IT was a mixed bag for Tralee area sides in the county league, with the big winners being Kerins O’Rahilly’s and John Mitchels who are riding high in their divisions. Below are brief reports and scroll to the bottom to check out photos from yesterday’s action…
Division 1
Kerins O’Rahilly’s 1-20 – 0-4 St Micheal’s/Foilmore
It was plain sailing for O’Rahilly’s in Strand Road as they destroyed the south Kerry men by 19 points.
After cruising past Finuge in similar fashion last week, O’Rahilly’s were relentless without their county men, David Moran, Barry John Keane and Tommy Walsh who watched from the stand.
In their absence, Jack Savage and in particular, Cormac Coffey, who is turning out to be a serious prospect, led the charge. In fact Foilmore only registered a solitary point in the second half such was the work rate of the O’Rahilly’s.
The game was very much done and dusted when corner forward, Cian Sayers hit the net emphatically late in the second half.
Kilcummin 1-6 – 0-6 Austin Stacks
The Rock’s senior footballers lost their first game on Kerry soil in almost a year on Saturday evening in a stormy Kilcummin.
The elements did make for good football and that is reflected in the low score of the match. A fairly strong Stacks side, with the likes of Shane O’Callaghan, Shane Carroll and David Mannix, had the benefit of a strong wind in the first half, but couldn’t make it count.
One of Stacks’ few scores in the second half came from the boot of Pa McCarthy who blazed a penalty over the bar. So, a disappointing start to the league campaign.
Division 2
Tarbert 0-8 – 0-14 John Mitchels
Aided by a strong breeze in the second half, Mitchels make it two out of two in Division 2.
Mitchels had put themselves in a great position at the end of the first half, going in ahead knowing they would have the wind at their backs in the second period.
Alan O’Donoughue was once again in terrific form for Mitchels as he finished the game with 8 point haul that went a long way in securing a deserved victory. Mitchels now occupy second spot in the table, level on points but behind Kenmare on score difference.
Division 3
Ballymacelligott 2-7 – 1-7 St Pats
Ballymac got off the mark in the league as they registered a victory against local rivals St Pat’s.
St Pat’s got off to a flying start with a goal from Gary ‘’Lar’’ Savage. The turning point in the game came when former Kerry senior player, David O’Callaghan was forced off because of injury, a minute later, Ballymac hit the net and tool a lead they would never relinquish.
This was a tight and tough game, one which Ballymac fought hard to win.
Division 3
Na Gaeil 0-14 – 2-9 Beale
Na Gaeil slumped to a second defeat in as many weeks losing on home soil to a hard working Beale side.
The North Kerry champions had the benefit of the driving wind in the first half and made it count, going in at the break seven points ahead, 1-7 to 0-5. The fight came at the start of the second half when Na Gaeil scored seven unanswered points to claw themselves back into contention.
The winning of the game came when Beale got what would be their solitary score of the second half – a goal. Na Gaeil tried in vain but they couldn’t get one score to scrape a draw.
Division 5
Austin Stacks B 2-9 – 1-9 Ballyduff
The Rock’s B team got off the mark in division 5 with a home win against Ballyduff.
David O’Sullivan and Dale Counihan hit the net for Stacks which helped them on the way to secure two points, Counihan’s goal in particular catching the eye.
In the first half Stacks played into a strong wind, but led by two points at the end of the half, the scores 1-4 to 0-5.
Ballyduff battled late on, but in the end Stacks ran out deserved three point winners.
Scroll down for images from some of the games…