Nuachtlitir Coiste Chontae Chorcaí: Vol. 4 No. 22, Nov. 13th 2012

Dates for your Diary November 14th:

Presentation of RedFM

SHL Cheques, 7pm @

RedFM Studios

November 15th:

Leagues

review/planning

meeting, P. Uí Rinn,

7.15pm (H) & 8pm (F)

November 21st:

County Board meeting

& Strategic Plan

Review, 8pm @ P. Uí

Chaoimh

RedFM SHL

Cheque Presentation On Wednesday,

November 14th, at 7pm

a the RedFM Studios,

cheques will be

presented to the top six

clubs in the RedFM

Senior Hurling League.

Winners Erin’s Own will

receive €4000, with

€2000 for runners-up

Erin’s Own and €1000

each for Ballymartle, Na

Piarsaigh, St. Finbarr’s

& Carrigtwohill.

Our thanks to RedFM

for their generous

sponsorship of this

prestigious league!

League Finals Complete! Following the RedFM Senior Hurling League/Kelleher Shield Final double-

header played in Páirc Uí Rinn on November 10th, The County Senior and

Intermediate Leagues are now complete.

County PRO Tracey Kennedy presents the Conroy Cup to Erin’s Own captain, Shay Bowen,

accompanied by RedFM CEO, Fiona Darcy. Pic: Declan Barron

Congratulations to all our winners – see www.gaacork.ie for full Roll of

Honour. Cheques will be presented to qualifying clubs in the RedFM

Senior Hurling League on November 14th at the RedFM Studios, and to

the winners and runners-up of all other leagues on November 27th at

7.30pm at Rochestown Park Hotel.

Kelleher Shield winners Nemo Rangers. Pic: George Hatchell

County Junior Finals Round 2! After the drama of the first attempt on October 21st, with both Junior Finals

ending in draws, our champions finally emerged victorious at the second

time of asking!

The County Junior A Hurling and Football Final Replays on November 4th in

Páirc Uí Rinn rounded off our Championship season in suitably dramatic

fashion, with Avondhu winners Kildorrery snatching a late goal to claim

victory over City champions Brian Dillons in the Junior A Hurling Final, 2-8

to 0-13.

County Junior A Hurling Champions Kildorrery

In the Junior A Football Final, meanwhile, Duhallow champions Rockchapel

were victorious over Muskerry winners, Kilmurry on a scoreline of 1-7 to 0-

7. Congratulations to both, and best of luck in the AIB Munster Club

Championships!

See www.gaacork.ie for all AIB Munster Club Championship fixtures.

The victorious Rockchapel Junior A Football team. Pic: Denis O’Flynn

Launch of History Book Iar-Uachtarán Chumann

Luthchleas Gael Críostóir

Ó Cuana will launch “A

History of Cork GAA

1987-2011” on Tuesday,

December 4th at

Blackrock Hurling Club.

This attractive new book,

produced by the Cork

GAA History Committee,

should be on everyone’s

Christmas list and will

retail at €15.

Cork GAA App For all you iphone and

ipad users out there, we

have good news!!! You

can now download

the new Cork GAA App

FREE from the App Store

- keep up-to-date with all

Cork GAA news, fixtures

and results on the go!!

Check it out for yourself

at https://itunes.apple.co

m/ie/app/cork-

gaa/id565952576?mt=8

or search for Cork GAA in

the App Store.

The App is currently only

available for iPhone, but

we hope to extend to

Android in due course.

Carrigtwohill Win Cork GAA Communications Award

Carrigtwohill GAA Club is the winner of the September/October Cork

GAA Communications Award powered by Compu b, in association

with Silver Springs Moran Hotel. Carrigtwohill use a combination of

communication methods to reach all who are interested in the club,

including their very impressive website, www.carrigtwohillgaa.com,

Twitter, Facebook, posters, text service and more. From members to

supporters at home and abroad, to local press and the wider GAA

community, the club can keep in touch with everyone to spread news and

results and to promote the GAA. For full details of the Carrigtwohill

communications network, see http://url.ie/g8va.

County PRO Tracey Kennedy; Coiste na nOg PRO Cian O’Brien; Ger Manley, Country Manager Compu b presenting the ipad to Carrigtwohill PRO Denis O’Mahony; Finbarr

McCarthy (96Fm) and Norina O’Callaghan, Sales & Marketing Manager, Silver Springs Moran Hotel. Pic: Mike English.

Since these awards were inaugurated in July, we have had three very

worthy winners: Blarney, Blackrock and now Carrigtwohill. The awards

now take a break for the winter months, but will return in early 2013.

Watch this space for details!

Carrigtwohill representatives with Ger Manley of Compu b. Pic: Mike English

Ladies Football/Camogie

All-Stars Both the Ladies Football

and Camogie All-Stars

were presented

recently, and there was

a strong showing from

Cork on both teams.

Aoife Murray, Pamela

Mackey, Gemma

O'Connor, Jennifer

O'Leary, Briege Corkery

and Katrina Mackey

won Camogie honours,

while Ladies Football

awards went to Elaine

Harte, Bríd Stack,

Briege Corkery, Rena

Buckley, Geraldine

O'Flynn, Ciara

O'Sullivan and Valerie

Mulcahy. Briege Corkery

was also named Players’

Player of the Year.

Congrats to all!

Teddy McCarthy Book Launch A new book telling the

Teddy McCarthy story,

Teddy Boy, will be

launched by Frank

Murphy in Rochestown

Park Hotel on Tuesday

November 20 at 8pm,

and all are welcome to

attend.

96FM C103 Award for Donagh Wiseman Congratulations to Donagh Wiseman of Castletownbere, winner of the

96FM C103 Sports Award for October, in association with Rochestown Park

Hotel. Donagh was honoured for his contribution to his club’s victory in the

County Intermediate Football Final last month, and collected his award at

a recent function at Rochestown Park Hotel. For more see www.gaacork.ie.

Bob Ryan (Co. Chairman), Tom Tobin (Rochestown Park), Finbarr McCarthy, Donagh

Wiseman, Kieran McGeary (96FM) & Gerard Lane (Co. Vice-Chairman). Pic: Tony O'Connell

Cork GAA Coaching Conference Well done to all involved in the very successful Cork GAA Coaching

Conference run by Coiste Oiliúna on November 3rd. The large attendance

heard presentations from specialist coaches Pat Moore, John O’Loughlin

and Damien Moore, and there was also a questions and answers session.

Presentations from the conference are now available through the Coaching

link on www.gaacork.ie.

Games Manager Kevin O'Callaghan and Coaching Officer Brendan Driscoll with conference

speakers John O'Loughlin, Pat Moore and Damien Young. Pic: Cian O'Brien.

Good Luck to St. Vincent’s! Best of luck to St.

Vincent’s in the AIB

Munster IFC Club Final v

Finuge, on Sunday, Nov.

25th at 2pm in Mallow.

For all Munster clubs

fixtures, see

www.gaacork.ie.

Coiste na nÓg Review A very well attended

meeting to review the

workings of Coiste na

nOg was held in Páirc Uí

Chaoimh on Tuesday,

November 13th.

Delegates heard

presentations on activity

rates, grading, finance

and development

squads, and

recommendations were

put forward for the

future.

Motions relating to

Coiste na nÓg will be

presented to the County

Board at its next

meeting on November

21st, in advance of

Convention on December

8th.

The County Board

meeting of Wed.

November 21st, at 8pm

at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, will

feature a report on the

annual review of the

Cork GAA Strategic Plan,

as well as dealing with

routine Board matters..

Next Issue The next issue of County Board News will be published on November 27th.

Please forward this newsletter to all your contacts.

Glanmire Sports Award for Sars Congratulations to Sarsfields Hurling Club, winners of the Glanmire and

District Sports, Business and Community Award for October, in recognition

of their victory over Bishopstown in the 2012 County Senior Hurling Final.

The award was presented at Fitzgerald’s Vienna Woods Hotel.

Michael Magner, Fitzgerald’s Vienna Woods Hotel, presents the award to Joe Barry, Sars. Included are Gerard Lane, County Vice-Chairman; Tadhg Murphy, Sars; Cllr. Pat Burton;

Bishop John Buckley & Denis Hurley, Sars. Pic: Mike English.

Cork GAA Clubs’ Draw The 2012/2013 Cork GAA Clubs Draw Series is now underway, but it’s

never too late to join – just contact your club or see www.corkgaadraw.ie.

The main September prize of a Kia Sportage or €25,000 went to Dave

Hannigan (Kilbrin), while Damien O’Callaghan (St. Michael’s) won the

October top prize of €12,000. For all winners, see www.gaacork.ie.

Young members of Grange GAA at the draw. Pic: Mike English

John Lock

O’Sullivan Memorial Game Reminder: On Sunday

18th Nov. in Adrigole @

1.30pm, the Beara team

who won the Cork Senior

Football Championship in

1997 will play the

Adrigole team which won

the Cork Junior

Championship in 2006.

All proceeds from the

day will go towards

Bantry Hospital & Co-

Action Beara. The game

is being organised to

coincide with the 10th

anniversary of the death

of the former Adrigole,

Beara and Cork

footballer John Lock O'

Sullivan who died so

tragically in 2002 at the

age of 26.

For more, see

www.gaacork.ie.

Dean Ryan Cup Final Best of luck to

Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG,

who will play Waterford

De La Salle in the Final

of the Dean Ryan Cup

(Munster Colleges U16½

A Hurling) on Wed,

November 21st at the

Fraher Field, Dungarvan

at 1.30pm. See Cork

website for details.

Tracey Kennedy County PRO pro.cork@gaa.ie