Sport

THEY’LL be celebrating all weekend in Oakpark after Na Gaeil’s historic win in Croke Park today to win the All-Ireland Junior Club title. They were roared on to victory by huge support, one of whom was John Griffin, father of forward Michael Griffin. John, who is County Tourism Officer with […]

IT’LL be some night in Killeen later on! Na Gaeil are All-Ireland Junior Club Champions after the Oakpark club beat Rathgarogue-Cushinstown by 3-20 to 1-5  to make it the greatest day in their short history. It was an easy win in the end after a tight first 25 minutes, when […]

THE Kerry hurling team to play Mayo in Round 1 of the Allianz Hurling League, Division 2A, tomorrow, Saturday, January 25, at 2pm in Elvery’s MacHale Park, Castlebar is as follows: 1. (GK) Martin Stackpoole,  Leac Sna 2. Sean Weir, Na Niallaigh Crotta 3. Bryan Murphy, An Tochar 4. Eric Leen, Naomh Breandanaigh 5. Tomas O’Connor, Na Niallaigh […]

  AND so it begins again. Kerry kick-off their Allianz National Football League campaign with a marquee clash against the All-Ireland champions in Croke Park tomorrow night at 7.15pm. Despite some players being unavailable, it’s still a very strong side to face Dublin. David Moran won’t be taking part tomorrow […]

IT’S been a long time coming but the top schools basketball trophy is finally residing in Mercy Mounthawk. The boys were crowned Under 19 A All Ireland Schools Cup champions yesterday for the first time when the beat St Patrick’s Secondary School, Castleisland by 81 to 64 at the National […]

AUSTIN Stacks Ladies U12 and U14 were presented with medals at a function in Connolly Park on Monday 20th January to honour their achievements during the year. The U12’s had over 30 players during their year.  They won the Tralee Town League Div. 1 Cup and the North Kerry Div. […]

All competitions were cancelled at the weekend due to frost. Fixtures : Sat 25th Casual Golf Sun 26th Captains Drive ( Three Competitions Front seven , Back nine, and Par three Course 12 holes) Fixtures February Sat 1th Feb Casual Golf Sun 2nd Feb 14 Hole Club Singles Sat 8th […]

LIMERICK Cadets, Southside Boxing Academy Limerick was the venue to be for young boxers over last weekend. Tralee Boxing Club had eight entries taking home 4 gold and 4 silver. John Murray was at his best to win against D McCarthy Rathkeale. The 3 young stars were Jamsie Casey, Mikey […]

THE Rockies faithful will gather next month to celebrate a very successful year of collecting silverware at ‘The Rock & Rose Victory Social’. The event, which takes place on Saturday, February 22 in The Rose Hotel, was officially launched at the Austin Stacks GAA Clubhouse in Connolly Park on Monday […]

Alan Cantwell was in Castleisland as Warriors took their Superleague campaign on tour last Saturday night… Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 103 DCU Saints 78 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors put the disappointment of their semi final defeat to DBS Éanna in the Hula Hoops Pat Duffy National Cup last weekend behind them in […]

IT was a long time coming, but Causeway finally had the Neilus Flynn Cup at their annual social on Saturday night after a break of 21 years. Over 260 of the club faithful gathered in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel where Waterford hurling legend, Dan Shanahan, was a special guest. Club Chairman, […]

LEGENDS of Kerry football were feted at the 30th annual Kerry Supporters Club Social at Ballygarry House Hotel on Saturday night, which was attended by over 250 guests. The five Kerry players — Ger Power, Pat Spillane, Ogie Moran, Mikey Sheehy and the late Páidí Ó Sé — who each hold eight […]

EVERYONE’S out and about walking and running these days (between the storms and driving rain that is) and the folks at John Mitchels GAA Club are no exception. Like other clubs in town, they’ve joined up with Operation Transformation and Get Ireland Walking to host a series of walks at […]

A TRALEE soccer club is hosting a table quiz later this month to offset the costs of a trip to a tournament in Italy. The St Brendan’s Park FC Under 12 team will travel to Milan at Easter to participate in the Sedriano World Cup. This is a once in […]

THE 26 player Irish women’s rugby squad for the Six Nations was named this morning and Ciara Griffin from Ballymac will once again captain the team. It was more good news for local players with Tralee native Ultan Dillane being named in the 35 man Irish squad for the Six […]

TRALEE CBS enjoyed a great win in the Corn Uí Mhuirí quarter-final at Fitzgerald Stadium on Wednesday. Bandon Hamilton High School were the opposition but the Tralee lads were up to the challenge and were runaway winners with a 4-13 to 0-7 scoreline. Tralee CBS supplied some highlights of the […]

TJ Heaphy of Tralee CBS sent in this report of the school’s win over Bandon Hamilton High School today in the Corn Ui Mhuiri quarter-final… Tralee CBS 4-13 Bandon 0-07 This quarter-final decider of the Corn Ui Mhuiri was played in Fitzgerald Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. With Bandon topping their […]

Sun 12th Champagne Drive Am Am Results 1st. Willie Goulding (10) Joe McCarthy (17) Tom G O Mahony (17) Kieran O Callaghan (19) 81 Pts 2nd Alan Kelly (7) Gene Kelly (20) Eamonn Fitzgerald (16) John P Enright (22) 81 Pts 3rd. Ger Power (12) Michael G Sheehy (10) Jayne […]

  Kerry Badminton Association News by Ruth Concannon The Lee Strand sponsored Listowel Tournament was held last weekend in Listowel community centre. Run over two days this open tournament is one of the longest running in Kerry and always attracts great entries. Day one on Saturday the 11th saw the […]

TRALEE V BALLINCOLLIG Tralee Ladies played Ballincollig at home today in the division 1 league. It was an emotional day as Riona Kennedy played her last home game in the blue and white for Tralee. In what is always a tough match Tralee started well keeping Ballincollig pinned in their […]

OVER 2,000 people visited the Kerry Sports Academy on the grounds of the IT Tralee North Campus on Saturday and they could not help but be impressed by the range of facilities at the building. The Academy is open to the public for membership and ‘pay as you go’, so […]

Alan Cantwell on Warriors exit from the National Cup competition at the semi-final stage in Cork on Saturday… Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 65 DBS Éanna 78 WARRIORS hopes of making it to a National Cup Final were dashed when they were taken out at the semi final stage by a very […]

KINGDOM Swimming Club swimmer Jack Grace recently won gold at the National Irish Short Course (SC) Championships for the 100 Freestyle at the National Aquatic Centre Dublin. This was a huge achievement for the 21 year old Listowel native and another step closer to his dream of making an Irish […]

NA Gaeil will have their day in Croke Park in two weeks time, after they won their All-Ireland Junior Club Semi-Final this afternoon. The Oakpark clubmen beat Kilmaine of Mayo in Cusack Park, Ennis, and can now look forward to a date in headquarters on Saturday, January 25, as one of […]

IT’S exciting times for the IT Tralee football team as they prepare to face IT Carlow in the opening round of the Sigerson Cup this Sunday. The game will take place at the Austin Stack Park GAA Pitch, Tralee and will have a throw in time of 2pm. The winner […]

Sunday 5th January 3 person scramble 1st. Joe Rogers (14) Donagh Shanahan (16) Breda Shanahan (40) 38 Pts 2nd .Anthony O Connor (16) Wayne Guthrie (11) Eoghan Galvin (17) 37 Pts 3rd. Maurice G O Connor (7) Maurice M O Connor (9) Max Benner (5) 37 Pts 4rd Barry Moynihan […]

By Ruth Concannon Dusting off the rackets for the new year, Kerry players were straight back to action after the Christmas break in the Munster Closed Championships in the UL Arena on Sunday the 5th of January for grades C, F and H players. A large representation of 24 players […]

WELL ‘Operation Transformation may be returning tonight on RTE ONE, but a local GAA group got a head start on them last night with their own initiative. St Pat’s in Blennerville, in conjunction with Operation Transformation & Get Ireland Walking, are hosting a series of community walks under lights over […]

A KERRY GAA legend will have a green area and commemorative stone erected in his memory at a Tralee estate in which he lived. Tralee Councillors approved a request by Cllr Norma Foley that the green area in Castlecountess be dedicated to Danno Keeffe, the winner of seven All-Ireland senior […]

THE Kerry Sports Academy at IT Tralee is now open to the public for membership and Pay as you Go visits and will hold an Open Day on Saturday, January 11th from 12-4pm. The Kerry Sports Academy is an 8,400m2 universally accessible sports facility which includes a state of the […]