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Seniors:
Tralee town league vs Ardfert:
Playing with the aid of a strong breeze, KOR started well with some accurate point kicking from open play. With the KOR defence working well as a unit and battling the elements, Ardfert struggled to break through for scoring opportunities.
Padraig Griffin raised our green flag in this period.
Half time 1-7 to 0-2
Aided by the wind, Ardfert were in the ascendency in the second half and narrowed the gap. However KOR were transitioning the ball well from defense to attack and goals from Tom Hoare and Gearoid Meehan put the result beyond doubt.
Tom Hoare was excellent with good work by Conor O’Sullivan and Daniel Bowler, especially tracking back. Donagh was solid as usual, and great to see Ross and Darragh McElligott back who both played a half each.
Golf Classic:
Our fundraising golf classic has been a huge success with a full complement of teams now achieved.
We are currently seeking tee box sponsors and if you, or anybody you know, would like to get involved please contact us on the club phone on 085 2095001.
The classic takes place on Friday 29th March ( Good Friday) in Tralee GC.
Lotto:
Remarkably our lotto jackpot has still not been won since the summer of ‘22 and this week’s players are playing for a grand prize of €11,200 – you can play locally at the Klub, Betty’s Bar, Rock St PO or Jimmy’s on Strand Road; online players have until Monday 4th March to play by following this link: https://play.clubforce.com/play_newa.asp?ll_id=328#Anchor
Juveniles:
Minors:
Round 3 of the county league sent us to Mountcoal on Saturday evening.
We started well with 2 frees from Nick Lacey, which were cancelled out by scores from Ryan Hurley, and a Senans free brought them level.
A sweeping move started by Nick, who fed Ryan Onyek bursting through the middle, opened up the Senans backline with Ryan finding Darragh Murphy at the back post for our opening goal.
Senans responded well with a goal of their own by Ryan Hurley again, who was having a great battle with Breandàn Meehan.
It was Breandàn who burst forward from Centre Back and found Darragh Murphy in space with a pinpoint pass, and Darragh made no mistake taking his 2nd goal. Michael Enright added a great score from midfield before Senans reduced the deficit with their second goal and a free. Level entering the last few minutes, Nick won a ball from the half turn and kicked it over the top to Cayden Roche, who drilled his shot to the roof of the net.
Oisìn Cronin was getting on top at midfield and scored the last point of the half to leave us 4 points ahead at 3-4 to 2-3.
The second half started similarly to the first, we opened with a goal as Nick again being the provider with a long ball over the defence to Breandàn who won the ball and beat the keeper before finishing to an empty net, taking a belt to the face in the process.
Senans responded with their own goal on the break and added 3 quick points; Ryan Hurley added a free and point from play from young Mikey Summers.
Michael Enright won 2 massive balls around the middle for us, resulting in 1-1, Nick racing clear to finish to the roof of the net, and Darragh scoring from a tight angle. Nick judged the wind to perfection, scoring off his left, and Aaron Horgan, busy as ever, got in at the back post to raise the white flag once more.
Senans added 2 more points to keep them in touch, and then a long-range ball ended up in our net, leaving the score 5-9 to 4-8 in favour of us. However Nick created another goal this time for Aaron Horgan, coming off the wing to side foot at the near post and Nick would have the final say with a great score from the outside of the boot close to 30 yards out.
A morale boosting win for our boys closing out the day 6-10 to 4-08.
Ruarì Kennedy was pinpoint with his kickouts giving us a great platform to attack with Sean Mahony and the excellent Breandàn Meehan attacking at pace with every opportunity.
Oisìn and Michael battled in midfield all day with Michael showing great leadership down the stretch. Provider last week, Darragh Murphy delivered this week with a massive tally of 2-3.
Man of the match was Nick Lacey, creating 4 goals today and adding 1-5 for himself. Next up is NA Fianna next Saturday.
Academy continued on Sunday morning for our last morning in MTU Sports Centre. Next week we will commence a three week block in Tralee Sports Complex.
Last Sunday morning we welcomed 6 new members who we were delighted to see fitting right in during the session and along with meeting new friends.
Our coaches ensured they were made feel very welcome and encouraged everyone to make them feel welcome. Our coaches went through various skills and drills involving hand passing, kicking and soloing throughout every age group.
And each group finished the training session with a game and Kay was on hand with treats for everyone as they headed home after another great training session.
We look forward to seeing you all next week at Tralee Sports Complex at the earlier time of 9am to 10am.
Bring a friend:
We are running a little initiative where everyone that brings a friend who is a new member to Academy will be entered into a draw for themselves and their friend for a full Kerins O’Rahillys Kit and Football. Keep an eye on our social media for more info.
Clubzap:
It is vital that all members download clubzap and add Kerins O’Rahillys to their account. Clubzap will be used for all communication regarding each age group from U5s upwards.
If you are having any difficulty with joining clubzap please ask one of our committee members on Sunday mornings to assist you and we will be happy to help or contact us through any of our social media outlets.
Registration:
Please ensure you have registered your child. This is very important to complete as soon as possible. This can be done through clubzap also.
Congratulations:
Congratulations and best wishes to all who have made their confirmation or will be making it over the next few weeks from all in Kerins O’Rahillys.
Nótaí na mBan:
Pre season came to an end last week for our u16’s girls team. We are in division 2 this year for the North Kerry league which is starting in the next few weeks.
So Tuesday on the Astro, we focused on football and getting ball handling back on track along with our usual core exercises and a bit of strength and conditioning
Friday was back in the gym for strength and conditioning core and general maintenance.
Sunday we returned to a muddy soft Healy Park getting the girls used to the conditions ahead where we did a high tempo warm up and straight into ball work.
All round another good week’s work done, plenty of ball, plenty exercises, plenty crack and numbers keep coming back.
Condolences:
We would like to offer our sincere condolences to Anne Moran and family on the death of her brother Fergus Moyles – ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
