Three Kerry ladies go on All Star Tour

KERRY footballers Caroline Kelly, Lorraine Scanlon and Aislinn Desmond are Bangkok bound this week as part of the 2018 TG4 Ladies Football All Star tour party that departed Dublin on Tuesday afternoon for the Thailand capital.

All three Kerry players are named in the 2017 TG4 All-Star Team that will play the 2016 team tourists will in an exhibition game on Saturday at the Chulalongkorn University Stadium.

Among the highlights on tour are a Thonburi Klong River cruise, a welcome ceremony hosted by the Irish Thai Chamber of Commerce, and a training session at the Berkeley International School.

Caroline Kelly, who picked up her first award last November, will travel from Australia to link up with the touring party in Bangkok.

The teams will be managed by Mick Bohan (Dublin) and Ephie Fitzgerald (Cork)