Ballela will be hosting a Summer Junior Hurling camp, which will take place the week beginning Monday 9th July at Pairc Na Naomh, Ballela.

Any committee members who are able to help please let the Club Secretary Martin Mc Cann know.

Parents are also being asked to enrol their children for this camp ASAP. We need the numbers confirmed for the organisers to sort out coaches etc. Parent’s co-operation would be greatly appreciated on this matter.

Ballela Hurling & Camogie Club Fixtures

Camogie Championship
Monday 2nd July – Ballela v Ben Dearg @ Pairc Na Naomh, throw in 7.30 pm. Senior Hurling Division 1 Tuesday 3rd July – Ballygalget v Ballela - (Away) throw in 7.30 pm. U-14 Hurling Wednesday 4th July – St Patrick’s (Ballela/Ballyvarley) v Clonduff @ Pairc Na Naomh, throw in 7.30 pm.

U-10’s

Thursday 5th July – Ballela v Ballyvarley @ Pairc Na Naomh, throw in 7.00 pm.

County Down Poc-Fada Community games

The Down final for the U-12 Poc – Fada took place at Pairc Na Naomh, Ballela on Saturday.

The winner was Connor Branniff from Ballela who won with the last Poc of the competition.

Aiden Mc Kernan and Connor Mc Nally (both from Ballyvarley) came 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Connor will now compete at the community games finals in Mosney on the 25th August. Everyone from Ballela wishes Connor all the best for the final.

Mary-Kate Mc Grath (Ballyvarley) won the final of the Girls competition and qualifies for the Community Games at Mosney also. We also wish Mary-Kate the best of luck.

Committee Meetings

Ballela Committee continue to meet every Monday night at 8.00 pm in the clubhouse. This is an important period for Ballela GAC, as we will be announcing a 5-year plan that will outline the plans and strategic development that the club will be following. Any parishioners or members with any ideas are invited to put their ideas forward to the committee.

Cul Camp

Ballela will be hosting a Summer Junior Hurling camp, which will take place the week beginning Monday 9th July. More information will be on the website and in the news reports closer to the time. Any committee members who are able to help please let the Club Secretary Martin Mc Cann know.

Parents are also being asked to enrol their children for this camp ASAP.

Club Trip to Croke Park

Ballela are organising a trip to Croke Park for the Christy Ring cup final on Sunday 5th August. There may also be the chance of an All-Ireland semi-final match being on this day also, but this has not been confirmed yet. Please contact the club if your children wish to attend, adults are also welcome.

Senior Hurling News

Training will continue at the field on Thursday nights at 7 pm and on Sunday Mornings at 11 am. Matches will continue on Tuesday nights and all players are asked to check the Irish News on a Tuesday morning for fixtures etc or contact Joe Cosgrave.

New players and ex players are more than welcome to join and rejoin the club as members and we would like to see a few more turning up for training and the matches in support of the team.

Camogie News

The first round of the Camogie Championship has been brought forward.

Under 8, 10 & 12 hurling

Under 8, 10 & 12 hurling training will continue every Monday Night at 6.00 to 7.30 in Ballela at Pairc Na Naomh. All newcomers are welcome.

Club Lotto

This week’s draw was in The Anglers rest; No news received for the Lotto. More in next week’s news. Hugh Doyle and Sammy Edgar matched 3 numbers and won £10. Margaret Mc Evoy won the sellers draw. This week’s draw will take place in The Gall Bog with the numbers being drawn by Tom Montgomery and Martin Mc Cann. Current Lotto Jackpot stands at - £3650.

Club Merchandise

New Ballela club merchandise is available to buy from the club. All the Garments are very reasonably priced and we urge all players, members and parents to show their colours for the club and avail of this excellent opportunity to purchase club merchandise. Please contact Noel Burns for any further information.

Under age Hurling Round Up

Ballela U-12’s played host to Ballyvarley on Saturday. This was once again a very competitive game with Ballela opening the scoring with a Ryan Mc Cusker goal. Ballyvarley replied with 2 points and could have scored a lot more only for some exceptional saves from Mark Branniff.

Ryan Mc Cusker scored a point and this was followed up with a goal from James Mc Parland. Ballyvarley took the lead with 3 successive goals and the half ended with a point for Ballela.

HT – BALLELA 2-02 BALLYBARLEY 3-02

Ballela attacked straight from the start of the 2nd half but left gaps at the back which Ballyvarley took advantage of by scoring 3 goals and 1 point with a solitary point reply from Ballela.

This was a good learning experience for a very young Ballela side, many of whom who had played the previous night in an U-9 encounter against Ballyvarley.

FT – BALLELA 2-03 BALLYVARLEY 6-03

Many thanks to Doral constructions again who are the U-12’s sponsor.

BALLELA TEAM: M. Branniff, C. Branniff, N. Carberry, D. Mc Crory, N. Mc Greevy, R. Mc Cusker, S. Branniff, A. Harrison, R. Harrison, J Mc Parland, N. Mc Crory, P. Mc Cusker, N. Burns, C. Mc Clory.

Ballela U-9’s travelled to Ballyvarley for a friendly on Friday night. The first quarter saw Mark and Connor Branniff scoring a goal each and in the second quarter Connor scored a great point and Paul Mc Cusker finished the quarter with a goal.

Paul then scored his second goal of the game in the 3rd quarter and this was followed by a 3-goal haul from Connor Branniff.  This was a fine team performance and there were debuts for Connor and Aiden Mulgrew, Michael and James Mc Grath, Ciaran Branniff and James Mc Kay.  Thanks to O’Rourke Motors for team sponsorship and to the parents for transport again.