Plenty of talent on show at Community Games county finals
Margaret Dineen
OUR Talent County Finals competition took place at the Keel last weekend. On Saturday we had a very high standard of competition for music and recitation competitions with 40 solo competitors & 15 groups participated, representing eighteen areas. On Sunday we had our singers where the high standard continued and ensured that our judges’ job was never easy!
Solo Music U12: 1st Jack Purcell (Ballydonoghue/Lisselton); 2nd Matthew Sullivan (Kenmare); 3rd Grace Heffernan (Ballybunion); 4th Sean Fleming (Kilcummin) & Daibheid O’Regan (Duagh Lyre0.
Group Music U12: 1st Glenbeigh/Glencar; 2nd Glenflesk; 3rd Ballydonoghue/Lisselton; 4th Ballybunion.
Solo Music U16: 1st 1st Tadhg Scanlon (Castlegregory); 2nd Peter Doyle (St Brendan’s/ Oakpark); 3rd Ruby Falvey (Ballydonoghue/ Lisselton); 4th Emma Heffernan (Ballybunion) & Liam Kerrisk (Kilcummin). Group Music U16: 1st Ballydonoghue/Lisselton; 2nd Kilcummin; 3rd Abbeydorney/Kilflynn; 4th Duagh Lyre.
Recitation U12: 1st Sophia Ferron (Kenmare); 2nd Liam Smith (Valentia); 3rd Gearoid Hingston (Annascaul/Camp/Inch/Lispole). Recitation U16: 1st Gearoid Evans (Keel/ Kiltallagh); 2nd Maggie Scanlon (Ballymacelligott); 3rd Jake Curran (Valentia); 4th Sean Daly (Firies).
Solo Singing U12: 1st Ciara Murphy (Ballymacelligott); 2nd Florence Corridon (Listowel); 3rd Paige Cronin, Kenmare); 4th Ciara Hughes (Rathmore/Gneeveguilla) & Saoirse Wenk (Keel/ Kiltallagh).
Group Singing U12: 1st Keel/Kiltallagh; 2nd Ballymacelligott; 3rd Fossa; 4th Dromid/ Caherdaniel.
Solo Singing U16: 1st Gearoid Meehan (Boherbee/Cloghers/Manor); 2nd Maddie Courtney ( Dromid/Caherdaniel); 3rd Jean Foley (Spa Muckross); 4th Maedhbh Hanafin (Spa Fenit Barrow); & Aoife Hickey (Keel/Kiltallagh). Group Singing U16: 1st Keel/Kiltallagh; 2nd Fossa; 3rd Spa Muckross; 4th Kenmare.
SWIMMING COUNTY FINALS
Results from last Sunday week of the County Finals of our Swimming competition – this is always a large competition with 205 competed representing 30 areas, with 24 areas making a podium appearance. Eleven areas will be represented at national festival. Thank you to Josephine Cahill who co-ordinated the event, gala referee Michael O Connell and those who assisted at registration, assembly, judging and recording results.
Boys 1 Length Freestyle U8: 1st Jonas Collins (An Gaeltacht); 2nd Evan O’Donoghue (Spa/ Muckross); 3rd Cian O’Donoghue (Rock St) Girls 1 Length Freestyle U8: 1st Jessica Merrigan (Kenmare); 2, Saolaith Costello
(St Brendan’s/Oakpark); 3rd Evie Fields (Castlegregory)
Boys 1 Length Swimming Backstroke U10: 1st Conor Reidy (Blennervlle/Ballyard); 2nd Thomas Cahill (Duagh/Lyre).
Boys 1 Length Freestyle U10: 1st Daniel Gazi (Spa Fenit Barrow); Matias Collins (An Gaeltacht); 3rd Sean Sargent (Boherbee/ Cloghers/Manor)
Girls 1 Length Backstroke U10: 1st Sarah Chute(Spa/Fenit/Barrow); 2nd Nell Thompson (Beaufort); 3rd Ayla Keogh (Fossa)
Girls 1 Length Freestyle U10: 1st Lainey Costello (St Brendan’s/Oakpark); 2nd Evie O’Sullivan (Spa Fenit Barrow); 3rd Rebecca Mason (Spa Fenit Barrow)
Boys 2 Length Backstroke U12: 1st Fionnan Ryan (Spa/Fenit/Barrow); 2nd Sean Murphy (Boherbee/Cloghers/Manor); 3rd Brian Reidy (Blennerville/Ballyard)
Boys 2 Length Breaststroke U12:-1st Luke Merigan (Kenmare); 2nd Conor McGibney (Spa/ Fenit/Barrow); 3rdPadraig Kisane (Tarbert) Boys 2 Length Freestyle U12: 1st Jack Costello (St Brendan’s/Oakpark); 2nd Liam O’Connor (St Brendan’s/Oakpark); 3rd Matthew Leahy (Blennerville/Ballyard)
Girls 2 Length Backstroke U12: 1st Aishling O’Connor (St Brendan’s/Oakpark); 2nd Raonaid Ross (Ballyduff); 3rd Ella Ann Cremin (Spa Muckross)
Girls 2 Length Breaststroke U12: 1st Lauren mason (Spa/Fenit/Barrow); 2nd Sadhbh O’Sullivan (Killorglin); 3rd Shauna McCarthy (Rathmore/ Gneeveguilla)
Girls 2 Length Freestyle U12: 1st Jocelyn Hickey (Killarney); 2nd Eppie Edwards (Ballymacelligott); 3rd Keeva Riordan (Beaufort)
Boys 2 Length Backstroke U14: 1st Joshua Foley (Kenmare); 2nd Rory Boyd (Spa/Fenit/ Barrow); 3rd Peter O’Doherty (Beaufort) Boys 2 Length Breaststroke U14: 1st Ian Coffey (Spa/Muckross); 2nd Peter Doyle (St Brendan’s/ Oakpark); 3rd Mark Gazi (Fenit/Barrow) Boys 2 Length Butterfly U14: 1st Tommy Meagher (Kenmare); 2nd Eamonn Barry (Rock St/Caherslee); 3rd Jack Canty (St Brendan’s/ Oakpark)
Boys 2 Length Freestyle U14: 1st Oisin McGibney (Spa Fenit Barrow); 2nd Rory O’Halloran (St Brendan’s Oakpark); 3rd Cathal Murphy (Boherbee/Cloghers/Manor)
Girls 2 Length Backstroke U14:-1st Faye O’Neill (Spa/Muckross); 2nd Aoibhe Keane Frizelle (Ballyduff); 3rd Shauna Carroll (St Brendan’s/ Oakpark)
Girls 2 Length Breaststroke U14: 1st Cara Gannon (Spa/Fenit/Barrow); 2nd Labhraidh Costello (St Brendan’s/Oakpark); 3rd Zala O’Connor (St Brendan’s/Oakrpark)
Girls 2 Length Butterfly U14: 1st Jessica McGibney (Spa/Fenit/Barrow); 2nd Aoife O’Brien (Spa/ Fenit/Barrow); 3rd Mollie Riordan (Moyvane/ Knockanure)
Girls 2 Length Freestyle U14: 1st Kim McTigue (Rock St/Caherslee); 2nd Rachel Barry (Rock St/Caherslee); 3rd Orlaith Barry (St Brendan’s/ Oakpark)
Boys 2 Length Backstroke U16: 1st Hiudai Hayes (Boherbee/Cloghers/Manor); 2nd Barry Fitzgerald (Blennerville/Ballyard).
Boys 2 Length Butterfly U16: 1st Pheilm Carroll (St Brendan’s/Oakpark); 2nd Cian Mason (Spa/ Fenit/Barrow); 3rd Ross O’Leary (Rathmore/ Gneeveguilla)
Boys 2 Length Freestyle U16: 1st Jack Doyle(St Brendan’s/Oakpark); 2nd Nathan O’Connor (Glenflesk)
Girls 2 Length Backstroke U16: 1st Johanna Kiely (Ballybunion); 2nd Emma O’Sullivan (Beaufort).
Girls 2 Length Breaststroke U16 (county only): 1st Ellen O’Connor (Killorglin); 2nd Jasmine Durkin (Kenmare)
Girls 2 Length Butterfly U16: 1st Alexandra Perez (Rock St/Caherslee); 2nd Ava Gannon (Spa/Fenit/Barrow); 3rd Alison Butler (Fossa) Girls 2 Length Freestyle U16: 1st Grace Reidy (Rock St/Caherslee); 2nd Ellie Stack (St Brendan’s/Oakpark); 3rd Liah McLysacht (Rock St/Caherslee)
Boys 4 X 1 Length Freestyle U13: 1st St Brendan’s/Oakpark; 2nd Ardfert/Kilmoyley; 3rd Spa Fenit Barrow.
Girls 4 X 1 Length Freestyle U13: 1st St Brendan’s Oakpark); 2nd Spa; 3rd Beaufort Boys 4 X 1 Length Medley U16: 1st Spa/Fenit/; 2nd St Brendan’s/Oakpark.
Girls 4 X 1 Length Medley U16: 1st Rock St/ Caherslee; 2nd St Brendan’s/Oakpark; 3rd Blennerville/Ballyard.
Our events for February: Indoor Soccer Girls U13 (Saturday Feb 16)
Indoor Soccer Boys U13 (Sunday Feb 17).
Art (Saturday Feb 23) Handwriting (Saturday Feb 23) Indoor Soccer Boys U10 (Sunday Feb 24).