Finals Weekend
Only seven weekends after Sam Maguire returned to the Kingdom, we will learn the identity of three of the five Kerry Petroleum Club Championship winners this weekend as the Senior, Intermediate and Junior Premier will all be confirmed in Austin Stack Park.
The fact national TV cameras will be coming down for the Senior Club decider between Dr Crokes and Na Gaeil adds another air of significance to the occasion as TG4 will broadcast the 3.30pm senior encounter on Sunday live.
It is Na Gaeil’s first appearance in a senior competition final only four years after they came up from the Intermediate ranks - this year itself marks 15 years since they started their rise up the ranks with a Novice Championship success in 2010. Dr Crokes will be highly fancied to retain their title however and put themselves on standby for the Munster Senior Club Championship later this year pending the result of the County SFC. The Intermediate decider which takes place as the first part of the double header at 1pm will draw as much interest as Fossa face the first team they played as an Intermediate club back in 2023, in An Ghaeltacht.
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Historic All-Ireland treble for Kerry handballers
Kerry Handballers John Joe Quirke and Dominic Lynch created a unique piece of handball history in Croke Park at the weekend when they won the All-Ireland Masters Hardball Championship adding to the All-Ireland titles they won earlier in the season.
The Glenbeigh players achieved the unique treble having already won the Masters 60x30 and 40x20 titles, a feat just a handful of players have achieved over the past half century. On Sunday, the Kerry side had the better exchanges with the Cork duo of Donnacha O’Dea and Jamie O’Donnell, 21-7 and 21-2.
“We were delighted to win the title and came into the game as underdogs following Cork’s impressive victories over Roscommon and Dublin. We played well with John Joe hitting some great shots on the right side of the court while I looked after all the shots on the left side. We used the court to our advantage with all the training over the past few weeks paying off. We were always aware where we were on the court and it was a great team effort,” Dominic Lynch told Kerry’s Eye Sport. On Saturday in Talbots Inch, Co. Kilkenny four teams battled it out on the court in the group stages of the competition with the winners of the two groups qualifying for the All-Ireland final in the magnificent Handball Centre in Croke Park on Sunday.
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