GNEEVEGUILLA

ATHLETIC CLUB NOTES

Lotto: No winner of our lotto 27/01/2017, numbers drawn were 2, 4, 14 & 23. Sellers prize winner Tom Joe O’ Donoghue, €50 Y/T ticket winner Donal Moynihan Boherbue, €50 to John Linehan Scartaglin, €40 James Moynihan Rossacrue Headford, Mike Fleming Renasup, Frank Brosnan Turrenamult. Bonus not won numbers drawn were 3, 13, 20 & 26. Next week’s jackpot €7,400 plus €1,000.

School’s Cross Country: Top marks goes this week to the Scoil Phobail Sliabh Luachra’s Minor Boys Cross Country Team of Ben Murphy, Jack O’ Leary, Kevin Bowler, Dara Moriarty, Christian Horgan, Andrew Moynihan, Padraic Finnegan & Richard O’ Connor. The school team were 2nd team in South Munster school’s Cross Country in Cork on Friday last. Maggie Buckley was a very credible 12th position in the minor girls and thus qualified for the Munster Finals which will be held in Tramore Road on February 10th. Another club member Shona O’ Brien finished 5th in Intermediate category.

Tralee Race: The Tralee Road Race held on Sunday last in Tralee Robert Purcell came 3rd, John Barrett also ran.

National indoor Finals: Mel O’ Callaghan & Amy Cronin competed, both ran well but were placed outside the medals.

Gneeveguilla AC 5K Spring Series: Commencing this Saturday February 4th and for the 3 following Saturdays. Commencing at 11.00 am. The Monastry is the race headquarters and we will be running the Ross Castle route.

BASKETBALL CLUB NEWS

U-14 Boys Div. 2: Gneeveguilla 43-39 Caherciveen.(Played 29/01/2017)

This was a great game of basketball with Gneeveguilla having home advantage.It took both teams a while to settle in attack .At the end of the 1st quarter it was 6-7 in favour of Caherciveen and at the end of 2nd quarter the score was 19-11 in favour of the visitors.However in the third quarter the tide changed for the home side as they were ahead by 2 points on a scoreline of 28-26. Things got hot again in the final quarter as the teams were even on a scoreline of 37 a piece with 3 minutes to go and both defences giving away nothing. However the home side edged ahead on a final score of 43-39. Paraic Finnegan, Paudie O’ Leary, Ciaran Cremin and Mark O’Leary got vital scores for Gneeveguilla when it was needed. Ronan Teahan and Cathal O’Shea were very accurate for Caherciveen. We look forward to our next outing.

U12 Girls Div 3. Gneeveguilla 16-36 Tralee Imperials. (Played 28/01/2017 ) Gneeveguilla put in a great effort but came up short against a much improved and stronger Imperial team from their first game earlier in the season. The first half ended 9-18 to Tralee. Gneeveguilla kept fighting until the end but found it hard to compete with the hight and strength of the opposition. Imperials won out on a scoreline 16-36. Top scorer for Gneeveguilla was Ella Guerin(9) and for Tralee Imperials was Keelin O Brien (15)

SLIABH LUACHRA COMHALTAS

We wish Mark O ‘Leary and Aoife O’ Sullivan the very best of luck in the Munster final of Ceol an Gheimhridh which will take place this Sunday Feb 5th 2017, in Hazelwood College, Dromcollogher, Co. Limerick. Mark will compete in the U13 English and Irish singing competitions and Aoife will compete in the U17 English singing competition. Go n-éirí an bóthar libh.