Nuachtlitir Coiste Chontae Chorcaí: Vol. 3 No. 1, January 11th 2011

Tom Creedon/Tadhg Crowley Cups These two competitions mark the return to competitive

action for 38 Senior and Intermediate Football clubs, as

they get underway on January 23rd. The draws were

made on Saturday, January 8th at Macroom Bookshop.

At the draws (l-r): John O’Mahony, Macroom PRO; Pat O’Connell,

Macroom Runaí; County PRO Gerard Lane; Marian Creedon-Hegarty;

Kevin Kehilly; Paddy Murphy, Macroom Chairman

In attendance were Marian Creedon-Hegarty, former

Cork stars Kevin Kehilly and Colman Corrigan, officials of the Macroom and Clonakilty clubs and various club

representatives. The County Board was represented by

PRO Gerard Lane who particularly acknowledged the

generosity of Martin Fitzgerald of the Macroom Bookshop, sponsors of the Tom Creedon Cup.

Tom Creedon Cup

Tadhg Crowley Cup

Round 1

A Canovee v Kiskeam B Ballinora v Cill na

Martra

C Kinsale v Glenville

D Eire Og v Macroom E B. Atha'n

Ghaorthaidh v Naomh

Abán

F Grenagh v

Glanworth

Round 1

A Ballincollig v Nemo Rngrs B Clonakilty v St. Nick's

C Castlehaven v Doheny's

D Valley Rovers v

Bishopstown E O'D. Rossa v Na Piarsaigh

F Carbery Rangers v

Aghada

G Newcestown v Ilen

Rovers H St. Finbarr's v Douglas

For full draws, click here or see www.gaacork.ie

Dates for Your Diary 16th January:

McGrath Cup Q-Final,

Limerick v Cork,

Newcastlewest, 2pm 23rd January:

Waterford Crystal

Cup, Cork v UCC time

and venue tbc

25th January: County Board Meeting,

8.30pm

Club Details A number of clubs

have yet to return the

forms required for the

Cork GAA Directory 2011, the website

and the Cork GAA

text service. The

closing date for return of this information is

January 15th –

contact

pro.cork@gaa.ie with

any queries

Juvenile

Gradings Those clubs who have

not yet submitted

their grading information are urged

to do so immediately

as this must be

processed before

2011 competitions can begin.

Forms can be returned

either by email

to corkgradingscommittee@gmail.com or by

fax to 021 - 4279633.

For any queries,

contact Coiste na nOg Runaí, Jim

Healy,

at secretary.coisten

anog.cork@gaa.ie

GAA Property

Insurance Clubs who may have

suffered property

damage in the recent bad weather should

note that the excess

on the Property

Programme is €4,000.

Losses in excess of this amount should be

reported as follows:

Contact: Elaine

Farrelly 016396452 or elaine.farrelly@willis.i

e.

See Downloads

(General) section of www.gaacork.ie to

download details of

Claims Procedure and

form.

Scór na nÓg Torthaí Comórtaisí Ceannais an Chontae

Rince Foirne: 1. Bóthar Buí 2. Naomh Abán

Amhránaíocht Aonair: 1. Fán. na Cuirseacha 2. Cóbh

Ceol Uirlise: 1. Bóthar Buí 2. Fán. na Cuirseacha Aithriseoireacht: 1. Baile Garbháin 2. Uíbh Laoghaire

Bailéad Ghrúpa: 1. Baile Nóra 2. Fán. na hAighlinne

Nuachleas: 1. Áth Trasna 2. Cill Mac Abaidh

Tráth na gCeist: 1. Tadhg Mac Cárthaigh 2. Bóthar Buí Rince Seit: 1. Bóthar Buí 2. Naomh Caitríonaigh

Club na Bliana: Bóthar Buí

Comórtaisí Leath-Cheannais na Mumhan: Sráid

a’Mhuilleann, 15/01/2011, 7.00 i.n.

Bóthar Búi Rince Seit le Liam O Laochdha

*Photo courtesy Mike English – for more see www.gaacork.ie

Cork GAA Yearbook The annual Cork GAA

Yearbook is still in

the shops priced at

just €7. Produced by the

Evening Echo, this

attractive publication

provides a

comprehensive review of the GAA year in

Cork, including

hurling, football,

camogie, ladies' football and more.

Club Championship There are a number

of Club Championship games coming up, as

Munster JHC winners

Meelin play Fullen

Gales Birmingham in the AIB All Ireland

Junior Club Hurling

Championship Q-Final

on Sat. Jan 22nd at

1pm in Páirc na hEireann,

Birmingham.

Meanwhile Nemo

Rangers play Dr. Crokes in their

deferred Munster Club

Final in the Gaelic

Grounds on January 30th.

GAA Season Ticket With the Allianz Leagues getting

underway on February

6th, now’s the time to

get your Season Ticket! At a base price

of just €75, for all

league games, home

and away, in the code

of your choice plus the first Championship

game in that code, the

season ticket is

fantastic value – for full details and to buy,

see

http://www.gaa.ie/tick

ets-and-merchandise/tickets/

Munster Council Grants The Munster Council Physical Development Grants were presented at Rochestown Park on December 20th, with

more than forty clubs present. The grants, amounting

to €444,721, were presented by Munster Council PRO

Jim Forbes, who complimented clubs for their efforts to improve their facilities and also thanked County

Treasurer Pearse Murphy and outgoing Development

Officer Jim Murphy for their work in this area.

Michael Healy of Aghabullogue collects his club’s grant from Munster

Council PRO, Jim Forbes. Also included are County Chairman Jerry O’Sullivan and Youth Officer Marc Sheehan

*Photo courtesy George Hatchell – for more see

www.gaacork.ie

Vote for Ilen Rovers! Ilen Rovers has won

the Munster section of

the TG4/Star Sunday

newspaper Spirit of the Club awards.

They are now entered

into the All Ireland

Spirit of the Club

award, and need your votes: Please text

CLUB 4 to 53306 or

vote online at

www.tg4.ie/club. Closing date mid-

January!

Civic Reception for Footballers The Cork footballers were recently accorded a Civic

Reception by Cork City Council and Lord Mayor Michael

O’Connell in recognition of their success in winning both

the Division 1 Football League and the Sam Maguire Cup

in 2010. Players, Officers of the County Board and team management attended the reception and presentations

were made to captain, Graham Canty. County

Chairman Jerry O’Sullivan thanked the City Council for

their generous gesture.

Cork Captain Graham Canty accepts a presentation from Lord Mayor

Michael O’Connell and City Manager Tim Lucey

*Photo courtesy Tony O’Connell

Coiste Oiliúna Coaching Clinics Our GDA’s began the year with series of very successful

regional coaching sessions in Carbery, Beara, Muskerry,

Seandun and Duhallow – for full details, click here or see www.gaacork.ie Coiste Oiliuna is trying to involve

more former inter-county stars in the development of

our younger players so it was great to have such high

profile coaches involved with our players over the last few days.

Workshop participants with Jimmy Barry-Murphy and Charlie McCarthy

West Cork Workshop On next Wednesday, January 19th, a

coaching workshop

for West Cork

coaches will take place at Maria

Immaculata

Community College,

Dunmanway (MICC)

from 7 to 9pm. Former Kerry football

manager and current

Munster Games

Manager Pat O’Shea will give a practical

session entitled,

“Conditioned Games

for Youth Players”. Pupils who are

currently completing

their Transition Year

Foundation Level

coaching award at MICC will feature as

players on the night.

Entry €10.

For further details, contact Kevin

O'Donovan, GDA at

086-7753567 or

www.corkgaagamesdevelopment.ie

Vocational Schools The re-fixed Munster Vocational Schools

Intercounty Football

Final between Kerry

and Cork will now take place on this

Thursday 13th

January at 7:00pm in

Rathmore, Co. Kerry.

GAA Injury Scheme Injury Scheme Benefits and

subscriptions will be

unchanged for the

2011 season. Registration for the

2011 season should

be completed via the

online registration

system as per 2010 season.

Registration is

required to be

completed and subscriptions paid

by March 31 2011.

Payment should be

forwarded direct to Sinead Quinn in

Croke Park. Only

official GAA email

addresses can be

used. Units who experience any

difficulty in accessing

the system should

contact Servasport direct; Tel.

00442890 313845

www.servasport.com

support@servasport.com

TG4 to Cover Kerry v Cork Cork’s opening Allianz Football League

meeting with Kerry in

Killarney on February

6th will be televised live on TG4. See

Event Calendar on

www.gaacork.ie for

all league fixtures.

Gerard Lane pro.cork@gaa.ie

Munster Fixtures 2011 The complete Munster

Championships Programme 2011 is

now available on

www.gaacork.ie –

just follow the Inter-County link on the

homepage to view

dates and rounds for

all competitions.

North Mon Bicentennial As part of the North Monastery

Bicentenary

Celebrations, a very

special game is in store, where there

should be some

famus faces to be

seen!

North Monastery Past pupils Vs Cork Senior

Hurling team

Venue: Na Piarsaigh

28th January @ 7:00

History on Cork Website Have you visited our

History section lately? Thanks to Peter

Devine, we now have

a comprehensive

archive of Inter-county teams and

results. See it for

yourself at

www.gaacork.ie

Cork Colleges Fixtures Under 16"A" Hurling Final

Midleton CBS v

Blackwater CS

Tuesday 18th January 2011 2pm @ Killeagh

Referee G Buckley

Simcox Cup (SF)

Final

St. Fachtna's v C.C.Rí Friday 14th January

2011 7.30pm @ Pr Uí

Rinn

Referee J Birmingham

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

on January 25th. Please forward this newsletter to all your club contacts.

Twitter We recently passed

the 1,000-follower

mark on Twitter, so

thank you to all our followers – join us at

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/OfficialCorkGAA

County Board The first meeting of

Coiste Choiste

Chontae Chorcaí 2011

takes place on January 25th at

8.30pm at Páirc Uí

Chaoimh.

Coaching Conference: Unlocking the Potential

Coiste Oiliúna Chorcaí is pleased to announce the Cork GAA Coaching Conference, “Unlocking the Potential”,

aimed at coaches of teenage players, which takes place

on February 5th from 9.30am to 3pm at CIT.

Coaches on the day will include Cork goalkeeper, Donal Og Cusack, former Mayo and Leitrim coach John

Morrison as well as other well-known names like Jamsie

O’Connor, Declan Browne and Mark McManus.

This conference will give coaches, managers, teachers,

mentors and other volunteers the opportunity to see and hear best practice methods at first hand, in relation

to maximising participation and performance at teenage

level. Young people today expect a high performance

from their coaches and demand to be challenged. Application forms and full details can be downloaded by

clicking the image below, or see the Downloads (Forms)

link on www.gaacork.ie or the Coiste Oiliúna website,

www.corkgaagamesdevelopment.ie Forms, together with the conference fee of €30

(including lunch) must be returned by January 26th.

Conference Programme 9.30am: Registration

10am: Donal Og Cusack – Getting the right message

across to our players

11am: Mark McManus - Physical Development, Conditioning for developing athletes

12 noon: Practical Session 1 – Declan Browne (Football)

and George O’Connor (Hurling), Developing Key Skills

1pm: Lunch 2pm: Practical Session 2 – John Morrison (Football) and

Jamsie O’Connor (Hurling), Conditioned games for

improved decision making