Hogan Stand Poll
Well, it was a topsy survy year, but definite progress has been made. Rate the footballers on a scale of 1-10 in 2008?




Football championship draws

Football championship draws
Daly says serious injuries were only around the corner
The GAA’s head of games, Pat Daly, says the pin-pointing of six categories of dangerous fouls was necessary to offset the real possibility of a serious injury occurring on the field of play.

Kildare chairman steps down
Kildare Bord na nOg are this week searching for a new chairman following the resignation of Eddie Manning from the position over a row with the county senior board.

Chairman wishes Ryan all the best
Many Kildare GAA followers were disappointed to hear that Glen Ryan would not continue his good work with the county under-21’s next season, but Lilywhites’ chairman Syl Merrins wished the former player the best of luck in his new role as Longford manager.

Big fight in Kildare
A number of fights are to break out among the GAA fraternity in Kildare, but its all in a good name as a fundraising boxing event has been organised.


Football championship draws
All-Ireland winners Tyrone will face Ulster champions Armagh in the first round of the championship while Dublin take on Meath in the Leinster quarter finals after the provincial football draws took place in Croke Park.

Opel/GPA award nominees
The official nominees for the 2008 Opel Gaelic Players Awards for football have been announced today by the GPA. A total of 45 players have been named on the shortlist for the Team of the Year, with four players also nominated for the Player of the Year award.

Leinster minor and U21 draws for 2009
The Leinster Council have held their draws for the U21 and minor championships in both football and hurling for next season.

Club notes
Updates from Ballyteague, Monasterevin, St Kevin’s and Kildangan GAA clubs.

Glenn Ryan takes over Longford
Kildare legend Glenn Ryan has been appointed Longford senior football manager in succession to Luke Dempsey.

Kildare SFC: Sarsfields to meet Celbridge in decider
Sarsfields will face Barney Rock’s Celbridge in a novel Kildare SFC final pairing following their respective semi-final wins over Moorefield and St. Laurence’s respectively.

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.

Kildare footballers to host boxing event
Members of the Kildare senior football panel are set to host a white collar boxing event in Newbridge in order to raise sufficient funds for their winter training programme.

Leinster Council to give counties fair hearing
Leinster Council chiefs have intimated that they will help, as best they can, counties whose club championships are set to run right up until the commencement of the provincial club competition.

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.

Kildare says ’yes’ to Tribesmen
Kildare have joined Kilkenny and Meath in giving the green light to Galway and Antrim’s proposed entry into next year’s Leinster senior hurling championship.

Club Notes
Updates from St Kevins, Ballyteague GFC, Monasterevin, Kildangan and Ballymore.

Earley and Bolton in Rules training
While manager Sean Boylan is expected to announce his panel of players later this week for the International Rules series that will take place in a month’s time in Perth and Melbourne training has been taking place already and Dermot Earley and Emmet Bolton have been part of the set-up.

Sarsfields will relish neighbourly semi
It is likely that the cricket-score victories for Moorefield will be no more in this championship campaign and the champions will face a tough semi-final task when they meet town neighbours and rivals Sarsfields in the semi-final.

Larries still on cue for another senior final
St. Laurence’s had a typically championship win over Carbury in their quarterfinal encounter at midday in Newbridge last Sunday winning by five points yet they will be acutely aware that much more in terms of performance will be required in order to succeed in the semi-final and ultimately in the final.

Barney’s boys knock out Allenwood
John Doyle probably would not have minded if the Gooch had outscored him on Sunday to take the championship top scorer if his club Allenwood had advanced to the Kildare senior football championship semi-final.

Coill Dubh not sure of semi place just yet
Both Coill Dubh and Ardclough face a play-off to determine who takes part in as semi-finalists in this year’s Liffey Champion Senior Hurling Championship following the clash of the two sides in Sallins on Sunday evening last.

Sam Maguire and Kildare - the man, the trophy and the match
The GAA Museum is to present a special evening of talks focusing on Sam Maguire and Kildare’s win of the first Sam Maguire trophy in 1928.

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.

Senior and Intermediate camogie finals
A last minute goal ensured a dramatic finish to this year’s senior camogie championship and ensured that St. Laurence’s claimed their 14th senior title.

Doyle is championship’s top scorer
Kildare’s John Doyle was the most prolific forward in this year’s championship, edging out Kerry’s Colm Cooper for the coveted top scorer accolade.

Fixtures
Please find fixtures for next week.

Championship Draws
The forthcoming championship draws.

St Kevin’s GAA Club notes
The Intermediate team recovered well from another slow start to record a 0-10 to 0-8 win over Kill to claim a championship semi final spot.

Ballyteague GFC Notes
41st Annual Dinner Dance & Awards Night Saturday 15th November in Hazel Hotel.

Monasterevin Notes
It has been another great week on the playing fields for Monasterevin GFC. Our 1st team qualified for the semi final of the intermediate championship with a big win over old rivals Raheen on a score line of 2-14 to 1-5.

’Darragh tops the lot’ - O Se
Kerry legend Paidi O Se reckons, whatever the result of today’s All-Ireland SFC final, his nephew Darragh O Se will do down in history as Kerry’s best ever footballer.

Kildare GAA show they CARE about the future
While the Kildare senior football championship gets a bit rushed in an effort to ensure club participation in the Leinster club championship two particular exciting initiatives for the future of games in the county have recently been unveiled involving the appointment of new coaching officers and the CARE programme.

Celbridge know they need to curb John Doyle
The game on Saturday afternoon (15.00) involving Allenwood and Celbridge in the Kildare senior football championship quarterfinal could well be very close with much depending on how much influence John Doyle is allowed to exert.

Ryan might not be able to line out against the Moors
Round Towers will certainly look forward to the Kildare senior football championship quarterfinal on Sunday evening (17.45) and the chance to deny Moorefield from the other town of the prospect of a third title in a row.

Newcomers south Kildare show slight improvement
Newcomers South Kildare having suffered a twenty nine point defeat earlier in the campaign to Ardclough bravely made another championship appearance on Saturday evening last and while never threatening to win the game, ended up losing somewhat more respectively.

Celbridge spread around the goals
Celbridge gave a complete team performance on Saturday morning last in Conneff Park, Clane when overpowering Eire Og/Corrachoill in the Kildare senior hurling championship y 5-11 to 1-8 in a match that all half-forwards goaled for the winners.

New trophy for camogie winners
The Broadford Camogie Club will proudly host the 2008 Kildare Senior Camogie championship final on this Saturday (20th September) and the occasion will be marked particularly as being in honour of Seán and Annie Conway, both sadly deceased and who gave great service to the game.

Senior championship getting a bit rushed
With the Leinster club championship getting ever so much nearer there is little choice in Kildare GAA circles but to host quarterfinal championship action on Sunday next despite the All-Ireland final taking place on the same day.

Fixtures (updated)
A list of the forthcoming fixtures in the county.

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.
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