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Arva off to a great start
Sunday 5th of October will go down in the history of Arva GAA when their ladies team represented Cavan in the first round of the Ulster Championship on a beautiful day for football

Disciplinary amendments approved
The one yellow card and you are off motion was passed at the GAA’s Special Congress but the move to change the U21 championship to U20 was rejected.

GAA set to hold managerial meetings
The GAA is to hold meetings in all four provinces with intercounty managers ahead of the commencement of the new 2008/09 hurling and football seasons.

Mountnugent club notes
Our Minor’s played Belturbert "Rory O’Moores" on Sunday last in the Championship.

Denn GFC Club Notes
Congratulions to the Denn team who reached their first ever Senior Championship Final after a thrilling win over neighbours Killygarry in Breffni Park on Sunday 28th September.

Sheridan delighted to be part of Ulster setup
Earlier this week, Cavan hurler Paul Sheridan received a call-up for training with the Ulster squad for the M Donnelly inter-provincial series.

Lynch set for Cavan trainer position
It has emerged that Niall Lynch is set to become new Cavan boss Tommy Carr’s first appointment to the Breffni County’s new management backroom team.

Mullahoran retain SHC crown
On Saturday evening last the final of the Cavan Senior Hurling Championship took place in Kingspan Breffni Park. Mullahoran took to the field as the kingpins of hurling in Cavan, indeed having retained the Eddie Brady cup since 1990; they currently hold the record for consecutive hurling championship wins in the country.

St Joseph’s cruise to another senior title
Mullahoran St Joseph’s eased to yet another Cavan senior hurling championship title by seeing off Ballymachugh last Saturday evening with a massive 25 points to spare at Kingspan Breffni Park.

Hunt to take over Cavan hurlers
Former Meath hurling manager John Hunt is expected to be appointed Cavan’s new hurling boss in the coming days.

Ulster hurling squad named
The following players have been chosen to attend training sessions for the Ulster hurling squad on October 8, 15 and 22 ahead of the Inter-provincial campaign at the end of the month.

Club notes
Updates from Ramor, Kingscourt Stars, Killeshandra and Cornafean.

Local fixtures
All the upcoming fixtures from the 4th October on.

Cavan SFC: Denn reach first senior final
Denn edged into their first ever Cavan Senior Football Championship final on Sunday when they defeated a wasteful Killygarry by two points at Kingspan Breffni Park to book a meeting with county champions Cavan Gaels.

Cavan SFC: Gaels into another decider
Cavan Gaels cruised into yet another county Senior Football Championship final on Sunday night last with an emphatic 14-point win over Ramor United at Kingspan Breffni Park.

Second-half haul helps Rories find safety net
Belturbet Rory O’Moores produced a determined second-half performance at Our Lady of Lourdes Park, Mullahoran last Friday night to ensure their senior status for next year, while relegating Knockbride to intermediate.

Kernan delighted with response
Ulster manager Joe Kernan has admitted that he is pleased with the response from the players called in for trials to pick a squad for the Inter-provincial competition.

Mount Nugent notes
On the 1st sunny day of the "Summer" it was a convoy that departed Mountnugent to fill the strands of Breffni park in support for the senior Gaelic football team in the high tension semi final against opposition Templeport.

Denn GFC Club Notes
Good luck to the Denn GFC management and team in the Hotel Kilmore Senior Championship Semi Final Game on Sunday Sept. 28th against Killygarry at 3.30pm in Breffni Park.

Tyrone top All-Star nominations list
Not surprisingly, Tyrone top the All-Star football nominations list with 10 of their All-Ireland winning side short-listed for the prestigious awards.

Fixtures
A list of the forthcoming fixtures in the county.

Fixtures
Cavan Ladies Fixture

Cornafean News
Congratulations to the Cornafean Ladies who beat Killygarry on Saturday in the Division 4 Final.

Arvagh play host to touring Glasgow Club
Arvagh GFC will host a group of under 8s footballers from the Glasgow based Tir Conaill Harps club, on Sunday at 11am. 

Killeshandra Club Notes
The Arva/Killeshandra team took the road to Drumlane on Saturday to try and claim the Division 3 title and capture the league and championship double.

Kingscourt Stars Club Notes
The Juniors made their way to the semi-final of the Junior B Championship with a comfortable 1-11 to 0-8 win in Belturbet at the weekend.

Ramor Utd. Club Notes
The Ramor Minors will contest the quarter-final of the Championship. They will play the winners of Mullahoran and Laragh. Those teams drew after extra time on Friday, so Ramor’s game may not be played for a while.

Denn GFC Club Notes
Denn met neighbours Killygarry under lights in Mullahoran in this refixed Hotel Kilmore Junior B Championship game on Thursday night 18th September. This was a close encounter that needed extra time to find a winner.

Death of a former Cavan great
The funeral of former Cavan footballing great Donal Meade took place last Monday morning at St Mary’s Church, Cross to Raffoney cemetery.

Masters of the universe
There is life in those legs yet as Cavan claimed Masters All-Ireland glory with a final win over Antrim.

Camogs through to Ulster decider
Eleven goals flew into the Donegal net as Cavan U14’s qualified for the Ulster U14 camogie final in some style.

Kernan aiming to edge in front of Leinster
New Ulster boss Joe Kernan says the carrot of edging ahead of Leinster in the interprovincial roll-of-honour is an appetising carrot ahead of his side’s clash with Munster on October 25th.

Interpro finals taken out of Croker
The GAA have announced the dates and fixtures for the Interprovincial football and hurling championships, with the finals no longer set to take place in Croke Park.

Carr looking for commitment
New Cavan manager Tommy Carr insists he will have no problem dropping players from his panel if they are no fully committed to the cause.

Fixtures
Cavan Ladies Fixtures

Carr takes up Cavan reins
Tommy Carr was officially unveiled as the new Cavan senior football manager at a meeting in the Hotel Kilmore on Monday night.

Fixtures
All the fixtures from Thursday 18 to Sunday 28th September.

Cornafean News
The juvenile committee of Cornafean GFC ran a very successful sports’ day as part of the club’s centenary celebrations.

Killeshandra Club Notes
Killeshandra GFC are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the 1983 team winning the Junior Championship.

Kingscourt Stars club notes
The Junior B Championship got underway this weekend when played host to Gowna on Saturday afternoon. On a rare sunny day, the side put on a great show and ran out comfortable winners by 3-13 to 0-9 with some great performances right through the side.

Carr drives into Cavan
Former Roscommon and Dublin football boss Tommy Carr is the new team-manager of the Cavan senior team.

Cavan boss expected to be known by weekend
Cavan County Board chairman Phillip Smith has revealed that the Breffni County hopes to have its new manager in place in the coming days.

Hurls of distinction
Scullion Hurls are offering free delivery throughout Ireland on their fantastic range of hurls and accessories.

Johnston called into International Rules training
Following an exceptional season on the inter-county scene, Cavan ace attacker Sean Johnston has been called up to train with the International Rules squad for next month’s series in Australia.

Shannon Gaels News
The minor team will take on Crosserlough in Blacklion at 12 noon this Saturday 13th September 2008.

Mount Nugent gaa notes
With hope, hard work and a long awaited journey Mountnugent senior team took to Breffni Park last Sunday for the Quarter Final of the Junior Championship with Shannon Gaels.

One yellow and you’re off
The GAA wants to introduce a new disciplinary system which will see players who receive a yellow card being sent to the sideline, with teams allowed to introduce a substitute in their place.

Special Congress motions revealed
The GAA have released details of the Special Congress to be held on October 4th with a list of the motions up for discussion, including changes to the hurling championship as well as disciplinary issues.

Denn GFC Club Notes
Hotel Kilmore Senior Championship Semi Final Sunday 28th September at 3.30pm in Kingspan Breffni Park Denn v Killygarry

Meath job ’a really, really long shot’ - Carr
Former Dublin captain and manager Tommy Carr insists he has had no contact about taking over in Meath, and does not expect an approach from the Royal County.

Last gasp Sherlock point ensures replay
Cootehill and Ballyhaise will need another day to decide who goes through to the semi final of this year’s intermediate championship where Lavey wait after nothing separated the sides after 60 plus minutes of a high entertaining if sometimes disjointed encounter in Drumalee on Saturday last.

Fixtures
All the club fixtures, plus provisional dates up until the end of the month

Fixtures
Cavan Ladies Fixtures

Handball news
Kingscourt’s Patrick Finnegan bowed out of the race for the All Ireland 60x30 Intermediate singles title last Saturday in Kingscourt when he went down to Kilkenny’s Nicholas Anthony in straight games, 21-13, 21-15.

Carr fancied for Breffni job
Former Dublin and Roscommon manager Tommy Carr is looking the most likely candidate to take over the reins as Cavan senior manager.
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