Sport

THE participants in a major fundraiser for Down Syndrome Ireland rolled into town on Friday afternoon with a legendary cyclist leading the way. The Tour de Munster Charity Cycle is taking place until Sunday and over 100 amateur cyclists, led by Sean Kelly, came through Tarbert and Listowel to make their way to the […]

A SOCCER match between the town’s two hospitals raised over €1,600 for the Oncology Unit at University Hospital Kerry. Three weeks ago, the Bon Secours beat UHK in the Tommy Naughton Perpetual Cup in Cahermoneen. Held in memory of Tommy who worked at the Bons until he died suddenly in 2014, this was the […]

A SECOND Kerry team will run out on Croke Park tomorrow in the space of six days when the Kerry juniors face Mayo in the All-Ireland Junior Football Final at 2pm. We caught up with Kerry manager, Stephen Wallace, as he and his team were just about to depart for the […]

THE juvenile footballers of Austin Stacks have been enjoying their annual summer camp in Connolly Park all week and their local hero dropped in to give some tips this morning. Over 110 boys and girls are attending the camp which is organised by Juvenile Chairman, Tim McMahon, Austin Stacks member and […]

TODAY the GAA announced an exciting proposal to restructure the quarter-finals of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (see below). The proposal is looking to get rid of the quarter-finals and replace them with two round robin groups of four. Every team will play each other once and the top two […]

THE Kerry Junior team to face Mayo in the All-Ireland Final on Saturday in Croke Park (2pm) has been named. There are three changes in personnel from the side that defeated Lancashire in the semi-final. Patrick Clifford, who was introduced in the semi final, comes into the half back line in place […]

IT must be pretty handy for Kerry footballers when preparing for a big match in Croke Park to know a legend with sage advice is only a phone-call away. Darragh Ó Sé gives an account of one such phone-call he had with Maurice Fitzgerald days before he entered the fray at […]

Castlegregory Golf Club News (by Mike Mercer) THE RECENTLY held John Browne Memorial Scratch Cups at Castlegregory Golf Club had a treble of winners for the host club. The Ladies Club kicked off the weekend on Friday with the Mike Deane Coach Hire sponsored competition. Alana Rowan (12) took home […]

Subject: Results Club Singles 31/07/2016 & Fixtures RESULTS: 1st: Eamonn O’Sullivan (08) 41 Pts. 2nd: Alan M O’Sullivan (08) 40 Pts. 3rd: Billy Naughton    (16) 40 Pts. 4th: Maurice Mulcare   (14) 39 Pts. 5th: Gerard Power      (09) 39 Pts. Best Gross; Fergal O’Sullivan (-1) 34 Pts 18+ Thomas Greaney (20) […]

IN fairness, Darran O’Sullivan is up against it. The Kerry forward scored a cracking goal and was in fine form again for Kerry on Sunday, bagging 1-2 from play in Kerry’s 2-16 to 0-10 victory over Clare in Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC Quarter-Final. His performance has earned him a nomination for a […]

CHAMPIONS Kilmoyley will do battle with parish neighbours St Brendans in a repeat of last year’s county final on Sunday week. The draw for the semi-finals of the Garveys Supervalu Senior Hurling Championship was made on Radio Kerry today and resulted in the pairing as well as Abbeydorney taking on Ballyduff […]

THE Kerry juniors will play on the biggest stage of all next Saturday in their All Ireland Junior Final. The game has been fixed as the curtain-raiser to the All-Ireland Senior Quarter-Finals at Croke Park on Saturday with a 2pm throw-in time. Stephen Wallace’s charges will be hoping to get […]

TEAMS from supermarkets, companies, hospitals and the Garda took to the astroturf yesterday  for the inaugural Turner’s Bar Invitational Cup. Twelve teams took part in the tournament at the ITT North Campus sports grounds in aid of Acquired Brain Injury Ireland. The tournament  was organised by Brian McCarthy from Kielduff, whose brother works […]

THE Spin South West Sandstorm is coming back this autumn. The event will take place in Ballyheigue Beach again for the second year on Saturday, October 1. Sandstorm is a 5k endurance race that challenges participants both physically and mentally with a course consisting of multiple obstacles and challenges along the beach. Continued below… Last […]

Mike O’Halloran was in Austin Stack Park yesterday to see the Kerry minors beat Kildare in the Electric Ireland All-Ireland B Championship quarter final… Kerry 2-20 Kildare 2-10 A blitz in the second half saw the Kerry minor hurlers overcome Kildare in The Electric Ireland All-Ireland B Championship quarter final. Kerry […]

IT was a fantastic day in Fenit on Saturday for the Tri Kingdom Come Triathlon. Over 400 people took part in the event – many from the Tralee Triathlon Club – and the weather stayed kind despite a shower early on. The community of Fenit also came out in force to join […]

Gavin O’Connor says there’ll be no shock this Sunday against Clare as Kerry players will be out to impress the boss…  THIS week the Kerry footballing public has gone through one of the most lacklustre build-ups to a match in Croke Park in recent memory. For players, the focus will be on […]

THE Kerry Senior Football Team to play Clare in the All Ireland Senior Football Championship Quarter Final in Croke Park on Sunday at 2pm shows three changes in personnel from the side that defeated Tipperary in the Munster Final. It’s an all Tralee midfield as David Moran starts instead of […]

THE Kerry Minor Football Team to play Derry in the Electric Ireland All Ireland Minor Football Quarter Final at Croke Park on Sunday next (12 noon) is unchanged from the side that defeated Cork in the Munster Final. Tralee area clubs will be represented by Micheál Reidy from Ballymac at corner […]

SINCE the quarter-finals began in 2001 Kerry have appeared every year, winning 13 out of 15 encounters. In that time there was a few close shaves, more damp squibs than you would care to remember and also a handful blistering performance where the men in green and gold shot the […]

THERE are double the amount of kids attending the Ballymacelligott GAA Cúl Camp this year compared to 2015. Around 140 young people between the ages of 6 and 14 are taking part in the camp, which runs until Friday. Last year that figure was around the 70 mark. The camp […]

BALLYHEIGUE man Richie Stack beat a five time Irish champion at an MMA tournament at the weekend. Richie, who fights out of Spirit MMA in Tralee defeated former champ Alex O’Sullivan at the Celtic Gladiator show at City North Conference Centre on the outskirts of Dublin county. The 29-year-old is […]

A BASKETBALL tournament is to be held during the Rose of Tralee Festival and teams from all over the country are being invited to take part. Organised by Tralee Imperials and sponsored by Premier Financial Services, the ‘Rose of Tralee 3×3 Tournament 2016’ will take place on Saturday, August 20 featuring […]

RESULTS :   1st   Alan Kelly (8) 39 Points 2nd   Bernard Costello Jnr (13) 39 Points 3rd   David Hennebery (4) 38 Points Best Gross: Darren O’Sullivan (1)   31 Points 4th   Kevin O’Connor (13) 37 Points 5th   Padraig Moynihan (13) 37 Points 6th   Ger Power (9) 37 Points 7th     Ger Carmody (16) […]

By Kevin Williams With our weather patterns similar to last year , it has been playing havoc with our swim schedule and resulted in three postponements . With a short break in the weather last week it was decided to run off 2 events. First up was The Donald Walsh […]

THE Kerry Pony Society hosted its annual Gymkhana in Blennerville on Sunday and as always was a huge hit with competitors and families. The event was a great family day out featuring competitions for animals of all kinds along with the headline pony events. There was plenty of fun for all the family with […]

TEN young people will represent Blennerville/Ballyyard in this year’s National Community Games in Athlone. The games will take place at Athlone IT over two weekends – August 12 to 14 and from August 19 to 21. Competitors from the group are drawn from a huge area that stretches from Derrynane to Ballyard and […]

COLM Cooper, Johnny Buckley and Mikey Geaney have all been ruled out of the Kerry v Clare All-Ireland SFC quarter-final in Croke Park this Sunday. There is good news however, as Peter Crowley will return to the match day panel after he was ruled out of the Munster Final because […]

By Mike Mercer ALL the invocations that were called upon last weekend for the Captain’s Prize (Mike Mercer) worked well with Apollo, the God of Sunlight, coming out on top for the duration of the competition. With close to 100 competitors, sponsors, guests and not forgetting the Mna, the course was […]

THE first county league meeting of Austin Stacks and John Mitchels in 13 years ended with one point win for The Rock in Ballyseedy by 1-9 to 0-11. The wind played a significant factor in the game with Austin Stacks benefiting from the gusts in the first half. Shane O’Callaghan […]