Merrigan wins Munster Cross-country gold
Tessa Dennison
THE Munster Juvenile Uneven Age and Senior Cross-Country Championships were held in Turnpike, Two Mile Borris, Co. Tipperary on last Sunday, where there was just one Kerry gold medal winner ,with Luke Merrigan from Kenmare AC taking the
could put it up to Dublin?
Rico Casey @RicoCasey
Unbelievable shooting by Crokes today. 5-20 all from play. Themselves and Corofin will be some final.
Karen Hegarty @kazzyheg
Imagine if Dr Crokes had played that game on a dry day, the kick passing was immense 5-20 from play #gaabeo #AIBClubChampionship
Garreth Porter @PorterG94
5-20 from play. The Crokes are
U11 boys’ title to add to the U-10 title he won in Beaufort a few weeks ago.
Other notable performances came from Shauna McCarthy (Farranfore Maine Valley) who was second in the U-15 girls race, Niamh O’Mahony (An Riocht) who was third in the U-17 girls race and Alyce O’Connor (Kenmare AC) who was fifth in the U-19 girls.
a finely tuned unit.
Evan Talty @evanalmighty85
Crokes will take some stopping this year.. awesome
Adam Moynihan @AdamMoynihan
One of the wettest days of the year yet all of Crokes’ 5 goals and 20 points came from play. Crazy scoring.
Gary Hackett @GaryHackett10
Hard luck today @the_Barrs.. Anyone facing Crokes in that form would have had their work cut out. The county was the one
In the boys races Adam Quigley (Iveragh) was fourth in U-13, Ben O’Connor (St Brendan’s) finished sixth in U-9 and Maidhci Lynch (Killarney Valley) was 10th in U-15. There were no club or county team medals awarded with the top Kerry team being the U-13 girls who finished in fourth place on points.
In the Senior Women’s race Grace Lynch (Iveragh) ran a
so enjoy yer night ye still done Togher proud.. Well done on a great year.
Tomás Manning @manning_tomas
Nothing to be ashamed of for @ the_Barrs , still a fantastic year and once again players gave it everything. Crokes on a different level today, 5-20 from play in wet conditions and an exhibition of kick passing.
Ronan O’Toole @Ronan_OToole
Dr.Crokes playing a lovely brand of football and the score line clearly reflecting that !! Always looking for the kickpass #headup #gaabeo
great race to cross the line in second place. An Riocht’s Niamh O’Sullivan finished 10th and the Kerry women’s team finished in fourth place with Majella Diskin (An Riocht) and Caroline Murphy (Gneeveguilla) completing the team.
Tim O’Connor from An Riocht was the highest placed Kerry runner in the Senior Men’s race, finishing in 21st position overall.