Nuachtlitir Coiste Chontae Chorcaí: Vol. 3 No. 5, March 8th 2011

Dates for Your Diary 12th March: Allianz

Football League Cork

v Down, 7.30pm,

Páirc Uí Rinn

13th March: Allianz

Hurling League,

Waterford v Cork,

Dungarvan, 2.30pm

20th March: Allianz

Football League,

Galway v Cork, Pearse

Stadium, 2.30pm

22nd March: County

Board Meeting

8.30pm

Cork GAA Club Map You can now find a

map showing the

location of all GAA

clubs in Cork on the

Cork GAA website at

http://www.gaacork.ie

/map

Check out your club’s

location on the map,

and zoom in to find

more accurate

directions.

Red FM Senior Hurling League The 2011 Red FM Senior Hurling League was launched

on March 7th at Riverstown, with players and officials

from the participating clubs in attendance as well as

representatives of Red FM, the County Board and the

SHL Committee. The first game is fixed for Thursday 10th

March – see www.gaacork.ie for details.

Some of the players at the launch with Red FM CEO Fiona Darcy *Photo courtesy George Hatchell – for more see www.gaacork.ie

Cork v Clare at Passage The Passage GAA

club are pleased to

announce the staging

of the club’s first ever

senior inter-county

hurling match at

Manning Park as Cork

take on Clare on

March 17that 2.30pm

on the occasion of

the opening of new

club facilities.

Congrats to UCC Congratulations to

UCC Senior

footballers, manager

Billy Morgan and his

backroom team on

winning the

Centenary Sigerson

Cup with victory over

UUJ on Saturday,

March 5th. The win

marks the end of a

long wait as it is a

first Sigerson title for

the College since

1995.

Boardwalk Award for Donncha Congratulations to Donncha O’Connor, recently named

Boardwalk Bar & Grill Supreme Sports Star of the Year,

and to Billy Morgan who received the Hall of Fame

Award.

Photo courtesy Evening Echo

Tom Creedon Cup Congratulations to Nemo Rangers, who won the Tom

Creedon Cup Final recently, narrowly beating Grenagh

in Macroom. Our thanks to Macroom GAA for their

organisation of this competition, which is open to all

Intermediate and Premier Intermediate football clubs,

and which had twenty-two entries this year. We would

also like to express our appreciation to the Macroom

Bookshop, which sponsors the competition.

County PRO Gerard Lane and Marian Creedon Hegarty present the

Tom Creedon Cup to Nemo captain, Paul Brophy

Feile Peil na nÓg Coiste Féile Peil

Corcaigh has sought

the inclusion of

additional Cork teams

(boys) who had

indicated that they

wished to take part in

the Féile. To this end

we held a meeting

with Coiste Náisiúnta

in Croke Park on

Tuesday 1/3/11 and

our request has been

acceded to. Teams will

be grouped in six

divisions. Divisions 1

to 4 will comprise of

12 Cork teams and

Division 5 will

comprise of 8 Cork

teams. For details, see

http://url.ie/a1zg

Cork v Down Cork play Down on

March 12th at 7.30pm

in Páirc Uí Rinn, and

as at all Cork’s home

games, juvenile

admission is free.

There will also be

special prizes for

juvenile groups – to

register a group,

phone 021-4291664.

See www.gaacork.ie

to download a poster.

Munter Report The Munster Council

Annual Convention

took place on Friday,

March 4th. To

download a copy of

the Munster GAA

Annual Report, see

Downloads under the

Administration link

on the Cork GAA

website,

www.gaacork.ie

Tráth na gCeist Torthaí:

1. Sráid a' Mhuilinn

2. Mainistir Bán

3. Na Sairséalaigh

Beidh na fóirne thuas

ag dul ar aghaidh

chuig Comórtas

Ceannais na Mumhan

ar an Déardaoin 10ú

Márta (10/3/11) in ''

The Arches'', Magh

Ealla.

Fóirne eile a ghlac

páirt i gComórtas

Ceannais Chorcaí:

Fánuithe an Ghleanna

Coláiste na hOllscoile

Cill Mhuire

Na Seamróga

Gleann Maghair

Fánuithe na Bríde

Cuilinn Uí Chaoimh

Eochaill

Launch of U21 Football Championships

The launches of both the Munster and All-Ireland

Cadburys U21 Football Championships took place

recently.

Cork begin this year’s campaign with a semi-final

meeting with Waterford or Tipperary on March 23rd in

Dungarvan (if Waterford) or Páirc Uí Rinn (if Tipperary).

This year’s side will be captained by Aidan Walsh of

Kanturk, with Ciarán Sheehan (Eire Og) as vice-

captain.

Munster PRO Jim Forbes, Mark Collins (Castlehaven), John Hogan

(Cadburys) and Donal McCarthy (Valley Rovers) *Photo courtesy George Hatchell

Munster Council Convention The Annual Convention of Comhairle na Mumhan took

place recently at Ballykisteen House, Co. Tipperary.

There were two changes of officer, with Limerick’s Mike

Fitzgerald taking over from Michael Power, while Cork’s

Jim Forbes was succeeded as PRO by Ed Donnelly of

Tipperary.

The Cork delegation at Convention: Back Row l-r Diarmuid Gowen, Des Cullinane, Tracey Kennedy, Pat Malone, Mark Sheehan, Gerard Lane. Front Row l-r: Pearse Murphy, Jerry O’Sullivan, Frank Murphy,

Dan Hoare *Photo courtesy George Hatchell – for more see

www.gaacork.ie

PRO Training Seminar A very successful PRO Training Seminar was held in

Rochestown Park Hotel on March 5th, and our thanks to

all PROs who attended. Presentations were made by

County PRO Gerard Lane, Coiste na nOg PRO Cian

O'Brien on club websites, Oifigeach na Gaeilge Liam O

Laochdha on the use of Irish and Colm O'Connor of the

Irish Examiner on the media. Tracey Kennedy of the

County IT Committee spoke on Facebook and Twitter

while the guest speaker on the day was RTE's Ger

Canning, who gave a very entertaining address and

highlighted the importance of the role of the PRO.

Des Collins and Paul McCarthy of St. Finbarr’s with PJ Dennehy of Sars

at the PRO Training Seminar *Photo courtesy Derek Connolly

County Board Report The County Board

Meeting of March 8th

heard that Rory Kiely

of Limerick had been

appointed President

of the Munster

Council for a 2-year

term. Marc Sheehan

was appointed

Cathaoirleach of

Coiste na nOg,

replacing Peter Hogan

who stepped down

recently.

The Cisteoir

announced that three

training sessions for

club Treasurers would

be run in April, and

Championship fixtures

were ratified and will

be available on

www.gaacork.ie as

soon as possible.

The next meeting of

the Board is on March

22nd.

Coaching Course There is a Foundation

Coaching Course

scheduled for Friday

25th and Saturday

26th March in Pairc Uí

Rinn.

The course will run as

follows:

Friday 7pm to 10pm

Saturday 10am to

4pm

The total cost of the

course is €20 per

person.

To book your place on

the course you must

return the registration

form with your

payment to the

address on the form -

click here to

download form or see

www.gaacork.ie

All bookings are to be

made before

Wednesday 23rd

March.

Congrats to Chríost Rí Congratulations to

Coláiste Chríost Rí

who recently won the

Corn Uí Mhuirí,

defeating Pobalscoil

Corca Dhuibne,

Dingle on a scoreline

of 1-12 to 1-7.

Well done to the

team, coaches and all

involved in the

victory.

Cork Website History Check out the History

section of the Cork

GAA website,

www.gaacork.ie,

where the latest

addition to our

teams/results archive

is the U21 hurling

teams and results

from 1964 to 2010 –

courtesy once more

of Peter Devine.

Scór – Comórtaisí Cheannais an Chontae

Comhgháirdeas do na buaitheoiri go léir: Rince Foirne:

1. Cill Seannaigh, 2.Séipéal na Carraige. Amhránaíocht

Aonair:1.Séipéal na Carraige/Nóirín Ní Bhruadair,2.

Dromtairbh/Denise Ní Chéilleachair. Ceol Uirlise:

1.Séipéal na Carraige, 2.Cluain Uamha. Aithriseoireacht:

1. Sráid a' Mhuilinn/Diarmaid Ó Dubhda, 2. Mainistir

Bán/Pádraig Ó Briain. Bailéad Ghrúpa: 1.Inis Cártha

2. Athair Uí Néill. Nuachleas: 1. Séipéal na Caraige

2. Inis Cártha. Tráth na gCeist: 1.Sráid a' Mhuilinn

2.Mainistir Bán. Rince Seit: 1.Séipéal na Carraige

2. Cill Seannaigh. Club Is Fearr: Séipéal na Carraige.

Marc Ó Síocháin, County Youth Officer, presents the cup to Noreen

Broderick (Rockchapel). For more photos from the event, see www.gaacork.ie

Cork GAA Clubs’ Draw Greyhound Spectacular

Congratulations to all the prizewinners at the recent

annual Cork GAA Clubs’ Draw Greyhound Spectacular at

Curraheen Park. The €1000 winners were as follows:

the Twomey Family,Millstreet; Con Green, Blarney;

Maurice Twomey, Lisgoold; Mary O’Connor, Killeagh;

Maurice O’Sullivan, Ballyhea; Toddy Lawton, Fr.O’Neills

and Declan Healy, Ballinhassig.

Members of the O’Connor and Cusack families, Killeagh

*Photo courtesy Mike English

Cardiac Screening The GAA’s Medical

Scientific & Welfare

Committee have

updated their

position on cardiac

screening following

the completion of a

two-year research

programme in which

nearly 300 GAA

players were

examined in an

attempt to assess

the effectiveness of

various screening

methods.

Details of the updated

position paper and

further information on

Cardiac Screening can

be found

at http://www.gaa.

ie/medical-and-

player-

welfare/cardiac-

screening/.

County Competitions With the football

leagues under way

since February, this

weekend sees the

start of the County

Hurling leagues – for

all fixtures, results

and league tables,

see www.gaacork.ie.

The Evening Echo

County

Championships also

begin early next week

with the opening

rounds of the

Divisions/Colleges

section of the Senior

Football

Championship, which

are fixed for Monday,

March 14th. For

details of all

championship fixtures

and results, see

www.gaacork.ie for

all information.

Cork Website Hits The Cork GAA

website,

www.gaacork.ie, is

going from strength

to strength, with hits

of 121827 for the

month of February.

If there is anything

you think should be

on the website, or if

you have any

comments on our new

layout, please email

pro.cork@gaa.ie

Match Programmes For information on

match programme

requirements and

regulations as well as

guidelines and a

template which can

be downloaded and

edited as necessary,

see the

Administration link

on the Cork GAA

website,

www.gaacork.ie

Gerard Lane pro.cork@gaa.ie

GAA Registrations A reminder to clubs

that GAA registrations

must be completed by

March 31st. (Teams

must be registered

before they play in

competition).

To register teams and

members, see the GAA

People Management

website at

http://people.gaa.ie.

All clubs received

access details last

year, but if these have

been lost, contact

gaasupport@servaspor

t.com as soon as

possible.

Children’s

Officer The appointment of a

Children’s Officers at

both Club and County

level is an essential

element in the creation

of a quality

atmosphere

and establishing a

child and youth

centered ethos at both

Club and County level.

To download guidelines

for the club Children’s

Officer, see

http://www.gaa.ie/con

tent/documents/public

ations/child_welfare/Cl

ub_and_County_Childr

ens_Officer.pdf

Next Issue The next issue of County Board News will be published

on March 22nd.

Please forward this newsletter to all your club contacts.

Tadhg Crowley Cup Final Congratulations to Ballincollig, who won the Tadhg

Crowley Cup Final on Monday, March 7th, beating

O’Donovan Rossa 0-15 to 1-6 at their home ground in

Ballincollig. This concludes another very successful

staging of the competition, in which all 16 senior

football clubs participated this year.

County PRO Gerard Lane presents the Tadhg Crowley Cup to

Ballincollig captain Brendan Fitzgerald Youth Sports Award

Congratulations to Brendan O’Sullivan of Meelin, who

was recently presented with the inaugural Gresham

Metropole Hotel Youth Sports Award at a function at the

hotel. 19 year Brendan was one of four brothers who

helped Meelin claim the All-Ireland title this year. He

was joined at the lunch by his parents, some of his

team mates, the Lord Mayor, adjucating Committee and

County PRO Gerard Lane.

Brendan pictured with his parents, Willie and Breeda

*Photo courtesy Billy McGill

Cork GAA on Facebook Cork GAA now has an

official Facebook page

– you’ll find us at

http://www.facebook.

com/OfficialCorkGAA,

so please visit and

‘like’ us on Facebook.

This, along with our

Twitter page at

http://twitter.com/#!

/OfficialCorkGAA, is

part of our

endeavours to ensure

the promotion of Cork

GAA to the widest

possible audience, so

pass it on to all your

contacts!

Allianz

Leagues Fixture Poster See the Downloads

link under

Administration on

the Cork GAA

website,

www.gaacork.ie, to

download a set of

fixtures posters for

the Allianz Leagues,

or click the image

below.

These posters are

ideal for your club

noticeboard or

classroom wall – or

just forward to all

your friends!