Nuachtlitir Coiste Chontae Chorcaí: Vol. 6 No. 3, Márta 2014

Dates for your Diary March 27th: Info

session for club

chairpersons &

secretaries, 8pm @ P.

Ui Chaoimh

Cork GAA Clubs’ Draw,

Courcey Rovers

March 30th: Allianz FL

Cork v Tyrone, 2pm @

P. Ui Rinn

Allianz HL Q-Final, Cork

v Tipp, 3.45pm @

Thurles

March 31st: Children’s

Officer Seminar,

7.30pm @ P. Uí

Chaoimh

*For more, see Events

Calendar on

www.gaacork.ie

Cork GAA Clubs’ Draw The February Cork GAA

Clubs’ Draw will be

hosted by Courcey on

March 27th.

Results will be posted

on www.gaacork.ie as

soon as possible after

the draw.

For more information,

or to join, see

www.corkgaadraw.ie.

Cork Reach Cadbury U21 Football Final!! The Cork U21 Footballers began their 2014 campaign with a hard-fought

victory over Kerry in Tralee on March 12th, eventually emerging victorious

on a scoreline of 0-18 to 2-8. Despite missing a number of players

through injury, they went on to easily dispose of Limerick at Páirc Uí Rinn

on March 19th to set up a final meeting with 2011 All-Ireland Minor

Champions, Tipperary. This mouth-watering Munster final, a fourth in a

row for Cork at this level, is scheduled for Wednesday, April 9th at 8pm

at Páirc Uí Rinn, and to add to the evening’s entertainment, will be

preceded by the Electric Ireland Munster Minor Hurling Championship

Quarter-Final, Cork v Kerry, at 6.15pm. See www.gaacork.ie for more

information, and best of luck to all involved!!

Cork’s Seán Kiely in action against Limerick. Pic: George Hatchell

Dual Allianz League Action on Sunday Our senior hurling and football teams are both in action on Sunday, with

both games live on TG4 and C103. We'll also have updates on the

website and on our Twitter page, @OfficialCorkGAA. Having topped

Division 1B and secured promotion, Jimmy Barry-Murphy's men travel to

Semple Stadium to take on fourth-placed Division 1A Tipperary at

3.45pm, while in football, a win over Tyrone (2pm in Páirc Uí Rinn) would

secure a semi-final spot but won't be easy to come by!

Whether you’re travelling to Thurles or Páirc Uí Rinn, don’t forget to buy

your tickets in advance, online at http://gaa.tickets.ie or at

Centra/SuperValu stores, to save €5! Match day prices for both games

are €15 (adults), €10 students/OAPs and U16s free, but if you buy your

adult tickets in advance, you only pay €10.

96FM Award for UCC Star Tomás Clancy Congratulations to Cork, UCC and Fermoy footballer, Tomás Clancy, winner

of the 96FM C103 Sports Award for February, in recognition of his

contribution to UCC's Sigerson Cup win. The award was presented at a

special function in his honour at Rochestown Park Hotel on March 18th,

attended by Tomás's family, representatives from Fermoy, UCC and Cork,

officers of Cork County Board, and 96FM C103 MD, Kieran McGeary.

Tomás pictured with UCC team-mates, officials and mentors, including Club President, Dr. Con

Murphy. Pic: Tony O’Connell

Mizen Rovers Win RSA Award Well done to Mizen Rovers on their recent RSA Award win - another

example of the positive role GAA clubs can play in their communities.

Mizen Rovers Underage GAA Club, Goleen, developed a programme called

'Care For Our Players' in 2010, and in December the club won a national

award from the Road Safety Authority in its 'Leading Lights in Road Safety'

scheme. This award was in the education/community category and Club

officers travelled to Farmleigh House in Dublin to receive the trophy from

Gay Byrne the Chairman of RSA. For more, see http://ow.ly/uWY2g.

Members of Mizen Rovers with Gay Byrne at Farmleigh House

Referees’ Course: Bantry A four-night Foundation

Course for new referees

will take also take place

in The Maritime Hotel

Bantry on Thursday 27th

March, Monday 31st

March, Thursday 3rd

April and Monday 7th

April commencing at

7.30pm each night with

Registration at 7.15pm

on Thursday 27th March.

This Foundation Course

is for Clubs in the

Western end of the

Carbery Division and the

Clubs of the Beara

Division.

To apply for a place on

the course please contact

Carbery Board Referees

Administrator Donal

McCarthy at 085

1742414.

Coaching & Games As the new season is in

full swing with league

programmes, try these

ideas!

The video links attached

shows Paudie Butler

working with players on

a hurling wall with drills

that are suitable for all

age groups.

http://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=aGF9aV

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http://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=rns_9H

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Club Children’s Officer Seminar A Club Children’s Officer

Information Seminar will

take place on Monday

March 31st 2014 in the

main convention hall

Páirc Uí Chaoimh at

7.30pm. The Seminar

will be facilitated by the

Child Welfare and

Safeguarding Manager of

Cumann Lúthchleas Gael,

Gearóid Ó Maoilmhíchíl

and by Marc Sheehan

County Children’s Officer.

For more, see

www.gaacork.ie.

Registrations 2014 Clubs are reminded that

the closing date for

registration of players

and members for 2014

is March 31st. Clubs

register their players and

their members for the

2014 season on the

GAA's online registration

system

(people.gaa.ie/admin).

When logged on, go to

the 'Register Members'

page and complete the

necessary steps.

This page will contain the

details of all of those

people who have been

registered with the Club

in previous years. To add

new members to the

Club, go to 'Add and

View Members', click on

the 'Add' button, select

'Member' and complete

the necessary steps.

Please note that anyone

whose name is in red on

either the 'register' page

or the 'add and view

member page', is

unregistered for the

current year.

Please ensure that all

members, including all

players, are registered

by March 31st.

Rebel Óg Award for St. Mary’s Charleville The February winners of the Rebel Óg Monthly Awards for 2014

sponsored by the Rochestown Park Hotel in association with RedFM and

Irish Examiner Media Partners and Cummins Sports Award Sponsors are

St. Mary’s Secondary School, Charleville, Co. Cork, winners of the

Munster Junior A Camogie title. Guests at the presentation included

school principal, Anne Doherty, coaches Ger O'Donovan and Vincent

Harrington, the latter having been involved in all thirty-one camogie titles

won by the school, team captain Mary Claire Carroll and some of her

team-mates, representatives of the sponsors and officers of the County

Board and Rebel Óg.

St. Mary’s Principal Anne Doherty and County PRO Tracey Kennedy with members of the

winning team. Pic: Howard Crowdy

Milford Win All-Ireland Club Title Congratulations to Milford on winning back-to-back All-Ireland Senior

Club camogie titles with a narrow victory over Ardrahan (Galway) on

March second at Croke Park, 0-6 to 0-5.

The victorious Milford team at Croke Park.

Cork GAA Clubs’ Draw – JOIN NOW!!! At the half-way point of the 2013/14 Cork GAA Clubs' Draw series, you

can now enter the remaining six draws for just €50!!!

You’ll need to move fast though, as this offer closes on Wednesday March

26th - contact your local GAA club or phone the Draw Office at 021-

4291122. The March Draw takes place on Thursday 27th at Courcey

Rovers.

Pearse Murphy, Treasurer Cork County Board, presenting Ford Focus Car, top prize in the

February Cork GAA Clubs' Draw, to Sheila O'Brien (Ovens), Cork Camogie Board Draw Member, at Castle Road Camogie Grounds. Picture: Mike English.

Scór Update Unfortunately, there was no joy for Cork’s participants in the All-Ireland

Scór na nÓg Finals, but four clubs have now reached the Scór Sinsir

Munster Finals on Sunday in Limerick: Clann na nGael (Rince Foirne), St.

John’s (Bailéad Ghrupa - pictured), Bride Rovers (Léiriú) and Boherbue

(Rince Seit agus Ceol Uirlise. A very successful Tráth na gCeist Bórd was

won by Millstreet, with Bride Rovers runners-up.

Fermoy’s Brian O’Sullivan accepts the Seán Ó Murchú Cup from County Coaching Officer,

Brendan Driscoll. Pic: Denis O’Flynn Next Issue The next issue of County Board News will be published in April.

Please forward this newsletter to all your contacts.

Future Champions

Teams Congratulations to

Tomás Clancy, Conor

Dorman, Ian Maguire

and Conor Lehane (UCC)

and Tomás Lawrence,

Eoin Keane and John

Cronin (CIT) who were

recently named on the

Irish Daily Mail Future

Champions teams. See

http://ow.ly/uX71V for

more.

Christy Ring Exhibition Following a very

successful exhibition in

LHQ gallery in

November, Cork County

Library and Arts Service

is delighted to welcome

back to County Library

Headquarters the

extraordinary Christy

Ring exhibition, by Denis

O'Sullivan from Ballynoe,

on Friday 28th March.

This unrivalled collection

of memorabilia of the

Cloyne hero has every

imaginable detail

Christy's hurling career

and is a must for anyone

with an interest in GAA

and in particular, Cork's

own hurling icon.

The one-day exhibition

will run from 10am to

4pm on Friday 28th

March LHQ Gallery,

County Library

Headquarters,

Carrigrohane Road, Cork.