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Weekly Kerry GAA Scene
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Co. PRO Willie O'Connor
7th April 2005
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VERY SATISFYING LEAGUE CAMPAIGN... Our victory over Tyrone last Sunday, impressive as it was, failed to put us through to the semi-finals of the Allianz National Football League. Mayo's tally in their victory against Westmeath on the basis of scores for determined that both Tyrone and Mayo qualified for the semi-finals from Division 1A. Even though Kerry and Mayo were equal both on points and on score difference, in accordance with the league regulations the rank order for second and third places on the table was then decided on the total scored by each of the two teams in the seven rounds played. This division of the league was so delicately poised that the two teams to qualify for the semi-finals were only known after Sunday's last round results and score differences were calculated. On a positive note Kerry's league campaign has been very satisfying considering we only got down to serious training in mid January after the players returned from holiday. Our victories over Westmeath, Mayo and Tyrone in our last three games of the campaign were very gratifying and will no doubt be seen as strong indications of Kerry's resolve to successfully defend our Munster and All-Ireland titles in 2005. The Kerry players and team management are as enthusiastic as they were last year and they are eager for more success. Without a competitive game before we meet Tipperary in the first round of the Bank Of Ireland Munster Championship at Semple Stadium, Thurles on Sunday May 29th the players and team management will put those intervening weeks to very effective use in preparation for what we all hope will be a successful championship campaign. We thank our supporters for their great support for the team during the league, especially those who made the long journeys to Ballybofey and to Castlebar. Let's hope that the supporters will continue to give their loyal support to the team during the championship campaign, where if we progress in Munster all our games in the Munster Championship this year will be away games. If we get over Tipperary in the first round we are away to Limerick in the semi-final. JUNIOR INTERNATIONAL RULES Congratulations to the Ireland Junior International Rules Panel on their victory over Australia in the three match test series. Well done especially to Shane Hennessy and Stephen Browne from Castlegregory who are celebrating their part in Ireland's successful test series. The result of the third Test Match between Ireland and Australia played at Fitzgerald Stadium last Sunday was the deciding game of the 2005 Junior International Rules Series. Ireland won the series by two games to one. Shane Hennessy and Stephen Browne from Castlegregory, are both students of Tralee CBS, The Green. Their families, their club and their school can feel very proud of their achievement. NATIONAL HURLING LEAGUE Kerry play Westmeath in the first round of Series 2 in Division 2 of the Allianz National Hurling League at Kilmoyley on this Sunday at 2.00 p.m. In Series 2 Kerry will also play Offaly and Derry who finished in the top three in Division 2A. In the second round we are away to Offaly and in the third and final round we have a home game against Derry. The stakes will be much higher at this stage of the League and Kerry will have to improve on their performances if they are to make an impact. It is games such as those we are now about to play in Series 2 that will assess our possibilities for the championship games in The Christy Ring Cup later in the year. MUNSTER MINOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP In the Munster Minor Hurling Championship, Kerry were well beaten by Cork at Austin Stack Park, Tralee last Friday night in a very one-sided game. MUNSTER MINOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP COUNTY LEAGUE Round 3 of the Credit Union County Senior Football
League will be played this weekend with games on Saturday evening at
6.30 p.m. and on Sunday afternoon at 2.30 p.m. This round, for the most
part, is made up of local derbies and with our county players available
to play with their clubs there is sure to be great interest in these
derby games at venues throughout the county this weekend. In Division 3 Ardfert and Kenmare have set the pace with full points from their two opening rounds. Glenflesk and Castlegregory are just one point behind them. Tousist got their second successive victory in the
round as did Renard to share the top of the table in Division 4. Firies,
Churchill and Brosna are just one point behind the leading pair. Round 4 will be played on the weekend of April 17th. RESULTS: Short match reports can be faxed to the above fax number or e-mailed to prokygaa@gofree.indigo.ie at any time on Saturday night or on Sunday. They can also be phoned after 8 o'clock on Sunday night. These reports need only be sixty or seventy words long and should include the half-time score and the important scores and scorers of each half as well as any incident that was of significance in the game, such as a penalty or an important save by the goalkeeper. The full-time score, however, should be phoned immediately after the game in order to meet the deadlines for the national papers and radio. There has been a very big improvement by club PROs in sending County League match reports so far this year. It is part of the job description to give a profile to the club players in the county league and every effort should be made to ensure that this continues throughout the playing season. It would be desirable to have more reports from divisions 3, 4 and 5 as well all the games played in divisions 1 and 2. . With a different group of home clubs involved for this round let's hope the return is at least equally as good as the two previous rounds. AERTEL: COUNTY MINOR LEAGUES Round 2 of the Keane's Super Valu County Minor Football Leagues will be played on this Friday April 8th with games in all divisions commencing at 7.00 p.m. Round 4 of the 13 a side Division 2 minor hurling league will be played on this Sunday with all games starting at 12 noon. Results should be phoned in to the County PRO (066) 71 24754 or faxed to (066) 71 81040 immediately after the game finishes. AIB COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW The first round draw for the 2005 AIB County Senior Football Championship took place at the Castle St., Tralee AIB Branch on Monday. The first round games will be played on the weekend of May 8th.
First round games in the club section include Rathmore against fellow East Kerry club, Kilcummin, John Mitchels against Austin Stacks, Kerins O'Rahillys play Listowel Emmets and the all West Kerry clash of Dingle and An Ghaeltacht. In the Divisional/Group team section, Kenmare play Shannon Rangers, Mid Kerry against West Kerry, St. Brendan's play St. Kieran's and East Kerry play Feale Rangers. South Kerry, the holders, Laune Rangers, the 2004 finalists, Dr. Crokes, the 2004 County League Champions and Milltown/Castlemaine the Senior Club Champions were given byes into Round 3. In the AIB County Senior Hurling Championship first round Lixnaw drew Kenmare and Crotta O'Neills drew Abbeydorney. The other teams got a bye into the quarterfinals. COUNTY COMMITTEE MEETING The April Meeting of the County Committee will be on Monday next April 11th at 8.00 p.m. at The Pavilion, Austin Stack Park, Tralee. The motions that will be debated at Annual Congress will be discussed at this meeting. SPORTS INJURY COURSES It is vital that every club avails of this opportunity to train people and they are strongly urged to send representatives to this course. These are specifically for club trainers, mentors and administrators for all teams from Coiste Na nÓg to Senior EMAIL & GAA WEB MAIL TRAINING Email training for New Club Secretaries and refresher for any other Club Secretaries and Sub Committee Secretaries will be held on Thursday 5th May at Institute of Technology Tralee at 8.00 p.m. sharp. ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW NIGHT An All-Ireland Pre-Championship Preview Night presented by Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh and hosted by The Star newspaper will be held at The Killarney Heights Hotel on Wednesday night April 13th. Special guests will include intercounty team managers and GAA writers Cian Murphy and John Harrington. Admission is €8 and the proceeds go to the Kerry Supporters Club. COACHING U14 Football Schools of Excellence & U15 Football Development Squad's will have the following sessions in the coming weeks. Times for all squads are from 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. each morning. The Under 14's will be on Saturday April 9th, April 23rd, May 7th, May 21st, June 4th and June 18th at Glenbeigh for Mid Kerry and South Kerry, at Lispole for West Kerry, at Caherslee for Tralee, St. Brendan's and Castleisland Districts, at a venue to be arranged for East Kerry and Kenmare and at Beale for North Kerry. The sessions for the Under 15's will be on on April 6th, April 30th, May 14th, May 28th and June 11th at Caherslee for Tralee, West Kerry, North Kerry, St. Brendan's and Castleisland, at Glenbeigh for South Kerry and Mid Kerry and at Glenflesk for East Kerry and Kenmare. The South Kerry U14 Hurling Schools of Excellence will be on April 16th, 30th, May 14th, 28th and June 11th and the South Kerry U15 Hurling Development Squad's will be on April 9th, 23rd, May 7th, 21st, June 4th and 18th. The venue is the Spa Club Grounds, Killarney. The North Kerry Development Squad will take place in May. HANDBALL AGM: Munster Handball Council All Ireland Championships/Munster Championships FBD Irish Junior Nationals The FBD Junior Nationals took place over the weekend
in Kingscourt Co Cavan. This year the Irish Nationals is being combined
with the USHA Trials. Previous to this the Irish Nationals, and the
USHA Trials were two separate competitions. The winners of the Nationals
will represent Ireland on the Irish Team, in the US Junior Nationals
in December 2005. The competitions were played down to Semi-Finals this
week. Match Programme Results: Ladies Senior Singles Semi Final All Ireland Semi-Final: FBD Nationals-Kingscourt Girls U17 Consolation Round: Karen Lawlor dftd Louise Hayes [Clare] Munster Juvenile 40x20 Semi-Final Fixtures All-Ireland 40 x 20 Juvenile Semi-Finals Boys Girls All-Ireland 40 x 20 Semi-Finals At Ballydesmond, Saturday 9 April, 4.30 p.m. At Moycullen, Sunday 10 April, 2.00 p.m. April 16-17: All Ireland 40x20 Juvenile Finals
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