Nuachtlitir Coiste Chontae Chorcaí: Vol. 4 No. 1, Jan. 17th 2012

Dates for your Diary January 22nd: McGrath

Cup Q-Finals: Cork v

CIT, 2pm @ P. Uí Rinn

& Tipp v UCC, 2pm @

Clonmel

January 26th: Cork

GAA Clubs’ Draw,

Bandon

January 28th: Club

PRO Training, Oriel

House, 9am-1pm

January 31st: County

Board Meeting, 8.30pm

Páirc Uí Chaoimh

Design Team The Páirc Uí Chaoimh

Design Team has been

announced as follows:

Project Manager:-

Malachy Walsh and

Partners , Cork

Architect:- Scott Tallon

Walker, Cork.

Engineering

Consultants:- Malachy

Walsh and

Partners, Cork.

Planning Consultant:-

Cunnane Stratton Reynolds, Cork.

Quantity Surveyor:-

Michael Barrett Partnership, Cork.

Awards for Dr. Con and Ballymartle Congratulations to Dr. Con Murphy, well-known to all Cork GAA fans as

the long-serving team doctor to our Inter-County teams, who was

recently presented with the Hall of Fame Award at the Annual South Side

Sports Awards sponsored by the Cork International Airport Hotel and

Gerald McCarthy Awards and Gifts. In addition to his long association with

Cork teams, Dr. Con has also been involved with UCC for many years,

and was a selector in 2011, when the UCC Senior Football team won both

the centenary Sigerson Cup and the County Championship. Also

honoured at the awards were Ballymartle, who won the Team of the

Year Award following their County, Munster and All-Ireland winning

campaigns of 2011.

Dr. Con Murphy, Hall of Fame Winner; Carmel Lonergan, Operations Manager; Greg

O'Halloran, Supreme Sports Star Winner and Anthony McCarthy of Ballymartle, GAA Team of the Year Winners. Photo: Billy McGill

First County Board Meeting of 2012 The first meeting of Coiste Chontae Chorcaí 2012 takes place on Tuesday,

January 31st at 8.30pm in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Clubs should note that

Transfer applications must be received at Páirc Uí Chaoimh before close

of business on Monday, January 30th, as they will be taken as Notice of

Motion at that meeting. Transfer forms can be downloaded from the Cork

GAA website, www.gaacork.ie. The full schedule of County Board

meetings for the year ahead is also available in the Administration

section of www.gaacork.ie

We would like to wish all our clubs, members and friends a very

successful 2012.

Good Luck to

Charleville! Best of luck to

Charleville, who take on

Fullen Gaels

(Warwickshire) in the

All-Ireland JHC Semi-

Final on Sunday,

January 22nd at 1pm in

Walsh Park, Waterford.

O’Sullivan to Manage Munster Cork Senior Football

selector Ger O’Sullivan

(Dromtarriffe) has been

appointed manager of

the Munster Football

team for the M.

Donnelly Interprovincial

Series, along with

selectors Maurice Horan

(Limerick) and John

Kennedy (Kerry).

Munster play Leinster

on February 19th at

Parnell Park.

Tunnel Closures The Jack Lynch Tunnel

will close from 9.30pm

to 7am Saturday to

Thursday from now

until June 29th. See

www.gaaacork.ie for

more.

Cork GAA Clubs’ Draw Congratulations to Matt O’Halloran of Blackrock, winner of the top

prize of €20,000 in the Cork GAA Clubs’ Draw for December. See

http://url.ie/dzq0 for a full list of prize winners. The January Draw

takes place in Bandon on January 26th.

Tom O'Riordan, Blackrock Draw Co-Ordinator, presents the December top prize to Matt

O'Halloran. Included are Roger Ryan, Jim Healy (Blackrock), Patricia O'Halloran and Seamus Coughlan (Draw Manager). Pic: Mike English

Tom Creedon/Tadhg Crowley Cup Draws The Tadhg Crowley Cup and Tom Creedon Cup will commence on

January 21st, and the draws for both competitions were made on

January 7th in FitzGerald's Book Shop, Macroom, sponsors of the Tom

Creedon Cup. Guests of Honour were Catherine Vaughan, sister of the

late Tom Creedon, and John Coleman of Millstreet, who played for

Cork with Tom Creedon. John paid an eloquent tribute to Tom

Creedon, acknowledging him both as a fine player and a good

friend. For the draws, see http://url.ie/dzpw or www.gaacork.ie.

Tracey Kennedy, County PRO; John O'Mahony, Macroom PRO; Paddy Murphy, Macroom Chairman; John Coleman, former Cork Footballer; Pat O'Connell, Macroom Secretary,

Catherine Vaughan, sister of Tom Creedon and Martin Fitzgerald, FitzGerald's Bookshop

Award for Mervyn Gammell Congratulations to Mervyn Gammell (Charleville), winner of the

96FM C103 Rochestown Park Hotel Sports Award for December, in

recognition of his achievements with his club in winning the County and

Munster Club Junior Hurling Championship titles.Mervyn received his

award at a special function in his honour held at Rochestown Park Hotel

on January 16th, attended by his family, friends and officers of the

Charleville GAA Club and Cork County Board.

Tom Tobin, Rochestown Park Hotel; Finbarr McCarthy, 96Fm C103; Mervyn Gammell,

Charleville; Kieran McGeary, 96Fm C103 CEO; Tracey Kennedy, County PRO; Bob Ryan, County Chairman. Pic: Tony O’Connell – for more see www.gaacork.ie

Munster Council Grants On Thursday, December 16th, Munster Council Development Grants were

presented to 37 Cork Clubs at Páirc Uí Rinn. The presentation was

attended by Munster Council Chairman, Seán Walsh, who stressed the

importance of maintaining attendances at Munster Championship

games, as these gate receipts fund the grants. For more information on

the grants, see http://url.ie/dzq3, and for all photos from the event, see

www.gaacork.ie

Diarmuid Gowen (County Development Officer, Seán Walsh, John Fenton (Fermoy), Bob

Ryan (County Chairman). Pic: Mike English

PRO Training A training seminar for

Club and Divisional

PROs will take place in

Oriel House, Ballincollig,

on January 28th from

9am-1pm. For more

information or to

reserve a place at this

free seminar (light

lunch included), please

contact County PRO

Tracey Kennedy at

pro.cork@gaa.ie by

January 20th.

Allianz League

Fixtures All of Cork’s Allianz

League Fixtures for

2012 can now be

viewed in the Inter-

County section of the

Cork GAA website,

www.gaacork.ie.

Twitter: 5000

Followers! The Cork GAA Twitter

page,

@OfficialCorkGAA,

recently attracted its

5000th follower –

another

communications

milestone!! Check it out

for yourself at

https://twitter.com/#!/

OfficialCorkGAA

PRO/Chairperson

Email Addresses Every club now has an

official GAA email

address for its

Chairperson and PRO. If

you are a Chairperson

or PRO and do not have

access to your official

email address, please

contact pro.cork@gaa.ie

as soon as possible and

access details will be

provided – otherwise

you may miss out on

vital information, as

these addresses only

will be used for GAA

communications.

County Leagues The full fixtures

programme for the

County Leagues 2012 is

now available in the

competitions section of

the Cork GAA website,

www.gaacork.ie.

Cork GAA

JobBridge Internships for two

Administrative

Assistants for Cork

County Board will be

advertised on

www.jobbridge.ie and

www.jobbridge.gaa.ie

on January 23rd. See

www.gaacork.ie for

more.

Scór na nÓg The County Finals of Scór na nÓg were held on December.

Comhghairdeas do na buaitheoirí go léir: Rince Foirne: (1)

Carrigaline*, (2) Boherbue; Amhránaíocht Aonar: (1) Tracey Cronin*

(Iveleary), (2) Muireann Buckley (Millstreet); Ceol Urlise: (1)

Boherbue*, (2) Milford; Aithriseoireacht: (1) Tracey Cronin*

(Iveleary), (2) Ciarán O'Donovan (Ilen Rovers); Bailéad Ghrúpa: (1)

Boherbue*, (2) Millstreet; Tráth na gCeist:(1) Boherbue*, (2)

Aghabullogue; Nuachleas: (1) Carbery Rangers*, (2) Ross Ladies

Football; Rince Seit: (1) Boherbue*, (2) Kiskeam.

*Also successful in Munster Semi-Finals and will represent Corcaigh in

Munster Final on Sunday, January 29th in Cappoquin. For more on Scór,

see Gaeilge section on www.gaacork.ie

Rince Seit – Bóthar Buí

Blackrock Award Congratulations to the Blackrock Minor Hurling team, County Champions

2011 and recent recipients of Gresham Metropole Hotel Southside

Sports Award for December in association with John Buckley Sports.

Roger Russell, Gresham Metropole, presents the award to Shane O'Keeffe, Included are Tom Riordan & Jim O'Brien, Blackrock GAA, Kieran and Edwina O'Keeffe), John Buckley,

Andy Hayes, Marie O'Brien, Blackrock Secretary with Minor players, Chris Ahern, Stephen Connolly, Paul Delaney and David O'Farrell. Pic: Billy MacGill

Tracey Kennedy County PRO pro.cork@gaa.ie

McGrath

Cup/Waterford Crystal Cup Well done to the Cork

Senior Footballers, who

got their season off to a

successful start with

victory over Clare in the

McGrath Cup Quarter-

Final on January 15th.

They now play CIT in

the Semi-Final, in Páirc

Uí Rinn at 2pm on

Sunday next, January

22nd, while in the other

semi-final, UCC play

Tipperary at Clonmel on

the same day.

The Senior Hurlers will

begin their Waterford

Crystal Cup campaign

on February 5th against

either Kerry or IT

Tralee.

Coaching/

Physical Development

Courses A number of

Foundation, Level 1 and

Physical Development

courses will be run by

Coiste Oiliúna Chorcaí in

the coming weeks – for

details see

www.gaacork.ie (Click

View All on News list)

or contact your local

GDA.

Lifetime Acheivement Award: Michael Ellard Congratulations to retired Irish Examiner journalist, Michael Ellard, who

was recently presented with the Lifetime Acheivement Award at the

Annual Northside & District Sports Awards Banquet.

Ann Kerins (judge), John Treacy CEO Irish Sports Council, Micheal Ellard (former Irish

Examiner sports journalist), Cllr. Tony Fitzgerald, Tony O'Sullivan (judge), Cllr. Derry Canty, Chris Crowley General manager, Billy Cronin Hall of Fame wnner and Denis Coughlan

(judge) at the Ambassador Hotel & Health Club Sports Annual Award dinner in association with John Buckley Sports. Photo: Billy MacGill

Cork Footballers on the Ropes! Well done to the Cork Senior Footballers, who raised several thousand

euro for suicide awareness charity, Breaking the Silence, through their

recent Charity Boxing Tournament held in Rochestown Park Hotel. The

capacity attendance, which included Conor Counihan and his

management team, were treated to 16 fights involving members of the

Senior Football panel and some guest fighters. For full report, see

http://url.ie/dzq8.

Next Issue The next issue of County Board News will be published on January 31st.

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