AlMOST 100 kids took part in soccer camps in Christy Leahy Park and Mounthawk Park this week.

Both camps are up on numbers and it’s no surprise after an incredible season for Kerry that saw Dynamos become the second ever club from the county to compete in the Munster Junior Cup final and Kerry winning an unprecedented Kennedy Cup title that kids took up the camp places.

The two Dennehys, Billy and Darren, are the two most famous current proponents of the beautiful game in the county and they would have come through camps just like the two that took place at the hub of soccer in the town this week.

Fifty-four kids attended the Park FC camp in Christy Leahy Park. Organisers were encouraged by the addition of a number of girls to the camp this year, which they hope to build on to form girls’ teams in the future.

A stone’s throw away in Mounthawk Park, a group of 47 kids, mainly made up of Tralee Dynamos players were taking part in the FAI summer camp that make their way around the county during the summer.

That camp can also report that it’s up on numbers countywide, showing that soccer in Kerry is growing.

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