COUNTY COMMITTEE MATTERS by John P Graham. The draws for the first round of the qualifier games in the senior, intermediate and junior football championships, a presentation on the outcome of a survey on alcohol consumption among GAA players in clubs in Co's Meath and Monaghan and a call for the county committee to actively promote Clones as the home of the Ulster final were the highlights of last Monday night's County Committee meeting in the Hill Grove Hotel. ASAP. Two HSE representatives, Susan Kenny and Anne O'Farrell gave a presentation on the outcome of a survey that had been part of a project that was started in 2006 regarding the levels of alcohol consumption and levels of smoking among players. 27 clubs in Co. Monaghan had taken part in the original survey, the results of which would be published later this year. The aim of the overall project is the promotion of player health with emphasis on nutrition, alcohol and sports performance. After the findings of the project have been published the HSE has offered to deliver an education programs to the clubs involved. Minutes. The minutes of the previous county committee meeting were adopted on the proposal Laura Treanor, Emyvale, seconded by the Majella McKenna, Truagh. Finance. County Treasurer Marion Donnelly gave a rundown on income and expenditure up to the end of June as well as the total expenditure on all county teams to date. She appealed to clubs who still owed money for tickets to settle their accounts. CCC. In the absence of fixtures secretary Sean Murphy, the secretary of CCC Sean McKenna conducted the draws for the first round of qualifiers in the senior, intermediate and junior football championships. SFC. The game between Inniskeen and Scotstown has yet to be played and the draws for the qualifiers, those who lost out in their opening round matches, produced Truagh v Doohamlet and Ballybay v Clontibret. Carrickmacross have the bye. IFC. Corduff v Tyholland to be played with the qualifiers throwing up Cremartin v Aughnamullen and Donaghmoyne v Aghabog with Eire Og getting the bye. JFC. Emyvale v Toome yet to be played with the qualifier seeing Clones v Killeevan and Currin v Sean McDermotts with Fergal O'Hanlon's having the bye. Dates and venues will be decided by CCC but it is planned to play those games on the weekend of July 24th, 25th and 26th provided Monaghan are not playing in the All Ireland qualifiers that weekend. A fixture list covering the period up to July 23rd has been circulated to clubs. The postponed senior hurling championship game between Inniskeen and Monaghan Harps has been provisionally pencilled in for July 19th. Due to that postponement the senior hurling championship final will not now take place on July 26th. The under 21 leagues are scheduled for Monday July 6th, 13th and 20th but should Monaghan reach the final of the Ulster minor football championship then the fixtures on July 13th would be postponed. They official break in the fixtures programme will run from July 27th to August 8th with both dates inclusive. County Teams. The county minor and senior football teams were wished every success in Clones on Saturday and the chairman appealed to supporters to come early and support the minor team. The senior hurling team had lost out in the Rackard Cup but the under 21's had won the Ulster Shield competition. The chairman paid tribute to Frank Brady for his work with both teams. Handball. Darren Doherty was congratulated on winning the All Ireland U14 one wall championship and Peter Larkin on winning the All Ireland masters title. Subcommittees. Seamus Coyle gave a rundown on the Club Planning Day which he said had produced lively debate and had raised a lot of a thought-provoking issues that would now be included in the County Development Plan. A draft plan would be presented first and the final plan would be put to the county committee for approval. Scotstown delegate, Seamus McElwaine in commenting on the Planning Day said that he felt strongly about the issue of Clones as the home of the Ulster final and he suggested that the county committee be more proactive in promoting this and suggested perhaps a festival arranged around the Ulster final in future years. Ard Comhairle. A full report on the meeting of county chairmen and secretaries in Croke Park would be available for the next meeting. The main item discussed was the payment of county and club managers and delegates were informed that there would be radical changes to tighten up on current sources of revenue for this. Grading. Changes to the grading lists for Magheracloone and Clones had been approved and Brendan Farrell thanked the members of the Grading and Transfers committee for their work. Youth. Paraic Sherry informed the meeting that the U16 Championships would begin on Friday night, the U12 finals would take place on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. and he congratulated those who had won competitions at under age level so far. Correspondence: Clubs were informed that the 10,000 fine imposed following the game against Derry had been waived. A letter from Eire Og raised concerns over the future of U12 competitions. A letter from the Ulster Council seeking a copy of the deed of trust from all clubs. Brian McSkeane had been appointed as IT Officer and would assist with switching to the new e-mail system. The new online registration system was proving successful but a number of clubs had still not completed their registrations. Votes of Sympathy. Votes of sympathy were passed with the families, clubs, relatives and friends of those who had suffered bereavements since the last meeting with prayers offered for the deceased. This concluded the business of the meeting. Tweet

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