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(click to enlarge photo) At the launch of the Turner’s Bar Invitational Cup tournament were Ernie Henderson (Gardaí), Mossie McGaley (Borg Warner), Micheal Ladden, Brian McCarthy (Dunnes Stores), Aidan Turner (sponsor), Claude Casey (Tesco), David Hughes (Dunnes Stores), Seamus Deady (Dunnes Stores), Tony Neary (Dunnes Stores) and Thomas Sugrue (Garda Station). Photo by Dermot Crean
A FEAST of soccer for a great cause will take place at the end of the month where teams from companies, hospitals and the Gardaí will compete for the inaugural Turner’s Bar Invitational Cup.
Twelve teams will take part in the tournament over one day on Sunday, July 31 at the ITT North Campus sports grounds in aid of Acquired Brain Injury Ireland.
It’s being organised by Brian McCarthy from Kielduff, whose brother works for the organisation. Brian says Acquired Brain Injury Ireland is building a house out in Castleisland and funds are needed.
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“It will be the first one in Kerry. It’ll be used to rehabilitate people with a brain injury, to teach them how to live on their own again,” said Brian, who had a road accident himself late last year and while he is fine now, it opened his eyes as to what might have happened.
Teams from Garveys Supervalu, Aldi, the two Dunnes Stores, Tesco, Borg Warner, McDonalds, UHK, Gardaí, Bons, the Ashe Hotel and the ‘Golden Oldies’ will take to the astro-turf field at the college for the Turner’s Bar-sponsored event.
It costs €100 per team and the seven-a-side games will be just eight minutes a side, with teams separated into three groups of four. It’s free entry to see the games (which begin at 10.30am and continue until about 4.30pm) but buckets will be passed around during the day and all contributions are appreciated by the organisers.
