Sport

THERE was a good turnout, despite the bad weather, as the Kerry Motor Club and the Ballyfinnane Community Hall Association marked the 120th anniversary of the first motorsport event in Kerry by running a hillclimb event in the area. The Ballyfinnane Festival of Speed took place over Saturday and Sunday […]

TRALEE Tennis Club hosted its first ever Open Tournament last week. This was an International World Tennis Federation (ITF) recognised event in the form of a Doubles Open Tournament and featured on the Tennis Ireland calendar. It was a first for tennis in County Kerry and saw over 70 matches […]

Kerry FC had two teams in action at the weekend. The under 19 team had a great 5-2 win on the road against Carlow Killkenny . However the under 15 side lost out on a 6-4 scoreline,away to Klub Kildare . Pride of place this week undoubtedly goes to JP […]

Senior Ladies Results for Monday 10th July 2023. 1st Place – Susan O’Hara – 18pts – (on countback) 2nd Place – Eleanor Dowd – 18pts – (on countback) 3rd Place – Michelle Moore – 16pts (20pts, -4 Dom H’cap) Senior Men’s Results for Wednesday 12th July 2023. Result of 12 […]

KILLARNEY Racecourse is hosting JulyFest — a five-day summer horse-racing festival from Monday  to Friday — this week with patrons converging on the course for the opening day yesterday evening. For many patrons, the most competitive event of the week will take place off the track on Friday in the […]

David Moriarty reports on the SSE Airtricity League of Ireland Division 1 game on Saturday evening… LONGFORD TOWN 2 – 1 KERRY FC Kerry travelled to Bishopsgate for the second time this season to take on ninth placed Longford Town. Last time out between these two was a narrow 3-2 win […]

Darren Kelly reports on a great win for the Kerry U16 girls yesterday against Sligo in Ballinasloe… Kerry 4-10  Sligo 2-13  Kerry are All-Ireland U-16 B ladies football champions for the first time ever after holding off a determined Sligo resurgence in Duggan Park in Ballinasloe. Goals from Anna O’Sullivan, […]

Paul Brennan reports on Kerry’s victory over Meath last night in Austin Stack Park… Kerry 2-8 Meath 0-10 There will be a new name on the Brendan Martin Cup this year, and Kerry will hope they can end their famine after they knocked out the back-to-back champions Meath in Tralee. […]

KERRY FC has signed a former Brentford goalkeeper, Lee Axworthy, on a permanent deal. Axworthy, an Irish national, makes the move cross channel in what will be his first taste of League of Ireland Football. Originally born in Dublin, Lee lived in the Kingdom until he was 6 and went […]

AUSTIN Stack Park is the venue on Saturday evening for All-Ireland SFC quarter final clash between Kerry and Meath (throw-in 7.30pm). A repeat of last year’s All-Ireland final, the tie is sure to draw a big crowd to Tralee, despite the men being in action against Derry in Croke Park […]

TRALEE Rugby Club will welcome the United Rugby Championship, the Six Nations and the Triple Crown trophies to O’Dowd Park on Friday, July 21. Former Tralee RFC player and current La Rochelle star, Ultan Dillane, will be the special guest at the event which takes place from 2pm to 4pm. […]

KERRY Football Club has announced the return of Daniel Okwute to the club as the Kerry man has penned a deal to re-join the League of Ireland outfit from Stockport County. The 19 year old made the move from the club’s Under 19 set up to Stockport County who play […]

THE Bon Secours Hospital Tralee (BSHT) is to be the new health partner to Kerry LGFA (KLGFA) following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). This follows on from a similar partnership arrangement that the BSHT has in place with Kerry GAA and will facilitate the elite lady footballers […]

THERE’S no let up in the weather this week which is bad news for those attending Kelloggs Cúl Camps around the county. Despite the rain, kids are still having fun as could be seen out in Blennerville where the St Pats GAA Cúl Camp was taking place. Over 120 youngsters […]

KERRY sports clubs and communities are reminded they can apply for funding under the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) from next Monday. The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin T.D., and the Minister of State for Sport and Physical Education, Thomas Byrne T.D., have announced […]

Kerry FC had 3 teams in action at the weekend with mixed results.Star billing this week undoubtedly goes to the under 15 team who accounted for Carlow Killkenny in a 7 goal thriller in Mounthawk Park on Sunday. The visitors dominated the opening quarter and had Kerry defending in numbers […]

Kingdom swimming club took part in the Irish National Age Group Championship in Limerick last weekend, competition for swimmers aged 12-14, to round off the swimming season for this year. We can safely say our swimmers had a true Summer Nationals “Kingdom Experience”. We had outstanding performances from all our […]

NOT the best of weeks for playing football, but they made the best of it at the Kelloggs GAA Cúl Camps. Four town clubs held camps during the week and despite the changeable weather a great time was had by hundreds of youngsters. John Mitchels GAA Club was well equipped […]

THE awful rain on Thursday resulted in an early exit home for youngsters attending Kelloggs GAA Cúl Camps all over Kerry. But on Wednesday the weather, while not ideal, was more favourable when we called to Na Gaeil GAA Club in Killeen where over 100 kids were registered for the […]

KERRY FC has announced that the Credit Unions of Kerry and West Limerick as the new sponsors of their under 17 academy, the stars of the future. Welcoming the news, Damien Locke, Kerry F.C. Head of Academy said; “ We are hugely excited to welcome the Credit Unions on board […]

THEY’VE been unlucky with the weather this week at Kelloggs GAA Cúl Camps around the town. Four are taking place at Na Gaeil, John Mitchels, Kerins O’Rahillys and Austin Stacks with Thursday a washout due to the heavy rainfall. We called to Austin Stacks headquarters in Connolly Park on Wednesday […]

THE first week of the summer holidays sees Kelloggs GAA Cúl Camps take place all over Tralee with hundreds of youngsters honing their skills at local clubs. It’s not been the best of starts to the week weatherwise. There’s been plenty showers so far, but the children certainly looked like […]

KERRY Football Club has announced the signing of Ethan Kos. He signs for Kerry FC following the conclusion of his studies in UCD where he played college football during his academic years, winning a Harding Cup in 2019 with UCD AFC. The Californian landed in Ireland in 2019 and during his […]

Kerry FC had three teams in action at the weekend with mixed results.On Sunday the 19 team hosted Treaty United in a very competitive and entertaining league encounter in Mounthawk Park. However when the final whistle blew Kerry had to be satisfied with a share of the points. Kerry got […]

Senior Ladies Results for 2nd  July 2023. We had 11 teams (of 3) competing in the Champagne Scramble & below are the results: 1st  – Dorothy O’Driscoll, Catherine McEneaney, Ann O’Sullivan –  41pts ( on countback) 2nd – Margaret Lawlor, Catherine O’Carroll, & Kitty Nolan –  41pts 3rd – Breda Walshe, Monica O’Neill, […]

TRALEE Tennis Club will host an International World Tennis Federation (ITF) recognised event in the form of a Doubles Open Tournament this month. From July 9–15, Tralee Tennis Club will see over one hundred tennis players play on their courts, in what promises to be quality and competitive matches. “We […]

IT was a sweet victory up in Croke Park yesterday and there was no shortage of Kerry fans in the capital for the occasion. A great performance from Kerry saw them through by double scores against Tyrone and the die-hard fans who filled two buses organised by the Kerry Supporters […]

Dan Kearney reports on the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship game between Kerry and Cavan in Tralee on Saturday… Kerry 2-21  Cavan 2-5 Cáit Lynch led the way as table-toppers Kerry booked a quarter-final place against Meath in the race for the TG4 All-Ireland title when they had 16 points to […]

David Moriarty on the SSE Airtricity League Of Ireland Men’s First Division game on Friday night in Galway… GALWAY UNITED 1–0 KERRY FC On Friday evening, Kerry FC travelled back up to Eamonn Deacy Park, the home of Galway United for the first time since the 10th of March, where […]

A GROUP of excited young ladies from Kerins O’Rahillys GAA club hit the road earlier this morning hoping for glory today in the John West Féile na nGael tournament. Having beaten Laune Rangers in the county final earlier this year, the Under 15 girls are now proud to be representing […]