COMMISERATIONS to  Charlie Keating and Kerry Minor Footballers on their defeat by Cork. 

CREDIT UNION CO. LEAGUE DIV. 1  In a highly entertaining  local derby game on Saturday last finished level but it took 4 injury time points from Dr. Crokes to get the result. 

Spa started the brighter and led 1 01 to 0 00 Goal coming from Liam Kearney Brian Looney opened Crokes account with a goal C.Tobin and Jordan Kiely swapped Minors when Spa struck for another goal at this stage Crokes backing was at sixes and sevens with a number of mismatches Kieran O Leary and debutant Tom Doyle narrowed the gap with Gary Vaughan adding a Spa point to leave score at first Water break 2 03 to 1 03 

On resumption Spa we're in acceptance with Tobin point and a David Spillane goal 

Kiely with 2 points narrowed gap leaving score at half time 3 04 to 1 05. 

On resumption OLeary and Spillane swapped Minors with Looney with a second goal brought Crokes back into contention. 

Both sides had periods of dominance in this half with Spa leading by 4 with 28 mins played but those 2 warriors O'Leary and Looney (3) got those vital scores in injury time. 

Fixtures Co. U20 league Legion v Dr. Crokes Sat 4pm (A). 

GARVEYS SENIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIPDR CROKES 0-17 ABBEYDORNEY 0-18

Dr Crokes went down by the narrowest of margins in our opening of the Garvey’s County Senior Hurling Championship. 

In what was a historic day for Dr Crokes, centre forward David Carroll wrote his name into the Crokes history books, scoring our first point at senior level after 3 minutes.  

We trailed by 2 points at the water break, 0-5 to 0-3, with a Mark Heffernan free and a fine point from midfielder Jack Lenihan. 

Abbeydorney also won the second quarter 5 points to 3, with 3 pointed free’s from Heffernan keeping us in contention. 

The full back line, led by captain Mike Milner were inspirational and kept the main Abbeydorney strike force at bay. Cathal White and Shane Lyne with some vital turnovers at critical times for Crokes. We trailed 10 points to 6 at the interval. 

An early free and 2 quickfire points after the break meant Abbeydorney were suddenly into a 7 point lead and on a team’s debut at Senior level you might think that was to be that. But the mindset of this Crokes side is to fight the fight. 3 points from Mark Heffernan, 2 from frees and a Tom Doyle score from range left it 16 points to 10 at the second water break. 

Midfield pairing of Jack Lenihan and Declan Hickey stepped up and won a high percentage of puck outs in the middle of the park, with the assistance of centre back Colm Ó Cuív. 

A determined fightback in the final quarter saw us finish the stronger, winning it by 7 points to 2. 

Dave Carroll slotted over his second point of the game, half time substitute Aaron Murphy with 1, Goalkeeper Conor Bohane with a free from distance and 4 from Mark Heffernan saw us trailing by just one point in the final minute of injury time. 

But, that was to be it, Abbeydorney won the final puck out and the comeback fell just short at the death. 

But it really was a spirited fightback from the Crokes side who will take positive into next weeks clash against Crotta O Neills. We know only a win will do if we are to progress from the group stages and into the quarterfinals. 

Final score: Abbeydorney 0-18 Dr Crokes 0-17 

Team and scorers: 

Conor Bohane (0-1), Cathal White, Mike Milner (c), Patrick Crehan, Gary O Connor, Colm Ó CuÍv, Shane Lyne, Jack Lenihan (0-1) Declan Hickey, Tom Doyle(0-1), David Carroll (0-2), Ciaran Kennedy, Mark Heffernan (0-11, 9F), Michael Lenihan, Rob Ryan. Subs used: Aaron Murphy (0-1), Rory Waters. 

 A tremendous display by the lads, who now look forward to round 2 game v Crotta O`Neills Friday August 6th in Austin Stack Park. 

COISTE NA OG  Academy the Academy is taking a break for a few weeks. We will have details of  it's return soon.  

Summer camp this is on from 18th to 20th of August. Contact John or Gene details on social media  

U9s had go games against Beaufort this week. We play Milltown Town at home on Tuesday at 7 30.  

Dr Crokes U 15 A 4-08 Beaufort 2-12..Dr Crokes recorded a win in round 1 of the East Kerry in a sporting competive game v Beaufort tonight played in Lewis Road . After a hesitant start the Crokes boys after the first water break played really good attractive combined football to build a lead that they never relinquished despite playing against a strong breeze in the second half and all the lads dug deep to record a 2 point win.Thanks to Beaufort for a really competitive sporting game . A minute silence in memory of the late Thomas Healy was observed by both teams prior to the game as Thomas would have played with many of the Crokes boys in various teams and was very popular and very sadly missed by the boys .Round 2 of the East Kerry league is away to Scart Cordal next Wednesday evening .Very well done to all the boys tonight on a great start to the campaign .. 

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 August  2nd  Numbers drawn 2 10 12 16   20 patrons matched 3 numbers . Each receive €25Jackpot for draw on August 9th will be €7,400. 

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 

GOLF CLASSIC we had a wonderful turnout for our Annual Golf Classic on Thurs/Friday last. sponsored by Charlie Foleys Bar.  Thank you to all who entered teams and sponsored tee boxes and prizes, to Killarney Golf & Fishing Club for the use of their facilities. 

Results 1st Team Kelly Bros. Martin Fleming(17) Liam O`Leary (17) Jerry O`Sullivan (10) Mike Quirke (16) 107 points 2nd Team GSH Joe Scally (12) Conor Kavanagh (12) Kieran Kavanagh (19) Brian Meighan (19)106pts  3rd Dalys Supervalue Seamie O'Connor (14) Paudie Lynch (18) Brendan Lynch (16) Pat Nagle (14).105 pts  4th DTS Trustee Services Katie O'Connell (22) Sheila Crowley (25) Bernie Galvin (28) Fiona Walsh (28) 104 pts 5th Brian O'Leary Auctioneers Brian O'Leary (16) John Horgan (20) Dan O'Connor (13) Teddy O`Sullivan (20) 104pts  6th Team Rose Hotel  Karl McMahon (13) Aidan O`Shea (8) Colm O`Shea (11)  Sinead O`Shea(14) 102pts  Raffle winners 1st Seamus O`Donoghue, 2nd Danny Lucey, 3rd Colm O`Shea. Special thank you to Maggie McAuliffe and her team of Ladies for selling raffle tickets,

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

BEST WISHES to former underage player David Kenny in his quest for Olympic Medal this week.