UNDER 6 & 8 & 10: Our Under 6, Under 8 and Under 10 boys will not…NOT…NOT.. be in action on Sunday next in Cathair Sailí as many of the Black’n’Amber followers of the Gaelic code will be travelling to “Beauty’s Home” to lend vocal support to our county players and to help Kerry reach the Munster Final!
FAOI 10: This Friday at 6.00pm our Under 10 and Under 8 HURLERS will be in action in CAHERSLEE…..NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE…..where an inter-club blitz will take place. All welcome. Other clubs in the district will also be showing the progress they’ve made!
PRESS RELEASE: “The Officers of Kerry County Board, The Kerry Hurling Steering Group and Coiste na nÓg invite you to attend the final session of the Tralee Hurling Initiative’s Phase 1 in Caherslee, Tralee, from 6pm to 7.15pm this Friday, June 5th.
In attendance will be Jerome Conway (County Committee Chairman), Tom O’Connor (Chairman of the Kerry Hurling Steering Group), Jimmy Foley (Cathaoirleach Choiste Thrá Lí) and Johnny Brosnan (Cathaoirleach Choiste na nÓg Chiarraí). We have had over 87 juveniles in 4 clubs…..Na Gaeil, Churchill, John Mitchels and Austin Stacks…..during the past 5 weeks and each participant will receive a specially commissioned Medal for their contribution and participation in the Tralee Hurling Initiative.
Phase 2 will commence on Friday August 2th and will continue until until September 25th.
Yours in Sport, Paddy White, PRO Kerry Hurling Steering Committee.”
TRAIN TRIP TO SEMI-FINAL: We hope that our Under 12 and Under 14 players will enjoy their train trip to the Munster Senior Football semi-final v Cork in Stáid a’Ghearaltaigh. They’ll travel with Timmy, Dónal and other mentors/bainisteoirí. Train departure time from Stáisiún Mhic Easmainn is at 11.15am. (Mass the night before!)
GET FIT: The “Fuel & Food for Sport” Seminar ~ hosted by “Coaching Ireland/Lucozade Sport” ~ which was held in Connolly Park was a success. On this Thursday, June 3rd, at 8pm the second round will take place. All are invited to come along for “Get Fit for Sport” and “Planning for Success.”
FAOI 6 & 8: The Mícheál Quirke Under 8 Go Games Blitzes were a great success and we now switch venues and return to club Under 6 and Under 8 training/coaching on Wednesdays at 6pm in the CBS (Primary) field in Cluain na Lobhar. We thank the Bainistíocht of the CBS for the use of the páirc.
PEIL FAOI 12: Training continues for the Under 12s on Mondays and on Thursdays at 6pm in Caherslee. Both A and B teams challenged the Kerins~O’Rahilly Under 12s on Tuesday. Beidh an scéal go léir againn an tseachtain seo chugainn.
ACADAMH NA gCAILÍNÍ: (i) Last Sunday at Cathair Sailí the cailíní an Acadaimh showed once again how much they enjoy their time playing football with Cumann Aibhistín de Staic. This was an extremely hot, sunny bank holiday weekend but over seventy football-mad girls turned up for training. Girls were here celebrating their birthdays! We had one girl from Cork who is happy to train with the Rock while she is away from her own club and once again we were pleased to welcome new girls to the Rockies. The girls ran their hearts out in games, drills, etc. We were ready to take it easy on the girls because of the heat but the girls wanted to train as normal. All water brought by the mentors and bainisteoirí was used up but of course juice was supplied as usual after training. Many thanks to all the girls, parents and of course the mentors for the craic had by all on the day.
(ii) Sunday 7th June: There will be no training for an tAcadamh this Sunday due to the Munster Senior Football Semi-final at Killarney. We will be back on Sunday 14th June….with sore throats from shouting for the Kingdom! We hope that all travelers enjoy their outing. An tAcadamh wishes the whole Kerry team all the best for the game.
(iii) BIRTHDAYS: The Acadamh would like to say “Go raibh lá breithe maith agat” to Aoife Sheehan, 12, and to Aoife O’Carroll, 11, both on Thursday 4th June, to Siobhán Breen, 12, on Saturday 6th June, and to Leanne Hanafin, 11, on Wednesday 10th June. Four great Rockie girls!
MNÁ NA CARRAIGE: A little activity took place again last Sunday. Úna has some very determained ladies in this group….a trait that the younger generation seems to have imbibed…hence…teak tough Rockies! However, Mná na Carraige will rest from their Sunday morning action for a little while but plans are being hatched for another “run”! Fág faoi John G. é!
UNDER 14B: (i) Training for the B boys will take place with Dónal, John and Michael in Connolly Park on Wednesdays and on Fridays from 6pm to 7pm. However, on this Friday, 5ú Meitheamh, they travel to play Ballymacelligott in the Ahane pitch at 6pm.
(ii) On Friday last they challenged Ballymac and, though they were ahead for most of the encounter and looked the better side, they were pipped at the post with a late late goal. They lined out as follows: Claudio Dema; Tommie Flynn, Aidan McQuinn, Breandán Caball; Seán Ó Muirthile, Seán Ó Riain, David Walsh; Ciarán Ó Flannagáin, Brian Hill; Michael Lynch, Timmy Murphy, Sam Nealon; Cian Casey, Craig Corcoran, Jack O’Donnell. Ionadaí: Richard Hurley.
(iii) Team v An Spá: Claudio Dema (cúl báire); Seán Hurley, Aidan McQuinn, Dylan Harnett; John Nolan, Breandán Caball, Enda Jordan; Kieran Flanagan, Niall Carroll-Cane; Timmy Murphy, Brian Hill, Cian Casey; Jack O’Donnell, Craig Corcoran, Mike Lynch. Na fir ionaid: Richard Hurley, Antóin Ó Muimhneacháin, Dáithí Ó Briain, Jordan Ó Catháin, Dáithí Breathnach.
UNDER 14A: Some of our Under 14A players are training hard and playing well with the Tralee area team. This district team had a very good victory over Feale Rangers but lost to Ciarraí Thoir. All other A players are encouraged to work on their own to keep their skills in order until A-team training gets going again!
IOMÁNAÍOCHT FAOI 16/17/18: Hurling training will take place as usual at 5.30pm in Connolly Park on this Friday.
PEIL FAOI 16: (i) The Under 16 lads come together for a bout of indoor work on Wednesdays and Fridays between 5pm and 6pm. (ii) County league (Divison 1): Babhta 1 ~ Wednesday 22nd June. (iii) County championship: Wednesday 19th August.
QUIZ: We hope to have a club team in the upcoming Gael-Linn Radio (RTÉ 1) Quiz. If interested give Martin or Brian or Caitríona Ni Riain a shout! (Ní olc an rud é duais €750!)
KERRY GAA: www.kerrycoistenanog.com
THE ROCK: www.austinstacks.ie
HANDBALL: www.gaahandball.ie
IOMÁNAÍOCHT: Good luck to coach John “Tweeky” Griffin and his fellow Kerry hurlers who’ll take on Carlow (in Carlow) on Saturday next in the semi-final of the Christy Ring Cup competition. Go n-éirí go geal leo!
PEIL: Good luck to our own Daniel Bohane and his fellow Kerry footballers who’ll take on Cork on Sunday next in the Munster semi-final. Go n-éirí go geal leo!