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Weekly Kerry GAA Scene
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Co. PRO Willie O'Connor
16th February 2006
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WE WISH ARDFERT THE VERY BEST OF LUCK ON SUNDAY.... Kerry and Munster Junior Club Football Champions, Ardfert, play the Galway and Connacht Champions, Loughrea, on this Sunday at 1.00 p.m. Croke Park. We wish all the players on the panel and officials the very best of luck and hope that they will bring the All-Ireland Junior Club Championship title back to the Kingdom for the second successive year. The Ardfert parish and community have been given a great boost by the success of their football team and everybody in Kerry is delighted with the high profile and national exposure they are getting as a result. Playing the All-Ireland Final in Croke Park is a tremendous experience for the team, officials and supporters and they carry the best wishes of everybody in Kerry for the biggest day in the history of the club. It is going to be an unforgettable day and one that will be remembered by the people for many a long day. The village has been decorated with the black and white colours of the club as the community spend these last few days looking forward to their big day out at Croke Park on Sunday. Admission to Croke Park is by ticket only and tickets are available from Brendan Slattery 087 27688092, Stan McCarthy 086 8330331, Sean Dineen 087 2395439 and Niall Horgan 087 6797696. Ticket prices for adults are €15, Students and Old Age Pensioners €7 and Juveniles €5. The team will be given a homecoming reception in the village, win or lose, on Sunday night and they are expected to arrive back in Ardfert at around 9.30 p.m. The players and club officers thank everybody for their good wishes and support and they would especially like to thank their sponsors and those who made contributions to help fund their campaign. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Our Senior Footballers did themselves and the county proud at Páirc Uí Rinn last Saturday night with their superb and tenacious second half display against Cork in Round 2 of the Allianz National Football League. It was a very close contest and scores were difficult to come by despite Kerry enjoying the lion’s share of possession. The wet evening and slippery conditions was a mitigating factor and although we started to pull away from our opponents during the second half, nevertheless, Cork, as is their custom, never gave up and kept the pressure on right up to the end. These are the kind of games that will do the team a power of good and once again it is good to see the new players settling into their roles. There is a break in the league until the beginning of March when we play Fermanagh at Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney on Sunday March 5th. The players and team management are in Portugal this week for a weeklong training camp. They will undergo tough and hard working training sessions that will stand to them in the weeks and months ahead. NATIONAL HURLING LEAGUE On this Sunday February 19th at 1.30 p.m. the Kerry Senior Hurling team begin their Division 2B Allianz National Hurling League campaign away to London at Ruislip. Their first home game is against Mayo on the following Sunday February 26th. Kerry can expect a tough challenging game at Ruislip on Sunday if anything can be gauged from London’s performances in last year’s league and later in the Nicky Rackard Cup. Kerry defeated London in a hard fought encounter in last year’s league meeting at Austin Stack Park. Goals at vital stages in the first half paved the way for Kerry’s win. London threatened right up to the end and really put it up to the Kerry team throughout that game. At the end of last summer London hurling was given a tremendous boost when they won the Nicky Rackard Cup Final at Croke Park. We urge Kerry people living in London to come to Ruislip on Sunday to support the players. It can also be a wonderful opportunity for Kerry people in London to have a get together and socialise before and after the game. Kerry are playing in Division 2B in a five team group with London, Mayo, Westmeath and Kildare. Jerry Molyneaux manages the team. Ger Power and John O’Keeffe have been doing the physical training and the selectors are Mike McKenna, Lixnaw, Timmy Weir, Abbeydorney and Mike Slattery, Ladies Walk have been working very hard for the past few weeks in preparation for the league. The team played two games in the Waterford Crystal Cup and Shield and challenge games against Glen Rovers, Newtownshandrum and last Sunday against St. Finbarr’s of Cork. So the preparation has been done and it is now up to the players to do themselves justice on the field and raise the profile of Kerry hurling during their league campaign. They have home league games against Mayo and Kildare and away games against London and Westmeath. WALLBALL DEMONSTRATION On Saturday February 25th a Wallball Demonstration will be held at the Causeway Sports Hall from 5.00 p.m. until 6.30 p.m. Wallball is like playing handball with a Hurley and will help players speed up their game. The course is aimed at all underage coaches from minor level downwards. Included in this session will be a Fun Games and Skills Drills session. All underage coaches are welcome. HURLING BANDING COURSE On Monday February 27th the first night of a three night course in Hurling Banding for Beginners will commence in the Causeway Comprehensive School Woodwork Room starting at 7.00 p.m. John O’Sullivan from Cork will run the course. Letters with details about the course and application forms have been distributed to all clubs. Anyone interested in attending should contact their club for the application form and send it into Maurice Leahy before Friday February 17th at the Kerry County Board Offices, The Pavilion, Austin Stack Park, Tralee. The course will run for three successive Monday nights. COISTE IOMÁNA MEETING A meeting of Coiste Iomána will be held at The Pavilion, Austin Stack Park at 8.00 p.m. on Tuesday next February 22nd. COUNTY COMMITTEE MEETING The February meeting of the County Committee will take place at 8.00 p.m. on Monday February 20th at The Pavilion, Austin Stack Park, Tralee. SCÓR NA nÓG The Glenflesk Figure Dancers, Michelle O’Callaghan also from Glenflesk in Solo Singing and the Gneeveguilla Quiz team will represent Kerry in the All-Ireland Finals of Scór Na nÓg in Athlone on this Saturday February 18th. Admission to the All-Ireland Finals is strictly by ticket only and those who wish to attend should contact Mary Sugrue at (025) 38520 without delay. We wish them the very best of luck in the competitions and hope they will be rewarded with All-Ireland titles to add to their county and Munster trophies. SCÓR SINSEAR The County Semi-finals of Scór Sinsear will be held on Saturday February 25th at Abbeydorney at 8.00 p.m. for North Kerry Football and Hurling, West Kerry, St. Brendan’s and Castleisland Districts and on Sunday February 26th at Gneeveguilla t 8.00 p.m. for South Kerry, East Kerry, Mid Kerry, Kenmare and Tralee Districts. The County Finals will be at The Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney on Sunday March 12th. CORN UÍ MHUIRÍ The semi-finals of the Credit Union, Corn Uí Mhuirí, Munster Colleges Senior “A” Football are on Sunday February 26th. Tralee CBS play their old rivals, St. Flannan’s College, Ennis at Glin at 2.30 p.m. and in the other semi-final De La Salle, Macroom play St. Fachtna’s, Skibbereen. NEW YORK NEWS Over 500 people attended the Victory Dinner Dance of Kerry Football Club in New York. It was a great occasion and Michael O'Sullivan, Castlegregory was the guest of honour. Accompanied by his wife, family and friends, he had over 200 people at his tables. The honour to such a great and successful Kerryman was well deserved. Niall Corbett, Firies was presented with the Player of the Year Award and also honoured were Anthony Glacken, Liam McDonald and Denise Dunnion. PJ Griffin, Lispole, Jim O'Donnell, Glin, Ann Holland, Killarney, Joan Henchy, Tarbert, and Paddy O'Connor, Cloghane were some of the hard working committee that put it all together. Timmy Curtin, Knocknagoshel and Jim MacKessey, Tarbert, were in charge of the monster raffle with prize money of $10,000. John Riordan was an able and amusing MC and he kept everything moving in orderly fashion. John and Marie Crowley, Eoin Lawlor and Don Murphy came for the occasion and everyone had a wonderful time socialising into the early hours of the morning. It is the club’s only fundraiser and with the help of generous and loyal sponsors they manage to keep the bills paid and they hope to repeat last year’s successes again in 2006. GAA CLUB IN SYDNEY The Irish Rovers Gaelic Football Club in Sydney, Australia is conducting their annual recruitment drive. They would like to hear from anybody planning on travelling to Sydney in 2006 and interested in playing Gaelic Football. The club caters for ladies and men’s football. It is a great way to keep fit, to make contacts and have an active social scene. The club can also assist with accommodation and employment. Contact club secretary, Hubert Conroy, either by email at hconroy@irishroversgfc.com or website address www.irishroversgfc.com or by phone ‘0’ 404 802 856 or from outside Australia +61 and leave out the ‘0’. SYMPATHY We extend our deepest sympathy to the wife and family of Con Courtney, Castleisland. Con was a regular stiles man at games throughout the county and also at Munster Championship games. On the night before his sudden and untimely death, Con was on stiles duty at Austin Stack Park for the Kerry v Mayo National Football League game. He was also well known as a driver for Nelligan’s Bakery in the Killarney for the past forty years. We also extend our deepest sympathy to the wife and family of Declan Horgan, Tralee and Killarney. Declan was a lifelong supporter of the GAA and he was one of the founders of Bord Na nÓg in the county in the 1960’s. He was also its first Rúnaí. Declan was a retired Secondary Teacher and spent much of his teaching career as a teacher of Latin and English at CBS, The Green, Tralee. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamnacha dilse.
HANDBALL Munster 40x20 Championships The FBD Nationals also got underway last weekend, as the Competition kicked off Nationwide with first round games being played at Regional Venues. An interesting aspect of this years Competition is that the Men’s and Ladies Open Grades and the boys and girls U15/U17/U19 grades will be the official Trials for the 2006 World Championships. Feile Na Gael Foundation Coaching Course Reminder County Juvenile 40x20 Players Munster Cumann Na mBunscoil Finalists Girls Boys Results Munster 40x20 Championships February 10th [Clarecastle]: Tuesday February 7-Lispole Fixtures First Year Doubles-Semi Final Junior Singles-First Round Junior Doubles-Quarter Finals Intermediate Doubles-Quarter Finals Munster 40x20 Championships
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