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NORTH KERRY HURLING BOARD AWARDS : THE NORTH KERRY HURLING BOARD AWARDS TOOK PLACE LAST FRIDAY NIGHT IN BALLYROE HEIGHTS HOTEL WHERE OUR 3 AWARD WINNERS WERE PRESENTED WITH THEIR PLAYER OF THE MATCH AWARDS. JACK HANNON WAS PRESENTED WITH THE AWARD FOR HIS PERFORMANCE IN THE TREMENDOUSLY EXCITING U14 ‘B’ C’SHIP FINAL, WHERE HE MANNED THE CENTRE HALF BACK POSITION WITH AUTHORITY AND SHOWED GREAT LEADERSHIP AND SKILL THROUGHOUT THE GAME AGAINST ST. BRENDANS. WHEN THE PRESSURE WAS MOST IN THE FINAL MINUTES, HE CAUGHT SEVERAL VITAL BALLS IN THE AIR. WELL DONE JACK. FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, OISIN MAUNSELL TOOK THE TOM HEALY PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT AWARD. THROUGHOUT THE TOURNAMENT, OISIN SHOWED SKILL, TEAMWORK, LEADERSHIP AND SPORTSMANSHIP. CONGRATULATIONS OISIN. JACK PARKER IS A PLAYER WHO HAS GROWN IN STATURE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND WHEN ABBEYDORNEY WERE UNDER PRESSURE IN THE 2ND HALF IN THE MINOR A C’SHIP FINAL, JACK WAS THE PLAYER WHO HELD THEM TOGETHER. HIS FIELDING AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE SLIOTAR WAS SUPERB MAKING HIM A WORTHY RECIPIENT OF THE PLAYER OF THE MATCH AWARD. WELL DONE JACK. BORD NA NÓG AWARDS : THERE WAS A GREAT TURNOUT FOR OUR OUR BORD NA NOG AWARDS LAST SUNDAY EVENING IN THE CLUBHOUSE WHERE OUR UNDERAGE PLAYERS FROM U6 TO U16 WERE REWARDED FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS ON THE FIELD OF PLAY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SPECIAL GUEST WAS DARRAGH O’CONNELL, FORMER ABBEYDORNEY HURLER, WHO PRESENTED THE PLAYERS WITH THEIR MEDALS.

LAST MAN STANDING : AFTER BOTH PLAYERS WENT THROUGH IN WEEK 11, OUR 2 REMAINING PLAYERS LAURA O’CONNELL AND TOMMY O’NEILL HAVE DECIDED TO SPLIT THE POT, EACH TAKING €250 IN PRIZE MONEY. WELL DONE TO BOTH PLAYERS AND THANKS ONCE AGAIN TO ALL WHO SUPPORTED THE COMPETITION. year stint. Congrats Brendan. Congrats also to players Keelin Best U13A Award Winner and Seán Brosnan who received two awards on the night, Tom Healy U15 Cup Winner and U15B Award Winner. a mentor and he certainly had some memorable moments in the green and white with none more special than his goal in the dying moments of the North Kerry Championship final in 2005. Thanks John Paul.Junior Football:

THE BRENDAN BOYLE CUP FINAL, Ballyduff B v Ballydonoghue B, is fixed for Bob Stack Park Ballybunion on Saturday next December 8th at 2.00pm. Check with officials for confirmation.