SCOR SINSEAR. Despite giving a tremendous performance our Senior Scor Novelty Act team of Nora Stack, Anna Maria Tydings, Con Carmody, Mattie Quinn, Gerdie O Carroll and Jack Hennessy with their hilarious sketch The Adventures of Babysitting just failed in their attempt to lift the County Title in the Novelty Act catagory in the Gleneagle Hotel Killarney on Thursday night last where a packed attendance enjoyed a fantastic evenings entertaintment of the very best in Music, Song, Dance and Act by top class performers. It was once again a very enjoyable journey which started off in the Community Centre Asdee where they were crowned North Kerry champions then it was on to Abbeydorney for the County Semi Finals where a County Final place was copper fashioned despite some exceptional competition, however it was at that final hurdle that brought that journey to the end. On behalf of the Club i would like this opportunity to thank everybody who helped out in any way and also to the supporters who travelled to Killarney.

The following are the winners and who now go through to the Munster Semi Finals which will be staged in Millstreet on this Saturday night March 8th commencing at 7pm for Kerry, Cork and Limerick. The second semi final will be held in Cashel County Tipperary on Sunday March 9th for Tipperary, Clare and Waterford. Figure Dancing, Glenflesk,(E K B), Solo Singing, Spa, (E K B ), Instrumental Music, Gale Rangers, (N K F B), Recitation, Austin Stacks, (T D B ), Ballad Group, St Marys, (S K B), Question Time, Rathmore, (E K B), Novelty Act, Spa, (E K B), Set Dancing, Spa, (E K B).Munster Finals, Saturday March 29th,in the Gleneagle Hotel Killarney, at 6pm. All Ireland Finals, Saturday April 26th, in the INEC, Killarney.

SCOR. Last week it was the turn of the County Board to have some of their activities go indoors with the County Semi Finals of Scor Sinsear going ahead at the Community Centre Abbeydorney on Friday night last where a large and appreciative audence enjoyed another absolutely wonderful evenings entertainment and with two out of each catagory going through to the County Finals which will be staged in the Gleneagle Hotel Killarney on this Thursday February 28th at 7 30pm, so all competing competitors gave 100% in their quest for further glory. The local St. Marys club took part in 3 of the 8 catagories, in the Recitation section Donal Dalton was most unlucky not to qualify in this event after giving a tremendous performance with a beautiful rendering of the famous poem, Moriarty. Our Question Time Team of, Nodie Hennessy, Mick Rea and Paudie Deenihan certainly could not be faulted for their efforts and after qualifying at this stage last year for the Finals finishing in a most creditable second position but this year they had to be content this time around with 3rd place just missing out in for qualifaction by a couple of points. Once again the highlight of the night concerning the club was another majestic performance by the Novelty Act Team of Nora Stack, Anna Maria Tydings, Sarah Jane Carmody, Mattie Quinn, Gerdie O Carroll and Jack Hennessy with their hilarious sketch, The Adventures of Baby Sitting which brought the house down with laughter and more imporantly a place in the County Finals. Overal another a great night of top class entertainment that was certainly enjoyed by everybody> The Community Centre Abbeydorney was yet again a very popular venue and well done to everybody concerned in having everything in order for the event. Also full marks to both Brenda Dowling, Abbeydorney, Bean an Ti and County Board Scor Secretary Aine Ide Ni Ingleis for keeping everything running smoothly on the evening. Newly elected County Scor Officer Diarmuid O Shea made the long trip from Dromid for the occasion and in his address to the audence afterwards was loud in his praises of the high standard set by all contestants and thanked everybody for their involvement in the competition, also present were Vice Chairman of the Munster Council, Tom Healy, Vice Chairman of the Kerry Scor Jackie Walsh along with Committee member Tom O Connor. So as already stated the County Finals of Scor Sinsear will be going ahead in the Gleneagle Hotel Killarney commencing at 7 30pm and it is expected that there will once again be a huge local following travelling to support the Novelty Act Team, who hopefully will be all out to repeat their performance of 2005 and lift their second County Title. Best of luck on the night and also we wish both our near neighbours and fellow North Kerry competitors, Gale Rangers, Instrumental Music and the Beale Set Dancers the very best also. The following are the qualifiers on the night, Figure Dancing, Spa, (E K B), Solo Singing, Mary O Donoghue, Glenflesk, (E K B) and Aoife O Choileain, Austin Stacks, (T D B.), Instrumental Music, Gale Rangers, (N K F B) and An Gaeiltacht, (W K B)., Recitation, Brian Cabell, Austin Stacks, (T D B).and Matt O Neill Dr. Crokes, (E K B)., Ballad Group, Na Gaeil, (T D B), and Lispole (W K B), Question Time, Austin Stacks, (T D B) and Scartaglin, (C D B), Novelty Act, Asdee, (N K F B) and Na Gaeil, (T D B). Set Dancing, Spa, (E K B) and Beale (N K F B)

TRAVEL. Anybody who maybe travelling to Killarney for the County Finals are asked to get in contact with Club Scor Officer, Mattie Quinn, Bernie Doran or Cathleen Carmody who are organising the travel.

SCOR nA BPAISTI. The North Kerry Finals of Scor nA bPaisti will take place in the Community Centre on Sunday March 2nd with a starting time of 5pm sharp. The local club will be well represented at the event, again a great night assured.

SCOR. The County Semi Finals of Coiste Scor Ciarrai will take place in the Community Centre Abbeydorney on this Friday February 22nd commencing at at 7 30pm. The local club will be well represented taking part in 3 of the catagories, Donal Dalton will be taking part in the Recitation section, Mick Rea, Gerdie O Carroll and Eoin Kennedy are our Quiz hopefulls while we will be represented in the Novelty Act catagory by, Anna Maria Tydings, Nora Stack,Mattie Quinn, Gerdie O Carroll, Con Carmody, and Jack Hennessy. Two out of each catagory will qualify for the County Finals which will be staged in the Gleneagle Hotel Killarney on Thursday February 28th. We take this opportunity to wish all our local representatives the best of luck on the night.

SCOR NA BPAISTI. This competition is for Primary School and will be organised this year by the District Board Clubs. The event will once again be going ahead in the local Community Centre on Sunday March 2nd commencing at 5pm sharp. Another great nights entertainment is assured.

COISTE NA NOG
A well attended St. Marys Asdee G A A Coiste Na Nog A G M was held in the Community Centre on Saturday February 2nd. Outgoing Chairman Gerdie O Carroll welcomed everybody to the meeting and thanked everybody who helped out during the year at Club Fundraising and the more recently Presentation night where Kerry All Star Footballer Mark O Shea was guest of honour. In a very detailed Secretarys report Siobhain Keane was loud in her praises of the clubs under age success during the year, the Under 16s won the North Kerry Division 2 League, the local National Schools team won the North Kerry Cumann na mBunscoil final, both Under 12 and Under 14s were unlucky being runners up in their respective competitions. The Secretary finished up by thanking her fellow Officers but urged more people to get involved in helping out. The Club Officers did express their disappointment at the North Kerry Board Coiste Na Nog for not fixing any under age games for Walsh Park but hopefully this can be rectified in 2008.The following were the Officers elected for the year ahead.

Annual General Meeting of St. Mary's Asdee - 2008
The 23rd Annual General Meeting of St. Marys Asdee G.A. A. Club took place at the Community Centre on Saturday evening last January 12th where there was a good sized crowd in attendance. Long serving Micheal O Connor who has served as Treasurer of the club since its re-formation in 1986 and Sean Doran who has been senior team trainer for the past 5 years both decided not to seek re-election, both were paid glowing tributes for the work they have put into the club down through the years. At the start of the meeting a minutes silence was observed for all the deceased members of the club. Chairman Padraig Vallelly welcomed everybody to the meeting stated that despite not having any silverware to celebrate it was still a very good year for the club both on the field and off. He thanked his fellow Officers and everybody who helped out in any way during the past year.The Chairman also welcomed Eoin Duffy into the club and on behalf of the club was very grateful for the great work he has being doing at the Jack Walsh Park.He concluded by thanking both John and Eoin Kennedy for some great memories in 2007 and wished John well in his role of Kerry Minor Team Trainer during the year ahead. Secretary Mark O Hanlon in his address to the meeting was also very pleased with the year gone by,stating that only a kick of a ball seperated us from victory in several games especially in the County League.The Intermediate Championship Final was a cruel pill to swallow as defeat was our lot for the third year in a row, however the team played exceptionaly well in all competitions they took part in and can now look forward to the year ahead with confidence.On the underage front he praised all connected with Bord Na nO for the superb work they have been doing but urged more people to get involved.Off the field too he thanked everybody for helping out and was especially grateful to both Oliver Kearney and Kathleen Carmody for being the chief organisers of the very successful Night at the Dogs and of course all the various sponsors who supported during 2007. Treasurer Eddie Anthony Walsh gave a very detailed account of the clubs financial affairs thanking everybody for the support they gave the club throughout the year.The following is the full list of Officers for the year ahead.

Membership
Membership of the Club can now be obtained by contacting Registrar Oliver Kearney.
Adults 20 euro 3rd level 10 euro Under age 5 euro

The first Meeting of the Club will be held in the Community Centre Thursday 24th January with a starting time of 9pm sharp. All new members are welcome to attend.

Night At the Dogs - Update
On behalf of St. Marys Asdee GAA club I would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who supported, helped and contributed to our Fundraising Night at the Dogs which took place at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium Tralee on Saturday evening last. It was a fantastic evening and especially a tremendous finincial success. The club are deeply indebted to many Sponsors, Nominators, Advertisers and all who combined to make up the substantial support we received for the event and of course not forgetting the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium and all concerned for making their magnificent facility available to us. A special thank you to the hard working committee members who put so much time and effort into organising and managing all the arrangements under the stewardship of Committee Chairman Oliver Kearney and Secretary Kathleen Carmody who left no stone unturned to make sure that everything was in order for this special occasion, also to Estuary Print for design and printing of our adds programme and to anybody who helped in any way no matter how little, thank you.

Meeting

A very important meeting of the GAA club will take place at the Community Centre on this Thursday night commencing at 9pm sharp.All members are requested to attend.

North Kerry Board
The AGM of the North Kerry Board took place recently at the Listowel Arms Hotel where a number of changes took place in the Officership of the Board. Tom O Sullivan who had been Vice Chairman of the Board since 1992 decided to step down from that position having given great and loyal service to the Board over that period of time. Tom was an excellent Officer and served as Chairman of the Referees Committee during that time. However the club had nominated Eddie Anthony Walsh for that vacant Vice Chairman position but unfortunately he failed to get the required votes that would make him become the third Vice Chairman from the club, Tommy O Connor RIP Clounamon held that position during the late 40s Both Billy Enright Ballylongford and Jimmy Buckley Beale were elected to fill the two vacant Vice Chair positions.
The following are the Officers who will lead the way for 2007

President: Eddie Dowling Ballydonoghue
Chairman: Liam Dennehy Duagh
Vice Chairmen: Jimmy Buckley Beale and Billy Enright Ballylongford
Secretary: Tom Dillon St. Senans
Treasurers: Aidan Galvin Finuge J P Hussey Ballyduff and John Joe Walsh Ballylongford
Scor Officer: Jackie Walsh St. Senans
PRO: Mike Flavin Ballydonoghue
Development Officer: Denis O Connor Moyvane