A very happy St. Patricks day to all associated with the club.

Saturday
Under 11 Cup 1/4 Final – Ballingarry 2 Old Mill 0 (D. O’Donnell 2)
Under 14 Division 1 – Ballingarry 1 Askeaton 0 (Hayes)
Youth Cup Rd 2 – Carrig Celtic 2 Ballingarry 2 (K. Forde, Snow)

Sunday
Desmond Cup 1st Round Replay – Ballingarry B 2 Glin Rovers 0 (Doyle, Fitzgerald)
Under 16 Cup Round 2 – Ballingarry 4 Killeaney 1 (Moynihan 3, O’ Connell)
Junior Premier Division – Old Mill 1 Ballingarry 4 (Kelly 2, Kennedy, Darragh O’Grady)

A hectic weekend of cup football saw three Ballingarry teams progress to the next round of their cup. The under 11 team were first to progress with a 2-0 win at home to Old Mill with Davin O’Donnell bagging both. They will now travel to the winners of NCW or Kilcornan in the semi final.
The under 14 side beat Askeaton 1-0 in their second last Division 1 game with Denis Hayes getting the only goal while in the afternoon the youths went out of their cup at Carrig where Mark Snows and Kevin Fordes strikes were not enough to overcome the home side and referee on this occasion.
On Sunday the Junior B team booked a trip to Rathkeale in the second round of the Desmond cup when Kristan Doyle and Brian Fitzgerald scored the goals in this first round replay. The sixteens will go to Abbeyfeale in the 1/4 final of the cup after Kevin Moynihans hat-trick and Barry O’ Connells lone strike saw off Killeaney in Ballingarry while Denis Kellys first league goals of the season and Darragh O’Grady and Eoin Kennedys efforts saw them collect three points at Old Mill.

Saturday
Desmond Youth Cup Round 1 – Broadford United 0 Ballingarry 3 (K. Forde 2, S. O’Doherty)
Under 12 Division 2 – Breska Rovers 2 Ballingarry 1 (N. Clancy)
Under 8 Division 1 – Ballingarry 1 NCW Rvs 3 (S. O’Connor)

Sunday
Under 16 Division 1 – Broadford Utd 3 Ballingarry 2 (A. Forde 2)
Desmond Cup Round 1 Replay – Ballingarry B v Glin Rovers B – Off
Premier Division – Ballingarry v Carrig Celtic – Off.

On Saturday the youths progressed into the quarter final of the Desmond Youth Cup and a visit to Carrig with a fine 3-0 win at Broadford. Kevin Forde with 2 and Shane Doherty were the scorers. The under 12 went down 2-1 at Breska Rovers but not without a fight. 2-0 down at the break left them with little hope but a fine second half performance saw them pull a goal back through Nathan Clancy to set up a grand stand finish. Sadly they just couldn’t get the second goal their efforts deserved. The under 8s hosted NCW Rvs in the afternoon with a Sean O’Connor strike proving not enough as the visitors went home 3-1 winners.

On Sunday the 16s visited Broadford but returned empty handed following a 3-2 loss. Anthony Forde repeated brother Kevins two goal feat from the previous day but to no avail. On the previous week the B team travelled to Glin for their Desmond Cup first round game where David Clancys first ever strike for the club ensured a replay while the A team drew at home to NCW Rvs 0-0 who had a man sent off, to ease their relegation worries.

Under 16 Division 1 – Abbeyfeale United 3 Ballingarry 4 (S. O’Doherty 2, Clancy, Forde)
Under 10 Division 1 – Ballingarry A 0 Creeves Celtic 2

The under 16s recorded a win while the under 10 A team restarted their season after the winter break with a defeat. Shane O’Doherty bagged a brace while Dean Clancy and Anthony Forde got one each for the sixteens.

Saturday
Youths Division 1 – Glin Rovers 1 Ballingarry 3 (K. Forde, S. O’Doherty, A. Cronin)
Sunday
Desmond Cup Round 1 – Ballingarry 4 Pallaskenry B 1 (Kelly 3, Kennedy)

A highly productive weekend saw both teams in action record wins. The youth continued to improve with their third win on the trot, this latest success in Glin. Goals from Shane O’Doherty, Kevin Forde and Alan Cronin saw an easier than expected win. On Sunday the junior A team progressed to the second round of the Desmond cup defeating Pallaskenry B on a 4-1 scoreline. A first ever cup hat-trick for Denis Kelly, the third of his Ballingarry career and a fourth goal from Eoin Kennedy saw Ballingarry through.

Anthony Forde has been named in Vincent Butlers eighteen man under 16 squad for a series of friendlies in Portugal from February 20th to 24th. On Saturday they play Denmark, on Sunday they play Portugal while they will round off their stay with a game against Spain on Tuesday.

Saturday February 14th
Under 15 Cup Round 1 – Ballingarry 0 Creeves Celtic 1
Under 12 Cup 1/4 Final – Adare United v Ballingarry w/o to Ballingarry
Youth Division 1 – Ballingarry 3 Glin Rovers 2 (B. O’Connell 2, M. Moore)

Sunday February 15th
Premier Division – Ballingarry 2 Killeaney 0 (Kennedy, Quinlivan)

The under 15s went the way of the under 13s of the previous week when they went out of their cup to Creeves Celtic. Ballingarry dominated long periods but failed to breach a good visiting defence whose keeper made a least one fine save. The winner came three minutes from time from a rare break for Creeves.
The under 12s are through to their cup semi final without kicking a ball after receiving a walkover from Adare United. The youths recorded their second successive win with a fine 3-2 home success against Glin Rovers. Barry O’Connell with yet another brace and Marcus Moore were the winners marksmen.
On Sunday the junior A team recorded a vital win at the bottom of the table leapfrogging Killeaney with a 2-0 victory. Eoin Kennedys first of the season and Evan Quinlivans first for the club sees Ballingarry move to fourth from the bottom with half the season remaining.
On the representative front all three Ballingarry players, Mikey Hickey, Nathan Clancy and Cathal O’Keeffe on the under 11 academy gave fine performances during the academys 1-0 win against Granagh Uniteds under 12 side in a friendly played in Granagh on Sunday.

Saturday Under 13 Cup Round 1 – Ballingarry 0 Creeves Celtic 3
Youth Division 1 – Ballingarry 5 Adare Utd 2 (O’Connell 2, A. Forde 2, S. Doherty)

Sunday – Premier Division League Cup Round 1- Killeaney 1 Ballingarry 0
Junior Division 3 – Pallaskenry B 1 Ballingarry B 5 (P. Forde 3, O’Hanlon 2)

It was league success for Ballingarry but cup failure over the weekend. On Saturday the under 13s went out of their cup at home to Creeves. No score at the break with the best chance falling to Conor Houlihan but the keeper saved. A bad mistake led to the opening goal and it was all downhill after that with the visitors running out easy winners.
The youths recorded their first win of the season with a fine 5-2 victory at home to Adare. A superb performance saw them recover from a goal down with all Ballingarrys goals coming from under 15 players Barry O’Connell (2), Anthony Forde (2) and Shane Doherty with one.
On Sunday the junior sides season of woe continued with the Premier cup the latest competiton to exit. Killeaneys one nil win sees Ballingarry with just the Desmond cup to look forward to. No such fare for the B team who took another giant step towards the Division 3 title. Padraig Forde added another hat-trick to his already impressive career CV while a brace fron David O’Hanlon secured all three points from their visit to Pallaskenry.

The Desmond Cup draw, which was made in Rathkeale House Hotel on Monday last February 2nd following the delegate meeting, paired Ballingarrys A team at home to Pallaskenry B and the clubs B team away to Glin Rovers B in the first round. The games are down for decision for Sunday February 15th next.

Saturday – Under 14 Division 2 Athea United 0 Ballingarry 3 (L. O’Sullivan 2, B. O’Connell 1)
The only game that survived the weather was the under 14s at Athea. A fine performance saw the team secure all three points with Liam O’Sullivan (2) and Barry O’Connell on the mark.

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