I know your probably all wondering where or what did she do with all those photos she took at Christmas I was experiencing a few technical difficulties, my laptop went to Frozen and refused to come back. I am now back hopefully on track and over the coming weeks I will catch up with all those photos I took and get them edited and up online.
Thanks for all your patience happy new year one and all. Hilary (pro)
Castleisland have pulled out of Divison 2 of the MJL.
All of their results have been voided so only one team will be relegated. They have been struggling since the start of the season with heavy defeats most weeks.
So four games to go, two home and two away.
| 9th February 2020 | J1 vs Tralee | 2:30 pm | Away. | Munster Junior League |
| 16th February 2020 | J1 vs Fethard & District | 2:30 pm | Rathcooney | Munster Junior League |
| 15th March 2020 | J1 vs Dungarvan | 2:30 pm | Away. | Munster Junior League |
| 29th March 2020 | J1 vs Charleville | 2:30 pm | Rathcooney | Munster Junior League |
We play two of the current bottom three and two from the top seven, with the 15th of March game v Dungarvan the pivotal match.
“Colts” are under 21 and St.Bede’s are the school that a lot of the Marist players attended.
It’s all explained in the “Results” section.
At first glance, this might seem a good thing, but as things stand, all our nearest competitors have taken the Kerry side for bonus point wins, (5pt.).
There are at least five teams still in the running for the two promotion places.
Will this come back to bite us ?
See current table below.
The postponed Munster Junior League game against Castleisland, which was due to be played before Christmas, has been refixed for Sunday next.
The current table suggests an easy win for us, but with 5/6 teams still harbouring promotion ambitions, we can take nothing for granted.
BRENNAN (Cahergal): On December 29th, 2019, peacefully at home. GERARD (Gerry) (Retd. Garda Sergeant), beloved husband of Carol (née Lucy) and loving father of Alan, Brian and Adrian. Sadly missed by his loving wife and family, daughters-in-law, Nuala, Lorna and Sinead, grandchildren Maeve, Dylan, Daniel and Leah, brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces, relatives and friends.
Lying in repose at the Mayfield Funeral Home, Old Youghal Road of Jerh. O’Connor Ltd. Removal at 7.30pm on Monday evening to St. Joseph’s Church, Mayfield. Requiem Mass at 12 noon on Tuesday. Funeral afterwards to Rathcooney Cemetery.
“May he rest in peace”
Ar dheis Dé, go raibg a anam dílis.
You have heard of the Thriller in Manilla, the Rumble in the Jungle now prepare yourself for Committee v Coaches.
On Thursday the 26th of December at 12 noon Astro Turf pitch.
One not to be missed…
We are delighted to announce that our 2020 Munster Rugby School of Excellence is now open for bookings!
Due to the demand last year, we have now extended the Boys camp from one to two weeks and we also have our inaugural Girls School of Excellence which we are delighted about.
Full details are available on our website: https://www.munsterrugby.ie/munster-rugby-school-of-excellence/
Rockwell College Dates (Boys 13-16)
Monday 20th July to Friday 24th July 2020 or Monday 10th August to Friday 14th August 2020
Bandon Grammar School Dates (Girls 13-17)
Monday 27th July to Wednesday 29th July 2020
Early Bird prices until Friday 31st January 2020
Not just on holiday, the club is never far from my mind. I watched a pre-season training session on Wednesday. Some people might be interested in same.
I watched the Colt, (Under21), team from Marist Albion going through a session and it was a bit of an eye opener.
As far as I can figure out, their top team would third tier, (i.e. Junior), but they have another 6/7 teams including Ladies AND SOCIAL.
This was just a warm up session as the main work starts just after Christmas.
They began with a passing drill, (at a fierce pace), they then moved on to a short game of “Tip”, again the pace of this was scary.
The main part of the session then involved six “Stations”.
N0.1
No. 2
No.3
No.4
No.5
No pic here, but this involved the six foot tackle bags, lifted over the shoulder, then smashed into the ground and the player followed it to the ground.
No.6
The Coach doing the “Stations” was the former National coach of Portugal as well as having coached Honda in Japan, and he reckoned the water bags used in station one weighed about 25 Kgs.
Over to you Sob.
Weather has hit Kerry hard their pitches are unplayable therefore this week’s j1 away game is postponed.
