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Post by diego on Oct 11, 2024 19:29:03 GMT
The search for the Jack Murphy begins on Valentia Island tomorrow. The locals might fancy their chance of an upset on their own territory, could be a close one.
The town start as clear overall favourites again. Tricky opening round on Sunday though against one of the few clubs to lower their colours in recent years in the local championship.
QF1 Valentia 1-10 St Michael's/Foilmore 1-13 - played on Saturday, October 12th at 3.30pm in Chapeltown
QF2 St Mary's 3-12 Skellig Rangers 0-10 - played on Sunday, October 13th at 1.30pm in Con Keating Park
QF3 Dromid Pearses 2-6 Waterville 0-8 - played on Saturday, October 19th at 3.30pm in Dromid
QF4 Renard 0-8 Sneem/Derrynane 1-6 - played on Saturday, October 26th at 3.30pm in Renard
SF1 Dromid Pearses 0-14 St Michael's/Foilmore 2-4 - played on Saturday, Nov 2nd at 2pm in Con Keating Park
SF2 St Mary's 2-15 Sneem/Derrynane 1-6 - played on Sunday, November 3rd at 2pm in Waterville
FINAL Dromid Pearses v St Mary's - Saturday, November 16th at 3pm in Renard
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Post by kerrysouth on Oct 12, 2024 6:55:39 GMT
Really looking forward to the matches hopefully the weather stays good for the weekend
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Post by clubman on Oct 14, 2024 7:37:09 GMT
Hard to see any team getting near St Marys this year, not that they are very good but the other teams have fallen away considerably.
I think Dromid have been in every final since 2017 but they are very depleted now and I dont think Graham is playing because of his injury,
Renard probably have the best chance of an upset but traditionally they struggle to get over the line against the Marys and Renard havent been in a SK final for 35 years so even getting to that stage would be an achievement.
Dromid/Waterville could be close, they drew in the county league and i wouldnt rule it out again.
Renard at home should have too much for Sneem/Derrynane
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Post by chancer on Oct 20, 2024 9:06:13 GMT
The 3rd quarter final of the Walsh's SuperValu South Kerry senior football championship took place yesterday in front of a large crowd at pairc an phiarsaigh.
Dromid were first on the score sheet via a Chris Farley free, then Donagh 'shine' O'Sullivan made a penetrating run through the 'caseys' defence and offloaded to Graham O'Sullivan who drove a powerful shot past Jack O'Shea the Waterville goalkeeper. Waterville who were looking for their first championship win over Dromid in ten years replied with an Adam O'Dwyer free. Chris Farley with another pointed free extended the dromid lead to 1-2 to a point, Waterville closed out the first half scoring with pointed frees from Adam and Barry O'Dwyer to leave the hosts with a two point advantage.
The second half began with a Graham O'Sullivan long range effort which was tipped over the bar, then came the game clinching score, Niall O'Se offloaded to the industrious Michael Sheehan who found the on rushing Sean O'Se who then blasted the ball to the back of the net. Waterville to their credit battled on and Jack Curran scored an excellent long range point - Their only point from play on the day, followed by two Barry O'Dwyer frees left three points between the sides again. Chris Farley tagged on two more pointed frees to give the Pearses some breathing space, Graham O'Sullivan then boomed over a fantastic point from the right wing which was certainly the score of the day. Waterville finished out the scoring with Jamie O'Sullivan and Barry O'Dwyer placed balls. Full time score
Dromid 2-6
Waterville 8 points
As the old saying goes, goals win games. Graham O'Sullivan Gave a man of the match performance and was assisted by his midfield partner Sean O'Se the dromid midfield accounted for 2-2 out of the 2-6 (Chris Farley supplied the rest via placed balls). Dromid were hampered by the loss of Donagh 'Shine' O'Sullivan half way through the first half due to injury and will be sweating on his fitness for the semi final next week.
Dromid join St.Mary's and St.Michaels/Foilmore in the semis and will be joined by either Sneem/Derrynane or Reenard today. Based on the evidence so far it's St.Marys to lose.
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Post by diego on Oct 20, 2024 10:08:18 GMT
Match in Renard today called off due to the orange weather warning.
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Post by horsebox77 on Oct 20, 2024 10:42:07 GMT
The 3rd quarter final of the Walsh's SuperValu South Kerry senior football championship took place yesterday in front of a large crowd at pairc an phiarsaigh. Dromid were first on the score sheet via a Chris Farley free, then Donagh 'shine' O'Sullivan made a penetrating run through the 'caseys' defence and offloaded to Graham O'Sullivan who drove a powerful shot past Jack O'Shea the Waterville goalkeeper. Waterville who were looking for their first championship win over Dromid in ten years replied with an Adam O'Dwyer free. Chris Farley with another pointed free extended the dromid lead to 1-2 to a point, Waterville closed out the first half scoring with pointed frees from Adam and Barry O'Dwyer to leave the hosts with a two point advantage. The second half began with a Graham O'Sullivan long range effort which was tipped over the bar, then came the game clinching score, Niall O'Se offloaded to the industrious Michael Sheehan who found the on rushing Sean O'Se who then blasted the ball to the back of the net. Waterville to their credit battled on and Jack Curran scored an excellent long range point - Their only point from play on the day, followed by two Barry O'Dwyer frees left three points between the sides again. Chris Farley tagged on two more pointed frees to give the Pearses some breathing space, Graham O'Sullivan then boomed over a fantastic point from the right wing which was certainly the score of the day. Waterville finished out the scoring with Jamie O'Sullivan and Barry O'Dwyer placed balls. Full time score Dromid 2-6 Waterville 8 points As the old saying goes, goals win games. Graham O'Sullivan Gave a man of the match performance and was assisted by his midfield partner Sean O'Se the dromid midfield accounted for 2-2 out of the 2-6 (Chris Farley supplied the rest via placed balls). Dromid were hampered by the loss of Donagh 'Shine' O'Sullivan half way through the first half due to injury and will be sweating on his fitness for the semi final next week. Dromid join St.Mary's and St.Michaels/Foilmore in the semis and will be joined by either Sneem/Derrynane or Reenard today. Based on the evidence so far it's St.Marys to lose. I seen Graham play midfield with both club and South Kerry a few times, and was always impressed. Primarily link play, passing ability and direct running.... I'd love to see him get a crack at midfield for the county for a game or two. Might not work out or be the answer, but I's love to at least see it trialed. |
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Post by kerryblueboy on Oct 20, 2024 13:42:31 GMT
I would have Graham at 6 next season goes forward well can score and is disciplined in defence
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Post by kerrysouth on Oct 22, 2024 10:05:37 GMT
Predict a St Mary’s Dromid final with little to choose between them but there could be a surprise pairing yet
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Post by jerryewe on Oct 23, 2024 15:31:25 GMT
What would the likelihood of Bally/Foilmore winning be? Poor results all year but in Jack Clifford & Ian O’ Sullivan they have young players with pedigree who could step up to the plate. They are also scorers which is a huge thing in a championship which could be decided on a bad day with low scoring
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Post by clubman on Oct 24, 2024 11:00:20 GMT
Bally/Foilmore should really have beaten Dromid in last years semi final. I expected them to push on this year but they had a woeful county league and could have lost to Valentia in the first round.
Hard to know, i think at this stage people are sick of looking at Marys and Dromid in the final although the board has somehow managed to keep them apart in semi finals for years now.
This would be 8 years in a row if they avoid each other in the semi finals 😶
Dromid are very low on numbers, Dylan Donoghue, Shane and Niall Connor, Cian Shea, Kealan Farley, Kevin Sheehan, Gearoid Jackie are all abroad, Thomas Curran tore his cruciate earlier in the year, Kevin O Shea retired. Thats almost a team in itself.
Donagh Shine ended up in hospital in Cork after the game with Waterville after a nasty head injury, not sure if he will be playing again this year.
St Marys arent exactly bursting at the seems either with numbers but have a very solid and experienced 15 with Sheehan leading them. Hard to see anyone beating them this year imo
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Post by jerryewe on Oct 24, 2024 12:26:25 GMT
Bryan Sheehan deserves a lot of credit to still be playing with the Mary’s considering there are not as competitive at intermediate & co. League level as they were before. Would be very easy to sail off into the sunset at his age and considering all the football he has played between school, club, division & county. It can’t be easy on the body.
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Post by clubman on Oct 24, 2024 14:36:53 GMT
Bryan Sheehan deserves a lot of credit to still be playing with the Mary’s considering there are not as competitive at intermediate & co. League level as they were before. Would be very easy to sail off into the sunset at his age and considering all the football he has played between school, club, division & county. It can’t be easy on the body. Absolutely. It can be very risky to keep going into your forties as the body doesnt heal or take the hits as it used to, as mentioned above Curran got a very serious injury in a county league game finishing his football and putting him out of work for several months. Aidan Dash is still lining out for Portmagee, Micheal Sheehan played last week for Dromid. Im sure Ronan Hussey will be playing for Sneem/Derrynane next weekend. All lads in their forties and im sure theres more that ive forgot but I give alot of credit to these fellas that keep the show on the road for the rural clubs |
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Post by jerryewe on Oct 24, 2024 20:44:03 GMT
Bryan Sheehan deserves a lot of credit to still be playing with the Mary’s considering there are not as competitive at intermediate & co. League level as they were before. Would be very easy to sail off into the sunset at his age and considering all the football he has played between school, club, division & county. It can’t be easy on the body. Absolutely. It can be very risky to keep going into your forties as the body doesnt heal or take the hits as it used to, as mentioned above Curran got a very serious injury in a county league game finishing his football and putting him out of work for several months. Aidan Dash is still lining out for Portmagee, Micheal Sheehan played last week for Dromid. Im sure Ronan Hussey will be playing for Sneem/Derrynane next weekend. All lads in their forties and im sure theres more that ive forgot but I give alot of credit to these fellas that keep the show on the road for the rural clubs It’s important to note that all the names listed would have played with their clubs when they were operating at a higher level than they are now. They deserve a lot of credit for that when it would be very easy to step away and not be dealing with the hassle of playing & training. |
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Post by 1955 on Oct 26, 2024 20:18:07 GMT
How did renard lose today. Any reports
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Post by diego on Oct 27, 2024 10:41:54 GMT
How did renard lose today. Any reports As the scoreline suggests it could have gone either way but Sneem/Derrynane were probably just the better team on the day. Had a defensive set up that Renard never managed to break down apart from long range efforts by Mark Sugrue. Maybe they could have deployed Mark in the full forward earlier in the game to give support to Sean Teahan who never really got in to the game. The winners had very good individual performers that swung the day for them, especially Tadhg O'Sullivan in the half back line, Ciaran O'Sullivan at midfield who was probably man of the match and who chipped in with 2 points from play (although there was some debate about whether they were inside the post), Ian Galvin who won a load of ball in the forward line and kicked the winning score in to injury time, and Oisin Breen who scored 1-1 in the first half and was a constant threat and set up the winning score at the end. The draw was made afterwards and went along predictable lines with the Marys and Dromid kept apart again. |
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Post by mg72 on Oct 27, 2024 11:45:24 GMT
How did renard lose today. Any reports As the scoreline suggests it could have gone either way but Sneem/Derrynane were probably just the better team on the day. Had a defensive set up that Renard never managed to break down apart from long range efforts by Mark Sugrue. Maybe they could have deployed Mark in the full forward earlier in the game to give support to Sean Teahan who never really got in to the game. The winners had very good individual performers that swung the day for them, especially Tadhg O'Sullivan in the half back line, Ciaran O'Sullivan at midfield who was probably man of the match and who chipped in with 2 points from play (although there was some debate about whether they were inside the post), Ian Galvin who won a load of ball in the forward line and kicked the winning score in to injury time, and Oisin Breen who scored 1-1 in the first half and was a constant threat and set up the winning score at the end. The draw was made afterwards and went along predictable lines with the Marys and Dromid kept apart again. Oisín Breen is a fine footballer. I've seen a lot of him all the way up. He has been concentrating on playing soccer with Kerry for the last few years. I think he's still under 20 next year. If he gave it a lash, he'd be a great addition to Tomás and the team. |
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Post by clubman on Oct 28, 2024 11:16:12 GMT
Great win for Sneem/Derrynane, small bit of a surprise but not that big a shock after. Renard have a habit of underperforming in the sk championship and as i mentioned previously, they havent made a final since the late eighties.
Dromid and BallyFoilmore next saturday in the Con Keating park, could go either way, Bally should probably have won this same clash a year ago only for a late Dromid penalty.
Sneem/Derrynane are rewarded with a semi final clash against current champions and favourites St Marys, thats on in Waterville on Sunday
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Post by kerrysouth on Oct 31, 2024 6:44:55 GMT
Sheen /Derrynane will be delighted with their progress Dromid v Ballyfoilmore is too close to call
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Post by jerryewe on Oct 31, 2024 13:40:47 GMT
Both semi finals are going to be streamed on clubber
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Post by clubman on Nov 3, 2024 17:31:26 GMT
Piarsaigh na Dromoda: 0-14(14)
St.Michael's/Foilmore: 2-4(10)
Honestly the scoreline doesnt reflect the game at all. Dromid were light years ahead in all departments, i fancied this to be a close game but it never ever looked likely. Two late goals for Bally and the fact that Dromid took the foot off the gas halfways through the first half makes the scoreboard look far more respectable for Bally than they deserve.
Theres not a whole pile to reflect on here, Graham did well enough, Niall Connor was good around the middle for Dromid as well and their forwards had the beating of their men even if they left several chances after them in the first half.
Its some drop in fortunes for Bally, not a many lot of years ago they held their own for a few years in the senior championship and sat comfortably in Division 1. Im not sure what the split is in terms of Ballinskelligs/Foilmore players but they are below in division 5 again, numbers dont seem to be an issue but they cant seem to put anything together at all
St Marys: 2-15(21)
Sneem Derrynane: 1-6(9)
Another lopsided affair, Sneem/Derrynane started brightly but ran out of steam very quickly, they lacked a focal point up front and kicked several wasted balls into the arms of Marys defenders. Marys were their usual selves in sk championship. They held the ball well and picked off points at their ease, Darren Casey got motm and popped up with some lovely scores from corner back. Sheehan of course dictated play from the back and kicked some nice frees
Yet another St Marys/Dromid final, thats seven of the last 8 by my count, thats not including a replay that was thrown in there somewhere, they must be well sick of looking at each other now in finals.
I really didnt think Dromid were going to challenge this year but they do look like the only team capable of upsetting the Marys. Heightwise they are lacking but they have a great attitude and wont be found wanting for effort.
Marys for me still hold all the aces and id still tip them to win.
Apparently the final is on in Renard in 2 weeks, not sure Renard have ever hosted a final so maybe i might have heard that wrong
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Post by kerrysouth on Nov 4, 2024 13:11:50 GMT
Another Mary’s v Dromid final to look forward to should be a great battle again really looking forward to it should be close
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