All roads lead to Corofin in Clare on Saturday as Castleisland Desmonds face Clonbur of Galway in the Tesco HomeGrown Intermediate All Ireland final at 1.30pm Desmonds had a tough semi final to reach this stage, after Leanne Mangan pointed a pressure free to bring the game to extra time to defeat Kilmacud Crokes. But it was in extra time that the Desmonds let the shackles off & played like we know they can. Desmonds have players of the caliber of Aoife Lyons, Cait Lynch to shore up defense, while Aisling Leonard & Lorraine Scanlon are using all their inter county experience to win primary possession at midfield & distribute smartly to their forwards. Andrea Murphy & Leanne Mangan have been a thorn in defenses side all year. They will need to have learned from their semi final where lapses in concentration let the Dublin side in for 3 goals against the run of play & poor shooting also a factor. Clonbur who won Connacht title with aplomb are a side with high scoring forwards, with goals their specialty, hitting 5 in their county final, 2 in the provincial decider & they hit Monaghan Harps for 4 goals in the All Ireland semi final. They are also quite a strong physical side. However the Castleisland side has possibly better experience & with players coming back from injury adding to their panel, will be hoping that the All Ireland Intermediate Club title will be heading back to Kerry. Billy Mangan is running supporter buses to the final, 087 9568382 for details.

Congratulations to Na Gaeil who won the Mary Jo Curran Shield on Sunday in Keel GAA defeating Corca Dhuibhne. It was a close game with the result hanging in the balance until the end, but Na Gaeil held out from the West Kerry onslaught. Final Score Na Gaeil 5-04 Corca Dhuibhne 3-05.

Trials for the Kerry U14 team 2015 continue on Saturday & U16 team 2015 continue on Sunday. Venues & times will be announced closer to the time on social media & on website when they are available.

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