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Weekly Kerry GAA Scene
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Co. PRO Willie O'Connor
9th June 2005
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THREE SECOND HALF GOALS END KERRY'S CHALLENGE.... Kerry's first round game in the Christy Ring Cup played at Naas on Saturday last ended in a four-point defeat. The home side proved too strong in attack as three second-half goals killed off the Kerry challenge and guided the Lilywhites to the top of the Group B table. Being only one point in arrears at the end of the first half our hopes of overtaking Kildare in the second half suffered a heavy blow when the home side scored their three second half goals to give them the momentum once more. In the other first round game played last Saturday Carlow defeated Wicklow by a goal. Kerry have a bye in Round 2 which is being played on this Saturday and we are at home to Wicklow in Round 3 on Saturday June 25th. In Round 4 we are away to Mayo on Saturday July 2nd and our final game in the group section is at home to Carlow on Saturday July16th. The top two teams from the group will qualify for the semi-finals against the two top teams from Group A on July 31st and the final will be played at Croke Park on Sunday August 14th as a curtain raiser to the All-Ireland semi-final. KERRY V LIMERICK Our senior and junior football teams on play Limerick on Sunday June 19th in the Munster Semi-finals at The Gaelic Grounds, Limerick. The Senior Game will start at 4.00 p.m. due to live television coverage and the junior semi-final has 2.15 p.m. start. We urge our supporters to travel to Limerick in big numbers and give our teams the support they deserve. We don't need reminding of all the closely fought contests between Kerry and Limerick at Senior level in last few years and especially last year's Munster Final at The Gaelic Grounds and the replay at Fitzgerald Stadium. ADMISSION PRICES Admission to the Covered and uncovered stand will be by ticket only. Cash will be taken at the stiles on the day for admission to the terrace. Munster Council have allocated 3000 Family Tickets to each of the participating counties for the uncovered stand. Adult Family Ticket €20, Juvenile Family ticket €5. The general admission prices are - the Covered Stand Ticket is €25, Uncovered Stand €20, Terraces €15. Under 16's will be admitted free of charge to the terrace. Concessions are for the terrace only and will cost €10 on production of a current and valid identification. SUPPORTERS CLUB The Supporters Club are taking busses to Limerick for the Bank Of Ireland Munster Football Championship Semi-final on Sunday June 19th. Those who wish to travel should contact Martin Leane at (068) 48116, John King at (066) 7124229 or Donie O'Leary at (064) 58099 for further details. MUNSTER SEMI-FINAL TICKET SCHEME Members of the new Kerry County Board 2003-2008 Ticket
Purchase Scheme are reminded that this Friday June 10th is the closing
date for receipt of their application for tickets under this scheme
for the Bank Of Ireland Munster Football Semi-Final between Kerry and
Limerick on Sunday June 19th at Páirc Na nGael, Limerick. It is expected that the tickets that will be allocated to Kerry at The Gaelic Grounds will be similar to those allocated for last year's Munster Final. Scheme members who attended that game will recall that their covered stand tickets were close to the 13m line and that the tickets in the uncovered stand were more central. It is appropriate that scheme members are aware of this situation in advance of deciding which ticket they should purchase. Members of the scheme who wish to apply in person at the County Board Office should also have a written application with them when they call and have an addressed envelope marked "To be collected." Tickets allocated to the scheme will be reallocated to the clubs and other units after the closing date. MUNSTER U21 HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP Kerry play Limerick in the first round of the Erin Munster Under 21 Hurling Championship on this Wednesday June 8th at 7.30 p.m. at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick. COUNTY LEAGUE The Credit Union County Senior Football League has passed the halfway mark and points are now very much on the minds of all the teams with promotion prospects and the fear of relegation coming very strongly to the forefront from now on. Round 7 of the League in Divisions 1 to 4 and Round 8 of Division 5 will be played this weekend. Most games are on Saturday at 8.00 p.m. and there are a small number of games on Sunday at 2.30 p.m. In Division 1 the game between Laune Rangers and Dingle is on Saturday at 6.30 p.m. and in Division 5 Dr. Crokes B and Scartaglin will play on Friday at 7.30 p.m. After last weekend's round Dr. Crokes are still on top of Division 1 even though their game in that round against Castleisland Desmonds was postponed. The game between An Ghaeltacht and Laune Rangers was also postponed. Defeats for Dingle, St. Mary's and Annascaul means that they will need to pick up points in the remaining rounds if they are to avoid relegation. Gneeveguilla are still unbeaten at the top of Division 2 with maximum points from the six rounds and in last weeks round they had a narrow away victory over Skellig Rangers. Dromid Pearses and Spa are in close contention with victories over Sneem and Ballymacelligott last week. At the bottom of the table Beaufort, Ballymac, Currow and Skellig Rangers need points to avoid the danger of relegation. Ardfert got back to winning ways with a victory over Keel in Division 3 and are now just one point adrift of the leaders, Finuge who had to settle for a share of the points in their game against John Mitchels. Renard are on top in Division 4 and like Gneeveguilla in Division 2 they have maximum points from their six games. Tarberts' victory over Brosna has them in second place ahead of Firies and Glenbeigh/Glencar in joint third place. Ballyduff's draw with Fossa and Ballydonoghue's victory over Templenoe has Ballydonoghue in second place, just one point behind Ballyduff in Division 5. 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. The small number of reports from the home clubs after last week's round was very disappointing and as a result their players are not getting the exposure and publicity to which they are entitled. Let's hope we have a big improvement in this round. AIB COUNTY SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP The draw for the third round of the AIB County Senior Football Championship will be made on Wednesday night during the launch the new weekly GAA Programme "Ciarraí Abú" on Radio Kerry from 9.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m.
The Preliminary Round and First round games of the County Under 21 Football Championship will be played on Tuesday June 21st. Extra time will be played if necessary. COMÓRTAS PEILE NA GAELTACHTA Congratulations to Lispole on their victory over Cill Chomáin of Mayo in the Junior Final of Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta on Monday last. This is the club's third victory in the junior competition. INTERMEDIATE HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP The first round games of the Castleisland Co-Op Mart County Intermediate Hurling Championship will be played on Wednesday next June 15th at 8.00 p.m. Ballyheigue are at home to St. Brendan's, Causeway are at home to Crotta O'Neills and Lixnaw are at home to Abbeydorney. The quarterfinal game between Dr. Crokes and Kilmoyley will also be played on that date. Extra time will be played if necessary. DIVISION 2 COUNTY HURLING LEAGUE The Round 7, last round games of Division 2 of the Credit Union County Senior Hurling League will be played on this Wednesday with all games commencing at 8.00 p.m. The home club is responsible for phoning the match result to the county PRO immediately after the game finishes. COUNTY JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUES Round 6 of the Credit Union County Junior Football League will be played on this Friday with all games commencing at 8.00 p.m. The home team should phone results in immediately after the game finishes. With only two round left to play it is still not possible to draw up a league table because of the absence of a substantial number of results in all divisions of the league. PRESIDENT'S AWARDS The Irish Examiner GAA Presidents Awards for 2005 were presented at a Banquet in the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork on Sunday last. We congratulate Bernie O'Connor of the Legion Club, Killarney and long time groundsman at Fitzgerald Stadium on being honoured with an award. The Awards have been initiated to acknowledge the achievements and commitment of individuals throughout the Association by providing formal recognition of their work for and dedication to the GAA. Among the winners are former players, coaches, benefactors and officials from across the country as well as recipients recognised for their contributions to handball, ladies football and camogie. President of the GAA, Mr Sean Kelly, extended his congratulations to the winners of the awards and paid tribute to their outstanding contributions to the Association in various capacities. "Whether on the field of play or through the involvement of our members at Club, County or Provincial Council level, the GAA has always been fortunate to possess outstanding individuals who have served the Association with distinction," he said. "The President's Awards are an opportunity to recognise their dedication and commitment to the Association in a formal manner". COACHING ACADEMY Next week will see the Gaelic Football Coaching Academy Summer Camps commence. This coaching initiative is aimed specifically at 1st and 2nd year post primary students. This camp will focus more on skill development but with a special emphasis on fun also. The Coaching academies will be held in strategic locations throughout the county over the next two weeks. The camps will run for five days commencing at 10.00 a.m. in the morning. The venues for next week starting Monday 13th are Rathmore, Cahersiveen, Listowel and Killorglin. Applicants will be taken at the morning of the camp. FOOTBALL & HURLING DEVELOPMENT SQUADS This Saturday June 11th is the concluding session for the under 15 Football Development Squads around the county. Each region will assemble for a one-day blitz. The Blitz will commence at 11am in the morning at a venue to be confirmed. This will provide the players involved in the U-15 Development Squads with the opportunity to display their skills and to put what they have learned over the last six coaching sessions into practice The Under 14/15 and 16 development squads in hurling take place in Caherslee Tralee. Coaching sessions continue on this Saturday June 11thcommencing at 10.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. in the afternoon. Sessions are conducted by top quality coaches such as Maurice Leahy, Eddie Murphy, Kerry Senior Hurler, Shane Brick are a few to mention. HURLING BLITZ On this Friday June 10th the re-scheduled South Kerry National Schools Hurling blitz will take place in Caherslee commencing at 10.30a.m. in the morning. The National schools involved will be Rathmore Boys, Dingle Boys, Killorglin, Kilgarvan, Kenmare Boys and Caherlaheen of Tralee. Winners will progress onto the County Final where they meet the winners from the North Kerry Region. HURLING SKILLS COMPETITION On Friday June 10th the National Schools Hurling Skills County Final will take centre stage. Maurice Leahy has been visiting national schools around county over the last number of weeks identifying the top 30 participants to compete in the County Final. The County Final will be held at Austin Stack Park Tralee and will commence at 3.45pm. Directly after the skills final the most promising under eight year olds were selected from hurling clubs around the county and will converge on Austin Stack Park to compete in various hurling activities. The top seven participants will be selected to earn the right to represent Kerry and display their skills in Croke Park at half time of this year's All Ireland Hurling Semi Final on August 14th. SYMPATHY We extend our heartfelt sympathy to Patsy Cremin, Spa and President of Coiste Na nÓg on the death of his wife. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dilis.
HANDBALL After a lull in the playing scene for a couple of weeks, action resumes next weekend at National and International Venues. Exercising their skills will be the top Lady Player in the Country, and two of our up and coming young players. Maria Daly flies out to Houston-Texas on Friday next, to take part in the 2005 USHA Nationals. Maria will be playing in two different events; Girls U19 and the Women's Open Events. Maria and her sister Sharon entered the 2002-US Nationals which were held in Las Vegas. Maria won the U19 Girls Singles and she partnered Sharon to take the U19 Doubles Title. The games will take place in Houston Downtown YMCA's 15 Court Complex, during seven big days of the four-wall nationals. Houston is the fourth-largest city in the U.S, and the heat over there at this time of the year is pretty intense [Could do with some here now!]. It is said that Croke Park is Kerry's second home, the same could be said of Maria and the USA. She has played there many times since the age of fifteen, and has enjoyed tremendous success over the years. On the National Scene two of the Counties young handballers, travel to Kingscourt next Saturday. Aine Casey [Ballymac] and Jason Mc Kenna [Glenbeigh] are taking part in the National Handball Day for Boys and Girls. Jason-representing Glenbeigh Nat School and Aine-representing Scoil Mhic Easmainn Tra Li, will be contesting the U13 Singles Event in their respective codes. These two players are not only representing their Schools, but also their Club, County and Province. Aine and Jason won the County Finals, and then proceeded to take their Provincial Crowns. These are two very promising players, and already have a lot of experience under their belts. Aine was on the Munster Girls Provincial 40x20 Team, that went down to Connacht in the Girls Provincial All Ireland Semi-Final a month ago. Jason was in the U13 Doubles 40x20 pairing, that were very unlucky to loose their Munster Final this year. It is not so long ago that Maria was playing in the
same age group as Jason and Aine. She is now the best player in the
Country and one of the best in the World. Mabye someday these two players
along with more of our young County Players, will travel across the
Atlantic to play Handball in the States. Good luck to Maria, Jason and
Aine next weekend, we wish ye all the best. The first of the Handball Summer Camps kicked off last weekend in Tralee, in what turned out to be a very successful outing. Ollie Cassidy and Clive Counihan are visiting schools, in the different Club Areas to organise the 2005 Summer Camps. At this stage nearly all the orgainsing is done, with just a few loose ends to tie up. We need the full support of everyone, to make these a success. We would be looking at a number of at least fifteen participants, at each camp to make them viable. A Press Release will be issued shortly with full details of Camps in each area. Munster Championship: Adult 60x30 Entries Fundraiser Feile Na Gael/Community Games Feile Na Gael Feile 2005 Handball Division Venue Date
Dates to look out for
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