Historic hat trick
It was a contrasting weekend of celebrations and commiserations in the Kingdom. Abbeydorney created history by winning the club’s first three in a row of County SHC titles while the luckless Kerry Ladies senior football team suffered a crushing one point loss to Galway in Croke Park in what were extremely controversial circumstances.
Abbeydorney proved for the third year in a row that they are simply the best hurling team in the county right now. A ten point win over a talented young Ardfert side saw the Neilus Flynn Cup returning to Odorney. Abbeydorney will go on now to compete in Munster in November when they will travel to meet the Waterford Intermediate champions.
Speaking after their historic win manager Brian O’Donovan spoke about his team’s achievement.
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A perfect weekend for Kerry FC
When we were writing our Bank Holiday weekend previews last week we tentatively hoped that Kerry could take four points from their two matches and maintain their play off push. Not even the most optimistic Kerry FC supporter could have dreamed of a weekend where their team would win twice, score seven goals and concede none.
Monday evening’s victory over Cobh Ramblers in Mounthawk Park meant that Kerry moved up to 5th in the table and into a promotion play off spot. It also extended Kerry’s unbeaten home run to 10 games. Kerry FC have also moved on to 35 points this season which is already their highest total after four seasons in the league and they still have 10 games to play.
Now, that Kerry have reached the promotion playoff spots pressure will be on in the final 10 games of the season to try and maintain their place in the top five. After Kerry’s wonderful away win in Wicklow on Friday the hosts took a little bit of time to settle.
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