Lotto Ballylongford Gaa Weekly Lotto DrawJackpot €3200Saturday September 2nd at Gerry O'Connors BarNumbers Drawn 3.4.27.31.No WinnerLucky Dips €20 Sean &Mags Sullivan Well RoadJerry & Pat C/O Gerry O'ConnorCiaran Dunlea Well Road3 Free Tickets Mary Enright BallymackessyBar Prize Pat Prendergast RusheenThank you for your Support.Senior County LeagueBallylongford join table toppers Cordal on their promotion to Division 4 after receiving a walkover from Austin Stacks B in the final round of the County League while Rathmore B and Cromane play off for the third spot.Congratulations to the management team of Ted,Eamon and Neilly great achievement in their first year and to the panel of players who worked hard to make this possible.

Under 14 Championship Ballydonoghue 3 - 07 Asdee / Ballylongford 0 - 10

Asdee / Ballylongford U14 campaign came to a disappointing close with defeat to neighbours Ballydonoghue on Thursday evening in Tarbert. The old cliché ‘goals win games’ was certainly the case in this encounter with Balydonoghue scoring three first half goals. Asdee/Bally on the other hand had numerous goal chances throughout the game, but a combination of excellent defending, goalkeeping and poor finishing led to no green flags being raised for the combined parish team.

Having beaten Ballydonoghue on two previous meetings this year, confidence was high going into the game. However, the loss of Adam Finucane, Ethan McDonald and Bobby McCarron from the starting line up from Monday’s final to Finuge proved decisive on this occasion. Ballydonoghue started the brightest with a goal within 60 seconds. This was a lead they never gave up throughout the game and deservedly went on to advance to the final to meet Beale.

On a week of bad results starting with Kerry’s defeat to Mayo and the final loss to Finuge on Monday, the players were dejected and disappointed having felt that the championship was there to be claimed. On reflection, the players provided us with some great victories throughout the year. Apart from the Finuge (4) and Anascual/Lispole games (both teams who should clearly have been in higher grades), it was a year that delivered five victories from seven beating Beale once, Ballydonoghue and Tarbert twice, whilst losing to Beale and Ballydonoghue on one occasion each also.

Having only had a panel of 17 players, great credit is due to all players for keeping the interest going all year. With the proposed changes to the age grade structure in underage GAA for 2018, hopefully this U14 team will develop into an even better U15 team next year.

Referee: John Ross

Team:
Niall O’Connor
Michael Hannon
Michael Tracey
Jack Hannon
Patrick Mulvihill
Cillian Kennelly
Paddy O’ Neill (0-1)
Christopher O’Donoghue
Oran O’Neill
Brendan Keane (0-6)
Oisin Healy
Liam Connolly (0-3)
Paraic Fogarty
Sean O’Connor

Unavailable: Adam Finucane, Ethan McDonald & Bobby McCarron

FixturesNorth Kerry League Division 1 relegation Play off Ballylongford vs Listowel Friday 8th 8pm under lights.

North Kerry Minor League Shield Final Sunday 17th 12 noon.Ballylongford/Asdee vs Ballydonoghue Sunday 17th 12 noon

North Kerry Minor Championship Sunday 10th September 12 noon. Venue TBC.Ballylongford/Asdee v Ballyduff/Duagh