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KERRY'S EYE THIS WEEK - Published Thursday 6th March, 2014

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Jim O Gorman

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Savannah shines on International stage

The FAI International Football Awards were presented to the best players in all levels of international football, from the seniors to the underage stars, this week. And the great news for Kerry soccer was the award of the Under 17 International Women’s Player of the Year to Savannah McCarthy.

The Listowel Celtic star has been a fixture on the underage international team sheets for the last number of years and captained the U17s who were very unlucky not to make the finals of the Euros this season.

A very proud Dominic Scanlon, who coached Savannah at Listowel Celtic, echoed the feeling of the club.

“We are delighted for Savannah and it’s a well-deserved award. From her first days at the club, her talent was apparent and indeed she was the U12 Player of the Year when she was only nine. We are all looking forward to seeing her star with the Irish U19s this year.”

Martin Conway, chairman of the Kerry Schoolboys/Girls League said it was a great honour for the League. “We are delighted to see her continued success. It also a testament to the coaching Savannah received at Listowel Celtic and in the county set-up.”

The star herself was thrilled with the award. “I was up against two great players in Megan Connolly and Keeva Keenan so I was thrilled to win. It was a great night for me and my parents to be in the company of all the great Irish players past and present. I want to pay a special tribute to all my coaches, at club, county and international level for all their support.”

Savannah flew to Spain this week for a training camp with the Irish U19 women’s team.

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Kerry turns to Brick as minor hurling manager

Ian Brick is set to be appointed to the post of Kerry Minor hurling manager. The former Kilmoyley and Kerry star has yet to be ratified by the County Board but he has already commenced preparations for Kerry’s Munster Minor Championship opener against Cork on April 9th.

The former Limerick hurler and Causeway senior trainer Ger Hegarty will also play a role in the Kerry backroom team. Kerry play Cork in Pairc Uí Rinn with the losers of that game due to play the losers of the Waterford v Clare encounter on either April 23rd or 30th. Kerry will also compete in an All-Ireland Minor competition later in the year as well as the Cork Minor League.

It was also confirmed this week that Kerry hurling captain John Egan looks likely to miss the remainder of Kerry’s Allianz League campaign. Egan had been in superb form and played a leading role in Kerry’s fantastic start to the League but the St Brendan’s man sustained the injury playing for IT Tralee in the Ryan Cup last week. Kerry travel to Mullingar to play their old rivals Westmeath on Sunday hoping to make it three wins out of three in the League.

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New management team

for Dr Croke’s

Dr Croke’s GAA Club have announced that their senior management team for the last two seasons have decided not to take up an offer from the club to extend their term in charge of the senior team. The club released a statement late on Monday evening.

The statement went on to thank Vince Casey, Noel O’Leary and Malachy Walsh for their work during one of the most successful two-year periods in the club’s history in which they won two Munster Club titles, two Kerry SFC titles, two Club Championships, a County League and two O’Donoghue Cups. However, despite all the success, it is understood from sources within the club that the departure of the management was precipitated by a decision taken at a players’ meeting last week. At this the majority of senior squad players voted in favour of a change of a management for 2014.

Dr Croke’s are still reeling from losing two All-Ireland Club semi-finals in a row and also from losing their star player, Colm Cooper, for the rest of this year. The search for a new management team is now on and a number of names enter the frame, though many have privately indicated that they are not interested. They include former managers, Pat O’Shea, Harry O’Neill and John Galvin, along with former All-Ireland Club Championship winner, Connie Murphy, who managed the Kerry Junior side. A dark horse might well be the recently-retired Kerry senior star Eoin Brosnan, who might well work alongside an experienced coach, a structure which could enable him to continue playing.

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Cooper looks forward to Cheltenham

Tralee’s Bryan Cooper is looking forward to the four-day Cheltenham extravaganza of racing that starts on Tuesday next and there will be a mass exodus of punters from the Kingdom to see if can Bryan beat last year’s tally of three winners.

Cooper himself is not getting over excited. “I am going to approach Cheltenham this year in the same way as I approached last year. I have some good rides, I might have a winner, and then again I may not. I don’t think there is any good in going in with a different approach as I had such a good Cheltenham last year; I am not changing my approach. It is very competitive, everything has to go right, including luck on the day, but the main thing for me is to get there in one piece and for my mounts to get there fit and well and we will take it from there.”

Cooper looks a tempting wager at 16/1 to be the leading rider now that he has the might of Gigginstown behind him.

Cooper will not be Kerry’s only interest in the Festival, as Jim Culloty will have a couple of runners with Lord Windermere more than likely travelling after last year’s RSA success and Spring Heeled may well line up in the Kim Muir.

With Vitrix Gale is entered on Tuesday in the third race on the card, the Tralee syndicate from Rock Street and beyond may well be in the parade ring but it appears that the Crafty Butcher is not travelling for the sporting syndicate that includes former Co Board officer Michael McCarthy.

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