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IF you’re going to be a cross-country runner then the conditions at the GAA grounds at Caherslee on Wednesday provided a fair idea of what lies ahead. Around 700 youngsters who showed up at the venue experienced bitterly cold conditions on soft ground, as they took part in the Allianz […]

IT’S a meeting which is only in its second year, but it’s already proving massively popular among primary schools throughout the county. Over 500 pupils from 41 schools spread throughout Kerry took part in the Allianz-sponsored Cumann na mBunscol Chiarraí Cross Country competition on Wednesday at Caherslee GAA grounds. “The […]

IT’S been quite a week for a young Tralee athlete with success running for her school and in a 5k event on Sunday. Niamh O’Mahony of Presentation Secondary School Tralee came in second place in the All-Ireland schools cross country championships at W.I.T. sports arena on Saturday, March 10. Niamh, […]

CROSS country athletes from schools in Tralee and North Kerry competed at the North Munster Schools which were held in Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick on Thursday, January 25. Three athletes collected bronze medals: John Ward, Tralee CBS, Senior Boys; Oisin Spillane, Mercy Mounthawk, Inter Boys and Niamh O’Mahony, Pres. Tralee. Teams […]

A LOCAL athletics legend has been put forward for a national “Golden Volunteer” award for his invaluable contribution to the Kerry games. Christy Murray, from St Brendans Park, is up for an overall award with 26 other nominees from around the country, as part of a series of national celebrations marking the fiftieth anniversary […]

TRALEE Harriers collected two awards last Saturday at the Munster Athletics Star Awards held in Clonmel last Saturday. Aoibheann O’Brien of Tralee Harriers AC won the Munster Junior Indoor & Track and Field female athlete of the year for 2016 while the club itself was honoured with The Munster Indoor Junior and Senior Club of the […]

  TRALEE schools’ athletes were successful at the annual Kerry Schools Cross Country Championships on Friday last. The Championships took place at the Demesne, Killarney where Tralee CBS won the Shield for the Best Boys School.  Presentation Killarney won the Girls’ Shield at the event. Brothers Sean and Tim Pollman-Daamen of Mercy […]

BANK of Ireland and Athletics Ireland have called for secondary schools in Tralee and around Kerry to sign up and participate in a programme to identify and foster talented students. The Talent ID programme, which aims to encourage greater participation amongst secondary school students in athletics, will culminate in an athletics […]

  THE action and the weather was hot in Tullamore on Saturday last for the conclusion of schools athletics competitions. Many new records were set as Mervyn Shalamba of Mercy Mounthawk scorched home in the Minor Boys 100m and created a record time of 11.44. In the Minor Boys Relay […]

  ‘The SPAR Great Ireland Run 2015’ which will be taking place on Saturday April 11 in Phoenix Park, Dublin is looking for runners from here in Kerry to sign up to take part in the ‘All-Ireland County Challenge’. Local runners are being asked to represent their county in the […]

  THE Kerry Schools Cross Country Championships 2015 took place on Friday at The Demesne, Killarney and Tralee schools acquitted themselves well taking the Best Overall School awards in both Boys and Girls categories. Fifteen schools and 350 athletes competed in good, testing cross-country conditions, thanks to the preparation by Mike Horan and his […]

VETERAN athlete Stephen Griffin enjoyed a happy 58th birthday on Monday when he came first in the Over 55s category in the Dublin City Marathon. And the Blennerville man dedicated his feat to his late friend and St Pat’s GAA stalwart, Tony O’Donoghue, who died last month. Stephen beat hundreds of […]

THE official launch of the 2014 Kerry Community Games Athletics Finals took place on Monday at An Ríocht, in Castleisland. The event, sponsored by Denny, will take place at An Ríocht on Saturday, June 21 and Sunday,  June 22. The finals features a full list of track and field events which […]