Local football fan Katie McCarthy has won a brand new Kerry away jersey courtesy of the Killarney Advertiser and the Kerry GAA Store.

Katie was one of a number of entrants who successfully completed last week’s Big Sport Crossword and her answer sheet was randomly selected at a draw on Monday evening. The crossword clues were based predominantly on Kerry GAA with a number of questions directly related to Kerry jerseys past and present.

Speaking at the presentation, Killarney Advertiser Sports Editor Adam Moynihan congratulated Katie on her win and also expressed his gratitude to competition sponsors, the Kerry GAA Store.

“Well done to Katie on completing the crossword first and foremost,” Adam said. “There were some tricky questions in there but she clearly knows her football and is a worthy recipient of the jersey.

“We have to thank the Kerry GAA Store and in particular store manager Luke Quinn for offering such a great prize. They’re always a pleasure to deal with and we look forward to working with them again in the future.

“There was a huge response to this competition, which I think reflects how popular the new away jersey is with Kerry supporters.

It was great to see the team getting their first win in their new shirts on Sunday and here’s hoping that it’s the first of many.”

Accepting her prize, Katie, who is a student at St Brigid’s secondary school, said she was “delighted” to pick up the new Kerry jersey and she thanked the Killarney Advertiser and Kerry GAA Store for running the competition.

Some questions were trickier than others with Adam revealing that a number of readers contacted him directly for additional hints. The clue for 21 down (four letters), which simply read “fruity trim,” seemingly stumped some people initially but scores of entrants got to the bottom of that particular conundrum.

It was, of course, in reference to the prize itself, Kerry’s new away jersey, which is blue with ‘lime’ trim.