Simply the Best
Hopes were high that David Clifford and Jack O’Connor might win individual honours at the RTE Sport awards on Saturday night. David Clifford missed out on the Sportsperson of the Year award when Rory McIlroy was selected after winning the Grand Slam of Golf in a stellar year.
Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley won the Manager of the Year award ahead of Jack O’Connor. In a year however where Kerry won their 39th All-Ireland title this summer, seeing off Donegal in the final to bring the Sam Maguire Cup back to the Kingdom, alongside collecting the new Mícheál O Muircheartaigh Cup for the winners of the Allianz Football League trophy, the Kerry Senior Footballers were named RTÉ Sport Team of the Year.
Paul Murphy, Sean O’Shea and Joe O’Connor collected the award at the ceremony in Donnybrook which was broadcast live on RTE on Saturday night. Earlier on Saturday evening an experimental Kerry side had beaten Kildare in a challenge match in Newbridge. Jack O’Connor missed the game because he was in Dublin for the RTE Awards ceremony.
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Dynamos rout Classic in festive derby
Going into the Christmas break, Tralee Dynamos sit second in the Premier table, after securing another three points in emphatic fashion, with an 8-1 Tralee derby win over Classic FC at the Tim Counihan Community Astro last Wednesday night.
Dynamos set the tone early and went close inside four minutes when Cianan Cooney struck the crossbar, with Dave Townsend’s follow-up ruled out for offside. The opening goal arrived soon after when Cooney curled a low, powerful free-kick from outside the box into the bottom-right corner to make it 1-0.
The hosts continued to dominate and nearly doubled their lead when Ryan O’Driscoll rounded the keeper after a fine pass from Townsend, only to blaze over. Dynamos were not to be denied however, and on 11 minutes Cooney finished neatly after a well-worked move down the right to extend the lead to 2-0.
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