Tipperary GAA Scene By County PRO Ger Ryan

Tipperary GAA Scene

By County PRO Ger Ryan

SENIOR FOOTBALL

Commiserations to the Tipperary senior footballers on their 0-13 to 0-6 defeat to Cork in the McGrath Cup final on Sunday last. Thanks are due to Clonmel Commercials club and all others who made the arrangements at Clonmel Sportsfield for the game. Tipperary are back in action next weekend when they travel to Dr. Hyde Park to play Roscommon at 2.30pm on Sunday February 5 in the first round of the Allianz Football League Division 3. Roscommon won promotion from Division 4 last year and Tipperary are in Division 3 for the second year in a row. This is the twentieth season of Allianz sponsorship of the GAA’s hurling and football leagues, which makes it one of the longest sponsorship arrangements in Irish sport.

WATERFORD CRYSTAL CUP SENIOR HURLING

Tipperary will play the University of Limerick in the Waterford Crystal Cup at MacDonagh Park, Nenagh on Saturday next, February 4 at 2pm. Extra time will be played in the event of a draw. Colm Lyons of Cork will be the referee. The winners will play the winners of the Cork v Kerry quarter-final in the semi-final on Sunday February 12. Admission is €5 with under 16s free.

COUNTY SENIOR HURLING RELGATION SEMI-FINAL REPLAY

The long-awaited and much debated 2011 county senior hurling semi-final replay between Ballybacon-Grange and Cashel King Cormacs will be played on Sunday next, February 5 at Clonmel Sportsfield at 2pm. Philip Kelly (Ballinahinch) will be the referee and for the avoidance of any doubt or confusion, extra time will be played in the event of the game being a draw. The losers will play Borrisokane in the final in Templemore on Saturday, February 11.

CHALLENGE GAME IN AID OF BREAST CANCER RESEARCH

Thanks to all who supported the charity game between Tipperary and Munster at MacDonagh Park Nenagh on Saturday last. Over €7,000 was raised for Breast Cancer Ireland which was a great tribute to the generosity of those in attendance. Thanks are also due to both teams, their management teams, Munster Council, Nenagh Eire Og, Marion Graham and her colleagues from the GAA Shop in Thurles, Paul Collins from Today FM and his team, and everybody who helped out in any way with the arrangements.

SCOR NA MUMHAN

Bhí an-lá ag muintir Scór Thiobraid Árann i gCeapach Choinn ar an Domhnach nuair a ghlac sé chlub ón gcontae páirt i gcraobh na Mumhan. A wonderful day was had by all in Cappaquinn on Sunday last when 6 Tipperary clubs took part in the Munster Finals of Scór na n-Óg. Young people from JK Brackens, Upperchurch Drombane, Loughmore Castleiney, Borris-Ileigh, Templederry Kenyons and Newport represented the county proudly on stage. Bhí an caighdeán thar barr agus dhein na daoine óga seo éacht is gaisce ar stáitse na Mumhan. Tá moladh thar na bearta tuillte acu, ag a dtuistí, ag na moltóirí, ag na traenálaithe, ag an lucht leanúna agus ag Coiste Scór na Mumhan ar fheabhas a gcuid niarrachtaí. Tréaslaimid le bailéad ghrúpa Teampall Uachtar a théann ar aghaidh go Caisleán an Bharraigh agus déanaimid comhghairdeas le na clubanna eile a dhein a seacht ndícheall ag an ócáid agus taispéantas den scoth á chur os ár gcomhair. Congratulations to the Upperchurch Drombane ballad group on qualifying for the All Ireland finals in Castlebar and well done to all of Tipperary’s other representatives on their excellent performances. The captivated audience in Cappaquin certainly witnessed a showpiece of all that is best in Scór. Maith sibh.

TIPPERARY CLUBS DRAW

The February Clubs Draw will take place on this Friday night February 3 at 10pm sharp in Paddy’s Bar, Terryglass. For those who cannot attend, there will be a live update on Tipp FM at 10.30pm. On the night, Timothy Tierney of Shannon Rovers will be presented with his winning cheque of €15,000 from the last draw and €500 will be presented to Oliver Darcy who was the promoter of the winning ticket. Also, Mary Ryan (Templederry Kenyons GAA) will be presented with her winning cheque of €10,000. The top prizes in Friday night’s draw will be a car, a holiday and a TV. In addition the lotto jackpot numbers will be drawn and there will be numerous cash prizes. Come along and celebrate Shannon Rovers’ big win.

ANNERVILLE AWARDS BY UNITED SPORTS PANEL

Congratulations to Connie Cleere from Nenagh, who won All-Ireland Handball titles at minor, junior and senior level in a career that stretched from the late 1950s to the 1970s, on receiving the Knocknagow Award from the Tipperary United Sports Panel. Connie received the award – which each year is presented to a sportsperson of the past – at the Sports Panel’s annual function, which was held at Hotel Minella, Clonmel on Saturday, January 28. It was no surprise that the Tipperary Minor Footballers won the Annerville Gaelic Football award. There was a double success for the team as manager David Power was selected for the Sean Lyons Sports Executive Award. The footballers weren’t the only Tipperary team to win an All-Ireland Minor championship, as the county camogie team did likewise by winning the A title for the first time. They were also honoured, as were the county U-14 Ladies Footballers who won the All-Ireland championship, also for the first time, when they beat Roscommon in the final. Padraic Maher was the Sports Panel’s choice in Hurling. Ballina handballer, Fergal Collins was chosen for his second successive award – and his fourth in total – after completing an All-Ireland double in the U-21 Singles 40 x 20 and 60 x 30 for the second successive year. The awards were sponsored by Bulmers.

DR. HARTY CUP SEMI-FINALS

Good luck to Nenagh CBS for their Dr. Harty Cup Munster Colleges senior hurling semi-final against Ard Scoil Ris of Limerick on Sunday February 5 at Sean Treacy Park, Tipperary Town at 2.30pm.  The other semi-final will be an all Waterford affair between De La Salle and Coláistí na nDéise Thiar at Fraher Field, Dungarvan on Saturday, February 4 at 2.30pm.

TIPPERARY ASSOCIATION DUBLIN BURSARY AWARD WINNERS

The Tipperary Association Dublin presented its inaugural Education Bursaries at a function at the Park Avenue, Thurles on Thursday January 26. The Association set up the bursary fund to assist the county’s best young sports people to meet the cost of third level education. Each bursary is worth €500 and the funds are raised through raffle receipts at the Association’s Annual Awards dinner. There were 12 applicants for the bursaries from which the 6 recipients were drawn across 4 sports – hurling, football, camogie and ladies football. The recipients were: hurling – Seamus Callanan (Drom and Inch and LIT), Seamus Hennessy (Kilruane MacDonaghs and NUIG), Padraic Maher (Thurles Sarsfields and UL); football – Aldo Matassa (Clonmel Commercials and LIT); camogie – Nicole Walsh (Borrisoleigh, Toomevara Camogie Club and NUIG) and ladies football – Samantha Lambert (Ardfinnan and UCC). The bursaries were presented by Jarlath Daly, President of the Tipperary Association Dublin who was joined by Liam Myles (Secretary), Pat Ryan (Treasurer), Michael Fenton (former President TAD), Eamonn McGeogh and other TAD committee members. Jarlath spoke of the Association’s pride and delight in being able to award the bursaries.  County Chairman, Sean Nugent, also addressed the gathering and praised the great work the Association has done over many years particularly in relation to hosting Tipperary teams playing in All Ireland finals. Seamus Callanan thanked the Association on behalf of the recipients.

SYMPATHY

Tipperary County Board would like to extend its deepest sympathy to the Costigan family of Templetuohy and to the Moyne Templetuohy GAA Club on the tragic death of Martin Costigan in a drowning accident in Australia. Martin played hurling and football with his club at all levels. Out thoughts and prayers are with his parents, Connie and Eileen, and his brothers and sisters at this sad time. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam uasal.

GOOD LUCK TO DROM AND INCH CAMOGIE

We wish all the best to the Drom and Inch camogie team for their All Ireland senior club semi-final game against Killimor of Galway at MacDonagh Park, Nenagh on Sunday February 5 at 2pm.

Go Games Referees Course

The Coaching and Games Development Committee will be running 4 Go Games Referee courses over the half term break in different venues over the county. Clubs should let their divisional GDA know before February 1 if they have members who would like to do this course. This course is available to any person wishing to referee go-games blitz games during the year. The dates and venues are as follows: Tuesday  February 14 – Thurles venue  (11.00 am); Wednesday 15 – Nenagh venue (11.00 am); Thursday 16 – Tipperary Town  venue (11.00 am) and Clonmel venue (2.00 pm).

TIPPERARY GAA SCENE

Information concerning all areas in the GAA will appear in this section in the future. If you wish to include any item of interest in future articles, please contact the County Public Relations Officer Ger Ryan at 086-8149146 or via e-mail at pro.tipperary@gaa.ie on or before 3: 0pm on Monday. Visit the Tipperary GAA web site at http://tipperary.gaa.ie to keep up to date with all the latest news in Tipperary GAA circles.