Dates for your Nuachtlitir Coiste Chontae Chorcaí: Vol. 4 No. 9, May 8th 2012 Diary May 10th: Munster MHC Cork v Clare, 7pm @ Four-in-a-Row for Cork Footballers! Cusack Park, Ennis Congratulations to the Cork Senior Football panel, management, May 11th: Cork Senior backroom staff and all involved in their historic Allianz Football League Hurling/Football Open Final victory over Mayo on April 29th. The win means that they join an Evening, P. Uí Chaoimh, exclusive group of only three counties (Mayo, Kerry and now Cork) to 8-9pm have won three Division 1 titles in a row, and it’s a fourth in total for this May 16th: Munster MFC team, who also won the Division 2 title in 2009. Semi-Final, Cork v Tipperary, P. Uí Chaoimh, 7pm May 21st: County Hurling Championships Launch, details tbc May 22nd: County Board Meeting, 8.30pm Cork Hurlers Lose out to Kilkenny Despite an encouraging Allianz Hurling League campaign, which saw Graham Canty lifts the cup following Cork’s victory in the Allianz League Final. Pic: Sportsfile them finish second in the league table, Cork The game was played in testing conditions, and Cork got off to a slow suffered a start, trailing by four points at half-time, 0-9 to 0-5, but put in a comprehensive defeat masterful second half performance to take the title on a scoreline of 2-10 at the hands of Kilkenny to 0-11. Well done to all involved! in the League Final, 3- The Cork Footballers’ next competitive outing will be on June 10th when 21 to 0-16. However, they play either Kerry or Tipperary in the Munster Semi-Final at 2pm in Cork will take a number Páirc Uí Chaoimh. of positives from the game, and now move Meet Your Heroes!!! on to concentrate on In advance of the commencement of the Championships, Cork fans will their Championship have a unique opportunity to meet members of the Cork Senior Hurling th opener on June 24 . and Football panels and management at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Friday next, May 11th between 8pm and 9pm, so come along and meet your heroes! Rebel Óg Award for Rochestown College Sports Capital Congratulations to St. Francis’ College, Rochestown, winners of the Rebel Óg Award for April, sponsored by the Rochestown Park Hotel, Red Fund FM, The Irish Examiner and Cummins’ Sports. Rochestown College have The Department of won two consecutive Corn na gColáistí (Munster U16½B) titles and one Transport, Tourism and senior B win in the past two years. In addition, they competed in the Sport launched The Corn Uí Mhuirí this season again after a long absence, making it out of Sports Capital their group and into the quarter-finals. We wish them every success as Programme on they continue their resurgence. Wednesday March 28th. For more information, and to apply, see http://www.transport.ie/ sport/grants_funding/ind ex.aspx. NB: Closing date June 1st. Appointments to National C’tees The following Cork representatives have been appointed to national committees 2012-2014 by Uachtarán Anthony Smiddy, Rochestown Park Hotel; Diarmuid Ó Mathuna, principal, St. Francis Liam Ó Néill: College; Áine Cummins, Cummins Sports; David Kirk, player; Catriona Buckley, Irish Rules Advisory Examiner and Diarmuid Gowen, County Development Officer. Pic: Ger Bonus Committee: Frank Murphy (Cathaoirleach) Jackie O’Shea Memorial Unveiled Coiste Náisiúnta A great crowd gathered at Donoughmore G.A.A. Grounds, Páirc Eoin Scór: Liam O Laochdha Mhic Chárthaigh, Leaca Bán, on Sunday April 22nd last for the unveiling (Cathaoirleach) of a memorial to the late Jackie O’Shea, Life President of the Club, at a Hurling location to be known henceforth as Jackie’s Corner, in recognition of Development: John Jackie’s service to the GAA. Fenton, John Meyler Playing Rules: Frank Murphy, Donal Og Cusack Officer Development: Des Cullinane IT/Communications: Tracey Kennedy Child Welfare and Protection: Marc Sheehan, Irene Hogan National Games Development: Mary O'Connor (Camogie) National Safety Workgroup: PJ Murphy The O’Shea Family at the unveiling County Board Congratulations to Cork Camogie Report Congratulations to the Cork Senior Camogie team on their recent win in At the County Board the Irish Daily Star Division 1 League Final, defeating Wexford on a th meeting of May 8 , the scoreline of 1-8 to 0-9. It was a 14th title for the Rebels, and their first Cathaoirleach since beating the same opposition by a point in the 2007 final. congratulated the Cork Senior Footballers on winning the Allianz League for the fourth year in succession, while he also complimented the hurlers on reaching the League Final, where they lost out to Kilkenny. Paul McCarthy (Kinsale) was appointed Junior Football manager, with Danny Culloty (Newmarket) joining the selectors. The report of the latest Ard-Comhairle meeting was discussed and will be circulated to all clubs. Draws were made for Round 4 of Cork Camogie captain Julia White with the cup following Cork’s victory in the Irish Daily Star National League Final. Pic: Sportsfile the Colleges/Divisions Championships (see Féile Winners www.gaacork.ie for Congratulations to Sarsfields, who will represent Cork at the All-Ireland details), and the Cathaoirleach Féile na nGael, and to Ballygiblin, who will take part in the B section. announced that he hoped to meet Divisional representatives in the near future to discuss the 2013 Championship format. The next meeting is on May 22nd. Playing Rule Changes A number of playing rule changes come into effect on May 14th (one month from Congress), most notably the new square rule in football. See Administration section of Cork GAA website for details, or go to http://url.ie/f9et. Marc Sheehan, Cathaoirleach Rebel Og; Sars captain Liam Healy and Stephen O’Brien, son of Dava O’Brien. Pic: Cian O’Brien Juvenile Inter-Divisional Tournaments Well done to Carbery, winners of the Munster U16B Inter-Divisional, beating South Tipp by of 2-12 to 0-7, and to Imokilly, who retained the Dick Barrett Shield, defeating Seandún in the final, 1-13 to 1-8. Website of the Week Cork Website Hits Well done to our most recent Websites of the Week, St. James’ and Valley Rovers. So far in our tour of club websites, we’ve had Kilshannig Continue Climb (Avondhu), Glengarriff (Beara), St. James’ (Carbery) and Valley Rovers The Cork GAA website, (Carrigdhoun). This week, we'll be turning our attention to Duhallow, so www.gaacork.ie, make sure your websites are up-to-date! continues to almost double in popularity since 2011, with hits for the month of April coming in at 325,884, higher than any month last year except our peak in July (332,648), and well up on the April 2011 figure of 177,872. Many thanks to all our users for your support. GAA Social Media www.stjames.gaa.ie Guidlelines The GAA Clubs are welcome to contact [email protected] to alert us to any website Communications improvements, Facebook and Twitter pages etc, which we will promote via department has recently the Cork website and our social media. circulated all clubs with Keep up the good work! Social Media Guidelines, as well as a set-up guide for Facebook, Twitter etc. Clubs are advised to take careful note of these guidelines to ensure that they are in compliance with them, as a register of all official club websites, Facebook and Twitter pages etc is currently being compiled. The guidelines can be downloaded from the Social Media section of the Cork GAA website, or are available from the County PRO. www.valleyrovers.com Next Issue The next issue of County Board News will be published on May 22nd. Please forward this newsletter to all your contacts. Tracey Kennedy County PRO [email protected] .