Co. Tipperary Senior Football Final Match Programme 2011 Come & Visit Us After The Game - Football Boord Chairman It gives me great pleasure to welcome the teams to Leahy Pork. Cashel for todoy's county finals. It has been a great year for Tipperary football. the highlight of Voihich has been the magnificent performance of our minor footbollers in winning an All-Ireland title, the first in the grade since 1934. I want to congratulate them 00 their ochlevments and the management team that lOoked after them. I hope the victory inspires more county success in the future. Thomas MocDonoghs and Moyle Rovers hove come through to battle out for county honours in leday's senior final. I look. forward to 0 stirring contest and wish each team well in their quest for the O'D\.vyer Cup. In the minor B contest BoI~reen and KikJangan ploy 10 become the first winners of Q new trophy, dedicated to the meffiOl'y of that great promote!" and supporter of football, the late Hugh Kennedy of Tipperary Town. May the game be a fitting tribute to his memory. I want to welcome all our supporters to today's finals and thank the Cashel King Cormac's Club for hosting them. I wish the referees and their officials the best of luck on the day. Finally, i want to congratulate the Fethard teams of 1978 and 1984, who are being hOf)QUred today. They brought gkx"y to their club in the post and I wish them a most eniOyable OM memory-filled day. Tadhg Duggan Arravale Rovers. a County Minor Football selector. is pictured here visiting Harry Greensmith Harry played in the 1935 All Ireland MFC final where Tipperary were beaten by Mayo. His brother Andy captained the 1934 Tipperary Minor Football .. r- ~ 0'dwvers U PHARMACY 34 Main Street Tesco S.c. Ladyswell Cashel Cahir Road Cashel Tel: 062 61318 (ashe I Tel: 062 65547 Tel: 062 65400 OPEN EVERY SUNDAYTESCO S.C. 1-5PM CHANEl D&G-- noss SOLUS •••••••••••• Knockmitten lane, Naas Road, Dublin 12 T: 01 450 1988 F: 01 4502947 W: www.solus.ie Contact Regional Sales Manager Pat Q'Donoghue M: 086 777 5975 E: [email protected] Best wishes to the four teams today and conRratulations to Fethard GAA dub 4 Liam Enaland fromthelna~RoversclubinRoscIfa has over lS-years ~inter-county footballiog expt'rience ~hind him having played at all grades and age groups forTIpper.u), right through 'rom minor to senior. He start~ at midfield in Tipperary's last Munster senior football final appearance in 2002 when the premier coon ty forced Cork to a repliil)'. He was also on the senior panel in 200S when Tipperary won the Tommy Murphy Cup. defeating WexfOfd in the final at Crol\e Park. At dub level with Inane Rovers, he won a North Intermediate Football title in 1998 and has been part of the Thomas MacDonaghs set-up since day one and has 4 North SFC medals. In hurling with ROSCfU, Liam won a North Senior Hurling medal in 2004. Dan HackeH from Ihe Kildangan ctub has enjoyed a successful career on the playing fields in the blue and gold of his dub and county. At inter-county ltlle!. Dan was on the Tipp minor football panel in 1997 and in 2000 and 2001. he was on both the senior and u~ 21 paMis. At club level. Dan has provided great leadership and top class performances for his club over many years. In hurling, primarily at centre back, Dan has led from the front and helped them to County, Munster andAlllreland Intermediate honours in 2003-2004 before going onto play in 3 North Senior hurling finals, winning Kildangan's first divisional hurling title in 65-yeafS. In football, Dan has won 2 North 5FC medals with Thomas MacDonaghs in 2007 & 2009 as well as 5 North IFC medals with Kildangan and was part of the Kildangan team that won the North and County Junior 'A' football championships recently. Grogan's Costcutter ------------ express {jj@W@~(!J~ 4 U Stockists of Siku, Bruder, Berg Go-Carts Large selection of toys in store for Christmas and beyond! • Senior Football Final David Grogan IAherlow) Segall (15 a referee in 1993 and has refereed finals at all leV1!ls in football in the West Tipperary Divi$ion, induding this year's West Senior Football Final bet'NffTl Arravalt Rovers and tire 6g. He has also takeo charge of West Finals at almost aU levels in hurling, including the 2007 West SeniOf Hurting Final between ([anoull)' Rossmore and Knodavllla Kickhams. He has refereed the County Minor, Ull'A' ilnd two Intermediate Football Finals in the last three yeal"!i and has also lak~ charge of County Horling Finals ill U21 '8 leve{. He refereed in Dublin from 1996 to 2000 and officiated ill the 1999 Dublin Junior 'A' Hurling final and Replay. His umpires are Tom leonard, John Joe Hanley. Martin Peters and Oarnien Peters. He was called onto the Munster Referees Panel in January 2011 and this year took charge of two games - SOuth Kerry versus Clare and Clare versus Waterford, in the Munster U-16 football championship. He has also refereed Clare versus limerick in the Munster U17 Football championship and a week ago was appointed to take charge of the Munster U17 Shield Final between Limerick and Waterford. David is also heavily involved in the administrative side of his hom~ dub. Aherlow, acting as Treasurer from 1993 to 1996 and has bHn secretary of the dub from 2:001 to date. He is married to Helen; he has three children, Dearbhla, Conor and Caeilinn and W'Ofks in the A(coonts Department 01 Coolmore Stud. Minor Football B Final Tom Dawson (Eire 6g) Tom commenced referring in 2:008 and has officiated at County Minor Hurting and Football Finals in 2:009 and 2:010 and also at the West TIpperary Junior Football final in 2:010. His Umpires are Donnacha Horan, P.J. McC;rath, Adrian Crosse and Michael O'Dwyer. He has been involved with hi s dub tire 6g for the last number of years and is currently Chairman 01 the Juvenile Club since 2006. He is " Batchelor of Agricultural Science aand works for Rea Clarke and Associates in TIpperary Town. He is origin"Uy from the home of C;M - Longford. He is married to lorraine. a Phone Call 062-62892 • www.tomhayes.ie ConsliluenQ Office: Main Street. Cashel Hugh Kennedy Arravale Rovers 1932 - 2007 Former Chairman of the Ti p pe rary Football Board Hugh Kemedy, who passed CNIC1i IOU' years ago. was one Of nature's gent\ernel"l. There was a ~ sense 01 grief at his possIng ond he wiI be rrIssed by hIS IOrT'W1y ond many friefId:s and odr'nlers. He corne from a proud GoeIk: household and his father fJ«Jv. and uncle 5e6n In Norttl Cork. were prQl'TWlenIi1 the struggle fOf hdependence. He was a gOOf llpperorymon and hcX:l a possIOI'lOTe i1lerest n GoeIc games and HondboII; ncteed he also ICUld the trroe to be secfelevy of the COlnty HonctxIII Soard, However he hod CYI obidng nlerest in tvs ckJb AlIOVOIe Rovets and the promotion of footbollin ~oty In Ioler ~s he served os a selector and odrTM(Ustrolor wtfh The TIpperary Football Board and had a long invoNemenl in the GAA. Hugh was born in Tipperory1l"l1932.HI$ mother Chfisllne Kavanagh was a niece of the famous 1889 All Ireland winning Bohercrowe CoptOln, Gill Kavanagh.He attended the Old Monastery and IOter the New Monastery In MlJI'g05ty and finished his educotlon In the Abbey CBS, where he was regarded OS a stor pupil. He went on to work. in Q successful famlty glOve making business In Tipperary TO'M1 and late!" wcrted 101 50uttIllpperary County COlKlCI until he retired ten years ago. He played Of fNefy gada for Arravole Rovers and was wei knOwn In the 0Msi0n os on ~ fIA txx:k.. His playing days O\'ef he became Involved In the cooctw'lg 01 JlNenIes v.ttIV'i the club and tvs Iransport 91¢lIOits to and ITom games ore legendary. £XJrtng the eortv seventies his cooct'lng WOfk roe IrUf when the Rovers won County MInor and U21 Foolboll titles os wee os a West SfC, However one of tvs Pfoudesl mornems was seeing his beloved Asrovole Rovefs win !heir County Serb' Footboll crown in 1985. He served the club os IoInt secretory ond later os treasurer where his expertise was put to Pictured al Hugh KenrlCdy Cup prescnrarion ro Tipperary Coumy B(hIrd L-r: County Treasurer Eamon Buckley, Michael Power, Counly PRO Ger Ryan, jo.ln Fogarty representing lhe Kennedy family, Counry Vice Chairm.Jn Sean Nugent County Sccr(1ary Tim Floyd, Food><lll Board Chairm<ln 1\0('1 Morris, liam K(>Ilncdy and Foorhall Board Secrerary Michael Pow('r . • I ,f { gcxx:I use. Old Sean Treocy Po1: was sold In 1957 and !he old MilItary Barracks was bought and developed Into a playing field dulng hIS watch. Fundroong was undeftakefl and Hugh and others Irove~ the CoonlTy sell ing IlCkets fOi a car draw. The new Sean Treacy Pork was opened on June 3rd 1962. He was later best known at COlX"Ity and ProYlnclOl level fOi hIS invOIvemenl with TIpperary Football Offaus. He became ChaJrman Of the Mnar Foolbal Boord en 1971 and InlToduced mony wei known cooches to flPPE!fOtY MInor fOOtball SQUOdS. He combhed the rOle Of ChallTTlOrl and MInOf seleCta la 0\Ief toNenly ttve yecJfS dlJilg v.tich time the rTWlOI" loatlXJllers won two Munster ChampionshiPS and played In CrOke Pork In Centenary year In 1983 The Coonly Football Boord was sel up and he tool( QVef as ChoIrrnan of this Boord unit' 1994.