East Kerry Superleague Dr. Crokes 1-15 Rathmore 0-10. On Saturday last we hosted our first game of 2023 with a fine win over Rathmore in the East Kerry Superleague. We lined out with a young team who played a very defensive first half. Our goal scorer, Mikey Casey, found the back of the net in the 8th minute of play after intercepting a poor Rathmore kick out. Rathmore had their own goal chance just 5 minutes later when a high ball was kicked in to the square and subsequently cleared by Shay O’Meara in the Crokes goal. The second half of the game saw a more experienced team introduced with Daithi Casey, David Shaw, Sean Coppinger and Bryan O’Shea coming on throughout the half. We finished our first game of the season with a positive 8 point win over the All-Ireland Intermediate Champions. We now play Glenflesk at 8pm on Friday night in Lewis Road. 

Awards Night Our Annual Awards Night will take place on Friday 10th March in the East Avenue Hotel. Tickets €20. There will be a buffet followed by entertainment from Ráiméis. 

Healthy Club A safe and social walking group will take place every Tuesday and Thursdays from 7:30pm in Dr. Crokes GAA Grounds. Invite friends to join you on this healthy walk and social chat. This walk is open to all non Dr. Croke members too.  

Dr. Crokes Golf Society is open for membership to all Dr. Crokes members. We have 6 outings in total with our first outing scheduled for Waterville on Friday 24^th March, tee time 11-1. We are offering a special deal now to members which is €100 to include golf in Waterville and society membership. Payment has to be made on or before 4^th February. You can secure your place by either dropping the money to Vince Casey or send by Revolut to Keith McMahon. If you are interested in joining you can also contact fellow committee members Brendan Keogh, Ger O’Shea, John O’Leary or Frank Shaw. Our captain this year is John Lynch and President is Martin Byrnes.   

LOTTO TOOK PLACE ON February 6th Numbers drawn were 2, 10, 16, 22 Jackpot not won. 22 patrons matched 3 numbers and receive €25 each. Jackpot for draw on February 13th will be €16,400. We are calling on all members to support our weekly lotto as this represents one of the main sources of revenue for the club. With activity likely to recommence on the fields over the next few weeks we need people’s support to maintain our facilities in Lewis Road. We have made a number of alterations to make things easier for members to play the easiest one being to play it online by following the link below and follow instructions attached
https://play.clubforce.com/play_newa.asp?ll_id=734#Anchor

Dr. Crokes Shop you can shop worldwide on our online shop.  

BINGO Dr Crokes Bingo continues every Sunday night in St. Marys Parish Hall at 8pm. Doors open at 6:45. This week’s jackpot is worth a whopping €2,600 with another €1,650 in prizes to be won in 10 games of bingo. Everyone Welcome.  

Progressive ‘31’ Continues every Wednesday at 8pm. Bring €5 and a partner. All welcome.  

Mothers & Others continues every Monday at 6:30pm. If anyone is interested in helping out with this team in any way please contact Catherine Keogh on 087 2827626.

All-Stars Congratulation to our 9 East Kerry All-Stars who picked up awards on Thursday last, particularly to Tony Brosnan who picked up Footballer of the year and Evan Looney who picked up the Young Player of the Year awards. Congratulations also to Patrick O’Sullivan who received a special presentation in recognition of his support to the East Kerry Board. 

Congratulations to Céitílís and Colm Cooper on the birth of baby Conall. 

Sympathy to Denis Looney and family on the death of his wife Daisy. Sympathy also to the Doolan Family on the death of John Hickey and to the Cahillane family on the death of Teresa. Condolences also to the family of Ina Brosnan, Sister of Monseigneur Liam Brosnan. Ar dheis Dé go rabid a n-anamacha. 

Notes If anyone has anything they want to add to our club notes please email pro.drcrokes.kerry@gaa.ie.