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ATHLETIC CLUB NEWS

Lotto: Now winner of our lotto 03/03/2017, numbers drawn were 9, 14, 18 & 24. Sellers prize winner Tom Joe O’ Donoghue, €50 Y/T winner Eamonn Bowler Annaghmore, €50 to John Walsh Counguilla, €40 each Mike Keeffe Bounard, John Scannell Clounkeen & Aeneas O’ Brien Knocknageeha. Bonus not won numbers drawn were 1, 10, 12 & 19. Next week’s jackpot €4,200 plus €1,000 bonus. While I am on the lotto I wish to clarify last week’s (24/02/2017) winner of the €1,000 bonus prize was Andrew McCarthy Junior Knockduragh Headford. Apology for the mix --up.

Award Winners: Congratulations this week to our award winners at the Kerry Sports Star 2016 Awards in The Dromhall Hotel Killarney on Sat Night. Awards went to Shauna O’ Brien, Jack Greaney, Sarah O’ Connor, Annette O’ Brien, Brid Stack, Shelia O’ Donoghue, Elaine Cronin, Catherine O’ Sullivan Moynihan, Eileen O’ Riordan, Jennifer Walsh & Norma O’ Connor.

Master Indoor National Championships: Held in Athlone on Sunday last , Annette O’ Brien, Eileen Riordan, Siobhan Daly, Shelia O’ Donoghue & Robert Purcell all competed well and got into the medals.

U14-U19 Indoor Championships: Held on w/e 25th / 26th February, Shona O’ Brien qualified for the finals, so best of luck to her in the finals coming up soon. Gary Cronin was unlucky to have tripped in his hurdles event however he may still qualify for a run in the finals.

Kerry Indoor Sport Hall games: The indoor sports hall event will be held on Saturday next in Milltown at 11.00 am. This event is open to all registered athletes of the club U9 -- U12 who did not win a county medal in 2016. Inviting all you athletes to come along and take part.

COMMUNITY GAMES

Last Sunday was the County Finals of the Swimming competition, held in Tralee and we had a mixture of first timers, young and experienced swimmers in this event. In the morning three girls, Abby O’Leary and Shauna McCarthy entered the U10 front crawl and Shauna’s sister Michelle (her first time in a swimming competition) swam in the backstroke event. All three girls swam very well and we would like to thank them for competiting in this competition. Abby won her heat well and progressed to her semi final but narrowly missed a chance to swim in the final. We look forward to seeing them all back again next year.

The afternoon paved the way for the older children and commenced with Ross O’Leary, who has won medals in this event on more than one occasion. Ross swam in the U14 backstroke and won first place in a very exciting close finish. We would like to congratulate Ross who will now go on to swim in Dublin in May at the All Ireland Finals. His brother Paudie also a past winner in this event, won his heat in the U16 front crawl shortly afterwards and then pulled off a great win, in his final, second gold medal on the day.

A great achievement for both boys, as they are a young age this year, for both their categories.

Congratulations also to our other medalist of the day, Donal Daly who won Silver for his area in the U16 butterfly event, a great achievement for Donal , also an acomplished swimmer. A big thank you to all the families for travelling to Tralee on Sunday and just to wish Paudie and Ross the very best of luck at the All Ireland finals in May.

Upcoming events: Our U10 boys indoor soccer has commenced and any girl interested in participating in the U10 girls indoor soccer event, please register your interest by text to Ann O’Leary, PRO. Other events coming up: Cross Country - March 19th, Duathlon - March 19th Gymnastics - March 26th Marathon - March 28th Projects - April 7th (see our facebook page for topics) Model making - 14th April Follow us on facebook , for more details.