Kirby Final takes centre-stage at Limerick

By
Mal Keaveney
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Daire Malone with his dog Fun in the Run and Michael Lenihan, Mike Murphy Jr and Sr, Aedamar O'Reilly, Margaret and Celia Nolan, and Niall Graham at Round 3 of the Con and Annie Kirby Memorial Stake at Limerick Greyhound Stadium. Photo: Brendan Gleeson.
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PATRONS were treated to two great weekend semi-finals of the €80,000 to-the-winner Con and Annie Kirby Memorial at Limerick.

In the first semi, Faypoint Ranger produced a magnificent performance to cement his status as the one to beat heading into Saturday’s final.

The Graham Holland-trained ‘Ranger clocked a very fast time of 27.98

Bubbly Charger, from the kennels of Brendan Matthews, claimed the other semi in a career best 28.19.

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Final Trap Draw: 1 – Bubbly Charger (Dromcollogher/Broadford LGFA); 2 – Sole Mio (Bruff); 3 – Pain Barrier (Askeaton/Ballysteen/Kilcornan); 4 – Faypoint Ranger (Ballybrown); 5 – Skywalker Schar (Templeglantine); 6 – Droopys Deploy (Bruree).