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North Kerry  Under 15A Hurling Final Sunday 12^th October
Congratulations to the U15 hurlers on their impressive win over Causeway 
Ballyheigue 4.  9 Causeway 2.  11
Johnny Hussey Trophy was presented to Jonaton Regan Chapel Road .
Team:
Brendan Dunne, Shane Corridon, Cian O’Sullivan, Mickey O’Connor,Jonaton Regan Mickey O’Halloran, Kevin Casey, Padraig Behan, 
Gary Galway, Paudie Carroll, Shane Dunne, Shane Casey, Declan Behan, Tomas Casey, Philip Lucid.
Subs:Joe Lawlor, Noel Carroll, Sean Mahony, Owen Lucid & Lee O’Sullivan.

U10 Hurling Blitz  27/07/08
Following on the success of our under 12 hurlers last weekend, our under 10s did us proud at the Ardfert Blitz beating Ballyduff and Kilmoyley on the way to the final against Abbeydorney. Great to see our underage players having success. click on link to see team photo
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U12 Hurling Blitz 20/07/08
Congratulation to the under 12 team that won the Hurling blitz at Ballyduff on Saturday19th July.
In the course of the tournament, Ballyheigue defeated Causeway in a keenly contested final having defeated Ballyduff, Lixnaw and St Brendans earlier. Captian Lee O Sullivan accepted the Noel Sheehan Memorial Trophy on behalf of the team.
The team was Kieran O’Halloran, Aran Casey, Lee O’Sullivan, Owen Lucid,Michael Leane,Brendan Reidy, Brian Riordan, Ryan Regan, Sean Patterson ,Conor Galway. 
Subs: Sean Thornton, Mark Mulvihill Ryan Carroll, J Corridon, 
Click on the link to view the team photo U12 Team08

U14 Hurling Final 26/6/08
Our under 14 team received a w/o from Dingle in the final of the Div 2 League. Click on the link to view the photo of the winning team.
U 14  Team 2008

Under 13A North Kerry Final:
Under 13ANorth Kerry Final Tuesday 1st of July  @ 6 30 pm Ballyheigue V St Brendans at Ballyheigue sportsfield. Good luck to the team and management

Summer Festival Under 10 Blitz:
Summer Fesitval Under 10 Football blitz takes place at 10am Saturday, 5th of July kindly sponsored by Costcutters. It is being run on a parish league basis and all local children are welcome to take part.

Under 14 Div2 league - Match Report 12/06/08
Ballyheigue v Abbeydorney
Ballyheigue got off to a good start in this match with two points from Philip Lucid, a goal from Noel Carroll and a point from Mikey O'Connor before Abbeydorney got on the scoresheet. A fine goal from their number 9 brought Abbeydorney to life and they scored another goal and a point to take the lead without any reply from Ballyheigue. It could have been a lot more except for some excellent defending by Brendan Dunne at full back and some good saves by Ciaran O'Halloran in goals. Paudi Carroll leveled it for Ballyheigue with a fine point and added another for good measure before his front line took over scoring four more goals before half time, two from Michael Leane and one each from Philip Lucid and Noel Carroll. With the score of 5.05 to 2.01 in favor of Ballyheigue at the break it was going to be a difficult task for Abbeydorney to fight their way back. An early goal by Noel Carroll for Ballyheigue and a point from Michael Leane put paid to Abbeydorneys hopes and though they did manage a goal and two points in a brief revival, Ballyheigue replied with a point from Philip Lucid and another goal from Michael Leane to leave the score at Ballyheigue 7.07 Abbeydorney 3.03 at the final whistle.
Ballyheigue scorers: Michael Leane 3.01 Noel Carroll 3.00 Philip Lucid 1.03 Paudi Carroll 0.02 Mikey O'Connor 0.01.
Venue and date for final to be confirmed.

Club Membership.
The closing date for Club membership is Sunday April 27th. Anyone wishing to become a member, please contact any of the club officers

Indoor Hurling Tournament
Indoor hurling tournament for primary schools children will start next Saturday the 23^rd February at the ball alley.
All children attending will be registered as club members on the day.

Players Meeting
A Seniors Players meeting will be held in the clubrooms at 8pm Fri 22th of Feb. All players are requested to attend. 

Senior Players Meeting
A Seniors Players meeting will be held in the clubrooms at 8pm Fri 8th of Feb. All players are requested to attend. 

Bord Na nÓg Metting
A Bord Na nÓg meeting will be held in the clubrooms at 8pm Wed 6th of Feb

E.G.M
There are some remaining officers to be selected for the club for 2008. An EGM will be held in the clubrooms on Sunday 2nd of February  at 2pm. Nomination forms are available from the Club Secretary.

Underage Medal Presentation 11/1/08:
The club had a very successful juvenile social in the White Sands on Sunday evening. Medals were presented to players on the following winning teams Under 12 and under 14 football and Under 13, 14 and 15 hurling.  A special presentation was made to Shane Dunne in acknowlegement of his win in the Feile skills competition.  
The event was well attended by parents and children and a very enjoyable evening was had by everyone.The Sam Maguire cup was on display and the presentations were made by guest of honour Paul Galvin the Kerry Captain for 2008.  The club is very honoured to have Paul do the presentation, and is grateful to him for making time out of a busy schedule to attend.  The club also thanks the Staff and Management of the White Sands for hosting the event and also Raymond Stack for being Deejay on the day

Club Convention:
The Club Convention will take place in the club rooms on the 20th of January at 2.30pm. Nomination forms for officer positions and forms for motions to the convention are available from the club Secretary and must be returned completed to the Secrectary by no later than the 11th of January 2008

North Kerry under 14 A Hurling Championship final
Ballyheigue 2 .9   Ballyduff  1. 7
Ballyheigue U14 hurlers defeated Ballyduff in the North Kerry A Championship final at Ballyheigue on Sunday the 9^th of December.  Ballyduff played with the aid of a gale force wind in the first half and had most of the play and were five points ahead entering the last five minutes of the half.  In a rare break up the field, Ballyheigue’s corner forward Paudie Carroll scored a very valuable goal to leave the half time score at Ballyduff 0.05 to Ballyheigue 1.00.  Great credit must go to the Ballyheigue backs for holding the Ballyduff boys to just five points.
Ballyheigue got the second have off to a great start with a wonderful Garry Galway goal.  Further points from Garry, Shane Dunne and Philip Lucid gave Ballyheigue a commanding lead.   In fairness to Ballyduff they never gave up and they scored a goal and two points very late in the game.This was a great performance by the Ballyheigue boys.  Great credit is due to both teams for serving up a wholehearted and sporting game under terrible weather conditions.
The Michael Hennessy Shield was presented to Cian O’Sullivan full back and team captain by Joe Walsh Chairman of Coiste na nOg ( NKB).
The team and scorers were:Christopher O’Mahony Joe Lawlor Cian O’Sullivan Brendan Dunne Mikey O’Halloran Shane Dunne (0 .4) Jonothan Regan  Kevin Casey  Garry Galway (1. 4) Padraig Behan Shane Casey Declan Behan Paudie Carroll (1. 0) Tomas Casey Philip Lucid ( 0.1) Subs Shane Corridon and Adrian Flahive.
Referee : Finbar Canty

North Kerry Senior Hurling Final
The John Joe O’Sullivan Cup is back in Ballyheigue for the first time since 2002. Last years defeated finalists Ballyheigue won on a scoreline of Ballyheigue 0. 12  Causeway 1. 01
Scorers: Ballyheigue  Michael Slattery 0. 8, Ned Flahive 0. 4
             Causeway Cyril Dineen 1. 0 and Shane Sheehan 0.1
Congratulations to Ned Flahive who recieved the Man of the Match award. He was presented with a crystal decanter which was sponsored by Ballyroe Heights Hotel. Other contenders for man of the match were Willie Joe Leen, Diarmuid Walsh and Michael Slattery.

The Ballyheigue team was as follows.
John Healy Jason Casey Pat Harrington Colm Griffin Diarmuid Walsh Willie Joe Leen Jamie Kenny Jason Griffin Ned Flahive Nicholas Stack Jerry Crean Ronan Kenny Tommy O’Connor Brendan O’Sullivan Michael Slattery.
Subs: Kieran O’Sullivan, Kevin O’Sullivan, Noel Gilbride, Damian Casey, Kevin O’Mahony.

Ballyheigue Jersey:
The Ballyheigue jersey is now available to purchase at Henneberry Sports in Tralee

North Kerry Hurling Championship:
Please note that the North Kerry Hurling Final is re-fixed from Sunday 25th to Saturday 24th of November at 2pm in Lerrig

U21 County Championship

Ballyheigue will play St Brendans in the semi final of the U21 County Championhship on Saturday 3rd of November at 3pm in Lerrig.

Club Fundraising Draw (€100 tickets) - Month 5:

The following are the results of the local draw:
€500 Michael Holland Ballygarron, The Spa
€100 Alice Murphy 8 Racecourse Lawn, Tralee
€100 Ger Grady No.1 Marian Park, Ballyheigue
€100 Jerry O’Halloran The Castle, Ballyheigue
€100 Seamus Fitzgerald, The Village, Ballyheigue
€100 Kieran O’Sullivan Glenlee, Ballyheigue

The Following are the results of the draw held in association with Rathcairn:

Laptop Computer or Holiday Voucher or €1000:
John & Kitty O' Connor Chapel Rd
Set of 6 Cavan Crystal Flutes:
John Kearney Ballinclemissig
Set of 6 Cavan Crystal Wine Glasses:
Michael Pierce Ballylongane
Anthony Donnelly Ballylongane
Framed Mirror:
Ann & Tom Moriarty The Square, Ballyduff
Michael Godley 55 Ard Carrig, Caherslee, Tralee
Pat Keating, Buncurrig
Framed Picture:
Liam O Halloran Ballinclemissig
Kathleen O' Riordan Knockfinnane, Tralee

Minor County Championship Final

Good Luck to the minor team, who will take on Kilmoyley in the county championship final on Sunday in Austin Stacks Park. They narrowly defeated Crotta in the semi final on Sunday by one point.

U14- Football Final

Congratulations to our U-14 footballers who defeated NaGaeil in the St Brendan's Football Final on August the 5th. The cup was presented to the teams captain Padraig Behan. Please click on the following links for presentation photo and team photo.
Cup presentation
Team Photo

All Ireland Ticket Draw:

The draw for All Ireland tickets will take place on next Thursday night (13^th September) at the Clubrooms at 9.00 pm. Any member that wishes to be included in the draw should contact club officers before the draw

Club Fundraising Draw (€100 tickets) - Month 4:

The following are the results of the local draw:
€ 500 Patrick Dunne, Glenderry
€ 100 Brian Hussey, Glenderry
€ 100 B May Delaney, Killeen, Tralee
€ 100 Michael O' Halloran, Sandhill Rd
€ 100 Tom Fitzmaurice, C/o TLI Abbeydorney
€ 100 Michael O' Halloran, Heirhill

The Following are the results of the draw held in association with Rathcairn:

Congratulations to Mike Mulvihill, Castleshannon who was the lucky winner of the star prize, a car
valued at €18,000

Set of 6 Cavan Crystal Wine Glasses:
Michael O Halloran, Ballyheigue
Framed Mirror:
Francis Casey, Glenlea
Pat Joe Godley, The Village
James Christie
Framed Picture:
Larry Horgan
Michael J O' Donnell
Marian & Patrick Gaynor

North Kerry U-15 Championship

The North Kerry U-15 Championship will commence this Friday 7th of Sept against crotta at 6.30pm in Crotta.

Ball Alley Opening 14^th July

Ballyheigue G.A.A. officially opened its new clubroom, dressing rooms and ball alley on Saturday the 14^th of July. The opening was performed by Sean Walsh Chairman of the Kerry County Board following the formal blessing by Father Tom Pierce P.P. There was a large attendance present. Weather conditions were ideal with beautiful sunshine making it a perfect evening for an outdoor ceremony followed by a hurling match between the home team and Bishopstown of Cork. For full report and picture please click on this link

Club Fundraising Draw (€100 tickets) - Month 3:

The following are the results of the local draw:
€ 500 Patrick & Vera Roche Chicago
€ 100 Alan Coleman Belgooly, Cork
€ 100 Brendan Walsh, Lusk, Co. Dublin
€ 100 John Kelly, The Village, Ballyheigue
€ 100 Aidan O' Connor, The Greyhound Bar
€ 100 Mike Flaherty, Lerrig

The Following are the results of the draw held in association with Rathcairn:

Set of 6 Cavan Crystal Brandy Glasses:
Thomas & Marian Duggan, Ballyheigue
Set of 6 Cavan Crystal Champagne Flutes:
Patrick O Halloran, Caherulla
John Lucid, Knockane
Framed Mirror:
John O' Driscoll, Goleen
John Joe & Marian Duggan, Tiduff
Jerry O' Halloran, The Castle
Denis Tagney, Castleisland
Framed Picture:
James & Eileen O' Connor, Tralee
Kate Dineen, Glenderry West
Jack & Helen Casey, Ballylongane

Official Opening:

The opening of the dressing rooms, meeting room and ball alley will take place on Saturday the 14th of July @ 6:00pm.There will be a blessing carried out by Father Tom Pierce PP and the opening will be carried out Sean Walsh Chaiman of the Kerry Co Board.
There will be an under 16 hurling game between Ballyheigue and Kilmoyley at 4:00pm prior to the ceremony and a Senior hurling challenge game will take place between Ballyheigue and Bishopstown Co. Cork at 7.30pm.
All people of the parish are welcome to attend.

Club Fundraising Draw (€100 tickets) - Month 2:

The following are the results of the local draw:
€ 500 Thomas & Marion Duggan Buncurrig
€ 100 Brendan O'Connor Glen Farm
€ 100 Breda O'Regan 128 Spa Road, Tralee
€ 100 Mike Quille Buncurrig
€ 100 Joan Kenny Caherulla
€ 100 Francis Casey Glenlea

The Following are the results of the draw held in association with Rathcairn:

Framed Mirror:
Michael Roche Chicago
Framed Picture:
Darren Godley Ballylongane
Bernard Lee Glenlea
Ritchie O'Connor c/o Garda Station Ballyheigue

Feile na nGaeil Skills Competition:

 

Congratulations to Shane Dunne and the Dunne family on his outstanding performance at the Feile na nGaeil skills competition at Kilkenny’s Nolan Park last Saturday the 16^th of June. Shane finished in second place in the overall competition and won first place in the section for the counties competing in the Christy Ring competition. The result can be attributed in the first place to his own natural ability but also to his dedication to practice in the weeks before.
Congratulations and appreciation is also extended to Mike Burkett for his expert coaching.
This is a very prestigious result for both Ballyheigue and Kerry hurling and all in the Ballyheigue club are very proud of Shane’s achievement.

 

Club Fundraising Draw (€100 tickets):

The following are the results of the local draw:
1st. €500 - Peter O' Connor Chicago
2nd.€100 - John Healy Seaview
3rd. €100 - John & Noel McCarthy & David Hussey, Portmagee
4th. €100 - Collette Goggin, Ballyheigue
5th. €100 - Pat Lawlor, Tiershanahan
6th. €100 - Brendan O' Shea, Huddersfield

The Following are the results of the draw held in association with Rathcairn

Set of 6 Cavan Crystal Brandy Glasses:
Maureen Griffin, Ballyheigue
Patrick O’ Hara, Ballyheigue
Framed Mirror:
Joe Barrett, Ballyhiegue
Brid Supple, Ballyheigue
John Kenny, Ballyheigue
Framed Picture:
Anthony Carroll, Ballyheigue
Willie Joe Leen, Ballyheigue
Kate Casey Ballyheigue
John O’ Driscoll, Ballydelvin, Coleen, Cork

North Kerry Intermediate Hurling League Final 2007

Congratulations to our Intermediate hurling team who defeated Kilmoyley in a very exciting North Kerry Intermediate league final on Sunday in Ballyduff. Ballyheigue came from a deficit of 7 points at the end of the first half to win by 6 points. The final score Ballyheigue 3-13 – Kilmoyley 3-7. The Moss Nolan Cup was presented to Nicholas Stack captain of the team and man of the match award was presented to Colm Griffin for his performance throughout the game.
The team lined out as follows:
Patrick Corridan, Danny Casey, Diarmuid O’ Connor, Jamie Kenny, Alan Lucid, Colm Griffin, Kevin Reidy, Jason Griffin, Mark Dineen, Nicholas Stack (0-2), Sean Colgan (1-0), Ronan Kenny (1-2), Damien Casey (1-1), Kevin O’Mahony (0-7), Tommy O’ Connor (0-1). Sub: Richard Hartnett.

Fundraising Draw:

The first of the "€100 ticket" draws will take place at the end of May. Due to the postponement of the draws that were to commence last December, we received a free allocation of tickets to raffle among ticket holders. This draw will take place at the sports field on Thursday 17^th May at 8.30pm. All are welcome to attend.
All ticket sellers are requested to have their tickets returned before Thursday.
Many thanks to the ticket sellers who volunteered their time and everybody that generously supported.

Skills Competition

Congratulations to Shane Dunne who won the County Under 14 skills competition in Kilmoyley on Sunday the 28th and will represent Kerry at Feile na Gael in Kilkenny in June 2007. This is a great honour for the club. Shane follows his uncle Patrick Dunne in representing Kerry in this competition.  Patrick won the competition in 1978 and was the first of six Ballyheigue winners.  Other Ballyheigue winners were Brendan O'Sullivan, Patrick Corridon, Padraig O'Connor and Kevin O' Mahony

Ballyheigue Win U-10 Blitz

Congratulations to the Ballyheigue under 10 hurlers who won the Eddie Godley Memorial Trophy for the second year-in-a-row, in the North Kerry ground hurling blitz which took place at Ballyheigue on Saturday 24^th of June. They competed with St Brendan’s, Causeway and Kilmoyley and topped the group to qualify for  the semi finals:

Ballyheigue were drawn against Ballyduff whome they defeated by a single goal to work hard In the other semi-final Abbeydorney were victorious over Causeway.

The Ballyheigue boys were much too strong for Abbeydorney in the final and had a runaway victory. The Chairman of the North Kerry Coiste na nOg, Joe Walsh presented the Eddie Godley Memorial Trophy to Brendan Reidy the Ballyheigue captain.

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Feile na Gael

Well done to our U-14’s, who travelled to Cork to participate in the Feile na Gael on Saturday and Sunday the 18^th /19^th of June. In the qualifying rounds they competed against Kilmeen/Kilbree and Kinsale from Cork. They won both games convincingly with a score line of

Ballyheigue 2 10 – Kilmeen/Kilbree 0.01

Ballyheigue 4.10 – Kinsale 1.01

They were drawn against Lisnaskea of Fermanagh in the quarter-finals and proved to be strong competition, scoring 2goals and 10 points, and not allowing Lismaskea to put any score on the board.  Unfortunately they were defeated in the semi-final by Cloyne of Cork, who went on to win the competition.

 

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Ballyheigue Win U-16 Hurling Final

Ballyheigue 6. 14 - St.Brendan’s 2. 04

Scorers:
• Ronan Kenny 3.06
• Tadgh Hartnett 2.00
• Shane Dunne 1.01
• Kevin Reidy 0.04
• Shane Lawlor 0.02
• Liam Hussey 0.01

Ballyheigue gave a fantastic performance, playing a brand of fast, open, direct hurling. Early goals by Tadgh Hartnett and Ronan Kenny gave Ballyheigue a great start and the team quickly settled. Ballyheigue dominated first half proceedings leading 4.05 to 0.03 at half time. St Brendan’s rallied early in the second half. However the local boys responded magnificently to the challenge and ended with some excellent scores. Joe Walsh Chairman of North Kerry Hurling Bord na Nog presented the John Joe Nolan trophy to the victorious Ballyheigue Captain Ronan Kenny.
The team lined out as follows;
Christopher James, Kevin Gaynor, Danny Casey, Dermot Lucid, Sean Casey, Pa O'Regan, Christopher O'Mahoney, Kevin Reidy, Shane Lawlor, Joseph O'Halloran, Ronan Kenny, Shane Dunne, Tadgh Hartnett. Sub. Liam Hussey for Pa O'Regan. Gary Galway for Shane Dunne
Subs not used: Mark Regan, Jason Flaherty
Referee: Alex Morrissey

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U-14 Win Shield
Congratulations to our Under 14 football team, who defeated Firies in the Division 4 Co. League on Monday last (15-5-06). Final score on the game was Ballyheigue 4-16 Firies 3-3. The shield was presented to winning captain Tony Kenny (View Photos)