BY COUNTY PRO ED DONNELLY COUNTY SENIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL Thurles Sarsfields will play Toomevara on Sunday next at 3:30pm in the County Senior Hurling Championship Final in Semple Stadium. The game will be broadcast live on Tipp FM (www.tippfm.com) while TG4 will show deferred coverage of the Sunday's Final from around 5:00pm onwards. The Tipperary Senior Hurling champions will play the Limerick Senior Hurling champions (Ahane or Adare) in the semi-final of the Munster Club Championship at a Limerick venue on November 16th. The Munster Club Final is scheduled for November 30th. SEAMUS O RIAIN CUP FINAL The curtain raiser on Sunday at Semple Stadium will be the inaugural final of the Seamus O Riain Cup Senior Hurling competition as Carrick Swan take on Kilruane MacDonaghs at 1:30pm. Carrick Swan have earned their place in this final thanks to victories over three teams from the North Division - namely Lorrha-Dorrha, Borris-Ileigh and Moneygall. Kilruane MacDonaghs have taken a slightly different route, accounting for teams from three divisions with Cashel King Cormacs (West), Nenagh Eire Og (North) and Upperchurch-Drombane (Mid) all losing out to Kilruane. Sunday's match could be a battle between the Carrick Swan defence (who have conceded just three goals in their matches to date - including extra time in the semi-final) and the Kilruane MacDonaghs young forward line that have scored 12 goals and 48 points in their three games, an average of 4-16 per match. In all, Sunday's final will be the 12th match in this competition for teams who in previous years would have been fighting against relegation at this time of the year. While a small number of games have been one sided, the majority of the matches played to date have been close affairs with two games going to extra time as most clubs looked to rebound from the disappointment of faring poorly in their Divisional Championship. The Tipperary County Board are delighted that the name of Seamus O Riain is linked with this new competition. Seamus was for many years one of the leading GAA officials in Ireland with the highlight coming when Seamus served as GAA President from 1967 to 1970. Seamus was President of the Tipperary County Board from 1990 up to his death last year and it is fitting that his memory is honoured in this way. REFEREES Noel Cosgrove of Marlfield has been chosen to referee his first County Senior Hurling Championship Final on Sunday next. In the last 12 months, Noel has been very active with the 2008 Christy Ring Cup Final the highlight in addition to taking charge of the 2008 All-Ireland Inter-County Vocational Schools Final. Denis Curtis from Thurles Sarsfields will take charge of Sunday's Seamus O Riain Cup Final while Keith Delahunty of Moyle Rovers will referee Saturday's County Intermediate Hurling Final. HONOURING TEAMS OF THE PAST In keeping with the tradition of recent years, the programme for County Senior Hurling Final day will include a tribute to a team of the past. The Moyne-Templetuohy team which won the 1971 County Senior Hurling title will be honoured in between both matches on Sunday next at Semple Stadium. This event is being organised by the Tipperary County Board and is sponsored by the Tipperary Star newspaper and Young's of the Ragg. COUNTY SENIOR HURLING FINAL ADMISSION DETAILS All supporters aged 16 and under will be admitted free of charge to next Sunday's County Senior Hurling Final. The admission price for Adults in to both stands is 20 euro while the price for students and OAP's is 10 euro. SENIOR HURLING FINAL COMPETITION Congratulations to Olivia Walsh (Thurles Sarsfields) and James Hammersley (Clonoulty-Rossmore) who were picked out from hundreds of entries at Semple Stadium on Sunday last to each win a pair of tickets to Sunday's County Senior Hurling Final courtesy of the Tipperary GAA County Board. COUNTY INTERMEDIATE HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP Templederry Kenyons and Newport will contest the County Intermediate Hurling Final on Saturday next at MacDonagh Park Nenagh with a 4:00pm throw-in. The sides met in the North Final less than three weeks ago with Templederry winning on a scoreline of 0-17 to 1-10. Newport's last County Intermediate Hurling title came in 2002 while Templederry's last success at this grade came in 2000 when they defeated Newport in the County Final. The North division have dominated this competition in recent years and next weekend will be the eighth time in the last ten years that the Jacksie Ryan Cup will go to a North club. COUNTY MINOR "B" FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Congratulations to Cahir following their victory over Kilruane MacDonaghs in the County Minor "B" Football Championship Final on Sunday. Afterwards, Cahir captain Liam Meehan was presented with the cup by Football Board Chairman Noel Morris. This was Cahir's second title at this grade following their success in 2004. Since this competition began in 1985, the divisional breakdown of titles at this grade is as follows - South (11), West (5), Mid (5), North (3). SUPPORT TIPPERARY FOOTBALL The Friends of Tipperary Football "1,000 Club" Draw takes place on next Monday evening at 9:30pm in Cahir House Hotel. The draw is confined to 1,000 tickets. Anyone wishing to support this fundraising venture can purchase one of the remaining tickets (?50) by contacting Pat Moroney (087-6597841) or Joe Hannigan (087-2566157). The first prize is a Hyundai Getz supplied by Cahir Motor Company. Other prizes include cash amounts of ?3,000, ?2,000, $1,000 and ?500. The Friends of Tipperary Football support all county football teams. A sincere thanks to all who have already purchased tickets. All are welcome to attend the draw on Monday night. 2009 ALL-IRELAND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP DRAWS The draws have been made for the 2009 GAA Provincial Senior Hurling and Football Championships. In hurling, defending Munster champions Tipperary will play Cork at Semple Stadium Thurles in the Munster Quarter-Final with the winners playing Clare in the semi-final. In the other semi-final, Limerick take on Waterford. The same pairings apply to the Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship. In football, Tipperary have been drawn to play Limerick in the Munster Quarter-Final with Clare awaiting the winners. In the other side of the draw, defending champions Cork play Waterford in the Munster Quarter-Final with the winners playing Kerry. The same pairings apply to the Munster Junior Football Championship. The dates and venues for these matches will be confirmed in the coming weeks. COUNTY SCOR AGM The Annual General Meeting of the County Scor committee will take place on Monday, October 20th at 8:30pm in Lar na Pairce in Thurles. Anyone wishing to be involved with Scor in the coming year is welcome to attend. SCOR DATES FOR THE DIARY The County Scor na nOg Final will take place in Halle na Feile Cashel on Friday December 12th at 7:30pm. Also, the launch of the County Scor History Book written by Seamus J. King is scheduled to take place soon with a date to be confirmed. INTER-FIRMS GAA The Munster Inter-firms GAA competitions are now underway. The Clonmel based combination of Abbott Laboratories / Boston Scientific played Cork champions, UCC Staff in the Junior Hurling Semi-Final on the 2nd of October. That match was played under lights in Mallow with UCC Staff coming out on top on a on a scoreline of 2-18 to 3-8. Abbott Laboratories / Boston Scientific will also represent Tipperary in Junior Football and await the winners of Limerick vs. Clare. In Senior Hurling, Tipperary will be represented by the Tipperary Garda / Teachers combination and will play the winners of Cork Garda vs. Limerick Garda in the Munster Final. PADDY RUSSELL BOOK LAUNCH Final Whistle - the Paddy Russell story with Jackie Cahill - will be officially launched by GAA President-elect Christy Cooney at the Golden Thatch, Emly on this Thursday evening, October 16th at 7:30pm. MC on the night will be Tipperary native Paul Collins of Today FM. All GAA followers in Tipperary and beyond are invited to attend and Russell's autobiography promises to be a Christmas bestseller. In Final Whistle, Paddy reflects on his eventful career. The book charts Paddy's rise from humble beginnings in 1976, when he took part in a Bord Na nÓg refereeing course, to the very top of his profession. GAELIC TELECOM Gaelic Telecom recently announced that GAA supporters have raised ?19,700 for clubs and schools in Tipperary between January and June of this year. The innovative but simple scheme sees 15% of call costs being donated back to customers' preferred club or school, while at the same time saving them money on their home phone and Broadband bills. All 32 County Boards support the scheme, which sees 2,500 Clubs around the country receive cheques from Gaelic Telecom twice a year. Over the past four years, the GAA and Tipperary supporters have earned a total of ?77,685 for the local clubs and schools while over 3.4 million euro has been raised through this scheme nationwide. THIRD LEVEL COLLEGES Waterford Institute of Technology's (WIT) Division 1 Hurling Team got their league campaign under way with a victory recently over Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) in De La Salle GAA Grounds on a scoreline of 1-15 to 0-12. Killenaule's Damien McCormack was introduced as a substitute for WIT, scoring a point in the closing stages. WIT's next match is against the Tipperary Institute / St. Pats. GAA MUSEUM EVENTS The GAA Museum at Croke Park has plenty in store for kids during the mid-term break to help to keep them occupied by taking a special tour of Croke Park. 'The All Star Family Tour' which takes place from Monday 27th to Friday 31st October gives an insight into how the players experience Croke Park. Find out which dressing room is lucky, see where the players celebrate after a big win and sit in some of the highest seats in the stadium. And finally before they head back to school why not come along to the 'All Stars Art Attack' on Saturday November 1st. Join the GAA's Education Officer to learn more about the ancient Celtic feast of Samhain or Halloween for a spooky Halloween Art Attack making scary masks. Check out www.gaa.ie/museum for more details. 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. Visit the Tipperary GAA web site at http://tipperary.gaa.ie to keep up to date with all the latest news in Tipperary GAA circles. Tweet

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