Fourteen months after their grounds suffered extensive flood damage, Beragh and Newtownstewart will meet in the Tyrone JFC final on Sunday.

The two clubs were left devastated by what were described as the "worst floods in recent memory", but have bounced back in impressive fashion.

"While I don't want to say too much about the final, it is a great achievement that we have reached this after a very difficult year," Beragh chairman Seamus Boyle told the Belfast Telegraph. 

"The club rooms and grounds were under around three foot of water last August, so there was a lot of work to be done. The pitch wasn't destroyed, but the club rooms were, but we have just completed a flood wall that hopefully will mean we won't face anything like this again."

He added: "The ethos of the GAA is self-help and doing things for yourself and that fell into place during the clean-up after the flood.

"People took the day off work to help with the immediate clean-up, but the help and support we have had over the past year has been phenomenal. The clubhouse had to be completely refurbished and that work is still ongoing, but we got the place going again as fast as we could and got the kids playing.

"It will take more than a flood to stop us and we are really looking forward to the game on Sunday."

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