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THE annual Kerry GAA Night of Champions takes place again on this Friday night at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium with racing , fashion, family entertainment, prizes and some familiar faces to meet.
The “Kerry GAA Supporters Club” Race of Champions, with €15,000 to the winner and an overall Prize fund of €21,000 is the main attraction but there’s so much more.
The €10 entry ticket also entitles the purchaser to be included in a raffle of 6 prizes, with the 1st prize an overnight stay in A Dublin hotel and 2 tickets for either the All Ireland football or hurling final.
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The popular best dressed lady competition is sponsored by Diane Jeffers of the Jasmine Boutique and Diane will be looking for a lady wearing something elegant and race appropriate.
There will be a Bouncing Castle and face painting available for children and Kerry players will be available for photographs and autographs. Music and entertainment will be provided from 7pm with the first race starting at 7.40pm.
Following three great semi-finals last Friday night the probable favourite to win the 2018 Kerry GAA Supporters Club Race of Champions will be one of Ireland’s top female runners Droopys Ant, with second favourite likely to be 2017 Laurels and St Ledger Winner Clonbrien Hero. We have one Kerry finalist in Ballymac Meena running in Trap 4 for Liam Dowling of Ballymacelligott.
The Kerry Group Sponsored Club Sweepstake final is the important race for the clubs twinned with the six dogs who have reached the final.
A prize fund of up to €4,000 will be shared by these clubs. The trap draw and clubs is as follows – Trap 1 (Ballylane Vic) Tralee Parnells & Asdee, Trap 2 (Skips Brew) Tarbert & West Kerry Board, Trap 3 (Ballymac Taxi) Glenflesk & Coiste na nÓg, Trap 4 (Confident Petal) Duagh, Trap 5 (Srasota Black) South Kerry Board and Trap 6 (Fast Mike) Fossa.
