 

West Junior-B Football Championship

Group-1 Athea, Mountcollins, Rathkeale, Cappagh, St Senans, Knockaderry.

Group-2: Drom/Broadford, St Kierans, Granagh/Ballingarry, Glin, St Senans.

Round-1 Weekend of 22nd May. V Cappagh.

Round-2 Weekend of 5th June. V Knockaderry.

Round-3 Weekend of 19th June. V St Senans.

Round-4 Weekend of 26th June. V Athea.

Round-5 Weekend of 10th July. V Mountcollins.

Quarter Finals 29th July

Semi-Finals 28th Aug

Final 4th Sept        

Co Quarter Finals 8th Oct

 

West Junior B Football League

Group-1 Glin, Mountcollins, Athea, Gerald Griffins, St Senans, St Kierans.

Group-2: Cappagh, Ballysteen, Granagh-Ballingarry, Knockaderry, Rathkeale

Round-1 29th March Tuesday 6.45pm. Knockaderry 4-09 Rathkeale 1-11

Round-2 31st March Thursday 6.30pm. Rathkeale 1-12 Ballysteen 0-07

Round-3 14th April Thursday 7.00pm. Away v Granagh-Ballingarry.

Round-4 14th April Thursday 7.00pm. BYE

Round-5 21st April Thursday 7.15pm. Home v Cappagh (Walkover Received from Cappagh)

Semi-finals 26th April 7.30pm

Final 19th May 7.30pm

 

West Minor Hurling Championship (Includes City teams)

Single Group: Tournafulla, Kildimo-Pallaskenry, Ballybrown, Southside Gaels, 

Granagh-Ballingarry/Rathkeale, St Kierans, Newcastlewest, Knockaderry.

Round-1 Fri 8th April 6.30pm. Walkover received from St Kierans 

Round-2 Fri 15th April 6.45pm. Granagh-Ballingarry/Rathkeale 0-08 v Southside Gaels 3-14

Round-3 Fri 1st July 7.30pm. Home V Tournafulla

Round-4 Tues 19th July 7.30pm. Away V Knockaderry

Round-5 Tues 2nd Aug 7.30pm. Home v Newcastlewest

Round-6 Fri 19th Aug 7.00pm. Away v Kildimo-Pallaskenry

Round-7 Fri 2nd Sept 6.30pm. Home v Ballybrown

Top 4 team in A Semi-finals on 9th September,     Bottom 4 teams in B Semi-finals on 9th September

A & B Finals on 16th September 

 

County Premier Minor Football Championship 

Single Group: Monaleen, St Patricks, Rathkeale, Adare, Mungret/St Paul, 

Newcastle West, Kildimo-Pallaskenry, Fr Caseys.  

Round 1 - 22-04-2016 (Fri) 6.30pm Home v Adare

Round 2 - 06-05-2016 (Fri) 7.00pm Away v Fr Caseys

Round 3 - 15-07-2016 (Fri) 7.30pm Home v Newcastlewest

Round 4 - 22-07-2016 (Fri) 7.30pm Away v Mungret/St Pauls

Round 5 - 05-08-2016 (Fri) 7.00pm Home v Kildimo-Pallaskenry  

Round 6 - 12-08-2016 (Fri) 7.00pm Away v St Patricks

Round 7 - 30-08-2016 (Tue) 6.30pm Away v Monaleen

Semi Finals - September 21st 

Final - October 16th 

 

West Under-21 Hurling

Group 1: Askeaton, Rathkeale/Croagh-Kilfinny, Deel Rangers. 

Group 2: Drom-Broadford, Allaughaun Gaels, Newcastlewest

Round-1 6th Feb. Askeaton 1-5, Rathkeale/Croagh-Kilfinny 3-15

Round-2 13th Feb. Rathkeale/Croagh-Kilfinny 1-14, Deel Rangers 3-12

A Semi-final 27th Feb. Rathkeale/Croagh-Kilfinny 1-10, Allaughaun Gaels 3-11

A Final 3rd March. Deel Rangers 0-14, Allaughaun Gaels 0-12

 

County Premier U21 Football Championship

Group-1: Mungret/St Pauls, Monaleen, Rathkeale/Cappagh, Adare, Fr Caseys.

Group-2 St Patricks, Oola, Athea/Mountcollins, Na Piarsaigh, Newcastlewest.

Round 1 - 28-10-2016 (Fri) v Adare

Round 2 - 04-11-2016 (Fri) v Monaleen

Round 3 - 11-11-2016 (Fri) V Fr Caseys  

Round 4 - 18-11-2016 (Fri) v Mungret/St Pauls

Round 5 - 25-11-2016 (Fri) BYE

Semi Finals - December 3rd 

Final - December 11th 

 

 

 

 

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