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Post by hurlingman on Jun 7, 2018 8:54:57 GMT
County championship will be up and running soon.
Round 1 fixtures: Games to be played as double headers on the weekend of 16/17 June Ballyheigue v Crotta O'Neill's; Ballyduff v Abbeydorney; Causeway v St. Brendan’s Lixnaw v Kilmoyley.
Causeway are going well in the county league with 6 wins out of 6 and should overcome Ardfert. Kilmoyley have 4 wins out of 5 in the league and should ovrcome Lixnaw who have been poor so far this season with only 1 win from 6. Ballyduff should have too much for Abbeydorney. Could be another tough campaign for Ballyheigue if the county league is anything to go by. No wins and just one draw from 6 games played.
It's disappointing to see that Kilgarvan have pulled out of Div 2 in the league. Also disappointing to seen Ballyheigue and Abbeydorney give walkovers as well
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Post by hurlingman on Jun 17, 2018 20:05:33 GMT
Only surprise was Kilmoyley losing, and that wasn;t really a surprise either. Ballyduff again look to be the team to beat this year. Was also encouraging to seen Ballyheigue put in a bit of a display after some big losses the last few years. Still a good bit off the mark but could be worked on
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Post by An Bradán on Jul 2, 2018 17:22:38 GMT
Where does the chanmpionship sit now. Ballyduff still the team to beat or have Causeway got their act together at last. Who is on borrowed time ?
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Post by Mickmack on Jul 2, 2018 17:27:41 GMT
Where does the chanmpionship sit now. Ballyduff still the team to beat or have Causeway got their act together at last. Who is on borrowed time ? Causeway are confident of going the distance. Brandon Barrett is operating well at 14 as the target man. Ballyduff will be there or thereabouts as always.
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Post by thesquareball on Jul 2, 2018 18:31:23 GMT
BALLYDUFF don t have a bench to turn a game ,very reliant on the boyles jack goulding and paud costello CAUSEWAY with maurice leahy at the helm and a good panel of players will be there or there abouts ARDFERT will be massively fit plenty of experience and skill there CROTTA with the majority of team under 21 could be dominant in kerry hurling over the next number of years LIXNAW A SMALL THING AND COULD have been co champions last year playre injuries and un availability lessen their chances this year KILMOYLEY have dipped from previous highs p oconnor a big loss, will still fancy their chances
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Post by mossie on Jul 2, 2018 22:41:50 GMT
shaping up to be an interesting and exciting championship
Ballyduff and Causeway most impressive so far. Maurice Leahy has put shape and discipline on Causeway, look to have a stronger panel than Ballyduff but Ballyduff have the championship winning experience and know how plus match winning forwards in the Boyle's, Jack Goulding
Lixnaw and Kilmoyley look to have slipped a bit. Lixnaw put in a massive effort in 2017 and the narrow defeat in thef 2017 final replay to Ballyduff seems to have set them back. Still they have talent and tend to improve as campaigns go on so you would never know and they have players to come back
St Brendans have been very close to the standard in recent years and have been a bit unlucky, look strong again this year and Pat Driscoll is the man to get the best from them
Crotta improving year on year and going the right direction, Shane Nolan, Jordan Conway and Barry Mahony are tremendous attacking talent but some of the 2016, 2017 winning minors need more time to develop before they can win a senior title
Ballyheigue improved a lot this year under Brendan Mahony even though they have now exited
Abbeydorney though having a lot of talent didn't make the push on at all in 2018, under achieving
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Post by hurlingman on Jul 25, 2018 19:08:21 GMT
Heard today that Stack were refused entry into the junior championship this year, as it was deemed they were too strong for it. They;ll play the winners of it in a one off ''Intermediate shield''.
Has such a thing ever happened before? A team being refused entry to a championship? While really Stacks are probably too strong and have been for a few years, it still seems odd
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Post by hurlingman on Jul 27, 2018 7:27:04 GMT
This is a Post from the Austin stacks hurling facebook page:
Austin Stacks Hurling Club is feeling annoyed. 57 mins · Does our county board care about hurling in Kerry??
Austin Stacks hurlers have been informed that they are NOT ALLOWED enter into this years Junior Hurling County Championship.
The reasons for this have been given as (1) Late Application (2) It was felt that Austin Stacks would be too strong for the other teams in the competition"
We have been invited to participate in a one off game against the winners of the junior championship which they are calling an Intermediate Shield Game
(1) The CCC informed us on July 2nd that they would be holding a meeting on July 4th to discuss whether or not to allow us play in this years Junior championship so late application wasn't a genuine reason.
(2) Prior to this season the last competitive game we had won was in 2016 after losing all matches since in the South Kerry League, South Kerry Championship, North Kerry League, North Kerry Championship, County League and County Championship. We have participated in the Intermediate County Championship in 2013, 2014 and 2017 losing heavily in the first round each year.
We approached the county board at the beginning of the season regarding the current state of hurling in our club due to lack of numbers, an aging squad and low numbers filtering through from Tralee Parnells ( no new player since 2016) and informed them that due to these reasons our team will more than likely disband in the very near future. As a squad we were promised at the beginning of the season by the county board that any player from Tralee would have to play with Austin Stacks if they wished to play hurling and not be allowed to represent teams outside the town such as North Kerry clubs - this GAA rule has not been implemented and there are numerous players from Tralee hurling with other clubs.
16 players ( 2 of which are travelling up from Cork) is the maximum amount we have had available to field a team at any game so far this season, every other game we have had to play 13 a side.
As a squad we are doing all we can to keep adult hurling afloat in the town of Tralee but unfortunately this latest decision by the CCC looks like being the straw that breaks the camels back.
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Post by hurlingman on Jul 29, 2018 12:06:11 GMT
Kilmoyley beat Crotta last night 1-15 to 2-11 in the county championship. Lixnaw are playing Ardfert today.
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Post by thesquareball on Jul 29, 2018 12:45:38 GMT
crotta up 9 points coming up to half time when kilmoyley got a goal to bring it back to 6 at the break.only one team in it in the second half when crotta ran out of steam and looked completely un fit .Strange that they had to bring in an outside coach even though they had a man wellqualified to do it within the club.kILMOYLEY were missing a few players ,d collins been their most influential player during the match
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Post by crottalixnaw on Jul 29, 2018 14:21:27 GMT
crotta up 9 points coming up to half time when kilmoyley got a goal to bring it back to 6 at the break.only one team in it in the second half when crotta ran out of steam and looked completely un fit .Strange that they had to bring in an outside coach even though they had a man wellqualified to do it within the club.kILMOYLEY were missing a few players ,d collins been their most influential player during the match Ya Crotta asked a person 3 times inside the club to train them but he said he would not do it he when off to coach another CLUB THANKS to padraig tom and jerome for bringing on crotta this year.best of luck to kilmoyley and other 3 clubs in semi
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Post by hurlingman on Jul 31, 2018 15:13:32 GMT
Anyone hear County Board officers left it after the draw for the football county championship was made? None of them stayed for the county hurling championship semi final draw.
The semi final draw is
Causeway V Lixnaw
Ballyduff V Kilmoyley
Ballyduff v Causeway final i think
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Post by hurlingman on Aug 7, 2018 19:02:53 GMT
A great win by Tralee Parnells last night in the minor championship against Crotta. Hopefully the start of a long run of success
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Post by mossie on Aug 8, 2018 0:16:46 GMT
A great win by Tralee Parnells last night in the minor championship against Crotta. Hopefully the start of a long run of success indeed, well deserved and not that surprising as they have been doing well in the county league and remember there 4 or 5 very good Parnells players on the Abbeydorney\Parnells combination that lost the final last year. Great to see Parnells doing well with a big panel of their own this year. Brian Lonergan the Kerry under 20 football goalkeeper from Ballymacelligott has a strong hurling background with Parnells, is he still eligible for minor hurling as is he over 18? Parnells have a serious battle for the hearts and minds of young players in and around Tralee with gaelic football and soccer so strong and popular. Hopefully they can continue to progress. Abbeydorney look very strong at minor this year and very well drilled. Kenmare \Kilgarvan have a lot of potential as they won the under 16 title 2 years ago, might be difficult for them to prepare though with so many of them involved with various football teams including the Kerry minor footballers. Donal O'Sullivan is a fine hurler, played very well in last years minor hurling championship
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Post by mossie on Aug 8, 2018 0:21:23 GMT
Anyone hear County Board officers left it after the draw for the football county championship was made? None of them stayed for the county hurling championship semi final draw. The semi final draw is Causeway V Lixnaw Ballyduff V Kilmoyley Ballyduff v Causeway final i think hopefully a big attendance on sunday, I feel there will be crowds down so far but the games have clashed with big inter county matches on the TV, no such clashes this weekend plus it is an attractive double header and we are now at the business end of things Ballyduff and Causeway well fancied but both Kilmoyley and Lixnaw will fancy a chance of an upset, Daniel Collins Kilmoyley and Shane Conway Lixnaw could turn on the magic and then anything is possible
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Post by mossie on Aug 12, 2018 22:05:30 GMT
well the upsets came through in both games if they could even be called upsets. both games were always delicately poised even if there was a lot of talk of a Ballyduff v Causeway final
much better games today, the class of Shane & Michael Conway stood out in the Lixnaw v Causeway game. Yet again Kilmoyley and Ballyduff served up drama, plenty of scores and great entertainment. Great scores taken by both teams
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Post by hurlingman on Aug 13, 2018 11:19:36 GMT
well the upsets came through in both games if they could even be called upsets. both games were always delicately poised even if there was a lot of talk of a Ballyduff v Causeway final much better games today, the class of Shane & Michael Conway stood out in the Lixnaw v Causeway game. Yet again Kilmoyley and Ballyduff served up drama, plenty of scores and great entertainment. Great scores taken by both teams Goes to show when it comes to championship Lixnaw can't be ruled out. Causeway will of course be disappointed but can't have too many complaints at the same time. Much the same in the second game. Ballyduff just couldn't pull away. Would be great if the winners could go all the way in Munster this year. I think its the kinda result hurling needs in the county
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Post by Mickmack on Aug 20, 2018 10:10:50 GMT
Well done to the fixtures committee in running off the county hurling championship so efficiently this year. The final is on next weekend.
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Post by hurlingman on Aug 21, 2018 11:31:59 GMT
Kilgarvan are playing the Limerick champions away in the Munster junior championship. Long wait however with the game fixed for the 10th of November. Lixnaw or Kilmoyley at home to the Tipp winners on the 28th of October
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Post by mossie on Aug 24, 2018 18:38:50 GMT
Kilgarvan are playing the Limerick champions away in the Munster junior championship. Long wait however with the game fixed for the 10th of November. Lixnaw or Kilmoyley at home to the Tipp winners on the 28th of October that is a long time off for Kilgarvan and indeed the senior winners at the weekend maybe the south Kerry hurling championship could be played off in the meantime between themselves, Crokes, Kenmare which would help them prepare. Back about 7 or 8 years ago, Kilgarvan were very competitive in Munster reaching a few finals. They had a great win in the Kerry intermediate final and have some very good young players in Patrick Shea, John Mark Foley, Liam Twomey, Gearoid Fennessy, the Caseys and of course Donal O'Sullivan who tormented Causeway in the final. Great to see them back on track in hurling and football, 2 or 3 years ago, they didn't field in football and were near dead in hurling too Dr Crokes can take a bit of solace too, if the inter semi final v causeway was played a bit later, they would probably have been in the final, lost the semi by a few points and Causeway lost their 2 best players to their seniors a week or 2 later. A few good players from the town have come through - Aaron Murphy, Chris Doncel, Shane Lyne, Jack Lenehan, Mike Buckley etc
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Post by mossie on Aug 24, 2018 18:39:23 GMT
Well done to the fixtures committee in running off the county hurling championship so efficiently this year. The final is on next weekend. run off in about 2 months which is prob a reasonable timeline for a competition with 8 teams. I still think it would be best if it started 2 weeks later and the final went 1 wk later. how this would effect the football championship is a factor though. Also, I think teams need 3 weeks to prepare for the final ideally, a good few players on both sides have injuries heading into the final this weekend. an extra week would have helped a lot of them be fit for the match
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Post by Mickmack on Aug 24, 2018 19:45:30 GMT
Well done to the fixtures committee in running off the county hurling championship so efficiently this year. The final is on next weekend. run off in about 2 months which is prob a reasonable timeline for a competition with 8 teams. I still think it would be best if it started 2 weeks later and the final went 2 months later. how this would effect the football championship is a factor though. Also, I think teams need 3 weeks to prepare for the final ideally, a good few players on both sides have injuries heading into the final this weekend. an extra week would have helped a lot of them be fit for the match did you mean to say two weeks later?
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Post by mossie on Aug 24, 2018 21:35:58 GMT
run off in about 2 months which is prob a reasonable timeline for a competition with 8 teams. I still think it would be best if it started 2 weeks later and the final went 2 months later. how this would effect the football championship is a factor though. Also, I think teams need 3 weeks to prepare for the final ideally, a good few players on both sides have injuries heading into the final this weekend. an extra week would have helped a lot of them be fit for the match did you mean to say two weeks later? no mack, 1 wk later I meant!! edit performed now
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Post by Mickmack on Aug 25, 2018 12:48:03 GMT
did you mean to say two weeks later? no mack, 1 wk later I meant!! edit performed now Only for the Pope, the All Ireland football final would be on this weekend. The All Ireland hurling and football finals will be on consecutive weekends from 2019 on. I expect that from 2019 the county hurling final will take place on the first sunday in september. That's much better than the middle of October.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2018 16:52:27 GMT
Bit of controversy at the county final. lixnaw two points up in injury time and kilmoyley awarded penalty. Penalty missed but ref blew for full time just as rebound was scored. Lixnaw win but kilmoyley thought they had won for a brief moment. great stuff😂😂
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Post by veteran on Aug 26, 2018 17:22:31 GMT
Lixnaw 1-16 Killmoyley 2-11 HT 1-7 1-3
Despite the blustery, cold day this was an enjoyable match. There was some very good and some poor hurling and the uncertainty of the outcome maintained the interest to the end. In that context it was appropriate that there so much drama at the climax.
Lixnaw played with the very strong breeze in the first half and, in spite of some wild shooting, they were steadily building up a lead. They appeared to be the better hurlers, faster and slicker, and one got the impression that this superiority would be reflected on the score board at half time. However, that impression was shattered when Daniel Collins drifted unmarked to collect a good cross field delivery on the Terrace side at the John Mitchell's end. Daniel made a few yards and smacked it home, undoing so much effort from Lixnaw. That promised to be a crucial score against the wind. It lifted Kilmoyley but they in turn were undone by a Lixnaw goal. It resulted from a careless clearance by John B. O'Halloran which was intercepted. The ball eventually finished up with Shane Conway , his attempt at goal was dealt with but the rebound came to John Griffin, quietly efficient all day, and he delicately dispatched it to the net. It gave them a four point lead at the break. It was the least they deserved but inaccuracy and a reluctance to commit more players forward while playing with that strong breeze handicapped them.
Lixnaw started very strongly in the second half with points from play from the dancing dervish, Shane Conway, and elder statesman, brother Mike. At this stage of his career Mike's brain is too agile for his knees but that craft remains which ensures that opposing players have to chaperone him at all times. At this stage , against the breeze , Lixnaw were beginning to dominate. Michael Quilter was invincible in the full back line, Pat Corridan was too wily for Jordan Brick, Brian McAuliffe was emerging as the best midfielder on display and up front the aforementioned Conway boys were in cahoots with the industrious Ricky Heffernan , all ensured that matters were going to be very uncomfortable for Kilmoyley. But as in the first half, Kilmoyley produced an unexpected goal. A high delivery from Jordan Brick found too few Lixnaw defenders at home. Maurice O'Connor secured that delivery, smartly rounded his man and shook the net. It was worth more than three points because Killmoyley now realised that the door had not slammed shut yet. James Godley and Sean Nolan drove forward from the back, Tom Murnane was becoming prominent in his new position of midfield while Daniel Collins pounced on any misdemeanours by converting most frees that came his way. Daniel scored 1-8 in all, 0-7 from frees. Still they were finding it difficult to penetrate . It looked that it could end in a draw but Shane Conway had other ideas. This mesmeric artist scored two points from play in those closing stages which were the equal of anything we have seen all year on TV. Inexplicably , he emerged from a scrum and danced his way hither and thither and struck true against the wind. Not bad, but lightning struck again. Shortly afterwards he reprised that effort. Unbelievable. Shane scored 0-13, five from play. Everything he did he did with the insouciance of a boy who knows he can play hurling on water. Of course, it is easy when the hurley is an extension of your arm. Surely, the boy and man of the match, with a contribution worthy of that accolade even if he finished on the losing side. Believe it or believe it not he nearly did!
Three minutes of extra time wss flagged. At about the sixty fourth or sixty fifth minute, Kilmoyley were awarded a long range free. When it dropped in Kllmoyley were awarded a penalty. Remember Lixaw are just two points up. A goal here and the year is transformed for both teams. The penalty is saved but the rebound is finished home. However, the goal does not count. Apparently, the referee blew up as soon as the penalty was saved. I can only assume that Daniel Collins was told he would have to score direct from the penalty. Talk about a game of inches. More appropriate to talk about a game of seconds.
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Post by Mickmack on Aug 26, 2018 17:40:16 GMT
The ref was Fergal Horgan who reffered the 2017 all ireland final when Galway beat Waterford.
Thanks for the great match report Veteran. Lixnaw deserved to win going by the radio at any rate.
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Post by peanuts on Aug 26, 2018 17:57:47 GMT
The ref was Fergal Horgan who reffered the 2017 all ireland final when Galway beat Waterford. Thanks for the great match report Veteran. Lixnaw deserved to win going by the radio at any rate. Being reported in the examiner now that referee was apparently assaulted after the game.
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Post by buck02 on Aug 27, 2018 11:13:17 GMT
Last time Lixnaw beat Kilmoyley Paul Galvin got a belt of a hurl from a fella who came in from the sideline.
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Post by buck02 on Sept 7, 2018 20:07:57 GMT
Tom Murnane has had a 48 week ban proposed arising from the events after the final whistle of the county final.
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