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IT has been a vintage 12 months or so for Kerry GAA on the national stage.
On the night of the Boylesports Race of Champions night at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium, six All-Ireland and national league winning football and hurling trophies will be on display to the public.
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Kerry Senior Football and Hurling Team Captains Kieran Donaghy and John Griffin at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium with the six All Ireland and national league winning football and hurling trophies which will be on display during the Race of Champions night. © 2015 www.deniswalshphotography.com
Kerry senior football and hurling captains, Kieran Donaghy and John Griffin, were at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium to promote the Race of Champions with the trophies.
The Boylesports Race of Champions night is taking place on Friday, June 19 at The Kingdom Greyhound Stadium in Tralee, the event is now in its 7th year and will be for the third year sponsored by BoyleSports.
Dogs will battle it out for the €15,000 winning prize fund with the event also being broadcast live on RTE 2 and online on www.rte.ie between 8.00pm – 9.00pm.
The impressive haul of national titles on display include The Sam Maguire Cup and The Tommy Markham Minor Trophy won by Kerry senior and minor teams last September. The All-Ireland Junior Club Trophy won by Ardfert and the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Trophy won by Brosna.
Kerry’s status as an emerging dual county was helped also with the hurlers getting in on the act picking up the The Christy Ring Cup along with the Division 2A Hurling Trophy.
It was also announced that, prior to the start of the action on the night, Kieran Donaghy will give a coaching session to the U11 football teams of Milltown Castlemaine and Churchill GAA Clubs while John Griffin will coach the U11 hurling teams of Trale Parnells and Kilmoyley GAA Clubs.
