First ever Kerry Hurling Coaching Conference to take place Friday

Tommy O’Connor

THE first Kerry Hurling Coaching Conference will take place on this Friday, January 17, 7.30pm - 9.30pm.

Note that the venue has been changed to the Rose Hotel, Tralee. Guest speakers on the evening will be former Waterford hurling manager, Derek McGrath, along with current Tipperary senior hurling selector and former player,

Eoin Kelly.

The event is organised on behalf of the Kerry Coaching & Games Development Committee. There is a limited amount of places for the conference.

A booking fee of €50 will cover all coaches from a club. Clubs should confirm the names of coaches that will be attending by this Wednesday, January 15 to giles.ogrady.gda.kerry@gaa.ie or colm.obrien.gda.kerry@gaa.ie.

North Kerry

THE Annual Convention of the North Kerry Hurling Board is fixed for Thursday, January 16. Venue will be the Abbeydorney GAA Complex where proceedings get underway at 8pm.

All current officers have been returned unopposed. For the record the winners of the various North Kerry competitions during 2019 were: Under 11 ‘A’- Crotta; Under 11 ‘B’ - St. Brendan’s; Under 12 ‘A’ - Ballyduff; Under 12 ‘B’ Blitz –Ballyheigue; Under 13 ‘A’ - St. Brendan’s; Under 13 ‘B’ - Tralee Parnell’s; Under 14 ‘A’ -Ballyduff ; Under 14 ‘B’ – Ballyheigue; Under 15 ‘A’ – Ballyduff; Under 15 ‘B’ - St. Brendan’s; Under 16 ‘A’ - St. Brendan’s; Under 16 ‘B’ - Abbeydorney; Minor ‘A’ - Causeway/Kilmoyley; Minor ‘B’ - Ballyheigue; Senior ‘A’ League - Causeway; Senior ‘B’ League - Abbeydorney; Junior League - Causeway; Intermediate League - St. Brendan’s; Intermediate Championship - Causeway; Senior Championship – Finalists (Causeway v Ballyduff).

Clubs

THE AGM of Lady’s Walk Hurling Club will take place on Friday, January 17, 7.30pm. Venue is Lowe’s, Ballyduff.

St Pat’s East Kerry Club Officers for 2020: President - Dan Kelliher; Vice-Presidents - Tom Holohan & Pat O’Brien; Chairman - John Kelly; Secretary- Pat Clifford; Treasurer - Andrew Field; P.R.O - Martin Mulready; Co. Board delegate - Paudie Horan; South Kerry Board delegate - Denis Coffey; East Kerry Board delegate - Garry O’Halloran; Player representative - Paul Kiely.

A big night for St Brendans Juvenile Hurling Club in the Ardfert Community Centre on this Saturday evening from 7pm as they will present medals to their very successful underage sides of 2019 while on the same evening, County Senior Champions, Causeway, will be presented with their championship medals at a Victory Dance to be held at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel.