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Seniors: A power packed display in the first twenty minutes of the second half when, wind assisted we outscored South Kerry by 2-06 to nil was enough to propel us into round 2A of the county championship where we have been drawn against Dingle with game to take place next Sunday at 2.30pm.
Both sides had late defections with Shane Brosnan having to sit this one out following his hamstring issues with Bryan Sheehan being unable to take his place at midfield for the South Kerry men.
From the outset, this was a free flowing game aided in no small measure by the refereeing of Donal Casey who had a very good game; SK with the aid of the breeze were first on the scoreboard through Paul O’Donoghue and though Barry John levelled shortly afterwards, SK again went in front thanks to Brendan O’Sullivan and when he later added a goal following a great run we found ourselves 1-02 to 0-01 behind after just 6 minutes.
Cormac Coffey lets fly. Photo by Dermot Crean
Worse was to follow when again Brendan O’Sullivan combined with Paul O’Donoghue and when he offloaded to Matthew O’Sullivan, Gary Kissane was again fishing the ball out of the net; seven points adrift after 6 minutes certainly threw down the gauntlet to the lads but they responded brilliantly and 4 unanswered points ( 3 from Barry John and one from Jack Savage), saw us trail by just the two points approaching 15 minutes.
The second quarter was no less entertaining with South Kerry taking the game to us and again they lead by by four following two quick points.
We then were camped in their half, despite playing into the wind and were unlucky not to add to our score when missing a no of frees into the tricky wind.
To add to our woes, Tommy Walsh went off injured after 24 minutes when he was having a major impact on the game. We went in at half time trailing by 4, 2-08 to 0-10.
Gearoid Savage taps in O’Rahillys second goal watched by Con Barrett. Photo by Dermot Crean
The second half was but four minutes old when a sweeping move saw John Ferguson drill a low shot to the corner of the SK net – it was game on now and with Ross O’Callaghan, Con Barrett, Karl Mullins and Cormac Coffey along with the high fielding Gavin O’Brien to the fore we took a stranglehold on the game and forged ahead with great scores from Gearoid Savage, Barry John (2) and Cormac to leave us 3 points ahead after 15 mins; then a quick move from defence saw Con Barrett fire a shot on goal which was saved but Gearoid Savage followed up quickly to force the ball over the line – we were now 6 points ahead and moving like winners.
From here to the end we closed out the game, with scores coming from John Ferguson & Padraig Griffin to finish out the game 4 points winners on a final score line of 2-16 to 2-12.
We now play Dingle next weekend in the winners round with the prize on offer a quarter final place some time in early Autumn. FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM THE GAME CLICK HERE
Junior Blues:
Sunday saw another great turnout to our Junior Blues Academy –
some great football being
played by all and its great to see our future stars having fun while developing football skills.
Players of the week :
U6 girls Lexi Keane
U6 boys Darragh Hanlon
U8 boys Jack Brosnan
U8 boys Davey Jay Flaherty
18/u10 girls Kelly Fitzgerald
U10 boys William Higgins
Well done to all .
U14 boys: Final
game of the County League
away to Ballyheigue on Mon 15th @7pm
U16 Central Region Division 2 Final:
U16 play Annasaul/Lispole in Castlegregory @6.30pm this coming Tuesday 16th May
Best wishes to Ger Moran,
JT OSullivan &
Mark Fitzgerald and all the u16 team .
Ladies:
U12 GIRLS
Congratulations to our U12 girls who are The North Kerry Division 2 winners sponsored by Billy Kissane Meats. They played Mitchels and the final score was Kerins O’Rahillys 2-02 , John Mitchels 1-03. It was a close exciting game. Well done to the girls and their mentors Marie and Danny.
The County League commences this week. We are at home to Milltown/ Listry in round 1. Texts will be sent during the week.
U14 GIRLS
The girls played Kilcummin in the semi final of the County League. It was a tense match from start to finish but in the end we prevailed. We wish Eugenie Kerins a speedy recovery. She got injured in the final minutes of the game. Thanks to Kilcummin supporters for their assistance and kindness.
Training continues on Tuesday and Thursday. Texts will be sent.
U16 GIRLS
Well done to the girls, they played Moyvane last Thursday. The final score was 3-4 to 1-9. Training continues on Tuesdays and Thursdays 7pm- 8pm.
MINOR LADIES
The girls had an enjoyable training session with Diarmuid and Nicola last Wednesday and Friday evening. Looking forward to seeing everyone again on Wednesday in preparation for games in a few weeks after the exams.
BAKE SALE
Thanks to everyone who donated cakes etc. and to everyone who helped out and supported us last Sunday.
REGISTRATION
Registration has to be paid before May 31st. Please complete form and return with money as per text.
Lotto: There was no winner of last week’s lotto jackpot where the winning numbers drawn were: 1, 3, 14 & 32. Fred & Dylan managed managed to match 3 numbers and they win €25. Next week’s jackpot will be €7,500.
Charlies Bar: A range of activities take place weekly in the bar with all tastes catered for – from pilates on Mondays & Tuesdays to Irish dancing on Wednesdays, to card playing ( Whist Drive) on Thursdays; there is live music on week ends with food each evening. Friday night specials include a steak/chips with a pint or glass of wine all for €19.95- why not make Charlies your next port of call for your night out? You can contact Tom or Eileen on 7124956.
