Dingle Dingos win Kerry Cricket League

Kerry Cricket Title heads West to Dingle

For those who think that the words Cricket and Gaelic football don't belong in the same sentence think again, as there was an unlikely duo of celebrations in Dingle last Saturday night with GAA fans celebrating Sam Maguire's arrival in town and West Kerry's cricket team, the Dingle Dingos, celebrating their first county title after finishing top in the Kerry Cricket League, The 20-20.

The Dingos, West Kerry's first cricket team, beat Tralee and Listowel Cricket Clubs in a three-way tournament on Saturday 15th of September and to celebrate their success a special homecoming party was hosted by team members in Goat's Street last Saturday night. It is the first cricket title ever to head West in the history of the game in Kerry and the team are confident that they can establish a new sporting legacy in Corca Dhuibhne. "We only started training in May, it was great to win the 20-20 League outright" said team captian and founder Mark Mundy. The Dingos stamped their mark on the game securing victory over their rival clubs with a margin of 21 runs. A super display by bowler Subrab Khan added to their dominance and Mark now feels that the future of cricket in West Kerry is bright. "There has been a lot of interest in the game locally and we hope to also host fun training evenings in Camp as well as Dingle this winter" he said. The team, which includes ex-pats from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, the UK and Ireland took time out from their celebration on Saturday night to join the GAA fans on the Mall Bridge to welcome Sam Maguire to West Kerry. "We all know that people know what to do with a big football in the West now hopefully they will embrace the small hard ball as well and get involved!" Mark enthused. "It was a fantastic achievement for the lads to win the league in their first year, they are a great bunch of guys." Anyone who would like to get involved in cricket in West Kerry may contact Mark at the Old Forde Internet Café at Holyground in Dingle.