THE annual Austin Stacks Lee Strand u13 invitational football tournament took place on Saturday and Sunday at the Connolly Park grounds and two Tralee teams won trophies.

Na Gaeil beat fellow Tralee team John Mitchels in the Plate Final while Austin Stacks won the main tournament final on Sunday.

Sixteen teams from across the country took part with five Tralee teams involved.

Austin Stacks, the hosts, continued their good form from the Rose Cup victory, as they won their group A including Legion Killarney, Clontarf and Nemo Rangers emerging unbeaten.

In the Cup semi finals they beat a good Salthill team from Galway to land a place in Sunday’s Cup final.

John Mitchels won their local derby match with Churchill on their way to third place in group B behind Salthill and Clontarf. Mitchels then beat Legion in the Plate semi to land a place in Sunday’s plate final.

Kerins O’Rahillys won their match against An Ghaeltacht before also finishing third in their group behind Ballyboden St Endas and Oranmore in Group C.

This put them into the Plate semi against the Group D third placed team.

In a very competitive Group D, Na Gaeil drew with Na Piarsaigh of Cork, beat Cuala of Dublin but lost to Naas to also finish third in their group. The plate semi saw two Tralee teams face off with Na Gaeil proving just too strong for Kerins O’Rahillys.

Na Gaeil beat John Mitchels in the Plate final on Sunday morning, while in the Shield final Clontarf beat Oranmore.  It was Kerry v Dublin in the big one with Austin Stacks beating Ballyboden St Enda’s to cap off a great weekend for the Austin Stacks Club.

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Adrienne McLoughlin reports on the Lee Strand Austin Stacks Under 13 tournament held on Saturday and Sunday at Connolly Park…

THE annual Lee Strand Austin Stacks Under 13 tournament was another huge success over the weekend.

Three trophies were up for grabs with 16 teams taking part in this year’s competition. They were; An Ghaeltacht, John Mitchels, Austin Stacks, Churchill, Killarney Legion, Na Gaeil, Dingle, Ballyboden/St. Endas, Cuala, Clontarf, Salthill/Knocknacarra (Galway), Ennistymon (Clare), Athlone (Westmeath), Naas (Kildare), Na Piarsaigh and Nemo Rangers (Cork).

The Abie Allen Plate Final was played on the new juvenile pitch, the “Bishop’s field” and Killarney Legion beat  Ennistymon by 2-9 to 1-6. Paddy Allen presented Killarney Legion’s captain, Niall McGillycuddy with the Abie Allen Plate.

Paddy presented the Man of the Match award to Eoghan O’Sullivan, also of Killarney Legion.

Billy Breen Shield was played on the senior pitch between Clontarf (Dublin) and Nemo Rangers (Cork) with the Dublin side winning 6-9 to 0-9.

Lilian McMahon Breen presented Conor Davis the Clontarf captain, with the Billy Breen Shield and Martin Dodd of Clontarf with the Man of the Match Award.

The Lee Strand Cup Final saw Austin Stacks take on the Tribesmen – Salthill/Knocknacarra – in a repeat of last year’s final. The Galway side emerged the victors in this one winning 1-7 to 0-6.

Jerry Dwyer of Lee Strand first presented the Austin Stacks team with their runners-up medals and then presented Evan Nolan, captain of Salthill/Knocknacarra with the Lee Strand Cup.

Mossie Hobbert (brother of the late James) presented the James Hobbert Player of the Tournament Award to George Hill of Salthill/Knocknacarra. Jerry Dwyer presented the Man of the Match award to Luke Chester of Austin Stacks.

The winning team  left for Galway with hopes of returning to Kerry for next year’s Lee Strand tournament and making it 3 in a row. Time will tell!

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