Austin Stacks GAA Juvenile Club News

November 22, 2022 Dermot Crean

SCÓR na nÓG: Would any young Rock player or supporter like to represent The Rock by singing in Scór na nÓg (Faoi 17)….just one song? Or as part of a five-person (boys or girls) group of singers who’d like to try their luck as a ballad group….two songs? Or being in a grúpa ceoil? Or as one of four in a table quiz competition? Come on, Rock!

COLÁISTÍ….ROCK REPS IN COLLEGE GAMES: (i) Best wishes to the Mercy Mounthawk boys who, after a good victory over Coláiste Choilm, Baile an Chollaigh, in the Corn Uí Mhuirí (U19) competition will face Coláiste na Sceilge (‘Sceilg’) ar an 7ú Nollaig (Wednesday), de réir an sceidil. The Rock boys on the panel: Mícheál Tansley (báireoir), Jack Ó Murchú, Ben Ó Murchú, Daniel Ó Ciarba, Cillian Litchfield, Paidí Ó Laighin, Noah Townsend, Liam Ó Cearmada. (S.de Rís)

(ii) Good luck to the Tralee CBS boys in their next game in the Munster Colleges Senior Football competition (Faoi 19). They’ve had a good win against a very challenging Pobalscoil Shliabh Luachra (An Ráth Mhór) team. Their next encounter is expected to take place in the next few weeks. A lán traenála le déanamh idir an dá linn! The Austin Stack Club players involved: Colm de Brún (captaen), Éanna Ó Cathail, Ryan Ó Drisceoil and substitute Rónán Ó Cearúill. Also on the panel: Josh Ó Loingsigh, Damien Ó hÓgáin, Tomás Derege, Seán Ó Muimhneacháin agus Donnacha Mac an tSaoir. (A.Mhic Lochlainn)

(iii) Neidín proved impressive opponents against ár ngaiscígh Dé Luain (14ú) i Lios Treighe. The Gaelcholáiste’s foireann Faoi 16½ were kitted and booted on an agreeably wintry morning and this grit to leave the toasty classrooms for a fresh breezy morning outside was indication of their unquenchable will as they headed into a tough tie. They battled hard as the first score went their way.

While each of the The Rock stars, Messrs Marc agus Rory Ó Loinsigh agus Gavin Ó Cathasaigh, shone brightly and although the teams remained at stalemate at half-time, muintir Neidín outpaced ár laochra Gael fhéin towards the middle of the second half. Unfortunately, despite contesting the match until the last minute, ní raibh rith an ráis lenár mbuachaillí.

After the final whistle they shook hands with worthy Kenmare opponents en route, no doubt, to continue a quality run of form. As for buachaillí an choláiste Ghaelaigh…..they have sprung back from their marginal loss i rith na seachtaine scoile and are more than ready to hit the ground running as their next ties approach. I bhfad uainn an t-olc agus lá eile ag an bPaorach! (D.Ó Loinsigh)

(iv) ‘Well done’ to Mercy Mounthawk on their recent excellent victory over Meánscoil an Chroí Ró-Naofa, Clonakilty. Mercy Mounthawk: 3-9; Clonakilty: 1-7. The Rock players who were part of the win: Róise Ní Dhónaill (captaen), Grace Reidy, Mary Moore, Lucy O’Connor, Holly O’Brien, Grace Ní Luasaigh and Rachel Mulgrew. Bainisteoirí: Amanda Ní Bhrosnacháin agus Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh. (R.Mulgrew)

FAOI 15: Seaimpíní Faoi 15 Bhordcheantair Thrá Lí agus Naomh Breandán 2022: Olibhéar Lata; Aodhán Ó hArgáin, Bao Ó Foghlú, Tomás Ó Conaill; Liam Ó Conaill, Alex Ób Tuathaigh, Leon Ó Conchúir; Ben Ó Murchú, Rónán Ó Cearúil (captaen); Naode Derege, Gavin Ó Cathasaigh, Cormac de Bastábla; Ruairí Ó Loinsigh, Ryan O’Drisceoil, Jake Cearmada; Adam Mac Seáin, Brian Caomhánach, Jack Ó Duigín, Jayden Ó Muircheartaigh, Jack Ó Seanacháin. bhuadar ar Bhaile Mhic Eileagóid sa chraobhchluiche. Mórbhuíochas le Suits Select.

MASS FOR DECEASED MEMBERS: Thanks to all who attended last week’s Mass, in the Church of Our Lady and St. Brendan, for the souls of deceased members of the Austin Stack Club. Requiescant in pace.

ANNUAL CHURCH GATE COLLECTION: Thanks to all who supported our annual church gate collection or who otherwise gave a donation to the club. Mórbhuíochas, leis, do na laochra a sheas ag geataí séipéal an deireadh seachtaine seo caite. All support is greatly appreciated.

LAST MAN STANDING: World Cup Fun….contact a club committee member or try clubforce.com….all support greatly appreciated. Who’ll be the last person standing?

HELP! Who’d like to become involved and help out in the Austin Stack Club? To enquire on this matter, please contact Éamonn on 087 9677034 immediately and have a chat re joining The Rock organisation. Have you a particular interest….managing, coaching, helping, administrating, physical development of players, improving skills, etc, etc, youth or adult sections of The Rock?

CLUB LOTTO: Thanks to all who continually support and promote our club lotto: (i) O’Flynn Interiors (Malachy Nagle), Lower Rock Street, (ii) Kirbys’ Brogue Inn, Lower Rock Street, (iii) Husseys’ Deli, Prince’s Quay, (iv) Carmel O’Neill and others, (v) Maguires’ Butcher Shop, Caherslee, (vi) Barrys’ Supermarket, Upper Rock Street, (vii) PaudieCommane’s Bookshop, Rock Street, (viii) The Burger Shack, Monavalley, (ix)www.austinstacks.ie (x) and/or on https://play.clubforce.com/play_newa.asp?ll_id=X529#Anchor

AN CLUBSHIOPA: The official Austin Stack Club merchandise may be ordered throughwww.oneills.com. Tacaímis lenár gclub féinig féin!

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News

Maharees Group Wins Ocean Hero Special Achievement Award

November 22, 2022 Dermot Crean

Members of Maharees Conservation Association with the Special Achievement Award. Photo: Clean Coasts Twitter

A KERRY-BASED Clean Coasts group won an Ocean Hero Special Achievement Award this afternoon.

Clean Coasts hosted the Ocean Hero Awards Ceremony and Ocean Talks at Number 6 Kildare Street, in Dublin, to celebrate and thank the groups, individuals, communities, and businesses who, throughout the year, have done outstanding work to protect their local coastline and environment.

Maharees Conservation Association CLG were nominated both in the Beach Clean Award category and the Special Achievement Award and they won the latter.

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This award is a celebration of an individual or group who have achieved something spectacular this year, whether it’s reaching a major milestone, undertaking an impressive project or finding a way to engage a new cohort of people in the protection of our coasts.

The group has been carrying out a series of marram grass planting events in their area to stabilise the sand dunes damaged by Atlantic storms and have been raising awareness and educating the public on the importance on sand dunes and why they need to be protected.

During the ceremony, the work of Fenit Coast Conservation, who were nominated for a Local Action Award, was also showcased.

This group strives to raise awareness of the value and vulnerabilities of the coastline and encourages best practices that will leave this precious natural environment intact for future generations.

Each year, the Ocean Hero Awards honour the invaluable contribution Clean Coasts volunteers, groups and communities have made towards conserving our spectacular coastline. The awards, originally called the ‘Clean Coasts Merit Awards’, were conceived in 2006, consisting then of only one category, ‘The Clean Coasts Group of the Year’.

This year, Clean Coasts has chosen 7 dedicated categories with a total of 28 groups, organisations and individuals shortlisted for the title of Ocean Hero within each category.

Sport

Kingdom Swimming Club News

November 22, 2022 Dermot Crean

Kerry Invitational Swimming Gala 2022

A great weekend of swimming was had at our inaugural Invitational Gala Sunday Nov 20th, kindly sponsored by Kerry Group.

We were delighted to welcome clubs from all over Munster to our Level 2 Gala which saw swimmers from our development squad right up to our senior squad compete across a number of events.

We would like to thank everyone who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure the smooth running of the event particularly the Dynamic Duo of Tim & Mike O’Connell for all the hours they put into the planning and execution of all our Galas, we greatly appreciate all you do.

Thanks to our coaching team, team managers, officials , volunteers for all their assistance and support and to our former club captains for making a special appearance and capturing the spirit and atmosphere of our Gala with our Kerry Group Frame!

Rory Boyd, Maria Maryntseva, Maire O’Sullivan & Cian Mason

Our bake sale was a hugh success , thanks to everyone who supported, to the parents who prepared food and to Olya & Jo who looked after the hungry swimmers , parents and volunteers on the day.

Looking forward to seeing everyone again at our Munster Future Challenger which will be held in Tralee Sports Complex, Sunday 4th December 2022

Head Coach Ger McDonnell said: “What a fantastic success the Kerry Invitation Swim Gala was. It probably epitomises the Kingdom S.C in a number of ways.

The young and the older racing together. Friends and competitors converging from all over Munster to the Tralee Sports Centre, home to the Kingdom S.C.As a coach, it was so good to see the talent coming through the club from our junior squads. Add them to the developing maturity of our seniors and the future is bright.

So a huge congratulations to all involved. Remember together you will generate a huge momentum for the great Kingdom S. C , so please keep it rolling…..A specific thank you to all our sponsors and in particular to KERRY GROUP as lead sponsor of this event”.

Swimming Trials
The Club will be running trials for new swimmers this coming Saturday Nov 26th at 17.45 in Tralee Sports Complex. Further information and registration link can be found on our website www.kingdomswimmingclub.ie

Registration link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdovLGfd5qZX9vnO65lwu8goTrJvld2Fpv28JFeRUUBJ9g2kg/viewform

Coaching Clinics
Well done to our coaches Leza O’Donoghue & Niamh O’Connor who attended a Freestyle Drills Progression Clinic kindly hosted by Killarney Swimming Club last Thursday in association with Munster Swimming.

Christmas Fundraiser for Jigsaw Kerry
Thank you also to all who purchased our commemorative Christmas Cards in aid of Jigsaw Kerry at our Gala on Sunday.

Jigsaw Kerry provide a wide range of mental health support for young people aged 12-25 living, working or studying in Kerry and we would encourage all our members to help support us in our fundraising for this worthy cause.

Keep an eye on our social media pages for details on further opportunities to purchase the cards in the run up to Christmas.

Sport

Tralee Golf Club News

November 22, 2022 Dermot Crean

Mens results

Results and Fixtures

Sunday 20th Club Sponsored singles

1. Jim O Donovan 30 pts
2. Kevin Mc Carthy 29pts
3. Michael Coote 29 pts

Fixtures

Sunday 27th Hamper -sponsor – Naughton Mc Grath
Sunday 4th Whiskey fourball

Ladies results

Wedenesday 16th dec 9 holes singles

1st Philomena Stack 21pts

Sunday 20th Ch Chemist Hamper

1st Kay Mc Namara 35pts

2nd Emma Morrissey 31pts

3rd Sharon Cahill 28pts

Fixtures :

Wednesday 23rd Champagne Scramble

Sunday 27th Singles

Sport

Tralee Boxing Club News

November 22, 2022 Dermot Crean

Representatives from Banna Rescue and the Irish Heart Foundation receiving cheques at Tralee Boxing Club.

Tralee Boxing Club, Monavalley would like to thank Manor West retail park firstly for allowing us to hold our spinathon enabling us to reach our goal of purchasing a community defibrillator and to give back to two very worthy causes.

Banna Sea Rescue and The Irish Heart foundation received cheques from Tralee Boxing club on Saturday night, after the success of the recent fundraising Spinathon.

Tralee Boxing Club chose to donate to the two worthy charities, and this resulted in both charities receiving €1,000 euros each.

The fundraising event took place at the start of November, after coach Shamey O Mahoney offered to spin on his bike for 10 hours straight, to raise money for a community defibrillator which would benefit both the club and other organisations in Monavalley, where the club is situated.

On November the 5th Shamey pedalled his bike non-stop for 10 hours in Manor West shopping centre, along with support from club volunteers, his granddaughter Amelia and David and Paudie Clifford. The money he raised will buy the defibrilator and train club members how to use the life saving equipment.

We are very grateful to everyone for making the event so successful, especially to Banna rescue and The Irish Heart foundation for the work they did in the background.

We would also like to thank The Meadowlands Hotel for donating the main prize of a fabulous night in their hotel with breakfast included.

None of this would have worked if we hadn’t received so much support from Tralee town itself, and for that, Tralee Boxing Club are sincerely grateful. We are proud to be apart of such a fantastic town.

Sport

Kerry Badminton Association News

November 22, 2022 Dermot Crean

November Handicap 2022

The first in county competition of the season took place Sunday last the 20th of November. It was great to see such a big entry in each of the 5 divisions.

It was a doubles competition with a mixed final. So the winning pair of the mens and womens doubles were split up and a mixed final was played to determine the winners.

There was just over 100 entries in total on the day and the hall was buzzing from start to finish. A long day but a very successful and well run competition was enjoyed by all.

We also had a yonex shop open on the day and many purchased new gear, rackets and everything in between while watching a brilliant display of badminton.

Results:

Division 5:

This was the biggest draw of the day with a big entry in both the mens and the womens doubles. Both sides played a round robin style tournament playing every other pair.

Laura O’Connor (Ballybunion) and her partner Catherina Murphy (Killarney) won the ladies doubles and Jomy Joy (Ballyheighue) and Lorcan Briscoe (Ballybunion) won the mens doubles. It was then a mixed final and Laura O’Connor and Jomy John won the final on a score line of 21-9 21-13.

Division 4:

Another good entry here with some brilliant games played. In the end, Caroline Lemass (Killarney) and her partner Susan O’Connell (Iveragh) won the ladies side and Mike Reardon (Listowel) and partner Paul Thomas (Tralee) in the mixed final Mike Reardon and Caroline Lemass came out on top 21-16 21-8.

Division 3:

Division 3 was very closely fought out with only just the bare minimum separating the winners on both the mens and womens doubles.

Paula O’Sullivan (Ballyheighue) and Bridget McCarthy (Moyvane) came out the winners after some very good close doubles games and it was the same on the mens side where Kieran Crehan (Killarney) and Paul Hayes (Listowel) won their side.

It was a very close mixed final with Kieran Crehan and Bridget McCarthy winning out on a score line of 21-17 and 23-21.

Divisor 2+1:

In division 1 and 2 the entry was small was small so in each side of the doubles everyone played with each other and the 2 men with the highest scores came out 1 side as did the 2 women on the other side.

Aidan McCarthy(Kingdom Castleisland) and Ethan Tritschler (Listowel) had the highest scores in the mens and Edel Kenny (Kingdom Castleisland) and Helen Browne (Moyvane) the ladies.

After a brilliant and entertaining final Ethan Tritschler and Helen Browne came out the victors in a very closely contested game 21-18 21-19.

Helen Browne Moyvane Badminton Club & Ethan Tritchler, Listowel Badminton Club. who captured the Division 1&2 Combined Competition. Photo: Thomas Bradley

A big thank you to all of those that helped the day to run smoothly and thanks to all the players for playing, it was great to see such a good entry on the day.

We go again next Sunday with a mixed doubles competition that you get drawn a partner. We hope to see you all there again next Sunday in Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre.

Entertainment, News, WHAT'S ON

Tralee Art Group Looks Forward To ‘Light’ Exhibition

November 22, 2022 Dermot Crean

TRALEE Art Group has announced their upcoming ‘Light’ Exhibition at Tralee Library.

Launching on Thursday, December 1st and continuing until Wednesday, December 14, it will comprise a selection of pieces in a variety of media.

“After the darkness of Covid and lockdowns in 2020 and 2021, Tralee Art Group kept moving forward using technology to keep in touch with one another and went online with their exhibitions which received great reaction from the public,” said Ber Earley of Tralee Art Group.

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“With new members adding to the diversity of the group, there is a great feeling of renewal as we all connect through artwork,” she added.

The exhibition will open at 6.30pm Thursday December 1. Those visiting may even find some local, original art as Christmas gifts for friends and loved ones.

News, SCHOOLS

PHOTOS: A Day To Celebrate International Students At Kerry College

November 22, 2022 Dermot Crean

A poetry performance during International Day at Kerry College on Monday. Photo: Dermot Crean

MUSIC, poetry and dance filled the canteen at Kerry College’s Clash Campus on Monday as a celebration of students from all over the world was held.

Kerry College’s ‘International Students Day’ saw a celebration of the variety of cultures within the college’s student body.

There was an information booth on each country, baking and treats brought in by students from various countries were sampled while there were also performances of music, song, dance and poetry.

“The event celebrates the various cultures from our many international students who come from all over the EU, from Ukraine and parts of Africa and Asia,” said teacher at Kerry College, Mary Murphy. Scroll down for photos…

News

Kerry People Urged To Be ‘Winter Ready’

November 22, 2022 Dermot Crean

Pictured at the launch of ‘Winter Ready ” at UHK were Garda Slavica Radic, Lisa Lynch CIT, John Kennelly KCC, Antoinette Boyd UHK, Owen O’Donnell Kerry Fire Service and Garda Sean O’Sullivan. Photo By : Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus LTD

STATUTORY and public bodies in Kerry are urging members of the public to be prepared for the winter months and to be ‘Winter Ready.’

The HSE, Kerry County Council and An Garda Síochána are encouraging households to make preparations for adverse weather and to ensure that neighbours reach out to older or vulnerable households at this time to ensure that they are prepared for any potential winter weather.

The Kerry agencies are working closely with their counterparts in Cork as part of the Cork and Kerry Interagency Emergency Management Office coordination of the response to winter emergencies.

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The local organisations are drawing the attention of the public to the www.winterready.ie website which has useful tips and information for members of the public, including advice on how to avoid trips and falls, and how to make sure your home and family are prepared for winter.

The HSE Department of Public Health for the region is encouraging the public to protect the health service this winter by taking up both the flu and COVID-19 vaccines when they are offered. Walk-in clinics are available for anyone who hasn’t received the full course of COVID-19 vaccines, and certain groups are now being offered booster vaccines. The flu vaccine is also available at the moment free of charge to certain groups, including healthcare workers, those aged over 65, and children aged between 2 and 17.

The firefighters of Cork City, Cork County, and Kerry County Fire Services ask that householders check their smoke and carbon monoxide alarms are working, and if they’re not already installed, to get them installed.

Local statutory bodies will be promoting important messages over the coming weeks around issues like road safety, preparing the home, health and wellbeing, advice for older people, and details of important emergency contacts.

All of the local agencies including the Health Service Executive, An Garda Síochána, Kerry Fire Service, Kerry Civil Defence and Kerry County Council work closely together to ensure a coordinated response to any emergencies which may arise over the winter months.

News, SCHOOLS

PHOTOS: Hundreds Enjoy STEM Showcase And Family Day At MTU Tralee

November 22, 2022 Dermot Crean

Jane and Julie O’Connell at the STEM Showcase and Family Day at MTU North Campus on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean

HUGE numbers of science-mad youngsters and their parents converged on the Munster Technological University in Tralee on Saturday for the highlight of the Kerry Science Festival which took place all last week.

The STEM Showcase & Family day at the MTU Kerry North Campus was another great success with an array of workshops and shows taking place throughout the day.

The fun, educational and interactive events for all ages included VR experiences, scientific testing, robotics and much more.

Kerry Science Festival took place all last week with workshops, science shows, talks, laboratory demonstrations, science walks and other science-related events taking place. Scroll down for photos…