Final hopes
They say a week is a long time in politics but two weeks in the build-up to an All-Ireland has given Kerry senior football manager Jack O’Connor renewed hope that his trio of injured stars will be available to play some role in the All-Ireland Final. Kerry face Donegal once again in an All-Ireland Final after defeating Jim McGuinness’ team back in the final in 2014.
Speaking after Kerry’s convincing victory over Tyrone in the semi-final on Saturday evening, Jack O’Connor offered positive news on the potential fitness of Paul Geaney, Tom O’Sullivan and Diarmuid O’Connor for the All-Ireland Final clash on Sunday July 27.
“Yeah, Paul, again in an emergency could have been put in today, we just would’ve wanted to make sure he didn’t have a reoccurrence of the injury. I think he’ll certainly be available to play in the final. Play some part in the final at least. Tom is giving himself a big chance of being available. Whether that transpires or not I couldn’t tell you, but he’s giving himself a chance. And Diarmuid is tipping away and hoping to get into the fray, he’s done bits and pieces since the Cavan game. So, I wouldn’t rule any of the three of them out now.”
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Exciting weekend on the water
Cromane was the venue on Saturday evening for the fifth regatta of the season and it basked in glorious sunshine with a fantastic entry and the Seine Boat battle of the year so far.
The Minor Boys was a brilliant race with three crews in a titanic battle all the way from the turning buoys with Sneem coming out on top much to the delight of their cox Paul Breen.
Sneem continued on with a clean sweep performance in the senior men in the second race. The U14 Girls from Cahersiveen took the honours in the third race of the day and Sive backed up their win last week in the U16 Boys race. The Senior Ladies was a fascinating race with Valentia taking first ahead of Caherdaniel and Sneem. The U14 Mix race was won by Valentia ahead of Sive and Cromane. The Minor Girls race turned out to be a classic with Valentia taking the honours just ahead of Sive and Cromane.
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