Compiled by Tommy Naughton
Mass for Deceased Club Members
The annual mass for deceased club members will take place on Saturday Noverber 29th at 6-30pm in St Brendans Church Tralee.
Policy Document Recommends The Amalgamation Of The Two Austin Stacks Clubs
The launch of the policy document “A FRAMEWORK FOR INTEGRATION,” which was researched and written by Billy Ryle, Club Vice-Chairman took place at the Austin Stacks Club, Connolly Park on Tuesday night, 18th November. Billy presented a copy of the document, which has taken the best part of a year to research, organize and write, to Éamonn O’Reilly, Chairman of Austin Stacks Hurling & Football Club and Melissa Maguire, Chairperson of Austin Stacks LGFA Club. Copies of the document were distributed at the launch.
“A FRAMEWORK FOR INTEGRATION” makes a strong recommendation that Austin Stacks Ladies Gaelic Football Association Club and Austin Stacks Hurling and Football Club should consider a complete and equal amalgamation early in 2026. The document states that while the integration of The Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA) and the Camogie Association (CA) into the GAA will not be official until 2027, a preparatory run-in period of one year will be hugely beneficial for a seamless integration of the two Austin Stacks Clubs in 2027. The document recommends that a joint meeting of the members of both clubs should be held as early as possible in 2026. A formal motion should then be proposed that the two clubs would fully amalgamate for 2026 in preparation for full integration in 2027.
The document is advisory only and is not binding on either club. Billy said that club members should take time to study the recommendations and strategies that are set out in the document as change is coming fast down the tracks and only clubs that prepare for change will be ready to meet it head-on when it arrives in 2027.
Billy added that it had been a privilege and a pleasure to prepare the framework for integration of the two clubs and that he was very grateful for the manner in which club members engaged with the various stages of the project. The document, “A Framework for Integration,” will hopefully help to consolidate Austin Stacks GAA Club as a dominant force in the new GAA, when the Camogie Association and the Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA) cease to exist and integrate into the GAA in 2027.
The complete document is available on the following link by CLICKING HERE
Pictured at the launch of the policy document, “A Framework for Integration”, at Austin Stacks Club, Connolly Park on Tuesday night were:
Front L/R
Billy Ryle (Author & Austin Stacks Vice-Chairman), Melissa Maguire (Chairperson Austin Stacks LGFA), Éamonn O’Reilly (Austin Stacks Chairman) & Colm Mangan (Austin Stacks Executive member)
Back L/R Gemma O Connell (Austin Stacks LGFA), Carmel Quilter O’Neill (Austin Stack Executive member), Mike Casey (Austin Stacks Executive member) and Catherine Ryan (Austin Stacks Secretary)
Austin Stacks GAA Club App
The Austin Stacks GAA Club App is now live and ready for you to Download .
Keep up to date with everything you need to know going forward by getting our new club app.
Just follow these simple steps to get going ,
Step 1, Download the Free “Clubforce Connect” App or scan the QR Code below.
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Step 3. Go to Club Section at top of Home Page , click blue icon to proceed .
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Club Lotto (Mon 12th November)
The numbers drawn were were 10-11-12-19. The jackpot of €2900 was not won. The five €20 Winners were Keith Costello c/o Club, Joanna Leahy c/o Club, Denis O’Neill c/o Carmel Quilter O’Neill, James Hussey c/o PC Books, Denis Bracker c/o John Breen. Next draw is on Monday November 24th at 7.30pm and the jackpot will be €2950. Continued thanks to the following businesses for selling our Lotto tickets on a weekly basis – Kevin Barry’s Shop, Commanes Bookshop (PC Books), O’Flynns Interiors, Hussey’s, Princes St., The Burger Shack, Monavalley and Kirby’s Brogue Inn. And continued thanks to everyone who purchase tickets week-in, week-out.
Club Gear
Check out some of Club Gear from O’Neills by Clicking HERE
Club Cards
Our card sessions continue in the Clubhouse on Mondays and Thursdays with the starting time of 9pm sharp.
Club Bar:
Keep up to date with all the live sport we have to offer on our Bar’s social media pages. Opening times this week for the Club Bar are as follows, Monday 7-00pm, Tuesday 7-00pm, Wednesday 7-00pm, Thursday 7-00pm, Friday 7-00pm, Saturday 5-00pm, Sunday 12-00pm.
Join Our Gro-ovember Fundraiser!
Grow your moustache, spread awareness, and help us raise vital funds for the Kerry Cancer Support Group.
If you’d like to get involved, please contact Conor in the club bar for more details.
Let’s make a difference together this November! Donate to this great cause HERE.
Sympathy:
Sincere Sympathy is offered to the families of the following who died recently,
Elizabeth ”Betty” Hegarty (née Finn), Oakpark, Tralee, Kerry / Ballinhassig, Cork.
Brendan McCormack, Glendine, Camp, Kerry, Tralee, Kerry / Derrylin, Fermanagh.
Laurie O’Brien (née Fitzgerald), Brackhill, Castlemaine, Kerry / Tralee, Kerry.