25th August 2008
All-Ireland Senior Football Semi Final: Kerry 1-13 Cork 3-7
All-Ireland Minor Football Semi Final: Kerry 0-10 Mayo 1-7
All-Ireland U21 Hurling B Semi Final: Kerry 1-10 Roscommon 1-9 Local Player Eoin Egan
Coiste Chontae Chiarraí Meeting
A meeting of all hurling clubs will be held next Tuesday 26th August @ 8.30pm at the Pavilion Austin Stacks Park Tralee
Cogratulations To Frank Donovan on winning Crotta O'Neills Lotto €13.600
Fixtures
All-Ireland Minor Football Replay: Kerry vs Mayo Venue Ennis Satrday August 30th
All-Ireland Senior Football Replay: Kerry v Cork Venue Croke Park Sunday August 31st.
21st August 2008
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| Joe Walsh Chairman North Kerry Bord na nOg Presents (Todd Nolan Memorial Shield) North Kerry U14 to Abbeydorney Captain Stephen Egan |
2008 U14 North Kerry Hurling B Championship Final (Todd Nolan Memorial Shield): Abbeydorney 3-5 Ballyduff 3-4
Venue Abbeydorney Wednesday 20th August.
Abbeydorney and Ballyduff U14 Hurlers put in an excellent show of hurling on Wednesday evening with Abbeydorney getting the advantage with a toss of a coin for home advantage with the local team claiming back to back title for 2 years in a row. Also Abbeydorney had their first Trophy of the year on their new playing surface which added to their win.
It was Ballyduff who were first to score and looked the more balanced side with 3 points in the opening minutes but Abbeydorney rattled back with points from Brendan and Michael OLeary and 2 goals before half time from Michael OLeary Stevie O'Sullivan gave Abbeydorney the adavantage at Half Time up 2-2 to 0-3.
The second half saw Abbeydorney defending well but under severe pressure with Ballyduff pulling off score after score in the closing stages. Abbeydorney made vital changes with O'Leary Brothers swapping for each other and Brendan O'Leary pointing 3 good points from frees and play but it was Abbeydorney who dug deep with hooking and blocking and showing their best display for the year with a team performance with a goal from speedy Stevie O'Sullvan and Ballyduff who struck for 3 goals in the second half.
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| JP Byrne who scored Abbeydorney's goal in the dying minutes |
With time up in extra time O'Dorney were down 2 points and did not deserve to lose after battling right to the end. Abbeydorney rattled back with a mighty effort but the ball was deflected out to the sideline and Abbeydorney moved all players forward and from the sideline cut into the square and JP Byrne was on hand to rattle the ball to Ballyduff net in the dying minutes to deny Ballyduff. This was a good result for Abbeydorney U14 Team as a number of players could not attend on the night and the team had no subs.
Team Panel: Cian McCarthy, Greg Freeman, Stephen Egan (Captain), Alex O'Mahoney, John Shanahan, Mike O'Leary, Stephen O'Sullivan, David Egan, Sean O'Mahoney, Colm McCarthy, Dan McCarthy, JP Byrne.
Team picture here
Referee: Patrick Corridan Ballyheigue.
18th August 2008
Ex- Committee Meeting
An Ex-Committee meeting of Abbeydorney GAA Club will be held on next Monday 18th August @ 9.30pm. All members are requested to attend.
All-Ireland Senior Football Semi Final Tickets.
All Club Members requesting tickets for All-Ireland Football Semi Final must leave their name at GAA Clubhouse before Monday 1o'c please
Results of AIB County Senior Hurling Championship
1st round Kilmoyley 3-11 Lixnaw 0-8,
2nd round Ballyduff 3-13 Causeway 2-3,
2nd round Kilmoyley 1-10 St Brendan's 0-10
2nd round Ballyheigue 1-10 Abbeydorney 0-10
2nd round Crotta O'Neill's 1-10 Lixnaw 2-12
North Kerry Under 11 B Championship: Ballyduff 2-8 Abbeydorney 1-1 Venue Abbeydorney Sunday 17th August.
This match was changed from Friday to Sunday morning due to weather conditions with the Ballyduff the more balanced side. Ballyduff lead at half time up 0-6 but Abbeydorney kept battling away with Greg Freeman pulling off some excellent saves throughout this game, Cian McCarthy scoring a point from a free and David Egan getting a good goal for O'Dorney, while Ballyduff added 2-2 in the second half. Ballyduff will meet Kilmoyley in the final of this competition shortly.
Best Players: Greg Freeman, Cian McCarthy, Albon Stack, Ronan Donovan.
Team Panel: Greg Freeman, Albon Stack, Aideen Spillane, Cian McCarthy (0-1), Eoin Stack, Killian Spillane, Ronan Donovan, Niall O'Mahoney, David Egan (1-0), Jordan Walshe, Michelle McCarthy, Eoin McCarthy,
Referee: Noel Browne, Ballyduff.
AIB County Senior Hurling Championship: Abbeydorney 0-10, Ballyheigue 1-10 Venue Austin Stacks Park Tralee Sunday 18th August.
Diarmuid Walsh was first to reqister a point for Ballyheigue in the opening minutes, Ballyheigue went into 0-7 to 0-6 lead at half time with points from Michael Boxer Slattery 0-3, Jason Griffen 0-2, Jason Casey 0-1 while Abbeydorney had Ian Maunsell 3 pointed frees Damien Ryall and PJ Keane and Mike Hannafin 1 point each.
Ballyheigue were awarded a penalty which was well saved by Brian Donovan but the turning point of this match was Abbeydorney's failure to score a goal with only Ballyheigue keeper to beat with the resulting clearance down the field to Michael Boxer Slattery to rattle Abbeydorney net. Points for Abbeydorney came from Ian Maunsell 0-3 and Damien Ryall 0-1 and Ballyheigue scorers were Boxer Slattery 1-1, Ned Flahive and Jamie Kenny 0-1 each. Both keepers had shaky moments in the second half. Best Players were Ian Maunsell, Mike Hannafin, Eoin Egan
Team Panel: Greg Fealy, Brian O'Leary, Eoin Egan, Kieran O'Connell, PJ Keane, Aidan Healy, William O'Leary, Mike Hannafin, Kieran Dineen, David Doyle, Brian O'Donovan, Darragh O'Connell, Tony Maunsell, Ian Maunselll, Damien Ryall.
Subs: John O'Sullivan for David Doyle, Brian Leen for Damien Ryall
Referee: Pat Sheehy Causeway
Fixtures
North Kerry Under 14 B Championship Final: Ballyduff vs.Abbeydorney Wed 20th August Venue Abbeydorney @ 6.30pm
All-Ireland Minor Football Semi Final: Kerry vs. Mayo Venue Croke Park Sunday 24th August
All-Ireland Senior Football Semi Final: Kerry vs. Cork Venue Croke Park Sunday 24th August
10th August 2008
All-Ireland Senior Football Q/Final: Kerry 1-21 Galway 1-16 Venue Croke Park Saturday 9th August.
ESB All-Ireland Minor Football Q/Final: Kerry 4-22 Offaly 0-9 Venue Newbridge, Saturday 9th August.
All-Ireland Minor B Hurling Q/Final Meath 2-16 Kerry 2-9 Venue Navan, Local Players James O'Connor, Darragh O'Connell, Robert Murphy, PJ Keane, Padraig Kelly, Brian Leen,
Abbeydorney Player for Croke Park GAA / Into mini-sevens exhibition game.
The best of luck to Michael O'Leary who will grace the hallowed turf of Croke Park for his first appearance there on Sunday next. Michael will be representing Ardfert N.S on Sunday in the GAA / Into mini-sevens exhibition game. Earlier this year Michael collected his third mini-sevens County Championship medal with Ardfert N.S. At the regional finals in Waterford in May Michael gave a series of outstanding performances and will be the schools sole hurling representative at headquarters. He will represent Tipperary the Munster Champions on Sunday, His brothers Brendan also represented his School in Croke Park 2 Years ago, while Daniel also won County Championship with his School. We hope that Michael and his family enjoy the Croke Park experience, (report by Tomas Hannifin Ardfert N.S)
VHI/Summer Camps
Well Done to Julianne O'Keefe Lixnaw (player of the week) and Cillian Spillane Abbeydorney who won a signed Kerry Jersey at Crotta O'Neill's Summer Camps recently.
North Kerry U14 B Championship Abbeydorney 3-8 Duagh 2-9 Venue Duagh Tuesday 5th August.
Abbeydorney U14 team a hard battle with Duagh on Tuesday last with the nominated referee not showing up. Best Players were Michael O'Leary, Brendan O'Leary, Sean O'Mahoney, Colm McCarthy.
Team Panel:Cian McCarthy, Alex O'Mahoney, Brendan O'Leary, Stephen O'Sullivan, Barry Horgan, John Shanahan, Sean Quirke, Michael O'Leary, Sean O'Mahoney, Dan McCarthy, Aaron Conway, JP Byrne, Colm McCarthy.
Referee: Liam McCarthy Abbeydorney.
North Kerry U11 Championship: Kilmoyley 6-10 Abbeydorney 1-1 Venue Lerrig Friday 8th August.
Our Under 11 team were well beaten by Kilmoyley on Friday night last but credit to all players who battled to the end.
Team Panel;Craig Freeman, Eoin O'Connor, Cian McCarthy (0-1), Aideen Spillane, Killian Spillane, Jack Parker, David Egan (1-0), Daniel Murphy, Aidan Leahy, Eoin McCarthy, Michele McCarthy,
Referee: Francis Maunsell Kilmoyley.
Fixtures
North Kerry U11 B Championship: Ballyduff vs. Abbeydorney Friday 15th August @ 6.30pm
AIB County Senior Hurling Championship 2nd Round: Abbeydorney vs. Ballyheigue Sunday 17th August @ 5pm.
Good luck to all Players and Management.
40th Birthday wishes to Kathy Maunsell who celebrated her Birthday last Thursday
3rd August 2008
All Ireland Football qualifiers: Kerry 1-13, Monaghan 0-13, Venue Croke Park 3rd August
Kerry have been drawn to play Galway in the Quarter Final at Croke Park next weekend
Kerry clubs cash in €1.023 million in Grants
Sports clubs and associations in Kerry received a financial boost this week with the announcement that €1.023 million has been granted to 36 clubs throughout the county. The funding is being allocated under the Sports Capital Programme. This is great news for Abbeydorney GAA Club as its been allocated €45.000 for the 3rd phase of the developments projects at their GAA Grounds.
AIB County Senior Hurling Championships Results
Kilmoyley 5-22 South Kerry 0-4
Ballyheigue 1-11 Ballyduff 1-22;
Abbeydorney 0-14 Causeway 3-8
St Brendan's 1-13 Crotta O'Neill's 2-7
Ex-Committee Meeting
Abbeydorney GAA Club will hold their Monthly Meeting on Monday 18th August at 9pm at GAA Club House.
Kerry Under 15 and U16 Hurling Teams will have Training on Bank Holiday at Caherslee Tralee at 4pm
AIB County Senior Hurling Championship: Causeway 3-8 Abbeydorney 0-14 Venue Austin Stack Park Saturday 2nd August
Abbeydorney Senior hurlers were unlucky in this hurling championship game at Tralee on Saturday evening last having lead Causeway for 50 minutes. Abbeydorney were denied their opening score from a long range shot which went over the crossbar but the Referee David Copps signalled for a square ball. Our Seniors had the better of exchanges in the first half with Darragh O'Connell shot at goals was well saved by Kieran Canty Causeway. At Half time the scores were O'Dorney 0-8 Causeway 1-2 with Alan Whyte slipping behind Abbeydorney rearguard to sneak a goal for Causeway just before half time. Brian O'Donovan kept Abbeydorney in the lead with his total contribution of 8 points ( 6 frees ) and Darragh O'Connell (0-2), Michael Hannafin, Damien Ryall, Tony Maunsell, Aidan Healy (0-1) each. With 10 minutes left in the game Abbeydorney were awarded a free to put them ahead with the scores level at this point but the shot at goals was saved and Causeway introduced 3 subs Padraig Monson (0-1) , Padraig Harty (0-1) and John Mike Dooley (1-2) to give Causeway a 3 point win, This was a good performance from most of the players who put in a good effort in this match despite the number of players missing with the minor players coming on board for their first Senior Hurling Championship. Best Player for Abbeydorney was Eoin Egan. Abbeydorney will have to improve in few sectors if they are going to have any chance in the next round and wishing a speedy recovery to Senior Team Captain Niall O'Connell who was injured in a challenge game before the Championship game
Team Panel: Greg Fealy, Kieran O'Connell, Eoin Egan, Brian Fealy, PJ Keane, Aidan Healy, Brian O'Leary, William O'Leary, Michael Hannafin, Simon Egan, Brian O'Donovan, Darragh O'Connell, Damien Ryall, Tony Maunsell, David Doyle. Subs James O'Connor for Brian Fealy, Brian Leen for Simon Egan, John OSullivan for David Doyle
Referee: David Copps Ballyhea Cork,
North Kerry Under 11 B Championship: Abbeydorney 4-7 Duagh/Listowel 4-1 Venue Abbeydorney Sunday 3rd August
Abbeydorney and Duagh / Listowel Under 11s Hurlers had a tight scoring game on Sunday morning last with Duagh/Listowel Keeper Paul Shanahan pulling off some excellent saves in the first and second half, Abbeydorney had Ronan Donovan, Cian McCarthy, Creg Freeman and Albon Stack their best players
Team Panel:Michelle McCarthy, Eoin O'Connor, Albon Stack, Adam Maunsell, Ronan Donovan, Cian McCarthy, Daniel Murphy, Aidan Leahy, Eoin McCarthy, Jack Sheehan.
Referee: Darragh O'Connell Abbeydorney
Fixtures
North Kerry U14 B Championship 13 aside:; Duagh vs Abbeydorney venue Duagh on Tuesday 5th August @ 6.30pm.
North Kerry U11 B Championship 13 aside: Kilmoyley vs Abbeydorney venue Lerrig on Friday 8th August @ 6.30pm.
All Ireland Minor B: Kerry v Meath, Venue Navan, Saturday 9th August at 2pm
Cancellations
North Kerry U14 Ballyduff vs. Abbeydorney (Due to a bereavement) on Tuesday
