With news on the new Tipperary jersey and the national league, PRO Ed Donnelly brings us his weekly bulletin. JUVENILES FREE AT NATIONAL LEAGUE MATCHES The admission price for the National league games are decided by Central Council and for Division 1 entry to the stand is ?12. The admission for students and senior citizens is ?6 on production of a current and valid identification. For Division 2 matches, the prices are ?10 and ?5 respectively as per the outline above. It is important to note that juveniles under the age of sixteen are admitted free to all National League games. NATIONAL HURLING LEAGUE Please note both stands in Semple Stadium will be opened next Sunday for the visit of the All-Ireland champions Cork to play Tipperary at 3:30pm. Patrons will be provided with entertainment at Sunday's game courtesy of some of the recent winners of Scor County finals. Niamh Chadwick of Burgess who won the Scor na nOg Munster title in the Solo Song recently will sing the National Anthem. At half time of the match, Ann-Marie Kavanagh of Borrisoleigh, winner of the Solo Song at the Scor Sinsear County Final will provide the entertainment. The quality of the participants in County Scor is of a high standard and patrons will be given a sample of this next Sunday in the presence of these 2 fine singers. LAUNCH OF ENFER SPONSORSHIP Enfer began their sponsorship of the Tipperary hurlers and footballers in 2002. This was a 3-year contract that ended last year. The Tipperary County Board are delighted to announce that Enfer have agreed to continue their sponsorship of Tipperary teams for a further 5 years up to and including the 2009 season. The official launch of this sponsorship will take place in the Anner Hotel on Sunday next at 1:00pm. NEW TIPPERARY JERSEY Tipperary will launch their new jersey at the Tipperary vs. Cork match on Sunday. The jersey is available for purchase at the Tipperary GAA Shop in Thurles from 10:00am to 5:30pm this coming Saturday. The shop will also be opened on Sunday from 12:00pm to 5:00pm for patrons coming to and from the match. 2005/2006 TIPPERARY GAA MEMBERS DRAW The new 2005/2006 Tipperary GAA Members Draw will be launched this Easter Sunday, March 27th upstairs in the Sarsfields Social Centre at 5.00pm immediately following the Tipperary / Cork National Hurling League in Semple Stadium. All printed material for the new Draw will be available at the Launch, so the presence of the draw coordinators from each club is very important. Bonus commission Cheques with a total value of ?26,856 for the 2004/2005 Draw will be presented to the top 32 clubs. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Tipperary will take on Antrim in Round 6 of the National Football League on Saturday in Clonmel with a 1:30pm throw-in. AERTEL Page 574 on RTE Two is the Tipperary fixtures and results page on Aertel. This has proven to be a very useful and popular service and with the help of the clubs phoning in results promptly, it provides the viewer with a very efficient results sequence. Overseas, the Aertel results can be accessed through the Results and Fixtures link from the Tipperary GAA Website at http://tipperary.gaa.ie. COUNTY BOARD MEETING The March meeting of the Tipperary County Board will be held at the Sarsfields Social Centre, Thurles on Tuesday, March 29th at 8:00pm. The agenda and the minutes of the last meeting have been sent via e-mail to all clubs. All clubs are asked to ensure their delegates receive this information prior to the meeting. One of the key items on the agenda will be the motions for Congress, including Rule 42 concerning the opening of Croke Park to other sports. TIPPERARY CONNECTION IN JUNIOR CLUB FINAL In Semple Stadium on Monday next at 3:30pm, Kildangan will play Carrickshock of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling final. While of course we wish them well, there will also be a Tipperary interest in the curtain raiser. At 1:45pm, the All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling final will see Galmoy (Kilkenny) take on Oran (Roscommon). Brian and Kevin Lonergan will lineout at fullback and full forward respectively for Galmoy. Brian (also Galmoy club chairman) and Kevin are the sons of former Moycarkey-Borris and Tipperary hurler Mick Lonergan who won an All-Ireland Senior Hurling medal with Tipperary in 1964. Best of luck to all concerned. NEW MID SECRETARY Best wishes to Tom Maher of Moyne-Templetuohy who has been appointed as Secretary of the Mid Tipperary Divisional Board. Tom has served the Mid Board as Treasurer in recent years and takes over the role of Secretary after the untimely death of Matty Connolly earlier this year. CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP DATES The Games Administration Committee of Tipperary GAA has published their proposed schedule of dates for the year ahead. The Cidona County Senior Hurling championship is due to begin in May with May 1st scheduled as the date for the Preliminary Round. Round 1 will commence on May 22nd. The County Quarter-finals are fixed for September 18th or 25th, with the semi-finals down for October 2nd and the Cidona County Senior Hurling final fixed for Sunday, October 16th. In the Cidona County Senior Football championship, the first round games are fixed for May 1st with the exception of the Fethard vs. JK Brackens match, which will take place a week later. The County Quarter-finals are fixed for September 18th or 25th. The semi-finals are fixed for October 9th while the Cidona County Senior Football final is scheduled for Sunday, October 23rd. COUNTY SENIOR LEAGUE FINALS Each of the finals in the County Senior Hurling League (Premier Division, Division 1 and Division 2) has been fixed for April 17th. The Premier Division final in the Adult Football League has been also fixed for April 17th while April 24th is the date for the Division 1 and 2 finals. COUNTY UNDER 21 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP The semi-finals of the Cidona County Under 21 Football championship are fixed for April 10th with the County final fixed for April 17th. COUNTY UNDER 21 HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP Due to popular demand, the Cidona County Under 21 Hurling championship has been put back to later in the year. The divisions will run their championships as they see fit with the County semi-finals and finals scheduled for the October bank holiday weekend. The semi-finals are fixed for Saturday, October 29th with the final down for decision on Monday, October 31st. GAA E-MAIL ACCOUNTS Clubs in Tipperary began using e-mail as the primary form of communication in April 2003. Since January, all Tipperary clubs have been using the format of [email protected] as opposed to the old format of [email protected] (note the addition of Tipperary in the address). Clubs are advised that there is a size limit of 10 megabytes for their club e-mail account. In plain terms, you are advised to read your e-mails regularly and delete those e-mails you no longer require to avoid reaching this limit. Please contact any member of the Tipperary IT committee if you have any questions. The Tipperary IT Committee consists of Ed Donnelly (Moycarkey-Borris - Chairman), Ger McKeogh (Ballina - Secretary), Michael O'Brien (Silvermines), Noel Byrne (Fethard), Aoife Maher (JK Brackens), James O'Donnell (Golden-Kilfeacle) and Eamonn Buckley (Lattin-Cullen). SCÓR SINSEAR MUNSTER FINALS Tipperary took part in seven competitions in the Scor Sinsear Munster final last weekend. Unfortunately, Tipperary was not successful in any category as Kerry (3), Limerick (3), Cork (1) and Waterford (1) won the titles. SCÓR NA bPÁISTÍ Portroe was the venue for the North final of Scor na bPaisti last weekend. The following were the winners in each competition. Figure Dancing - Newport; Solo Song - Clare Kavanagh (Borrisoleigh); Instrumental Music - Newport; Recitation - Maria Armitage (Burgess); Ballad Group - Borrisoleigh; Question Time - Kildangan; Novelty Act - Templederry; Set Dancing - Templederry. Newport was awarded the best North club in Scor for 2005. This award goes to the club who wins the most titles in Scor na nOg, Scor Sinsear and Scor na bPaisti combined. This is the first time Newport have won this title, which has been dominated by Borrisoleigh in recent years. The County final of Scor na bPaisti is fixed for April 1st in Halla na Feile in Cashel. REFEREES Johnny McDonnell of Roscrea is the only Tipperary referee in action in the National League this weekend. He will take charge of the Division 1A match between Galway and Laois at 1:30pm in Portlaoise. Meanwhile, Brian Tyrell of St. Marys has been appointed to take charge of the Munster Under 21 Football Championship semi-final between Clare and Cork in Kilmallock on Saturday at 2:30pm. TIPPERARY GAA SCENE Information concerning all areas in the GAA will appear in this section in the future. If you wish to include any item of interest in future articles, please contact the County Public Relations Officer Ed Donnelly at 087-2055642 or via e-mail at [email protected] on or before 3:00pm on Monday. Please note I cannot mention achievements of players, officials or teams if I am not aware of them. Tweet

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