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Killarney Athletic A.F.C. Notes

Fixtures

Kerry Schoolboys/Girls League

Kerry Schoolboys/Girls League

Saturday 2^nd May 2015

Under 11 Tournament Venue Celtic Park 1.30pm

Killarney Celtic, Killarney Athletic

Ballyhar, Inter Kenmare

Mastergeeha, Killorglin

Foundation Sports Under 14 Premier

Killarney Athletic v Listowel A 11.45pm

Monday 4^th May 2015

Killarney Plaza Under 15 Division 1

Park B v Killarney Athletic 11.45pm

New 300 Member Club
April draw will take place on May 2nd in Scott’s at 9.00pm.

Topaz Cash for Clubs

Please return any stamped cards to any club member as the closing date for Topaz to receive cards is 10^th May so need cards back by this weekend.Topaz cash for clubs- please support us in this great fundraising initiative. Simple get €40 fuel at topaz and get a card stamped.

Club name : Killarney Athletic
Club registration code : 10378

Tescos Community Fund
Killarney Athletic has been nominated for the Tescos community fund at the Tescos NEW STREET store Killarney for the next 6 weeks. All you need to do is drop the blue token you receive after you have paid for your shopping in the Killarney Athletic tube. Please support.

Killarney Athletic Abroad

Diarmuid O’Carroll won the Danske Bank Northern Ireland with a 4 – 0 win today over Glenavon. This being his third year in a row winning the league.

Brendan Moloney part of Northampton Town going down to league leaders Burton Albion who are managed by Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink. Brendan was substituted in the dying moments of the game.

New Baby: Congratulations to Derek Pyne and Jenn O’Sullivan on the birth of baby Ollie. Another man for the blues.

Dates for the Diary: Killarney Athletic Golf Classic 25^th June at Killarney Golf and Fishing Club. 7 A side launch on 23^rd May. Civic Reception 27^th May.

50th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS

Celebratory Dinner will be held on 5th September 2015 in the Dromhall Hotel. Also the club asks if anybody has any old club photographs or memorabilia to please contact Don O’Donoghue on 086 1234610, Mike O’Shea 087 2226185 or Mary McCarrick on mccarrickmary@hotmail.com or any club officer please.

Results

Seniors

The senior team lost 2 – 0 to Camp with a very depleted squad and a poor performance from Athletic. Camp restricted Athletic to long distance shots and in turn scored on the counter attack. Athletic will need to improve to face Dynamos in the cup next Sunday at 11-30am.

Under 14

Killarney Athletic under 14’s lost at home 3 – 1 v Killorglin. A very depleted squad put in a good spirited performance against visitors still looking to win the league. Killorglin got 3 goals late in game but Athletic replied with a well worked move involving Eamon Long, Keith Suter, Tadhg Doolan and finished off by Harry Potts. Every player can be very proud of the effort put in and some good football with game much closer than score line suggests.

Under 13 Shield Semi-Final

Killarney Athletic 4 – 1 Mastergeeha

Our boys advance to the Shield Final after outstanding performance last Thursday evening. We hit the ground running with three early goals, two from Robert O’Shea and one from Emmet Finnan. Mastergeeha settled and kept a tight and stubborn defence for the rest of the half. The second half started with Mastergeeha putting us under pressure and got their due reward with an excellent strike into the top corner. This seemed to spurt our boys back into action, with some excellent play down the left wing from Owen Benson he crossed to Robert O’Shea to bag his hat-trick. Credit to geeha, they battled hard to the final whistle but our boys were just too good on the day. Great performance with some excellent football on display with all squad players getting a game. We advance to the final in great form and wish the boys good luck on the day.

Under 12 League

Killarney Celtic 1 Killarney Athletic 1
This was Athletic’s first game in quiet a while and they found themselves a goal down early on when a rather static defence failed to clear a corner, but Athletic were growing into the game and when Rossa Bellew scored a screamer of a free kick it was no more than Athletic’s play deserved. One all at the break. The second half began with Athletic on the attack and that was the way it ended, with Athletic having a good penalty claim turned down midway through the half. It ended all square after a great game and a great performance by the whole squad.

Under 11

Our under 11’s had the hardest luck ever on Friday evening losing out to Park B in a penalty shoot out that saw 20 penalties taken and Sean O’Connell scoring the winner for the Park. Our boys got off to a great start with Alex Hennigan scoring after a minute. Park got a goal back and it was level at half time. The second half was played in a great spirit but both teams did their best not to score. Extra time and I would say if they were still playing nothing would separate them. A terrible way to lose but a little ice cream and crisps made the trip home easier. On the day our goalkeeper Shay O’Meara and defenders Matthew Horgan, Cian Lynch and Teddy Muldoon were best. This is a good bunch of lads and they are learning all the time. Next year we hope to have two teams at under 12.

Killarney Athletic Website:Please check the website on www.killarneyathletic.com or facebook for match reports, club information and contact details.

Contact: If you have anything to add to Killarney Athletic A.F.C. notes please contact Mary McCarrick on 087 7750773 or mccarrickmary@hotmail.com.

This entry was posted on Monday, May 4th, 2015 at 5:15 pm and is filed under Club Notes.