Sport

AN event held last month by Active Kingdom raised €1,408 for Enable Ireland Kerry Services. A family fun day was put on at John Mitchels GAA Complex at Ballyseedy by Active Kingdom and Sean Scally from Enable Ireland Kerry was very appreciative of their efforts. “We are delighted that Active Kingdom picked Enable […]

THE Kerry GAA ‘Night of Champions’ returns to the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium this Friday night and it promises to be a night of great family entertainment. Along with the 11 races, the Kerry Senior Football and Hurling players and management will be present to meet the fans. There will also be […]

Tralee Harriers weekly report from Paul Griffin Competitions  1.      Munster Senior and Masters  Tralee Harriers athletes were in Cork on Sunday 11th at the Munster Senior and Masters Track and Field Championships. With horrendous conditions for all athletes high winds and heavy showers our athletes did very well to stay grounded and give […]

Saturday 10th June Kerry Scratch Cup – sponsored by Kerry Group. 1st : Peter O’Keefe 227 2nd : Fergal O’Sullivan 228 3rd : John Murphy 231 4th : Darren O’Sullivan 235 5th : Evan Farrell 237 Best Gross (1st 18 Holes) : Ted Collins 77 Best Gross (2nd 18 Holes) : […]

AS has been the case over the past number of years, the Munster SFC final in Killarney between Kerry and Cork will have a 2pm throw-in on July 2. This means the minor final between Kerry and Clare will start at noon, so football fans will need to get on […]

The new Páirc Uí Chaoimh stadium will not host the Munster football finals scheduled for July 2,  the Cork County Board has confirmed, making it likely that Killarney will be the venue for the games. It was planned that the Cork v Kerry showpiece would be the the attraction on opening day […]

Over 800 athletes from all corners of Ireland and Europe descended on Dingle and its  Peninsula for the epic Dingle Adventure Race 2017. The wild and windy weather played havoc with the Kayaking section, as heavy cloud and mist descended for the day, the wind was wild on the Atlantic […]

By Adrienne McLoughlin Presentation Primary School’s Active Week came to a fitting finale on Friday when the annual school sports took place. There was some doubt during the week if the weather would improve and allow the event take place, but the decision to go ahead proved a good one. […]

MERCY Mounthawk had a very successful trip to the All Ireland School’s Athletics in Tullamore last weekend. The senior girls were awarded Best Senior Girls Team, with some of the team also winning individual medals. Aoibhín O’Brien won gold at the senior girls Long Jump, while Lauren O’Grady won bronze in […]

THE Kerry team to play Clare in the Munster Senior Football Championship Semi Final in Cusack Park Ennis on Sunday next sees five changes from the side that beat Dublin in the national league final in April. Kevin McCarthy of Kilcummin make his Championship debut, Brian Kelly takes over from Brendan Kealy in […]

A great boxing tournament was held in Tralee Boxing Club gym in Monavalley on Saturday night last. A selection of boxers from Kerry took on boxers from County Limerick, & County Down, there were Irish Champions, Ulster Champions, Munster Champions, Moonkstown Champions on show and the crowd in attendance were not disappointed as […]

Captains Prize John Reen  June 3rd & 4th June 1st : Verners Tess (5) 40 Points + 16 Points 2nd : John Moran (6) 37 Points + 19 Points 3rd : Mikey G Sheehy (14) 42 Points + 13 Points Best Gross : Darren O’Sullivan (1)  34 Points Gross 4th : Seamus […]

  Kerry Recreation and Sports Partnership, in collaboration with local cycling clubs, is inviting families of all ages to participate in a series of forthcoming events for National Bike Week, which runs from 10 to 18 June 2017. Events include the ‘Pedal in the Parks’ and the inaugural ‘Any Bike […]

  KERINS O’Rahillys took the spoils in the derby with Austin Stacks as they emerged 0-16 to 1-8 winners at Strand Road on Saturday evening in the Credit Union County League tie. Both sides were without their Kerry players, so Stacks took the field without Kieran Donaghy and Ronan Shanahan, […]

THE family of the most decorated footballer in Kerins O’Rahillys illustrious history gathered at the club on Friday night to see him honoured on the 50th anniversary of his death. Danno Keeffe has an incredible roll of honour and some his achievements in his 18 seasons (1931-1948) playing for Kerry […]

Competition News Last weekend saw three Tralee Harriers athletes head for Morton Stadium in Santry, Co. Dublin, for the Irish Life Health National Combined Events and the AAI Games. Two athletes competed on Saturday in the combined events, and although the weather was only suitable for the two ducks that […]

By Kevin Williams The World Series is the main summer events of the club comprising of 8 swims and 4 BBQs. Each race is maybe up of 4,different groups of all abilities. From A Elite, B Advanced C Casual / Improvers and D Newcomers. Each swimmer then receives a handicap […]

Saturday 127th May  Junior Scratch  Cup sponsored by Garveys Supervalu 1st : Danny Leen (6) 78 Gross 2nd : James O’Shea (8) 79 Gross 3rd : Kevin Lucey (6) 79 Gross 4th :  Donie O’Keefe (5) 80 Gross 1st Nett : Mark Lefevre ( 9) 72 Nett 2nd Nett : Alan […]

Austin Stacks 4-13 Killarney Legion 3-6 If Austin Stacks were guilty of a being slow out of the blocks in their last home game against St Kieran’s, they almost beat the starter gun this time out. Their third Garveys Supervalu Kerry SFC game in two weeks, saw the Rockies turn on the style […]

THE beautiful surrounds of Fenit will once again play host to Tri Kingdom Come which is expected to be bigger and better than ever. Last year almost 400 triathletes took part in the Tralee Triathlon Club organised event and it is hoped that similar numbers will once again descend on Fenit on Saturday […]

MONDAY next will see both the draw for the Garvey’s SuperValu Kerry Co. Senior Hurling Championship and the draws for the Castleisland Mart Intermediate, Junior Premier, Junior and Novice Club Football Championships. The draw for the County Senior Hurling Championship will take place on Monday at Austin Stack Park at 6.30pm. Continued […]

Tralee Harriers Weekly update Competition News The Munster Schools Track Field championships were held last on Saturday 20th May, in Cork’s CIT track The day was filled with outstanding performances from all Kerry schools. Mercy Mounthawk won the Overall Senior Girls School, as well as the Junior Boys schools. Several of […]

Open Scotch Mixed Foursomes Sponsored by Billy Nolan: 1st :John O’Driscoll (19) & Anne O’Driscoll (27) 44 Points 2nd : Mikey Sheehy (13) & Grainne Sheehy (33) 42 Points 3rd : Michael Halloran (12) & Brid Halloran (19) 41 Points MC 7 Ballybunion Exchange Sponsored by Stephenson/Casey/Billy Naughton 1st ; […]

EirGrid, sponsors of the U21 All-Ireland Football Championship, today revealed details of the top 21 players of this year’s competition and three Kerry players have made the cut. Despite losing out narrowly to Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final, Munster champions Kerry have three recipients in Brian Ó Beaglaoich, Andrew Barry and Matthew Flaherty. […]

THE girls at Presentation Secondary School got a chance to see the Women’s Rugby World Cup trophy on Tuesday morning. The cup is on a tour of Ireland at the moment and had already visited Tralee RFC last month. “We’re lucky enough to have it in school today,” said PE […]

AUSTIN Stacks continued their winning ways recently, this time with Lidl as they won a full shop for their club worth €500. The club was recently announced as winners for the Tralee store, one of 150 lucky clubs across the country to win a full shop for their club to […]

Mike O’Halloran on the North Kerry Hurling Board Intermediate Final between Causeway and Abbeydorney… Causeway 2-12 Abbeydorney 0-3 The final of the North Kerry Intermediate hurling final was played on the beautiful surface that is the Kilmoyley pitch. Causeway played with the wind in the first half and were always […]

IT’S an exciting time for Tralee Parnells hurling and camogie club as they will have an Under 14 team in the Féile competition for the first time this year. The club was only formed five years ago but has grown to boast a healthy membership with some very skilful players who will […]

IT was a good week for Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí teams this week. The under 15 hurlers won the Craobh Chiarraí on Wednesday. They defeated St Brendan’s Killarney in the semi-final and the final was contested between Gaelcholáiste and Mercy Mounthawk at the John Mitchels sports grounds. Continued below… Gaelcholáiste played with the wind […]

JOHN ‘Tweek’ Griffin has retired from inter-county hurling after 15 years involved with the Kerry team. The 33-year-old Lixnaw clubman won a number of honours with Kerry over the years and was a huge inspiration to many with his skill and versatility in many positions on the field. In a […]