Newry's Townview Kennels in the running for €80,000 prize at Limerick

The Matthews Family Townview Kennels are certainly no strangers to success and tomorrow night, 20 April they have the opportunity to make history at the Limerick Greyhound Stadium.

The Newry kennel will be represented in the €80,000 Con & Annie Kirby Memorial Final by their rising star, Merits Inclusion. Merits will bid to seal a hat-trick of Kirby victories for Brendan Matthews after both Boylesports Hero and Cable Bay landed the prestigious event in 2014 and 2015 respectively. The prize is sponsored by JP and Noreen McManus.

While Merits Inclusion may be the only tracker in the lineup that carries the Matthews name, there will also be a strong interest in, Knockeen Dazzler, who landed the opening semi-final was also bred and reared by Brendan in Newry before selling to Daniel O’Rahilly from Kerry as a sapling last summer.

Merits Inclusion will take his place in Trap 3 on Saturday night in Limerick. Local bookmaker has priced him as co-favourite 3/1. While Knockeen Dazzler 7/2 takes the stripes out in trap 6.