Club News 23/10/17
Upcoming Fixtures
County Junior A Football Semi-Final
Fr. Caseys Vs Galtee Gaels, date and venue to be confirmed
County U21 Football Championship
Fr. Caseys Vs Rathkeale, date and venue to be confirmed
U16 County Champions
Fr. Caseys 1-14 St. Kierans 0-07
Congratulations to Fr. Caseys U16 Footballers who were crowned county champions last Friday night in Mick Neville Park. Fr. Caseys went into the game as underdogs against a St. Kierans team that were undefeated all year. Conditions were difficult with a strong breeze blowing across the field and for the opening quarter it was all St. Kierans with Fr. Caseys rarely venturing into their attacking third. Credit to the Fr. Caseys defence who kept St. Kierans at bay under severe pressure and never fell more than 3 points in arrears. As the half progressed so too did the confidence of the Fr. Caseys team and they battled back bravely to level proceedings just before the break. Despite St. Kierans looking dominant for large spells, the Abbeyfeale men were happiest with the scoreboard reading 0-06 each at half time.
30 minutes now separated the teams from their holy grail. Fr. Caseys emerged a new force after the break and kicked the first five points of the second period to sail into a commanding lead. With 20 minutes remaining St. Kierans registered their seventh point of the night but any hope of a comeback was soon dashed by the captain Eoin Murphy who jinked through the Kierans defence and rattle the bottom corner of the net. The sizeable crowd were in delight and Fr. Caseys now had just over 10 minutes to keep it going. Leading by seven points, Fr. Caseys dropped men back to close out the defence and it worked a treat as St. Kierans would fail to register another score. Fr. Caseys on the counter attack raised three more white flags to stretch the margin to 10 points and end the contest long before the full time whistle. The full time score was Fr. Caseys 1-14, St. Kierans 0-07.
Great credit is due to the management team of Brendan Walsh, Donal Murphy, Thomas TJ O’Connell, Danny O’Connell, James Quirke and Humphry Doody who had the team in exceptional condition. The second half performance by this team was one of the best seen in the blue and white jerseys in a long time and our club is extremely proud of all the players. With our U15s giving another masterpiece the week previous to claim the U15 County Title, the future once more for Fr. Caseys looks in safe hands.
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): Kate Lenihan, Maura Scannell, Geobnaith Scannell
Runners Up (12 games): Liam O’Connor, Beth Collins, Jamsie McEnery
Table Prize: Nora Lyons, John Lyons, Dan Brosnan
Door Prize: Dan Dillane
Raffle Prizes: Sheila Breen, Beth Collins, Dan Dillane, Curly Harnett, Geobnaith Scannell
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.
Conor McCarthy €50
Derry Quirke €50
Mike Kelly €50
The next Spin and Win Draw will be held on Tuesday October 31st in the GAA Clubhouse at 9.30pm. With the jackpot not won last weekend, the prize fund now increases to €1,400. 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:
Liam O’Connor, Knocknasna
Conor Enright, Lower Purt
David O’ Flaherty, Knocknasna
Club Website
Check out our club website at 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 www.facebook.com/frcaseysgaa and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/frcaseysgaa
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