The Kerryman (South Kerry Edition)
Double date for Kerry teams
THE Kerry Senior and Minor football teams will be doubly engaged in All Ireland Quarter finals in Croke Park on Sunday July 31.
Provincial winners, both Kerry and Galway, both of whom will be part of a treble bill at HQ on that day, still await their opponents in the Senior quarter-finals. Kerry and Galway will be paired against the winners of the final two games in Round 4A of the Qualifiers. Those games go ahead this Saturday as follows: Clare V Roscommon in Pearse Stadium, Galway at 3pm & Derry V Tipperary in Breffni Park at 5pm.
Preconditions for the Quarter Final Draws are as follows: Neither Kerry nor Galway can meet their Provincial Final opponents & Repeat games are to be avoided where possible.
All of that means that Kerry’s opponents are limited to Roscommon, Derry and Clare (in the event that Tipperary and Clare both advance).
It is good to see that Croke Park are able to accommodate some of the Minor quarter-final games this year and Kerry Minors will put their All Ireland title on the line when they meet Ulster final runners-up Derry at 12 noon on Sunday week.
The good news for Kerry followers wishing to take a weekend break in the capital on the Bank Holiday weekend is that there is a very attractive qualifier fixture on the Saturday involving Donegal and Cork, who with Mayo and Westmeath will be fighting it out to meet provincial winners Dublin and Tyrone on August 6.
Keanes Supervalu County MFC
THREE Round 2 (Losers Round) games were played on Tuesday evening of last week with the following results: Firies 2-10 Shannon Rgs 2-8; Feale Rangers 3-12 St Kierans 1-10; Kenmare Dist 3-15 South Kerry 3-14.
Two games in Round 3 were then played on Thursday and Friday of last week. West Kerry defeated Kerins O’Rahillys by 1-17 to 1-6 and Mid Kerry defeated Austin Stacks 4-10 to 1-11. The third game, between Dingle and Firies was postponed due to a bereavement.
The Draw for the quarter-finals was made on Radio Kerry’s Terrace Talk programme on Monday evening in the presence of sponsor, Peter Keane of Keanes Supervalu Killorglin, and Christy Kileen, Runaí of the County CCC. The Draw resulted in the following pairings with first named having home venue: Mid Kerry V Kenmare District; East Kerry V Dr Crokes; St Brendans V Feale Rangers and West Kerry V Dingle or Firies.
The Round 3 back-game between Dingle and Firies will be played on Tuesday August 2 in Dingle and three of the remaining quarter-finals will be played on Wednesday August 3. The fourth quarter final between West Kerry and the winners of the Dingle/ Firies game will be played on Friday August 5.
Acorn Life Under 21 FC
ON a night borrowed from winter, a physically stronger Dingle outfit overcame a youthful Dr Crokes fifteen to advance to the Acorn Life Under 21 Championship final at Strand Road on Thursday evening of last week on a 1-12 to 0-5 scoreline.
The winners, with wind advantage, got into their stride right from the throw-in, were seven points to the good at half time, and once they got the only goal of the game soon after the restart courtesy of their top scorer Cathal Bambury, there was only going to be one winner.
Dingle, with a side built on the successful minor county title winning sides of the past two years have a strong outfit with players such as Barry O’Sullivan, the two Tom O’Sullivans, Mark O’Connor , Conor Geaney and Cathal Bambury, to name but a few, available to them.
Their opponents in the final will be either St Kierans or Kenmare District who meet in the other semi final on Wednesday, July 27 next in Killorglin at 7pm. St Kierans defeated Kenmare District by 1-17 to 2-9 in a delayed Round 2 game on Thursday last.
Development Grants
DETAILS of 2016 Munster Council Development Grants have been circulated to all clubs this week, 2016 Application forms for all categories of grants can be downloaded from the Munster Council website using the following link;http://munster.gaa.ie/clubs/munstergaa-development-grants/
Any club making an application for a grant will be required to send a short email to Development Officer, Tim Murphy (developmentofficer.kerry@gaa.ie) confirming that the club will be applying for a grant and under what category of grant on or before this Friday 29th July.
Kerry Supporters Bus
THE Kerry Supporters Club will take coaches to the All Ireland quarter final on Sunday July 31. All seats must be booked by Thursday July 28. Bookings to the following Donie O Leary, John King and Martin Leane.