Sport

IT’S back! After the stunning success of last year’s event in Ballygarry House Hotel, eleven couples will return to the same dancefloor to thrill audiences at the John Mitchels GAA Club ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ 2017. The couples have been carefully selected and are currently in training for this momentous event […]

A tense and tough game is on the cards when Ballyduff and Kilmoyley meet on Sunday in the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC semi-final. Mike O’Halloran sets the scene… Ballyduff and Kilmoyley will renew rivalry after their epic battles last year in the final, where it took over two hours to […]

TWO Tralee clubs will be looking to advance to the semi-finals of the Garvey’s Supervalu County Senior Football Championship this Saturday evening at Austin Stack Park. At 4pm, Kerins O’Rahillys face East Kerry who will be hoping their Kerry minor star David Clifford can work his magic, but it’s a different […]

Mike O’Halloran looks forward to a fascinating Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC semi-final clash between Lixnaw and St Brendan’s this Sunday in Austin Stack Park (2pm)… When Lixnaw face off against St Brendan’s next Sunday it will almost be three months since they played their last game in the Garvey’s SuperValu […]

KIERAN Donaghy and four of his Kerry teammates have been shortlised for the PWC Football All-Stars it was announced this morning. The Tralee man is joined by defenders Tadhg Morley and Paul Murphy and forwards Paul Geaney and James O’Donoghue. Thirteen players from Dublin’s and 12 from Mayo have made the […]

Mike O’Halloran watched two  Kerry County Minor Hurling Championship quarter-final ties at Kilmoyley and Abbeydorney on Wednesday evening… THERE were big wins for both Crotta O’Neill’s and Abbeydorney/Parnells in the minor championship yesterday evening. Abbeydorney/Parnells overcame Kilmoyley in the beautiful sod that is Kilmoyley pitch, given all the rain that […]

TRALEE Boxing Club’s Patrick McCarthy is within one win of at least a bronze medal at the European Junior Championships. The local  boxer advanced to the quarter-finals of the 32-nation tournament held in Bulgaria this week with a 5-0 win over Owen Paton from Scotland in the 48kg category. The […]

Club Notes St Brendan’s Park Fc are excited to announce that we are looking to start up a GIRLS U12 team for the coming 2017/18 season. Girls born in 2007 2006 2005 would be eligible to play in this age group. As we are a volunteer run club we would ask the […]

Training times With most of the trials and teams organised the following are the updated training days and times. Training days and times are subject to change and if you have a query about any of the teams you can contact the relevant team manager or through the club facebook […]

Results: Fourball Betterball,  sponsored by Mc Carthy Insurance 1st: Richard Rafferty (9) & Brian O’Leary (10) 48 Points 2nd: Adam Leahy (8) & Mark Leahy (6) 46 Points 3rd: Bernard Costello Jnr (13) & John Joeseph O’Sullivan (21) 46 Points 4th: Eoghan O’Donnell (1) & Darren O’Sullivan (1) 44 Points […]

ST. BRENDAN’S BASKETBALL CLUB NOTES ÉAMONN MCCARTHY MEMORIAL U16 BOYS TOURNAMENT The Éamonn McCarthy Memorial U16 Boys Tournament takes place on Saturday next the 23rd September. The tournament will be played at two venues. Group One will play in Moyderwell Primary School Gym and Group Two will play in Presentation Secondary […]

SAILING enthusiasts are in for a treat this weekend with top racing coming to Fenit. Tralee Bay Maritime Centre along with Tralee Bay Sailing Club are hosting some of the best sailors in the country in a spectacular sailing competition, The 49er Nationals and Skiff Open from Friday, September 22 […]

TRALEE Boxing Club’s Patrick McCarthy is off to Bulgaria to fight for Ireland. Patrick left Tralee at the weekend on the road to the European Championships in Bulgaria. He will box for team Ireland against Owen Paton of Scotland tomorrow. The young boxer has already won a national title and National […]

ANOTHER victory for the Kerry minors, another masterclass from David Clifford. The young man from Fossa is a phenomenal talent. He scored four goals in a sensational 60 minutes for Kerry where they beat Derry by 6-17 to 1-8 and Twitter took notice. David Clifford has been trending since the […]

THE Kerry Minor Football Team to play Derry in the Electric Ireland GAA All Ireland Minor Football Championship Final at Croke Park on Sunday  has been named and it shows one change from the side that defeated Cavan in the semi-final. Jack Griffin of Dr Crokes comes in at full […]

IT may be seven weeks away, but excitement is already building in the village of Ballyheigue as the club prepares to hold its first ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ night. A launch night was held at the club grounds on Thursday evening where many of the contestants gathered for photos and chat […]

ARDFERT man Stephen Wallace is set to be the new Offaly Senior Football Manager. The Kerry Junior All-Ireland-winning coach is to be  ratified at the next meeting of the county board. Wallace, who also won an All-Ireland intermediate club title with Ardfert, was recommended by a committee — comprising of Chairman Tommy […]

Hi All and welcome back and welcome to all new members, coaches and managers. below is a list of all training times and information on our Academy. Training times confirmed as follows: (Subject to change, our Facebook page will be updated with any changes) 2011/2012 Boys & Girls Saturday 10-11am Mounthawk 2009/2010 […]

FIXTURES weekending 17/09/2017 Wednesday 13th september VITHIT U12 Premier U12A v L.B Rovers 6.30pm Saturday 16th September SFAI Skechers Cups U12 A v Pallas United 2pm Birdhill v U14A U16A v Tralee Dynamos 2pm VITHIT U12 DIV 2 M.E.K v U12B  10.30am VITHIT U16 DIV 2 U16B v Castleisland 11.30am […]

CLUB REGISTRATION Registration of players for the coming season takes place on Sunday 17th September from 12.00pm to 2.00pm at Moyderwell. We look forward to registering all our players from last season and extend a very warm welcome to new players at all levels. TRAINING TIMES Training times for the 2017/18 […]

By Adrienne McLoughlin Family and friends of the late Denis O’Connor were present in Connolly Park on Saturday night, after the first day of an event which will always be associated with him – the Lee Strand U13 Football Tournament. In his memory, the Lee Strand Cup has been re-named the […]

IT was a blustery and showery afternoon west of the bridge on Sunday, but a group of around 40 people still turned up for St Pat’s GAA Club annual fundraising walk. Held in aid of Palliative Care Unit and in memory of the late Tony O’Donoghue, a great stalwart of […]

Mike O’Halloran was in Semple Stadium Thurles to see Kerry win the Under 21 Hurling All Ireland B Final yesterday… Kerry 2-12  Wicklow 2-8 I had said in my preview that there would be bonfires in Lixnaw on Saturday night and that Kerry to bring home the Richie McElligott Cup […]

Mike O’Halloran watched the Kerry Junior Hurling Championship Final on Friday night in Abbeydorney… Lady’s Walk 3-17 Duagh 0-4 In the final of the Kerry Junior Hurling Championship Lady’s Walk overcame a never say die Duagh team in a one sided game played in Abbeydorney. In fairness the scoreboard dose […]

TRALEE and Irish team athlete Shona Heaslip was present on Thursday to help launch the CBS The Green annual 5k/3K timed fun run which takes place next month. The secondary school is busy preparing for the run which takes place on Sunday,  October 1 at 1pm. Both routes are fast and […]

Mike O’Halloran can’t see anything other than a Kerry win this weekend as the team to face Wicklow in the All-Ireland Under 21B final… The Kerry U21 hurling team take on Wicklow in the final of The All Ireland Under 21 B Hurling on Saturday at 1pm in Thurles and […]

TRALEE Warriors return to action this weekend and that means the crowds will be back in Tralee Sports and Leisure Centre in their hundreds. They host a pre-season tournament over Saturday and Sunday with Neptune, Ballincollig and St Paul’s teams also taking part. On Saturday at 6pm, St Pauls take […]

FIVE members of Tralee Triathlon Club will be wearing the Irish colours as they head to Rotterdam to represent Ireland and Kerry at the ITU World Triathlon Championships in Rotterdam next week. Eight triathletes from the county are representing Ireland and Kerry and their club on the International field. The […]

DAYS before Kerry took on Mayo in the All-Ireland semi-final replay, Jill Harrington and John Ryle from Tralee asked the people of the town to give their support to the lads in a video they made. Well as a follow-up, Jill and John took to the streets and Austin Stack […]

THE annual Austin Stacks Lee Strand Invitational tournament takes place this weekend and this year the cup will be dedicated to the memory of a great Stacks man. Denis ‘Dinny’ O’Connor’s died in March of this year and to remember him, a new base has been fitted to the cup […]