Saturday February 4th
U-15 Cup Round 1 – Creeves Celtic 1 Ballingarry 5 (Clancy 2, Smith 1, Murphy 1, OG 1)

Sunday February 5th
Junior Premier Division – Ballingarry 2 (C. Doherty 1, Alymer 1) NCW Rvs 2
Junior Division 3 – Bally Rovers 0 Ballingarry B 0

The under 15s were in action on Saturday where they progress to the last eight of the cup with an easy victory against Creeves. A brace from Nathan Clancy, and own goal by one of the Creeves defenders and one each from Alan Murphy and Aaron Smith saw them secure a trip to Athea in the quarters.

On Sunday the A team came from behind to go a goal up only to let it slip and draw at home to NCW Rovers. Colin Doherty have them a half time draw before Rory Alymer put them ahead only to concede late on.

Team: Kenrick; Cahill; Condron; C. Kiely; Fitzgerald; C. Doherty (Forde); Kennedy; O’Grady; Kelly; Clancy (S. Doherty); Kelly.

Saturday January 21st
U-16 Division 2 – Ballingarry 1 (Moran 1) Abbeyfeale United B 2

Sunday January 22nd
Junior Division 3 – Ballingarry B 2 (O’Hanlon, Minogue) Glin Rovers B 0

Just two games over the weekend for the club with the 16s in action on Saturday losing to visiting Abbeyfeale United B. Sean Moran gave Ballingarry the lead in the first minute, a lead the held until midway through the second hald when Abbey equalised. They scored the decisive second eight minutes from time.

The junior B team saw action on Sunday where goals in either half from David O’Hanlon and sealed a 2-0 win.

Saturday January 7th
U-11 Cup Round 2 – Kilcornan 2 Ballingarry 2 (Mulqueen 2) aet. Kilcornan win 3-2 on pens.
U-14 Cup Round 2 – Athea United 1 Ballingarry 6 (Murphy 2, Smith 2, Curtis, O’Kelly)

Sunday January 9th
Junior Division 3 – Ferry Rangers 2 Ballingarry B 2 (O’Hanlon, Doyle)

While the 14s progressed to the third round of the cup the 11s went out. The 14s were in Athea where the locals had no answer to Ballingarry drive. Goals from Alan Murphy (2) Sean Curtis, Mark O’ Kelly and another brace from Aaron Smith saw Ballingarry easy winners. The 11s were unlucky to go out at Kilcornan in the harshest way, 3-2 on penalties. Brian Mulqueen got both Ballingarry goals as the game finished 2-2 after extra time.
On Sunday the B team went a goal up before finding themselves 2-1 down to finally force a draw at Ferry Rangers. David O’Hanlon gave them a 1 nil lead but it was Kristian Doyle that rescued a point with a second half strike that proved decisive.

The recent wet weather has seen all football involving the club wiped out over the past month however one game featuring some of the clubs players was played last weekend, Sunday January 8th 2012 when the LDSL Under 15 side were in action against their Kerry counterparts. The Desmond lads came out on top with Nathan Clancy and Mikey Morrissey playing the full game while Cathal O’Keeffe started and was substituted early in the second half. Clancy was on target as they won 3-2 in Listowel to go top of the table in the Munster championship.

Due to the inclement weather over the past couple of weeks all games involving the club have been postponed.

The management committee of Ballingarry AFC would like to wish everyone involved in the club a happy Christmas and a bright and successful 2012.

Over the Christmas period both the Under 11 and Under 14 teams progressed to the second round of their cups. Granagh were beaten 2-0 at home by the 11s while the 14s had a 12-nil win at Pallaskenry. Aaron Smith and Rob Thompstone were amongst the goals.

Saturday 26th November 2011

Under 12 Division 3 – Carrig Celtic 0 Ballingarry 1 (Cathal Kavanagh)
Under 16 Division 2 – Ballingarry 0 NCW Rovers 3
Under 8 Division 1 – Askeaton 0 Ballingarry 2 (Cian McGoey, Gearoid Fenniman)

Sunday November 27th 2011

FAI Junior Cup Round 4 – Dingle Bay Rovers 3 Ballingarry 3 (Ryan 2, Fitzgerald) AET Rovers win 4-2 on pens.

On Saturday the 12s recorded a fine win at Carrig where Cathal Kavanagh proved the match winner with the only goal of the game. The 16s remain rooted to the foot of division 2 following a 3-0 loss at home to table toppers NCW Rovers. Ballingarry were two down at the break but a fine second half performance yielded nothing with Rovers getting their third in the last minute. The under 8s were in Askeaton where the game offered everything in terms of excitement with both teams playing a fast passing game. Cian McGoey got Ballingarry going with a first half goal. Great work from Gary Storin and Brian Sheehy led to Gearoid Fenniman scoring Ballingarrys second midway the second half to give Ballingarry a 2-0 win. The under 8 programme now closes until March and after seven games Ballingarry find themselves in third position on twelve points and well positioned to appear in one of the league finals. The 10s also enter their Winter break until February and they find themselves on top of division two with eighteen points from six games.

On Sunday the A team were in Dingle where they made their exit from the FAI junior cup after going down 4-2 on penalties. Ballingarry took the lead through Eoin Ryan but found themselves 2-1 down at the break when two goals in a minute, the first from the customary Kerry penalty, had them behind at the break. Ryan again drew Ballingarry level before Brian Fitzgerald put Ballingarry in front. However they were unable to hold out for a famous win but leaked a third goal that sent the tie to extra time. Ballingarry had their chances to win but failed to convert. Eoin Kennedy and Francis Kiely found the net from the spot in the shootout while Ryan and Denis Kelly failed to leave the Kerrymen to progress to the fifth round.
Team: Kenrick; Cahill; O’Grady; Fitzgerald; Condron; Ryan; Kennedy; Moore; S Doherty; Alymer; Kelly.
Subs: Clancy and Francis Kiely.
Goals: Ryan 2; Fitzgerald

Congratulations to Mikey Morrissey, Nathan Clancy and Cathal O’Keeffe who have been selected on the LDSL Under 15 Inter League squad. In addition both Nathan and Mikey have been selected on the LDSL Under 16 Inter League squad.

Saturday 19th November 2011

Under 14 Division 1 – Askeaton 3 Ballingarry 0
Under 10 Division 4 – Broadford Utd B 5 Ballingarry B 2 (Oran Ryan, Eoin Lynch )
Under 10 Division 2 – St. Itas v Ballingarry A OFF

Sunday November 20th 2011

Premier Division NCW 2 Ballingarry 2 (Kennedy 2)
Reidy Cup ¼ Final – Ballingarry B 2 (Clancy, Walsh) Ferry Rangers 1 AET

On Saturday the 14s returned home empty handed from Askeaton following a 3-0 defeat in this league game. The under 10 B side returned from Braodford in similar fashion after going under 5-2 where goals from Oran Ryan and Eoin Lynch weren’t enough. The Under 10 A game against St. Itas was rained off.

On Sunday the B team made it to the semi final of the Reidy cup thanks to a 2-1 extra time win at home to Ferry Rangers. Ballingarry were a goal down at the break but the introduction of both Dean Clancy and John Walsh proved a master stroke as first Clancy sent the game to extra time and then Walsh scored what proved to be the winner, both were scoring goals for the first time for the club. This will be the first time that Ballingarry have progressed to the semi final of this competition.

The A team were in action at NCW and secured a creditable 2-2 draw with both goals from Eoin Kennedy. Team: Kenrick; Cahill; Fitzgerald; O’Grady; Condron; S. Doherty; Ryan; Moore; C. Doherty (Corrigan); Kelly ( Cagney) (Quinlivan); Kennedy.

Saturday 12th November 2011

Under 15 National Cup Round 3 – Killarney Athletic 7 Ballingarry 1 (Murphy)
Under 8 Division 1 – Broadford United 2 Ballingarry 0
Under 12 Division 3 – Adare United 3 Ballingarry 3 (Brian Mulqueen 2, Kavanagh)

Sunday 13th November 2011

Junior Premier Divison – Shannonside 3 Ballingarry 3 (Moore, Alymer, Kennedy pen)
Hogan Cup Round 2 – Ballingarry B 4 (Doyle 2, O’Hanlon, Minogue) St. Itas B 1
Under 16 Inter League Friendly – Mid-Lands Leagues 2 L.D.S.L. 1
Under 15 Inter-League Mid-Lands Leagues 1 L.D.S.L 1 (McCarthan)

Ballingarrys 15s made their exit from the National cup in Killarney when the local Athletic side hit them for seven. After Jason Murphy had given the visitors the lead it turned into a day to forget as the home side ran riot on the score board.
The 8s went under at Broadford after the homeside scored early but Ballingarry settles and were on the attack for the remainder of the half but the homeside held out and hit again on the break to lead by two at the break. The introduction of Padraig McKenna, Ciara Houlihan and Gearoid Fenniman helped to keep the pressure on in the second half but Broadford were not to be denied.
The 10s were leading 3-1 at Adare and looking good but a late rally from the hosts saw them drop two valuable points. Two goals from Brian Mulqueen and one from Cathal Kavanagh secured the point.

On Sunday the A team took the lead three times against Shannonside through Marcus Moore, Rory Alymer and a penalty from Eoin Kennedy but were denied all three points by a last minute goal. Team: Kenrick; Cahill; Condron; Fitzgerald; Darragh O’Grady; Corrigan; Ryan; Moore; Kennedy; Alymer. Sub Used: Kelly.

On Sunday also the B team were in action with the re-fixed Hogan Cup second round game and gave a fine footballing performance in defeating St Itas B by 4 goals to 1. Kristian Doyle with two, with a well constructed goal and David O’Hanlon with the best goal of the game were the victors scorers.

In Inter-league news the Desmond Schoolboys had two teams in friendly action in Portlaoise where the 16s and 15s played against their counterparts from the Midlands league. Nathan Clancy played a half for both teams in what was a 2-1 defeat for the 16s and a 1-1 draw for the 15s where Liam McCarthan of NCW scored the goal. Ballingarrys Cathal O’Keeffe also saw action for the 15s.

Saturday 22nd October 2011

Under 14 Division 1 – Ballingarry 2 (Murphy 2) NCW 2
Under 10 Division 1 – Glin Rovers 1 Ballingarry 3 (Storin, Houlihan, M. Molloy)
Under 10 Division 4 – Ferry Rangers 2 Ballingarry B 0

Sunday 23rd October 2011

Munster Junior Cup Round 2 – Adare United 0 Ballingarry 0 AET Adare win 4-3 on pens.

Hogan Cup Round 2 – Ballingarry B 0 St. Itas B 0 (GAME ADANDONED AT HT DUE TO WATER LOGGED PITCH)

Saturday 15th October 2011

Under 15 National Cup Round 2 – Ballingarry 4 (Murphy, O’Connor, Hickey (pen), Smith) Knockainey 0
Under 8 Division 1 – NCW Rvs 1 Ballingarry 2 (Eoin O’Connor 2)
Under 12 Division 3 – Ballingarry 2 (Mulqueen, Cavanagh) Pallaskenry 1

Sunday 16th October 2011

FAI Junior Cup Round 2 – Ballingarry 2 (Forde, Moore) Listowel Celtic 1

Ballingarrys 15s booked a trip to Kerry in the third round of the National Cup with a comprehensive 4-0 defeat of visiting Knockainey last Saturday. The result was never in doubt once Jason Murphy opened the scoring early on. Aaron O’Connors fine effort and Mikey Hickey penalty had the winners in total command at the break. Aaron Smith added a fourth just after the restart to seal an easy win. The prize is an away 3rd round fixture against Killarney Athletic on November 12th next.

The 8s also won with a 2-1 success at NCW Rovers. This was a game of two halves with Rovers well on top in the first with fine defending and good goalkeeping from Brian Sheehy and Enda Moran keeping Ballingarry in the game. A goal five minutes from the break gave Rovers the half time lead.The second half saw Ballingarry take control from the start with Eoin Lynch in fine form. Eoin O’Connor got Ballingarrys equaliser with a shot from outside the box. Eddie Foley helped Ballingarry keep the pressure on making several strong runs and eventually setting up Eoin O’Connor for his second and Ballingarrys winner.

The 12s enjoyed a 2-1 win against Pallaskenry where Brian Mulqueen and Cathal Cavanagh were on the mark.

On Sunday the juniors entertained Listowel Celtic of the Kerry District Football League in the second round of the FAI junior cup and had to come from behind to clinch their place in the third round. Two evenly matched sides served up an entertaining game with the visitors going ahead five minutes before the break when a corner from the left was adjudged to have crossed the line despite a desperate attempted clearance by Cahill. This was immediately after Kenrick had saved from the spot after Condron conceded. The second half was just five minutes in when Kevin Forde finished well after Francis Kiely brilliantly found him following a jinking run. Ballingarrys passage was sealed by substitute Marcus Moore after he stroked home ten minutes from time.
Team: Kenrick; Cahill; Condron (Quinlivan); C. Kiely; Fitzgerald; Ryan; F. Kiely; Kennedy; Corrigan (Moore); Forde; S. Doherty.