Kirby Final takes centre-stage at Limerick

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.

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).

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