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Match Reports 2021

Kerry Petroleum Senior Football Club Championship, Group 2, Round 3.

Spa 1-03, Templenoe 0-06.

Templenoe and Spa renewed rivalries on a wet and showery afternoon on Sunday. The previous weekend’s results had blown this group wide open, to turn this game into a do or die clash for both teams. In the finish, after a low scoring and disappointing encounter, there was no separating the sides, but the result was enough to see Templenoe create more history by qualifying for the semi-final of this competition for the first time. While newly promoted Spa also had reason to be cheerful, as they retained their senior status for 2022, following Dr Crokes defeat to Kenmare in the other group game.

Templenoe had wind advantage for the first half and they also dominated possession, with Spa feeling the loss of their former County panellist Liam Kearney. However, it took 8 minutes for the first score to come courtesy of Killian Spillane and 2 minutes later the same player doubled the visitors lead with a second score from play. Templenoe had chances to copper fasten their lead, but they failed to capitalise. In the 12^th minute Josh Crowley Holland looked to be through on goal, only to pull his shot wide. Killian Spillane though did add a free shortly before the water break to make the score 0-00 to 0-03.

The second quarter saw Templenoe continue to control proceedings, but again they found a packed Spa defence difficult to breakdown and scoring opportunities were scare. Colin Crowley took on the 45 duties for Templenoe, he was unsuccessful with his first effort, but 4 minutes later he made amends by beautifully landing his second 45 attempt over the crossbar. In between Niall McCarthy had a point chance for Spa, but his effort went wide of the posts and remarkably Spa failed to register a score in the whole of the first half. However, Templenoe were far from out of sight, yet they did manage to tag on one more point through Brian Crowley before the interval.

Half Time Score: Spa 0-00, Templenoe 0-05.

The third quarter was turning into a bit of a horror show for Templenoe, when they were reduced to 13 players for separate incidents within 7 minutes of the restart. The loss of John Rice and Colin Crowley for the remainder of the game suddenly meant that the visitors were now facing somewhat of an uphill struggle despite their advantage on the scoreboard. Evan Cronin meanwhile scored a brilliant point from a difficult angle to finally get Spa off the mark after 34 minutes of play. It was game on now. Patrick Clifford was introduced for the visitors to try and restore calm. But Spa were now getting on more ball, with all the Templenoe players having to work that bit harder and soon after the margin was reduced to three points following a long range effort from Shane Cronin. Templenoe regrouped and reorganised well to effectively prevent any further scores for Spa in this quarter, to leave it 0-02 to 0-05 going into the second half water break.

The final quarter was real edge of the seat stuff. Michael Foley split the posts for the hosts to cut the margin to just 2 points. Then Stephen O’Sullivan was off target with a free for Templenoe, before a long ball in by Spa’s Ciaran Spillane was gathered by David Spillane, who turned and shot for a perfectly executed goal to put Spa in front for the first time in this contest after 58 minutes. Spa were now the ones trying to close the game out, but they then had Dara Moyihan red carded after he picked up a second yellow. Templenoe to their credit dug deep and despite missing another free immediately after the goal, they battled on and were rewarded when Killian Spillane converted a free well into injury time for their sole score in the second half. Indeed both sides subsequently had a chance each to grab a winner, but it was not to be. Although neither side were to know it at the full time whistle, the result would be enough for both teams to retain their senior status with Templenoe advancing to the semi final.

Well done to our players and management and very best of luck to all in the semi-final!

Final Score: Spa 1-03, Templenoe 0-06.

Scorers:

Spa: David Spillane 1-00, Evan Cronin 0-01, Shane Cronin 0-01, Michael Foley 0-01.

Templenoe: Killian Spillane 0-04 (2f), Colin Crowley 0-01 (1 45), Brian Crowley 0-01.

Teams:

Spa: James Devane, Brian Lynch, Eoin Fitzgerald, Shane Lynch, Shane Cronin, Dan O’Donoghue, Cian Murphy, Michael McCarthy, Ciaran Spillane, Niall O’Mahony, Michael Foley, Dara Moynihan, Niall McCarthy, Evan Cronin, Cian Tobin.

Subs: Ryan O’Carroll, David Spillane.

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Mark Casey, Kieran O’Neill, Tadhg Morley, Tom Spillane, Gavin Crowley, John Rice, Josh Crowley Holland, Adrian Spillane, Teddy Doyle, Brian Crowley, Colin Crowley, Stephen O’Sullivan, Sean Sheehan, Killian Spillane,

Subs: Patrick Clifford, Micheal Hallissey, Danny Cahalane

Details: Category: Match Reports 2021; Published: 03 October 2021

Kerry Petroleum Senior Football Club Championship, Semi-Final.

Austin Stacks 3-09, Templenoe 0-04.

Templenoe’s valiant campaign in the Senior Club Championship came to an end on Sunday at the hands of the reigning champions Austin Stacks at Connolly Park. The Stacks who had won all their group games in the lead up to this fixture, delivered a powerful second half display to give them a comprehensive win on the day.

There was a large crowd in attendance for this game, which was played on a fine afternoon in Tralee. Before throw-in there was a minute’s silence held as mark of respect for our late clubman David O’Connor and for the late Emmet Lucey of Austin Stacks. Templenoe started quite well fending off a few attacks from the home side, before opening the scoring in the 4^th minute courtesy of a long range effort from Brian Crowley. Shane O’Callaghan countered for Austin Stacks, but a minute later Killian Spillane had the visitors back in front with a pointed free. Austin Stack though were dominating the possession and despite wasting a few chances, they did edge ahead before the first water break with Sean Quilter making no mistake from a free to precede a lovely score from Joseph O’Connor to make it 0-03 to 0-02 at the end of the first quarter.

The second quarter saw both sides been sloppy with their possession and with their shooting. The only score in this period came about following a well worked move that finished with Stacks wing forward Fiachna Mangan neatly popping the ball over the bar. Austin Stacks had something like 4 wides in this time, but Templenoe fared no better hitting 3 wides and 1 dropped short effort.

Half Time Score: Austin Stacks 0-04, Templenoe 0-02.

It was still all to play for in coming into the 2^nd half. The hosts had a chance to extend their lead with a 45, but it didn’t make the distance. However a minute later Shane O’Callaghan was on-hand to fire over his second point of the day to increase the Stack’s lead to three. Templenoe had now gone 23 minutes without scoring, before Tadhg Morley fought his way through the Austin Stacks defence for an inspirational point. The Tralee side regrouped quickly and had the next score from a Michael O’Donnell placed ball. Then 4 minutes later came the first goal for Austin Stacks, when Kieran Donaghy who was dangerous throughout despite been held scoreless, hit a high ball in towards the square that was finished to the net by Shane O’Callaghan. The hosts were now 2 goals in front with Templenoe still struggling for scores at the other end. Michael O’Gara added another score for the Stacks, before Killian Spillane thumped over a badly needed point from a free to bring back the margin to 2 scores ahead of the 2^nd half water break, with the scoreboard reading 1-07 to 0-04.

Unfortunately for the visitors, the final quarter saw Austin Stacks turn the screw and make sure of their win. Shane O’Callaghan continued his scoring spree with another white flag in the 51th minute. Templenoe tried hard to find the posts, but they just couldn’t steer the ball over the bar in the remaining minutes, while the Stacks defence dealt successfully with any balls coming into their danger area. Joseph O’Connor made it 1-09 to 0-04 in the 57^th minute and then two minutes later a great run forward from Brendan O’Sullivan saw him take the ball around keeper Mark Looney to finish to an empty net. At the very end of the contest Austin Stacks were awarded a penalty which was despatched to the net by substitute Darragh O’Brien to extend the margin to 14 points by the final whistle. This was harsh on Templenoe. Nevertheless, it was still great achievement for Templenoe to reach the last four of this competition and attention will now focus on having a go at the County Championship.

Well done to Austin Stacks on their win and we also wish to thank the Stacks club for their hospitality.

Final Score: Austin Stacks 3-09, Templenoe 0-04.

Scorers:

Austin Stacks: Shane O Callaghan 1-03, Brendan O’Sullivan 1-00, Darragh O’Brien 1-00, Joseph O’Connor 0-02, Michael O’Gara 0-01, Sean Quilter 0-01 (1f), Fiachna Mangan 0-01, Michael O’Donnell 0-01 (1f).

Templenoe: Killian Spillane 0-02 (2f), Brian Crowley 0-01, Tadhg Morley 0-01.

Teams:

Austin Stacks: Wayne Guthrie, Colin Griffin, Dylan Casey, Jack O’Shea, Paul O’Sullivan, Conor Jordan, Ronan Shanahan, Joseph O’Connor, Brendan O’Sullivan, Greg Horan, Shane O’Callaghan, Fiachna Mangan, Sean Quilter, Kieran Donaghy, Michael O’Donnell.

Subs used: Michael O’Gara, Armin Heinrich, Darragh O’Brien, Adam Curran, Barry Shanahan.

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Mark Casey, Kieran O’Neill, Tadhg Morley, Patrick Clifford, Gavin Crowley, John Rice, Josh Crowley Holland, Adrian Spillane, Teddy Doyle, Brian Crowley, Tom Spillane, Stephen O’Sullivan, Sean Sheehan, Killian Spillane.

Subs used: Kieran McCarthy, John Spillane, Martin Reilly, Michael Hallissey, Daniel Crowley.

Details: Category: Match Reports 2021; Published: 10 October 2021

Garvey’s SuperValu County Senior Football Championship, Quarter-Final.

Templenoe 0-06, Dr Crokes 1-22.

Our season ended on a disappointing note with a heavy defeat to Dr Crokes last Sunday. But the task was probably always going to be that bit difficult, due to the absence of some key players and then we had to replace no less than three players in the first half due to injury, which against a team of Crokes calibre made it impossible. Overall though, it was still not a bad season by any means for Templenoe. We retained our senior status and made it to the semi-final of the club championship, we won our first round game in the county championship and came within one win of reaching the Division 1 promotion play-off stage.

The match was played in ideal conditions with Fitzgerald Stadium the venue. The opening score of the contest came from Gavin White following one of his trade mark runs up the field. Stephen O’Sullivan countered with a free for Templenoe after Teddy Doyle fouled, but then Dr Crokes turned on the style to hit four unanswered points courtesy of Tony Brosnan (2), Micheal Burns and David Shaw. Brian Crowley briefly interrupted their flow with a much needed point for Templenoe, but shortly beforehand Josh Crowley Holland was almost in for a goal for Templenoe, only to be denied by Crokes keeper Shane Murphy. Dr Crokes heeded the warning and finished out the opening quarter with three more scores without reply coming from Michael Burns, Tony Brosnan and Kieran O’Leary to make it 0-02 to 0-08 at the first water break.

Micheal Burns and Tony Brosnan increased the Killarney side’s advantage with two more white flags either side of another Brian Crowley score for Templenoe. Soon after Teddy Doyle and Stephen O’Sullivan both had to retire injured for Templenoe, which was something Templenoe could ill afford to happen. To their credit though, Templenoe did hit two points in a row in perhaps their best spell of the game to reduce the margin back to five points, but unfortunately it was only a temporary reprieve. Just before the interval, Dr Cokes were awarded a penalty and Tony Brosnan duly obliged to effectively end the game as a contest.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 0-05, Dr Crokes 1-10.

With Michael Hallissey also having to make way due to injury just before the half time break, Templenoe had now used up three substitutes, much sooner than they would have planned. Dr Crokes for their part continued to play excellent football in the second half with Brian Looney among those to impress, kicking five points to prove he still has plenty left in his locker. Templenoe’s sole score in the second half came from a Brian Crowley free, on a day when Templenoe just had a very forgettable afternoon in front of the posts, hitting 9 wides in total. Whereas Dr Crokes were far more clinical and had only 4 wides in the whole hour of action. By the end of the third quarter Dr Crokes were 0-06 to 1-13 ahead.

Jordan Kiely came off the bench in the final quarter to inflict further misery on Templenoe, with three well taken scores (one free). David Shaw and Kieran O’Leary also went on to add to their tallies, before Crokes completed their resounding win with substitute Tom Doyle getting his name on the scoresheet. Indeed the final margin could even have been more were it not for Templenoe keeper Mark Looney making a few brilliant point blank saves.

Final Score: Templenoe 0-06, Dr Crokes 1-22

Scorers:

Templenoe: Brian Crowley 0-03 (2f), Colin Crowley 0-01 (1f), Tadhg Morley 0-01, Stephen O’Sullivan 0-01.

Dr Crokes: Tony Brosnan 1-04 (1p-1f-1m), Brian Looney 0-05, Micheal Burns 0-03, David Shaw 0-03 (3f), Jordan Kiely 0-03 (1f), Kieran O’Leary 0-02, Gavin White 0-01, Tom Doyle 0-01.

Teams:

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Michael Hallissey, Gavin Crowley, Kieran O’Neill, Josh Crowley Holland, John Rice, Mark Casey, Sean Sheehan, Tadhg Morley, Colin Crowley, Stephen O’Sullivan, John Spillane, Brian Crowley, Adrian Spillane, Teddy Doyle.

Subs used: Kieran McCarthy, Martin Reilly, Tom Spillane, John Moriarty, Daniel Crowley, Joseph Sheehan.

Dr Crokes: Shane Murphy, John Payne, Fionn Fitzgerald, David Naughton Mark Cooper, Gavin White, Evan Looney, Mark O’Shea, Johnny Buckley, Gavin O’Shea, Micheal Burns, Brian Looney, Tony Brosnan, David Shaw, Kieran O’Leary

Subs used: Jordan Kiely, Daithi Casey, Mike Moloney, Tom Doyle, Mikey Casey

Details: Category: Match Reports 2021; Published: 07 November 2021

Garvey’s SuperValu County Senior Football Championship, Round 1.

Templenoe 1-09, Shannon Rangers 0-05

Templenoe are through to the quarter-final stages of the County Championship for the second year running, following a surefooted display to overcome Shannon Rangers in atrocious conditions at Fitzgerald Stadium on Sunday. In doing so, Templenoe created more history by defeating a divisional side in the County Championship for the first time in the club’s history.

Templenoe went into this contest without the services of net minder Mark Looney, Patrick Clifford, Killian Spillane and there were injury concerns over Adrian Spillane and Teddy Doyle. Certainly not the ideal scenario to go into this game. Shannon Rangers meanwhile won the toss, but perhaps unwisely choose to play against the gale force wind and rain for the first half. From throw-in, it was Templenoe that pretty much hit the ground running and controlled the play from the off with most of the action taking place inside the Shannon Rangers half. But such were the conditions that scores were hard earned and it took six minutes for the first point to arrive with Colin Crowley doing well to slot over a placed ball. His brother Brian then doubled Templenoe’s advantage before Stephen O’Sullivan added another shortly before the first water break to make it 0-03 to 0-00.

Buoyed by their performance in the opening quarter, but equally knowing there was little in it score wise, Templenoe kept pushing forward. Their ball handling, retention and turnover’s continued to be far superior than their opponents and it didn’t take long for Templenoe to get their next score courtesy of Gavin Crowley. Further chances followed before a brace of points from Brian Crowley and Stephen O’Sullivan gave Templenoe a six points lead. Shannon Rangers did have opportunities to open their account, but failed to find the target. Then just before the interval, Adrian Spillane popped over point number 7 for Templenoe to put more than 2 goals between the sides. Normally, this would be a great position to be in, but facing into a gale for the second half, meant there were no guarantees as to the outcome of this contest.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 0-07, Shannon Rangers 0-00.

Just two minutes after the restart Teddy Doyle helped settle the nerves of the Templenoe supporters with a beautifully struck free from an acute angle to increase the margin to eight points. However, Shannon Rangers were beginning to come more into it and finally got off the mark in the 35^th minute with their centre forward Padraig Boyle pointing from play. Paul Kennelly followed this up with a converted free almost immediately after. This brought the deficit back to six points and gave the Rangers hope of comeback, there was certainly plenty of time remaining. That was until Tadhg Morley got forward in the 41^st minute to set up Stephen O’Sullivan for the game’s only goal and from there the result was never in doubt. Shannon Rangers substitute Jack Kennelly did reply with a point just before the 2^nd half water break to make the score 1-08 to 0-03.

Templenoe did what they had do to see out the last quarter. Shannon Rangers never really threatened the Templenoe replacement goalie Martin Reilly, who along with his defence held firm against each attack, restricting Shannon Rangers to just two more points from Jack Kennelly and Mark Buckley in the final quarter. In between John Rice helped made sure of Templenoe’s win with a fine score in the 57^th minute.

Templenoe now march on to play Dr Crokes in a repeat of last year’s County Championship quarter final, which promises to be a fascinating contest especially with Templenoe having had a famous win over the Crokes just over one month ago in the Club Championship.

Final Score: Templenoe 1-09, Shannon Rangers 0-05

Scorers:

Templenoe: Stephen O’Sullivan 1-02, Brian Crowley 0-02, Adrian Spillane 0-01, Colin Crowley 0-01 (1f), Gavin Crowley 0-01, Teddy Doyle 0-01 (1f), John Rice 0-01.

Shannon Rangers: Jack Kennelly 0-02 (1f), Padraig Boyle 0-01, Paul Kennelly 0-01 (1f), Mark Buckley 0-01.

Teams:

Templenoe: Martin Reilly, Michael Hallissey, Kieran O’Neill, Tadhg Morley, John Spillane, Gavin Crowley, John Rice, Josh Crowley Holland, Adrian Spillane, Teddy Doyle, Brian Crowley, Tom Spillane, Stephen O’Sullivan, Sean Sheehan, Colin Crowley.

Subs used: John Moriarty, Kieran McCarthy, Mark Casey

Shannon Rangers: Darragh O’Shea, Danny Wren, Jason Foley, Brendan O’Neill, Jack O’Sullivan, Shane Enright, Kevin Enright, Brian O’Seanachain, Micheal Foley, Darragh Keane, Padraig Boyle, Gerald O’Sullivan, Jack Foley, Michael Boyle, Paul Kennelly.

Subs used: Mark Buckley, Jack Kennelly, Cillian Langan, Neilus Mulvihill, Darragh Sheehy, Martin Collins

Details: Category: Match Reports 2021; Published: 31 October 2021

Match Report taken from South Kerry Facebook page

South Kerry Minor football final. 2pm Sat Dec 11 th.

Templenoe/Tuosist/Sneem/Derrynane 3-11, St Marys/Renard 2-14

Every now and again , Gaelic football throws up a classic , well today in Valentia island, Sneem/Derrynane /Templenoe /Tuosist versus St.Marys/Renard certainly fit the bill . An epic draw 2.14 to 3.11 was played out in front of enthusiastic supporters as we were treated to an exhibition of high fielding , goals , long range point kicking ,tough tackling , a nail biting finish and competent refereeing by Ger "Cap".

The game opened with SDTT playing with a strong breeze and they took a 4 point lead with points from Aiden Crowley 2, Fiachra Breen and Darrah Sullivan. St Marys /Renard responded in the 12 th,13 th and 14 th minute with 2 frees and a point from play from Kian o Shea after some great fielding by Tadgh Sullivan. After the water break, some good work by Aiden Crowley saw Oisin Breen find the back of the net to put SDTT into a 1.04 to 3 point lead. Kian Shea and Sam Driscoll kept the scoreboard ticking over for St Marys /Renard with well taken points. At this stage before half time the SDTT inside line of Aidan Crowley and Oisin Breen began to get a grip on the game despite some stalwart marking by Josh Sullivan. This dominance culminated in a second Oisin Breen goal after he cut in from the right hand side leaving 2 men in his wake before finishing with style. This left a score of 1.05 to 2.06 at HT in favour of SDTT.

The 2nd half opened with that man Breen getting his hat trick in the 32 nd minute , this time a jinking run from the left wing saw him finish expertly to the bottom corner . It looked omnious for St Marys/Renard but they rattled off 4 quick points with 2 frees from Kian Shea and 1 each from Alex Coffey and Kieran Corcoran to leave a score of 1 09 to 3.08 in favour of SDTT at the 2 nd water break.

The 4 th quarter turned into a scorefest for Alex Coffey and Kieran Corcoran who displayed a never say die attitude with 2 points each before the 59th minute . Not to be outdone, Aiden Crowley of SDTT kicked 3 wonderful long range points . On 60 minutes St.Marys Renard trailed by 4pts when they were awarded a free 20 yds out slightly to the right of goal. Up stepped Alex Coffey and threaded the eye of the needle with a perfect strike to the top corner to leave 1 point between the sides . The ensuing kick out was won by St.Marys Renard and resulted in a free 50yds out dead center . Kieran Corcoran the man with the big boot, kicked the most important free of his life to date and made no mistake as it sailed gracefully over the bar with plenty to spare to tie the game . Jubilation for St.Marys Renard who came from 8pts down and dejection for SDTT as they surely must have thought it was in the bag minutes before the final whistle blew.

Big performances by Aiden Crowley 7 points(4 frees) but also by his marker Josh Sullivan St Marys/Renard who never left him goal side throughout the 60 minutes . Also Tadgh Sullivan St.Marys /Renard who showed skill and composure way beyond his 15 years of age, surely a star of the future . Alex Coffey as usual stamped his class on the game . However Oisin Breen with his tally of 3.02 is deservedly man of the match . As I watched his father David mentoring on the sideline for SDTT I remembered back to another epic minor championship final between Sneem/Derrynane and St.Marys in 1999 where it took 3 games to find a winner and lo and behold ,dad, David Breen was man of the match in 2 of those 3 games. A proud day for the Breens today no doubt. A final scoreline of SDTT 3.11 to ST.Marys/Renard 2.14 leaves us with a mouth-watering replay next weekend