KDL WEEKLY ROUND-UP

Week No.17
Weekending Sunday December 21st, 2014 .

By Tommy Naughton

Munster Youths Cup Kerry Area Final
Killarney Celtic came back from 3-1 down to take the Munster Youth Area Cup Final on Friday night against St Brendans Park Fc . They will now have an away tie against Regional Fc from Limerick in the last 16 . A full match report can be viewed HERE
Friday 19th December
St Brendans Park 3-4 Killarney Celtic

Denny Premier ‘A’
St Brendans Park remain unbeaten at home after four games with another hard earned point against Dingle Bay Rovers . Dingle Bay Rovers were two nil up early in the first half but were all level going in at the break . Dingle Bay regain the lead again but were unable to take all three points home with them . Joe Sheehy and Luke Burgees were among the Dingle Bay Rovers scorers with Sean Dukes and a brace from Fergal Maunsell were the Park scorers .
Reigning Champions Castleisland will be top of the table at Christmas thanks to a late penalty scored by Sean Brosnan against Tralee Dynamos on Sunday morning . Tralee Dynamos had taken the lead through Gintarus Paketarus who are in third place and still unbeaten after seven league games .
Sunday 21st December
St Brendans Park 3-3 Dingle Bay Rovers
Castleisland Afc 1-1 Tralee Dynamos

Denny Premier ‘B’
Classic Fc moved up to fourth place with an away win against Ballyhar Dynamos . Maxwell Mugabe scored the only goal of the game .
Sunday 21st December
Ballyhar Dynamos 0-1 Classic FC

Denny Div 1 ‘A’
LB Rovers picked up their first win of the season against St Brendans Park B team and moved up of the bottom of the table . Ross Warrick scored two for the winners with Billy Foley and Mussie getting one each . Mark Sheehan and Jason McCoy scored for St Brendans Park .
After a scoreless draw at half time between Castlegregory Celtic and Killarney Athletic B team the hoe side took total control of the second half and scored four unanswered goals . Ian Flynn was the man of the match with a superb hat trick with one goal coming from Damien McMahon .
Castleisland B travelled away to play Skeliga and came home with a share of the spoils thanks to two goals from Pa o Rourke and one from Ethan o Connor . This result leaves Castleisland B team just like their A team at the top of their division at Christmas .
Sunday 21st December
LB Rovers 4-2 St Brendans Park ‘B’
Castlegregory Celtic 4-0 Killarney Athletic B
Skelliga FC 3-3 Castleisland Afc ‘B’

Denny Div 2 ‘A’
Mitchels Avenue closed the gap on the two teams above them when they gained revenge for their defeat away to Sporting Listowel only a few weeks ago by the same result with Jake Moran getting the only goal of the game .
Ballymac Celtic move up to fifth place with a hard earned point against CS Abbeydorney in Mounthawk Park on Sunday afternoon .
Sunday 21st December
Mitchels Avenue 1-0 Sporting Listowel
CS Abbeydorney 1-1 Ballymac Celtic

Denny Div 2 ‘B’
Ballyheigue Athletic took another step towards securing a place in this seasons league final with a win against a very spirited Strand Road Fc . Killian o Connor , Sean Porter and Jordan Brick all scored for the home side with Dan Kinsella adding his name to the score sheet for Strand Road Fc .
AC Athletic B team picked up another win this time against Inter Kenmare B team as they try to secure second spot in the league title race . Darren Leahy scored twice for AC Athletic with David Egan and Paul o Carroll getting one each .
Sunday 21st December
Ballyheigue Athletic Fc 3-1 Strand Road Fc
AC Athletic B 4-2 Inter Kenmare B

Denny U-17 League Section A
A cracking game between Iveragh United and Castlegregory saw that they could not be separated after an eight goal thriller . Iveragh United started the better and were three goals up after only 15 minutes . Tomás Butler and Nathan Quirke pulled two goals back for Castlegregory before the break . Maurice Slattery levelled matters early in the second half with a well executed free kick . Iveragh bounced back straight away and regained the lead before Maurice Slattery made sure of a point for the away side from the penalty spot with ten minutes remaining .
Saturday 20th December
Iveragh United 4-4 Castlegregory Celtic

Denny Youths League Section A
Mastergeeha picked up their first win of the season away against Killorglin Afc . Mastergeeha went two nil up within the first 15 minutes before Jake Butler pulled one back for the home side before the break . Mastergeeha scored early again in the second half to make sure of the win .
Saturday 20th December
Killorglin FC 1-3 Mastergeeha Fc

Denny Youths League Section B
Dingle Bay Rovers move back to joint top of the table with a tight win at home against Listowel Celtic .
Saturday 20th December
Dingle Bay Rovers 3-2 Listowel Celtic