Ballybay Notes

There was no winner of last weeks Ballybay Pearse Brothers Blotto.Number drawn were as follows: 9,10, 13 & 14

The following people won €20:

Barry Lennon, Ballybay

Niall Duffy, Ballybay

Tony Kennan, Ballybay

Paul Carragher, Ballybay

Moira Lennon, Ballybay

Kathleen Farrelly, Ballybay

Peader Coyle, Lisnaskea

Anna McCabe, Ballybay

Ann Finlay, Ballybay

Tom Farrelly, Monaghan

Next weeks jackpot is €6,100

Blotto: April has seen a lot of club member’s annual subscription to the Bally Blotto come to their end. As a result the tickets will not be entered to the weekly draw. Each member should have received notification of this and with the Blotto jackpot currently at €6,100 if members would like to be renew their subscription they can contact either Paddy or any committee member to do so.  

Results: The reserves took to the field for the beginning of the second round of fixtures in this years reserve league structure against Castleblayney in Ballybay last Saturday evening. In a fairly open and even early exchanges it took both defences times to settle and it was the Blayney forwards that settled the quickest taking the scores while Ballybay where guilty of wasting a number of great goal opportunities. The Ballybay defence got to grips with their opponents, winning their personal battles with impressive displays from Mark, Fergal, Evan & Conor. The forwards where able to kick a couple of scores to reduce the half time margin. In the second half Ballybay dominated the middle third with Cillian, Conor & Danny providing the driving he real driving force to the team. The attacking play, with Colin at its fulcrum, where able to unlock the Blayney defence but unable to get the goal they so badly required. In fact it was Blayney who got the goal as they attacked on the counter and despite the best efforts on Brian in goals, it more or less finished the game as a contest. To their credit Ballybay continued to battle but were unable to close the gap. Full time score Ballybay 0-9 Castleblayney 1-11. Team: Brian McCabe, Darren Smyth, Fergal Smyth, Evan Rutledge, Mark McArdle, Aaron Toner, Conor Hand, Cillian McAviney, Danny Gorman, James Kerr, Colin Malone, Barry Macklin, Niall Duffy, James Garraghan, Cathal Mooney, Barry McSkean, Paul McCabe & Brent Wylie.  

Fixtures: The seniors are at home to Scotstown this Sunday at 2pm. The U12’s had are away to near neighbours Aughnamulen this Saturday at 12pm. The U16 had a good win over Donaghmoyne last week before the break for the exams, fair play to all and keep up the good work.

Good luck to all our club representatives who are sitting the Junior and Leaving Cert in the next number of weeks. We wish you all the very best.

Well done to all to the Ballybay representatives that played their part in Kingspan Park Breffni Park on Sunday last. The seniors will now go prepare for the Ulster semi final after an impressive display and we wish them all the best in their preparations in the next couple of weeks. Unfortunately the minors suffered a heavy defeat and will now concentrate on the St Pats team however the club are extremely proud of the efforts and manner the five boys put into their training and preparations for this competition. We’re sure that each and every one of you will have bigger more successful issues in the further.

Website: The club are currently working on developing a website to celebrate its colourful past & bright future while using it as an additional means of communication for Pearse Brothers both living in the area and those spread out over all corners of the world. If any club members of indeed members of the public have any info on the history of the club and would like to share it could they please contact Niall on pro.ballybaypearsebrothers.monaghan@gaa.ie or call him on 0871131268.

Bingo: Bingo will continue every Tuesday night at the later time of 9pm for the summer months in the club rooms. If there’s any member of the public, particularly elderly ladies & gentlemen, who would like to attend the night but struggle for transportation there is a free bus run within the local area to bring people to & from the club rooms. If you like to avail of this service please contact any committee member.

Committee meeting: Details of the next committee meeting will be sent via text message to all members within the next few days.