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Weekly Kerry GAA Scene
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Co. PRO Willie O'Connor
16th June 2005
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EAGERLY AWAITED CLASH OF KERRY AND LIMERICK.... It's Munster Football Semi-Final weekend and what a weekend it promises to be. Kerry and Limerick in The Gaelic Grounds, Limerick. The counties have not met since last year's Munster Final replay at Fitzgerald Stadium and unlike last year when we played them in the league semi-final and twice in the championship, this year's contest between the two counties is eagerly awaited. As a result of those close encounters, which turned out to be close shaves as far Kerry were concerned have whetted the appetite even further. The Kerry Juniors play Limerick at 2.15 p.m. and the seniors are putting their Munster title on the line against The Shannonsiders commencing at 4.00 p.m. During the half time break in the senior game the Primary School Selections from Kerry and Limerick will take centre stage in what promises to be a very big occasion for the young players from the national schools of the two counties. So it's going to be a very tense day for the Kerry supporters on Sunday, as they set out for one of the great sporting events in the year's sporting calendar. We urge our supporters to come to The Gaelic Grounds early and give our juniors the best Kerry support possible. The sight of the Green and Gold banners and flags on the terraces and in the stands along with plenty of loud vocal support will give our team a great morale boost in what is going to be a very special day for them. They have prepared well and trained hard all year and the least they can expect from the Kerry Supporters is that they come in good time to support them. Kerry and Limerick games have become very colourful occasions in recent years, adding an extra special flavour to this wonderful sporting occasion. We had a marvellous display of Kerry colour in past championship campaigns. Let's hope for more of the same on Sunday next and give the team plenty of loud vocal support as well. That colourful display of support gives the team a great lift and contributes in some way to lifting the team's performance in their games. Our team deserves our support after all those hard hours of training and preparation during the winter, the personal sacrifices they have made and their determination to do their very best to bring championship honours to Kerry again this year. We wish our teams the best of luck on Sunday. In the semi-final between Cork and Clare played last Sunday at Cusack Park, Ennis, Cork have made it to the Munster Finals on Sunday July 10th after their comfortable victory over the Banner County. ADMISSION PRICES Admission to the Covered Stand €25 and Uncovered Stand €20 will be by ticket only. €15 is the cost of admission for the terrace and cash will be taken at the stiles on the day for admission to the terrace. Adult Family Stand Ticket €20, Juvenile Family Stand Ticket €5. 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. The departures times are 9.30 a.m. from the Tralee Road Roundabout, Killarney, 10.00 p.m. form St. Brendan's Church, Tralee and 10.30 p.m. from The Square, Listowel. 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. COUNTY LEAGUE Round 9 in Division 5 of the Credit Union County Senior Football League will be played on this Saturday night with all game starting at 8.00 p.m. On this Wednesday night at 7.30 p.m. the Division 1 back game between Laune Rangers and Dingle will be played at Killorglin. There are two back games down for decision on Saturday night at 8.00 p.m. In Division 2 Sneem are at home to Rathmore and in Division 3 Glenflesk are at home to John Mitchels. After last weekend's round Dr. Crokes are still on top of Division 1 after a very one-sided victory over Listowel Emmets. Austin Stacks are back in second place after their victory over St. Mary's. An Ghaeltacht are now amazingly at the bottom of the table after being beaten by Milltown/Castlemaine. Annascaul recovered from their defeat the previous week to record a much-needed one point victory over Kerins O'Rahillys. Castleisland Desmonds have climbed up the table after they beat Kilcummin. Gneeveguilla are still unbeaten at the top of Division 2 with maximum points from the seven rounds and in last week's round they had a good victory overSt. Michael's/Foilmore. Dromid Pearses are back in close contention with their victory over St. Pat's. Spa slipped back on the table after drawing with Currow. At the bottom of the table Beaufort beat Ballymac, Currow drew with Spa and the games between Skellig Rangers and Rathmore and Watervile and Sneem were postponed. need points to avoid the danger of relegation. Ardfert had an important away victory against Valentia in Division 3 and are now just one point adrift of the leaders, Finuge who won their top of the table game with Kenmare. John Mitchels continue to record good victories, this week against Duagh. Renard are on top in Division 4 but theyhad to settle for a share of the points in this round against Na Gaeil. Tarberts' victory over St. Senan's has them in second place and Glenbeigh/Glencar are in third place. Ballyduff's good run continues with an impressive win over Derynane while Ballydonoghue and Ballylongford are in close contention also for the promotion places in Division 5. UNDER 21 COUNTY FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP 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. The home team is responsible for phoning in the result immediately after the game finishes. INTERMEDIATE HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP The first round games of the Castleisland Co-Op Mart County Intermediate Hurling Championship will be played on this Wednesday 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. COUNTY HURLING LEAGUE Round 4 of Division 1 of the Credit Union County Senior Hurling League is being played this weekend with two games, namely Kilmoyley v Ballyheigue and Ballyduff v Causeway on this Thursday at 8.00 p.m. and on Saturday at 8.00 p.m. Crotta O'Neills are at home to Lixnaw and St. Brendan's are at home to Abbeydorney. Results should be phoned in immediately after the games finish. DIVISION 3 HURLING LEAGUE Round 1 of Division 3 of the Credit Union County Junior Hurling League will commence on Wednesday June 22nd with all games starting at 8.00 p.m. This is a change of date due to the Under 21 County Football Championship games being played the previous night. COUNTY JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUES This week is an opportunity to pick up any back games before Round 7, the last round of the Credit Union County Junior Football League will be played on Friday June 24th with all games commencing at 8.00 p.m. HURLING DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY Starting on Monday June 27th for eight weeks, Monday to Friday each week during the summer we have The Kerry County Board Hurling Development Academy. Top ranking hurling coach, Eddie Murphy and our intercounty hurler star Shane Brick from Kilmoyley will head the academy. It is being organised in co-operation with IT Tralee and the Irish Sports Council. The clubs will set the agenda and Eddie and Shane will implement that agenda. Whatever ideas the clubs have will be accommodated. There will be guest speakers and guest coaches. It is important to bear in mind that the academy is open to all clubs in the county who wish to promote hurling, not just the established hurling clubs. This is part of the very exciting hurling development plan proposed by the county board and I'm sure with Eddie and Shane at the helm much good work and progress will be achieved over the eight weeks in this very exciting and innovative venture. COACHING ACADEMY The venues for next week's Gaelic Football Coaching Academy Summer Camps starting Monday June 20th are Killarney, Tralee, Dingle and Castleisland. Applicants will be taken at the morning of the camp. The camps will run for five days commencing at 10.00 a.m. in the morning and they are aimed specifically at 1st and 2nd year post primary students. POC FADA COMPETITION Held in beautiful sunshine on Ballyheigue Beach last Sunday evening, Patrick Casey, Ballyheigue set the early pace until Kerry Senior goalkeeper Tadhg Flynn, Causeway took over. However in the last of 15 pocs to the finish line both Tadhg Flynn and John Healy, Ballyheigue were level. In a sudden death playoff over three pocs, Tadhg Flynn was the winner. In second place, John Healy and Patrick Casey finished third. DEVELOPMENT SQUADS This Saturday the 18th of June will see the concluding session for the under 14 Football Development Squads around the county. Each region within the county will assemble at a venue to be confirmed for a one-day blitz. The Blitz will commence at 11am in the morning. Also on this Saturday the under 14/15 and 16 Hurling Development Squads will continue in Caherslee commencing at 10am right through to 12.30pm in the afternoon. NEW COACHING APPOINTMENT Sarah O Connor has recently being appointed Games Promotional Officer in the Mid Kerry / South Kerry Region. Sarah studied Health and Leisure in IT Tralee and is currently a pivotal figure on the Kerry Senior Ladies Football Panel will promote and develop Football in National and secondary schools in the region as well as assist local clubs. RAIDIO NA GAELTACHTA The sports programme "Reacaireacht an Tráthnóna" will be starting again on RTE Raidio na Gaeltachta on this Saturday June 18th at 6:30 p.m. The programme features a mix of music, chat, interviews, predictions and insights on all sports- with a particular emphasis on GAA. There will be comprehensive coverage every Saturday evening of major local matches and sporting events in all Gaeltacht counties, including Kerry. In addition to this, there will be prizes on offer throughout the programme with a holiday giveaway at the end of summer. The programme runs from 6.30 p.m. to 9.00 pm every Saturday evening throughout the summer months. CIARRAÍ ABÚ Everybody interested in Gaelic Games and the in the activities of the various sub committees of the county board should tune into the weekly Radio Kerry GAA programme "Ciarraí Abú" on Wednesday nights form 9.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. NEW YORK NEWS The Kerry team in New York had a hard earned win against Leitrim in temperatures of 93 degrees in the opening championship game of the season on a full time score of 2-8 to 1-4. At half time they led 1-3 to 0-3. New additions, Corbett, Downey and Walsh made the difference in this tough encounter. Bingo Driscoll led a lively and fast moving forward line and Downey scored a cracking goal. Donnacha Walsh dominated when moved to the half forward line and scored a massive point from 60 yards out on the sideline. The team was F. Flood, O. Lawlor, Gneeveguilla, D. Riney, Sneem, N. Corbett, Firies, S. Finn, Castlegregory, Pa Murphy, Glenbeigh, C. Fearon, Armagh, D. McSweeney, M. Bishop, New York, P. Mulvihill, Ballydonoghue, Bingo Driscoll, Camp, D. Downey, Duagh, S. Flynn, Firies, D. Walsh, Cromane, D. McCarthy, Kilcummin. SYMPATHY We offer our deepest sympathy to the Clifford Family, Laune Rangers, the Courtney family, Skellig Rangers, and the McAuliffe family, Brosna on their recent sad bereavements. HANDBALL Jason Mc Kenna [Glenbeigh] and Aine Casey [Ballymac]
made the long journey to Kingscourt last Saturday to play in the U13
Singles Events of the Cumann Na mBunscoil Handball Day. The Ballymac
girl came home as the winner after coming out on top in a nail biting
encounter between Kerry, Kildare and Antrim. Aine-representing Scoil
Mhic Easmainn Tra Li, played a round robin against Kildare and Antrim.
After a series of three games the scores were as follows: Kerry-39;
Kildare-39; Antrim-38. As scores were level they then went to a system
of awarding three points for a win. Results-here- Kerry-3 points; Kildare-2
points; Antrim-1 point. US Nationals Draws U19 Girls [Round Robin] Womens Open Mens Open Garveys-Handball Summer Camps-2005 Coaching/Tutor Training Feile Na Gael Feile Na Gael Programme Of Games Division Venue Date
Results Cumann Na Mbunscoil U13 Girls: Comortas Peile Na Gaeltachta-Cill Na Martra [Cork]-[Weekend
4-5 June] Fixtures
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