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Dublin - Leinster Senior Football Champions 2009Back L-R: Pat Burke, Dean Rock, Ciaran Whelan, Darren Daly, Ross McConnell, Paul Casey, Barry Cahill,
Denis Bastic, Darren Magee, Paul Flynn, Bernard Brogan, Diarmuid Connolly, Alan Brogan, Michael Savage, Declan Lally, Cian O‘Sullivan, Kevin Bonner.
Front L-R: Paul Conlon, Alan Hubbard, Jason Sherlock, Conal Keaney, Paul Griffin, Stephen Cluxton, Paddy Andrews, David Henry, Ger Brennan, Blaine Kelly, Shane Ryan, Bryan Cullen.
Kilkenny - Leinster Senior Hurling Champions 2009Back L-R: Eddie Brennan, P.J. Ryan, Richie O’Neill, Brian Hogan, Michael Grace, Michael Fennelly, James Ryall,
Willie O’Dwyer, Canice Hickey, Derek Lyng, Jackie Tyrrell, P.J. Delaney, Henry Shefflin, Michael Rice, Martin Comerford, T.J. Reid.
Front L-R: Tommy Walsh, Richie Hogan, Eoin McGrath, Eoin Reid, John Tennyson, Aidan Fogarty, John Dalton, Richie Power, J.J. Delaney, Michael Kavanagh, Eoin Larkin, Sean Cummins.
Jubilant Dublin Captain Paul Griffin hoists the Delaney Cup at Croke Park last July
Victorious Kilkenny Captain Michael Fennelly raises the O’Keeffe Cup at Croke Park last July
Comhairle Laighean C.L.G.Tionólfar
Comhdháil Cinn Bliana2009 - 2010
in Tullamore Court Hotel, Tullamore, Co. Offalyar an Luan, 1ú Márta, 2010
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6 Ainmniúchán NaRúin
7 Miontuairiscí Chruinniu de'n Chomhdháil Bhliantúil 2009
10 Oráid an Chathaoirligh
15 Tuairisc an Rúnaí
38 Leinster Team 25
43 Games Development Report
59 Leinster Master Tutor Group
62 Cumann na mBunscol Laighean
64 Comhairle Iarbhunscoileanna Laighean
65 Leinster Third Level Colleges
67 Comhairle Liathróid Laighean
69 Leinster Referees Administrator's
and Leinster Recruitment & Training Officers
72 Hearing Committee
73 Club Fixtures Committee
75 Leinster P.R.O. Report
76 Grounds, Facilities, Health & Safety Committee
79 Match Venue Requirements for Leinster Fixtures
80 Leinster Club & County Planning
82 Coiste Scór
84 Coisde Gaeilge Laighean Website
85 GAA Volunteers' Awards - Leinster Roll of Honour
88 Clár na gCluichí 2010
93 Cluichí Laighean 2009
103 Cluichí Iarbhunscoileanna 2008-2009
105 Cluichí Liathróid Láimhe Laighean 2009
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6.00pm EveningMeal
7.20pm Registration
7.30pm (1) OpeningofConvention
(2) Minutesof2009Convention
(3) DiscussionofReportofChiefExecutive
(4) DiscussionofSub-CommitteeReports
8.15pm Adoption/ReviewofAccountsofComhairleLaigheanC.L.G.
8.30pm ElectionofAnCisteoirNua(Ballot)
8.40pm AddressbyAnCathaoirleach
9.00pm FormalElectionofOfficers
9.15pm GuestSpeakers
9.30pm NaRúin
9.40pm Tea/Coffee–ConventionCloses
EachcountyisentitledtothefollowingDelegaterepresentationatConvention,inadditiontoitstworepresentativesontheProvincialCouncil:
Ceatharloch 5 CillMhantain 6 Iarmhi 5 AnMhí 6AnLú 5 Longphort 5 CillDara 6 UibhFháilí 6CillChainnigh 5 Laois 6 ÁthCliath 6 LochGarman 6
AbriefmeetingoftheincomingLeinsterCouncilwillbeheldimmediatelyafterConvention,atwhichonlyurgentbusinesstohandwillbeconsidered.
NOTE1. SliponAdmissionCardtobehandedtoHotelManagementforEveningMeal(6.00pm)2. FullLeinsterConventiondocumentationhasalreadybeenforwardeddirectlytoeachmemberofthe outgoingLeinsterCouncil.
MicheálÓDubhshlaine(Rúnaí) ÁrasLaighean,Portlaoise,Co.Laois.
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CATHAOIRLEACH SheamusOhUilin (LochGarman)
LEAS-CATHAOIRLEACH MartinOSceallaigh (Longphort)
CISTEOIR: BrendánODiomsaigh (AnMhi) SeánÓhÉile (CillChainnigh) PadraigÓTomhnair (Lú)
OIFIGEACHCAIDREAMHPOIBLI S.S.Breathnach (CillDara)
Na Rúin
ThatLeinsterCouncilfixInterCountyHurling&FootballChampionshipgamesinallGradesforadualcountyonthesameweekendi.e.Saturday& Sunday up to and including Leinster Semi-Finalsinordertoprovidefreeweekendsforclubchampionshipsinthecountyduringthemonths
fromApriltoJuly.Thisprincipletoalsoapplytoconcluding phases of the National Hurling &FootballLeagues.
(LochGarman)
Miontuairiscí Chruinniu de'nChomhdháil Bhliantúil 02/03/2009
Thefollowingdelegatesrepresentedthecounties:
LÚ P.Oilibhear,P.MacMathúna,P.OhAmaltuin, E.NiCiaran
ANMHÍ B.OCoimin,B.OhAilin,P.ÓLoingsigh, BÓDíomsaigh,S.OCraobhain,C.Seoige.
ÁTHCLIATH G.ÓhArrachtaín,S.ÓFuaraín,A.MacCoitil, S.MacNioclaís,T.ÓRiain,S.OMathuna.
CILLMHANTÁIN A.OBriain,L.OLochlainn,M.OMurchu, P.MacEochaidh,M.ÓhAgaín,E.ÓMuirí.
LOCHGARMAN G.ÓDuíll,M.NiDhuill,D.ÓhÚilín, S.ÓSeacnasaigh,D.ÓNuallaín,M.NíFhoghlú.
CILLDARA S.OMearain,C.UiNeill,P.Aghais, A.OSuilleabhain,B.OCionnaith,S.ÓTiarnaín.
CEATHARLOCH T.OMurchu,T.ONeill,S.ÓBolguidhir, G.OLionnain,P.ODiring.
CILLCHAINNIGH P.Cinnseallach,B.OhIci,P.MacAindreís, E.OCuinn,E.ÓBogaigh. LAOIS A.Breathnach,P.MacAodhBhuí,A.ODubhshlaine, B.OhAilin,M.ÓCearbhúill,T.MacSeoin.
UIBHFHÁILÍ P.OTeachain,M.N.OBroin,P.ÓCaíside, M.NíChinncheíd,M.ÓSioradaín.
IARMHÍ R.DeBrún,A.ÓLeabhraigh,S.ÓBriain, M.MacAodha,L.ÓGabhaín.
LONGPHORT T.S.MacABhaird,P.OCathail,S.ÓhUaine, S.OCuinn,SeosamhÓFheuilin
ThefollowingalsoattendedConvention
IAROIFIGIGH S.OBeara,S.Aldridge,S.OBroin,P.OFlannagain.
SUB-COMMITTEEREPS A.Breathnach(CoisdeScór) P.ÓCaisearlaigh(CoisdenaReiteoirí) M.NíCheallaigh(CoisdenaGaeilge) P.S.ÓMurchú(Development,Health&Safety)
GUESTS GeraldineGiles,Uachtarán,CumannPeileGaelnamBan JosephWhelan,Chairman,WestmeathCo.Co. NioclásÓBraonaín,UachtaránC.L.G. LisaClancy/DeclanFanning,PaircanChrocaigh. RobertBaker,BakerSolutions JohnQuirke,QuirkePhotography.
ÁRASLAIGHEANSTAFF M.MacRaghnaill,S.MacCoitir,S.ÓFlannagáin,C.ÓCleír,P.NíChleír,H.NíhÓrain.
Sheamus Uas O hUilin (Cathaoirleach) presided attheAnnualConventionofLeinsterCouncilGAA,heldin Hilamar Hotel, Kinnegad on Monday, 2nd March2009.
ThefollowingmembersofComhairleLaigheanC.L.G.werealsopresent:
G.OMaolthuille(ComhairleArdOideachais)S.OhOrain(Iarbhunscoileanna)S.OFionnalaigh(CumannnamBunscol)LiamÓMathuin(LiathroidLáimhe)MaírtínÓSceallaigh(LeasCathaoireach)SeanMacCarthaigh(Cisteoir)TomasÓFearghail(P.R.O.)
LiamÓNeill(Iar-Cathaoirleach)P.ÓTomhnair,S.ÓDroighneain(Lú)P.ÓDuibhir,P.ÓCeallaigh(AnMhi)D.ÓhIceadha,S.DeRóiste(AthCliath)M.ÓColmain(CillMhantain)P.Uaiceam,P.ODuill(LochGarman)S.S.Breathnach,M.OFionnain(CillDara)S.OCaimpin(Ceatharloch)S.OhEile,S.Breathnach(CillChainnigh)S.ODaltuin,R.OMuilleoir(Laois)E.OFloinn,A.ÓGallchoir(UibhFhaili)S.OSioradain,A.MacRoibin(Iarmhi)S.OFloinn,M.OCarraige(Longphort)M.ÓDubhshlaine(Rúnaí).
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OSCAILTPadraighUasÓLaighneach,Rúnaí,CoisdeCo.nahÍarmhíC.L.G.formallyopenedConventionand,in turn, introduced (a) Tomás Ó Fearghail,CathaoirleachCoisdeCo.nahIarmhíC.L.G.and(b) Mr. Joseph Whelan, Chairman, WestmeathCounty Council. Both welcomed delegates toWestmeathandwished theConventionwell initsdeliberations.
PRESENTATIONAntUasÓFearghailthenpresentedtheOfficersand delegates with presents – of Westmeathorigin–asamementooftheLeinsterCouncil’svisittotheCounty.
BUIOCHASSheamus Ó hÚilin thanked both men for theirwelcomeandpresentations.
COLINDUNNER.I.P.P.UasÓTeáchaín,CathaoirleachCoisdeCo.UibhFhailiC.L.G.addressedConvention.Herecalledtherecenttragicdeathofayounghurlerandfootballerfrom Shamrocks Club Uibh Fhaili (he died inBarcelona whilst participating in a marathon toraisefundsforanOffalyCharityFund).
Colin Dunne was an outstanding dual playerwithClubandCounty.Hewasalsoagreatleaderofyoungpeople,onanoffthefieldofplay.
ColinwasalsoaformerrecipientofaComhairleLaigheanBursarysomeshortfewyearsago.
Convention stood for a minutes silence as amarkofrespecttothelateColinDunne.
MIONTUAIRISCICHOMHDHAIL2007The minutes of the 2008 Convention wereadopted and signed by An Cathaoirleach onpropositionofA.MacRoibín, secondedbyS.ÓSioradaín.
TUAIRISCANRUNAITheCEO’sReportwasadoptedandopened fordiscussionunderthevariousheadings.Inthecourseofthisdiscussion:(a)TomásÓFearghail,P.R.O.outlinedplans forLeinster’s celebration of the G.A.A. 125thAnniversary and (b) Liam Ó Néill made apresentation of the new proposed disciplinaryprocedures.
TUAIRISCNAFOCHOISDIThe Convention adopted and considered theReports of the following Leinster Council Sub-Committees:
(1) Coaching and Games DevelopmentCommittee.
(2) Referee’sAdministratorsReport.(3) HearingsCommittee.(4) ClubFixturesMonitoringCommittee.(5) I.T.MarketingandP.R.Committee.(6) LeinsterP.R.O.(7) Grounds & Facilities/Health and Safety
Committee.(8) Leinster Club and County Planning
Committee.(9) CoisdeScórLaighean.(10)CoisdenanGaeilge.
ANNUALACCOUNTS2007/2008AnCisteoir,SeánMacCarthaigh,presentedtheAnnual Reports which were adopted anddiscussed.
At the outset of the discussion An tIarChathaoirleach , Seamus Aldridge, questionedtheauthenticityoftheAccountsashefelttheydidnotcomplywithRiail54T.O.
He asked that the matter be considered byCoisde Bainisti Laighean and Conventionacceptedthis.
COISDE SCÓR AND LIATHRÓID LÁIMHEACCOUNTSAlsoadoptedbyConvention.
UACHTARÁNC.L.G.ConventionwasaddressedbyUachtaránC.L.G.,NioclásÓBraonaín.Inawide-rangingsubmissionAn tUas Ó Braonaín recalled the history andstrength of the Association and proceeded tooutline thechallengesandopportunitieswhichlieahead.
APPOINTMENTOFTELLERSThe following were appointed as Tellers forConvention:- Gearoíd Ó Maolthuille, Liam ÓMathuín, Seamus Ó Fionnallaigh and Sean ÓhÓraín.
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ELECTIONOFP.R.O.Four candidates contested this position andvotingresultedasfollows:
NAME 1stBallot 2ndBallot 3rdBallotS.S.Breathnach(CillDara) 25 37 51(Elected)P.OCeallaigh(AnMhí) 24 32 41S.Napier(CillMhantain) 22 23(Elim)A.MacRoibin(Iarmhi) 21(Elim)
AllcandidatesreturnedthankstoConvention.
ADDRESSOFANCATHAOIRLEACHSheamusÓhÚilínaddressedConventionaspertheattachedtext.
ELECTIONOFOFFICERSAnCathaoirleachdeclaredMáirtínÓSceallaighandSeánMacCarthaightobere-electedasLeasCathaoirleachandCisteoirrespectively.
NARÚINA. “ThattheLeinsterClubChampionshipFinals
in both Hurling and Football at Senior,IntermediateandJuniorgradesbeplayedatneutral venues (not a County Venue ofparticipatingClubsinFinal)”(AnMhi)
Proposer:P.ÓDuibhir(AnMhí)Seconder:P.Aghais(CillDara)
Decision:For33-Against42MotionLost
B. ThatthecurrentComhairleLaigheanC.L.G.bye-law in respect of the ManagementCommittee of the Council be amended toreadasfollows:
MANAGEMENTCOMMITTEEThereshallbeaManagementCommitteewhichshallconsistoftheOfficersandarepresentativeof (a) Coaching and Games DevelopmentCommittee,(b)Development,Facilities,HealthandSafetyCommittee, (c) ClubandCountyPlanningCommittee(d)InformationTechnology,MarketingandPublicRelationsCommitteeand(e) the full time Chief Executive Officer ofCoisdeConndaeAthCliathC.L.G.
(a) It shall implement matters pertaining toComhairle Laighean C.L.G. betweenmeetingsoftheCouncil.
(b) It shall report on its deliberations toComhairleLaigheanC.L.G.
(c) It shall control financial aspects withinpolicy guidelines of Comhairle LaigheanC.L.G.
(d) It shall have before it when necessary, thereports of other sub-committees forconsiderationandaction.
(e) It shall nominate a Provincial Referees’AdministratortobesanctionedbyComhairleLaigheanC.L.G.(Riail71(f)T.O.2006).
(f) It shall manage and oversee all humanresources issues on behalf of ComhairleLaigheanC.L.G.
(g) Subject tooverall ratificationofComhairleLaigheanC.L.G.itshallhavetheauthoritytoappoint sub-committees to deal withdelegatedmatters/activities.
Itshalldealwithdiscipline(non-gamesrelated)matters.
AllmembersoftheManagementCommitteemust be current voting members ofComhairleLaigheanCLGwiththeexceptionoftheCEOofCoisdeConndaeAthCliathCLGandtheCEOofComhairleLaigheanCLG
(ComhairleLaigheanC.L.G.)Proposer:M.ÓSceallaigh(LeasCathaoirleach)Seconder:M.ÓColmain(CoisdeBainistiLaighean)
Decision:For46-Against41Motionlostas,inaccordancewithRiail98T.O.,itneededatwothirdsmajority.
BUIOCHASAnCathaoirleachwarmlythankedthefollowingfor their part in the efficient organization ofConvention:
(a) PaddyFlanagan,JohnCotter,KevinFlanagan(b) CoralstownKinnegadClubMembers(c) CoisdeCo.nahIarmhiOfficers(d) ManagementandStaffofHilamarHotel
THECONVENTIONENDED
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Oráid anChathaoirligh(2ú Márta 2009)
AChairdeLaighean,
Bamhaithliomfáilteachuirroimhgachduineanseoanochtdoncruiniúbliantúilseo.
IwarmlywelcomeyoualltoourAnnualConventionhereintheHilamarHotel,KinnegadandIthankourhosts Westmeath for their warm and friendlywelcome.
Winnersin2008I think2008wasanothersuccessfulyearforour12Counties and Comhairle Laighean. I wish tocongratulateallourprovincialChampionshipwinnersandaspecialwelldonetoKilkennyonwinningfourof the Leinster Hurling titles (Senior, Intermediate,Under21&Minor)andindeedtheirthirdAllIrelandHurling title in a row. Congratulations also to StVincent’s(Dublin),ConahyShamrocks(Kilkenny)andClonkill (Westmeath) on winning All Ireland Clubtitlesin2008.Thereweresomedisappointingissuesto the Leinster Club Championship in that a smallnumberofCountiesfailedtomeetdeadlinesinordertohavetheirChampionsparticipateintheProvincialChampionship even though we deferred from thescheduleddatestotryandfacilitatethefixtures.Withthatinmindwehavebroughtforwardthedrawsfor2009 and they are today listed in your Conventionbooklet. This means that Counties have eight/ninemonths clear notice of individual fixtures and theLeinster fixturescanbe included inCounties fixtureplansfor2009.IexpectthatthischangewillensurethatnoneofourcountieswillmisstheopportunitytoplayinLeinsterin2009.
Progressin2008I feel we made a lot of progress in 2008 in severalareas and I wish to mention a few. One was inCoachingandGamesdevelopment.AsShaneFlanaganand John Horan have outlined in their report weconcluded a full review of all of our coaching andgamesdevelopmentareasinOctober2008.Followingon from that review we are now setting up newperformance managed structures in each of ourcountieswithafulltimedesignatedpersonemployedto manage all games development activities. ThisprocessiswelladvancedasIspeakandIwouldliketothank all concerned, Shane, John and our Counties
who contributed and helped to move the processforward.
LocalAuthoritiesAnotherimportantdevelopmentistheLocalAuthorityPartnership co-funded agreements. It is nice to seethatourpositiveinvolvementinourcommunitiesisbeingrecognisedbyourlocalcouncils.Wehavesetupagreements with Louth (servicing the towns ofDrogheda and Dundalk), Westmeath, Longford andWexford Co Councils. I wish to acknowledge andsincerely thank all the Chairpersons and CountyManagers who have engaged with us in setting upthispartnership.
ÁrasLaigheanI mentioned in my few words last year about theextensionofourpremisesatArasLaighean.Iamgladtoreportthattheworkisalmostnowcompleted,ontime and on budget. We are moving in this weekstarting tomorrow morning.This new developmentwillservetheneedsoftheCouncilforthenext15to20 years. I would like to take this opportunity tothankall thestaffatArasLaighean for theefficientway they all embraced the development andcontributed so much to the planning and layout ofthenewbuilding.
MeetingsaroundtheProvinceAspromisedlastyearduringtheredevelopment,weheldourmanagementmeetingsaroundtheprovincein2008.IfeelitwasasuccessasitgavethemembersofManagementabetterunderstandingoftheneedsofthecountiesthatwevisited.
TheGAAStrategicVisionand ActionPlan2009–2015Oneofthemostimportantthingsaboutthisplanisthat it is a plan more or less drawn up by ourmembersandtoimplementtheplannorulesneedtobe changed. Consultations were held withapproximately 7,000 people – members and nonmembers, supporters, players, mentors and matchofficials.Theplanaddresseselevenkeyareasandweallhaveaclearroadmaptofollowfromclub,county,province to national level. We will all have clearmeasureable goals set out and it is all ourresponsibilities todeliveron theplanover thenext
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sevenyears.Nosingleunitoftheassociationcanmaketheplanworkonitsown.Wemustallworktogether,clubs, counties, provinces and at national level andstrivetohelpeachothertoimplementtheobjectivesof the plan.We intend to set up a small ProvincialSteering Group in the next few weeks to help thecountiesanddrivetheplanonatLeinsterlevel.
125yearCelebrationsIfeelImustrefertoournightofcelebrationinCrokeParkon31/01/09DublinvTyronewhichpaidtributetothemanygreatGaelswhoworkedsohardovertheyearstobuildourorganisationtowhat it is today. Itwas a great occasion and I pay tribute to all whoplannedtheamazingnight.
We, at Leinster Council, have planned a number ofprojects which represent various aspects of ouractivitiessuchasourplayers,clubs,historiansandthepublicatlarge.GamesDevelopmentintendtorunclubevents during June and July in hurling and football,includedwillbeskilleventsandblitzes.
Weintendtopublishabookofallrecordsoverthelast25 years (1984 to 2008) which will record SeniorLeinster Hurling and Football Championship winnersandrunnersup.Thebookwillalsoincludeteamphotosand match reports. It will also have a section onLeinster Second Level Schools and Leinster Clubrecords.Wearealsoholdingacompetitiontopickthe‘’Teamofthelast25years’’ inHurlingandFootball. Iamsuremanyagoodargumentwilltakeplacebeforebothteamsarecompleted.
LánagClub–10May2009–willbeaveryimportantdayforourassociationandIwishclubseverysuccesswithwhateverplanstheyhavefortheday.
Fáilte-GalwayandAntrim–Championship2009Our 2009 Leinster Senior Hurling championship willmarkanewmilestoneforLeinsterHurling.Followingonfromspecialcongressin2008adecisionwasmadeto includeGalwayandAntriminourLeinsterHurlingChampionship. Draws are made and we all now lookforwardtoexcitinggamesasalltheteamsbattleitoutto win the Leinster title. I wish to put on record mysincere welcome to both counties and assure themthattheywillbetreatedwiththeutmostrespectandintheexactsamemanneraswehavealwaystreatedour own counties. Antrim have played in LeinsterbeforebutitwillbeafirstforGalway.BestwishestoallourLeinsterHurlingteamsandIknowthattheywillrise to the challenge that Galway and Antrim willpresent.
LeinsterHurlingLeagueThe Leinster Club hurling league has proven to be ahugesuccessstorywith112teamsfromallovertheprovincetakingpartlastyear.Eachclubwasguaranteedat least three games from teams outside their owncounty. We started on March 24th and finished on
Sunday1stJuneafterplaying180games.Thepositivefeed back we have received from our clubs is veryencouragingandwewillcontinuetotryandimprovetheleague,howeverwewillneedfullcooperationfromall our counties to ensure the success of this leaguegoing forward. Great credit is due to all involved inorganizing the competition and I wish to record mythanks.
Camogie&LadiesFootball
Goodprogresscontinuestobemadetowardsincreasingthe co-operation between the GAA, the CamogieAssociation and the Ladies Football Association. WehaveofficesfortheLadies includedinournewofficedevelopment which will help both organizations togrowandprosperinLeinsterintheyearsahead.
IwouldliketotakethisopportunitytothankGeraldineGiles for the huge contribution that she made asUachtaranoftheLadiesFootballAssociationoverthelastsixyears.
EconomyDuring the year we have seen a significant,unprecedented and unpredicted down turn in thenationaleconomy.Thiswillhaveaserious impactonour association both nationally and here in Leinster.We must face this challenge by looking at our costbaseandbemindfulthatthegeneralpublicwillhavelessdisposableincomewhichmayimpactonourgatereceipts.Wemustnow,morethaneverbefore,ensurethatoursupportersgetgoodentertainmentandvalueformoney.Eachcountymustbemindfulofthisandbepreparedtoreacttothesechangingcircumstances. Itis the time to be careful and prudent in all ourfinancialdealingsand inallaspectofourworkgoingforwardforthenextcoupleofyears.Ourassociationhavegonethroughmanyeconomicdownturnsinthepastandhavealwayscomeouttheotherendstrongerand more focused, I am sure that if we all worktogether and run our affairs, going forward in aprofessional and structured manner we will be wellplaced as in the past, when the economy turns thecorner.
Iamgladtosaythatwearebringingalargenumberofour championship games to local venues in 2009whishshouldencouragemoreofourloyalsupporterstoattendourgames.TheGAAismorevitalnowandhelpstogiveourpeopleprideandspiritduringthesehard times of recession. What we offer to parishes,communitiesandcountiesalloverthecountryismorethanourgames,morethanasport,weofferasenseofbelongingandaplacewherepeopleareproudtocalltheir own. However we need to add to this byextendinganinvitationtothosethatweknowinourtowns and parishes that are going through difficulttimes,perhapsunemployedatthemoment,wemustencouragethemtogetinvolvedatanyleveltheyfeeltheycancontribute.Peoplecanfeelverydisenfranchised
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anddownduringtimeslikewehaveatpresentsoitisimportant that we watch out and encourage thesepeople to join our association and get involved withourunits.
The GAA nationally, and here in Leinster, have comethrough hard times before but it is important toremember that we have built up excellent facilitiesover the last 20 years that will stand to our needsgoing forward. Young people today could feeldiscouragedatwhat ishappeningwithoureconomy;manymayemigratetoseekemployment.Wehaveavitalroletoplayinleadingandencouragingouryouthto participate in our games and to get involved inCumannLuthchleasGael.TheGAAhasalwaysadaptedpositively to a changing Ireland. Throughout thesechangingtimeswehavemanagedtomaintainthecorevalues of the organization and pass them on fromgenerationtogeneration.Wehavealwaysadjustedandchangedtoensurewecontinuetoservetheneedsofour members. During the hard times ahead we willcontinue to offer support to our units so that ourmembers can be part of a proud, progressive andforwardthinkingorganization.
Retirements–TommyFarrellandLiamO’NeillTommy Farrell brings the curtain down tonight afterservingtwoyearsasPROofComhairleLaighean.IamalmostsurethatwejoinedtheLeinsterCouncilinthesameyearandoverthatperiodoftimewealwayshada good bit of honest banter. I wish to thank youTommyforallyouhavedoneforLeinsterandwishyouwell in your position as Cathaoirleach Coisde CoIarmhi.
I wish to congratulate Tommy’s successor J.J.Walshand look forward to serving with him in the yearsahead.IhavenodoubtthatJ.J.willcarryouthisdutiesfor the Council in a professional manner. I offer mycommiserations to the defeated candidates TonyRobinson, Jackie Napier and Paddy Kelly who haveservedtheCouncilwellovermanyyears.
Today Liam O’Neill also departs the LeinsterCouncilscene.OnyourbehalfIwouldliketothankhimforhiscontribution over a long number of years. I knowduring the past year he has put a lot of time andenergyintothenewproposedrulechangesandIwishhim well at Congress. Liam has made a majorcontribution to Comhairle Laighean and I thank himsincerelyandwishhimwellinthefuture.
BuiochasIwould like to thankmy fellowofficers,membersofComhairle Laighean and the members of all sub-committeesfortheirsupportandhardworkin2008.ItseemstheworkanddemandsofComhairleLaigheancontinuestogroweveryyearandonbehalfofusallIwish to thankMichaelDelaneyandhishardworkingstaff - Michael Reynolds, Shane Flanagan, HannahHoran,PatriciaClear,JohnCotter,ColmClearandJulie
Quinn who is recovering well, thank God, from herrecent illness. I extend my appreciation also to theCoachingStaff-LesterRyan,NoelDelaney,GeorgeOConnor, Ger O Connor, Michael Neary and DeclanPower, Schools Officers Tom Fitzpatrick and TomO'Donnellandallcoachingpersonnel inourcountiesandthirdlevelschools.
I want to thank the units and individuals who havecontributed to the smooth workings of the LeinsterCouncilinthepastyear.Ithasbeenapleasanttaskforme and I wish you all to know that my words areheartfelt.
UachtaranNickeyBrennanUachtaranNickeyisaverywelcomeguestheretodayashejumpsthelastfewfencesoftherace.Iwastryingto put a few words together to thank him for hisoutstandingservicetoCumannLuthchleasGaelwhenIreceivedtheannualreportandreadMichealDelaney’sfewwordsaboutNickey.
NobettermanwiththefewwordsthanMichealsoIdecidedtoreadoutwhatMichealstatedinthereportaboutNickeyasIfeelitsumsupallhisachievementsverywell:
“ThehistoryoftheGAAwillbekindtoNickeyBrennanas it recognizes his many achievements as President.His dedication to the role, his skilful handling ofsituations,hisinsightfulcontributions,hisenthusiasmandworkethicandhissenseoffairplaywillallbeputforwardashallmarksofhisPresidency. Inhisprimaryfunction as leader of the Association he has beenremarkablysuccessful.”
OnbehalfofComhairleLaigheanCLGIpaytributetoNickeyforajobwelldone.HehasbeenacredittothisCouncilbutalsotohisfamily,clubandcounty.I’msuretherewillbemuchmoreforyoutodo,butfornowwesimplysay‘Welldone’.
SympathyIwishtoextendtheCouncil’ssympathytoallourGAAfriendsthatpassedawayduringthepastyear.
ConclusionFinally,Iwishyouallanenjoyableandsuccessful2009and thankyouall foryouvalued support andadviceduring2008
Go raibh míle maith agaibh agus ar aghaidh linn lechéile
SéamusÓhÚilínCathaoirleachComhairleLaighean
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Lein
ster
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icer
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ates
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-R
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hael
Kar
rigy
(Lo
ngfo
rd),
Mic
hael
Fen
nin
(Kild
are)
, Syl
Mer
ins
(Kild
are)
, Ger
ry T
ully
(Th
ird
Leve
l Co
llege
s), J
oe
Mar
tin
(Wes
tmea
th),
Jim
Bo
lger
(C
arlo
w),
Paul
Kin
sella
(K
ilken
ny),
And
y G
alla
gher
(O
ffal
y), J
ohn
ny D
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Eam
on
Flyn
n (O
ffal
y), S
ean
Cam
pio
n (C
arlo
w),
Cat
hal S
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e (M
eath
), Pa
t D
oyle
(W
exfo
rd),
Seam
us F
lynn
(Lo
ngfo
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Jam
es F
enne
lly (
Cum
ann
na
mBu
nsco
l), D
ona
l Hic
key
(Dub
lin)
2nd
Row
L-R
Jim
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che
(Dub
lin),
Padd
y O
'Dw
yer
(Mea
th),
Des
Bur
ton
(Wic
klow
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m T
horn
ton
(Lo
uth)
, Pad
dy W
ickh
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Wex
ford
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t To
ner,
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agem
net,
(Lo
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, Se
an S
heri
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agem
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,(W
estm
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ont
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mm
y W
alsh
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agem
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(K
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John
McC
arth
y, T
reas
urer
, (K
ildar
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arti
n Sk
elly
, Vic
e-C
hair
man
(Lo
ngfo
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Shea
mus
How
lin, C
hair
man
, (W
exfo
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Mic
hael
Del
aney
, CEO
, (La
ois
), JJ
Wal
sh, P
RO, (
Kild
are)
, Mar
tin
Co
lem
an, M
anag
emen
t, (
Wic
klow
)
Tuairisc an Rúnaí
ACháirde,
Bliain eile caite agus arís is cúis áthais domtuairisc gearr a chur romhaimh faoi cúrsaí anChúige i 2009. Cé nach raibh bliain iontachagainn,babhliainstairiúil i slíeile - Antroimagus Gaillimh ag glacadh páirt in ár CraobhIomáintSinsir.
Gabhaimcomhghairdeasdonafóirneónchúigeabhuaigharanstaitsenáisiúnta-CillChainnighinIomáintSinsir,CeatharlochsaChristyRing,AnMhísaNickyRachard,CillChainnigh,UibhFháilíagusCillDara saSraithNáisiúnta IománaagusKilmacudCrokessaClubPeilSinsir.
Táim fior bhuíoch d’oifigigh agus baill anChomhairle agus do oifigigh na Conntaethe asuchtagcabhairliomsaagusdonfhoireannanseoinÁrasLaighean.
Comh maith le feachaint siar ar an bliain atácaite tá orainn feachaint chuig an todhchaífreisin.Táalánobairledéanamhagainningachpáirtdenchumannagustásúilagamgombeimidgoléirlechéilearanmbótharsin.
Marsin,seochugaibhmosmaointear2009,mothuairimíarchúrsaíáiritheagusm’adharcaranbhliainatáromhainn.
INTERCOUNTYCHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2009 Leinster Championships have beenadequately reported upon by sports journalistsatmanylevelsandrecordedforposterityinthevariousCountyYearbooks.Thus itonly remainsfor me to record the winners names in ourarchives and, perhaps, to refer to someoutstandinghighlights.
As we have recorded so often in the past theLeinster Hurling Championship belonged toKilkenny-only,thistime,morethanever.Forthefirst time in history teams from Kilkenny wonevery Leinster Championship title available tothemintheoneseasoni.e.fourintercountyandthethreeinterclub.Isitahealthysituation?-not ifyouare tryingtopromotehurling in therestoftheProvince!
Football honours are a little better distributed.Nevertheless, when Dublin won their fifthLeinster Senior Football title in a row itmeantthat they had captured threeof the four2009Leinster Inter County Football Championships.Only Louth’s victory in the Junior FootballChampionshippreventedacleansweep.
Listed hereunder, for record purposes, are thewinners and runners-up in our various 2009competitions.
ROLLOFHONOUR
PEIL BUATHOIRI NEASOIRI
Sinsir AthCliath CillDara
Sóisir Lú Longphort
Mionúir AthCliath CillDara
Fé21Bliain AthCliath Laois
ClubSinsir Portlaoise Garrycastle
ClubIdirmhéanach Maynooth Tubberclair
ClubSóisir Longwood St.Mochtas
CornUíBhroin Lú DCU
SciathUíBhroin Laois Ceatharloch
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Kilkenny - Leinster U-21 Hurling Champions 2009Back L-R: Shane Maher, Martin Phelan, Keith Hogan, David Lyng, Michael Walsh, Nicky Cleere,
Colin McGrath, Martin Walsh, David Langton, John Joe Farrell, Paul Murphy, Mark Kelly, Colin Fennelly, Peter McCarthy.
Front L-R: Richie Hogan, Thomas Breen, John Mulhall, Paddy Nolan, Eoin Murphy, James Nolan, Conor Fogarty, Lester Ryan, Mark Bergin, Liam Ryan.
Dublin - Leinster U-21 Football Champions 2009Back L-R: Barry O’Rourke, Dean Rock, Dean Kelly, Colm Murphy, Kevin Nolan, Hugh Gill, Paddy AndrewsFront L-R: Rory O’Carroll, Paddy O’Connor, Colin Moore, Cian O’Sullivan (Capt.), Dominic McDonnell,
Niall Brogan, Johnny Cooper.Missing from photo: Luke Sweetman.
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IOMAINT BUATHOIRI NEASOIRI
Sinsir CillChainnigh AthCliath
Sóisir CillChainnigh LochGarman
Mionúir CillChainnigh LochGarman
SciathMionúir CillDara Ceatharloch
Fé21Bliain CillChainnigh AthCliath
Fé21Bliain‘A’ CillDara Ceatharloch
SóisirSciath Lú Warwickshire
ClubSinsir BallyhaleSh'ocks Tullamore
ClubIdirmhéanach St.Lachtains MtLeinsterRgrs
ClubSóisir Blacks&Whites NhFionnbarra
ClubSóisirSpeis. St.Sylvesters Edenderry
CornBreathnach CillChainnigh Gaillimh
SciathBreathnachAthCliath UibhFhaili
CornMacEochaidhIarmhi Ceatharloch
SciathMacEochaidh CillDara Lu
ClubS.H.League
Div.1 Dunnamaggin Ferns
Div.2 Askamore Belmont
Div.3 OularttheBallagh Knockbridge
Div.4 Killurin EireOg/ CorraChoill
Div.5 Ratoath Fr.Daltons
CLUBCHAMPIONSHIPSHURLINGAs I mentioned elsewhere, the Leinster 2009Club Championships were dominated by clubsfrom Kilkenny. The Senior, Intermediate andJunior titles were won by Ballyhale Shamrocks,St.LachtainsandBlacks&Whitesrespectively.
The Special Junior Club Hurling Competitionwas,thisyear,wonbySt.Sylvesters(Dublin).
FOOTBALLIn the ultra competitive world of club footballourthreechampionshipgradeswerewonbytheCounty Champions of three different counties.SeniorhonourswenttoPortlaoise,Intermediateto Maynooth while our Junior Champions areLongwoodofMeath.
ACCIDENTTOURNAMENTCOMPETITIONS
Thewinnersofthe2009Competitionswereasfollows:
WalshCupS.H. Kilkenny
WalshShieldS.H. Dublin
KehoeCupS.H. Westmeath
KehoeShieldS.H. Kildare
O’ByrneCupS.F. Louth
O’ByrneShieldS.F. Laois
At the time of writing the 2010 Competitionsarenearingthefinalstages-theprogrammewasinterruptedbythebadweatherofearlyJanuary.
GENERALOnceagaintheinclusionofThirdLevelCollegesin our Competitions was the source of muchcommentandcontroversy.
Counties cited the closed season (November/December)andtheintroductionofexperimentalrulesasreasonswhytheyshouldhavefirstcallontheirplayersfortheseCompetitions.
Similarly they were opposed to the idea ofaddingplayerstotheirpanelsforO’Byrne,WalshandKehoeCupandthenhavingtodiscardthemfortheNationalLeagues.
The fact that some Colleges could field up totwoteamsatdifferentstagesoftheCompetitionsdidlittletorefutetheargumentsofstressedoutCountyBoardOfficersandTeamManagements.
Now is thetime,whentheargumentsandrealsituationsarefreshintheminds,tocarryoutaseriousreviewoftheseCompetitions.
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Kilk
enny
- L
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ter
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or
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ling
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ling
Cha
mpi
ons
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ck L
-R:
Jaso
n C
orc
ora
n, J
ames
Gan
non,
Cat
hal K
enny
, Lia
m la
cey,
Luk
e H
arne
y,W
alte
r W
alsh
, Ric
hie
Doy
le, W
illie
Phe
lan,
Jo
hn P
ower
, Pau
l Ho
lden
, Mar
tin
Gaf
fney
, Dan
ny K
enny
, Se
an P
hela
n, P
auri
c G
ahan
Fro
nt L
-R:
Cat
hal E
nglis
h, J
ames
Cas
sin,
Jo
e Ly
ng, C
illai
n Bu
ckle
y, C
anic
e M
aher
(C
apt)
, Sea
n K
eho
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er A
lyw
ard,
Olli
e W
alsh
,Ian
Dug
gin,
Geo
ff B
renn
an
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Wicklow - Kehoe Shield winners 2010Back L-R: Seán McGrath, Craig Smullen, Paul Sutton, Peter Keane, Ger White, Jonathan O'Neill,
Eoin O'Neill, Billy Cuddihy, Andy O'Brien, Ted Kennedy, Enan Glynn, Jim Connors, Joe Murphy, Mark Collins, Philip Dunne, Colm O'Neill, Ciaran Doyle, Neil Heffernan, T. J. Hennessy,
Front Row: Jack Tanner, Leon Browne, Jeffrey Bermingham, Tony Kinsella, Keith Barnes, Willy Collins, Michael A. O'Neill, Tommy Doyle, John Connors, Chris Kavanagh, Seanie Kinsella, Ray Nolan, Nick Skelton, Nigel Driver, Christy Moorehouse.
Westmeath - Kehoe Cup winners 2010
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ster
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ling
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d w
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Tea
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(Mea
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Ric
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Pow
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elec
tor
(Kilk
enny
), Ed
die
Bren
nan
(Kilk
enny
), A
lan
McC
rabb
e (D
ublin
), Ja
ckie
Tyr
rell
(Kilk
enny
), D
iarm
uid
Lynn
(W
exfo
rd),
Rory
Han
niff
y (O
ffal
y), B
rend
an M
urta
gh (
Wes
tmea
th),
Hen
ry S
heff
lin (
Kilk
enny
), M
arti
n D
onn
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(C
om
peti
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ons
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, D
avid
Ken
ny (
Off
aly)
, Ste
phen
Hin
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Dub
lin),
Joe
Berg
in (
Off
aly)
Fro
nt L
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my
Wal
sh (
Kilk
enny
), D
avid
O'C
alla
ghan
(D
ublin
), Br
ian
Car
roll
(Off
aly)
, Aid
an F
ogar
ty (
Kilk
enny
), JJ
Del
aney
, Cap
tain
(K
ilken
ny),
Mic
hael
Jac
ob
(Wex
ford
), C
olin
Far
rell
(Dub
lin),
Mic
hael
Ric
e (K
ilken
ny),
Dav
id F
rank
s (O
ffal
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teph
en C
lync
h (M
eath
), PJ
Rya
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ilken
nyA
bsen
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om
pho
to: J
ohn
Co
nran
Man
ager
(W
exfo
rd),
Bria
n W
hele
han
Sele
cto
r (O
ffal
y)
M.DONNELLYINTERPROVINCIALCHAMPIONSHIPS2009OurProvincialteamshadverycontrastingsettingsfor their games in the 2009 Inter ProvincialChampionships. The footballersplayed ina cold,wet and windy Crossmaglen in the depths ofWinter.Incidentallytheylost,narrowly,toUlsterinthisSemiFinal.ThefactthatwefieldedacoupleofplayersyettoplaySeniorChampionshipwiththeircountiesmustsurelyconfirmthatthisCompetitionis no longer high on the priority list of CountySeniorFootballers.
InsharpcontrasttheLeinsterhurlers linedout ingloriousweather,atavenuenotfamousforhostinghurling games viz., Abu Dhabi. Thanks to thegeneroussponsorshipofEtihadAirwaysourpartyhad the experience of a lifetime.Adding furtherpleasuretothetripwasthefactthatwedefeatedConnachtinthegameandsoretainedouttitleofInterProvincialHurlingChampions.
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Leinster captain JJ Delaney introduces the local dignitaries to the Leinster players under the watchful eye of Uachtarán Christy Cooney
Leinster captain, JJ Delaney, taking part in the Poc Fada on the beach in Abu Dhabi
Cathaoirleach Comhairle Laighean, Sheamus Howlin swinging in style under the Abu Dhabi sun!
GALWAYANDANTRIM
Many events and happenings are looselydescribed as historic both in the GAA and theworldat large.Howeverwehadatrulyhistorichappening inLeinsterGAAcircles in2009withthe participation ofAntrim and Galway in ourSeniorHurlingChampionship for the first time.Itwasaleapintothedarkbyboththemandusandmyfirstimpressionisthatitwasbeneficialtoallsides.
Galway,certainly,addedawholenewdimensiontoourSeniorHurlingChampionship.Theirgamewith Kilkenny, on a glorious June evening inTullamore, was surely one of the games of theyear. While Antrim’s game with Dublin wassomewhatmorelowkeyitcertainlyalsoaddedto the status of the Championship. The later
fallout about the whole relegation issue wasunfortunateatthetimebut,inastrangeway,itprobably contributed greatly to the overallstructure of the Senior Hurling Championshipbeing reviewed in greater depth than mightotherwisehavehappened.
Both counties proved to be excellent guests inourProvince.Iwanttothanksincerely,thetwoCounty Committees for their co-operation andcourtesyinallourdealingswiththem.LikewiseI would pay tribute to their supporters forturningoutingreatnumbersforthesegames.
WhilewewelcomethemagainforthenexttwoyearsIcanassureboththatourcountieswillbemore determined than ever to try preventingthemfromwinningthetitle.Theywouldnot,I’msure,expectittobeanydifferent.
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Antrim representatives photographed with the Bob O'Keeffe Cup at the Leinster GAA 2009 Championships Launch at Áras Laighean, Portlaoise, L-R: Aidan Mahon, Guinness and Beatrice Cosgrove, ETIHAD Airways (Sponsors). Dominic McKinley (Joint Manager), Sheamus Howlin, Cathaoirleach, Comhairle Laighean. Neil McGarry (Capt) and Frank Smith (Hurling Rep).
Galway representatives photographed with the Bob O'Keeffe Cup at the Leinster GAA 2009 Championships Launch at Aras Laighean, Portlaoise, L-R: Paul Byrnes, Editor, Sunday Game. John Moylan (Selector), Ollie Canning (Capt) and John Fahy, (Hurling Secretary).
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100YEARSOFLEINSTERCOLLEGES
The year 2010 marks the Centenary of theLeinsterCollegesGAACouncil.TheCouncilwasformedatameetingofCollegesRepresentatives,heldintheShelbourneHotel,Dublin,November26th1910.
The following Colleges were present at thismeeting: St. Kierans College, Kilkenny; U.C.D.;College of Science, Dublin; Trinity College;Knockbeg College; St. Enda’s, Rathfarnham; St.Patrick’s Training College, Drumcondra;AgriculturalCollege,GlasnevinandMarlboroughTrainingCollege.Lettersofsupportwerereadtothe meeting from St. Josephs College, Roscrea;Clondalkin College; St. Peters College,Wexford;GoodCounselCollege,NewRoss;andDominicanCollege,Newbridge.
This meeting decided to introduce Senior andJunior Championships in hurling and football(entrancefeeof5shillingsperteam)-theJuniorChampionshipstobeopentostudentsunder18years of age on following June 1st and SeniorChampionshipstobeopenedwithrestrictionstoallmembersofColleges(studentsandstaff).
The following Officers were elected at thisinaugural meeting: Chairman, Very Revd. JohnDoody, President, St. Kierans College, Kilkenny;Vice-Chairman,PadraicPearse,B.A.,B.S.,Principal,St.Enda’sCollege,Rathfarnham;Hon.SecretaryandTreasurer,Mr.D.P.BurkeM.A.,Dublin.
VocationalSchoolsIntheearly/midfiftiessomeVocationalSchoolsbodies began to organise inter-county footballcompetitions. Eventually in 1960 - fifty yearsafter the founding of the Colleges Councils -Cumann Luthchelas Gael na nGairmscoileannawasofficiallyestablishedandProvincialCouncilswere formed. The firstOfficersof the LeinsterVocationalSchoolsCouncilwere:
Chairman M.Finn Longford
ViceChairman D.O'Carroll Offaly
Secretary KieranHunt Westmeath
Treasurer P.Bunse Longford
Down the years, the Leinster Colleges Councilwas serviced by the the Secretary of theProvincial Council. The Vocational SchoolsCouncil was serviced by its own voluntaryofficers.
During the term of office of Jimmy Gray, asLeinster Council Chairman, the VocationalSchools applied to the Leinster Council for theappointment of a Servicing Officer.This led tooneofthemostsignificantdecisionsatanylevelof the Association by the aforementioned Mr.Gray. Instead of appointing a Servicing Officerfor Vocational Schools he initiated - throughprotracted and delicate negotiations - theamalgamationofLeinsterCollegesandLeinsterVocational Schools into one body known asComhairleIarbhunscoileannaLaighean.
ThefirstChairmanofthisnewbodywasAlbertFallon(Longford)whiletheLeinsterCouncilthenappointed a fulltime Servicing Officer to thissector.ThatfirstappointeewasaLeitrimnativeworkinginPortlaoiseC.B.S.-MichaelReynolds.
Thosesignificantdecisionsof100yearsago,and50yearsago,haveseenanunbelievablegrowthof Gaelic Games in second level schools inLeinster.Many,manyteachershavecontributed,inavolunteercapacity,tothisgrowthdowntheyearsandweowethemagreatdebtofgratitude.
Recentdecisions-outsideofGAAcircles-haveput enormous pressure on schools to keep uptheir commitment to the promotion of gaelicgamesbuttheyarearesilientbunch.Ihavegreatfaith that, with the help, encouragement andco-operation of the parent Association ourgames will continue to flourish in this vitalsector.
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Port
lao
ise
- Le
inst
er S
enio
r C
lub
Foo
tbal
l Cha
mpi
ons
200
9Ba
ck L
-R:
Shan
e M
cMan
us, C
ahir
Hea
ly, S
tuar
t N
erne
y, M
ark
Kav
anag
h, B
rian
Gly
nn, A
dria
n K
elly
, Bar
ry F
itzg
eral
d, E
oin
Bla
nd, B
rian
Mul
ligan
, Co
nor
Boyl
e, J
ack
Fenn
ell,
Chr
isto
pher
Hig
gins
, Kev
in F
itzp
atri
ck, D
anny
O'S
hea,
Pau
l Co
tter
, Mic
hael
No
lan.
Fro
nt L
-R:
Cra
ig R
oger
s, P
aul C
ahill
ane,
Kie
ran
Lilli
s, B
rian
McC
orm
ack,
Pet
er M
cNul
ty, C
olm
Byr
ne, A
idan
Fen
nelly
, Mal
achy
McN
ulty
, Bri
an S
mit
h, P
aul C
ott
er, B
rian
Sea
le, R
icky
Mah
er
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PLAYERSINJURYSCHEMEIt iswithno littleconcernthatwecontinuetohearthatthePlayersInjurySchemeis,yetagain,comingunderpressuretosurvive.Thishasbeenatrendinrecentyears.
People of the Association seem to forget, attimes, or certainly don’t seem to understandthat this is our own Scheme. We fund it, weadminister it and, ultimately, we alone candamageit.
Proposals have been put forward to tweak theSchemeand,ifimplemented,willcertainlyhelp.However the biggest changes must come atgroundlevel-inotherwords,intheClubsandin the Counties. There is no doubt but that anumberof spurious claimsarebeingpresentedandmanyofthesegetthroughthesystem.Iamveryaware that I am treadingon thin iceherebutit’stimesomehardcallsweremadeonthismatter. Why do some Clubs seem to haveplayersmuchmorepronetoinjurythanothers?Isitthetrainingregimeorcreativeformfilling?Areallinjuriesincurredinthepursuitofhurlingandgaelicfootballactivities?Whydoourplayersseemtohaveso littlepersonalaccidentcover?The questions can go on and on. County andClubOfficersmuststandupandbecountedinthisarea.
Many things make us different from otherAssociations-thecareforourplayersthroughthe Players Injury Scheme is one outstandingdifference. We must protect this scheme. Thefactthatitis,tosomedegree,self-policingmaybe a weakness so that aspect may have to beexamined.
I am aware that the National Workgroup isdeterminedtoprotectthePlayersInjuryScheme.They cannot do this on their own. My appeal,therefore,istotheCountyOfficersofLeinstertoshowduediligence inensuring thatabusesarestampedoutintheircounties.Wemustconfirmour ownership of the scheme and, in doing so,confirmthatwereallydocareforthewelfareofallofourplayers.
LEINSTERSTRATEGICVISIONANDACTIONPLAN
TheNationalPlanisupandrunning.Anumberofour counties have launched their plans andmanymoreare inthepipeline.Nextupwillbethe Leinster Council Strategic Plan which isscheduledtobelaunchedinthenextfewweeks.
Thisplanwillbe theculminationofmonthsoffocus groups meetings, consultations anddeliberations. It will cover all the main themesoutlined in the National Plan but it will alsoaddresssomeothertopicswhicharespecifictoLeinster.Likewiseitwilltargetanumberofareaswhereitwillbenecessarytomakerepresentationsto have rules changed at National Level andchangedpracticesadoptedandsupportedbyArdChomhairleandPCT.
ThisPlanisvitaltotheimmediateandlongtermgood health of the GAA in Leinster. It is basic,realistic, user friendly and accountable. It willplot the Leinster Council’s pathway in dealingwith its own provincial business while, at thesametime,ensureasupportmechanismfortheCountyCommitteesandClubsintheProvince.
Devising and launching a Plan is one thing -implementingitisafarmoreseriouschallenge.Consequentlytheplan,outliningtheinitiatives,will also clearly indicate who or which body isresponsible for seeing they are implemented.Plans such as this have a chequered history inLeinster and other places. The challenge,therefore,forusallistomakeeveryefforttoseethat the Leinster Strategic Plan is put in place,explained thoroughly, approached realisticallyandimplementedtotheverybestofourabilities.
In the Sub-Committees section of this publication, some of our Leinster strategic targets, relevant to the subcommittees, are outlined at the end of their reports.
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BRIDGINGTHEGAPSome people claim it is a strength of ourAssociation, others would say that it is ourgreatestweakness.IamreferringtotheconstantsignsofdisconnectbetweenthedifferentlevelsofunitsintheGAA.ForthepurposeofthispieceIam loggingClubandCountyatone levelandProvince / Central Council at another. Manywould argue that there are four distinct levelsand that there is a serious divide between allfour. Indeed if you count in players and thepaying public you could probably argue thattherearesixdistinctlayersintheGAA.However,all that is for another place and another timebecause I merely want to concentrate on theapparentdifferences,andbetimestheunseemlyspats, between Club / County and Province /Nationalbodies.
Ofcourseithastobesaidattheoutsetthatthisisnotanewphenomenon.Manywill recalltherobustdebatesonTheBan,Rule23,Rule42etc.Entrenched positions were adopted and theexchanges,attimes,werelessthangentlemanly!Eventually compromises were reached anddecisionsmade-weallmovedontothenextissue.
Whenlookingbackon2009,Iwasstruckbythenumber of topics on which the two levels Ireferredtoappearedtobeat loggerheadswitheachother.Thereappearedtobeamonthlyitemon which the diverse opinions were publicisedthroughsomevehicleorotherofthemedia.
I recall vividly the heated exchanges on itemssuchas:
(a)Theclosedseason
(b)TheGPA
(c)Pitchinvasionsaftergames
(d)Championship format (remember thearguments about relegation in the SeniorHurlingChampionship?)
(e)Introductionofexperimentalrules
(f)NationalLeaguedraws
(g)Infrastructurepolicy
(h)Fixturesschedulingand
(i)Ticketallocation
Themostrecent-stillongoing-controversyto get the headlines is the role of fulltimecoaches as it pertains to Club and County.PerhapsbyConventiontimetherewillbeanothersubject, or two, which leads to a stand-offbetweenthetwoblocks!
Afterthispreambleyoumightreasonablyexpectthat I would offer opinions on the variousarguments.Comeon-mymiddlenameisnotSolomon! Anyway, I would be deemed to befirmily entrenched in one of the groupings.However, I am glad to say that the LeinsterCouncil has some proposals on how to bridgethe gap which seems to exist between theparties.
Firstly, as part of our Strategic Plan, we havedecided to form an advisory group comprisingthe twelve County Chairmen of the day. Thisgroup will be a sub-committee of ourManagement Committee. It is envisaged thattheywillappraisetheLeinsterCounciloftherealsituations on the ground.The Council, in turn,will act on this information, where relevant atprovincial level, or convey the message up thelinetoCentralCouncil.Ontheotherhand, it isexpected that the County Chairmen will bringbackthemessagesonpolicyandotherdecisions,to their County Board and Clubs, from theProvincialandCentralCouncils.
AlsoincludedinourStrategicPlanisaproposalthat the senior fulltime Leinster Council Staffwill hold regular meetings with the CountySecretaries of the Province. Information andideas shared at these meetings should also bebeneficialtoallconcerned.
Theseproposals,andafewmoreintheStrategicPlan, should go some way to narrowing thedividethatseemstoexistatthemoment.MayIstressthatnoneoftheseplansareanattempttointerfere with the democratic process in theAssociation. Rather, they should prove to be amechanism for educating the process. I lookforwardtotheirimplementation.
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St. Lachtain's - Leinster Intermediate Hurling Club Champions 2009Back L-R: J. Fitzpatrick, M.McCarthy (Manager), T. Delaney, M. Hickey, L. Kennedy, M. Farrell, J. Kavanagh, J.P. Kavanagh,
J. Delaney, N. Phelan, D. Brennan, P. Costelloe, J. Marnell, J. Costelloe, B. Beckett, N. McGree, S. Hayes, J. Costelloe, G. O’Reilly, M. Kavanagh, M. Cormack, J. Meagher, R. Costelloe, G. Ryan (Trainer/Coach).
Front L-R: M. Power, B. Dalton, P. Mullan, P. Dermody, D. Deegan, T. Flynn, B. Hughes, P. Guinan, E. Guinan (capt.), R. Dowling, J. Fitzpatrick, N. Hickey, G. Dalton, M. Kavanagh, O. O’Connor, B. Kennedy, D. Martin (Selector).
Maynooth - Leinster Intermediate Club Football Champions 2009Back L-R: Philip McCarron, Aidan Corkery, Brendan Broderick,Kevin Clarke, Mark Donnellan, David Comerford, Colin O'Neill,
Damian O'Neill, Niall Naughton, Karl Ennis, Francis Farrell, Cillian Carr (Capt), Derek Fleming, Conor Canning, Niall Byrne, Hugh Purcell
Front L-R: Pierre Ennis, John Comerford, Fergal Molloy, Paddy Comeford, Peter Warren, Adam Gunn, Micheal Fahey, Micheal Bennett, Sean Kennedy, Joe Brennan.
Mascot Ian Kelly.
St. Sylvester's - Leinster Special Junior Hurling Club Champions 2009
POINTSOFORDEREach playing season throws up its quota ofcontroversies, misunderstandings, sharppractices,causesforconcernandpoorjudgment.This applies to both sides of the fence - thoseinvolvedinplayingandfosteringourgamesandthoseinvolvedinadministeringthem.Theseasonunder review was no different. For obviousreasons, I will reserve comment to suchhappeningsinLeinster.
A.InfrastructureMattersWhenCrokeParkwasopeneduptoRugbyandSoccer Internationals there was a windfall ofcashfortheGAA.Coupledwiththiswasgenerouslottery funding available to Clubs and CountyBoards. In the prevailing economic boom therewas a sense then that we could change thewhole infrastructural face of the Association.PlansweredrawnupforanarrayofnewplayingfacilitiesandweinLeinsterweretotheforefrontinmakingtheseplans.
Thencametheeconomicdownturn.Thelotteryfunding dried up. Sponsorship dried up. WereachedtheendofthelucrativeinternationalsinCroke Park. Result - our National ManagementCommittee, wisely, ordered a review of all ourplanned projects. This was carried out by theNISC and resulted in new guidelines being setdown for all projects. Some of our units foundthisdifficult toacceptbut theLeinsterCouncildecided that it would abide by the new policyguidelines.
As we set out on a new season we find thatLeinster trails distantly behind the otherprovinces inprojectdevelopment.Ourshareofthe funding is still ring-fenced but ourperseverance with petty squabbles means thatweareveryslowtoavailofit.
It’snowtimeforus inLeinster tokickonwithnecessaryandfeasibledevelopment.Wecandothisandstillabidebythenewnationalguidelines.Manyofourcountieshaveprojectsinmindandtheywill soon join thequeue for finance.Theywillneedourguidanceanddirection.Thismeansthat Leinster must devise a structureddevelopmentplanwhichmustaddressnecessity,financialviability,valueformoneyandabilityofour counties to sustain the projects.All this is
within our capabilities but we need all ourplayers to be hitting the ball in the samedirection.
B.MovementofPlayersDown the years there has been movement ofplayersfromweakclubstostrongclubsandevenfromweakcountiestostrongcounties.Generallyspeakingthiswasbroughtaboutbythepersonalambitionofindividualplayerstoplayatahigherlevel and, so, challenge themselves to reachhigher levels of achievement. Occasionally, ofcourse, the movement was encouraged by thestrongercluborcountyinanefforttogivethemtheedgeintheirrespectivecompetitions.
Nowadays, however, this trickle has become atorrent. It’s happening within counties butbecause of local bye laws and / or strongleadership it can be curtailed. Most worryingthough is the trafficking of promising playersfrom clubs in one county to clubs in anothercounty.ThisisbecomingrampantinLeinsterandmustbeacauseofgreatconcernamongcountyofficials.
Rumours of inducements such as jobs oraccommodation abound but, of course, cannever be proven. The suffering clubs,understandablyinthepresenteconomicclimate,arereluctanttorocktheboat.That,though,doesnotmakethepracticeacceptable.
IdonothaveasolutiontotheproblembutIdoknow that, unless it is addressed soon it willbecomeepidemic.Oursmaller,weakerclubsareentitled to expect leadership and protection inthisissue.IwouldwelcometheviewsofcountyofficersgatheredforourConvention.
C.DisciplinaryActionsIn a season when Congress decided againstimplementing new disciplinary proposals, wewere pleased to note that incidents wereminimal. However, as were about to allude tothis fact, in this report, we were hit with theunseemlyfracasthatwastheO’ByrneCupgamebetweenLaoisandKildare.Sevenplayersorderedoff-headlinesofpredictablenature-blame-suspensions-fines-recriminations.Whenthedust settled it seemed thateverybodywas
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toblameexcepttheplayersonthepitch.Ifanyplayersweretoblameitcertainlywasnotthoseorderedoffbythereferee.
Idon’twanttolabourthiscaseasithasalreadyreceived adequate notoriety. However, insteadof blaming the referee, the CCC, the LeinsterHearings Committee, the Leinster Council etc.wouldn’t ithavebeenapleasant change if thetwo team managers and their County Boardshadcomeoutintheaftermathofthegameandapologisedfortheindisciplineoftheirplayers?
Yes,IknowthisdoesnothappenintheGAAbutwhy cannot somebody be the first to do it? Itmight not lessen the sanctions but it wouldshowagreatsenseofresponsibility.AmInaïvetohopethat,nexttimeround,thesmallheadlinesmightcontainanapologyeither fromaPlayer,TeamManagerorCountyBoardOfficer?
D.CostofInterCountyTeamsEachyearmostcountiesintheprovinceprovideus with a copy of theirAnnualAccounts. It isclearfromthevastmajorityofthesepublicationsthatourCountyBoardsarefindingitincreasinglydifficulttomakeendsmeet.Wenotereductionsin sponsorship money and supporters clubcontributions, fundraising activities aredecreasing in return, local gate receipts arestatic, costs are rising and reserves arediminishing. Jumping off the pages is the factthat inter-county teams are proving to be afinancialmillstone.
We know that County Boards nowadays makeserious efforts at budgeting and, for the mostpart, our counties in Leinster practise goodhusbandry.Yet the role of County Treasurer isbecominganincreasinglystressfulone.
I accept that CountyTeams must be preparedproperly, treatedproperlyandturnedout inanappropriatefashion.Thiscostsmoneyandtherearenoshortcuts.
Thisbringsmetoanoldhobbyhorseofmine.Inmyopiniontheonlysolution istoreduce intercountyactivity.FormanyyearsIhavequestionedthe value of Junior and Intermediate CountyChampionships, Special Competitions, ShieldCompetitionsandeven theUnder21grade.TothismixIwouldnowaddmyreservationsaboutthevalueoftheQualifierCompetitionsandthe
provision of separate League Competitions forthose counties involved in the Nicky RackardandLoryMeagharCupCompetitions.
IhonestlythinkwemustseriouslyexamineourInter County competitions schedule. Whilecompetitionsaretherecountieswillenterthem,irrespective of the cost. We must address theways and means of preventing these countiesfromheadingfortherealmsofinsolvency.
E.RulesAndTheirInterpretationsAformerChairmanofComhairleLaighean,andindeed a former President of the GAA, alwaysargued that the GAA Rule Book was known astheOfficialGuide for a good reason. Itwas sonamed, he claimed, so that units of theAssociation could use common sense, or goodjudgment,ininterpretingandapplyingrulesthatare either ambiguous or lacking in clarity. Healso claimed that it gavebodies, like ProvincialCouncils,thelatitudetoallowlocalarrangementsiftheyweredeemedtobefortheoverallgoodeitherofplayersorthegames.
In Leinster we, historically, have allowed localarrangements involving county boundaries.Among these was a concession of allowing anisolatedplayerinacountyplayeitherhurlingorfootballwithaclubaneighbouringcountywhilecontinuingtoplaytheothercodewithhishomeclub.Unfortunately,oneofourcountiessawfitto contest this arrangement this year and,because it fell outside the realms of a strictinterpretationoftheRuleBook,itcannolongerbeallowed.Unfortunate!
Despite trojan efforts to tidy up our Rules wecame upon two anomalies in recent times.Firstly, in the first round of O’Byrne Cup twoplayers– inseparategames–wereorderedoffonstraightredcardsforsimilaroffences.OnthefollowingWednesday one of them was eligibletoplayintheSigersonCupwhiletheotheronewasnot.The second situation happened in theWalshCupwhereinRoundIadisciplinarycasehadtobedealtwithbytheNationalCCCC.Onthefollowingweekend,inthesamecompetition,adisciplinarycaseinvolvingthesameteamhadtobedealtwithbyLeinsterCCC.Surelyitdoesnotmakesensetohavetwodifferentdisciplinarybodies dealing with the same competition.Doctorsdifferetc.
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HALLOFFAMEAWARDS2009
Presented at the Hurling and Football Finals
IOMÁINT-PatCritchley(Laois)OneLife,ThreeSports-PatCritchleyplayedfootball,basketballand music. He also wrote a book, but he will be bestremembered by most GAA followers as a true son of LaoisHurling.
PatplayedonthelastgreatLaoisHurlingteamofthe80’s,whoreachedtheCentenaryCupFinalagainstCorkandwhobridgeda43-yeargaptoreachtheLeinsterFinalin1985.Patmadethemidfield berth his own and he gave an outstanding displayagainstWexford in the Semi-final, but had to give way to arampantOffalyintheprovincialdecider.
Pat’shurlingabilitywasrecognisedthatsameyearwhenhewasselectedasLaois’firstand,todate,onlyHurlingAll-Star,keepingcompanywithsuchgreatsasCork’sJohnFenton,PatDelaneyofOffaly,TippplayerNickeyEnglish,GalwayduoBrendanLynskeyand Sylvie Linnane and Kilkenny’s Liam Fennelly. He was alsoawarded the then coveted B&I Award and selected for theLeinsterInter-provincialTeam.
InfootballPatplayedfortheLaoisMinorsandU-21sandfortheCountySeniorsforoneseason.WithhisclubPortlaoisehewoneightcountyseniorfootballtitles,fivecounty‘doubles’infootballandhurloing,threeLeinsterclubmedalsandin1983haveingdefeatedBallymunKickhamsintheleinsterFinal,wenton to take an all-ireland club football medal in their victoryoverRoscommon’sClannanGael.Pat’slastcountyfinaloutingwasin1993againstarchrivalsCamross.
Pat spent some time coaching at club and county levels,includingtheLaoisseniorhurlers,JamesStephensofKilkenny,Laois ladies’ Footballers and the local Presentation Conventbasketballteam.
His levelofcommitmenttoand involvement insportcanbemeasurdbyone48hourperiodin1981whenhewentfroma
RyanCupSF forThomondCollege toPortarlington toplayaLeinsterClubSFCgameforPortlaoise.NextdayhepalyedanNHLgameagainstGalwayinSalthillandrushedhometoplayinthecountybasketballfinal.
PatisnowinvolvedinincoachingwithLaoisandLeinsterGAA.
AbrilliantSportsman,atruegentlemanonandoffthefield,theauthorof“HungryHill”,andaworthyrecipientoftheLeinsterHallofFame.
PEIL-FrankLynch(Louth)Frank’s involvementwith LouthGAAbeganat theageof17when, in 1956, he first lined out for the county’s seniorfootballteam.In1957hewaspartofthevictoriousLouthAll-IrelandwinningteamwhichdefeatedCork.Over14seasonsofinter-county action he never missed a championship match,playinghisfinalgameinJune1970againstKildare-atotalof115 competitive appearances.He played in 11 of the 14outfieldpositionsandcapturedaleinstermedalin1960andanO’brnecupmedalin1963.Hewon2RailwayCupmedalswithLeinsterandwasawardedaGaelLinnAll-Starin1964.
Retiring as a senior county player, Frank took on themanagement of the county U21 team and brought them toLeinsterhonours. In1975FrankwaselectedChairmanoftheGAA’sNationalCoachingCommittee,whereherevitalisedthenationalcoachingstructurethatwassuccessfullyadoptedbymany counties, particularly in Ulster. He was elected countyBoardChairmanin1977andagaintookoverthwmanagementofthecountyU21team.
SeniorTeammanagementfollowed,withanO’ByrneCupfinalvictory over Dublin in 1980, and while still managing theseniors he achieved a Leinster U21 Leinster title defeatingLongfordinthefinal.Hereturnedtoseniorteammanagementin1988,gainingLeaguepromotionandanotherO’ByrnecuptitlefortheWeecounty.
InallFrankmanagedLouthSeniorsforarecord7seasonsand79 competitive games. Frank also gave sterling service to hiclub, Geraldines, helping them to capture junior honours in1966.Frankhasalsobeenaconsistentandgenerousbenefactorofunder-agefootballinLouth.
FrankLynchhasbeenatrueservanttotheGAAinGeneralandLouthGAAinparticularandaworthyrecipientoftheLeinsterHallofFameAward.
Cathaoirleach Comhairle Laighean Seamus Howlin presents Pat Critchley of Laois with his Leinster Hall of Fame Award before the Leinster Senior Hurling Final at Headquarters last July.
Frank Lynch of Louth receives his Leinster Hall of Fame Award from Seamus Howlin, Cathaoirleach Comhairle Laighean, prior to the Leinster SFC Final at Croke Park in July 2009.
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COMHAIRLE LAIGHEAN COUNTY FINALPROGRAMMEAWARD2009
2009 Meath Senior FootballChampionshipFinalProgrammeBrendanCummins,Meath
FormerwinneroftheComhairleLaigheanAwardin2006.Consistentproducerofqualityprogrammes.
Excellent use of archive material to promote the125 year of celebration. 125 theme carriedthroughout the publication. Quality production,bright, colourful, user friendly. Full of statistics,interestingarticlesandgreatphotographsIncludingaphotorecordofMeath’sfootballingyear.
This programme will be a valuable source ofinterestingmaterialinfutureyears.
COMHAIRLE LAIGHEAN CLUB WEBSITEAWARD2009
www.parkratheniskagaa.comBrian Ramsbottom and David Kelly ofParkRatheniskaGAAClubinLaois
Excellentexampleofacomprehensive,userfriendlyclubwebsite,easytonavigate,fullofgoodmaterial.Club pride really shows through in every section.Everythingisuptodate-fixturesandresults.
BrilliantVideoandPhotoGallerysectionpresentsthe information in an easy, attractive manner.Wonderful use of the social networking sites,YouTube and Facebook to carry video and otherinfo about the club. Very good links section.Extensive archive material - the local heroessectionisparticularlyfascinating.
Great example of what can be achieved bydedicated volunteer members in a vibrant ruralclub.
Seamus Howlin, Cathaoirleach, Comhairle Laighean, presents Brendan Cummins of Meath with the Comhairle Laighean Award for Best County Final Programme 2009 with J.J. Walsh, PRO Leinster GAA.
Seamus Howlin, Cathaoirleach, Comhairle Laighean, presents David Kelly and Brian Romsbottom, Park Ratheniska GAA Club Website Administrators, with the Comhairle Laighean Award for Best Club Website 2009 with J.J. Walsh, PRO Leinster GAA.
ExtractfromtheLeinsterStrategicVisionandActionPlan •Expandtheexistingrecognitionandawardprogrammestorecogniseeffortandsuccess,andtomotivatesuitable
volunteerstoadvanceintheassociation
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SYMPATHYA number of former members of our Council,former players and referees, and some formerCountyBoardOfficersdiedintheyeargoneby.Similarly,anumberofclosefamilyfriendsofourpresentCouncilalsopassedaway.Onbehalfofthe Leinster Council I extend sympathy to thefamiliesofthebereavedandanovenaofmasseshasbeenofferedfortheirintentions.
‘GondeanaDiatrocairearananamacha.’
RETIRINGMEMBERSThefiveyearrule,asitisknown,willhaveitsfirstmajor impactonComhairle Laigheanafter thisyear’s Convention. Almost half the outgoingCouncilmemberswillendtheirmembershipoftheProvincialbodyatthistime.
ThisturnoverofmembershipwillhaveaseriousimpactonthemakeupofourSub-Committees.Hopefully the changeover will not have anegative impactonouradministrative setup. Iknow many of the new members will bring awealthofexperiencewith themwhile I’msurethe other newcomers will bring their ownstrengthstotheCouncil.
Iwanttopaytributetotheretiringmembers,allof whom made a major contribution to theefficientworkingsofLeinsterCouncil. Wewishthemwellinwhateverrolestheytakeup,inthefuture,intheAssociation.
JOHNMcCARTHYOur Treasurer, John McCarthy, completes histermofofficeatthisyear’sConvention.Hecanleave in the knowledge that he made a majorcontributiontotheadministrationofComhairleLaigheanC.L.G.overthelastthreeyears.
WhilealwaysretainingasoftspotforhisnativeTipperary,JohnwasaconstructiveandeffectivedelegateforKildarebeforehesteppeduptothefinanceportfoliothreeyearsago.Apartfromhisdiligenceintheboardroom,andatmatchvenues,John also did a great job as host at variousfunctions.Hewasalsoknowntowarbleasongortwoonsuchoccasions.
OnapersonalnoteIwouldliketothankJohnforhis assistance and courtesy to myself and thestaffatÁrasLaighean.
BUÍOCHASItisapleasantduty,attheendofeveryAnnualReport,torecordmyownpersonalthanks-andthatofLeinsterCouncil–tothemanyindividuals,unitsandteamswhoservedusfaithfullythroughthe last twelve months. All are vital to ouroperation though,at times, thecontributionofsomemaybeunseen.To themall I extend theCouncil’sgratitude.
PlayersThankfully matters have been satisfactorilyresolved between the GPA and the overallAssociation. Hopefully all the news from thisareawillbepositiveinthefuture.
HoweveritistothewiderbodyofplayersthatIwant to pay tribute in this piece. It is theunderage,theJunior‘B’,theladswhonevermakeCountySquads,thediligentClubplayers-theseare the people who make the GAA what it istoday. I thank them for their enthusiasm anddedication and promise them that we willcontinue to strive towards a regular diet ofgames, in reasonably goon playing conditionsandunderruleswhichareappliedconsistently.
RefereesandMatchOfficialsIf players are the most vital element of ourAssociation, then the Referees and MatchOfficials are a close second. With the everincreasing programme of games at Provinciallevel we require more referees and matchofficials than ever. In Leinster we are lucky tohave a great bunch of dedicated whistlers.Everybody is available to do the big match onSundays but it is those who referee schoolsgames, midweek club league games andnumerous other run of the mill games whodeservemostcredit.
With these, Iwant tocouplemythanks to theAssessors,AppointmentsCommitteeandTutors.TheyallplayahugepartinthisvitalpartofourAssociation.
SubCommitteesInthesecondhalfofthisbookletyoucangetanoverallviewoftheamountofbehindthesceneswork being done by our Sub-Committees. Itrarely gets headlines except perhaps theoccasional controversial disciplinary decision.
However, I can categorically state that theLeinster Council is only as good as its Sub-Committees. It is a credit to them, therefore,thatthisCouncilisheldinrelativelyhighesteemthroughouttheGAA.
CountyCommitteesDespite some individual differences of opinion,with one or two counties, we continue to getoutstanding assistance and co-operation fromourCountyCommittees.Wearedependentonthem to spread our gospel, and to collect ourdues, while we like to think that we, in turn,deliver a satisfactory service to them. Inparticular I want to thank the twelve CountySecretaries for their continued friendship, helpand assistance above and beyond their calls ofduty. As mentioned elsewhere, we hope todevelop our working relationship to a greaterdegreeintheyearahead.
ArdChomhairle/PaircanChrocaighTeoIwanttothank,mostsincerely,ParaicDuffyandPeter McKenna, and their respective teams, foranother year’s assistance, advice and generalco-operation. It is always comforting to knowthattherearesourcesofhelpatalltimesatthetopourAssociation.
MediaOurgames in Leinstergotmore than their fairshareofcoveragein2009andforthisIthankthelocal and national radio correspondents, thetelevisionpresentersandpunditsandthewritersin the national and provincial press. Likewise,theypresentedabalanced-ifattimescritical- view of our off the field workings. We lookforwardtomoreofthesameforthenexttwelvemonths.
SchoolsDevelopmentOfficersInincreasinglydifficultcircumstancesourgamescontinuetoflourishatalllevelsofoureducationalinstitutions.MuchcreditisduetothevoluntaryworkofteachersandthegoodwillofprincipalsandBoardsofManagement.
Wehaveaveryefficientteamwhoco-ordinatealltheseactivitiesandIthankthemsincerelyfortheirinput.
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VoluntaryOfficials/WorkersWeareblessedinLeinsterwillasolidcoterieofvoluntary workers. Many of these are inofficershipsatClubandCountylevelwhilemanymore carry out duties as event managers,mentors,safetyofficers,stilesmen,stewardsetc.At all timeswemustmaintainanethos in theAssociation which encourages these people toremainonourside.InthemeantimeIonceagainthank them for their contribution and theirloyalty.
Officers/ComhairleLaigheanMembersTotheCouncilOfficers,ledbyourCathaoirleachSheamus Ó hÚilin and the Council members Isaywelldoneona fineyear’swork. As statedpreviously,manymemberswillbidfarewelltousatthisConvention.Ourthankstothemfortheircontributions and our welcome to our newmembers.
StaffOurstaff inthefieldcontinuetoserveaswell.The role of Games Managers, Coaches andDevelopmentOfficers ismoretaxing thaneversoIthankthemfortheirefforts.
TotheteaminÁrasLaigheanIsayasincere‘welldone’ for another year’s diligent application totheirduties.AspecialwordofcongratulationstoourcolleagueHannahwhogavebirthtothefirsteverÁrasLaigheanbabyduringtheyear.
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Leinster GAA Officers 2009Back L-R: Martin Skelly, Leas-Cathaoirleach, John McCarthy, Cisteoir, J.J. Walsh O.C.P. Front L-R: Seamus Howlin, Cathaoirleach. Michael Delaney, Rúnaí.
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damienfitzhenryDUFFRY ROVERSWEXFORD
noelhickey
DUNNAMAGGINKILKENNY
michaelkavanaghST. LACHTAIN’SKILKENNY
martinhanamyST. RYNAGH’SOFFALY
liamdunne
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brianwhelehan
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j.j.delaney
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georgeo’connorST. MARTIN’SWEXFORD
joachimkellyLUSMAGHOFFALY
henryshefflin
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johnnydooleySEIR KIERANOFFALY
tommywalsh
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eddiebrennan
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joedooleySEIR KIERANOFFALY
HURLINGAs part of the GAA 125 celebrations in 2009, Leinster GAA selected thirtyplayers, Hurlers and Footballers, from the province, who have achieved greatness in their respective codes during the quarter century since the 1984 Centenary Year.
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- Amber (116c)
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THOMAS DAVISDUBLIN
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FOOTBALLHere are featured the players who were selected as outstanding proponents of their art and worthy recipients of the unique accolade of Leinster Team 25 members.
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Coaching&GamesDevelopmentCommitteeJohnHoran(Cathaoirleach)
ShaneFlanagan(Rúnaí)
PaulKinsella(CumannnamBunscol)
MichaelReynolds(SecondarySchools)
MichaelFarrell(VocationalSchools)
GerTully(ThirdLevelColleges)
TomWalsh(Handball)
DeclanSmyth(Tutors)
DermotHowlin(CodeofEthics)
DamienRoche(Lú) BrianCarberry(AnMhí)
BrendanHarpur(ÁthCliath) DonalMcGillycuddy(CMhantáin)
JustinBrowne(LochGarman) PatDunney(CillDara)
JohnDunphy(Ceatharloch) ValMalone(CillChainnigh)
TomJones(Laois) MaryDunne(UibhFháilí)
PatCasserly(Iarmhí) GaryBrady(Longphort)
CommitteeStructureThe Leinster Games Development Committeemetatotalof7timesin2009/2010.Toimprovecommunication many of the meetings wereattendedbyboth theCountyCoachingOfficerand County Games Manager.This practice hasproved very successful and has certainlyenhanced teamwork both at county andprovinciallevel.
There has been a trend in recent times forcounty games development operational issuestodominate themeetings. Ithasbeendifficulttherefore for representativesof subcommitteestoengageintheexistingmeetingstructure.
Thisissuewashighlightedduringthedevelopmentof the Leinster Strategic Plan. Going forward ithas been decided that a Games DevelopmentExecutivewillbeestablishedtomeetatregularfrequencies with representatives of
subcommittees such as Cumann na mBunscol,ComhairleArdOideachaisetal.Whenaspecificissueisontheagendarelatedtoasubcommitteetherepresentativewillbeinvitedtoattend.
PersonnelManagementTheappointmentofFionaORourkeasGAAHRManager has certainly highlighted areas forimprovement in our current HR structure. I’mgladtoreportthatLeinsterCouncilhassupportedthe introduction of a HR Management SystemusingtheVIPpackage.
Asobjectivesgothiswillbeaprimaryarea forimplementationin2010.Thesystemwillsupportall facets of this area both at provincial andcountylevel.Asisthecasewithalltoolsthey’reonlyasgoodastheinformationinthem.Inthisregard its important proper procedures areapplied–theresponsibilityforwhichrestswithCountyGamesManagers.
Games DevelopmentReport
Coaching & Games Development Committee
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NationalGamesDevelopmentTargets2009 saw the introduction of a Merit BasedsysteminrespectGamesDevelopmentfunding.TheNationaltargetsuponwhichcountiesweremeasuredwere:
• GoGamesProgramme
• SuperTouch(Youth)GamesProgramme
• CulCamps
• SchoolsofExcellence&DevelopmentSquads
• CoachEducation
• Planning–Co. Games Development Plan inplace
Asaprovince,Leinstercollectivelyachievedtherequisitetargetsandasaresultreceivedthefullallocation funding. While there were some
deficits - overall it was an excellent startconsidering issues with the recording systemandchangeinworkpractices.
Note • The target for Coach Education was to
complete an audit of active coaches. Thefinalfigurewas4,793activecoaches.
• Total attendance atVHI Cul Camps 26,721inLeinster
Looking forward, only activity recorded in theMIS will be used to measure a county'sperformance against the 2010 targets (6). It istherefore critical that Games Managers andCounty Coaching & Games Committees placespecial importance on this vital piece ofadministration.
BursariesThethird levelbursaryschemecontinued in itsnew format in 2009. Leinster Council havedistributedbursariesintotalto50recipientsfortheacademicyear2009/10.Theselectionprocesswasnotjustaboutplayingperformacebutalsoto the overall role that each candidate has forhis/her club, college and county. Within thisgroup there is 26 new recipients who wereinvited to Aras Laigheanon on the 8th ofDecemeber 2009. There was over 70 peoplepresentwhichservedtohighlightthesignificanceplaced on recieveing such an award for therecipeints,theirfamilies,clubsandcounties
Theselectionprocesswasverydifficultastherewas many strong candidates and much thanksmustgotoMartinMeagherandGerryTullyforthetimeandefforttheygavetothisextensiveselectionprocess.A new venture in 2009 was Leinster Councilscontribution to a Masters Programme beingundertakebyBrianCulleninDCU.Brianisgoingto carry out research into the physical fitnessnorms for undearge players that will have apositive role in future Games DevelopmentProgrammes.
Primary School Primary School U8 Club U10 Club U12 Club Football Hurling Go Games Blitzes Go Games Blitzes Go Games Blitzes Go Games Blitzes Go Games Blitzes
Provincial Target 252 175 238 190 142
Completed 283 243 292 271 162
Club SuperTouch Schools SuperTouch U-Can Awards U-Can Awards Blitzes Blitzes Hurling Football
Provincial Target 48 40 175 252
Completed 97 56 190 254
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LeinsterGAACrokeParkU8Play&StayDaysTheLeinsterGAAU8Play&StaydaysinCrokeParkallowtheopportunityforU8playersaswellasmentorstoutilisethefacilitiesofCrokeParkover a two day period.The approach taken byLeinsterCouncil istoaffordtheopportunitytoasmanyclubsasisphysicallypossibletoplayonthehollowedturfofCrokePark.Thedayisafundayout thatallowseachchildandmentor thechancetoinvolvethemselvesintheCrokeParkexperience, from visiting the dressing rooms,playing on the pitch as well as walking up thestepstoliftatrophyinthepresentationareaoftheHoganStand.TheoverallcoordinationofeachofthetwodayswasundertakenbythegamesdevelopmentstaffofArasLaighean.TheclubselectionprocesswasstructuredbyLeinsterbuttheindividualselectionofclubswasmanagedbythegamesdevelopmentstaff in each county.The Leinster structure forselection was calculated by affording eachcounty a percentage of the total number ofchildren who would be involved based on the
number of clubs within the county. This willmean that over a three year period all clubsshould have been offered the opportunity toplayU8GoGamesinCrokePark.Oncetheclubswere selected we then paired the teams offmakingsurethatallgameswerebetweenteamsfromdifferentcountiesinordertohelpfacilitateteamsplayingagainstoppositiontheywouldnotnormallymeet.Furthertothiswehavestructuredthe selectionprocess so thatovera threeyearperiodallcountieswillhavehadtheopportunitytoofferthechancetoavailofthisprogrammetoalltheirclubs.TherefereeingoverthetwodayswasundertakenbygroupsofyoungrefereesfrombothLaoisandDublinwhowerecoordinatedpriortotheeventby Aileen Connolly from Dublin and MauriceDeeganandJohnFlynnfromLaois.Oneachdaythe refereeswerecoordinatedbytwostewardsfrom Leinster Council. Once the games werecompleted each team made their way to theHogan Stand presentation area where we hadthreestewardspresenttomanageandcoordinatethetakingofteamphotographs.
Players from Craobh Ciaráin, Donnycarney, Dublin with the Delaney Cup during their visit to Croke Park for the Leinster GAA Play And Stay Fun Do Games.
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Alsopresentatdifferent timesduring thedayswere inter county footballers and hurlers fromnumerous counties throughout Leinster. Theirpresence added to the sense of excitementexperiencedbyallthechildrenwhotookpart.In total we had over 1,940 children take partwith 172 different clubs present over the twodays. The feedback received by both text ande-mailhasbeenverypositiveinrelationtoboththeconceptofthedaysaswellastheorganisation.There was over 20 staff from Leinster Councilpresentoneachofthetwodayswhichallowedfor both days to be run very efficiently.Overallthe feedback from the counties and clubsinvolvedhasbeenverypositive.We would like to thank all in Croke Park whofacilitatedtherunningofthesetwodays.SpecialthanksmustalsogototheCrokeParkstewardswhoseadviceandassistanceoverthetwodayswasinvaluable.Alsowewouldliketoacknowledgetherole fromallpresent, fromstaff, toplayers,mentorsandparentsinmakingsuchanoccasionsomemorable.
Theamountofsupportthatteamsbroughtwiththem along with other players from their clubjust added to the whole sense of occasionexperiencedbyall.
Finallywewould just liketoreiterateourhopethat this will continue to be an annual eventwithin the Croke Park calendar as well ashighlightthecontinuedneedforadvancednoticefor such events as our initial preparation forthese days began approx four months prior totheevent.WheretheGoGamesmodelismostsuccessfulitisapparentthatthereisnoformalcompetitionsandresponsibilityfortheirimplementationandprovision of games is under the control ofGamesDevelopment.Perhapsthisissomethingfor every county consider? I proposed thisnotionthreeyearsagoattheNationalCoachingConference – but it’s difficult to implementwhentwoormorebodiesareprovidinggames.With one group providing games it wouldstreamline things and provide a regular gamesprogramme. It may be more practical if therewaslessformalcompetitions.
Whereclosecooperationexistsalreadybetweencounty coaching and games and Bord na nOgswefindexamplesofbestpractice.Forexamplein Longford they’ve proposed a model thatcombinesleaguesandblitzesatUnder12.Clubsmustplay instaggeredblitzestogainpoints inleague.
Guest speaker, Caroline Currid, sports personal coach and keynote speaker Conor O Shea, RTE rugby pundit and National Director of English institute of sport, at the O'NEILL'S.COM Leinster Football Coaching conference at the Marriott Hotel, Johnstownbridge, Co Kildare.
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CoachingConferenceEach year Leinster Council have organised aCoachingConferencewiththefocusalternatingbetween Hurling and Football each year. Thetargetaudiencefortheconferenceshavingbeenthe academy squad mentors from the 12countiesofLeinster. In2009 itwastheturnoftheFootballmentorsagain.The O’NEILLS.COM Leinster GAA FootballCoaching Conference 2009 took place onSaturday March 28th 2009 in The JohnstownMarriottHotelinEnfieldCo.Meath.ThefocusofthedaywastodeliverbothPracticalandTheoryelements that were based on the theme"AcademySquads–BuildingAwareness”.Thedayconsisted of two main guest speakers ,ConorO'Shea speaking on the topic of "AcademySquads – Getting the Structure Right"and Caroline Currid speaking on the topic of"Academy Squad Players –WhoAreYou". Bothspeakerswereverywellreceivedbyallpresent.The key note speakers were seperated by twopracticalsessionswherebycoachesweregiventhe opportunity to view practical sessionsdeliveredbythefollowing: •DudleyFarrell "A Development Session to
Improve Kicking Skills andShotSelection"
•NoelMooney "A Development Session toImproveSupportPlay"
•MickeyO’Shea "ADevelopmentSessiontoImproveGoalkeepers"
•HughKenny "A Development Session toImproveSupportPlay"
•PaulCarthy "A Development Session toImproveEvasionSkills"
Upon conclusion of the days proceedings weasked all present to complete and evaluationformof theirexperienceof theday. Itmustbenotedthatallelementsofthedayscoredhighlybut inparticular thepractical sessions receivedparticular recognition. Each of the presentersproduced very relevant and engaging sessionsandfurtherenhancedthedaybyOne issue that needs to be noted was thenumberinattendance.Therewasintheregionof200 people invited to attend the conferencewith just over 100 in attendance. The reviewsheetshighlightedthatforthose inattendance
theconferencemetandinmanycasesexceededtheirexpectations.Thiswould indicatethattheinterest in the current conference structure isreducingandperhapsthiscouldbeattributedtothe number of conferences that have occuredover the lastnumberofyearsatbothnationaland provincial and in some instances countylevel. It is for this reason thatwepropose thatwe should break from the current coachingconference structure in 2010 and look atalternativeideas.
During the consultation phase of the LeinsterStrategicPlan therewasa strong interest frompeople that we should take a more practicalapproach to coach education with manynostalgically extolling the value of theGormanstowncoachingweekthattookplaceinthepast.
Coaches learn more effectively by doing andGormanstownofferedthatopportunity.Whileitwill be difficult to organize an event on thatscalein2010weareactivelylookingathowwecanutilizetheDJCareySchoolofHurlingweeksinsuchamanner.
Our vision is to create an integrated Coach,Player,andRefereedevelopmentprogramme.InthiscontextnewproposalsbeingconsideredwillseegreatercoachparticipationandinvolvementincorporatingelementsofGAACoachEducationProgrammes.Access to players and games alsoprovides us with a great opportunity to createanenvironmenttotrainAcademyReferees.Thishasbeenaneglectedpartofouroperationandonethatneedstobeaddressed.
BA.inSport&Exercise(GAA)-ITCarlowThe BA in Sport & Exercise (GAA) was madepossiblebythepartnershipbetweentheLeinsterCouncil and IT Carlow. After many months ofplanninganddesignthecoursereceivedformalrecognition in early 2009 and enrolled its firststudentsinSeptember2009.The popularity of the course exceededexpectations with over 420 mentions on theCAO change of mind form.All applicants wereasked to submit a GAA Portfolio documentingtheirinvolvementinGAAactivitiesatalllevels,
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from playing to coaching to administration.Basedontheportfoliossubmitted120applicantswereshortlistedforinterview.UponcompletionoftheinterviewsallscoresweresenttotheCAOwhocombinedthesescoreswiththeapplicantsleaving cert results. Based on this structure 32studentswereenrolledonthecourse.The response from the students so for far hasbeenverygoodandtheyhaveallshownaverypositive engagement with the course.This hasbeencommentedonbynotonlythosedeliveringthe GAA elements of the course but also theother lectures within the college. It must benotedthattherehasnotbeingonesingledropofffromthecourse.Allstudentsthatenrolledonthe course are still in attendance. It has alsobeing noted that having a balance betweenmature students and those just finishedsecondaryschoolhassignificantlyaddedtothecourseasthematurestudentsarehavingaverypositive influence on the delivery of theprogramme.OverallMonitoringoftheProgrammeisbetweenthe Institute and Comhairle Laighean CLG andthistakesplacetwiceayear.WhiletheAcademicProgramme board will be monitoring theprogrammeonadaytodaybasiswithMichaelDempseyappointedasthecoursetutorwiththeresponsibilityofmonitoringtheattendanceandacademicperformanceofallstudentsduringtheyear.Theinitialfeedbacksofarhadbeenverypositivetowardsthispartnershipwiththestudentsandstaff all fully engaged in the programme. Thestudents have already being involved in outreach coaching programmes that will increaseover the coming weeks, having a significantimpactonthepromotionofGaelicGamesintheLocalityof ITCarlow.Thelongtermaimofthecourse is that the students will carry theirknowledgeandexperiencegainedbackto theirownlocalareas.Many people have had a role in both thedevelopmentanddeliveryofthiscourseanditisforthatreasonwewouldliketothankthemallasagroupastherearetoomanytomention.
Leinster Underage Football &HurlingFixturesTo enhance the process of talent identificationandplayerdevelopmentLeinsterGAAprovidedaprogrammme of appropriate games for Co.SchoolsofExcellenceandDevelopmentSquads.The administration of the programme wascoordinated from Leinster Council. In February2009abookletofallfixtureswasdistributedtoall counties in order to assist them with theirplanningprocess.Thefixtureswerestructuredina way to maximise the opportunity to play asmanyteamsaspossible,whiletryingtominimisetheexpenseincurredretraveletc.Bothoftheseissues were to the forefront at the fixturesplanningstage.
Football/HurlingIn 2009 there were 283 games played in Blitzformat with approximately 2,100 playersinvolved.Theblitzeswerecoordinatedbythehostcountieswhowererequiredtoappointrefereesaswellashaveafirstaid/physiopresentatthevenue.Thecounties done great work in organising thereferees,however itwas reportedthatatsomevenues during the year there was no first aid/physiopresent.Thiswillneedtobeaddressedin2010 for the safety of all players and mentorsalike.Another issuethatarose in2009wasthewithdrawl of some counties from certain blitzdays.We would encourage all counties to takepart in each of the planned days, but moreimportantly we would ask that give significantnotice if they are with drawing as there is asignificant expenditure in relation to underageacademies.The 2010 planning process has already begunand the dates for the football blitzes this yearareasfollows:Football Fixtures
U-14&U-15 U-16
Sat10thofApril Sat26thofJune
Sat26thofJune Sat24thofJuly
Sat24thofJuly Mon25thofOctober
Mon25thofOctober Sat30thofOctober
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Hurling Fixtures U-14 U-15/U-16
Monday3rdMay Saturday1stMay
Saturday28thAugust Saturday15thMay
Saturday3rdJuly
Saturday28thAugust
Changes in national policy and an appetite atprovinciallevelidentifiedduringthedevelopmentof Leinster Strategic Plan means Leinster GAAwillrevertbacktousingtheHalloweenbreakforan U-16 Football Tournament. This was verysuccessful in the past and gave players andmentorsalikesomethingtoworktowardseachyear.
We would like to thank all mentors, teamadministrators, referees and club grounds stafffortheirhelpinrunningthesefixture.Furthermorewe would hope that in 2010 all involved willcontinue to promote the ethos of "a playercenteredapproach"forAcademysquads.
OneoftheobjectivesinLeinsterStrategicPlanisthat we develop a best practice structure forAcademySquads.2010willseetheestablishmentof a group to start developing this model.Considering how expenditure in this area issecondtopersonnelandwithprojectfundingsettodecline itvery importantwe takea smarterapproachtothisareabyensuringwe’vethebestcoaches involved and inclusive approach toplayerparticipation.
The aim proposed programme is to identify arouteforplayerstoenteraplayerdevelopmentmodelbyputtinginplacethemostappropriatesupport structures that will assist in theirtechnical and tactical development. Theprogramme also provides the opportunity toidentifyanddevelopthebestcoaches.
Whileitisencouragingthatcountydevelopmentsquadsarenow focusingonother componentssuchasphysicalfitness,psychologicalfocusandlifestyle.However,thereappearstobeatrendtobring in external expertise at some expense tocovertheseareas.
Last year Leinster GAA promoted the idea ofgames development personnel to enroll in a
DiplomaCourseinGAAStrengthConditioningatITBlanchardstown.
The uptake was disappointing. It was anopportunitytobuildcapacityandwithincountiesamong our existing pool of coaches in thiscriticalarea.Thisissomethingwe’llbereturningtoagainsohopefullycountieswillseethemeritnexttime.
SecondLevelSchoolBlitzesWhile the overall Second Level SchoolsprogrammeiscoveredinanothersectionofthisreportthefollowingblitzeswerecoordinatedbytheGamesDevelopmentsection;
• SouthLeinsterJunHurlingD-19teams
• NorthLeinsterJuniorHurlingD-13Teams
• SouthLeinsterSeniorHurlingC1-14Teams
• NorthLeinsterSeniorHurlingC1andC2-15Teams
• NorthLeinsterJuvenileFootballD-8teams
• SoutrhLeinsterJuvenileFootball112Teams
• SouthLeinsterJuvnileHurlingD-18Teams
TheformatfortheSecondLevelSchoolsblitzeswas one blitz day followed by quarter final,semi-finalandfinal.Overall the blitzes were very successful withvery positive feedback from the Schoolsparticipating.Oneconcernwouldbethenumberof schools that pulled out of the competitionswithout playing even one game. This wouldmeanthatmanyyoungplayerswouldnothavehadtheopportunitytoplayevenonegamefortheirschoolintheyear.FortheoverallsucessoftheSecondLevelSchoolblitzeswewould like to thankall the teachers,the referees and the clubs who provided theplayinggrounds.
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Kilkenny Hurling selector Martin Fogarty coaches Dublin U-15 Camogie and Laois U-15 Hurling Teams at "Hurling for Bothar" charity fundraiser held in St Kieran's College, Kilkenny.
HurlingForBótharThe Hurling for Bóthar workshop was run inSt.Kierans College Kilkenny by Martin Fogarty(KilkennyHurlingSelector)andahostofspecialguestsundertheauspicesoftheLeinsterCouncil.All proceeds from this workshop were donatedto Bóthar. There was a very comprehensiveprogramme of activities organised for the day.IncludedamongstthePresenterswere;
• BrianCody,KilkennySeniorHurlingManager
• Michael Dempsey, Kilkenny Senior HurlingTrainer/Selector and former Kilkenny U-21HurlingTrainer
• Martin Fogarty, Kilkenny Senior HurlingSelector and former Kilkenny U-21 HurlingManager
• EddieKeher,FormerKilkennyStarHurler.
• Angela Downey, Former Kilkenny CamogieStar.
• GeorgeOConnor,CoachingOfficer&FormerLeinster&WexfordHurler
• James Meagher, Kilkenny U-21 HurlingTrainer
• Pat Critchley, Coaching Officer & FormerLeinster&LaoisHurler
• Brian Ryan, Kilkenny Minor Hurling TrainerandFormerKilkennyU-21HurlingTrainer
• AdrianFinan,FormerKilkennyU-21HurlingManager and Club All-Ireland winningManagerwithJamesStephens.
Many of the Kilkenny Senior Hurlers alsoattended on the day, including Tommy Walsh,Noel Hickey andAidan Fogarty, J.J. Delaney, P.JRyantosharetheirexperiences.
Thefollowingtopicswerecovered;
• Strength/Conditioningwork
• GoalkeepingandFreetaking
• Drills Galore –developing skill & utilisingtrainingequipment.
• Success! Club or County, Player or Mentor.Howdoesithappen?
• TeamPlay–Attacking&Defending
• Video Analyses- Using video to reinforcecoachingadvice.
• Healthy Living – Sensible Lifestyle, Diet &Nutrition
• AddressfromBrianCody
Thedaywasahugesuccesswithandattendanceof over one hundred and forty people themajority of these being School of Excellence/DevelopmentSquadmentors.TheLeinsterCouncilwouldliketoacknowledgetheworkofMartinFogartyandBrianRyaninorganisingthis event. Also special thanks to the KilkennyCountyBoard,theKilkennySeniorHurlersandthespecialguestswhowereinattendance.
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PocFadaThe Martin Donnelly/Leinster GAA Poc Fádacompetition took place in the Curragh ArmyCamponThursdaythe27thofJune.Thelevelofcompetitiveness between the participants wasintense across all categories with only a slightmarginseparatingthewinners.Allthoughtherewas many new competitors in this year’scompetition, threeof thedefendingchampionsmanaged to retain their titles. Alex Birchill of
Kildare managed to prevent a clean sweep bydefending champions by winning the U-14HurlingTitle.
TheWinnerswere:U-14Camogie CiaraHolden(Kilkenny)U-14Hurling AlexBirchill(Kildare)SeniorCamogie MagsDarcy(Wexford)SeniorHurling ShaneO’Connor(Offaly)
Ray Quigley, Chairman, Leinster Camogie presenting the 2009 Leinster Poc Fada Trophy to Mags Darcy, St. Martin's, Wexford.
Back L-R: Sheamus Howlin, Cathaoirleach, Comhairle Laighean; Alan Tobin, Wolfe Tones, Longford; Fintan O'Brien, Cuala, Dublin; James Connolly, Naomh Moninne, Louth; Niall Lanigan, Celbridge, Kildare; Patrick Mullaney, Castletown, Laois; John Gorman, Turin, Westmeath; Michael Walsh.
Front L-R: James Walsh, Ballyhale Shamrocks, Kilkenny; Mark Ryan, St. Mullins, Carlow; Shane O'Connor, Coolderry, Offaly. Keith Barnes, A.R.P. Wicklow; Conor Byrne, Shelmaliers, Wexford.
Michael Walsh presenting the "Ollie Walsh Trophy" to Shane O'Connor, Coolderry, Co. Offaly and Sheamus Howlin, Cathaoirleach Comhairle Laighean presenting the Leinster Poc Fada Trophy.
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MISThe Management Information System (MIS) isan online portal that allows all GamesDevelopment staff to record the activity levelswithin their counties.TheMISwasdesignedasthetooltogatherinformationrelatingtoactivitylevels in a county which in turn could beanalysed and compared to the GamesDevelopmentplanofeachcounty.Furthermoreitisusedtomeasureacountiesachievementinmeeting the targets set down at national levelpertainingtothemeritbasedfunding.2009wasthefirstfullyearoftheMIS.Itwouldbe fair to say that there was many teethingproblemsinrelationtoboththesystemandthedataentryprotocol,whichwastobeexpected.Astheyearprogressedthegamesdevelopmentstaff became more informed of data entryprotocols and the developers enhanced theuserability of the system. There are furtherchanges planned for the coming year whichagain should improve the effectiveness of theMISasareportingtoolin2010OveralltheMIShasbeenaverypositivetoolforGames Development.The MIS will allow us tosetrealistictargetsgoingforwardandhighlightthe tremendous amount of work being carriedoutbybothvolunteersandfulltimestaffinthearea of Games Development in all LeinsterCounties.
Analysis of the MIS identifies how and wheregames development personnel are beingdeployed. One thing I noticed was thatdevelopment officers interact most with clubcoachesduringthewinter/springwhiledeliveringcoach education courses. Could we not changethisapproach–bycarryingoutthisworkduringthe summer while we’ve more of a captiveaudienceasclubsare in full flow?Especially inthe delivery of Foundation Award Courses! Iappreciate that this would mean redeployingsomepersonnelawayfromsummercampsandchangesinworkpracticesbutI’daskwherewillwemakethebiggerdifferencebelongterm.
VHICúlCampsGAAVHICULCampsThis was the third year of the VHI/GAApartnership and the relationship that has beendeveloped over the previous two years wasfurther strengthened after another extremelysuccessfulyearofsummercampactivity.
For yet another year the organisers of the GAAVHICulCampshadtocontendwiththeweathernamelythe"wettest Julyforover50years"andAugustjustaswet.OnceagaintheLeinstergamesdevelopmentteamcameuptrumps.Themajorityofcountiesachievedtheirtargetofa3%increase(seefiguresbelow)over2008figures,somebyasignificant margin.This was achieved while stillmaintainingtheveryhighstandardswhichhavebeenbuiltupovermanyyears.
Participants
County Boys Girls Total
Louth 1077 327 1404
Wexford 1876 804 2680
Kilkenny 1014 544 1559
Meath 1896 414 2310
Westmeath 1270 543 1813
Dublin 4356 2039 6395
Longford 663 274 937
Kildare 2260 1663 3923
Offaly 1062 727 1789
Wicklow 1485 707 2191
Laois 688 402 1090
Carlow 642 428 1070
Totals 18049 6833 26721
While there was issues which arose during thesummer which need to be dealt with for futurecamps,theplanningfor2010iswellinprogressandallareaswillbereviewedindetail.WeareconfidentthattheVhiGAACulcampsof2010willberuntothesamehigfhqualitythatwehavecometoexpect.
Special mention must go to Jimmy DwyerNationalCulCampCoordinator,whohasworkedtirelesslytoensurethatthecampsareruninavery professional manner. In particular hissupport to the Counties with the onlineregistering isgraduallytakingahugeworkloadfromthecamporganisersandwillbeoneofthemostsignificantadvancesindevelopmentoftheGAAsummercampinitiativeinrecentyears.
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WewouldliketothankVHIfortheirsponsorship,AlsoP.JRyanforpromotingcampsthroughouttheyear.Despite the economic climate some countiesmost notably Kildare (700) showed hugeincreases. I would be somewhat concerned bytheconservativeapproachbeingtaken insomecountiestowardstheir2010.
Canwe increasenumberof clubs ingeneral asthe number has been static for a number ofyearsnow?Canwelookataddressingdeclineinnumbers of 11-13 year olds attending byprovidingadditionalactivitycamps?Shouldwelookatadvancedcamps?Andmoreurbanbasedcamps? Why not organize blitzes involvingcampsfromothertownsexternaltothecounty?
PrimarySchoolTeacherTrainingInserviceIn2009LeinsterGamesDevelopmentorganisedand ran two teacher training in service weeksduring the summer.The first coursewasheld inPortlaoiseandthesecond inSt.PatricksCollegeDrumcondra.Thetwocourseswereahugesuccesswith34teacherinvolvedbetweenthetwoweeks.The courses also involved contributions fromLadies Football, Camogie and Handball, whilePaudieButlerandPatCritchleydeliveredmodulesrelatingtotheFundamentalsofHurling. There was a goodvariety in what was a verypracticalweekwiththereviewsfrom all participants speakingvery highly of the course, itscontentandtheresoursemadeavailabletothem.Wewouldliketothankallinvolvedfor their contribution to twoverysuccessfulweeksand inparticulartoMichaélMartinforhisassistancein the design, administration anddelivery elements of the courses.Theplanforthecomingyearistorunfivecoursesatdifferentvenuesduringthesummerof2010.
Alsoin2009ComhairleLaigheanhave continued to delivercoachingcoursesintheteachertrainingcollegesintheprovince.
The course were delivered by Al O'Donoghue,GeorgeO'ConnorandPaidiButler.Wewouldliketoacknowledgetherolethesportscoordinatorsin each of the colleges in assisting us with thisprogramme and look forward to working withtheminthecomingyear.
LeinsterU-14125FestivalsThe Leinster 125 U14 Hurling and Footballfestivalswere initiallydesignedtocoincidewiththeLeinster125celebrationsoccurringthroughoutthe province during the year. The aims of thefestivals were to facilitate club teams with theopportunity to play against teams from othercountiesinafunnoncompetitiveenvironment.
The process of running this event began bymeetingwiththecountygamesmanagersandinconsultation with them agreeing on the formatfor host counties as well as the procedures forregistration.ItwasagreedthatWicklow,KilkennyandMeathwouldhosttheHurlingFestivalsandLaois, Westmeath and Louth would host theFootballFestival.
The application process was done centrallywhereby all clubs looking to participate in thefestivals were to complete an application formandreturnittoArasLaigheanthreeweekspriortothe Hurling Festival date. Once all applications
Vincent Wallace passes for O'Loughlin Gaels against Dean Collier, Ferns in the Leinster GAA U-14 Club Hurling Festival at O'Loughlin Gaels, Kilkenny.
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werereceivedthegroupingswereestablished.Inorder to try and keep the groups of a similarstandardweutilisedasimilargradingsystemtothatoftheNationalFeilenanGaelcoordinators.
InrelationtotheHurlingFestivalstherewere43participatingteamsthatincluded12hostclubs.Ifwe were to take an average of 22 players persquadthiswouldmeanthat946playerstookpartintheHurlingFestivals
InrelationtotheFootballFestivalstherewere40participating teams with 10 host clubs.Again ifwe were to take an average of 22 players persquad this would mean that approximately 880playerstookpartintheFootballFestivals.
Inrespecttothehostingofthefestivalseachofthe host clubs took on the task of providingreferees for all the games as well as providingrefreshmentsforallvisitingteams.Ingratitudeofthis commitment Leinster Council provided acontributiontoallhostclubs intheformatofavoucherforO’NeillsSports.
A special mention must go to the host countygamesdevelopmentstaffastheyhadakeyroleinensuringthatthesefestivalsransmoothlyandincertain instances as mentioned above put extrapressureonstaffmemberstoreorganisegroupings
andfixturesduringanalreadybusytimeofyear.Also we would like to acknowledge all the hostclubs who done a great job in hosting theirvisitingteams.Lastlywewouldjustliketothankallclubswhotookpartinthisnewinitiativeandplayedthegamesintherightspirit.
Wefeelthattheconceptofthefestivalswasverygoodand the fact thatover the twodays therewere approximately 1,900 players involved fun,non-competitiveblitzeswouldhavetoberegardedasasuccess.
AnotherareathatdeservesmentionisthatduringboththeHurlingandFootballFestivalstherewasawidevariety ingradingwith28%oftheclubsinvolvedbeingfromdivison1/Aintheirrespectivecountieswiththeother72%clubsparticipatinginlowercompetitionsintheowncounties.
ThiswouldindicatethatourinitialaimofprovidingcrosscountymatchesforclubsforwhomwouldnotnormallyhavetheopportunitytoplayintheNational Feile Finals was achieved and there isfurtherpotential.
For 2010 we would hope to build on last yearssuccess. We would hope that with one countyhostingtheeventcombinedwithbettermarketingwe’llhavemoreclubsparticipating.
Ferns subs (from left) Dan O'Neill, Fergal Brickley and Ger Breen watch on against O'Loughlin Gaels in the Leinster GAA U-14 Club Hurling Festival at O'Loughlin Gaels, Kilkenny.
O'Loughlin Gaels players Cian Loy and Shane White who took part in the
Leinster GAA U-14 Club Hurling Festival at O'Loughlin Gaels, Kilkenny.
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D.J.CareySchoolofHurlingThe D.J.Carey School ofHurling2009tookplaceinSt.Kieran'sCollegeKilkennyon Monday 6th July toThursday 9th July andMonday 13th July toThursday16thJuly.
TheCountiesthatparticipatedeachweekwereasfollows;Week 1: Offaly, Meath, Westmeath, Kilkenny,Carlow,WicklowWeek 2: Dublin, Louth, Longford, Kildare,Wexford,Laois
Each County was requested to send twentyplayers and two mentors. It was agreed thateachCountysquadwouldattendtheSchoolofHurlingforfourdays.Workshops were conducted by the followingspecialguests
AdditionalactivitiesduringtheSchoolofHurlingincluded. • Games InterCountyGames CountygamesagainstKilkennyDevelopment
SquadsandlocalClubteams. • PracticalSkillsSessions The following Leinster and Guest Coaches
were responsible for the coaching elementoftheschoolofHurling;
GuestCoaches Noel O'Sullivan, Shane Cadigan, Brian
Cadigan,MarkKelly,JohnKavanagh,
LeinsterCoaches BrendanHayden,NoelBoyce,NoelMooney,
Joe Kearns, Pat Critchley, George O'Connor,MichaelDempsey.
• VisittotheKilkennySeniorHurlingTeamtrainingsessioninNowlanPark
• QuizCompetition The quiz was a huge success and very
enjoyable. It was prepared and run by PatDelaney(Laois)andJoeKearns.
Guest AreasCovered
D.J.Carey KilkennySeniorHurler GuestSpeakerandhurlingskillsdemonstrations
BrianCody KilkennySeniorHurlingmanager Whatplayersneedtoconcentrateontosucceed,fromaManager’sPerspective
PaudieButler NationalHurlingCoordinator WallDrills,MentorCoachingandGuestSpeaker
P.J.Ryan KilkennySeniorHurler DevelopingGoalkeepingSkills,GuestSpeaker
TadhgDoran LaoisSeniorHurler DevelopingGoalkeepingSkills
DerekLyng KilkennySeniorHurler GuestSpeaker
HenryShefflin KilkennySeniorHurler GuestSpeaker
TommyWalsh KilkennySeniorHurler GuestSpeaker
TomFitzpatrick LeinsterDevelopmentOfficer RulesofHurling
TeresaMcGinn& CharteredPhysiotherapists StretchingTechniques RebeccaMelliott
JudyEnnis SportsDieticians DietandNutrition &AineFox
LiamMoggan SportsPsychologist
MichaelScully HurleyRepairs
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Askamore - Leinster Club Hurling League Division 2 Champions 2009Back L-R: Maurice Kinsella, Michael Murphy, Raymond Lancaster, Garry Doran, John Byrne.Middle L-R: Thomas Ruth, James Lancaster, Martin Hayden, Patrick Nolan, Billy Nolan, Frank Lancaster,
Eoin Sheridan, Shane Tomkins, Thomas Devereux, Matthew Boggan, Patrick Boggan, Padraig Byrne.Front L-R: Muris Ruth, David Owens, Connor Levingstone, PJ Nolan, Tomas Hayden, Eoin Boggan, Colm Buttle,
Frank Boggan, Brian Hayden, Michael Kavanagh, David Tobin.
Ratoath - Leinster Club Hurling League Division 5 Champions 2009Back L-R: Tom Fitzmaurice, Karl Wardick, John Kirwan, Jim Flaherty, Darragh Dempsey, Stephen Cooper,
Colin Gilhooley, Colm Kelly, Shane Vogler, Mark Reilly, Tommy Madden, Diarmuid Brennan, Paul Kirwan, Turlough O'Neill, Mick Brazil, Johnny Brady, Paul Flaherty, John Sheridan, Eoghan Mulcahy, Paddy Cummins, Paddy Cotter (selector), Martin McGuane, Larry Kirwan (manager), Andy Fahy, Paul McCann (selector)
Front L-R: Larry McGowan, Gearoid Crowley, Vinny Collins, Barry Crowley, John Crehan, Padraig O'Donoghue, Keelan Fahy, Dave Moore, Damien O'Meara, Ken Fitzmaurice, Philip Lanigan, Steven Gorman, Richie Crehan
(Children at right of picture are Tadgh McCann, Evan Cotter, Ruairi Coulter)
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PromotionalMaterialEachMentorandplayerwaspresentedwith thefollowinggearthatwasspeciallydesignedfortheD.J.CareySchoolofHurling. • Jersey,SportsBag,PoloTopSponsorshipTheD.J.CareySchoolofhurlingreceivedgeneroussponsorship, in the form of discounted productfromKCSportsMullingar.PersonnelThe overall success of the D.J. Carey School ofHurling was mainly due to the personnel(voluntary and full time) who worked tirelesslyandinaveryprofessionalmannerthroughoutthetwoweeks.UlsterCoachesAslastyeartheLeinsterCouncilhostedcoachesfromUlsterduringthetwoweeksoftheSchoolofHurling.AtotalofelevenCoachesattended.
Overall the D.J.Carey School of Hurling wasextremelysuccessful.Themajorityofthesquadswerewellprepared,behavedthemselveswellandwereanxioustolearnasmuchaspossibleduringtheirstayinSt.Kierans.
Acknowledgements • D.J.Carey for his tremendous commitment
andsupportfortheSchoolofHurling.
• CountyMentors-Thementorswhoattendedthe D.J. Carey School of Hurling must beacknowledgedandthankedforthecommitmentand dedication they displayed over the twoweeks.Withoutthesepeopleitwouldnothavebeenpossibletorunthisevent.
• Clubs - A Special thanks to the KilkennyCounty Board and Clubs (Clara and JamesStephens) who provided teams and groundsforthegames.AlsotoKilkennyCountyBoardand themanagementof theKilkennySeniorHurlingTeam for the access to the KilkennySeniorHurlerstrainingsession.
• Monsignor Kennedy and the Board ofManagementofSt.Kieran’sCollegeforprovidingaccesstheexcellentfacilitiesoftheCollege.
•John Horan and the Leinster Coaching andGamesDevelopmentCommittee.
• Management and Staff atAras Laighean fortheirhelpandsupport.
LeinsterClubHurlingLeagueForafullround-upoftheLeinsterClubHurlingLeagueresultsforlastyear,seetheresultsandfixturessectionattheendofthisConventionReport.
TheLeinsterClubHurlingLeaguewasdesignedtofacilitate club teamswith theopportunity toplayadditionalgamesagainstteamsfromothercountiesinacompetitionthatwasnotoverlycompetitive.
In2009theLeinsterClubLeaguewasrunmainlyoverthemonthsofAprilandMay.Theformatofthecompetitionwasasfollows; Div1–32Teams Div2–32Teams Div3-32Teams Div4-16Teams Div5-12Teams
AtotalofOnehundredandeighteenClubsentered,with a number entering two teams. The totalnumberofteamsinthecompetitionwas124.TheBreakdownofteamspercountywas;Carlow(4), Dublin (18), Kildare (8), Kilkenny (11), Laois(11),Louth(4),Meath(7),Offaly(9),Westmeath(15),Wexford(23),Wicklow(14).Theplanningandorganisingforthiscompetition,wasbasedonrunningonehundredandeightsixgames in the preliminary rounds and a furtherthirtyonegamesinthefinalstages.Feedback in relation to the competition fromClubpersonnelindicatedthatthevariousdivisionswere graded correctly and the large number ofgames which were separated by no more thanfourpointswouldsupportthisview.
Another pleasing aspect was the extremelypositiveapproachtothecompetitionwithwhichClubOfficialsandPlayersdisplayedbothonandoff the field. Players enjoyed pitting their skillsagainstoppositionandopponentsthattheyhadneverplayedagainstbefore.ClubOfficialsavailedoftheopportunitytodevelopnewcontactsandcreate bonds of friendship which will continuelongafterthecompetitionhasbeencompleted.
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CountyRefereeAdministratorsTheCountyRefereeAdministratorswererequestedlendtheirsupporttothecompetition.Thisprovedtobeverysuccessful,astheAdministratorsworkedinaveryefficientandprofessionalmanner.
Referee Administrators - Liam O'Neill (An Lú),Jimmy Henry (An Mhi), Liam McDaniel (Iarmhi),AidanShiells(AthCliath),TomByrne(CillMhantain),Tom Rowe (Loch Garman), Michael Fennin (CillDara), Martin Barry /Ger Lennon (Fixtures/Ceatharloch), Liam Duberry (Cill Chainnigh), PatO'Sullivan(Laois),JoeO’Brien(UibhFhaili).DivisionWinnersDivisionOne Dunnamaggin(Kilkenny)DivisionTwo Askamore(Wexford)DivisionThree OularttheBallagh(Wexford)DivisionFour Killurin(Offaly)DivisionFive Ratoath(Meath)WewouldliketoacknowledgeandthankallwhosupportedtheLeinsterClubHurlingLeagueinanyway. Special thanks to the County RefereeAdministrators,CountySecretaries,ClubOfficialsandtothestaffinArasLaighean.WhattheLeinsterClubHurlingleaguehasprovenisthere is an appetite from clubs for cross countycompetition.In2010LeinsterGAAwillexploringtheoptionofrunningaClubFootballLeaguenextSpring.
VodafoneGAAEasterCampsIn 2009 the decision was taken by the LeinsterGames Development Committee to run PilotEaster Camps for designated RAPID areas.Generous sponsorship was received fromVodaphone which enabled this project to takeplace.
TheVodafoneGAAEastercampswereheldinfiveCountiesin2009,LouthWicklowKildareWexfordand Westmeath. In all there was a total of 11campsrunwithatotalof827childrenattending.AtCountyleveltheGamesManagersandGamesDevelopmentAdministrorsinconjuntionwiththelocal RAPID GAA took responsibility for theorganising and running of the Vodafone GAAEasterCamps.
County Participants NoofCamps
Louth 355 4
Wicklow 30 1
Kildare 99 2
Wexford 167 2
Westmeath 176 2
Total 827 11
The Vodafone GAA Easter Camps, were verysuccessful with tremendous feedback recveivedfromparentsandchildren.Basedonthisfeedbackplansfor2010campsarealreadyinprogress.WewouldliketothankVodafone, JimmyDarcy,thelocal RAPID coordinators and the host clubs forthefacilitiesprovided,allofwhichcontributedtotheoverallsuccessofthispilotproject.
The successof theVodafoneGAAEasterCampsshowsthereisamarketforactivitycampsduringschoolbreaksoutsideofthesummer.Campsarean important revenue resource and perhaps theEaster/Halloweenperiodoffersopportunitiesthatwehaven’tutilizedfully.
AcknowledgementOn my own behalf I would like to thank JohnHoranforhiswisewordsandsupport,allpersonneland provincial and county level and CountyCoachingOfficersfortheireffortandcommitmentthroughouttheyear.
Regrettably,2009wasaverysadyearforoneofourgamesdevelopmentofficersChristineO'BrienfromMeathwholostherhusbandKeith,toillness.OnbehalfofLeinsterCouncilIwouldliketopaytributetoChristineO'Brienforhercourageinthefaceoftragedy.Wehopetoseeherbackwithusverysoon.
SeaghanÓFlannagáinRúnaí
ExtractfromtheLeinsterStrategicVisionandActionPlan •Providegreatergamesopportunitiesfor13to18yearoldsbyorganisingprovincialfestivalsinHurlingandFootballand
cross-countyleagues •DevelopaGamesDevelopmenttrainingandresourcesectionontheLeinsterGAAwebsite
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Leinster Master Tutor Group
CommitteeDeclanSmyth(Cathaoirleach)GerardO’Connor(Runai)SeanKelly AlO’DonoghueBrendanHarpur PaulEarleyCyrilKevlihan BrianLaddenSeanO’Toole JimRyanRaySmith EunanMcCormackPaudiO’Neill NoelO’SullivanSeanDempsey JohnLeahyDudleyFarrell BriainRyanColmClear
RestructuringTo maximise the time and effort of the group,key projects were identified and tutors wereassigned to each project. Benefits of this havebeen ownership of the project, sharing of theworkloadandincreasedoutput.
ProjectGroupsProject 1 - Retraining Foundation TutorsBrianLadden,AlO’Donoghue,GerardO’Connor
Project 2 - Retraining and Assimilation Award1 TutorsSeanO’Toole,JimRyan
Project 3 - Code of Best PracticeCyrilKevlihan,BrendanHarpur
Project 4 - Coordination of Delivery of New Award1 CourseEunan McCormack, Eamonn Barry, Ray Smith,JohnLeahy,DudleyFarrell,BriainRyan
Project 5 - Recruitment and Training New Award 1 TutorsSeanKelly,DeclanSmyth,PaudiO’Neill
Project 6 - Mentoring TutorsPaulEarley,NoelO’Sullivan,SeanDempsey
ProgresstoDate
Master Tutor Meetings•7meetings•1Planningweekendtodeveloptutorstrategy
NUIG Essential Trainer Skills•Completed the Essential Trainer Skills course
withfulltimestaff(105tutors)•Planned and delivered three full courses to
Leinsterstaff•SubmittedassignmentstoNUIGforalltutors•Plannedgraduationceremonyforalltutors
Coaching Ireland•Plannedtutorobservationsfor90tutorsover9days•Coordinatedthedistributionoffeedbacktothe
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Foundation Award•Foundationawardtutorshavebeentrainedand
issuedwiththenewcoursematerial(60Dublin,45Leinster)
Award 1•Reviewed extensively the new award course
syllabusbymembersofthetutorgroup.•Documented the changes and provided
feedbacktothetutorgroup.•PilotedtwoAward1Youth/Adultcoursesinthe
province, delivered on the 17th/18th June inParnellParktofulltimeLeinsterstaff.
•Feedback and course syllabus forwarded toCrokePark.
•Award1Youth/Adultcoursewasorganisedanddeliveredthrough3workshops
•Delivered5Award1Youth/Adultcourse.•Observed46tutorsdeliveringthenewAward1
Youth/Adultcoursesandprovidedfeedbacktothesetutors(Mentored)
•Organised and delivered 2 workshops for theAward1Childcourse
•Plannedandcoordinated5Childcourses
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Award 2•Developedmaterial forAward2pilotcourse in
Ulster•Attended2pilotfootballcourseinArmagh•Deliveredtwomodulesoftheaward2coursein
Ulster
Leinster Coach Education Servicing Officers•Arranged 3 meetings with servicing officers to
planandcoordinatecoursesfortheyear.
National Coach Education Work Group•14meetingswereattendedbymembersofthe
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Others•Attendedaworkshoponfacilitationdeliveredby
HayleyHarrisonfromCoachingIreland.•DeliveredFoundationawardtomastertutors
Strategic Planning•Targets were discussed at the tutor planning
weekendinJanuary.
Medium Term 2010•Award1Child(2Hurlingand3Football)•Award1Youth/Adult(2Hurlingand5Football)•Assimilation–Award1Child•CodeofBestPractice•TutorTraining
Long Term 2010 – 2015•AvisionforwhatCoachEducationwilllooklike
whenthefullmodelof4levelswith3streamsisfullydevelopedintheProvince.
•TheimplicationsfortheMasterTutorGroup •TutorTraining •TutorMentoring •Managementoftheprogramme •Venues •Tutorallocations •Administration
TheareaofcoachingandgamescontinuestoplayanimportantroleinGAAactivitieswithinintheprovince.AcknowledgementmustbegiventothegroupofdedicatedpeopleintheLeinsterMasterTutor Group who wholeheartedly committhemselves to the many tasks throughout theyear.Manythankstoeachandeveryoneofthem.
ThanksmustalsobeexpressedtoShaneFlanaganand staff in Portlaoise along with Peter Horganand team in Croke Park for their continuingsupportandencouragement.
Onapersonallevel,IwouldtotakethisopportunityonbehalfofthegrouptothankGerardO’Connormost sincerely for his commitment,professionalism,enthusiasmandfriendship.
DeclanSmythCathaoirleach
ExtractfromtheLeinsterStrategicVisionandActionPlan •Developastrategyforimplementationofapracticalaccreditation-basedCoachEducationProgramme •Createahighperformanceteamofspecialistcoachestosupportgamesdevelopmentincountiesandclubs
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A.G.M.Our A.G.M. took place in Keadeen HotelNewbridge on March 25th 2009 with allcounties present. Edward O’ Riordan waselectedasCathaoirleachforthesecondyear,GerryO’Mearaas rúnaí,TomFitzpatrickascisteoirandJimFennellyasC.L.G.delegate.
MeetingMeetings took place in Dublin (Teachers’Club andYellow House) 7pm onApril 19thand May 3rd to plan Games Programme2009. Chairman, Treasurer and Cisteoir inattendance
StarNewspaperSponsorshipTheStararenowsponsoringkits for teamsplaying, theyalso give a full page coverageon Star on Sunday. Thanks to John CotterandPaulCookeforfacilitatingsponsorship.
GrantsCumann Lúthchleas Gael Laighean issuedour annual grant in early April 2009 (e
35,120) This grant was divided and thendistributed to each county unit.The coisteheldbackasmallamounttocoverexpensesfor the year. We are grateful to C.L.G.Laigheanforthissupport.
Cumann na mBunscolLaighean
ScoilsportGamesProgramme2009ThecoistethenmetagainonMay10thandthefollowingGamesProgrammeconfirmed:
Coaching & Games Development Committee
Programme Date Venue Co-Ordinator
Girls’Handball Feb.25th Tinryland Carlow
Boys’HandballM Mar.4th Tinryland Carlow
Boys’/Girls’Football May17th ParnellPark Dublin
Boys’Football May24th O’MoorePark Portlaoise
Boys’Hurling May30th WexfordPark Wexford
Hurling/Football June7th CrokePark Dublin
HurlingBlitzDay June10th CarlowH.C. Carlow
Boys’/Girls’Football June14th ParnellPark Dublin
Hurling June21st NowlanPark Kilkenny
Girl’sFootball June28th CrokePark Dublin
Hurling July5th CrokePark Dublin
Boys’Football July12th CrokePark Dublin
•Over320childrentookpartinaboveevents •8differentvenuesused•YoungRefereesusedinallgames •Childrengivenfood/matchprogramme•Parentsgotticketsforgames •Jerseyssponsoredon3ocassions•CountiesinvolvedCarlow,WicklowWexford,Dublin,Westmeath,Offaly,Kildare,Louth,Meath,Antrim,LaoisandKilkenny.•WarwickshireG.A.A.guestsforLeinsterFootballFinalDay.
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C.L.G.LaigheanJimFennellygavereporttoCoisteatmeetinginPortlaoiseonJuly13th2009coveringourGamesProgramme.
CoisteNáisiúntaCumannnamBunscolDuringOctobertheCathaoirleachandrúnaiattendedthreemeetingsinvolvedinreviewofMiniSevens,TheConstitutionofCumannnamBunscolandaGeneralMeeting.
NationalAwards2009We entered two categories in the awardsduring September. We produced a ‘GamesProgramme Presentation’ and a ‘125Presentation’. The cathaoirleach and therúnai attended the Awards night in CrokeParkonSaturday21stNovember
Publicity/P.R.Coverage of our Games Programme wasextensive. We featured in Scoilsport, TheStar,LeinsterMatchProgrammes,andmanyProvincial Newspapers. Coverage was alsoavailableonWebsiteofCumannnamBunscolNáisiúntaandLeinsterG.A.A.website.GreatworkbyCiaránByrneP.R.O.CoisteNáisiúnta
CountyUnitsTheco-operationwithallcountyunitsisthekey to success for Cumann na mBunscolLaighean. I thank the secretaries in eachcountyfortheirwork.
YoungWhistlerSchemeCumannnamBunscolLaigheanutilizedtheyoung referees of this scheme during themini games. Thanks to Jerry Grogan AndCoisteÁthCliathfortheirsupport.
Plansfortheschoolyear2009/2010TobuildonourGamesProgrammefor2010andhavesome inputatevery intercountygameintheprovince.
To reintroduce our Annual Indoor HurlingFestivalinNationalBasketballArenaTallaghtinvolvingall12counties.Toinitiateanewcamogiedaybasedonthemodel above i.e. Annual Indoor CamogieFestivalforall12counties.
ToincludeCumannnamBunscolnaGaillimheinnextyear’sactivities.
To develop our Sponsorship Deal with Starnewspapertoincludeallourgamesin2010To forge closer linkswithour colleagues inSecondLevelschoolsinLeister
RúnaíLaigheanThankstoallthe12hardworkingsecretariesinLeinsterCumannnamBunscol.
BuíochasTo Patricia Clear in Áras Laighean for hergreatworkandefficiencywhendealingwithticketallocation.
ToJohnCotterforpageinMatchProgramme.
ToallCountyBoardsforfacilitatingourminigames.
ToSeamusHowlinandMichaelDelaneyfortheircontinuedsupport
CumannnamBunscolNáisiúnta
Ciarán Byrne for his photography andwebsiteupdates
GerryO’MearaRunaí,CumannnamBunscolLaighean
December16th2009
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Cathaoirleach DamienFee (StKevin’sCollege)Leas Cathaoirleach RichieO’Donoghue (StMary’s,Mullingar)Rúnaí HannahHoran (ÁrasLaighean)Cisteoir MichaelDelaney&MichaelReynolds (ÁrasLaighean)P.R.O. TomCrotty (StFinian’sC.C.)
COUNTY REPS Carlow JimConway (CarlowV.S.) Dublin BrendanCahill (StBenildusCollege) Kildare LarryCurtin (PatricianCollege,Newbridge) Kilkenny NiallConnolly (StKieran’sCollege,Kilkenny) Laois PeterMalone (HeywoodC.S.) Longford AlbertFallon (BallymahonSec.School) Louth JoeCorcoran (BushP.P.) Meath UltanFitzpatrick (StOliver’sP.P.) Offaly PaddyScales (BanagerCollege) Westmeath DannyReddin (StJoseph’s,Rochfortbridge) Wexford BrianTeigue (GoodCounselCollege) Wicklow JimMurphy (WicklowSchoolsOfficer)
LEINSTER SCHOOLS OFFICERS Dublin & North Leinster TomO’Donnell South Leinster PatHenderson
LEINSTER PROVINCIAL GAMES MANAGER ShaneFlanagan (ÁrasLaighean)LEINSTER GAMES SUPPORT OFFICER ColmClear (ÁrasLaighean)
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TheStructureofSecondLevelGameshasevolvedovertheyears.2010istheCentenaryofLeinsterColleges.LeinsterVocationalSchoolsnotas longinexistence-50years.Thepersonnelinvolvedinbothsectorsmadeanimmensecontributiontothewelfareofourgames.
Until relatively recently most underage activity waswithin thecontextofSchoolactivity. IncreasingClubCompetition,CountyActivityandAcademicdemandsforplayersU-18anddownwardsraiseissues(somenotofthepositivevariety)andchallengesforallofuswithregard to the role of Second Level Schools in thecontinuedpromotionofourgames.
ComhairleLaigheanundertheChairmanshipofJimmyGreyrecognisedtheneedfor(a)closertiesbetweenallSecond Level Schools (b) between Second Level andtheProvincialandCountystructures.JimmyappointedAlbertFallon(thethenLeas-CathaoirleachofComhairleLaighean) the first Cathaoirleach of Leinster SchoolsCouncilincorporatingboththeCollegesandVocationalSectors.Thenewbodysetaboutitstaskofcateringforitsconstituencyoftwohundredschools.
Timemoveson!Since2007thereisgreaterquestioningwhetherornotthepresentcompetitionstructureisthemostappropriate.CoachingandGamesDevelopmentisnowadaysverymuchattheheartoftheAssociation’sthinkingandstrategicplanning2009-2015.
ItisinthiscontextthatinLeinsteritispolicythatwithineachCounty,SecondLevelschoolsareanintegralpartofCoachingandGamesDevelopment.Itisessentialthatworkingtogetheratlocalleveltoincreaseactivitytoamaximumisembracedbyallconcerned.
Thisdevelopmentundoubtedlywillleadtochange–achangethatmay includeareductionofProvincialand National Competition. Change should beembracednotfeared.
HannahNíhÓrainRúnaí
Forafullround-upofthe2ndLevelSchoolscompetitionresultsforlastyear,seetheresultsandfixturessectionattheendofthisConventionReport.
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Leinster Third LevelColleges Report
ComhairleArdOideachaisLaigheanhasresponsibilityforthedevelopmentandpromotionofGaelicgamesinall3rdLevelinstitutionsinLeinster.ThesupportofComhairle Laighean is invaluable andhas enabled anumberofinitiativestobedevisedandimplemented.
Funding received from Comhairle Laighean wasdistributedtocollegesintheformofvouchersfromO’Neill’s. These vouchers could be exchanged forjersies,footballsand/orsliotharsThetotalcostofthisschemewasE18,300.
The following expenditure was incurred during theyear: 1 Medals&shields E1,595 2 Refereesexpenses E300COMPETITIONREVIEWThe two premier competitions in the third levelsector are the Sigerson Cup football championshipandtheFitzgibbonCupchampionshipinhurling.
Cork IT hosted the Sigerson Cup. DIT & UCD meteachotherinthesemifinalandforthefirsttimeeverDIT qualified for the final. However, the hostsprevailed in a keenly contested final.Trinity and St.PatsT.C.metinthesemifinaloftheTrenchCupwithSt.PatsT.C.eventuallygoingontobringthecupbackto Drumcondra. Marino College won the Corn naMacLeinn after defeating Blanchardstown IT in thefinal. Coláiste Íde were defeated in the FurtherEducationfinal.
Trinity College were the excellent hosts of theFitzgibbon Cup competition with UCC the ultimatewinners. Unfortunately there were no Leinsterrepresentatives in the last four. NUIM reached thesemifinaloftheRyanCup.
Leinster colleges achieved the following All-Irelandsuccessesoverthepastyear:CornnaMacLeinn(F) MarinoFresherDiv.1Championship(F) DCUFresherDiv.2Championship(F) NUIMFresherDiv.2Championship(H) DCU
SeniorBChampionship(F) DCUFresherDiv.1League(H) DITFresher2Championship(H) DCUSeniorBLeague(F) DCUACCIDENTTOURNAMENTSOnceagain,ThirdLevelCollegesUCD,DIT,AthloneITandDCUparticipatedintheOByrneCupandShieldfootballcompetitions.DCUcontestedthefinaloftheO’ByrneCupbutweredefeatedbyLouth.Inhurling,UCD participated again in theWalsh Cup & ShieldwhileDCU,DIT&TrinityplayedintheKehoeCup&Shield.
Playing in the Accident Tournaments exposes abroaderrangeofplayerstothislevelofcompetition.Itreducestheriskofplayerburnouttoeliteplayers.Participation in these competitions is verygood forthe profile of students and it gives GAA in ourcollegesverypositivemediacoverage.
BURSARIESTheComhairleLaigheanThirdLevelBursarySchemehasgrowninstrengthandprofileoverthepasteightyears.The scheme also helps to raise the profile ofGaelic games in third level colleges throughout theprovince and is further evidence of ComhairleLaighean’s commitment to this sector. Twenty onestudents received awards in recognition of theircommitment to Gaelic Games be it as players,coachesoradministrators.
THEPASTYEARAs Comhairle Ardoideachais provides ample gamesfortheeliteplayerCALaigheanseesoneofit’srolesasprovidinggamesforthemore“recreational”player.Extra competitions were organised to cater for noneliteplayers.Thesecompetitionsprovedverypopularwith the “recreational” player. Being played on aprovincial basis and often under floodlights on aMondaynightthesecompetitions:
•Reducedcostsofrunningtheclubsand •Reducedthetimelosttocollegebystudents.
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ThewinnersoftheseLeinstercompetitions2008/09areasfollows:FreshersFootball DCUFreshersHurling DITFreshersHurling–7aside DCUIntermediateHurling NUIGIntermediateHurlingShield St.PatsIntermediateFootball DITSeniorBFootball DIT
TRAININGWORKSHOPAfter the success of the previous years “OfficerTraining Day” CA Laighean organised a TrainingWorkshop for club officers.This format proved verypopular with the thirty five students that attendedthis event inPáircanChrócaigh.Avery informativeand enjoyable afternoon was had. I would like tothankmyfellowofficers for theirpresentationsandassistanceinmakingtheworkshopsuchasuccess.LAUNCHOFWEBSITETiedinwiththeTrainingWorkshopourveryfirstCALaighean website www.leinstercagaa.com waslaunched.MythanksgoestoourstudentPROGearoidDevittforhisworkonthisproject.
THEFUTUREOtherissuesthatmightbeconsideredbyCALaigheanintothefutureare:
•Circulation of an e-newsletter to highlightdevelopmentsetc in thevarious collegeclubs inLeinster.
•SeekingcommercialsponsorshipforCALaigheananditscompetitions.
•Coachingcoursesforstudents.
•Recruitmentofstudentreferees.
BUÍOCHASThe help and co-operation of the following greatlyfacilitatedtheorganisationofGaelicgamesactivitiesduringthepastyear:
GAAOfficers&GPOsinthevariouscollegeswithoutwhose support the organisation of the variouscompetitionswouldnotbepossible.
Leinster Coaching and Games DevelopmentCommitteeandinparticularitschairman,JohnHoran&secretaryShaneFlanagan.
OurnewsupportofficerColmClear.
Sheamus Howlin, the officers and members ofComhairleLaighean.
MichaelDelaneyandallthestaffinÁrasLaighean.
The CA Laighean Committee including nationaltreasurer Ray O’Brien, national secretary MichaelMcMahonandourthreestudentmembersSecretaryTommy Flynn NUIM, Treasurer Niall Kelly DIT andPROGearóidDevittDCU.
In conclusion, I would like to acknowledge thesupport of Comhairle Laighean and the LeinsterCoaching and Games Development Committee, forthethirdlevelsectorinLeinster.ThesupporthasbeenexcellentandIhavenodoubtthatthiswillcontinueinto the future. I wish Comhairle Laighean everysuccessinit’seffortstoimplementtheStrategicPlanforLeinsteroverthenextfiveyears.
GearóidÓMaolthuileCathaoirleach,CAOLaighean.
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ScórTáimíd an-bhródúil as uacht an comórtasspesialtaScóraritheamarigcóirCeiliúradh125.Mobhoicheasdonacontaethaaghlacpáirt.Bhaineamarantaitneamhasimeachtaínahoiche,gomórmhór,asanceol,tráthnagceistagusancraic.ComhghairdeasdoChillChainnighagusCillMhantain,buaiteoirínapriomhcomórtais.
AllStarsAwardsNightThe Awards took place in Croke Park inDecember. Thenewformatprovedpopularwith many, with each provincial winner ineach category being invited to attend,introducedtotheattendanceandpresentedwith a memento. The overall winner wasthen selected from each category. Therewards were in recognition of the players,officials,clubsworkduringtheyear. BelowaretheLeinsteroverallwinners
Masters Player of the YearMichaelDucksyWalsh(Kilkenny)
Young Female Player of the YearShaunaHilley(Wicklow)
Hall of Fame WinnerTomWalsh(Wicklow)
Club of the YearLeixlipHandballClub(Kildare)
OneWallTheLaurenceO’Toole’sG.A.C.fromCoolockin Dublin officially opened their one-walloutdoor courts on Friday January 16 last,with a floodlit exhibition match betweenWorldChampionPaulBradyfromCavanand
Dublin’sEoinKennedy.TheLeinsterone-wallchampionships were arranged for theO’Toole’s complex in early June, butunfortunately the weather put paid to ouroutdoor one-wall plans. The games weremoved indoors to the handball centre inCrokePark,neverthelessanexcellentdayshandballwashadbyall.
IntheEnglishOneWallOpenFintanCreamerfromtheAbbeylaraClub inLongfordhelpedtocreatealittlepieceofIrishsportinghistorywhenhebecamethefirstIrishplayertowintheMen’sChallengerEnglishOne-Walltitle.
SoftballLeinsterplayersweredominateonbothour60 x 30 show nights, with Eoin KennedycontinuinghisgoodforminovercomingtheupandcomingRobertMcCarthy(Westmeath)inthesinglesfinalandpartneredbytheeverreliableEginJensendefeatedTomSheridan/BrianCarroll(Meath)tobecrowneddoubleschampions. Kilkenny dominated theintermediate grades with Brian ManoguetakingthesinglesandNicholasAnthony/JoeWalsh annexing the doubles title.The IrishHandballCouncilinanicegesturehonouredtheNationalSeniorHandballChampionsof1984TomO’Rourke&PiusWinders(Kildare),Pat Cleary & John Fleming (Wexford) wereamongtherecipients.
WorldHandballChampionshipsIrish players dominated the 2009 WorldHandball Championships in Portland,Oregon,withLeinsterproducingnineWorldChampionshipwinners.
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Dublin’s Eoin Kennedy, teamed up withMichael Finnegan, the duo picked up theirsecondWorld Open doubles championshipmedals.Oneofthemostsynonymousnamesof Irish handball is Michael 'Ducksy'Walshand the Kilkenny maestro continued hisincrediblesuccessstorywithemphaticWorldMasters Singles and Doubles championshipsuccesses, where he partnered Egin Jensen(Dublin).Wexford’sGavinBuggyhadahugevictoryintakingtheover35ssinglestitle
Kilkenny’sCiaranNearyandOffaly’sMichaelO’BrienalsojoinedforcestotaketheMen’sCtitle,whiletherewerealsogreatwinsforLeinster players in the underage grades.Wicklow’s Shauna Hilley took the 19 andUnder and Ladies B Singles titles, whilefellow Coolboy clubman, Daniel Curry wonthe 11 and Under FourWall and One-Walltitles.Kildare’sNiallO’Connortoppedoffavery successful tournament for the Irishwhen he partnered Galway’s MartinMulkerrins in the 17 and Under Doublesgrade.
Leinster’sWorldHandballChampions2009
EoinKennedy(DUBLIN)MensOpenDoubles
EginJensen(DUBLIN)MastersDoubles
MichaelDucksyWalsh(KILKENNY)MastersSingles&Doubles
CiaranNeary(KILKENNY)MensCDoubles
MichaelO'Brien(OFFALY)MensCDoubles
GavinBuggy(WEXFORD)Mens35+Singles
ShaunaHilley(WICKLOW)Girls19&USingles/LadiesBSingles
DanielCurry(WICKLOW)Boys11&U40x20&One-WallSingles
NiallO'Connor(KILDARE)Boys17&UnderDoubles
BuiochásThankstoalltheofficials,playersandtothepeople who opened courts and refereedgames.ToeveryonewhohashelpedLeinsterhandballduringtheyear,Isaythankyouandwell done. The sympathy of the Councilgoes to all families who have sufferedbereavements during the year. Go drugasuainmheassioraidoibh.
LiamÓMathúinRúnaí
Forafullround-upoftheLeinsterHandballcompetitionresultsforlastyear,seetheresultsandfixturessectionattheendofthisConventionReport.
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Leinster RefereesAdministrator’s Reportand Leinster Recruitment & Training Officers Report
LeinsterRefereesAdministrationCommittee
Chairman PatCasserly(Westmeath)Secretary AidanShiels(Dublin)Recruitment PierceFreaney(Kildare)&TrainingOfficerCommittee LiamONeill(Louth) JimmyHenry(Meath) AidanShiels(Dublin) TrevorCulbert(Wicklow) TowRowe(Wexford) MichaelFennin(Kildare) MartinBarry(Carlow) TommyDuggan(Kilkenny) PatO’Sullivan(Laois) TimmyGrogan(Offaly) LiamMcDaniel(Westmeath) JoeO'Brien(Longford)
RefereesMatchOfficialsAppointmentsCommittee
Cathaoirleach JohnMcCarthy(Kildare)Runai PierceFreaney(Kildare)Committee PatCasserly(Westmeath) AndyGallagher(Offaly) PaddyDwyer(Meath)
2009wasanotherverysuccessfulyearinrelationtoourgamesandIwouldliketoacknowledgethehugecontribution the referees have made towards ourgames.AgainwehadamajorincreaseinthenumberofgamesplayedincompetitionssuchastheChristyRing, Nickey Rackard andTommy Murphy cups.Thechampionships in our provinces in lateAutumn forboththejuniorandintermediateclubsinhurlingandfootball both proved to be very successful and it isgreattoseesomanyclubsenjoyingtheirdayinthesun.TheinterestintheO’ByrneCupisgrowingeachyearandindeedwiththecollegesnowparticipatingin this competition makes it extremely competitiveandaveryenjoyableearlyseasoncompetition.
The referees administration committee met fivetimes throughout the year. The role of the countyrefereeadministratorcontinuestobeaveryimportant
positionanditisessentialthatallcountyboardsgiveit the support it deserves. However it is vital thateachadministratorattendsourmeetingsonaregularbasis and continues to support all referees withineachcountyandwithintheprovince.Supporttowardsour referring in this area continues to be veryimportant.
AssessmentsThiscontinuesonaregularbasisatbothnationalandprovinciallevel.Thisisthemostimportantareainthetrainingandsupportforreferees.AsIcontinuetobeinvolved nationally for the past number of years,assessments continue to be the area that refereesseekandhelppreparethemfortheirfuturetraining.ComhairleLaigheancontinuetobeoneofthemostprogressive provinces in relation to this area andindeed I would like to thank Pierce Freaney who isalso involved at national level for the amount ofsupporthegivestothisarea.
Recruitment&TrainingThepastyearhasbeenverybusyontherecruitmenttrainingfront.PierceFreaneyhasdonegreatworkatCoisteNaReiteoiriuntilrecentlywithaspecialbriefof recruitment and training. We have now PatrickDohertyworkinginthisareaandhewillbeworkingclosely with each province for the betterment ofrefereeing. Itnowlooksas if there isgoingtobeanewgradingfornationalrefereesand it ishopedtohave this in place prior to this years championship.There continues to be a much more scientific andprogressive training programme for all refereesinvolved. ItwasdevisedbyNiallMoyna fromDCUand the referees diet, fitness levels and ongoingtraining are monitored regularly. Also within theprovincewehadtrainingandexamforalldevelopmentrefereeslastApril.ThiswasheldinCarlowanditwillbefollowedupalsothisyearandhopefullyunderthenew fitness regime. I thank our Chairman SeamusHowlin and Comhairle Laighean for its continuedsupporttoallourtrainingandfitnessprogrammes.
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AcademyAgainwe seemtobe finding it verydifficult togetnewrecruitsforouracademy,itishopedthatwewillhavethisupandrunningbyAutumn2010.Thisisduemainlytoa lackofnumbers,apoor responseandalackofinterest(hopefullyIamwrongaboutthis).Itisvitallyimportantthatproperstructuresie.CountyReferee Administration Committees are in place ineachcountytoensurethatallaspectsofrefereeingarebothcateredforandnurtured.Ifneglectedweallwill find it much more difficult to maintain andimprove standards andmuchmoredifficult to fulfilthenumberofgameswehaveatpresent.
DevelopmentRefereesTheLeinsterDevelopmentRefereesplaytheirpartatour early season competitions. Their performancesresulted in some promotions to the national level.Ongoingtrainingfortheserefereeswillcontinueandas mentioned previously they will also complete afitness and rules test in Spring ’10. As mentionedearlier in the report, the new grading system forreferees will hope to include all referees who havebeenondevelopmentalpanelsforthepastnumberofyears.
UmpireTrainingThiswascarriedoutatnationallevelthreeyearsagounderthesupervisionoftheNationalRefereetutors.ThisFebruary’10itishopetorunoneinourprovince.Hopefully the training will continue to maintainstandards inthisareawhichhavenowbecomeveryhigh.AgainIwouldliketothankComhairleLaigheanforitssupporttothisventure.
StructuresItisvitalthattheproperstructuresie.CountyRefereeAdministration Committees are in place in eachcountytolookafterallaspectsofrefereeing.Withoutdedicatedpeoplespecificallychargedtodothiswork,boththestandardandnumberswillfallawaymakingitmuchmoredifficulttofulfilthe increasinggamesprogramme.
ComhairleLaigheanThe support for refereeing and referees at LeinsterCouncilisexcellentandisalsomuchappreciatedbyallourreferees.IwishtothankourchairmanSheamusHowlinforgivingmethepositionandthenallowingmethespacetogetonwiththejob.SinceSheamustook up position he has been very supportive,interestedandkepthimselfwellbriefedonallmattersaffecting referees and refereeing at provincial andnationallevel.AlsoIwouldliketothankJulie,Hannahand Patricia who deal so efficiently with all of therefereeingcorrespondencesonaregularbasis.IwishalsotothankMichaelDelaney,MichaelReynoldsandJohn Cotter for their support throughout the pastyear.
Our referees play a huge part in the running of allcompetitions from school and underage right up toseniorlevel.Ithankallmostsincerelyforwhatwasanotherexcellentyear.
ThanksOurRefereeMatchOfficialAppointmentsCommitteeplayed a major part in helping our referees during2009. Wemeton13occasionsandIwishtothankJohn,Pierce,PaddyandJohnfortheefforttheymadeto attend the meetings. A special thanks toAidanShiels who is secretary to the AdministratorsCommitteeandwhodoesahugeamountofworkinseveral areas within our organisation. Again manythankstoPierceFreaneywhoIhaveworkedwithonaregularbasisatbothnationalandprovinciallevelsandwhohasawealthofknowledgetoallaspectsofrefereeing
PatCasserlyChairman
PierceFreaneyRecruitment&TrainingOfficer
ExtractfromtheLeinsterStrategicVisionandActionPlan •Setcriteriafortheselectionforappointmentofcountyrefereeadministrators •Carryoutanauditofrefereesintheprovince •UseexistingGamesDevelopmentprojectsaspracticaltrainingopportunitiesforacademyreferees
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Hearings Committee Report
Committee
JohnByrne(Chairman)
AndrewO’Sullivan(Secretary)
SeamusFlynn(Longford)
JimThornton(Louth)
JoeMartin(Westmeath)
JohnDalton(Laois)
SeanCampion(Carlow)
PaddyWickham(Wexford)
MichaelDelaney(Appealsonly)
TheLeinsterHearingsCommitteeadjudicatesonhearings if requested relating to disciplinarymatters at all Leinster Competitions exceptSenior Inter County Championships and someSenior Competitions involving counties outsidethe province. It also hears and adjudicates onappeals against decisions made at county andschoolslevels.
TheCommitteedefendsitsdecisionswhentheyare appealed to CentralAppeals Committee orDisputesResolutionAuthority.
Wefindthattherearestillasignificantnumberofappealrequestsreachingusthatarenotheardduetoeitherbeingoutoforderornotdirectedto the right committee. County CompetitionsControl Committee’s decisions or proposalsshould go to the County Hearings Committeeexcept where the CCC has decided on anobjectionandinthatcaseshouldcometous.
We urge all persons dealing with appeals andhearings to familiarise themselves on a regularbasis with the Official Guide and disciplinarynote books. We would encourage ComhairleLaighean to organise information nights whereofficers of County Competition ControlCommitteesandHearingsCommitteescouldget
togethertobuilduptheirknowledgeandshareexperiencesonvariousscenarios.
Wefindtherearemanyinourassociationwhowill continue to fight cases on technicalitiesknowing full well that one or more infractionsoccurred. Rule 7.11 (n) allows the ProvincialHearings Committee to decide to send back acaseforre-hearingorre-processingifanappealisupheldmoretimesthanarrivingatadifferentoutcome.Why not spend the same amount oftimeandenergypreventingtheseactionsinthefirstplace?
Thisyearwearelosingfourmembersduetothefive year rule. Sean Campion, John Dalton,Seamus Flynn and Paddy Wickham have beenvery loyal to our committee and I wish themwellintheirfutureinvolvementintheAssociation.
Thecommitteemeton15occasions since lastConvention.
Buíochas
ToAndrewO’Sullivanwhoworkedtremendouslyat any hour between meetings and for hisvaluablecontributionsduringdecisionmaking.
ToMichaelDelaneywhocontributedhisvaluedadviceandopinion.
To Patricia Clear who ran our committee’sadministrationinanextremelyefficientmanner.
To all Committee Members who attendedmeetingssowell,oftenatshortnoticeandalsofor displaying great interest and dedication inattemptingtoreachacorrectdecision.
To all members of the committee whorepresentedusatCentralandDRAlevel.
To all parties involved at hearings and appealsfor the manner in which they conducted theirbusiness.
JohnByrneCathaoirleach
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Club Fixtures Committee Report
The Club Fixtures Committee is in existence since2007.Thepresentmembersof thecommitteeare;Martin Skelly (Leas-Cathaoirleach, ComhairleLaighean)JamesSavage(Westmeath),PadraigAshe(Kildare),MichaelFoley(Wexford),JohnJoeWalsh,JohnGreene(Longford)andLesterRyan(Secretarytothegroup).
Thecommitteeheldthreemeetingsduringtheyearandinadditioneachmemberofthecommitteewasallocated two counties. Their role in relation tothesecountieswastomonitortheimplementationoftheCountyfixturesprogrammeandtoreportanydifficultiesencounteredtotheoverallcommittee.
Overall it was accepted that all Counties hadcompleted their fixtures programme. However thecommitteememberswouldnotbehappythatclubplayershavegotfairplayinanumberofCounties.
CompletingaChampionshipbyplayingtwogamesinoneweekisnotacceptable.ItwasalsofeltthatanumberofCountiesstartedtheircompetitionstoolate.
The committee also felt that underage fixtures aspresenteddonot reflect theway themanyof thecompetitions were run. Instances of competitionsthat were completed in one month or less andwhere no further games were provided for theremainderoftheyearwerehighlighted.
Having studied the fixtures programme for eachcountytheClubFixturesCommitteerecommendedthefollowing;
•Astreamlinedprogrammeofgamesforunderageplayers must be provided. Counties must strivetoprovideunderageplayerswithat least threeto four games per month over an eight monthperiod.Thiswouldhelppreventleakagetoothersports.
•PostponementsofgamesorchangesoffixtureswasanundesirablepracticeandshouldhappenasperT.O.only.
•The Committee proposes that priority at forNationalProvincialandCountyfixturesplannersmust be to free additional weekends for Clubactivity.With the best will in the world Inter-County and Club Provincial competitions willalways receive priority on a fixtures scheduleoverlocalclubcompetitions.Thereforeaseriouseffort must be made to tighten up the variousintercountyprogrammes.VariousmotionstodoawaywithU-21Junior, Intermediatehavebeenknockedon theheadbycountycommitteesatrecent congresses, Conventions and fixtureseminars.Asacommitteeitisourstrongfeelingthat if these competitions are to be retained,theymustbeplayedmidweekandunderlightsifnecessary (the onus on each individual County
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to ensure that the necessary facilities existwithin their County and if not they mustnominateanalternativevenue).Thiswouldalsoalleviate somewhat the problem of playershaving to play two days in a row. i.e. SaturdayandSunday.Butmoreimportantlyitwouldfreeup Sundays, for inter County players to getinvolved in Club activity. Where weekends aremade available players must be allowed playwiththeirclubs. ThemindsetofCountyplayeronlyorClubplayeronlymustbechanged.
• From a financial viewpoint we would also feelthatthere isademandformidweekgames,asthe weekend fixtures programme attempts tocramtoomanygamesintojusttwodays,whilstcompeting with a glut of alternative sportingactivitiesonnumeroustelevisionchannels.
TheClubfixturesCommitteehasliaisedverycloselywith the National Fixtures Planning Committee(John Greene, Chairman) and has worked towardsimplementingtheGAAServasportfixturesplanningsystem.Thissystemwillhopefullybeupandrunningin all twelve counties by the end of 2010. Theimpactofthisshouldbecomeveryevidentinashortperiodoftime.
Our annual seminar workshop for County FixturePlannerstookplaceon18thFeb.TheChairmanandSecretaryoftheCCCandthetwoCountyFixturesplanners were invited to attend.A comprehensiveprogrammetookplaceforonthenight.
ThisCommitteewillcontinuetoworkwithCountyFixture Planners and C.C.C.C.s to ensure that theclub Fixtures Programme will become morestreamlined, thusprovidingtheclubplayersofourProvince with a structured programme of games,overadefinitiveperiod.
IwouldliketothankourCommitteemembersandthe Officers and Staff of Comhairle Laighean. Inaddition Iwould liketothanktheNationalFixtureWorkgroupundertheChairmanshipofJohnGreene,foralltheirsupportandcooperation.
Martin SkellyLeas-Cathaoirleach, Comhairle Laighean
Lester RyanCommittee Secretarys
Longwood - Leinster Club Junior Football Champions 2009Back L-R: Mairead Larkin, Colm Hackett, Padraig Bannon, P.J. Stenson, Christy O`Brien, Proinsias Stagg,
Mark McDonagh, Wayne Leonard, Ger Ennis, Enda Dixon, David Fagan, Coran Byrne, Jarlaith Cully, Jim Dorran, Michael Weir, Karl Ennis, Alan Holton, Aaron Ennis, Jim Mahon, John Cullinane, Michael Stoney Burke, Sean Sheridan.
Front L-R: Damien Stack, Ken Cleary, Vincent Byrne, Rory Maguire, James Colgan, Ciaran Greene, Eoghan Lynch, Chris Lynch, Michael Stoney Burke, Darragh Maguire, Ross Ennis, Brendan Hanna, George Stagg, Tony Sommers.
ExtractfromtheLeinsterStrategicVisionandActionPlan • HoldanannualLeinsterFixturesPlanningForumforAdultandJuvenilefixtures,madeupofprovincialandcounty
representatives • EstablishtheServasportfixturesplanningsysteminallLeinsterCounties
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Leinster P.R.O.Report
County PRO SeminarAseminarforCountyPROswasheldinArasLaigheaninJune2009.GAADirectorofCommunications,LisaClancy attended as did Communications Manager,Alan Milton. The seminar focused on the NationalStrategicVisionandActionPlantargetsintheareaofcommunication and was of great value to thosepresent.
Match ProgrammesLeinster match programme production was of theusual high standard for our senior championshipgames,thanksagaintoJohnCotterandhisteamofcontributers, and the excellent cooperation herecieves from the counties. Match programmes atcounty levelhavealsoseenahugh improvement instandard of production and content. The 2009Comhairle LaigheanAward for County Finalprogramme has once again attracted entries of thehigheststandard.ThecountyfootballfinalprogrammebyBrendanCumminsofMeathwasaworthywinner.
Club WebsiteTheuseofITgenerallyisagrowingareaintheGAA.Oneof theways itwell servesourassociation is inthe use of websites which promote our games andraiseourprofilegenerally.TheClubwebsiteiscentralto this and the 2009 Comhairle Laighean ClubWebsite Award winners, Park-Ratheniska are to becongratulatedfortheexcellenceoftheirsite,managedbyDavidKellyandBrianRamsbottom.
Games PresentationOur level of games presentation plays a big role inestablishingourpublic image.Countiesandclubsareencouraged to continue their efforts in raisingstandards. Match day presentation is targetedspecificallyintheLeinsterStrategicPlan.
MediaLeinster GAA enjoys a good realtionship with thenational and local media. Long may it continue.County and Club PROs can also take credit for theworktheydointhisregard.
125 CelebrationsLeinsterGAAselectedahurlingandfootballteamofthe 25 years (1984 to 2009) to celebrate 125anniversaryoftheGAA.Ateamofexpertsadjudicatedandthesportingpublicwere invitedto in takepartthrougha‘Pick theTeam’ competition.The selected15ineachcodewereawardedtheirLeinsterTeam25medalsatanAwardsnightinNovember.
Leinster Championship PromotionOur 2009 Championship promotion got of to aglittering start with a major launch of our SeniorHurlingandFootballChampionshipsinÁrasLaighean,attended by the team captains and management -includingGalwayandAntrim-,officials,sponsorsandthegreatandthegoodofLeinsterGAA.Asthegamesprogressedtheusualpromotionsofcaptains’photos,radio advertisments, local press ticket competitionsand ticket consessions were rolled out to maintainandboostattendances.
FinallyMythankstoallthestaffinArasLaigheanwhogavemeeveryhelpinmyfirstyearasLeinsterPROandaspecialthankstoJCfohishelpandkindness.
JJWalshPRO,LeinsterGAA
ExtractfromtheLeinsterStrategicVisionandActionPlan • Createafixturespromotionpackageforuseatprovincialandcountylevels • Identifypre-match,matchandpost-matchmediarequirementsandputinplaceatLeinstervenues • Establishminimumstandardsandqualitycriteriaformatchprogrammeproduction
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CommitteeP.J.Murphy(Cathaoirleach)MichaelReynolds(Rúnaí)SeanSheridan(CoisdeBainisti)ShaneFlanagan(ComhairleLaighean)KieranKeenaghan(Offaly)MartinMurray(Meath)BrendanWard(Offaly)JohnCostello(Dublin)DickMiller(Laois)BrendanCarthy(Louth)JoeBedford(Dublin)
2009 was a remarkable year for clubdevelopment with 201 units seeking grantassistance,a65%increasecomparedtothepreviousyear2008.
Asaconsequence,grantswere,ofnecessity,reduced, however the quality of work andthescaleofworkamountingtoalmoste36millionwasoutstandingandthecommitteesoftheunitsconcernedaretobecommendedfor their achievements in bringing facilitiesfor players and patrons to such a highstandard.
GrantsFunding2009
ClubGrants e1.072m ArdChomhairle e465,448 ComhairleLaighean
CountyGrants e700K ComhairleLaighean
For further comparison, in 2005, 79 clubsand schools were approved for Grant Aidsharing e963,000, and, in 2007, 109 clubsand schools were approved sharing e1.7m.The demise of Sports Capital Funding in2009 will have an impact on physicaldevelopmentatbothClubandCountylevel
overthenextfewyears.CumannLuthchleasGael cannot fill the void.Therefore it is oftheutmostimportancethatclubs,countiesandtheProvincialCouncilworkasaunitinensuring that proposed projects andnecessary and viable. It is important thatclubsandcountiesseekadviceinadvanceofundertaking development - such advice isreadilyavailable.
Comhairle Laighean has developed a grantapplication procedure for 2010 to regulateapplications so as to ensure that unitsundertaking development work can beassuredofareasonablegrantallocationoncompletion.
TheCountyDevelopmentOfficershouldbeapproached in the first instance by unitsproposingprojects.
Presently,anumberofclubsintheprovinceareinfinancialdifficultytovaryingdegrees.The Association must with the partiesinvolved explore means and ways outsidethe norm to ensure a positive resolution -glasshalffullratherthanhalfempty.
In 'thinking outside the box' we can shareand utilise facilities to the furtherdevelopmentofourgamesactivityandourrespective communities. To this end anumberofclubshaveenteredLease/Licensearrangements with Community Groups. Anumberofsucharrangementsstandout:
•Edenderry/PrimarySchool
•StJosephsOCB/DDDA-ClubfacilitiesatSevillePlace,Dublin1
Grounds, Facilities, Health & Safety Committee Report
•Ballinteer St Johns / Ballinteer CS -Department of Education & ScienceandBoardofManagement -3GPitchfunded 90% by the club on schoolpropertyforusebythecluboutsideofschoolhours.
TheLeinsterDemographicSurveyhasgivenus the required information to continue toidentify and develop locations / facilitiesstrategically,particularlyontheeasternpartoftheprovince.Wehavetheabilityandthecapability to deliver playing facilities inareaswhereourremitcurrentlyisnotstrong.
At the end of 2009, nine counties are atvaryingstagesofdevelopingCountyTrainingGroundsa.k.a.CentresofExcellence.Intime,hopefully, they will all be hives of activity.For the three remaining counties, purchaseshouldnotbemade for the sakeofhavingland. Other issues may come into playleading to Strategic Decisions. Presentlyresourcesarescarce.Apolicyof"onecapfitsall"maynotbethebeststrategy,andlateralthinkingwhenscopingCentresofExcellenceisrecommended.
Looking forward to the new Championshipseason we must also look at continuing toimproveHealthandSafetyatallourvenues.
TheProvincialStrategicPlanwilloutlinetheproposedtimetableindetail.ThewholeareofHealthandSafety isofvital importancetoeveryoneofus.
Patronsarebecomingmoreawareofpersonalcomfortwhenattendingourgames.Tothisend, covered seating, safe access/egress,adequate sanitarty facilities, good signageand an efficient public address system areessential minimum requirements at ourgrounds.
In conclusion, I wish to acknowledge theworkoftheCommitteemembersthroughoutthe year and thank the Cathaoirleach,Executive and Staff of Comhairle Laigheanfortheirgreatsupport.
PSÓMurchúCathaoirleach
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Black And Whites - Leinster Junior Hurling Club Champions 2009
ExtractfromtheLeinsterStrategicVisionandActionPlan • Carryoutaclubauditinconjunctionwithcountyofficersandcategoriseclubsonthesuitabilityoftheirfacilitiesfor
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As part of the Leinster Strategic Plan, in2010LeinsterGAA,in2010,willintroduceacomprehensive Event Venue ManagementProgramme, throughwhich the councilwillwork with match venues in Leinster toachieve minimum match day standardsacrossabroadrangeofcriteria.Theeventual
aimistoselectvenuesforgamesbasedonstandardsachieved.
An annual award for best presented venuewillrecogniseeffortandachievement.
The criteria which will be used are listedhere.
Match Venue Requirementsfor Leinster FixturesLeinsterGAAStrategicVisionandActionPlan
Mandatory/Statutory HealthandSafety
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VenueandPitchPresentation
VenueCosts
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MatchDayTicketSales
ProgrammeProductionandSales
PatronComfortandConvenience
MediaFacilities
Pre-MatchMarketingandPromotion
Pre-MatchTicketSales
SpecialGuest&SponsorArrangements
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In2009Leinstercommittedtoimplementingthe GAA Strategic Vision and Action Plan2009-2015whichwas launchedat theendofthe2008.
AtProvincial,CountyandClublevels,parallelplanning processes, including large groupworkshops, were initiated, cascading downfrom the Strategic Vision and Action Plan.Rightthroughouttheseplanningworkshopsthere were participants who had, or were,engaging in planning at several levels.Thismeans a greater understanding is beingdevelopedbymorepeopleabouttheneedsof all our members, about how theAssociationisplanningandexecutingatalllevels.Wearenowengagedinacontinuousprocessofbuildingonourstrengths,learninglessons, and taking action based on theselessons.Thisgreaterunderstandingwillleadtobettercommunications,betterperformingunits,andabetterexperienceformembers,volunteersandoursupporters.
AtClublevel,dozensofclubsintheprovincedevelopedplansin2009;manymoreareinthepipeline.Leinster isworkingwithCrokePark in refining the club planningmethodology,tomakeitevenmorepractical,tomakethetoolsavailableonline,toengagesignificantly more members in the process,and to include repeatable review andrefinement mechanisms so that the plansremain updated and focused on the localpriorities. Naomh Olaf in Dublin andEdenderry in Offaly took part in pilotplanning processes, where Kieran Leddy ofCroke Park led members’ workshops. The
refined planning methodology is nowavailablefromKieranLeddy,CrokePark.
To prepare the maximum number of clubsfor theirownplanningprocess,andaspartof the Provincial planning process, a ClubForumwasheld ineverycounty inLeinsterduring2009.Manycountieshadinexcessof90%turnoutat theseworkshops,madeupofgroupsofupto250people,andintotalaround 2,000 representatives from clubsattended. The response in the workshopswas very enthusiastic – it connected withmorebreadthanddepthintheassociation.
The StrategicVision andAction Plan set atargetofhavingCountyPlanineverycountybytheendof2011.Leinsterwillmeet thistargetduring2010.Longfordalreadyhad isCountyPlancompletedandin2009Kilkenny,Laois and Westmeath completed CountyPlans. Meath andWexford have completedfirstdraftsoftheirplanswiththeremainderof the counties at different stages of theirprojects.
Atprovincial level,CathaoirleachComhairleLaighean, Seamus Howlin established asteering committee under John Cotter todevelop the Strategic Plan for Leinster.ThecommitteeincludedSeamusHowlin,MichaelDelaney, Michael Reynolds and ShaneFlanagan. This group was joined by JohnHoran Cathaoirleach of the Coaching andGamesDevelopmentCommitteeandMartinSkelly, Leas-Cathaoirleach ComhairleLaighean. Thecommitteeconsultedwidelyand used workshop formats applied atNational,CountyandClublevelswhichhas
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harnessed the experience, knowledge skillsandaspirationsof1,000’sofmembers.Theplan has been reviewed and approved byLeinster Council Management and LeinsterCouncil.
Oneofthekeychallengesnowistomaintainthe momentum that has been created bytheworkofsomanypeople.TheroleoftheClub and County Planning Committee in2010 will be to facilitate, enable and be acatalyst for this momentum, through theCounty Development Officers.As there areseveralnewCountyDevelopmentOfficersinLeinsterandsincetheRoleandResponsibilitiesof County Development Officers has beenredefined, the first priority for 2010 is tohave thenewrole fullyagreedwithineachCounty.
With the Leinster Provincial Plan nowcomplete,andwiththeCountyPlanineachCountyduetobecompletein2010,thenextpriorityishavinganappropriateClubPlaninevery club in Leinster.This means Leinster
will need to train sufficient volunteers tofacilitate the development of up to 567plans. The first cycle of facilitator trainingbegins in spring 2010. It is very importantthateachcountyfindssuitablevolunteerstoengage in the training and subsequentfacilitationprojects.Countiesshouldseethisas an excellent opportunity to recruit newvolunteers and give them a very satisfyingrole in our Associations. Engaging in thefacilitator training and the experience ofworkingwithanumberofclubswillbeveryattractive to some experienced, talentedpeople.
The Club and County Planning Committeethanks the fulltime team at Portlaoise fortheir help and support during 2009 andKieranLeddyatCrokeParkforhiscontinuingcontributiontodevelopingourcapabilityinLeinster.
PaulO’KellyCathaoirleach
Kildare - Leinster U-21 'A' Hurling Champions 2009
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Coiste Scór LaigheanReport
LeinsterScórnanÓgWinners2009
RINCEFÓIRNE(CeiliDancing)MáighNuad CillDara
AMHRÁNAIOCHTAONAIR(SoloSong)CaitríonaNíNua(NMalachi)Iarmhí
CEOLUIRLISE(InstrumentalMusic)AnBainbhBaileMhíotaLochGarman
AITHRISEOIREACHT/SCEALAIOCHT(Recitation/Storytelling)ClochBán LochGarman
BAILÉADGHRUPA(BalladGroups)NaSeomrógaí ÚibhFháilí
TRÁTHNAgCEIST(QuestionTime)FiodhAluine CillDara
NUACHLEAS(NoveltyAct)NaomhMalachi Iarmhí
RINCESEIT(SetDancing)NaomhUinsionn Longfort
LeinsterSeniorScórWinners2009
RINCEFÓIRNE(CeiliDancing)MáighNuad CillDara
AMHRÁNAIOCHTAONAIR(SoloSong)PádraicÓCionnaith(BaileMór)Iarmhí
CEOLUIRLISE(InstrumentalMusic)Killeigh ÚibhFháilí
AITHRISEOIREACHT/SCEALAIOCHT(Recitation/Storytelling)PeadarÓDúlain(MoateAllWhites)Iarmhí
BAILÉADGHRUPA(BalladGroups)AnClárach ÚibhFháilí
TRÁTHNAgCEIST(QuestionTime)FiodhAluine CillDara
NUACHLEAS(NoveltyAct)CastletownGeogheganIarmhí
RINCESEIT(SetDancing)NaDúnta Iarmhí
Tá sé phribléid agam an tuaráscail gearr seo a churfaoi bhraid na ndaoine atá bailithe anseo ó CuigeLaighean.
2009wasaveryspecialyearforCumannLuthchleasGaelas itcelebrated its125thAnniversaryandalsothe40thbirthdayofScór.Everyeffortwasmadetoincrease the number of new clubs and to welcomebackclubswhohadinthepasttakenanactivepartinScór in previous years.While we had some success,thereisalongwaytogotobringthenumbersupinsomecounties.
WenowhaveelevencountiesinLeinstertakingpartinScórandwithanextraeffortwehopetohaveallLeinstertakingpart.
On thepositive sideof Scór I amdelighted to takethisopportunitytothankallourLeinstercounties,allparticipatingclubs,theirofficialsandcommitteesforthe endeavour they made in achieving the aims of
Scórthroughthemediumofourlanguage,songanddancein2009.Weshouldallmakeefforttopromotethe gospel of Scór, whenever we can, particularlywhereScórisnotstrongfor2010.
To the Officers, of the Leinster Council Sheamus ÓhUilín,MártinÓSceallaíagusMichéalÓDubhshláineIwouldliketothankthemfortheirsupportandhelpduringthepastyear.
Finally, I would like to thank the members of theLeinster Scór Committee, particularly ourCathaoirleachAodhanÓBreathnachforhisworkovertheyear.
Bamhaithliommomílebhuíochasagabhaillegachéinneachabhraighliomirithnabliana.
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Coisde Gaeilge Laighean Website
cgl.ie–thelanguagesupportwebsiteestablishedbyCoistenaGaeilge–isgoingfromstrengthtostrength.
Feedback on the site has been promising andmany officials in the organisation find theglossary pages, containing assistance in regardtoIrishlanguagecontentformatchprogrammes,match announcements and other occasions,particularlyuseful.Therehasalsobeenapositivereaction to the football and hurling skills sets,
which can be printed off and used for skills-coachingasGaeilgeinschoolsandinclubs.
ThecommitteewouldliketoseeCulturalOfficerson the county boards and in the clubs makemore use of the site, in terms of utilising theresources provided and letting us know whatothermaterial,ifany,theywouldliketoseeonit.
VivianUíbhEachachRúnaí,CoistenaGaeilge
ExtractfromtheLeinsterStrategicVisionandActionPlan •establishlinksonallclubandcountywebsitestowww.cgl.ie
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GAA Volunteers' AwardsLeinster roLL of Honour Leinster Hall Of Fame 2003 Michael“Ducksie”Walsh(Kilkenny) SeánÓgÓCeallachán(Dublin) 2004 LeinsterCamogieTeamoftheCentury PaddyFlanagan(Westmeath) 2005 BrianSmith(Louth) KevinHeffernan(Dublin) 2006 TonyDoran(Wexford) SeanBoylan(Westmeath) 2007 PatHenderson(Kilkenny) EugeneMcGee(Longford) 2008 DamienMartin(Offaly) SeamusAldridge(Kildare) 2009 PatCritchley(Laois) FrankLynch(Louth)
Comhairle Laighean Match Programme Award 2004 AlanAherne(Wexford) 2005 BrendanCummins(Meath) 2006 JohnDuffy(Longford) 2007 MaryFoley(Wexford) 2008 MaryFoley(Wexford) 2009 BrendanCummins(Meath)
Comhairle Laighean Website Award 2007 TaraRowan,JeffSheridan& BrendanCummins(MeathGAA)
2008 ChrisLynam (St.Brigid’sGAAClub,Dublin)
2009 BrianRamsbottomandDavidKelly (Park-RatheniskaGAAClub,Laois)
President's Award - Leinster Recipients
2004
PaddyKelly(Meath)
PaddyFlanagan(Westmeath
KevinO’Brien(Wicklow)
JohnDoyle(Wexford)
ConRyan(Dublin)
MiriamMalone(Kildare)
MichaelWalsh(Kilkenny)
2005
WilliamPrice(Dublin)
JohnCullen(Wexford)
Bro.DenisMinihane(Offaly)
PaddyCollins(Westmeath)
PatsyKiernan(Dublin)
JohnNevin(Carlow)
2006
MartinQuigley(Wexford)
KevinHeffernan(Dublin)
TadhgdeBrun(Dublin)
GeorgeDelaney(Wicklow)
MargaretDelaney(Laois)
DonalHickey(Dublin)
MarcusdeBurca(Dublin)
JimmyBergin(Kilkenny)
2007
TommyO’Brien(Kilkenny)
PodgeButler(Kilkenny)
GerryBuckley(Westmeath)
PatHolland(Louth)
Bro.BoscoMulhare (Laois&Carlow)
LuluCarroll(Laois)
2008
JohnRyan(Longford)
Fr.MolingLennon (Carlow&Kildare)
MichaelNoelByrne(Offaly)
2009
Fr.MichaelCremin (Westmeath)
L.V.Conway(Carlow)
PeterKeogh(Wicklow)
NedQuinn(Kilkenny)
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Comhairle LaigheanClár na gCluichí 2010PEILSINSIR1 LU v LONGPHORT2 1 v CILLDARA3 CILLMHANTAIN v CEATHARLOCH4 3 v IARMHI5 ANMHI v UIBHFHAILI6 5 v LAOIS7 LOCHGARMAN v ATHCLIATH8 2 v 49 6 v 7CRAOBH 8 v 9
IOMÁINTSINSIRPRELIM CEATHARLOCH v LAOIS1 ATHCLIATH v CEATHARLOCH/LAOIS2 LOCHGARMAN v GAILLIMH3 AONTROIM v UIBHFHAILI4 CILLCHAINNIGH5 1 v 46 2 v 3CRAOBH 5 v 6
LEINSTERUNDER21F.C.1 UIBHFHAILI v CEATHARLOCH2 1 v CILLCHAINNIGH3 LU v LOCHGARMAN4 3 v ATHCLIATH5 IARMHI v CILLDARA6 5 v ANMHI7 CILLMHANTAIN v LONGPHORT8 7 v LAOIS9 2 v 410 6 v 8CRAOBH 9 v 10
LEINSTERUNDER21H.C.‘A’1 ANMHI v CEATHARLOCH2 CILLMHANTAIN v LONGPHORT3 LU v IARMHI4 3 v CILLDARA5 1 v 2CRAOBH 4 v 5
LEINSTERUNDER21H.C.1 CILLCHAINNIGH v UIBHFHAILI2 1 v ATHCLIATH3 LOCHGARMAN v LAOISCRAOBH 2 v 3
LEINSTERJUNIORFOOTBALLPRELIM CILLMHANTAIN v ANMHI1 PREL.WINNERS v CILLCHAINNIGH2 LOCHGARMAN v CABHAN3 LU v LONGPHORT4 CILLDARA v ATHCLIATH5 1 V 26 3 V 4CRAOBH 5 V 6
LEINSTERINTERMEDIATEHURLING1 CILLCHAINNIGH v LOCHGARMANCRAOBH 1 v ATHCLIATH
LEINSTERM.H.C.Round11 CILLDARA v CILLMHANTAIN2 IARMHI v ANMHIRound23 CEATHARLOCH v 14 2 v LAOIS5 CILLCHAINNIGH v ATHCLIATH6 UIBHFHAILI v LOCHGARMANRound37 WINNERS4 v LOSERS68 WINNERS3 v LOSERS4Round39 8 v 510 7 v 6Final 9 v 10(a) In theSemiFinals theWinnersof5and6will bedrawn inopposite
SemiFinalsagainstWinnersof7and8.(b) AShieldCompetitionshallbeprovidedforLosersofgames1,2,3,4,
andLouth.
LEINSTERM.F.C.Round11 CILLMHANTAIN v LOCHGARMAN2 CEATHARLOCH v IARMHI3 LU v LAOIS4 CILLDARA v ATHCLIATH5 UIBHFHAILI v LONGPHORT6 ANMHI v CILLCHAINNIGHLosersSection7 Loser5 v Loser18 7 v Loser2=A9 Loser4 v Loser310 9 v Loser6=BQuarterFinals11 6 v 512 3 v 113 A v 214 4 v BSemiFinals15 11 v 1216 13 v 14Final 15 v 16
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Club Championships 2010
AIBSENIORCLUBHURLINGSENIORCHAMPIONSfromKilkenny,Dublin,Offaly,Wexford,Westmeath,Laois1 Laois v Kilkenny 31.10.20102 1 v Dublin14.11.20103 Westmeath v Offaly 31.10.20104 3 v Wexford14.11.2010CRAOBH 2 v 4 28.11.2010
AIBSENIORCLUBFOOTBALLSENIORCHAMPIONSfromAllcountiesexceptKilkenny1 Kildare v Laois 24.10.20102 1 v Dublin 7.11.20103 Westmeath v Longford 24.10.20104 3 v Louth 7.11.20105 Meath v Wicklow 24.10.20106 5 v Wexford 7.11.20107 Carlow v Offaly 24.10.20108 2 v 4 21.11.20109 6 v 7 21.11.2010CRAOBH 8 v 9 5.12.2010
INTERMEDIATECLUBHURLINGINTERMEDIATECHAMPIONSfromKilkenny,WexfordSENIORCHAMPIONSfromWicklow,Kildare,Meath,Carlow1 Kilkenny v Wexford 24.10.20102 1 v Meath 7.11.20103 Carlow v Wicklow 24.10.20104 3 v Kildare 7.11.2010CRAOBH 2 v 4 21.11.2010
INTERMEDIATECLUBFOOTBALLSENIORCHAMPIONSfromKilkennyINTERMEDIATECHAMPIONSfromremaining11counties1 Longford v Laois 31.10.20102 1 v Wicklow 7.11.20103 Louth v Kildare 31.10.20104 3 v Dublin 7.11.20105 Wexford v Carlow 31.10.20106 5 v Kilkenny 7.11.20107 Offaly v Westmeath31.10.20108 7 v Meath 7.11.20109 2 v 4 21.11.201010 6 v 8 21.11.2010CRAOBH 9 v 10 5.12.2010
JUNIORCLUBHURLINGSENIORCHAMPIONSfromLongford,LouthINTERMEDIATE CHAMPIONS from Laois, Offaly, Dublin,Wicklow,Westmeath,Kildare,Meath,CarlowJUNIORCHAMPIONSfromKilkenny,Wexford1 Wicklow v Westmeath17.10.20102 1 v Meath 31.10.20103 Offaly v Dublin 17.10.20104 3 v Carlow 31.10.20105 Longford v Louth 17.10.20106 5 v Wexford 31.10.20107 Laois v Kildare 17.10.20108 7 v Kilkenny 31.10.20109 2 v 4 14.11.201010 6 v 8 14.11.2010CRAOBH 9 v 10 28.11.2010
JUNIORCLUBFOOTBALLINTERMEDIATECHAMPIONSfromKilkennyINTERMEDIATERUNNERS-UPfromCarlowJUNIORCHAMPIONSfromremaining10counties1 Carlow v Louth 24.10.20102 1 v Kildare 7.11.20103 Dublin v Wexford 24.10.20104 3 v Wicklow 7.11.20105 Meath v Longford 24.10.20106 5 v Kilkenny 7.11.20107 Westmeath v Laois 24.10.20108 7 v Offaly 7.11.20109 2 v 4 21.11.201010 6 v 8 21.11.2010CRAOBH 9 v 10 5.12.2010
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PEILSINSIR DATE VENUE 1 LOUTH V LONGFORD 23.5.2010 PORTLAOISE 2 1 V KILDARE 5.6.2010 NAVAN/TULLAMORE 3 WICKLOW V CARLOW 16.5.2010 PORTLAOISE 4 3 V WESTMEATH 6.6.2010 TULLAMORE/PORTLAOISE 5 MEATH V OFFALY 23.5.2010 PORTLAOISE 6 5 V LAOIS 13.6.2010 CROKEPARK 7 WEXFORD V DUBLIN CROKEPARK
8 2 v 4 26.6.2010 CROKEPARK(seenote) 9 6 v 7 27.6.2010 CROKEPARK
CRAOBH 8 v 9 12.7.2010 CROKEPARK
NOTE 8.(a)if Louth v Wicklow PARNELLPARK Louth v Carlow TULLAMORE Louth v Westmeath NAVAN
8.(b)if Longford v Wicklow TULLAMORE Longford v Carlow TULLAMORE Longford v Westmeath MULLINGAR
8.(c)if Kildare v Wicklow PORTLAOISE Kildare v Carlow PORTLAOISE Kildare v Westmeath TULLAMORE
IOMÁINTSINSIR DATE VENUE PRELIMRD CARLOW v LAOIS 22.5.2010 1 DUBLIN v CARLOW/LAOIS 6.6.2010 KILKENNY 2 WEXFORD v GALWAY 29.5.2010 KILKENNY 3 ANTRIM v OFFALY 30.5.2010 PARNELLPARK 4 KILKENNY
5SEMI-FINAL 1 v 4 20.6.2010 T.B.A. 6SEMI-FINAL 2 v 3 19.6.2010 T.B.A.
CRAOBH 5 v 6 04.7.2010 CROKEPARK
FÉ21BLIAINPEIL DATE VENUE 1 OFFALY v CARLOW 6.3.2010 TULLAMORE 2 1 v KILKENNY 10.3.2010 PORTLAOISE 3 LOUTH v WEXFORD 20.2.2010 DROGHEDA 4 3 v DUBLIN 6.3.2010 DROGHEDA/WEXFORD 5 WESTMEATH v KILDARE 20.2.2010 MULLINGAR 6 5 v MEATH 6.3.2010 MULLINGAR/NEWBRIDGE 7 WICKLOW v LONGFORD 21.2.2010 AUGHRIM 8 7 v LAOIS 6.3.2010 AUGHRIM/LONGFORD
9 2 V 4 17.3.2010 HOMEVENUE2 10 6 v 8 17.3.2010 HOMEVENUE6
CRAOBH 9 v 10 04.4.2010 HOMEVENUE9
PEILSOISIR DATE VENUE PRELIM.RD WICKLOW v MEATH 12.5.2010 AUGHRIM 1 PRELIM.WINNERS v KILKENNY 26.5.2010 AUGHRIM/NAVAN 2 WEXFORD v CAVAN 26.5.2010 WEXFORD 3 LOUTH v LONGFORD 26.5.2010 DROGHEDA 4 KILDARE v DUBLIN 26.5.2010 NEWBRIDGE 5 1 v 2 9.6.2010 HOMEVENUE1 6 3 v 4 9.6.2010 HOMEVENUE3 FINAL 5 v 6 27.6.2010 T.B.C.
FÉ21‘A’IOMÁINT DATE VENUE 1 MEATH 2 WICKLOW v LONGFORD 30.6.2010 ARKLOW 3 LOUTH v WESTMEATH 30.6.2010 DROGHEDA 4 KILDARE
5 1 v 2 14.7.2010 HOMEVENUE1 6 3 v 4 14.7.2010 HOMEVENUE3
CRAOBH 5 v 6 28.7.2010 HOMEVENUE5
FÉ21IOMÁINT DATE VENUE 1 KILKENNY v OFFALY 9.6.2010 KILKENNY 2 1 v DUBLIN 23.6.2010 KILKENNY/TULLAMORE 3 LAOIS v CARLOW 9.6.2010 PORTLAOISE 4 WEXFORD v 3 23.6.2010 WEXFORD
CRAOBH 2 v 4 14.7.2010 HOMEVENUE2
IOMÁINTIDIRMHEANACH DATE VENUE 1 KILKENNY v WEXFORD 16.6.2010 WEXFORD
CRAOBH 1 v DUBLIN 7.7.2010 HOMEVENUE1
PEILSOISIR DATE VENUE PRELIM WICKLOW v MEATH 12.5.2010 AUGHRIM 1. PRELIM.WINNERS v KILKENNY 26.5.2010 AUGHRIM/NAVAN 2. WEXFORD v CAVAN 26.5.2010 WEXFORD 3. LOUTH v LONGFORD 26.5.2010 DROGHEDA 4. KILDARE v DUBLIN 26.5.2010 NEWBRIDGE 5. 1 v 2 9.6.2010 HOMEVENUE1 6. 3 v 4 9.6.2010 HOMEVENUE3
CRAOBH 5 v 6 27.6.2010 T.B.C.
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PEILMÍONÚIR DATE VENUEROUND1 1 WICKLOW v WEXFORD 17.4.2010 AUGHRIM 2 CARLOW v WESTMEATH 17.4.2010 CARLOW 3 LOUTH v LAOIS 17.4.2010 DROGHEDA 4 KILDARE v DUBLIN17.4.2010 NEWBRIDGE 5 OFFALY v LONGFORD 17.4.2010 TULLAMORE 6 MEATH v KILKENNY 17.4.2010 NAVANLOSERSSECTION 7 LOSER5 v LOSER1 24.4.2010 HOMEVENUELOSER5 8 7 v LOSER2=(A) 8.5.2010 HOMEVENUE7 9 LOSER4 v LOSER3 24.4.2010 HOMEVENUELOSER4 10 9 v LOSER6=(B) 8.5.2010 HOMEVENUE9
QUARTERFINALS 11 6 v 5 22.5.2010 HOMEVENUE6 12 3 v 1 22.5.2010 HOMEVENUE3 13 A v 2 22.5.2010 HOMEVENUEA 14 4 v B 22.5.2010 HOMEVENUE4
SEMIFINALS 15 11 v 12 26.6.2010 HOMEVENUE11 (30.6.2010) 16 13 v 14 26.6.2010 HOMEVENUE13 (30.6.2010)
FINAL 15 v 16 12.7.2010 CROKEPARK
IOMÁINTMÍONÚIR DATE VENUEROUND1 1 KILDARE v WICKLOW 10.4.2010 NEWBRIDGE 2 WESTMEATH v MEATH 10.4.2010 MULLINGAR
ROUND2 3 CARLOW v 1 1.5.2010 CARLOW 4 2 v LAOIS 1.5.2010 MULLINGAR/NAVAN 5 KILKENNY v DUBLIN 1.5.2010 KILKENNY 6 OFFALY v WEXFORD 1.5.2010 TULLAMORE
ROUND3 7 WINNER4 v LOSER6 15.5.2010 HOMEVENUEWINNERS4 8 WINNER3 v LOSER5 15.5.2010 HOMEVENUEWINNERS3
SEMIFINALS 9 8 v 6 26.6.2010 HOMEVENUE8 10 7 v 5 26.6.2010 HOMEVENUE7
CRAOBH 9 v 10 04.7.2010 CROKEPARK
N.B. (a)IntheSemiFinalstheWinnersof5and6willbedrawninoppositeSemiFinalsagainstWinnersof7and8. (b)AShieldCompetitionshallbeprovidedforLosersofgames1,2,3,4,andLouth.
Cluichí Laighean 2009O’BYRNECUPS.F. 4/1 CillDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12 LochGarman . . . . . . . . . . . 0-09 Newbridge 4/1 DCU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14 Laois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 Portarlington 4/1 Lu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14 UCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-02 Drogheda 4/1 AnMhi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17 Iarmhi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-07 Navan 4/1 AthCliath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-15 UibhFhaili . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-07 Tullamore 4/1 DIT....................0-18 CillChainnigh. . . . . . . . . . . 2-06 Freshford 4/1 CillMhantain. . . . . . . . . . . 2-10 Ceatharloch . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-08 Blessington 4/1 Longphort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 AthLuainIT. . . . . . . . . . . . 1-07 Ballymahon 11/1 Lu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12 Longphort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-05 Longford 11/1 CillMhantain. . . . . . . . . . . 0-09 AthCliath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-06 ParnellPark1 1/1 CillDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 AnMhi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-08 Newbridge 11/1 D.C.U.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-11 D.I.T.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-05 D.C.U.SportsGrnds. 18/1 Lu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19 CillMhantain . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 Drogheda 18/1 D.C.U.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-08 CillDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-11 Newbridge 25/1 Lu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17 D.C.U.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 Drogheda
O’BYRNESHIELDS.F. 11/1 Laois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18 CillChainnigh. . . . . . . . . . . 1-04 Portarlington 11/1 U.C.D.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-12 AthloneI.T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-08 Athlone IT Grounds 11/1 Ceatharloch . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 UibhFhaili . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-13 Tullamore 11/1 Iarmhi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13 LochGarman . . . . . . . . . . 2-11AET Monamolin(B.Alley) 18/1 Laois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14 Iarmhi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-09 Mullingar 18/1 Ceatharloch . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17 U.C.D.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-13 EireOg,Carlow 25/1 Laois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 Ceatharloch . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-06 Carlow
WALSHCUPS.H. 18/1 LochGarman. . . . . . . . . . . 0-20 U.C.D.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15 Ferns 18/1 Gailimh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17 UibhFhaili . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10 Tullamore 18/1 Antroim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 Laois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-14 Rathdowney 18/1 CillChainnigh. . . . . . . . . . . 6-12 AthCliath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-12 ParnellPark 25/1 CillChainnigh. . . . . . . . . . . 1-20 Antroim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 CasementPark 25/1 Gailimh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21 LochGarman . . . . . . . . . . 4-09 NewRoss 1/2 CillChainnigh. . . . . . . . . . . 2-17 Gailimh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18AET Freshford
WALSHSHIELDS.H. 25/1 AthCliath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-16 Laois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-08 Abbeyleix 25/1 UibhFhaili. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15 U.C.D.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 Banagher 1/2 AthCliath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20 UibhFhaili . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15 Banagher
KEHOECUPS.H. 11/1 D.I.T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13 CillDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-06 Newbridge 11/1 CillMhantain. . . . . . . . . . . 1-19 Trinty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-05 BrayEmmetts 11/1 Fingal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-09 Lu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-08 Fingallians 11/1 AnDun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16 AnMhi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12 Navan 11/1 DCU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 MhuighEo . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-09 DCUSportsGrd 11/1 RosComain. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-08 Longphort. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 PearsePark 18/1 Iarmhi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21 CillMhantain . . . . . . . . . . . 1-04 BrayEmmetts
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18/1 D.C.U.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-14 Fingal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-06 Fingallians 18/1 D.I.T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18 AnDun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13AET Newry 18/1 Ceatharloch . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15 RosComain . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-08 Carlow 25/1 Ceatharloch . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 D.I.T.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-06 McGrathPk,Bag/town 25/1 Iarmhi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-22 DCU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-07 Mullingar 1/2 Iarmhi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-16 Ceatharloch . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-09 Kinnegad
KEHOESHIELDS.H. 18/1 CillDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12 AnMhi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-12 Navan 19/1 Lu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11 Trinity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-03 Darver 25/1 Lu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-13 Mayo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-12 Darver 25/1 CillDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20 Longphort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-07 Newbridge 1/2 CillDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16 Lu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-02 Darver
CADBURYSLEINSTERUNDER21F.C. 7/2 Iarmhi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-19 UibhFhaili . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-08 Tullamore 14/2 CillMhantain. . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 Longphort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-06 Longford 14/2 CillDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-17 LochGarman . . . . . . . . . . . 0-04 Bunclody 22/2 AthCliath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12 Lu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-08 Drogheda 28/2 Iarmhi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18 CillChainnigh . . . . . . . . . . 1-02 Kilkenny 1/3 Laois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18 CillMhantain . . . . . . . . . . . 1-04 Aughrim 1/3 CillDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13 Ceatharloch . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-06 Newbridge 7/3 AthCliath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-12 AnMhi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-05 ParnellPark 17/3 Laois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11 CillDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-11 Portlaoise 21/3 AthCliath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 Iarmhi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-09 ParnellPark 5/4 AthCliath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-12 Laois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-09 Portlaoise
LEINSTERU-21'A'H.C. 4/4 Iarmhi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12 AnMhi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-09 Mullingar 4/4 AnLu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14 CillMhantain . . . . . . . . . . . 0-09 Dundalk 4/4 CillDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/O Longphort. . . . . . . . . . . . . SCR 18/4 AnLu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-08 Ceatharloch . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16 Dundalk 18/4 Iarmhi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-15 CillDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 Mullingar 6/5 CillDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14 Ceatharloach. . . . . . . . . . . 2-09 Clane
ESBLEINSTERM.F.C. 18/4 Cearthlaroch. . . . . . . . . . . . 1-06 Iarmhi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15 Carlow 18/4 CillChainnigh. . . . . . . . . . . 0-05 LochGarman . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19 Kilkenny 18/4 Longphort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 Laois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10 Longford 18/4 AnLu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-05 AthCliath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15 Drogheda 18/4 CillMhantain. . . . . . . . . . . 0-05 CillDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19 Aughrim 18/4 AnMhi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-18 UibhFhaili . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 Navan 25/4 UibhFhaili. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12 Longphort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-06 Longford 25/4 CillMhantain. . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 Ceatharloch . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-08 Aughrim 9/5 UibhFhaili. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15 Lu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-16 Tullamore 9/5 CillMhantain. . . . . . . . . . . 8-15 CillChainnigh. . . . . . . . . . . 1-01 Aughrim 23/5 CillDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15 LochGarman . . . . . . . . . . . 2-04 Newbridge 23/5 UibhFhaili. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13 CillMhantain . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 Tullamore 23/5 AnMhi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-18 Iarmhi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-09 Navan 23/5 AthCliath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-14 Laois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 Portmarnock 27/6 CillDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-08 AnMhi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-10 Navan 27/6 AthCliath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17 UibhFhaili . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15 Tullamore 12/7 AthCliath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 CillDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 CrokePark 18/7 AthCliath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15 CillDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 Carlow
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ESBLEINSTERM.H.C. 12/4 Iarmhi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15 CillDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 Mullingar 12/4 AnMhi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20 CillMhantain . . . . . . . . . . . 1-08 Navan 2/5 Laois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11 AnMhi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 Navan 2/5 CillChainnigh. . . . . . . . . . . 4-18 UibhFhaili . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-08 Kilkenny 2/5 LochGarman. . . . . . . . . . . 1-19 AthCliath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-09 ParnellPark 2/5 Iarmhi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-09 Ceatharloch . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-06 Mullingar 16/5 Laois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-09 AthCliath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-06 Portlaoise 16/5 Iarmhi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 UibhFhaili . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-07 Mullingar 24/6 LochGarman. . . . . . . . . . . 2-21 Laois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-15 Portlaoise 24/6 CillChainnigh. . . . . . . . . . . 2-19 Iarmhi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-06 Mullingar 5/7 CillChainnigh. . . . . . . . . . . 1-19 LochGarman . . . . . . . . . . . 0-11 CrokePark
GUINNESSLEINSTERS.H.C. 30/5 LochGarman. . . . . . . . . . . 2-17 UibhFhaili . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-16 Wexford 31/5 Gaillimh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29 Laois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-17 Portlaoise7/6 AthCliath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16 Aontroim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-12 CrokePark 20/6 CillChainnigh. . . . . . . . . . . 2-20 Gaillimh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13 Tullamore 21/6 AthCliath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-18 LochGarman . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 Kilkenny 5/7 CillChainnigh. . . . . . . . . . . 2-18 AthCliath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-18 CrokePark
BANKOFIRELANDLEINSTERS.F.C. 17/5 Lu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 Ceatharloch . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 ParnellPark 24/5 CIllDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16 UibhFhaili . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 Portlaoise 24/5 CillMhantain. . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 Longphort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 Portlaoise 7/6 AthCliath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-14 AnMhi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-12 CrokePark 13/6 CillDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 LochGarman . . . . . . . . . . . 0-11 Carlow 14/6 Iarmhi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-16 CillMhantain . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 TullamoreAET 14/6 Laois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15 Lu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 ParnellPark 27/6 CillDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18 Laois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-09 Tullamore 28/6 AthCliath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26 Iarmhi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-11 CrokePark 12/7 AthCliath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15 CillDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-18 CrokePark
LEINSTERJ.F.C. 13/5 AnMhi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15 LochGarman . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 Wexford 26/5 Longphort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-07 AnMhi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-09 Navan 27/5 CillMhantain. . . . . . . . . . . 0-13 CillChainnigh. . . . . . . . . . . 1-06 Aughrim 27/5 AthCliath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-13 CillDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-12 Portmarnock 28/5 Lu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15 AnCabhan. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-05 Dundalk 10/6 Longphort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-08 CillMhantain . . . . . . . . . . . 0-07 E/W/Town 10/6 Lu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 AthCliath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-11 Dundalk 28/6 Lu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-08 Longphort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-11 CrokePark 8/7 Lu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12 Longphort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-10 Longford
LEINSTERJUNIORHURLINGSHIELD 9/5 Warwickshire. . . . . . . . . . . 5-19 Liatroim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 Birmingham 9/5 Lu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12 AnDun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-12 Dundalk 16/5 AnDun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11 Longphort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-07 Newry 23/5 Longphort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-13 Lu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-06 Edge/w/twn 23/5 Warwickshire. . . . . . . . . . . 3-10 CillMhantain . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 Arklow 30/5 Lu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 Warwickshire . . . . . . . . . . . 0-09 Dundalk(FIN)
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BORDGAISENERGYLEINSTERU-21H.C. 20/5 CillChainnigh. . . . . . . . . . . 1-21 Laois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 Kilkenny 26/5 AthCliath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 CillDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-02 Clane 10/6 CillChainnigh. . . . . . . . . . . 0-18 UibhFhaili . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-15 Kilkenny 10/6 AthCliath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24 LochGarman . . . . . . . . . . . 0-08 ParnellPark 15/7 CillChainnigh. . . . . . . . . . . 2-20 AthCliath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19 ParnellPark
LEINSTERI.H.C. 24/6 CillChainnigh. . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 AthCliath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-13 Kilkenny19/7 CillChainnigh. . . . . . . . . . . 0-12 LochGarman . . . . . . . . . . . 0-11 Kilkenny
LEINSTERMINORHURLINGSHIELD 8/7 CillMhantain. . . . . . . . . . . 2-17 Lu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-05 Drogheda 14/7 CillDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16 AnMhi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-08 Clane 15/7 Ceatharloch . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22 CillMhantain . . . . . . . . . . . 2-06 Arklow 22/7 CillDara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12 Ceatharloch . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-08 Carlow
LEINSTERCLUBS.F.C.25/10 Clonguish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10 Horeswood . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-05 Longford25/10 Portlaoise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21 MattockRangers . . . . . . . . 0-02 Drogheda25/10 Clara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12 St.Laurences . . . . . . . . . . . 2-08 Newbridge8/11 Portlaoise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21 Senchalstown. . . . . . . . . . . 1-06 Portlaoise8/11 Clara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-14 Rathvilly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-08 Tullamore8/11 BallybodenStEndas.....1-10 Rathnew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-07 ParnellPark8/11 Garrycastle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14 Clonguish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-15 Longford(AET)22/11 Clara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-05 Portlaoise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-07 Portlaoise(Abandoned)22/11 Garrycastle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-08 BallybodenStEndas . . . . . 0-06 Mullingar28/11 Portlaoise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-09 Clara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-03 Portlaoise6/12 Portlaoise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-09 Garrycastle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-05 Tullamore
LEINSTERCLUBS.H.C. 1/11 Clonkill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21 CloughBallacolla. . . . . . . . 2-12 Mullingar1/11 BallyhaleShamrocks . . . . . 2-20 OularttheBallagh . . . . . . 1-21 Wexford15/11 Tullamore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12 Clonkill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-09 Mullingar15/11 BallyhaleShamrocks . . . . . 4-18 BallybodenStEndas . . . . . 0-18 Kilkenny29/11 BallyhaleShamrocks . . . . . 1-16 Tullamore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-08 Tullamore
LEINSTERCLUBI.F.C.31/10 GlynnBarntown. . . . . . . . . 1-10 St.Manmans . . . . . . . . . . . 0-07 Glynn31/10 St.Malachys . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 Ballon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-06 Nh.Malachys7/11 Tubberclair . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 Dunlavin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-07 Tubberclair7/11 Oldcastle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-11 Cashel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-03 Newtowncashel8/11 St.Malachys . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15 Glenmore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-09 St.Malachys8/11 WalshIsland . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-12 GlynnBarntown . . . . . . . . 0-04 Glynn15/11 Tubberclair . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-10 St.Patricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-07 Tubberclair15/11 Maynooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-07 Oldcastle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-06 Oldcastle22/11 Tubberclair . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-06 WalshIsland. . . . . . . . . . . . 0-07 WalshIsland22/11 Maynooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-08 St.Malachys . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01 St.Malachys5/12 Maynooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-08 Tubberclair. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-08 Maynooth
LEINSTERCLUBIHC25/10 St.Lachtains . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 Askamore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-15 Freshford25/10 Celbridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 Kildalkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 Celbridge8/11 St.Lachtains . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11 Carnew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-05 Freshford8/11 Mt.LeinsterRangers . . . . . 2-16 Celbridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-08 Celbridge22/11 St.Lachtains . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-08 Mt.LeinsterRangers . . . . . 0-07 Carlow
LEINSTERCLUBJFC25/10 Blackwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 Ballyfin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-05 Blackwater25/10 St.Mochtas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 Durrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-05 LouthVillage26/10 Ballyboughal. . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 St.Andrews. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-08 Balgriffin8/11 St.Mochtas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-14 Kilmaganny. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16 LouthVillage8/11 Longwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-08 Straffan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-08 Straffan8/11 Ballyboughal. . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19 St.Munis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-07 Balgriffin8/11 Blackwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-12 Caulry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-09 Blackwater22/11 St.Mochtas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-08 Ballyboughal. . . . . . . . . . . . 0-11 Balgriffin22/11 Longwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15 Blackwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-06 Longwood6/12 Longwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13 St.Mochtas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13 Longwood13/12 Longwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-11 St.Mochtas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-10 LouthVillage
LEINSTERCLUBJHC17/10 BorrisinOssory . . . . . . . . . 2-07 BrosnaGaels . . . . . . . . . . . 0-11 BorrisinOssory18/10 Knockbridge. . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14 Maynooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-04 Maynooth18/10 Nh.Brid(WH) . . . . . . . . . . 3-15 St.Patricks,Tullow. . . . . . . 1-06 Tullow18/10 Newcastle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10 Craanford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-06 Gorey1/11 Blacks&Whites. . . . . . . . . 5-15 Knockbridge . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 Knockbridge1/11 BorrisinOssory . . . . . . . . . 1-20 WolfeTones. . . . . . . . . . . . 0-08 BorrisinOssory1/11 NaomhFionnbarra . . . . . . 2-13 Newcastle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-06 Arklow1/11 Longwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12 St.Brigids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-09 Rochfortbridge15/11 NaomhFionnbarra . . . . . . 1-14 BorrisinOssory. . . . . . . . . 1-13 ParnellPark15/11 Blacks&Whites. . . . . . . . . 3-24 Longwood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-05 Skeoughvosteen29/11 Blacks&Whites. . . . . . . . . 2-19 Nh.Fionnbarra . . . . . . . . . . 1-07 Skeoughvosteen
LEINSTERCLUBSPECIALJHCOMPETITION15/11 Edenderry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14 Kyle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 ParkRatheniska15/11 Ratoath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-21 St.Sylvesters . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15 Ratoath15/11 Sarsfields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-09 PearseOg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-11 Sarsfields22/11 St.Sylvesters . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 Ratoath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-07 Ratoath22/11 Edenderry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14 Sarsfields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-07 Sarsfields29/11 St.Sylvesters . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 Greystones . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-09 RussellPark6/12 St.Sylvesters . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 Edenderry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-08 Malahide
LEINSTERCLUBHURLINGLEAGUE2009ROUND1Division1Rathdowney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 Coolderry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10FaytheHarriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11 Dicksboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10Castlecomer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11 Rapperees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11KilmacudCrookes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15 CastletownGeoghegan. . 1-17Ballinakill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12 Cloughbawn . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-18Clonkill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-22 Kinnity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11Raharney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15 Camross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10Mooncoin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/O St.Brigids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCR
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St.Aidans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16 Tullaroan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13NaomhEoin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16 Cuala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-14Rathnure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-09 NaomhBrid. . . . . . . . . . . . 0-10Shinrone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14 Dunnamaggin. . . . . . . . . . . 1-17Clara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25 St.Rynaghs. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-05MLR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13 Shelmaliers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10St.Martins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14 TheHarps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-11B/BodenSt.Endas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18 BuffersAlley . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-11Division2LoughL.Gaels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18 St.Annes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11CloughBallacolla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20 NaFianna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12Kilmessan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17 Ringtown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-09Ballinameer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/O DuffryRovers . . . . . . . . . . . SCRGlenealy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/O Cellbridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCRLucanSarsfields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18 Blackwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13Castlepollard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17 Rathmolyon. . . . . . . . . . . . 0-14Askamore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 Kilcotton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10Belmont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18 Ardclough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-07Ballinkillen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14 NaomhEannaGorey . . . . 0-09CarnewEmmets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/O Confey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCROylegate/G.Brien. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14 OliverPlunketts. . . . . . . . . 0-07NaomhFionnbarra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19 St.PatricksCamolin . . . . . . 2-13Kiltale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-15 Colt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12Shamrocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13 BlacksAndWhites. . . . . . . 1-15Ballyfin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17 Carrig&Riverstown . . . . . 0-04Division3St.Brigids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-20 Clane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-07St.MarysRosslare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15 Raheny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-09St.Marks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 TaghmonCamross. . . . . . . 1-09DavidstownCourt.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18 Kilcoole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-08Faughs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/O Leixlip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCRDelvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 BrayEmmetts . . . . . . . . . . 0-08Crokedwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19 Avondale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11Clongeen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WhitehallColmcilles. . . . .Knockbridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15 CoillDubh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13Clonad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21 Setanta(3-08St.Peregrines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18 Naas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11Killavilla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12 Brownstown . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-08Craanford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14 Kiltegan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11BallinteerSt.Johns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/O Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCROularttheBallagh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14 ArklowRocks. . . . . . . . . . . 1-13Shanahoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NaomhOlaf . . . . . . . . . . . .Division4Cullion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-09 MattockRangers. . . . . . 2-11Cuala2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O WolfTones . . . . . . . . . . . SCRSt.Kevins.....................3-12 Newcastle . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-08Killurin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-09 Boardsmill . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10TaraRocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-14 Glenealy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-06ClannnanGeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-18 Turin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-08SouthernGael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-17 SlieveBloom. . . . . . . . . . 4-06EireogC/Choill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-14 FergalOgBray. . . . . . . . 3-10Division5Rathoath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-18 Thermonfeckin . . . . . . . . 2-09EireÓgGreystones . . . . . . . . . . . .2-14 WildGeese . . . . . . . . . . . 0-04
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Dunlavin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O Barndarrig . . . . . . . . . . . . SCRFr.Daltons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-11 PearseOg. . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16Clara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gorey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CarnewEmmetts2 . . . . . . . . . . . .0-12 Setanta2. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-05ROUND2Division1Rathdowney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-12 FaytheHarriers. . . . . . . . 0-06Coolderry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-16 Dicksboro . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10C/Geoghegan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-10 Rapperees. . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10Castlecomer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-13 KilmacudCroakes . . . . . 0-09Clonkill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-09 Ballinakill . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-04Cloughbawn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O Kinnity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCRCamross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-13 St.Brigids . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-08Raharney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-13 Mooncoin . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-15Tullaroan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-09 NaomhEoin. . . . . . . . . . 1-06St.Aidans(Ferns). . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-12 Cuala. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-06Dunnamaggin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-11 Rathnure. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-09Shinrone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-12 NaomhBrid . . . . . . . . . . 0-14Clara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-09 Shelmaliers . . . . . . . . . . . 0-11Mt.LeinsterRangers . . . . . . . . . . .2-17 St.Rynaghs . . . . . . . . . . . 0-15St.Martins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-15 BuffersAlley. . . . . . . . . . 2-09B/BodenSt.Endas . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-16 TheHarps. . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12Division2LoughL.Gaels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-09 NaFianna. . . . . . . . . . . . 2-06CloughBallacolla. . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-14 St.Annes. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-08Ballinamere. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-17 Ringtown. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-08Kilmessan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O DuffryRovers. . . . . . . . . SCRBlackwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-14 Glenealy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-06LucanSarsfields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O Cellbridge . . . . . . . . . . . . SCRKilcotton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-18 Rathmolyon . . . . . . . . . . 0-13Askamore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-11 Castlepollard. . . . . . . . . . 1-05Belmont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-13 NaomhEannaGore. . . . 1-02Ballinkillen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-14 Ardclough. . . . . . . . . . . . 1-08CarnewEmmetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-13 OliverPlunketts . . . . . . . 0-06Oylegate/Glenbrien . . . . . . . . . . .W/O Confey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCRColt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-17 NaomhFionnbarra . . . . 0-05St.PatricksCamolin . . . . . . . . . . . .3-06 Kiltale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-06Shamrocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-13 Carrig&Riverstown. . . 2-09BlacksAndWhites . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-20 Ballyfin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-08Division3St.MarysRosslare . . . . . . . . . . . . .Off Clane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .St.Brigids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-12 Raheney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-05DavidstownCourt . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-15 St.Marks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-05Kilcoole. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O TaghmonCamross . . . . . SCRFaughs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-17 BrayEmmetts. . . . . . . . . 0-10Delvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O Leixlip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCRW/hallColmcilles . . . . . . . . . . . . .Off Crookedwood . . . . . . . . .Avondale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-04 Clongeen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-03Clonad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-05 Knockbridge . . . . . . . . . . 0-08
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ChoillDubh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O Setanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCRBrownstown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-06 St.Peregrines . . . . . . . . . . 0-09Naas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-11 Killavilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11Craanford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O Trim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCRBallinteerSt.Johns. . . . . . . . . . . . .1-07 Kiltegan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-06NaomhOlaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-10 ArklowRocks . . . . . . . . . 0-05OularttheBallagh. . . . . . . . . . . . . Shanahoe. . . . . . . . . . . . .Division4Cullion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O WolfeTones . . . . . . . . . . SCRCuala2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-14 MattockRangers. . . . . . 1-06Boardsmill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OFF Newcastle . . . . . . . . . . . .Kilurin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-07 St.Kevins. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-05Turin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-16 Glenealy2. . . . . . . . . . . . 1-08ClannnanGeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-06 TaraRocks . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11FergalOgs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OFF SlieveBloom. . . . . . . . . . OFFSouthernGaels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EireOgC/Choill . . . . . . .Division5Termonfeckin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-10 WildGeese . . . . . . . . . . . 1-05Rathoath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-07 EireOgGreystones . . . . 1-10Fr.Daltons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O Dunlavin . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCRPearseOg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O Barndarrig . . . . . . . . . . . . SCRCarnewEmmetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-08 Clara2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-03Gorey2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O Setanta2. . . . . . . . . . . . . SCRROUND3Division1Rathdowney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O Dicksboro . . . . . . . . . . . . SCRCoolderry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O FaytheHarriers. . . . . . . . SCRCastlecomer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-15 CastletownGeoghegan 2-12KilmacudCrokes. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-15 Rapperees. . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13Ballinakill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O Kinnity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCRClonkill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-20 Cloughbawn. . . . . . . . . . 1-09Raharney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O StBrigids . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCRCamross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-15 Mooncoin . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18Tullaroan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cuala. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .StAidans(Ferns). . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-15 NaomhEoin. . . . . . . . . . 0-11Rathnure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-22 Shinrone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-06Dunnamaggain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O NaomhBrid . . . . . . . . . . SCRClara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mt.LeinsterRangers. . .Shelmaliers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SCR StRynaghs . . . . . . . . . . . SCRStMartins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-16 BallybodenStEndas. . . 0-16TheHarps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O BuffersAlley. . . . . . . . . . SCRDivision2LoughLeneGaels . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-11 CloughBallacolla . . . . . . 2-13StAnnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SCR NaFianna. . . . . . . . . . . . SCRRingtown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O DuffryRovers. . . . . . . . . SCRBallinamere. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-09 Kilmessan . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-06LucanSarsfields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-15 Glenealy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15Blackwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O Celbridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCRAskamore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-14 Rathmolyon . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
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Castlepollard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-17 Kilcotton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-07Belmont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-14 Ballinkillen. . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11Ardclough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SCR NaomhEanna,Gorey. . SCRCarnewEmmetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-10 Oylegate/Glenbrien. . . . SCROliverPlunketts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O Confey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCRNaomhFionnbara . . . . . . . . . . . . .SCR Kiltale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCRStPatricks,Camolin . . . . . . . . . . .2-14 Colt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12Blacks/Whites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O Carrig&Riverstown. . . SCRShamrocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O Ballyfin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCRDivision3StBrigids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SCR StMary's,Rosslare. . . . . SCRRaharney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SCR Clane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCRStMarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kilcoole. . . . . . . . . . . . . .TaghmonCamross. . . . . . . . . . . . . DavidstownCourt. . . . .Faughs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-16 Delvin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10Leixlip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BrayEmmetts. . . . . . . . .Crookedwood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clongeen . . . . . . . . . . . . .Avondale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WhitehallColmcilles . . .Knockbridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O Setanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCRChoillDubh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-09 Clonad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10StPeregrines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Killavilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brownstown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-10 Naas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13Craanford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BallinteerStJohns . . . . .Kiltegan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ArklowRocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-08 Shanahoe. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-14OulartTheBallagh . . . . . . . . . . . . NaomhOlaf. . . . . . . . . .Division4Cullion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O Cuala2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCRMattockRangers.............. WolfeTones . . . . . . . . . .Newcastle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-13 Kilurin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11StKevins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SCR Boardsmill . . . . . . . . . . . . SCRClannnaGael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-17 Glenealy2. . . . . . . . . . . . 0-07TaraRocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Turin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SlieveBloom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EireOgC/Choill . . . . . . .FergalOgs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-18 SouthernGaels. . . . . . . . 2-03Division5EireOgGreystones . . . . . . . . . . . .4-11 Termonfeckin. . . . . . . . . 1-06Ratoath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WildGeese . . . . . . . . . . .Dunlavin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PearseOg. . . . . . . . . . . .Barndarrig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr.Daltons . . . . . . . . . . . .Clara2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setanta2. . . . . . . . . . . . .Gorey2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-09 CarnewEmmetts . . . . . . 1-12
QUARTER-FINALSDivision1Castlecomer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-12 Coolderry. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10Raharney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FernsStAidans. . . . . . . .Dunnammagain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . StMartins . . . . . . . . . . . .MtLeinsterRangers . . . . . . . . . . .1-14 Clonkill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-09
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Division2LucanSarsfields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-08 Ballinamere. . . . . . . . . . . 2-09Belmont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oylegate/Glenbrien. . . .Askamore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shamrocks. . . . . . . . . . . .StPatricksCamolin. . . . . . . . . . . . LoughLeneGaels. . . . . .Division3Davidstown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-08 Craanford . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-07Knockbridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-14 StPeregrines. . . . . . . . . . 1-06OulartTheBallagh . . . . . . . . . . . .0-13 Faughs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-06StBrigids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-09 Crookedwood . . . . . . . . . 0-05Division4FergalOgBray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W/O Cullion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCRKillurin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cuala2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ClannnaGael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-12 Kevins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-05EireOgC/Choill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-11 Turin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12Division5EireOgGreystones . . . . . . . . . . . .1-10 Clara2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-05Ratoath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-15 Dunlavin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-03
SEMI-FINALSDivision1Castlecomer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-10 Ferns,StAidans . . . . . . . 1-14Dunnamaggin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-17 MtLeinsterRangers. . . . 0-13Division2Askamore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-19 LucanSarsfields.......1-12Belmont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-20 StPatricks,Camolin . . . 3-06Division3Knockbridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-13 DavidstownCourt.. . . . . 3-12StBrigids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OulartTheBallagh. . . . .Division4FergalOg,Bray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Killurin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .EireOgC/Choill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-08 ClannnaGael. . . . . . . . . 2-09Division5FrDaltons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-10 EireOg,Greystones. . . . 1-06Carnew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ratoath. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DIVISION1FINALDunnamaggin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-16 Ferns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
DIVISION2FINALAskamore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-22 Belmont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-06
DIVISION3FINALOularttheBallagh. . . . . . . . . . . . .1-13 Knockbridge . . . . . . . . . . 0-11
DIVISION4FINALEireÓgC/Choill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-14 Killurin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
DIVISION5FINALFrDaltons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-06 Ratoath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-10
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COMORTAS BUATHOIRI NEASOIRI
PEIL
CollegesS.F.“A” St.Mary’sSecSchEdenderry GoodCounsel
Voc.Sch.S.F.“A” AshbourneC.S. BridgetownV.C.
CollegesS.F.“B” MaynoothP.P. GoreyC.S.
Voc.Sch.S.F.“B” CnocMhuire,Granard Tullamore
SchoolsS.F.“C” Cross&Passion,Kilcullan St.MacDara’sCC
SchoolsS.F.“D” Gaelcholaiste,Ceatharloch St.Kevin’s
Jun.F.“A” Patrician,Newbridge ColaisteEoin
Jun.F.“B” Col.Iosagain,Portarlington SkerriesC.C.
Jun.F.“C” HeywoodC.S. ScoilChaitriona
Jun.F.“D” TullamoreCollege St.Finian’sC.C.
Voc.Sch.Jun.F.“A” DunshaughlinC.C. GallenC.S.
Voc.Sch.Jun.F.“B” CnocMhuire,Granard TullamoreCollege
Juv.F.“A” St.Peter’s,Wexford ArdscoilRis
Juv.F.“B” MaynoothP.P. St.Mary’sCBS.Enniscorthy
Juv.F.“C” DunshaughlinC.C. PortmarnockC.S.
Juv.F.“D” CnocMhuire,Granard St.Kevin’sC.B.S.
InterCounty“A” AnMhi CillDara
InterCounty“B” LochGorman Laois
IOMÁINT
CollegesS.H.“A” GoodCounselCollege CastlecomerC.S.
CollegesSH“A”Lge DublinSouth KilkennyC.B.S.
CollegesS.H.“B” ColaisteEoin ColaisteEanna
Voc.Sch.S.H.“A” Col.Mhuire,Johnstown BanagherCollege
Voc.Sch.S.H.“B” GrennanCol/DuiskeCol ColNhCormac
SchoolsS.H.“C” NaasC.B.S. OatlandsCollege
Jun.H.“A” St.Kieran’s,Kilkenny CastlecomerC.S.
Jun.H.“A”Shield GoodCounselCol St.Brendan’sCS,Birr
Jun.H.“B” ColMhuire,Mullingar ColEamannRis,Callan
Voc.Sch.Jun.H.“A” BanagherCollege BorrisV.S.
Juv.H“A”(DrBarryCup)StKieran’sCol. DublinSouth
JuvH“A”Shield(DrBarryCup)St.Brendan’s,Birr CastlecomerCS
JuvH“A”(PowerCup)GoodCounselCollege St.Peter’s,Wexford
Juv.H.“B” ColaisteEoin PortlaoiseC.B.S.
ÁTHCLIATH
Juv.H.“A” ColaisteEoin ArdscoilRis
Juv.H.“B” ScoilAodhain St.MacDara’sC.C.
Juv.H.“C” ClonkeenCollege LucanC.C.
Juv.H.“D” PortmarnockC.S. Col.CoisLife
Juv.H.“E” St.Joseph’s,Rush JamesSt.C.B.S.
TomQuinlanCup CastleknockC.C. St.David’sC.B.S.
TomQuinlanShieldClonkeenCollege St.MacDara’sC.C.
TomQuinlanPlate SyngeSt.C.B.S. BalbrigganC.C.
Jun.H.“A” St.BenildusCollege ColaisteEanna
Jun.H.“B” Salesian,Celbridge St.Fintan’sH.S.
Jun.H.“C” TempleogueCollege St.Paul’sCollege
Jun.H.“D” ColaisteChillian MarianCollege
Sen.H.“A” ColaisteEoin ScoilDheaglain
Sen.H.“A”Shield St.MacDara’sC.C. ColaisteEanna
Sen.H.“B” OatlandsCollege ArdscoilRis
Sen.H.“C” H.F.C.S.,Rathcoole OldBawnC.S.
Juv.F.“A” ArdscoilRis ColaisteEoin
Juv.F.“B” MaynoothP.P. ColaisteEanna
Juv.F.“C” PortmarnockC.S. ChanelCollege
Juv.F.“D” St.Kevin’sC.B.S. MarianColege
Juv.F.“E” St.Joseph’s,Rush St.Aidan’sC.S.
Jun.F.“A” ColaisteEoin St.BenildusCollege
Jun.F.“B” SkerriesC.C. MaynoothP.P.
Jun.F.“C” ScoilChaitriona ClonkeenCollege
Jun.F.“D” St.Finian’sC.C. MarianCollege
Jun.F.“E” FingalC.C. St.Aidan’sC.S.
Sen.F.“A” St.BenildusCollege St.Declan’sC.B.S.
Sen.F.“B” MaynoothP.P. ScoilChaitriona
Sen.F.“C” St.MacDara’sC.C. ClonkeenCollege
Sen.F.“D” St.Kevin’sC.B.S. MarianCollege
LAIGHEANTHEAS
PEIL
Col.S.F.“B” GoreyC.S. F.C.J.,Bunclody
Sch.S.F.“C” Cross&Passion,Kilcullen Pres.,Bray
Sch.S.F.“D” Gaelcol,Ceatharloch ColAbbain,Adamstown
Sch.S.F.League Patrician,Newbridge GoodCounselCol
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Jun.F.“A” Patrician,Newbridge KnockbegCollege
Jun.F.“B” ColIosagain,Portarlington ArdscNaTrionoide,Athy
Jun.F.“C” HeywoodC.S. Col.Bhride,Carnew
Jun.F.“D1” AvondaleC.C. St.Brendan’s,Bray
Jun.F.“D2” St.Fergal’s,Rathdowney AbbeyCC,Ferrybank
Juv.F.“A” St.Peter’s,Wexford GoodCounselCol
Juv.F.“B” St.Mary’sCBS,Enniscorthy St.Kieran’s,Kilkenny
Juv.F.“C” WicklowD.L.S. HeywoodC.S.
Juv.F.“D” KilkennyC.B.S. AbbeyC.C.,Ferrybank
Juv.F.“D1” GaelcholaistenaMeara St.Paul’s,Monasterevin
IOMÁINT
Sch.Sen.H.“C” NaasC.B.S. WexfordC.B.S.
SchSenH“C1&C2” WexfordV.C. MountmellickC.S.
Jun.H.“B” Col.EamannRis,Callan F.C.J.,Bunclody
Jun.H.“C1” Col.,Bhride,Carnew GrennanCollege
Jun.H.“C2” NaasC.B.S. KnockbegCollege
Juv.H.“B” Col.Mhuire,Johnstown
Juv.H.“C1” KnockbegCollege
Juv.H.“C2” AbbeyCC,Ferrybank ScAireagail,Ballyhale
LAIGHEANTHUAIDH
PEIL
CollegesS.F.“B” St.Joseph’s,Drogheda Sc.Mhuire,Clane
SchoolsS.F.“C” ArdeeC.S. BallymahonV.S.
SchoolsS.F.“D” Ardsc.Phadraig,Granard O’FiaichCollege
SchSFLeague“A” St.Joseph’s,Rochforbridge AthloneC.C.
Sch.S.F.League“B” Sc.Mhuire,Clane Col.Choilm,Tullamore
Jun.F.“A” St.Mel’s,Longford Col.Mhuire,Mullingar
Jun.F.“B” DunshaughlinC.C. Sc.Dara,Kilcock
Jun.F.“C” CnocMhuire,Granard Col.Ris,Dundalk
Jun.F.“D” TullamoreCollege AthboySchools
Juv.F.“A” St.Pat’s,Navan St.Joseph’s,Rochforbridge
Juv.F.“B” AshbourneCS StMary’sSecSch,Edenderry
Juv.F.“C” DunshaughlinC.C. DundalkD.L.S.
Juv.F.“D” CnocMhuire,Granard BallymahonSecSch
Juv.F.“D1” ArdPhadraig,Granard St.Fintina’s,Longwood/
Col.Pobal,Rathcairn
IOMÁINT
Sch.Sen.H.“C” KillinaPresSecSch ColChoilm,Tullamore
SchSenH“C1&C2” St.Peter’s,Dunboyne CastlepollardCC
Jun.H.“B” Col.Mhuire,Mullingar Cistercian,Roscrea
Jun.H.“B1” Col.NaomhCormac PortlaoiseC.B.S.
Jun.H.“C” St.Joseph’s,R'bridge CastlepollardC.C.
Jun.H.“D” St.Fintina’s,Longwood MoateC.S.
Juv.H.“B”Final PortlaoiseC.B.S. Col.Mhuire,Mullingar
Juv.H.“C”Final St.Joseph’s,R'bridge Sc.Mhuire,Clane
HANDBALL-BOYS
COLLEGES-60X30
U-19Singles KellsC.S. Col.EamannRis,Callan
U-19Doubles Sc.Aireagail,Ballyhale Col.Bhride,Carnew
U-17Singles CastlecomerC.S. ConfeyCollege
U-17Doubles St.Kieran’s,Kilkenny WexfordV.C.
U-15Singles Col.Bhride,Carnew KilkennyC.B.S.
U-15Doubles St.Kieran’s,Kilkenny ScoilChaitriona
FirstYr.Singles Pres.DLS,Bagenalstown Col.Bhride,Carnew
FirstYr.Doubles TullowC.S. St.Peter’s,Wexford
COLLEGES–40X20
U-19Singles PortlaoiseC.B.S. EnniscorthyV.C.
U-19Doubles Col.EamannRis,Callan Col.Bhride,Carnew
U-17Singles CastlecomerC.S. ConfeyCollege
U-17Doubles St.Kieran’s,Kilkenny BridgetownV.C.
U-15Singles Col.Bhride,Carnew Cistercian,Roscrea
U-15Doubles St.Kieran’s,Kilkenny BridgetownV.C
FirstYr.Singles PresDLS,Bagenalstown ColBhride,Carnew
FirstYr.Doubles St.Peter’s,Wexford St.Kieran’s,Kilkenny
HANDBALL-GIRLS
COLLEGES–60X30
U-19Singles NOCOMPETITION
U-19Doubles KilkennyCollege LorettoCol.,Dublin
U-16Singles MullingarC.C. CastlecomerC.S.
U-16Doubles Gaelcholaiste,Ceatharloch DominicanCol
FirstYr.Singles MaryfieldCollege Gaelcol.,Ceatharloch
FirstYr.Doubles NOCOMPETITION
COLLEGES–40X20
U-19Singles ColBhride,Carnew StMary’sSecSch,NewRoss
U-19Doubles LorettoCol,St.Stephen’sGreen KilkennyCol
U-16Singles MullingarC.C. RockfordManor
U-16Doubles LorettoSecSch,Kilkenny Gaelcol.,Ceatharloch
FirstYr.Doubles NOCOMPETITION
FirstYr.Singles MaryfieldCollege Gaelcol.,Ceatharloch
ALLIRELANDSERIES–LEINSTERWINNERS
COLLEGES–60X30
U-19Doubles Sc.Aireagail,Ballyhale
U-17Singles CastlecomerC.S.
U-15Singles Col.Bhride,Carnew
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40x20MS. GaryMcConnell(Meath) PatrickFunchion(Kk)MD. PatrickFunchion/KeithBourke(Kk) JasonDelaney/EoghanHennessey(Kk)U12S. PadraigTownsend(Cw) DavidDonovan(Cw)U21D. PadraigTownsend/DavidTownsend(Cw) CiaranNeary/JamesHennessy(Kk)JBS. DavidClifford(Kk) MatthewO’Toole(Wex)JBD. DavidClifford/JohnMorrissey(Kk) EugeneO’Reilly/PeterFlanagan(M)JS. DavidHope(Oy) DarraghWard(Kd)JD. DavidHope/NoelMurphy(Oy) JamesLennon/RichardWalsh(Ww)IS. BrianManogue(Kk) EddieBurke(Kk)SS. EoghanKennedy(D) MichaelWalsh(Kk)MAS. MichaelWalsh(Kk) JohnRyan(Cw)MAD. TomSheridan/JohnLeahy(M) MichaelWalsh/PatMaher(Kk)MBS. MichaelO’Donnell(D) CaniceQuigley(Kk)MBD. MichaelO’Donnell/FerghalO’Riain(D) EamonnRice/JohnQuinn(Ww)SMAS. BillyBourke(Kk) RobertMcCarthy(Wm)SMAD. BilllyWalsh/BillyBourke(Kk) MartinLalor/PhillyParsons(Kk)SMBS. PechelliEnglish(Wex) FrankMaddock(Wex)SMBD. FrankMaddock/DonalDoyle(Wex) PechelliEnglish/JohnBail(Wex)GMAS. JohnnyBrennan(Kk) JoeHennessey(Kk)GMAD. JohnnyBrennan/JoeHennessey(Kk) NickyCurran/TadghForan(Wexford)GMBS. JohnKelly(Lh) SeamusO’Mahoney(D)GMBD. GerryMcGrath/TomO’Malley(Ww) JoeAnthony/GerryMurphy(Kk)EMAS. BillyMullins(Oy) TonyBreen(Wex)EMAD. BillyMullins/JimGuilfoyle(Oy) EugeneKennedy/VinneyFarrelly(D)EMBS. JimmyNeary(Kk) PaddyClerkin(D)EMBD. JimmyNeary/PatSavage(Kk) PaddyClerkin/SeamusO’Mahoney(D)DMAS. EugeneKennedy(D) AndyRyan(Cw)DMAD. SeamusReade/PaddyReilly(Kk) PatLacey/JimDoyle((Wex)DMBS. DesLyons(Kd) ________________DMBD. GerMcWilliams/HenryHayes(Wex) ________________RMS. NedFlynn(D) PaddyLennon(Ww)RMD. NedFlynn/PatRyan(D) PaddyLennon/TomWalsh(Ww)LMS. ShaunaHilley(Ww) AoifeMcCarthy(Wm)LMD. ShaunaHilley/SandraBarnes(Ww) Rebecca&ClaireMulholland(Kk)LJBS. AislingBehan(Ls) AileenQuinn(Kd)LJBD. AislingBehan/CiaraDowling(Ls) EilishOwley/UnaByrne(Wexford)LJS. CiaraMahon(Kk) MarguritaByrne(Wex)LJD. ClaireLove/CiaraMahon(Kk) TanyaO’Toole/MarguritaByrne(Wex)LIS. PatriciaDoyle(Ww) CiaraMullins(Cw)LID. PatriciaDoyle/Ptr(Ww) _______________
40x20(Boys)U12S. DanielCurry(Wicklow) NiallWalsh(Kilkenny)U12D. SeamusSinnott/OisinFoley(Wexford) SeanCarey/PauricCooney(Kilkenny)U13S. EmmettLandy(Kilkenny) JackRoche(Wexford)U13D. BrianMahon/LiamFennelly(Kilkenny) AranMurphy/DavidMulhall(Laois)U14S. MartinMullins(Carlow) RonanGorey(Kildare)U14D DaleFlynn/SeanStafford(Wexford) EoinDoyle/AdrianFarrell(Kilkenny)U15S. DylanWalsh(Kilkenny) RichardMartin(Wexford)U15D. CianODálaigh/CoreyFay(Dublin) SeanButler/EndaODonoghue(Kilkenny)U16S. KeithKavanagh(Wicklow) NiallO’Connor(Kildare)U16D. AndrewODwyer/PeterFunchion(Kilkenny) JamieWaters/ColmKinsella(Wexford)U17S. AndyCash(Wexford) DavidLafford(Kilkenny)U17D. GrahamClifford/PauricMaher(Kilkenny) CoryMurphy/LukeConnors(Wexford)
40x20(Girls)U12S. KirstyMaher(Kilkenny) AnnieStafford(Wexford)U12D. ÁineO’Keeffe/DoireannMcNamara(Kildare) MeádbhNíDhálaigh/AilbheClerkin(D)U13S. MarianneQuirkeBolt(Carlow) ÁineMcGrane(Kildare)U13D. ElaineMcGrath/NiamhOShea(Kilkenny) EmilyLacey/AndreaKeoghan(Dublin)U14S. EimeárNolan(Wexford) CatherineFoley(Kilkenny)U14D. ShannonGeoghegan/MichelleNolan(Carlow) MariaKinsella/SerenaDoyle(Kilkenny)U15S. DemiDonovan(Kilkenny) EleanorBuggy(Dublin)U15D. KatieONeill/AmyByrne(Carlow) HannahStack/LouiseDoran(Kildare)U16S. RachelHogan(Kilkenny) MelanieByrne(Carlow)U16D. ClareGrace/MaryPhelan(Kilkenny) LisaMcKenna/SusanClinton(Dublin)U17S. NicolaMoore(Kilkenny) JaneGriffin(Dublin)U17D. MaireadElmes/SandraKelly(Wexford) DeniseDoyle/MeganClifford(Kilkenny)
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Under12/13Team6Kilkenny: BrianMahon,PauricCooney,EmmettLandy,Niall
Walsh,ConorDuggan,SeanCareyCarlow: JimO’Leary,AdamNolan,DamienJordan,Paddy
Shanahan,ConalO’Shea,GavinPower
Under14/15Team6Wexford: GalenRiordan,GrahamParker,RichardMartin,Padraig
Foley,CraigWright,PhilipWatersKilkenny: SeanFoley,RonanEgan,EoinDoyle,EndaO’Donoghue,
BrendanHyland,NiallMulhearne
Under16/17Team4Wexford: CoryMurphy,DeanCorrigan,LukeConnors,ColmKinsellaKildare: RobertMaguire,EmmettO’Keeffe,MichaelWall,EugeneMahon
(B)ChampionshipsU13S. DarraghO’Shea(Kilkenny)U13D. JohnRoche/StephenLawlor(Wexford)U15S. GaryKelly(Louth)U17S. GerardMalone(Kilkenny)U17D. BrianEnglish/ShaneWalsh(Kilkenny)
Junior(B)InterClub: Barntown(Wexford)JuniorInterClub: Coolboy(Wicklow)OpenInterClub: Coolboy(Wicklow)
60x30MS GaryMcConnell(Meath) EoghanHennessy(Kk)MD. KeithBourke/EoghanHennessey(Kk) PatrickFunchion/KeithClifford(KkU12S. DanielFenlon(Cw) CiaranNeary(Kk)U21D. CiaranNeary/JerryRowe(Kk) EamonnFoley/GerMcGrath(Kk)JBS. DarrenO’Toole(Wex) SeanQuigley(Kk)JBD. DarrenO’Toole/DavidRedmond(Wex) JRFinn/AlanO’Neill(Wex)JS. WilliamLove(Kk) DavidHope(Oy) JD. William&DanielLove(Kk) DavidHope/ConorO’Brien(Oy)IS. BrianManogue(Kk) TimmyClifford(Kk)MAS. MichaelWalsh(Kk) JohnRyan(Cw)MAD. MichaelWalsh/PatMaher(Kk) TomSheridan/JohnLeahy(M)MBS. CaniceQuigley(Kk) OllieFalsey(Kk)MBD. MickArmstrong/PhilColeman(Wex) CaniceQuigley/OllieFalsey(Kk)MAS. BillyBourke(Kk) EugeneDowney(Kk)SMAD. MartinLalor/EugeneDowney(Kk) RobertMcCarthy/LiamCassidy(Wm)SMBS. FrankMaddock(Wex) StephenMurphy(Wex)SMBD. Stephen&BrendanMurphy(Wex) Eamonn&JimmyHolohan(Kk)GMAS. JohnnyBrennan(Kk) JoeHennessey(Kk)GMAD. MartinClancy/JohnRossitor EamonnHolohan/JoeHennessey(Kk)GMBS. FrankKerins(D) JohnKelly(Lh) GMBD. FrankKerins/KevinMcKenna(D) John&CharlieKelly(Lh)EMAS. TonyBreen(Wex) VinnyFarrelly(D) EMAD. Andy&SeanRyan(Cw) EugeneKennedy/VinneyFarrelly(D)EMBS. PaddyClerkin(D) JohnO’Donnell(Kd) EMBD. DesLyons/JohnO’Donnell(Kd) PaddyClerkin/JohnBarton(D)DMAS. EugeneKennedy(D) PaddyReilly(Kk)DMAD. SeamusReade/PaddyReilly(Kk) JohnMolloy/MarcusHenry(D)DMBS. DesLyons(Kd) ________________DMBD. ------------------------- --------------------------- RMS. MickO’Brien(D) PatRyan(D)RMD. MickO’Brien/PatRyan(D) PaddyLennon/PatO’Donnell(Ww)
LMS. ShaunaHilley(Ww) AoifeMcCarthy(Wm)LMD. ShaunaHilley/SandraBarnes(Ww) ------------------------LJBS. ElizabethMartin(D) ÁineGorman(D)LJBD. ElizabethMartin/ÁineGorman(D) -----------------------LJS. MartinaWalsh(Wex) ClaireLove(Wex) LJD. ClaireLove/MariaTO’Neill(Kk) TanyaO’Toole/MartinaWalsh(Wex)
Under12/13Team6Kilkenny: JohnWalsh,SeanCarey,SeanMorrissey,EmmettLandy,
BrianMahon,PadraigCooney,ConorO’DwyerWexford: OisinFoley,JamieHall,RowanWhite,BrianKehoe,Ben
O’Shea,StephenLawlor,ThomasHall,JackRoche
U14/15Team6Wexford: GalenRiordan,GrahamParker,PadraigFoley,Richard
Martin,PhillipWatters,DaleFlynnKilkenny: SeanButler,EndaO’Donohoe,NiallMulhearn,Eoin
Doyle,AdrianFarrell,RonanEgan
U16/17Team4Wexford: CoryMurphy,JamesBarry,LukeConnors,AndyCash,
WalterLawlor,JamesWattersKilkenny: GerMalone,GaryLaw,PJWoods,RichardDunphy
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60x30(Boys)U12S. DanielCurry(Wicklow) SeanCarey(Kilkenny)U12D. DamienJordan/PaddyShannahan(Cw) DamianJordan/PaddyShanahan(Carlow)U13S. EmmettLandy(Kilkenny) EvanSheridan(Meath)U13D. AaronMurphy/DavidMulhall(Laois) BryanKehoe/JamieHall(Wexford)U14S. GalenRiordan(Wexford) MartinMullins(Carlow)U14D PadraigFoley/(Wexford) EvanO’Carroll/CormacMurphy(Laois)U15S. RichardMartin(Wexford) SeanButler(Kilkenny)U15D. CianO’Dallaigh/CoryFaye(Dublin) EndaO’Donohoe/FergusLalor(Kk)U16S. DeanCorrigan(Wexford) NiallO’Connor(Kildare)U16D. CillianTreacy/PJTrant(Kilkenny) JohnWalsh/BrianTranor(Dublin)U17S. CoryMurphy(Wexford) GerMalone(Kilkenny)U17D. AndyCash/LukeConnors(Wexford) ShaneWalsh/CianRyan(Kilkenny)
60x30(Girls)U12S. KirstyMaher(Kilkenny) EmilyLacey(Dublin)U12D. JennyClifford/KarenWalshe(Kk) MeadhbhNiDhalaigh/AilbheClerkin(D)U13S. AshlingMaher(Kilkenny) RachelMalone(Dublin)U13D. AndreaKeoghan/KatelynFinnigan(D) ___________________________U14S. EmirNolan(Wexford) ClionaMcCullagh(Dublin)U14D. KatieMoran/ShannonGeoghegan(Cw) NicoleFagan/ClaudinePerry(D)U15S. RachelHogan(Kilkenny) EleanorBuggy(Dublin)U15D. MichelleNolan/KatieO’Neill(Cw) GraineSutcliffe/AoifeGoughan(D)U16S. MarieWalshe(Kilkenny) DianamhGreene(Dublin)U16D. MaryPhelan/CiaraMahon(Kk) LisaMcKenne/SusanClinton(D)U17S. DeniseDoyle(Kilkenny) ÁineGoughan(Dublin)U17D. ClaireGrace/HazelCuddihy(Kilkenny) JaneGriffin/CarlyO’Neill(Dublin)
JoeMaxwell(A)LeagueWexford: ThomasHall,AdamHanrahan,JamieHall,BrianKehoe,RichardMartin,DeanFurlongKilkenny: OisinGough,TadghPurcell,JohnWalsh,EmmettLandy,SeanButler,CillianTreacy
JoeMaxwell(B)LeagueKilkenny: RobrertDowling,DeanFarrell,MarkDowling,JasonShore,PatBrennan,AndyFarrell.Dublin: JohnMcKenna,NialDonnley,TadghRonan,AilbheClerkin,NialMcKenna,JosephVarley
(B)ChampionshipsU13S. AlanFunchion(Kilkenny)U13D. EvanSheridan/JonathanMcGovern(Meath)U15S GaryKelly(Louth)U15D. EoinDoyle/RonanEgan(Kilkenny)U17S. GaryMahon(Kildare)U17D. GaryLaw/VincentRyan(Kilkenny)
OnewallSingles: DarrenFlynn(Longford) ThomásLennon(Laois)Doubles: EugeneO’Reilly/PeterFlanagan(M) AndrewDowling/ThomásLennon(Ls)Ladiessingles: NiamhEgan(Westmeath) ElizabethMartin(Dublin)
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Dublin - Leinster Senior Football Champions 2008Back L-R: Darren Magee, Philip McMahon, John O'Brien, Paul Casey, Ross McConnell, Eamonn Fennell,
Paddy Andrews, Paul Griffin, Colin Moran, Barry Cahill, Kevin Bonner, Michael Savage,Bernard Brogan, Ciaran Whelan, Paul Flynn, Mark Vaughan.
Front L-R: Jason Sherlock, Stephen O'Shaughnessy, Diarmuid Connolly, Conal Keaney, Kevin Nolan,David Henry, Stephen Cluxton, Alan Brogan, Tomás Quinn, Shane Ryan, Bryan Cullen,Derek Murray, Brendan McManamon, Niall O'Shea.
Lucky for some!Dublin corner-forward Alan Brogan,Captain for the 2008 Championship, raisesthe Delaney Cup as the Metropolitans tookthe Leinster Senior Football title for thefourth year in succession.
Just like ‘Cha’!Kilkenny Captain James Fitzpatrick lifts theBob O’Keeffe Cup in celebration of hiscounty’s retention of the Leinster SeniorHurling Championship last summer.
Kilkenny - Leinster Senior Hurling Champions 2008Back L-R: John Tennyson, Donnacha Cody, T.J. Reid, Martin Comerford, Jackie Tyrrell, Derek Lyng,
P.J. Delaney, Brian Hogan, Richie Power, Michael Rice, Damien Fogarty, Richie Mullally,Willie O'Dwyer, James McGarry, Eddie Brennan.
Front L-R: David Herity, Michael Kavanagh, P.J. Ryan, Canice Hickey, Cha Fitzpatrick, John Dalton,Eoin Larkin, Tommy Walsh, J.J. Delaney, Aidan Fogarty, Eoin Reid, Richie Hogan, Sean Cummins,Darragh O'Mahony.
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