Club Notes 18th September 2023

Senior Ladies

Training continues on Friday evening at 7.00pm in preparation of the next round of championship. The ladies will have a quarterfinal more details to follow.

Mothers and Others 

Training continues on Monday evening from 7pm-8pm. If you are 25 and over not playing senior football and want to try some non-competitive football please come along and give it a go.

Minors
Our u17s were playing Ballyduff at home Saturday in the semifinal of the club championship.  We had a great start and playing some lovely football when our keeper Ben suffered an injury to the face.

He was off for 10mins trying to stop the blood fair play he came back on shows the fight and heart in the team. They had got 2 goals in the meantime.  If we didn’t have bad luck, we would have no luck at but gave it all played great football just beaten by a few points in the finish heartbreaking.  They did the club proud as usual.

Under 16 Girls
Training continues on Wednesday evening at 7pm. New players always welcome.

Under 15 Boys

Our central league semi-final was put back a week and will now take place on Wednesday the 20th at home in Ballyseedy v Austin stacks all support greatly appreciated throw in time tbc we wish Calvin O Sullivan a speedy recovery after getting seriously injured representing Kerry in soccer Na misteallaig Abu

Under 14 Girls 

John Mitchels are heavily involved in the u15 Championship at the moment and last Tuesday night they secured a last gasp victory over Beale in the semi-final.

In what was a very tight game throughout against a team that Mitchels have played a number of times this season, it was a fantastic game to watch, and after falling behind for the first time in the game with only 2 mins left on the clock – it took a well worked goal  with only seconds left to win the game.

The final, against our near neighbours Kerins O’Rahilly’s, takes place this Tuesday, in a venue yet to be decided. All support is welcome.

Our u13s also started their u13 County Championship on Friday night last and had a good win against Finuge St Senans, to advance to a semi-final against either Dr Crokes or Beale

Under 13 Boys

The U13 Green team travelled to Kileen to take on Na Gael tonight in the Central league Division 1 final.

We were without our captain Calvin through injury tonight, so the odds were stacked against us, but we were never going to give up.

We fell behind by two points early on and managed to kick the next three scores before a Na Gael goal pushed them back in front.

From there until late in the second half no more than a point separated the teams.

We ran out winners by the narrowest of margins and all credit to Na Gael for a ding ding battle.

Our Keeper Darragh’s kick outs were exceptional giving us a launch pad to attack and the vital saves were no surprise given his calibre.

Fionnan and Jay in both corners were ferocious in the tackle and fought for every ball, our full back and joint captain on the day Ryan Clifford was winning high ball, breaking out from the back, and delivering excellent ball into out full forward line.

The half back line of Donnacha, Rory and Eammon was absolutely impenetrable and set the standard for all around.

In midfield David and Brooklyn won ball, launched attacks and defended like lions giving the Na Gael midfield a night they’ll never forget.

Our half forward line of Fionn, Liam and Ahmed got through so much work that it almost made their opposition dizzy, they also assisted countless scores and forced their opponents into changes all over the pitch.

And last but not least out full forward line of Shane who was joint captain, Ronan and Eddie were incredible, winning high ball, stepping inside their men and taking points or assisting scores making them a forward line to fear.

Our subs on the day were excellent in encouraging and assisting on the line and without question made the win possible.

Under 13 Girls

U 13 club championship Friday the 15th @ballyseedy.

Mitchels v Finuge/St Senans

Mitchels started very strong in the 1st 15 min hitting for 2.05 to no score with Amy and Hannah in full control in the middle of the field our girls really push on up to half time with all the girls on the bench all getting action leaving h/t score 5.10 to 0.01 Finuge/St Senans started the second half strong hitting 1.02 in the 1st 10 min.

How ever Mitchels settle thing back down with 3 points in a row. With the game coming to a close Finuge hit for another goal. Mitchels replied with 1.02 to finish off the game with a very strong performance from all the panel final score john Mitchels 6.15 Finuge/St Senans 2.02. The girls now advance to the semi-final waiting on the winners of Dr Crokes and Beale.

Under 12 Girls 

The u12 girls had two great training sessions this week. Its amazing to see such high numbers all year round. Next training is Wednesday at 7pm.
New players always welcome.

Under 11 boys

This Sunday Na Gaeil visited us in Ballyseedy for a challenge game. Na Gaeil proved to be a very good side and we matched them every step of the way. Many thanks to Na Gaeil for a very sporting game.
Next Thursday we play Ballymac at home. Throw in 6.30

Under 8 and 10 Girls

Our u8 & u10 girls had a good turnout for this Sunday morning match against St Pats. We had a fantastic turnout. Everyone had great fun with some fantastic skills on display.

There will be training next Sunday at 10:30am, new players are always welcome.

Under 9 Boys

John Mitchels U9 had a break from games this Sunday so it was back to training & practicing. The session started with a good warm up followed by some Kicking, Hand passing & pick up drills.

The boys done very well in their drills but as our coaches keep saying!! Players have to keep up the practice at home as well!! The session finished up with a cracking game of football.

Fantastic to see our younger U9s getting really stuck in, well done Boys. Training continues next Wednesday from 5.30pm to 6.30pm in our Astro Pitch.
Don’t forget to keep practicing!!!

Under 6s and 7s Boys and Girls 

Our under 6s and 7s trained indoors together this Sunday morning past at our Ballyseedy complex.  Theme for the day was being your teddy bear to training.  There was a vast array of teddy bears, dolls and cuddly animals present.
This was important in order to acclimatize the teddy bears to join Mitchels in anticipation of our upcoming teddy bear picnic.
The boys and girls put in a fantastic  effort and it is wonderful to see all the smiling faces .
Training continues next Sunday morning at 11amand as always new members are always welcome

Full Body Strength & Conditioning Classes Free for All Members.
Come along on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6am and avail of our free strength and conditioning classes being facilitated by George Bastible. All you need is motivation, an exercise mat and water. Open to all 18-year old’s and over.

Bingo
Bingo is on Wednesday and Friday nights. Eyes down at 8.30pm sharp at Chamfers John Joe Sheehy Road Tralee. Please note that only patrons 18 years and over are eligible to play bingo and proof of age will be required on request. Any persons under 18 years of age cannot unfortunately attend bingo.

Lotto

John Mitchels GAA Club Lotto Results: Sunday 17th September 2023.

This week’s Lotto numbers are 04 ,10 ,18 & 19.

The numbers today were drawn by George Lowe and Eoin O Callaghan.
There was no winner of the Jackpot of €1,600.00

Congratulations to our three lucky dip winners this week:

€25.00: Mark Noonan
€25.00: James O Donoghue
€25.00: Brendan Long
Next week’s Jackpot is €1,6500.00 and the draw will take place on Facebook Live on Sunday 24th September 2023 at 11am.

Ticket sales close at 9am sharp. Tickets can be purchased by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3LlAIYu We thank you for all your support.

Sympathy

On behalf of all in John Mitchels we also extend a sincere sympathy to the families of the following:

Padraig Ryan Caherslee, Tralee, Kerry.
Maggie {Margareth} Feely (née McMahon) St Brendan’s Park and formerly of Marian Park, Tralee, Kerry.
Sean Commane Knockmoyle, Tralee, Kerry.
Pauline Lyons(née Horan) Lioscarraig Drive, Caherslee, Tralee, Kerry.
Eileen Hanlon(née Culloty) Gurrane, Tralee, Kerry / Carrigaline, Cork.
Edmond L. O’Grady Caherwisheen, Tralee, Kerry / Cashel, Tipperary.
Lorraine Flanagan(née Breen) Sunday’s Well, Tralee, Kerry.