Kanturk AFC

Kanturk AFC were delighted to welcome Pat Kelly, retired FIFA, UEFA Referee & Referee Observer to Bob’s on the Green at Kanturk Golf Club on Thursday evening. Pat generously gave over two hours of his time recounting tales of his career beginning local Cork Soccer all the way through to stories of his encounters with household names including, Maradona, Jack Charlton, Alex Ferguson, Howard Webb, Denis Irwin, Henrick Larssen and many more. Pat, for a man that has officiated at the highest level of the game was just as interested to hear of the history and development of Kanturk AFC, as he remembered that he refereed one match in Kanturk in the 1980’s “ on a pitch that wasn’t the best”! Pat was very grateful for the support of Kanturk AFC to his 3 chosen charities to who will receive the sale proceeds of his book, Marymount Hospice, Mercy Hospital Foundation and The Alzheimers Society of Ireland.

Kanturk AFC were delighted to receive a set of away Jerseys for our u12 boys & girls team. A huge thank you to Connie & Jacqueline Tarrant of E. Tarrant & sons, Banteer, who presented the jerseys to Kanturk AFC

LEFT: Mick Wall, Jimmy Moore (Club Treasurers) Connie Tarrant, Robert Jozwiak U12 Boys Coach) Alan Dugdale (U12 Girls Manager) Jacqueline Tarrant, Russell Llerena (U12 Boys Coach) Chantel Hickey (CCO/ Coach/) Richard Mernagh (Chairperson) with members of Kanturk Afc U12 boys & girls Teams.

Richard Mernagh, Kanturk AFC Chairperson, Pat Kelly, Jimmy Moore , Mick Wall, and Brendan O’Regan, Irish Soccer Referees Society, Cork Branch.

BELOW: Team members pose with a Skoda and show off their new jerseys