CONGRATULATIONS to Gavin White, Miceal Burns & David Shaw, members of Kerry panel who defeated Tipperary on Sat. last. Tony Brosnan is also a member of panel but was not considered due to injury. Also to Cian McMahon who played a star role in the  Kerry Minors 2020 All Ireland s/final victory over Roscommon, Harry Byrnes & Liam Randles were also members of the panel. Best wishes to all in next weekends Final. 

CREDIT UNION CO. HURLING LEAGUE DIV. 1 Ballyduff 0-20 Dr Crokes 2-08 Dr Crokes Senior Hurlers continued their Credit Union County Senior Hurling League Division 1 campaign with a trip to Ballyduff on Sunday last. After a win against Kilgarvan in the last game, they were keen to build on the momentum. Despite a growing injury list the team acquitted themselves well and can be proud of their efforts.  

Crokes started brightly and contested well all over the field. Declan Hickey scored a fantastic point from a sideline cut before Ballyduff responded with 4 unanswered points. Crokes responded with a free and a 65 from Mark Heffernan to leave the score 0-4 to 0-3 at the first half water break. 

The fullback line of Anthony Keogh, Mike Milner and Patrick Crehan were very strong at this stage and prevented a few goals. Garry O Connor got on a  lot of ball and used it wisely. 

Jack Linehan started to grow into the game and won a free which Mark Heffernan slotted over to level the scores. Ballyduff again put a run of scores together to open up a 5 point gap, some missed chances for Crokes during this period were costly. Just before half time David Carroll burst through the Ballyduff rearguard and put a rocket of a shot in the corner of the Ballyduff net to leave the half time score as Ballyduff 0-9 Crokes 1-4. 

Crokes started the 2nd half brightly and Mark Heffernan narrowed the gap to the minimum before Ballyduff started to get on top of the 50/50 challenges and began to stretch the game. Crokes began to settle again and Declan Hickey scored a point from distance to leave the score at the water break Ballyduff 0-15 Crokes 1-6 

Crokes continued battling hard although will rue a missed goal opportunity which the Ballyduff keeper managed to clear off the line. Some good work by Ciarán Kennedy by the end line led to a point from a 65. Aodán Burns and Jack Linehan combined well to win a free which Mark Heffernan converted before a brilliant block by Cathal White led to Jack Linehan scoring a goal to leave just 4 points between the sides with 5 minutes left. Crokes played with lots of spirit and endeavoured to close the gap further. A few long balls into the square  

were cleared by the Ballyduff defence however and they tagged on 2 points in injury time to leave the final score Ballyduff 0-20 Dr. Crokes 2-8. 

The Dr Crokes Junior hurlers got the first win of their 2021 Credit Union County Senior Hurling League Division 3  campaign against St Pats East Kerry on Wednesday night. 

The game was played at the Fossa Community Field, with the added wind factor making the game a tricky affair. 

Crokes led by 4 at half time. After conceding an early goal, we battled hard with a goal coming from the stick of Dara Tangney. 

Dr Crokes were the better in the early stages of the second half, and reeled off a couple of scores but frees kept St Pats in the game to the death. Our defence stood strong in the closing stages to ensure we came away with our first points of the campaign, winning by 2 points in the end, 2-12 to 1-13 

Next up for Dr Crokes B is a home tie against Duagh  in Dr. Crokes Grounds on Wednesday week, July 21st. 

U20 CO. LEAGUE we received a second walkover in this competition on Saturday last, one would have to pose the question is Saturday @ 4pm an appropriate time to play this competition. 

FIXTURES SFL Div 1 V Kilcummin Friday 16th @ 7.30pm Div 2 V NA GAEL Sun July 18th 2pm, Div. 6 V Tousist Sun. July 18th 

COISTE NA OG Academy: We will be taking a break shortly but we will announce it so watch social media etc. For now we continue with Hurling from 10 to 10.45 and Football from 10.45 until 12. We welcome boys and girls from the Killarney parish from ages 4 to 11. Contact John 087 234 8824 

Our Under 9 footballers took part in some Go Games against Glenflesk during the week at Barradubh Community Pitch. There was some great skill on show and more importantly there was great fun. A big thanks to Glenflesk for hosting us adding to the occasion. 

Our U13 continued their good form with wins against na Gaeil. They went through their group unbeaten and so topped their County League division well done lads! 

LGFA Hard luck to Kayleigh Cronin & her Kerry team-mates who lost out by a single point to Galway in Rd 1 of the TG4 All Ireland Senior Football Championship opener on Friday last.   

Our Senior ladies made it two wins out of two in their Donal Curtin Group 2 game with a good performance v ISG Kenmare on Monday evening at home.  Final score Dr Crokes 2-11 ISG 2-5 

Our U16 girls travelled to Kenmare to take on the same opposition on Tuesday evening.  It was not a great evening out for our girls on a damp night - they lost out by 6-10 to ISG 4-11 

Our Minor girls & U12 girls both hosted in Dr Crokes GAA Grounds on Friday evening last.  Our Minors were missing a number of key players but, assisted by a number of our U16s, they put in a tremendous team performance to take the win over MKL Gaels. Final score Dr Crokes 3-13 MKL Gaels 1-6. 

Our U12s had a fine win on the same evening, overcoming Laune Rangers B with a big score on the night. 

Fixtures: Mon, 12 July Senior Ladies at home to Fossa & U16 girls home to Austin Stacks. Both games @ 7.30pm. 

Friday, 16 July Minor Ladies at home to Legion @ 7.30pm 

MEMBERSHIP ONLINE MEMBERSHIP IS NOW DUE .  All memberships are now due, all players & coaches will have to have paid before return to play from today as only registered members can enter the playing pitches all registration is online only, using clubforce with this link

https://member.clubforce.com/memberships_cart_m.asp?LL_ID=734&intMF_ID=7826#Anchor 

Also we are asking all members to download the clubforce app for team notifications using the following links if you already have the App log in again  

https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/mcf/id1270809419 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.girt.ebadism.mcf 

LOTTO draw took place on Monday July 12th Numbers drawn 1 2 15 24  7 patrons matched 3 numbers John Quirke c/o Chris, Tim Healy, Billy Hennigan, Vince Cooper, Cormac o`Shea c/o Enda, Majella O`Lionard, each receive €60. Jackpot for draw on July 19th will be €6,500 

We are calling on all members to support our weekly lotto as this represents one of the main sources of revenue for the club. With activity likely to recommence on the fields over the next few weeks we need people’s support to maintain our facilities in Lewis Road. We have made a number of alterations to make things easier for members to play the easiest one being to play it online by following the link below And follow instructions attached

https://play.clubforce.com/play_newa.asp#Anchor

DR. CROKES SHOP you can now shop worldwide new selection of Jackets, gilets masks and snoods and other items. Shop online https/drcrokesshop.com 

GOLF CLASSIC.will be held on Thurs/Fri July 29th /30th. €300 per team of four. Tee boxes may also be sponsored cost €100. Further details from Vince Casey. 

MAJOR CHALLENGE.. We will be holding final Challenge on Open Championship beginning on 15th -18th July. €2,000 in prizes. Cards are with usual sellers or can be played online. https://member.clubforce.com/memberships_cart_m.asp?LL_ID=2545&intMF_ID=8737#Anchor