OFFALY GAA ROUND-UP: News and views from your local club

RHODE

Offaly Senior Footballers
Hard luck to Offaly Senior Footballers who lost narrowly out to Kildare on Saturday evening last . The loss unfortunately ends Offalys year .

Adult League Fixtures
Division 4 Football League Semi Final
Saturday June 21st
Rhode V Shannonbridge 7pm Tubber
Division 1 Football League Relegation Semi-Final
Sunday June 22nd
Rhode V Durrow 12pm Ballycommon

Rhode GAA Annual Golf Classic 2025
The annual Rhode GAA golf classic will take place on Friday 20th June. The classic returns to Portarlington Golf Club and is open to GUI and non-GUI players ScrambleFormat. Teams of four at €160 with tee-box sponsorship at €100.
To book a Tee Time or sponsor a Tee Box , Contact the Golf Committee
Gerry Hickey 0879833769
Vincent Murphy 0879303111
Joe Masterson 0868157209
Seamus Darby 0876679120
Or Email: rhodegolf22@gmail.com

2025 Kellogg’s Cúl Camp
The annual Kellogg's Cúl Camp takes place in Rhode GAA from Monday 21st to Friday 25th July.
See Social media pages to register
Please click on the booking link below to sign your child up to attend and to receive the camp gear in advance.
https://www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie/ booking/?county=Offaly&venue=&week=

Lotto
The Rhode GAA Club Lotto draw took place on the 10th of June in Killeen,s with a jackpot of €2,400. On the night there was no match threes the numbers were 8, 23, 25, and 30, the following securing their winnings by lucky dip winning €50 each - Chippy Nolan, Johnny Swaine, M & M c/o Martin Mulligan and Rose Lynch ( Online )
We extend our congratulations to the winners and our sincere thanks to everyone who continues to support the club through the lotto. Your participation plays a vital role in funding local sporting and development initiatives, helping us grow both on and off the field.
Lotto tickets can be purchased online up to 12 noon on the day of the draw. For further details, please visit the Rhode GAA website, Facebook, Twitter, or contact your usual ticket seller.

NA FIANNA

U-16 Football
Na Fianna U16 Football No 2 Team have received a walkover from Shamrocks in Rd 1 of the 2nds Competition schedule for this Thursday evening as Shamrocks have withdrawn from the Competition so Na Fianna will have to wait until Rd 2 to get the 2025 Championship campaign underway.

Minor Football
Na Fianna Minor Footballers return to action after the exam break as they face neighbours St Vincents in Rd 5 of the League this Sunday morning (22 June) @ 11am in Cappincur where a win for Na Fianna will secure their place in the knockout stage. All Support would be appreciated.

U-13 Football
Na Fianna U13 Footballers face Edenderrry in the Rd 5 Re-Fixture of the Shane Lowry League Wednesday evening (25 June) @ 6:15pm in Geashill and will also face Shamrocks in Rd 6 next Friday evening (27 June) @6:15pm in Mucklagh. All Support would be appreciated.

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RAHEEN

Division 5 Football
Raheen Junior Footballers remain on course to secure their place in the League Semi Final as they made it 4 wins out of 4 so far in the Division 5 League with the latest win coming against St Rynaghs in Rd 4 last Tuesday week on a scoreline of 2-16 to 0-10. Raheen opened the scoring with the first point from the first attack straight from the throw in before following it up with the first goal in the 4th minute when Danny Gorman took the ball about 30m out and ran all the way into the square before blasting it to the net. St Rynaghs then got off the mark with their first point before the sides added 2 points apiece over the next 10 minutes with Cein Gorman on target for Raheen. This is how it remained until the last 5 minutes with Raheen getting another point before grabbing their second goal in the 28th minute when a quick tap and go free in midfield taken by Rory Grehan saw him pick out James Bryan in the clear in the square who fired it past the keeper to the net. The sides added a point apiece before St Rynaghs completed the first half scoring with what would prove to be the games only 2 pointer in stoppage time. This gave Raheen a healthy half-time lead of 2-05 to 0-06. In the second half Raheen had the aid of the breeze and they made good use of it adding a further 11 points to St Rynaghs 4 with highlight being a point from club veteran net minder Mark “Curly” Byrne who swapped his usual position between the posts to go into the full forward line for this game.
RAHEEN: Keith Kirwan, Finn McCormack, Brian Corcoran, Cian Flood, Shane O’Rourke (0-01), Aidan Pierce (0-01), Scott Bolton, Danny Gorman (1-02), Rory Grehan, Stephen Pierce (0-02), James Bryan (1-02), Ryan Mulpeter, Mark Byrne (0-01), Cein Gorman (0-06), Colm Larkin.
SUBS: Shane Hackett (for Colm Larkin), Liam Gorman (0-01) (for James Bryan), Noel Gorman.

Division 3 Football
It’s now 2 wins and 2 defeats for Raheen Intermediate Footballers in the Div 3 League as they lost out to St Brigids in Rd 4 last Thursday evening in Croghan on a scoreline of 1-13 to 0-10. Both sides found scores tough to come by with the opening score not arriving until the 9th minute a point from play for St Brigids which they added to with a pointed free along with a 2 pointer free over the next 3 minutes. It took until the midpoint of the half for Raheen to get off the mark with a point from Conor Carroll followed immediately by another from Paddy Rigney. Then in final 10 minutes of the half St Brigids stretched ahead scoring 4 points without reply to lead at the break 0-08 to 0-02. The opening 10 minutes of the second half saw Raheen add 2 points to St Brigids 1 with one of those Raheen scores coming from a free awarded for a breach of the 4 V 3 rule. This is how it remained until the last 10 minutes with the sides adding a point apiece with St Brigids then adding another 2 either side of grabbing their goal in the 24th minute when a fist pass across the goal was punched to the net at the left post. Raheen responded with double 2 pointers in the 26th & 27th minutes one from play and the other from a free both scored by Brian Crombie. The sides wrapped it up with 1 more point apiece in the time remaining as St Brigids claimed the win on a 6 point winning margin.
RAHEEN: Keith Kirwan, David Carthy, Brian Corcoran, Aiden Pierce, Eamon Bolger, James Lalor, Adam Kelly, Jack Keogh, Shane Hyland, Paddy Arnold, Paddy Rigney (0-01), Rory Grehan, Cein Gorman, Conor Carroll (0-01), Brian Crombie (0-06 (2X 2P)).
SUBS: Danny Gorman (0-01) (for Cein Gorman), Stephen Pierce (for Jack Keogh), Jack O’Brien (for Aiden Pierce), Mark Byrne & Colm Larkin.
Raheen Intermediate Footballers face Ferbane in their final group match in the Div 3 League this Saturday evening (24 May) @ 7pm in Geashill with a place in the Div 3 League Semi Finals the prize for the winners. All Support would be appreciated. No Tickets required. Adm €5 (U16's Free) Payable at the gate.

Lotto
The numbers drawn in the Clodiagh Gaels & Raheen GAA Lotto Draw on Monday 12th May 2025 were: 06 20 22 23. There was No Jackpot Winner of €15,000 and 5 Match 3 Winner(s) (Ian McLoughlin C/O Clodiagh Gaels GAA; Caolan Flanagan
C/O Clodiagh Gaels GAA; Lisa Berry C/O Sheila Coonan; Maureen Maher C/O Raheen GAA; Brendan O’Brien C/O JESSOP) (€40 Each).
Please Note Next Week’s Draw will take place on Monday 26th May 2025 in the Clubhouse, Killeigh. Tickets available ONLINE or from Fergie’s Shop, Geashill, Hamilton's & High Chap Pubs Geashill, Direen's Pub Cloneygowan or any of the following Club Members Eddie Kaye, John Hackett, Owenie Connor, John Garry, Matthew O’Byrne, Pauric Pierce, Ray Garry, P J Corcoran, Pat Carthy, Eddie Kelly, Annette Lanigan, Declan Costello, Dermot Guinan, Mary Dolan & Gerry Briscoe. Please Support.
Raheen GAA & Clodiagh Gaels Lotto Tickets are now available to buy ONLINE by going to the Following Link:
https://clubs.clubforce.com/clubs/gaa- raheen-gaa-offaly/
Link can also be found on Raheen Facebook & Twitter pages.
Entries in before 6:30pm On Next Monday with Draw @ 8PM that evening.

Membership
Members are asked to Renew / Sign Up their 2025 Membership as soon as possible. Subscriptions are Playing Members €70, Students €30 & Non-Playing Members €30 & OAP’s: €25; Walking Track only Members: €10. Gym Membership: €180 (Including Playing Membership.
Registration can now be completed onineVia the Clubforce App or via the following new updated 2025 Link which is also available on the Raheen Facebook & Twitter pages :
https://raheengaa.clubforce.com/products/
membership
Alternatively Payments can be given to Membership Officers Paddy Bracken or Eddie Kaye.
All Users of Club Facilities Including Gym & Walking Track must be Club Members.
New members are very welcome.

Club Shop
We have a Club Shop on the O’Neills sports website (www.oneills.com) where you can purchase all the latest club merchandise. To find the merchandise just type “Raheen GFC” into the search bar on the O’Neills website (www.oneills.com) and all the club merchandise will be available to purchase.

ST BRIGID'S

Lotto
9th June, 2025 – No Jackpot winner of €11,400. The numbers drawn were 06, 14, 20 and 21.
Two Match 3 winners: Pat Swaine and Leah Dunne.
Promotors Prize went to Sean Egan.
Next Week’s Jackpot is €11,600. Your continued support is much appreciated for both on-line and manual book sales.

Football League
St. Brigid’s will contest the Semi Final of the Offaly Division 3 Football League on Thursday 19th June against Edenderry in Rhode at 7.30 p.m. Please come out and support the team.

Spring League Presentation
Unfortunately due to adverse weather conditions our spring league had to be postponed on Saturday last 14th June. We would like to welcome all the footballers to the field on Saturday 21st June to finish our Spring League 2025. We will hand out the tops to all the participants and have some fun activities organised. A huge thank you to David Keogh from Leinster Concrete Finishing, our sponsor for Spring league 2025.   We are planning a fun filled afternoon with coffee, teas and treats after. All are welcome (time to be confirmed later in the week).
We invite everyone to stay on after spring league as our club pays tribute to John “Bruce” Hannon. Unbelievably it’s approaching the first anniversary of John’s passing. Our club plan to remember John and recognize the enormous contribution he made to our club, our players, our young people and our community.  The club invite everyone to stay, celebrate and remember the Bruce with us. This will commence at 5.30pm. We look forward to seeing you all on the day.

Best Wishes
Wishing all the sick of the parish a very speedy recovery.

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CLARA

Lotto
Clara GAA Lotto Results - Sunday 15th June 2025
Winning numbers were: 4-8-17-26
We had 6 match 3 numbers, winning €35 each - Kathleen Brazil, Liam Clear, Maureen Dunne, Marie Fitzpatrick, Molly Flanagan, Siobhán Kelly, Carmel Looran, Rena Mulligan
Well done to all and thank you for supporting our GAA Lotto. Our Jackpot next week is €4,800.
You can play online now via Clubforce. Alternatively, you can purchase tickets on a Clara GAA lotto book in various locations around the town, Friday Mornings with Kevin outside the post office, or in Bingo on Sunday night.

Clara GAA Underage Training
Underage training at all levels has resumed at Clara GAA, and we welcome new members to join! It’s a fantastic opportunity to get involved, make friends, and have fun. If you're interested, please text 0860206149 for more details

Registration
Membership is open for 2025. To become a member or renew please visit https://www.foireann.ie/home, alternatively through registrar Orla Dolan.

Joint Nursey
Reminder our joint nursery with Clara LFGC is back , Every Tuesday at 6-6:45pm. If anybody new is looking to join, please contact the Facebook or Instagram pages for more information.

Summer Town League
Schedule:
• Wednesday 18th June (Football),
• Wednesday 25th of June(Hurling)
Finals Sunday 29th of June, both codes with family fun day included.
More information will be provided on our social media pages.

Cúl camps
The Kellogg’s GAA Cúl Camps comes to Clara on the 7th July - 11th July, for children aged 6-13. Register by heading over to our social media page and clicking the link provided.

Offaly GAA Long Puck
Congratulations to our own Tadgh McGrath on winning the Under 16 competition on Monday evening.

BALLINAMERE

Lotto
There was no jackpot winner of draw 16.06.25. Numbers drawn were 3, 9, 14, 25
€20 winners were Mairead Galvin, Ross Ravenhill and Tom Geoghegan
Next weeks Jackpot is €5,900.
The lotto can be played online through Clubforce via a link on our Facebook/Twitter & instagram pages aswell as our website Ballinameregaa.ie. Any queries please contact any committee member. Thank you for your continuous support.

Hurling League
We play Kinnitty on Wednesday evening (18th) in Kilcormac at 8pm

Club Shop
Championship is fast approaching, now is the time to get your club colours. We have a club shop on the O’Neill’s Sports Website. New items have recently been added. Log onto O’Neills.com and in the Clubs Section type‘Ballinamere GAA Club Offaly’ for all the club gear.

Sympathy
Sincere sympathy to Father Joe Campbell and family on the recent passing of his mother Betty Campbell, Moate. Ar Dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

SEIR KIERAN

Results
Div 5 League semi final Coolderry 3-17 v 1-9 Seir Kieran; U14 Hurling League Birr def DSK ; Minor League Birr 6-19 v 7-19 DSK

Fixtures
Fri 20th June U13 League DSK v Coolderry in Rath at 6:15pm; Sun 22nd June U12 League Belmont v DSK in Moystown at 10am
Mon 23rd June U14 Hurling Champ Tullamore v DSK in O’Brien Park, Tullamore at 6:30pm
Wed 25th June U16 Hurling Champ Birr v DSK in Birr at 6:30pm

Cúl Camp
If you haven’t already booked your childs place at Cúl Camp then please do so asap. The camp takes place from Mon 30th June to Fri 4th July. Book at https://www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie/