PHOTOS: Bons Takes Bragging Rights In Tommy Naughton Memorial Match

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Action for the match. Photo by Dermot Crean

A full-blooded tackle goes in during the match last night. Photo by Dermot Crean

WELL the Bon Secours finally broke the hoodoo last night when they beat UHK in the battle of the hospitals in Cahermoneen.

The third Tommy Naughton Perpetual Cup game in aid of the Oncology Unit at University Hospital Kerry was held at Tralee Dynamos pitch and the men from the Strand Road hospital triumphed by 4-0 breaking UHK’s dominance since the Cup was first presented in 2014.

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Tommy Naughton worked at the Bons until he died suddenly in 2014. He was a big soccer fan so his colleagues decided to hold an annual game  in his memory and to raise funds for a great cause.

The game is played in good spirits but there is also a competitive side to it to gain bragging rights in the local derby.

Well Jonathan Downey was certainly up for it as he got a hat-trick for the Bons on the night with Brian Egan also netting in the 30 minutes a side match.

A decent crowd of spectators paid €5 to get in and some of them joined the teams after for an Apres Match celebration in Lindane’s Bar afterwards where there was spot prizes and a raffle for a signed Kerry jersey.

Chief organiser this year, Paul McCarthy of UHK, said he was delighted with the night and the way the game was played in good spirits. Scroll down for photos…

Mairead O'Connor, Karen Stack and Carina Slattery at the Tommy Naughton Memorial Soccer Match at Tralee Dynamos pitch in Cahermoneen on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

Mairead O’Connor, Karen Stack and Carina Slattery at the Tommy Naughton Memorial Soccer Match at Tralee Dynamos pitch in Cahermoneen on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

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The University Hospital Kerry team before the game last night. Photo by Dermot Crean

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The Bon Secours team before the match. Photo by Dermot Crean

Alan Gallagher and Margaret Stack at the Tommy Naughton Memorial Soccer Match at Tralee Dynamos pitch in Cahermoneen on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

Alan Gallagher and Margaret Stack at the Tommy Naughton Memorial Soccer Match at Tralee Dynamos pitch in Cahermoneen on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

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Kay, Jake and Luke O'Connor at the Tommy Naughton Memorial Soccer Match at Tralee Dynamos pitch in Cahermoneen on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kay, Jake and Luke O’Connor at the Tommy Naughton Memorial Soccer Match at Tralee Dynamos pitch in Cahermoneen on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

Action for the match. Photo by Dermot Crean

Action from the match. Photo by Dermot Crean

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Spectators at the Tommy Naughton Memorial Soccer Match at Tralee Dynamos pitch in Cahermoneen on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

Spectators at the Tommy Naughton Memorial Soccer Match at Tralee Dynamos pitch in Cahermoneen on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

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Liliana Alves and Ana Teixeira at the Tommy Naughton Memorial Soccer Match at Tralee Dynamos pitch in Cahermoneen on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

Liliana Alves and Ana Teixeira at the Tommy Naughton Memorial Soccer Match at Tralee Dynamos pitch in Cahermoneen on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

Veronica, Cathal and Robyn White at the Tommy Naughton Memorial Soccer Match at Tralee Dynamos pitch in Cahermoneen on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

Veronica, Cathal and Robyn White at the Tommy Naughton Memorial Soccer Match at Tralee Dynamos pitch in Cahermoneen on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

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Deirdre O'Connor, Deirdre O'Connor, Tania O'Sullivan and Mairead O'Mahony at the Tommy Naughton Memorial Soccer Match at Tralee Dynamos pitch in Cahermoneen on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

Deirdre O’Connor, Deirdre O’Connor, Tania O’Sullivan and Mairead O’Mahony at the Tommy Naughton Memorial Soccer Match at Tralee Dynamos pitch in Cahermoneen on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

Action for the match. Photo by Dermot Crean

Action from the match. Photo by Dermot Crean

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Action for the match. Photo by Dermot Crean

Action from the match. Photo by Dermot Crean

Action for the match. Photo by Dermot Crean

Action from the match. Photo by Dermot Crean

Action for the match. Photo by Dermot Crean

Action from the match. Photo by Dermot Crean

One Comment

  1. congrats to bons and also to kerry university hospital for being so generous lovely guys to help those are going through tough times ;;;

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