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Runners Set To Take To Roads Of North Kerry

Runners Set To Take To Roads Of North Kerry

April 24, 2016 at 7:52 am Comments are Disabled

HERE’S a date for all you running people out there. St. Mary’s Asdee GAA Club in association with Kerry Respite Care will be holding their third Half Marathon and 10km road race on this Saturday April 30. The event will get underway at 10pm which will also incorporate a 5km […]

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PREVIEW: Kerry To Triumph In Latest Instalment of  ‘An Clasaiceach’

PREVIEW: Kerry To Triumph In Latest Instalment of ‘An Clasaiceach’

April 23, 2016 at 2:17 pm Comments are Disabled

Gavin O’Connor looks at the Dublin v Kerry Allianz National League Final, Croke Park 3:30pm (Live on TG4) GAELIC football’s very own El Clasico (or An Clasaiceach) takes place again tomorrow, for what’s looking like a dress rehearsal for the biggest game of the summer. The Allianz National League semi-finals, where both Kerry and […]

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Tralee Tennis Club Members Enjoy Success At Open Event

Tralee Tennis Club Members Enjoy Success At Open Event

April 22, 2016 at 9:59 am Comments are Disabled

By Stephen Roche TRALEE Tennis Club had two sets of winners at the Lakewood Open in Ballincollig, Cork, which took place from Friday, April 8 to Sunday, April 17. Gerry Jeewoonarain and Fiona Brick won their Grade 6 Mixed Doubles final 6-3, 6-2 and played four matches (including the the Quarter and […]

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Bryan Sheehan sends in a thunderous effort. Photo by Dermot Crean.

Captain Sheehan Returns For Dublin Battle

April 21, 2016 at 10:32 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY captain Bryan Sheehan comes back into the Kerry team to face Dublin in the Allianz Football League final in Croke Park on Sunday (3:30pm). It’s one of two changes in personnel from the side that defeated Roscommon in the semi-final. Brendan Kealy starts in goal in place of Brian Kelly as […]

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Jerry Scoops First Prize In Kerins O’Rahillys Masters Challenge

Jerry Scoops First Prize In Kerins O’Rahillys Masters Challenge

April 20, 2016 at 11:46 am Comments are Disabled

A LOCAL publican’s golfing knowledge scooped him €500 after winning the Kerins O’Rahillys GAA Club Masters Challenge. Jerry Turner of Turner’s Bar on Castle Street, came first in the competition where participants had to pick the six golfers in the US Masters they thought would come highest on the leaderboard. Continued […]

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Kerry Badminton Association News

Kerry Badminton Association News

April 19, 2016 at 4:20 pm Comments are Disabled

MAGICAL.  Momentous. Astounding. Historic. One can use every superlative the mind can conjure but all would pale into insignificance when one would reflect on the wonderful achievements attained by the Moyvane Badminton Club at the Munster Inter Club finals day at the UL Sports Arena, Limerick on Sunday last. This […]

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Tralee Golf Club

Tralee Golf Club News

April 19, 2016 at 4:04 pm Comments are Disabled

RESULTS: Mens 1st: Martin Mitchell (13) 39 Points 2nd: Declan Walsh (23) 39 Points 3rd: Darren P O’Sullivan (2) 39 Points 4th: Gearoid Kilgallen (12) 38 Points 5th: Hugh O’Callaghan(18) 38 Points 6th: Hugh O’Farrell (16) 38 Points Best Gross: Graham Spring (+2) 36 points. 18+ Handicap: Tommy Walsh (24) 38 points CSS […]

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Kerry Sports Personalities Support KCSG’s Testicular Cancer Awareness Campaign

Kerry Sports Personalities Support KCSG’s Testicular Cancer Awareness Campaign

April 19, 2016 at 11:14 am Comments are Disabled

SPORTS Stars helped Kerry Cancer Support Group bring awareness of their fundraising campaign at Bank of Ireland’s Business and Community Expo at Killarney Racecourse last Saturday. The event was part of Bank of Ireland’s expansion of the Enterprise Initiative which will be grown to include 100 new towns in 2016. Kerry Cancer Support Group, […]

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Austin Stacks, Greg Horan on the ball. Photo by Adrienne Mc Loughlin.

PHOTOS/REPORT: Rock Roll Into Club Championship Semi-Final

April 18, 2016 at 4:47 pm Comments are Disabled

Austin Stacks 0-13 Milltown/Castlemaine 0-9 (Report from the Austin Stacks club notes) AUSTIN STACKS ensured a safe passage into the Senior Club Championship semi-finals by defeating Milltown/Castlemaine on Saturday evening in the ‘Nuns Field’ in Connolly Park. The last encounter against Miltown/Castlemaine was very fresh in Rockie minds. Last November the mid […]

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PHOTOS: Tralee Area Clubs Take Part In Scór Na bPáistí County Finals

PHOTOS: Tralee Area Clubs Take Part In Scór Na bPáistí County Finals

April 18, 2016 at 4:38 pm Comments are Disabled

NA Gaeil and St Pat’s club youngsters came home with county honours from the annual Scór Na bPáistí finals held on Sunday last in Killorglin and in Foilmore. The Blennerville club came first in the Ballad Group competition while Na Gaeil were successful in Léiriú Stáitse. Tralee Parnells were second in the […]

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Dingle's  Gavan Curran is tackled by Shane Carroll of Austin Stacks in last years Senior Club Championship semi-final. Photo by Dermot Crean.

The Draws Have Been Made For Senior, Intermediate And Junior Club Championship

April 18, 2016 at 12:32 pm Comments are Disabled

SOME difficult tests lie ahead for Tralee area clubs in the Senior, Intermediate and Junior championship. Austin Stacks and Kerins O’Rahillys went into the hat once more after they played their opening round club championship on Saturday evening. Stacks face champions Dingle in the semi final. Kerins O’Rahillys, who lost […]

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Barry John Keane and Legion's Shane Brosnan scramble for the ball. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

REPORT/PHOTOS: Legion Knocks Strand Road Side Out Of Club Championship Again

April 17, 2016 at 10:23 am Comments are Disabled

Gavin O’Connor was in Killarney yesterday to see a recent rivalry renewed as Legion proved to be the scourge of Strand Road once more… Legion  0-9 Kerins O’Rahillys 0-8 FOR a third year in a row Legion have beaten Kerins O’Rahillys in the Senior Club Football Championship. A battling 14 man Kerins […]

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REPORT/PHOTOS: Ardfert Shock All-Ireland Champs St Mary’s

REPORT/PHOTOS: Ardfert Shock All-Ireland Champs St Mary’s

April 17, 2016 at 10:22 am Comments are Disabled

Mike O’Halloran watched the 2015 All-Ireland Intermediate champs Ardfert knock this year’s winners out of this year’s competition… Ardfert 2-15 St Mary’s 1-16 At half-time in this Intermediate Championship tie, nobody gave Ardfert a chance of winning as they trailed by a point 1-6 to 1-7. Shane Griffin had forced the […]

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Christopher O'Halloran, Philip Corkery, Raul Venczel, Tristan Raymond and David Kapkowski at the Tralee Imperials Basketball Club Juvenile Awards night at the Rose Hotel on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Tralee Imperials Holds Annual Awards Night For Juveniles

April 16, 2016 at 9:42 am Comments are Disabled

OVER 150 people gathered in The Rose Hotel on Friday night as a local club dished out awards to youngsters after another great year on the courts. Tralee Imperials Basketball Club’s juveniles enjoyed a great year explained John Dowling. “At underage level, we had a very successful year. The under […]

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VIDEO: Check Out This Big Hit By An Austin Stacks U16 Player

VIDEO: Check Out This Big Hit By An Austin Stacks U16 Player

April 15, 2016 at 12:10 pm Comments are Disabled

AN Austin Stacks player dished out an unmerciful shoulder that his opponent’s ancestors must have even felt, earlier this week. Young Rockie, Dylan Casey, has since been dubbed ‘Crusher Casey’ after dishing out the big hit, which was caught on camera (below) and gained the attention of the popular ‘Pundit Arena’ […]

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The ‘Top Gear’ Lads Are Going To Take In A West Kerry GAA Derby On Saturday

The ‘Top Gear’ Lads Are Going To Take In A West Kerry GAA Derby On Saturday

April 15, 2016 at 12:43 am Comments are Disabled

SO the Top Gear boys are definitely going to west Kerry at the weekend and they are looking for spectators to head over to join them watching a football match on Saturday morning over in Gallarus. Word has it that the crew are already in Killarney filming. There was speculation that […]

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Ultan Dillane Gets The Vote For Radio Kerry Sportstar Of The Month

Ultan Dillane Gets The Vote For Radio Kerry Sportstar Of The Month

April 12, 2016 at 4:13 pm Comments are Disabled

ULTAN Dillane is the Radio Kerry and Randles Bros Kerry Sports Star of the Month for March after the public had a chance to have their say for the first time. Ultan Dillane from Tralee, who plays rugby for Connaught and was called up to the Irish Squad for the recent Six Nations, beat stiff competition from fellow […]

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Paul Murphy takes off for Kerry against Roscommon in Croke Park on Sunday. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

Stand Tickets For The League Final Will Set You Back €35

April 12, 2016 at 12:17 pm Comments are Disabled

THE cost of a ticket for this year’s National League Final is almost the same as an All-Ireland semi-final ticket. An adult stand ticket will set you back €35 which is a fiver less than the Kerry v Tyrone All-Ireland semi-final from last year, but at least the juvenile seats […]

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Darren O'Sullivan looked pleased with himself after picking up the man of the match award. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

Darran Wins GAA.ie Football Player Of The Week

April 12, 2016 at 10:58 am Comments are Disabled

FOR the second week in a row a footballer from Kerry has won the GAA.ie Football Player Of The Week…but it was close! Darran O’Sullivan looked back to his best on Sunday in the Allianz Football League semi-final over Roscommon in Croke Park. He was up against other nominees Patrick […]

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Mystery Of The Kerry Man At Augusta Solved

Mystery Of The Kerry Man At Augusta Solved

April 11, 2016 at 4:11 pm Comments are Disabled

YOU may have seen a Kerry jersey pop up on your screens during the US Masters at Augusta last night. A lot of people on Twitter and social media did anyway with many wondering who was keeping up the tradition of Kerry jerseys being seen at major sporting events in […]

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David Moran fields the ball. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

PHOTOS: Five Things We Learned From Kerry v Roscommon

April 11, 2016 at 2:18 pm Comments are Disabled

Gavin O’Connor was in Croke Park to see Kerry’s comprehensive win over Roscommon yesterday and there’s a lot to be positive about… 1. Darran O’Sullivan is back at his best The Glenbeigh/Glencar man looked electric yesterday and was well worth his man of the match award. Scoring 1-4 from play, […]

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Hazel Langan, Mary Dilane ,Kieran Langan, Caroline Langan and John Langan. at Kerry v Roscommon in Croke Park. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

PHOTOS: Kerry Fans Up For The Match In Dublin

April 11, 2016 at 11:30 am Comments are Disabled

WELL that’s one way to escape the rain! Kerry fans who made the trip to Croke Park were rewarded for their loyalty with a terrific display of football from the Kingdom and some glorious sunshine too. While there was persistent rain in Kerry all day, it was dry for players and […]

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Tralee Golf Club

Tralee Golf Club News

April 11, 2016 at 10:27 am Comments are Disabled

All competitions were cancelled this weekend due to inclement weather conditions. Men’s fixtures: Sunday 17th April Master Classic 4 Sponsored by the Grand Hotel Ladies Fixtures : Wednesday 13th April (Eileen Murphy Foursomes) Sunday 17th April Master Classic 2 Sponsored by The Grand Hotel

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Kerry Badminton Association News

Kerry Badminton Association News

April 11, 2016 at 10:13 am Comments are Disabled

What an action packed Badminton week it was, the final week of competition in the Kerry Badminton Association programme in the 2015/2016 season. Four league finals were decided plus the last instalment of the Kerry Championships which were the the mixed doubles championships for divisions 2 and 4 with both the […]

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Susan Howard, Ailish Clohessy and Ann Greene taking part in the Banna Beast Challenge on Saturday afternoon. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Hundreds Unleash Their Inner Beast At Banna Challenge

April 10, 2016 at 12:41 pm Comments are Disabled

THEY came from all over the country to Banna yesterday to unleash their inner beast. It was all part of the ‘Banna Beast Challenge’, a military style obstacle challenge over 7km on the beach organised by CrossFit R560 Gym in Monavalley. There was also an ‘Elite’ course for the hardcore athletes, but […]

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PREVIEW: Kerry To Keep Hot Streak Going Against Rossies In Croke Park

PREVIEW: Kerry To Keep Hot Streak Going Against Rossies In Croke Park

April 9, 2016 at 3:15 pm Comments are Disabled

Gavin O’Connor looks forward to Kerry v Roscommon in the Allianz National Football League Semi-Final, Croke Park, Sunday 2pm (Live on TG4)… IT seemed after falling to Dublin and Roscommon in the opening two games back in February, another nervy league campaign looked on the cards. After five wins on […]

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Barry John Keane, on the ball in Kerins O'Rahilly's victory against East Kerry in last years Senior Football County Championship. Photo by Dermot Crean.

Championship Draw: Tralee Sides To Face Difficult Opening Round Opposition

April 9, 2016 at 3:07 pm Comments are Disabled

TRALEE area sides have been dealt a tough hand for the Garveys SuperValu Senior County Football Championship Round 1. Kerins O’Rahilly’s will face the champions South Kerry, while Austin Stacks have been drawn against an emerging East Kerry side. St Brendans, who are made up of players from a number of […]

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VIDEO: Some Rossies Have Read Too Much Into Their League Win Over Kerry Judging By This…

VIDEO: Some Rossies Have Read Too Much Into Their League Win Over Kerry Judging By This…

April 9, 2016 at 11:04 am Comments are Disabled

AH shtop! The Rossies have been busy this week geeing themselves up for this week in anticipation of their Allianz National League semi-final against Kerry in Croke Park on Sunday. While some are unbelievably passionate about their team, like this guy… Paddy Joe BurkeWe can’t get enough of Paddy Joe […]

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Joanne Fitzgerald, Anne Brosnan and Gary Normoyle finishing the BWildered Challenge last year. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerry’s Ultimate Fitness Challenge ‘BWildered’ Is Back

April 8, 2016 at 3:19 pm Comments are Disabled

A GRUELLING challenge in Ballymac is back for its second year following  its wild success in 2015. ‘BWildered The John Lenihan Wilderness Challenge’ takes place on Saturday April 30 at 11:30am and they’re inviting people to take part in the battle against nature and the elements. The challenge, hosted Ballymacelligott GAA Club […]

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The Kerry Team To Face Roscommon Has Been Announced

The Kerry Team To Face Roscommon Has Been Announced

April 7, 2016 at 10:51 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Kerry team to face Roscommon in the Allianz League semi-final has been announced and there are four changes from last weekend’s game against Cork. Brian Kelly starts in goal in place of Brendan Kealy, Aidan O’Mahony and Fionn Fitzgerald come into the half back line in place of Killian […]

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