Sport

THERE was some great skill and talent on show at the KDL pitches in Mounthawk on Tuesday for the annual Tralee Garda Soccer Blitz. The event was organised by Tralee Community Policing and KDYS Key Service -A Kerry Garda Divisional Service Model Funded by IYJS & Supported by EU structural […]

Mike O’Halloran previews this weekend’s Garveys SuperValu Senior Hurling Championship action in Austin Stack Park… Friday 7pm Round 2B — Crotta O’Neill’s V Causeway Causeway come into this game having two games under their belt after drawing with St Brendan’s in the first round. Crotta O’Neills went down to Kilmoyley in […]

IT’S become a very popular annual event at the Oakpark club and this year is set to be no different as Na Gaeil prepares for its annual fundraising cycle. Over 100 cyclists took to the road last year and on Saturday, August 26, the club is hoping as many people […]

Results : Saturday  22nd and Sunday 23rd  July  (Presidents Prize to the men  (Des Fitzgerald) 1st : Tommy Walsh (18) 44 Points 2nd : Jim O’Donovan (9) 43 Points 3rd : Ger Hussey (12) 43 Points Best Gross: Ger Deegan (1) 41 Points 4th :Tom Moore (15)  40 Points 5th :Ger […]

SUNDAY will renew a rivalry between the Kingdom and the men from the west. There have been some memorable clashes between Kerry and Galway over the years but we’ll just take a look at some of the ties we won this time!… 1939, Yankee Stadium, New York: Kerry 2-6 Galway 0-7 […]

THREE Kerry women have been named in the Ireland squad for next month’s Women’s Rugby World Cup. Ciara Griffin, Ciara O’Connor and Ruth O’Reilly are part of Head coach Tom Tierney’s  28-strong squad that will be captained by UL Bohemians and Munster full-back Niamh Briggs. It will be a first time involvement for […]

THE GAA has announced the throw-in times for the All-Ireland football quarter finals this Sunday in Croke Park. It’ll be an early start on the road for Kerry fans as they will face Galway at 2pm on Sunday with the Mayo v Roscommon game throwing in at 4pm. Kerry will […]

JOHN Mitchels GAA grounds in Ballyseedy will be the venue for a big ladies football tournament next Saturday morning. The Sandra Keane Under 13 blitz will see 16 teams from all over the county and beyond compete for the Sandra Keane Cup and trophy competitions. The teams taking part this year […]

JACK O’Connor is to take on the role of Kerry Under 20 manager. According to Kerry GAA website, the Chairman of Coiste Chontae Chiarraí, Tim Murphy will propose him for ratification as Manager of the Kerry Under 20 Football team for a two year term at the next meeting of […]

Tralee Boxing Club news from Donie Jack Griffin… Johnathon McCarthy (44kg weight) will box in the Cadets Championship final on Friday July 28 in the National Stadium Dublin. Tralee Boxing Club is hoping his cousin Patrick (48kg), the reigning Irish Champion, will be alongside him as he boxes next Friday, […]

Mike O’Halloran reports on Kerry’s win over Roscommon in the Liberty Premier Junior Championship at the weekend… The Kerry Camogie team had an emphatic win over Roscommon in Tralee on Saturday. The home side’s win was never in doubt from the moment Jessica Fitzell pointed after three minutes. Roscommon had all […]

Mike O’Halloran watched Abbeydorney beat Ballyheigue in the Round 2A Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC clash in Austin Stack Park yesterday… Ballyheigue 0-13 Abbeydorney 2-13 At halftime, nobody gave Ballyheigue a chance in this game as they trailed on a scoreline of 0-4 to 2-8, but they started a revival that […]

Lixnaw are in the semi-finals after convincingly beating Ballyduff yesterday in the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC Round 2B clash at Austin Stack Park yesterday… Lixnaw 3-19 Ballyduff 1-16 I had suggested in my preview of this game that Lixnaw would come out the right side of this game and so […]

Mike O’Halloran watched St Brendan’s beat Causeway in the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry Senior Hurling Championship Round 1 replay at Austin Stack Park last night… St Brendan’s 1-13 Causeway 2-7 They say goals win matches, but that didn’t prove to be the case for Causeway who scored two goals to St […]

AROUND 50 boys and girls gathered at the GAA grounds in Caherslee this week as the Tralee Parnells club held a summer camp. All were welcome to take part and learn new skills and the kids, ranging in age from six to 14, looked very talented from the games we […]

Round 4 Of our World Series took place on Tuesday night. The Swim was The Donald Walsh Memorial Swim and BBQ with 2 perpetual trophies up for grabs. All of the 20 or so volunteers were in place well before starting time setting up the BBQ and getting Kayaks and […]

Mike O’Halloran looks at the Garvey’s SuperValu Senior Hurling Championship Round 2A and 2B clashes taking place in Austin Stack Park this Sunday… Round 2B (Losers Group) Abbeydorney v Ballyheigue (1.45pm)  Ballyheigue are in a bit of bother numbers wise these days and found the going very difficult against Lixnaw […]

A FORMER All-Star goalkeeper on the Kerry panel has stepped away from the squad, according to the Irish Independent this morning. Brendan Kealy has decided to leave, but has not closed the door on a return at a later date, reports the paper. The 31 year old, who won an All-Star […]

ST Brendans’ reward for beating Firies away last night is a home tie against Dingle in the Quarter finals of the Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin Minor Football Championship next week. The draw was made this afternoon and the other three pairings are (first named having home venue): • Mid Kerry or West Kerry […]

Mike O’Halloran looks forward to the Causeway v St Brendans Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC Round 1 Replay this Saturday at Austin Stack Park (7pm)… St Brendan’s “won” the drawn game in terms of the number of scores (20 to 18 after extra time), they also had more scores at the […]

Results: Sunday 9th July MC 10 sponsored by Acorn life 1st : Darren  O’Sullivan (01) 41 Points 2nd : John F O’Carroll (12) 40 Points 3rd : Danny Leen (5) 39 Points 4th : Daniel F O’Connor (9) 39 Points 5th : Tomas Eoin Dowling (13) 39 Points 6th : Eoghan […]

TRALEE area teams are in action tonight in the Keane’s Super Valu County Minor Football Championship. St Brendan’s play Firies away, while Austin Stacks and Kerins O’Rahillys are also in action away against East Kerry (in Rathmore) and West Kerry (Lispole) respectively. All games throw in at 7.30pm. Meanwhile, a Tralee […]

Mike Culloty of Tralee International Games reflects on a great week for the Tralee team over in Lithuania, even if incidents in a soccer match where two Tralee players had to be hospitalised left a sour taste… THE Tralee International Children’s Games teams returned from Kaunas, Lithuania on Sunday evening […]

FOURTEEN organisations shared €40,000 as the 43rd Tralee Lions Club Annual Golf Classic was staged recently at Tralee Golf Club. The golf classic represents the club’s major fund raiser each year and the Lions are delighted to report that this year a sum in excess of €40,000 was raised for distribution to […]

THE Austin Stacks Senior Men’s team  organised a 5K fun run/walk/Jog last Sunday in sunny Connolly Park. The event was arranged to fundraise and support the Irish Powerchair team who are playing in the FIFA World Cup in Orlando. Their senior team manager, Pat Flanagan, and his son Patrick are currently representing Ireland at the […]

Mike O’Halloran watched Ballyduff overcome Abbeydorney yesterday in the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC first round  tie at Austin Stack Park… Ballyduff 0-13 Abbeydorney 0-12 A bore fest provided Ballyduff with a one point win over an Abbeydorney team that battled hard, but were out-muscled at the back at vital times […]

WITH school finished the week before, youngsters got a chance to get out and play this week at Cúl Camps around the county. Yesterday we brought you photos from successful Na Gaeil and John Mitchels camps (click here for previous coverage). Well the biggest amount of kids were at Austin […]

IT was a huge night at  Kingdom Greyhound Stadium on Friday as the Friends of University Hospital Kerry held their annual Gala Benefit Night. Sponsored by Kerry Group, the event  saw a massive crowd converge on the stadium with great family entertainment for the 27th anniversary of the fundraising programme which […]

HUNDREDS of young GAA fans were put through their paces at Cúl Camps around the county during the week. In Tralee there were four clubs holding camps — Austin Stacks, Kerins O’Rahillys, John Mitchels and Na Gaeil — which no doubt hosted Kerry stars of the future. John Mitchels had […]

Mike O’Halloran watched Lixnaw demolish Ballyheigue in the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC Round 1 tie in Austin Stack Park on Friday night… Lixnaw 1-26 Ballyheigue 1-8 In my preview of this this game I expressed concern that Ballyheigue might struggle against a very slick Lixnaw outfit and so they did. […]