WEEKLY NOTES
First XVDivision 2 Champions 2007/08
The full league table can be found on the Munster Rugby site. Select Munster Junior League and Division 2 All Division 2 Fixtures and results or visit the First XV page for all the Tralee results and match reports |
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Table Quiz, 17th April
The Ladies Rugby Team is organising a fundraising / fun-filled Table Quiz in the Mall Tavern on Thursday, 17th April 2008 @ 8:00pm. Mick Galwey kindly turned up in support of the girls' efforts and agreed to present the prizes Tables of 4 cost just €30 and Niamh Dempsey tells me that there are loads of spot prizes on offer. Report with pictures |
Thank You from Brian "Tigger" O'Dowd"I would like to thank all the girls for the hard work they put in over the past year. Their dedication and commitment was second to none and their results throughout the season proved that. Trish has been an inspirational captain and I thank her for her support; I must also thank Jack O'Driscoll, Mags Hayes, Der O'Sullivan and David Condon for their support off the field Congratulations to Edel Coen and Trish Fitzpatrick on reaching the final of the AIL Division 1 with UL Bohs - you were unlucky with the result after all the hard work by the UL Bohs players and with Edel leading the charge. Congratulations to Lisa Brick who was the No 10 on the winning side in the final of AIL Division 2 with Waterpark. Lisa also won an All Ireland College's medal with CIT (a team I happen to coach) on Thursday in the Division 2 final. That's 2 medals in one week for Lisa - not bad! In conclusion I would like to thank Eddie Barnes for his help in the coaching of the team - his expertise made all the difference". Tigger (Ladies Team Coach) Second XV at wrong end of a 65-5 scorelineUCC 65 TRALEE 5 Unfortunately for Tralee, Captain Rowland Blennerhassett and his team received a terrible mauling on Sunday last to a much changed and vastly improved UCC side, who had beaten Tralee by just five points last October in the league. While the pack held their own up front, UCC decimated Tralee out wide. Tralee’s sole try was scored by Mike Leahy. This was the last outing for the Tralee 2nd XV this season, and Rowland would like to thank all those who took played with the 2nd’s team this year and especially to ever present team manager, Sean Kelly. |
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U18s draw another finalThe U18s West Munster Cup final against Abbeyfeal ended in an 8-8 draw. The replay is scheduled to be played in Killarney on Thursday night. K.O. 6.30 Match report to follow |
U16s loose finalWest Munster U-16 Cup Final |
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Interested in becoming a referee?Contact David McHugh 086 380 6638 david.mchugh@irfu.ie |
Kerry National Schools Tag Rugby BlitzPhotos and report from the Kerry National Schools Tag Rugby Blitz are now available in the photogallery |
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U14s Loose outThe U14s were unlucky to loose out to Charleville in the League final on Wednesday night. Despite the the teams being locked on 10 - 10 at the end of extra time Charleville lifted the trophy due to the fact that they scored the first try of the game. Match Report to follow. |
Under age End of seasonUnder age End of season and prize giving (Sponsored by McDonalds Restaurants) Saturday next April 19th. More details (including details of next season) |
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U14s Win Cup FinalUnder 14s travelled to Abbeyfeale to play Charleville in the final of the West Munster Cup and came away winners on a scoreline of 22 - 10. Match Report |
Ladies record perfect seasonOn Sunday 13th April, 2008, the undefeated Tralee Ladies team travelled to Highfield in the final game of what was to-date a perfect season for the side. The ladies team were hoping to emulate the Men's feat, of a few weeks previous, and record a perfect season. Match report with photos |
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Ladies record perfect seasonOn Sunday 13th April, 2008, the undefeated Tralee Ladies team travelled to Highfield in the final game of what was to-date a perfect season for the side. The ladies team were hoping to emulate the Men's feat, of a few weeks previous, and record a perfect season. Match report with photos
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Table Quiz, 17th April
The Ladies Rugby Team is organising a fundraising / fun-filled Table Quiz in the Mall Tavern on Thursday, 17th April 2008 @ 8:00pm. Mick Galwey kindly turned up in support of the girls' efforts and agreed to present the prizes Tables of 4 cost just €30 and Niamh Dempsey told me that there were loads of spot prizes on offer. Report with pictures |
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Under age End of seasonUnder age End of season and prize giving (Sponsored by McDonalds Restaurants) Saturday next April 19th. More details (including details of next season) |
CongratulationsCongratulations to Jamie Byrne who is the latest club member to be called up to a Munster Squad. Jamie who plays with both the U16s and U18s has made the Munster Youths squad. He keeps alive the tradidion of having a player in the squad for the past number of years, with Pa O'Regan, Danny Barnes and Eoin Kelleher making the squad in the past three years. Jamie is young enough to play for the Munster Youths for two seasons. Best of Luck Jamie. Well Deserved!! |
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U14s Win Cup Final
Under 14s travelled to Abbeyfeale to play Charleville in the final of the West Munster Cup and came away winners on a scoreline of 22 - 10. Match Report
The Under 14's squad with the cup, their Coach Mike Breen and the Club's Youth Liaison Officer, Richard White
 Under 14s Coach, Mike Breen, Captain Seamus Breen and Youth Liaison Officer Richard White with the much coveted Cup. |
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Draw Winner receives prize
Joan O'Brien, Mounthawk Manor winner of the draw for tickets to the United Arsenal game with Jay Galvin and Martin Stack from the Tralee U18 squad (seller of the winning ticket).
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to our own Pa O’Regan who won an All Ireland League Under 20s winner’s medal with UL Bohemians when they were successful in the final last weekend
RUGBY FESTIVAL
The club are hosting the inaugural Munster International Youth Rugby Festival at the club grounds in O’Dowd Park, Ballyard, this weekend, 28th to 30th March. Many teams from Ireland, England and Wales will be participating. The competitions will range from Under 11s to Under 16s. An excellent weekend’s fun is expected, with a race night on Saturday night in The Brandon Conference Centre, while prize giving will be on Sunday, following the finals. More details
Thomond Park Season Tickets
Our Club is being offered a window of opportunity to apply for Season Tickets but that opportunity will only be available for one week - our application must be with the Munster Branch by Thursday of next week i.e. by Thursday, 27th March 2008!
The offer is as follows:
Thomond Park Season Tickets:
Munster Rugby will make available each year 3 (Three) Heineken Cup pool tickets and 4 (Four) Magners League tickets which will be played at Thomond Park.
Cost of this Season Ticket, for Category B Stand, for Year 1, will be €310 (Three hundred and ten Euro). Future pricing will be in line with Munster Rugby pricing strategy, to be reviewed and presented each year.
Cost of Junior Terrace Season Ticket, for Year 1, is €80 (Eighty Euro).
Anyone interested in availing of this offer should contact me by return and a deposit of €100 will be required immediately (€50 for Junior Terrace) with the balance payable before the end of April.
Please deal with this IMMEDIATELY; to enable me to meet the deadline set by the Branch I need to respond to them by tomorrow week.
We may not get this opportunity again.
David Condon 087 6484366 davcontrfc@eircom.net
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to our senior players, Simon Coffey, Garrett and Jeremy Walsh and Dermot O’Sullivan who have been selected for The Munster Junior Inter Provincial preliminary squad for the forthcoming interpro’s. Well done lad
TRALEE RFC ARE GOING “TO THE RACES”!!!!!
29th of March in the Brandon Hotel in conjunction with Tralee RFC Inaugural Munster International Festival of Rugby. YOU CAN HELP Buy a horse, advertise in the programme - or get other people to do so. We would particulary appeal to those who have promised to make sales to deliver. Without an extra push the potential of the festival of rugby will not be properly realised. More details
Congratulations. Four members of the U-16 squad, John O'Donnell, Evan O'Sullivan, Gavin Fahy and Jamie Byrne have earned invitations to training with the Munster Youths following superb displays with West Munster in the regional trial matches in December. We wish them our heartiest congratulations and know they will give their best as always and we sincerely hope to see them wearing the red of Munster in due course as we follow their progress.
Tralee Youths in action. Two Tralee youths were in action during the week with Danny Barnes playing for St. Munchins in their 12 - 6 defeat to PBC in the Munster Schools senior Cup on Wednesday, while Eoin Kelleher (below) played with Munster Youths in their game against Portugal Youths on Monday night, which was abandoned ten minutes into the second half with Munster leading 10 -8 . Both games were played in Temple Hill in Cork.
Under 10, Under 12 Tour Itinerary click here
Some of the Under 10s and Under 12s who will be going on tour to Wales next month (Photos by David Condon)
Tralee Vs Tralee Exiles St. Stephens Day See the photogallery for more photos
Tralee 43 Exiles 5
The Tralee vs Exiles game for The Gary Giles Memorial Cup on St. Stephen’s Day, is always a highlight in the club’s calendar and this year was no exception. Fielding nearly a full strength squad, Tralee were far too strong for a gallant Exiles side. Nevertheless, both sides were committed to playing running rugby, with 8 tries in total being scored, with not one penalty kick attempted. Tom Cronin, Munster Branch, had a fine game as match referee, while James Walsh, Shane Heffernan, Simon Behan and Killian Chute were the pick of the Exiles side. Alan Creagh had an exceptional game at out half for the victors while Ger Bree, although picked in the pack at number 8 for Tralee, became a quasi permanent fixture out on the wing !! Overall, a most enjoyable day was had with a good work out for Tralee prior to this weekend’s all important fixture.
TABLE QUIZ
In the build up to Munster's Heineken Cup match with Wasps at Thomond Park last Saturday 19th January, Tralee RFC held a highly successful Table Quiz in The Mall Tavern on Thursday last 17th January 2008.
Team "The Animals" - Jack Galvin, Paddy O'Donoghue and Liam Lynch took first prize; Team "Mix and Match" - Brendan Harney, Pierce Wall, Joe Costello and Brendan culloty were joint second with Team "Any Tickets?" - Tom Galvin, Fergal O'Donnell, Noeleen O'Connor and Niamh O'Donnell. Team "The Mongrels" - Emer Foley, John Dwyer, Alan O'Sullivan and Kieran O'Shea took the final prize. Thanks to all of you who turned up to support our Table Quiz at the Mall Tavern tonight. A special thanks to those of you who kindly donated prizes, to Mike Galvin (Quizmaster), Mags Hayes and Aine Lambe (Scrutineers) and to Der O'Sullivan, Family and Staff for hosting the event.
 Ben Quilter waiting to be called on to the pitch as team waterboy  Supporters at Sundays game Daire Kennelly (son of Brendan), Sean Quilter (son of Tom) and Mark Fitzgerald (son of Andrew). |
Under 10s star at half-time in Musgrave Park game between Munster and Leinster. |
Friday, November 30, 2007 |
Last gasp penalty gives Tralee Firsts a 14 -12 win in their top of the table clash with Old Christians on Saturday. Match Report
At Thomond Park on Sunday Nov 18th
Another image from Saturday's Heineken Cup pool match Munster v Clermont Auverge shows the IRFU President, Der Healy, flanked by Tralee Rugby Club Trustees, Trevor Giles and Alfie Boyle after Munster's win in Thomond Park.
Photos (c) David Condon
Tralee Boys Star for West Munster West Munster 17 East Munster 17 Match Report
The winners of:
2 Tickets to Scarlets Vs Munster on the 8th Dec, 2007.
2 return flights from Shannon to Bristol
2 Nights B&B in Swansea Marriot
were Hillary and Brendan Garvey from Caherslee, Tralee.
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Pat O'Regan in Ireland 45 man Ireland U20 squad. Pa who came through Tralee's Youth section is now with UL Bohs and Munster Under 20s. The extended squad will attend training sessions in Dublin and Athlone over the coming months, as well as taking part in friendly matches against AIB League Division One club Blackrock College (this Saturday at Dr. Hickey Park) and the Leinster "A" side (December 20 at a venue to be confirmed). These games will help the management whittle down the squad to 32 players and then the final squad will be announced towards the end of January.
On the agenda for the U-20s in 2008 is the Six Nations championship, which starts with a home game against Italy on February 1, and the inaugural IRB Junior World Championship, which will take place in Wales between June 1 and 22.
Ticket Orders: As expected the demand for tickets for the Heineken Cup (Pool Matches) and the Six Nations campaign are higher than ever before yet all the orders have not yet been received. To enable us to determine how the scarce supply of tickets will be distributed those of you who plan to do so should please ensure your order is submitted before the end of this month. Anyone who has not received an order form yet should apply immediately to meet that deadline - the order forms were sent out twice as attachments to all those on the database but quite a few new members have joined the database in the past week. .
Tralee's Eoin Kelleher was in action on the wing for Munster Youths against Ulster in Limerick. Munster won 20 - 12. Congrats Eoin.
U16 News Great enthusiasm and skills are being demonstrated by a very large squad of over 45 players at recent U-16 training sessions providing a large headache for the selectors ...read more
New Club Sponsor
The launch of The Kerryman sponsorship of the club for the next 3 years took place at the clubhouse, at O'Dowd Park, Thursday, 6th Sept. after the pre-season game against the combined Kerry Clubs. The Kerryman's managing director Michael Brennan, speaking at the launch, said that he regarded Tralee RFC as very progressive - just like the Kerryman - and expressed the belief that the sponsorship will be mutually beneficial (Photos to follow)
Table Quiz in the Mall Tavern on Wed Sept 5th
The club would like to thank everyone who turned up at the Table Quiz in the Mall Tavern on Wed Sept 5th 2007. Read more
Weekend of Sept 15/16 2007
Tralee Firsts overcame Mallow, last years semi-finalists, in the Junior Challenge Cup, by with a scoreline of 10 -13 at Mallow read more
The Munster Under 19s, which included our own Danny Barnes at second centre won the Interprovincial championship with a 13 - 22 victory away to Ulster. Congrats Danny!!!
Elsewhere the Munster under 20s lost to Ulster by a single point 20 -19 and the Youths squad which included Eoin Kelleher lost to Connacht 20 - 0.
The U16s combined a successful trip to Highfield (winning 27-16 ) with the Magniers League game in Musgrave park. ...read more..
WORLD CUP Several club members made the journey to Paris on Friday last for Ireland’s World Cup Clash against France at the Stade de France. Spotted in the crowd were Der O’Sullivan, Tom Quilter, Mike Keane, John and Suzanne Chute, Frank Stephenson, Billy Noughton and Tomas Garvey, as well as Tim Lane, nursing a recent cheekbone injury from Tralee’s 1st Round victory against Mallow 2 weeks ago
Successful Senior Tour. Tralee's hugely successful tour of the south of France concluded last Sunday, September 16th ...read more
DEBRA Ireland
Following on the success of the Summer TAG, David Condon organised a Tag Rugby match in aid of DEBRA Ireland (a fundraising body seeking funds for research into the condition called Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) - sometimes referred to as butterfly skin - a very painful condition which affects both children and adults alike)...... read more
Tralee Players in Munster Squads. Sept 12, 2007 Despite the longterm injury to John O'Sullivan who damaged a cruciate ligament in that game in Chicago and on Friday undergoes surgery to repair the damage, two players who have come through the club's juvenile section were involved in Munster squads at the weekend.....
Danny Barnes is with the Under 19s squad who have won their first 2 games of the campaign will play Ulster, on Saturday at 1
Eoin Kelleher will be a little closer to home with the Munster Youths as they get their campaign started with a trip to the Sportsground in Connacht. This game has a 1pm kick-off time on Saturday.
The club wishes John a speedy recovery and the best of luck to Danny and Eoin.
Fancy Dress Friday 27th July.
It had been hoped to have a mid-summer barbeque this year but, with the awful weather we have been subjected to. a wise decision was made to go indoors so, on Friday 27th July, Tralee Rugby Club hosted a fun Fancy Dress night at O'Dowd Park. A great night was had by all, with the event kicking-off with a Live Band followed by a DJ. Photos from the Fancy Dress on July 27th are available in the photogallery
Tralee players in Munster Squads. Tralee players Danny Barnes and Eoin Kelleher have been included in their respective 30 strong Munster squads for the coming season. Danny who is an Ireland Youths international is in the Munster U19 squad and Eoin is included in the Youths (U18 Clubs) squad. Both centres are part of Tralee's U18 squad for the 2007/08 season.
Photo shows Danny Barnes on the ball with Eoin Kelleher in support
Our annual TAG Rugby festival
The Winners have finally been decided!!
The Ulster Bank-sponsored Summer Scrummage Camp 2007 was held in Tralee from the 30th July to the 3rd August. On Wednesday August 1st Munster players Shaun Payne and Federico Pucciarello paid a visit. Photographs from Wednesday and from Thursday are now available in the photogallery. If you want a copy of a photograph please e-mail us with the details and we will forward it to you for a small fee to cover printing.
