Tipperary GAA Scene

By Jonathan Cullen PRO

FBD Insurance County Championship

Congratulations to Kilruane MacDonaghs who claimed the County Junior ‘B’ Football Championship title by virtue of a 1-11 to 0-10 win over Boherlahan-Dualla in Templederry last Saturday.

Munster Club Championships

Commiserations to Roscrea who were defeated by Limerick’s Monaleen in last Sunday’s Munster Club Intermediate Hurling Championship final. The boys in red have represented Tipperary very well since being crowned Premier Intermediate champions and they can look forward with enthusiasm to 2023 when they will play in the Tipperary senior hurling championship.

Tipperary Clubs Draw

The December Clubs Draw took place last Friday in Buddy’s Bar, Capparoe, and was hosted by the Silvermines Club. The top prize of a car or €15,000 was won by Portroe’s Kelly Hogan, while Gerard Holmes, who is a member with the Tipperary Association New York, claimed the €5000 second prize. The €5,000 lotto jackpot was also won, and it went to Clonoulty/Rossmore’s Pat Hayes.

We congratulate all the winners and thank them once again for their support of the draw. The next draw takes place on Friday, January 6th and will be broadcast live on Tipp FM from 8.30pm.

Tipperary GAA Convention 2022

The annual gathering of all club delegates for Tipperary GAA Convention takes place this Sunday, December 11th at 3.00pm in The Dome, FBD Semple Stadium. The various nominations and motions along with Tim Floyds secretary’s report are now available to view on the Tipperary GAA website.

GAA Memorabilia Fair

Everything is in place for this year’s GAA Memorabilia Fair, which will take place in the Dome, FBD Semple Stadium this Saturday, December 10th, from 12 noon to 4.00pm. Organised by Lár na Páirce, the Museum of Gaelic Games in Thurles, it will give aficionados of the GAA and opportunity to browse and search a large selection of match programmes, club histories, hurling, football, camogie, ladies football and handball publications, as well as other GAA material in the pleasant and spacious surroundings of the Dome.

So, maybe if you took a closer look in the attic, the back of drawers, or in the thatch, you might find some object that could be an important bit of memorabilia! Collectors and sellers will be present at the fair and if you wish to have a proper sales position to display your memorabilia, it can be booked in advance, free of charge by contacting Liam Ó Donnchú at 086-6026547 or Seamus J. King at 087-2246245.

Admission for all will be €5, with accompanied children free. The venue will have disable access, facilities for teas and coffees, etc.

Fitzgibbon Cup and Sigerson Cup Panels

The declarations for the upcoming Fitzgibbon Cup and Sigerson Cup competitions have been released and the following Tipperary players have been named as part of the various squads.

Fitzgibbon Cup

Mary Immaculate College, Limerick: Keith Ryan, Aaron Ryan (Upperchurch/Drombane), Johnny Ryan (Arravale Rovers), Ciaran Lloyd, Shane Lowe (Moyne-Templetuohy) Darragh Brennan (Skeheenarinky), Devon Ryan (Cashel King Cormacs), James Devaney (Borris-Ileigh), Diarmuid Looby (Lattin Cullen), Aidan Griffin (Eire Óg Annacarty/Donohill), John Ryan (Boherlahan-Dualla), Conor Hennessy (Nenagh Eire Óg).

University of Limerick: Bryan O’Mara, Jack Ryan (Holycross/Ballycahill), Cian Darcy (Kilruane MacDonaghs), Conal Moran (Shannon Rovers), Conor O’Dwyer (Cashel King Cormacs), Gearoid O’Connor (Moyne-Templetuohy), Rhys Shelly (Moycarkey/Borris). SETU Waterford: Jason O’Dwyer (Clonoulty/Rossmore).

TUS Midwest, Limerick: Alan Tynan, Darragh Tynan, Evan Fitzpatrick (Roscrea), Brian Óg O’Dwyer, Gearóid Ryan (Cappawhite), Gerard Halligan (Arravale Rovers), Kevin McCarthy (Toomevara), Kyle Shelly, Peter Melbourne (Moycarkey/Borris).

Maynooth University: Kevin Bracken, Paddy Creedon, Henry Fogarty, Paddy Stakelum (Thurles Sarsfields), Colm Fogarty (Lorrha), David Fogarty (Holycross/Ballycahill), Daire Madden (Borrisokane), Sean Ryan (Clonoulty/Rossmore), Aaron Browne (Cashel King Cormacs), Barry Kehoe (Kilsheelan/Kilcash), Ben Loughman (Knockavilla-Donaskeigh Kickhams), Conor Duggan (St Patrick’s), Padraig Bradshaw (Moycarkey/Borris).

SETU Carlow: Shane Thorpy (Carrick Swan), Kenny Ryan (Toomevara), Patrick Ryan (Kilruane MacDonaghs).

University College Cork: Daire Hogan (Burgess).

University of Galway: Ben West (Nenagh Eire Óg).

University College Dublin: Eoin Purcell (Thurles Sarsfields)

Sigerson Cup

MTU Cork: Conall Kennedy (Clonmel Commercials).

University College Cork: Sean O’Connor (Clonmel Commercials), Riain Quigley (Moyle Rovers).

DCU Dóchas Éireann: Conor Ryan (Loughmore/Castleiney).

University of Limerick: Kieran Costello (Thurles Sarsfields)

Green Club Toolkit launch

A new GAA Green Club Toolkit launched last weekend in Croke Park will be freely available to all GAA, LGFA and Camogie Association units and members to support the implementation of simple sustainability actions across the five areas of Energy, Water, Waste, Biodiversity and Travel & Transport.

The GAA Green Club Toolkit is the culmination of two years of collaboration between the GAA and the local authority sector, led by the County and City Management Association (CCMA), on a project to support sustainability and climate action in clubs and communities.

The GAA-CCMA partnership led to the establishment of the GAA Green Club Programme, which saw over 30 clubs from across 17 counties participate in Phase 1 of the GAA’s first ever national grassroots sustainability initiative.

The Toolkit, which offers clear and practical advice to Gaelic Games clubs on how to engage in green and sustainable actions, contains applied and engaging case studies from the Phase 1 Green Clubs.

Expressions of interest for the next phase of the GAA Green Club Programme were opened at the Toolkit launch. An additional 75 Clubs from across the 32 counties will be selected to participate in Phase 2 of the GAA Green Club Programme, which will run from 2023 to 2024.

For more information visit www.gaa.ie/greenclub

National Concussion Testing and Treatment Programme

UPMC has joined with the GAA, LGFA, the Camogie Association, and the Gaelic Players Association (GPA) to roll out a concussion baseline testing programme to inter-county players across 32 counties – with the goal of rapidly diagnosing and treating concussions in players.

The initiative will cover football, hurling and camogie and players will participate equally across all codes. Baseline concussion testing will be provided to all inter-county players, and these players will also be covered for concussion physician specialist treatment.

This will be delivered using the ImPACT concussion testing model, evidence-based, neurocognitive assessment software co-developed by UPMC concussion specialists. ImPACT, which stands for Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment & Cognitive Testing, is an objective tool to support trained clinicians in making return-to-activity decisions following concussions.

This announcement builds on UPMC’s pilot programme for baseline testing that was launched in 2021 for the GAA. It also follows a recent conference in September between UPMC and GAMA (Gaelic Athletic Medical Association) in University College Dublin, where Michael “Micky” Collins, Ph.D., director of the UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Programme in Pittsburgh, and his colleagues presented on their latest research and treatment protocols.