Sunday saw Kerry’s representatives for the Munster Matchplay Finals in Tralee on the weekend of May 21st confirmed as a total of 17 Kerry male players will be in action in the three grades.
The Senior section was led by Tralee’s Alan Hobbart on 13 under par, four clear of Deerpark’s Damien Fleming as another Tralee player, Jason O’Regan was next on eight under par. Listowel’s Chris Gibney had seven under with John McGrath of Deerpark on six under par. Michael Conway of Tralee and Castleisland’s James Dignan both came in with five under par as another Castleisland player, Aidan O’Connor as well as Jason Cregan both had three under par.
The final two senior spots for Kerry were to Tony Blake of Tralee on two over while Listowel’s Declan McCarron beat Tralee’s Eamon Sheehy on countback for the final spot after both shot three over par. In the Intermediate Section Tralee’s Gavin Carroll led the way on seven under par with the other Kerry qualifiers in this section all shooting two under par. Deerpark duo James Fleming and Adam Kelly along with Tralee’s Keith O’Brien all registered that total in qualifying.
The two Junior spots went to Tralee as David Hobbert shot five over while Mark O’Regan had +11 beating Daniel Kelly of Deerpark on countback for the spot. Last Friday meanwhile saw the Munster Secondary Schools Competition take place as the four Kerry schools that qualified for the National Finals all finished between second and fifth in the final standings. The St Brendans Killarney B team of Brian McCarthy, Nathan Cronin and Daniel Kelly finished on 333, five off the winning score posted by Midelton CBS.
The St Brendans D team of Ryan Neeson, Alex O’Callaghan and Dara O’Shea finished third on 334 as the St Brendans A side of Robbie Harnett, Fintan Martin and Noah Sexton came fourth on 336. St Michaels Listowel’s A team of Trevin Chute, Jack Enright and Ciaran Feely finished five on countback with a score of 340 just ahead of St Francis College Rochestown. All four Kerry schools will compete in the National Finals on Friday May 19th in Athgarvan, Co Kildare.
This weekend sees the first Scratch Cups of the year in the county take place in Deerpark. The Munster Scotch Foursomes also take place in Bruff as we wish the Tralee players involved in both days of play the very best of luck. The Bob Casey memorial Inter-Club Strokeplay also gets underway in Deerpark next Tuesday evening May 16th.
Further details will be provided to the clubs regarding the Bob Casey in due course.
