Sport

TRALEE man, Conor Cusack was left humbled this weekend as he took part in the Keith Whyte Waterfront Ultra Marathon as part of the famous ‘Team Hoyt’. Team Hoyt consists of the American father and son duo of Dick and Rick Hoyt, who are known around the world for their […]

Mike O’Halloran reports from Causeway on Kilmoyley’s victory over Crotta O’Neill’s in the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC tie on Sunday… Kilmoyley 1-12 Crotta O’Neills 0-10 I WAS not at the double header last Sunday in Causeway, where Kilmoyley and Crotta O’Neills played out a draw in the sunshine. There was no […]

THE annual John Mitchels Juvenile Football Tournament for the under 8s and under 10s was held at in Ballyseedy on Saturday drawing around 350 youngsters to the grounds. This was the 15th year of the tournament which has become one of the most popular in the county. Clubs taking part were John Mitchels, Austin Stacks, […]

Mike O’Halloran was at the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC clash in Abbeydorney last night… Lixnaw 2-17 Causeway 0-16 AGAIN, the welcome for hurling fans to Abbeydorney on Friday evening was wholesome, with some tweaks to the previous welcome to further improve the excellent experience of last week. The game was played […]

OVER 80 boys and girls from across Kerry took part in the ‘Team Kerry Basketball Summer Camp’ in Mercy Mounthawk  during the week. The camp which is in its sixth year prides itself on its high coach to player ratio, with one coach for every nine players. Ages of participants went […]

OVER 70 kids who participated in the John Mitchels Summer Camp got a great treat on Thursday morning when Kerry player, Jonathan Lyne, called in for a visit. Lyne was one of Kerry’s best performers last Saturday against Cork and The legion man spoke and played with the kids who were in […]

Our hurling analyst, Mike O’Halloran, on North Kerry hospitality, the Kerry hurling manager and the three games up for decision in the Garvey’s Supervalu Senior Hurling Championship this weekend… WE are off to North Kerry again this weekend to savour more of the wonderful fare that we saw last weekend. […]

THE Kerry Junior Football Team to play Wexford in the All Ireland Junior Football semi final in Dungarvan on Saturday at 2pm has been named. The side, captained by John Mitchels’ Alan O’Donoghue, shows one change from the side that defeated Cork in the provincial final with Listry’s Gary O’Sullivan, introduced […]

KERRY GAA star David Moran enlisted the help of his dad Ogie and the Eoin ‘Bomber’ Liston in a charity challenge. David Moran has joined RTE Pundit Joe Brolly, footballers John Heslin (Westmeath), Peter Kelly (Kildare), Kevin Cassidy (Ex-Donegal) and Philip Jordan (Ex Tyrone) and many more GAA stars from past […]

A TRALEE man, whom we earlier reported had two of his horses purchased by one of the world’s biggest owners (see previous story here), has this week secured his first listed win for them in Naas. Michael O’Callaghan saw his horse ‘Letters of Note’ romp home to victory in the […]

  FORMER Tralee Tigers coach, Mark Bernsen, has returned to Ireland to become Director of Basketball Operations with Tralee Imperials. The name of Mark Bernsen will be well known to many who follow the sport of basketball in the county, as he has previously coached in Tralee when he was with Tigers […]

ALL roads in the Pitch & Putt world will lead to the Cunnigar club in Dungarvan, Waterford at the weekend for the National Championships. The Tralee club is well represented at this event with four players bidding for glory namely Jason O’Regan and Tony Blake (Senior), Alan Hobbert (Intermediate) and David […]

JAMES O’DONOGHUE has come out in defence of Kerry over allegations that he and his teammates attempt to sway refereeing decisions during games. Speaking at the GAA All-Ireland series launch in O’Donoghue’s home patch of Legion GAA yesterday, the 2014 Player Of The Year has described articles in the national […]

THE Kerry County Board Chairman has paid tribute to Eamon Kelly who stepped down from his post as Kerry Hurling Manager. The Tipperary native, appointed in December 2013, oversaw arguably the most successful period in the county’s hurling history with promotion to Division 1B of the Allianz Leagues and winning a place in the Qualifier […]

  A TRALEE man is today making his way to Los Angeles (LA) to take part in the Special Olympics World Games. Twenty-nine year old Brendan O’Connell is heading over as part of the Irish Aquatics Delegation and is the sole representative from Kerry that will be competing for Team Ireland. […]

  TODAY saw the exciting announcement of a new running event that will no doubt have local and non-local athletes lining up to take part in the challenge. Run The Kingdom (RTK) today announced the first details for their new event entitled ‘Run The Ring’ which they hope to schedule […]

THOUGH Eamonn Fitzmaurice might not have wanted a replay, it was a great bonus to them. Kerry got two very tough games and learned an awful lot about the squad. The few changes made the difference; Aidan O’Mahony, laid down a few physical markers, he definitely led by example. I […]

KERRY Senior Hurling Manager, Eamon Kelly, has stepped down from his position. The Tipperary native brought Kerry to Division 1B hurling next year as well as a return to championship hurling. He guided Kerry to two Allianz National Hurling League Division 2 titles and a Christy Ring Cup during his two year […]

COLM COOPER made a timely intervention in Saturday night’s Munster SFC final replay against Cork. It was his quick thinking that led to Paul Geaney’s goal, the decisive score of the match to help Kerry towards the quarters finals and avoidance of a rocky qualifier road. Relegated to the bench for both Cork encounters, […]

  THE Munster Final replay, was arguably the biggest match of the GAA football season so far and it didn’t disappoint lighting up twitter with comments from players, pundits and fans. Here is a selection of some of them best.   Kieran Donaghy lifted the Munster trophy in near darkness in […]

Abbeydorney 1-17 St Brendan’s 2-10 ABBEYDORNEY upset the odds with an awesome second half display to beat fancied St Brendan’s on Sunday afternoon. A period in the second half where Abbeydorney scored 1-6 without reply sealed the Ardfert side’s fate in this Senior Hurling County Championship first round match in […]

Crotta O’Neill’s 1-17 Kilmoyley 1-17 CROTTA O’Neills and Kilmoyley will have to go again in the first round of the County Senior Hurling Championship after extra-time couldn’t separate the sides on Sunday afternoon in Causeway. They’ll now have to do it all over again next Sunday, July 26 at the […]

THERE was no men’s golf this weekend. Fixtures Sunday 26th July  Presidents Prize (Eugene O’Callaghan) Results Senior Men (Wednesday 15th July) 1st Billy Morrissey (15) 26pts 2nd eddie Enright (23) 25pts 3rd Denis Mannix (18) 25pts 4th P Corcoran (28) 24pts + 24 Paddy Nagle (19) 23pts Ladies results Wednesday  15th July  singles sponsored by (Patrick Stack, […]

A TRALEE man pushed himself to the limits at the weekend as he competed in the ‘Energia 24 Hour Race’ in Belfast on both Friday, July 17 and Saturday, July 18. Tom Foley, a native of the Mitchel’s area, and an active member of the ‘Born To Run’ marathon club here […]

Mike O’Halloran was in Kilmoyley on Sunday evening for the Garveys Supervalu Kerry Senior Hurling Championship game between Ballyduff and Causeway…  Causeway 2-12 Ballyduff 0-10 Another great welcome awaited the followers of the ancient game when we travelled to one of the most scenic hurling fields in The Kingdom. Again, the folks […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at the main talking points from last night’s big game in Killarney, plus loads of action shots from the match below… 1. David Moran a colossus It had been spoken about in the build up, that Kerry had to win midfield if they were stand any chance […]

THE weather may have been a disaster and the less said about the traffic after the better, but we won and we’re off to Croker in a few weeks. Kerry fans turned up in their thousands again for the replay in Killarney and we walked through the town centre to […]

A FANTASTIC victory for Kerry tonight but it’s a good thing it didn’t go extra-time…we’d have had to get our phones out to light the pitch. The skies and Cork people were the only things gloomy about Fitzgerald Stadium at 8.30pm tonight, as Kieran Donaghy became the first Austin Stacks […]

  IF you’re going to the match in Killarney later I have some bad news for you. A hard rains gonna fall. Met Eireann’s forecast for Kerry and the rest of Munster this evening is for very heavy showers to come in from the west before match time (7pm) with the risk […]

Mike O’Halloran on the opening fixture of the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry Senior Hurling Championship between Lixnaw and Ballyheigue in Abbeydorney on Friday night… Lixnaw 0-17 Ballyheigue 0-15 Surely, Abbeydorney must be the sporting and cultural capital of Kerry. The village has a long tradition in the organisation of drama, music […]