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Seamus Mulvihill To Be Honoured For His Amazing Year.

With just 3 more sleeps to the big Awards Night in the Rose hotel on Saturday night ,it is time to announce another winner of a very special award. When you ask anyone who is the top referee in ladies football in Ireland only one name springs to mind – Seamus Mulvihill. And after this year Seamus has the stats to back up this claim.

Kerry LGFA is honouring Seamus for what has been a fantastic year with the whistle for the Finuge/St Senans man. After being assigned to referee the National Football League final back in May, the Ladies Football association then called upon Seamus to referee the All Ireland minor final last August. After reffing both games with the understated commonsense that has become his trademark, they called upon him once more with the highest accolade available in Ladies football – to referee the All Ireland senior final. Dublin finally claimed the crown that day when they disposed of Mayo in front of a record attendance of 46,286 at Croke Park – and the greatest compliment that could be paid to Seamus is that nobody even noticed that he was there, in a game that was a great advertisment for ladies football. Well done Seamus Mulvihill – Kerry LGFA are honoured to have you as one of our own !

Marina Barry To Receive The Lifetime Commitment to Kerry LGFA award.

With the Kerry Ladies Awards Night just 4 sleeps away (Rose Hotel, Friday 28th October) it’s time to reveal somebody that will be the recipient of a very special award for her massive contribution to Kerry Ladies Football.

Marina Barry of Austin Stacks will receive the Lifetime Commitment to Kerry LGFA award in recognition for her consistent excellence on the football fields of Kerry over many years. Marina’s record makes remarkable reading – 10 All Ireland senior medals and 5 All Stars while in a Kerry jersey speaks volumes for the brilliance that she brought to that great team of the 80’s and early 90’s. Marina won her first All Ireland senior title in 1982 and went on to win 9 on the trot after that. In the Austin Stacks jersey she has won every honour that there is to be won at club level in Kerry. This year was even more special though, as Marina lined out with her daughter Caoimhe in the Kerry Intermediate final, and came away with another county medal after an excellent display in which she scored 4 points.

A legend in her own lifetime, Kerry Ladies Football is proud to be honouring one of the greatest Kerry footballers to ever put on a pair of boots.

 

Storm Brian Puts Washout On Development And Munster Championship.

With storm Brian on the way and the weather forecast saying high winds and rain to follow, all Development squads in Kerry have been cancelled – as well as the Finuge / St Senans and Rathmore’s Munster finals.

Please inform all age groups attending Development.

Development for U 13 and U 15 is postponed for tomorrow.

Klgfa have cancelled all Development for Saturday the 21th October for Safety reasons.
Minor training in the IT Tralee is cancelled for tonight.
The Finuge / St Senans and Rathmore’s Munster finals are both postponed until further notice.
 
Please stay safe over the weekend.☔🌬

Finuge/St Senans v Aghada Munster Junior Final Preview.

Munster Ladies Junior Final 

Finuge/St Senans v Aghada, Saturday 21st October in Mallow @ 12.30 

When Finuge/St Senans manager Johnny Horgan brought his squad back for pre season training last January, little did he think that 10 months later he would be preparing them for a Munster Junior final. Horgan admits that the height of their ambition was to win the Kerry county title and that thoughts of Munster glory was the farthest thing away from their minds. Now they are just 60 minutes away from claiming the Munster championship,but they will be faced with the tough task of lowering the colours of Cork kingpins Aghada, in what is bound to be a stern test of their credentials in Mallow next Saturday. 

Finuge/St Senans claimed the Kerry Junior championship after an impressive 3 point victory over Kilcummin in early September. Although behind by 6 points at half time, they showed resilience and maturity to completely dominate the second half and emerge as champions. In the Munster championship, an early goal against Na Deise of Waterford settled the nerves and gave them the impetus to defeat them on a 4-12 to 1-12 scoreline.Next up were St Bridgets of Limerick and they were firmly put to the sword last Sunday, with Finuge/St Senans winning on a 5-13 to 1-10 scoreline. 

Horgan was particularly happy with the start that his side made that day, and also with the way that they stood up to some intense St Bridgets pressure in the second half.”We got a great start with 3 goals in the first 8 minutes and really that set us on our way. I mean they scored 7 times in the first half and we scored 8 times, but thankfully 4 of those scores were goals. They had a right go at us in the second half and when Niamh Carmody got sin binned it could have been a very tough loss for us. Thankfully the girls dug deep and we actually scored 3 points in that 10 minutes while Niamh was in the bin, The girls stood up when we needed them most” 

Any team that wins a Cork championship comes with a strong pedigree, and Aghada are no different. After a comprehensive 4-14 to 1-5 victory over Naomh Aban in the Cork Junior Championship final,they got a bye to the Munster semi final where they faced Fethard of Tipperary. Aghada once again posted an impressive 4-14 that day as they hammered the premier champions by 17 points. Johnny Horgan was impressed with what he saw.”They have some fine players. Emma Farmer,Roisin Phelan and Hannah Looney are Cork seniors and Sarah Leahy was very impressive for the Cork minors this year. They will all have to be watched. Still though we have prepared well and I think that we have the players to cause a surprise next Saturday”. 

The Finuge/St Senans players that Horgan is referring to are the likes of Kerry senior panelists Miriam O’Keeffe and Niamh Carmody, Ann Marie Leen, Emma McCarthy, and Kerry camogie stars Patrice Diggins and Jackie Horgan while Niamh Leen, Sara Murphy and Aoife Behanhave had excellent campaigns so far. They are all top performers on their day and certainly have the potential to guide their side to glory, If Finuge /St Senans can get off to a good start once again then they are well capable of bringing the Munster Junior Championship cup to North Kerry. It will be tough though, and holding Emma Farmer, in particular, will be vital to their chances. Finuge/St Senans need to bring all of their fighting spirit and never say die attitude to Mallow next Saturday, They get a hesitant vote to succeed, but don’t be surprised if it’s after extra time.  

Kerry Ladies Annual Awards Night 28th October.

The Kerry Ladies Annual Awards night will take place in the Rose Hotel, Tralee on Saturday 28th October. It promises to be a fantastic night yet again with Andrew Morrissey of Radio Kerry fame taking the role of Master of Ceremonies for the evening and also taking up the DJing duties afterwards.

There will be a number of awards given out and every club that has won county leagues and championships will receive their medals. There will also be player of the match awards given to the outstanding player in the Junior A, Intermetdiate and Senior Championship finals.

The County senior ladies team will be presented with their Munster Championship medals while the Kerry U14 team will be presented with their Munster and All Ireland runners up medals.

The Kerry LGFA Club of the Year will also be announced on the evening.

There will also be a very special Lifetime Achievement Award presented to someone that has made a hugely significant contribution to Kerry Ladies Football.

Proceedings will start at 8pm and there will be a fabulous 4 course meal. Tickets at €25 are available from Joe O’Flaherty 0861659500 and Lavinia Cunningham 0879736125 or from any county officer.

Minor Club Blitz.

Kerry Ladies will run a minor blitz (U/18) on the 30th October. All clubs must notify Lavinia,  the Fixtures Secretary, by 17th October on this e mail address.   fixtures.kerryladiesfootball@gmail.com

It was agreed at the October Co Board meeting that clubs can play u16 girls in order to field a team provided that no minors are overlooked.
If it’s still not possible to field, please send numbers available anyway, we’ll match up clubs before the day or if clubs agree to combine, please let me know.
Teams MUST be confirmed before the day, so as not to waste time in the morning.
We’ll be looking for a venue with 2 pitches, they don’t have to be full size -length 21 to 21 , any club fulfilling this requirement , please make inquiries about availability.

Development Squads Continue This Weekend

U/11, U/13 and U/15 Development continues this Saturday.

Kerry U 11 Development for West and North will take place in Ballyrickard field at 2.30 to 4.00 this Saturday the 7th of October.
Last call for payment of Development tops.
Please have €30 in an envelope with your name and club clearly marked on it.
U 13 development will take place on John Mitchels Pitch.
This Saturday Oct 7th.
Times
North and West Kerry to register at
9.45am, start at 10.00am Sharp
South and East Kerry to reg at 10.45am
,start at 11.00 am Sharp

Please bring €2 , football boots and water.

This is the last day to bring the money for Development Tops
Please put money €30 in an envelope with players name and club on it.

U 15 development will take place on
John Mitchels GAA Astro Pitch
This Saturday Oct 7th 2017
Times
North and West Kerry to reg at 9.45, start at 10.00 sharp
South and East Kerry to reg at 10.45, start at 11.00 sharp

Goal Keeping coaching will also be available to both U 13 and U 15 girls

Please bring gum shield, €2 , football boots and water.

All girls can purchase the new Development tops for €30.
Please have the money in an envelope with players name and club marked on it.

Randles Bros Junior B County Championship Final

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The Randles Bros Junior B County Championship final took place in Kerins O Rahillys pitch on Sunday last in good conditions with a large crowd present.
Clounmacon Moyvane got off to a good start with 2 well taken frees.
The running of young Murine Wall from midfield was causing Spa huge problems and a number of positional switches were made to rectify the problem.
Playing against the breeze Spa soon took charge in the middle third with Loretta Maher, Michaela O Connor,Mags Cronin and Claire Moynihan running at pace through the clounmacon moyvane rearguard.
Mairead Finnegan was clinical in front of the posts from free taking and Spa soon went ahead on the score of 0-6 to 0-3.
Spa lost full forward Roisin Kearney to injury mid way through the first half and the introduction of Niamh Clifford produced 2 more great points.
Clounmacon Moyvane scored another pointed free before another surging Spa run found Micaela O Connor on the edge of the square where she made no mistake and slotted the ball to the net past the clounmacon moyvane keeper.
With a minute remaining in the first half Micaela O Connor again found room to fire another point leaving the half time score, Spa 1-9 Clounmacon Moyvane 0-4.
On the resumption of the second half, Spa were worried about the goal scoring ability of Rebecca Horgan and Erin Finucane and worked extremely hard to stop the delivery of ball to the inside forwards. Mairead Bennett and Sinead Cronin were brilliant in defence.
Playing with the breeze, Spa now moved the ball with pace to the scoring zone and soon yielded two more points.
Clounmacon Moyvane, as we knew, now began to come at Spa and scored two points of their own.
A long ball from midfielder Moira Flaherty somehow managed to fly to the Spa net for a clounmacon moyvane goal.
1-11 to 1-6.
Spa, however increased the tempo and the introduction of fresh players and with Cassandra Buckley and Ciara Moynihan dictating the game, Spa added further scores to finally clinch the Junior B title at the third year of trying.
Clounmacon Moyvane are a very young impressive team and silverware will soon be bestowed on them.
Many thanks to Donal O’ Doherty for the match report.

Munster Intermediate Championship Quarter Final

Austin Stacks 3-6 Burren Gaels 2-8 

IMG_2014 (800x570) (1)IMG_1945 (800x533)IMG_1824 (558x800)In the Munster Intermediate Championship quarter final Austin Stacks made the journey across the ferry to take on Clare champions Burren Gaels last Sunday. Driving winds and rain made for very testing conditions, but the Tralee side showed toughness and resilience to claim victory. Mollie O’Carroll was the hero of the hour when her last minute goal snatched victory from the jaws of defeat to claim a 1 victory for the Rock Street girls. It was O’Carroll’s second goal of the encounter, with the former Kerry All Ireland winning underage star also hitting the net on the stroke of half time to leave Austin Stacks with a slender 1-5 to 0-6 half time lead. Veteran star Marina Barry added another goal midway through the second period, and further points from Megan O’Brien and Ellen O’Connell left the black and amber just 2 behind. O’Carroll then struck in the final minute to break the Burren hearts and leave the Austin Stacks players and supporters in raptures of excitement. Next up for Austin Stacks is a Munster Intermediate semi final against Kinsale of Cork next weekend, with the time and venue tbc. IMG_1954 (800x360)

Austin Stacks scorers; Mollie O’Carroll 2 goals, Marina Barry 1-1, Megan O’Brien 0-2, Ellen O’Connell 0-1, Maeve McKivergan 0-1, Karina Quilter 0-1.