The County Youth Committee in conjunction with the Tipperary County Board will hold a youth seminar entitled "The Importance of Youth Participation in Sport" on Friday, February 18th in the Anner Hotel, Thurles. As the title suggests the primary aim of the seminar is to encourage greater participation by young people in all aspects of sport, be it as a player, administrator, official, etc. The speakers on the night will include former Tipperary hurler and All Star John Leahy, Tipperary Camogie All Star Ciara Gaynor and John Lonergan, Governor of Mountjoy Prison and active GAA officer with his club in Dublin. It is envisaged that each club will send 2 - 4 members aged 15 and upwards. Those working with young people within the GAA are also encouraged to attend. Please complete the attached form and return to Aoife Maher, Secretary of the County Youth Committee, Killea, Templemore at [email protected] before Friday, February 11th. ALL-IRELAND CLUB SEMI-FINALS This weekend sees the All-Ireland Club Hurling semi-finals take place at Senior, Intermediate and Junior levels. Tipperary has an involvement in all three grades. At senior level, Toomevara aim to qualify for their 2nd All-Ireland club final when they take on Athenry of Galway on Saturday in Cusack Park Ennis at 2:30pm. Aodhan MacSuibhne of Dublin is the referee. At Intermediate level, there is another Tipperary vs. Galway clash when Kildangan play St. Thomas's of Galway in Birr on Sunday at 2:30pm. The referee for this match is B.Galvin of Offaly. Finally, the Junior semi-final between Ballygarvan (Cork) and Oran (Roscommon) will be played in Semple Stadium Thurles at 2:30pm on Sunday. Best of luck to Toomevara and Kildangan in their quest for All-Ireland honours. CLUB SENIOR HURLING ODDS Toomevara (2/1) are joint second favourites to win the All-Ireland club title on St. Patrick's Day. James Stephens of Kilkenny are the favourites to claim the All-Ireland title at 5/4. Athenry are available at 2/1 while Antrim and Ulster champions O'Donovan Rossa are rank outsiders at 25/1. The odds quoted are courtesy of www.gamebookers.ie and are valid as of Tuesday, February 8th. BALLINGARRY ARE MUNSTER CHAMPIONS Congratulations to Ballingarry on winning the 2004 Munster Club Senior Hurling League Division 1 title after 1-22 to 2-15 extra time victory over 2004 Cork county champions Na Piarsaigh in Fermoy. Substitute Donal Shelley was the star for Ballingarry with 7 points from play, 5 in the second half alone. Liam Cahill scored 8 points from frees for the winners who also introduced former Tipperary underage star William Maher as an influential substitute. TIPPERARY INSTITUTE FOOTBALLERS Congratulations to the Tipperary Institute on their victory over GMIT Letterfrack in the Corn Na Mac Léinn quarterfinal. TI won on a scoreline of 3-8 to 2-9. Laois Minor Footballer Gareth Hickey led all scorers with 3-2 while Barry O'Regan from Kerry scored 3 points. Tipperary natives Eoin Shortt, Chris O'Flaherty and Matthew Stapleton rounded out the scoring with a point each. TI will now play Mater Dei or Limavady College in the semi-final. I will have news of the TI hurlers first round game in the Ryan Cup next week. SENIOR HURLING CHALLENGE GAME Tipperary lost to Waterford by 0-18 to 1-14 in Clonmel in the latest challenge match for the Senior Hurling team in advance of the National Hurling league opener against Down in Semple Stadium on Sunday, February 20th. ADMISSION PRICES The admission price for the league games are decided by Central Council and for Division 1 entry to the stand is ?12. The admission for students and senior citizens is ?6 on production of a current and valid identification. For Division 2 matches, the prices are ?10 and ?5 respectively as per the outline above. Juveniles under the age of sixteen are admitted free. MUNSTER COUNCIL OFFICES Uachtarán Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, Sean Kelly, officially opened the new offices and headquarters of the Munster Council in Limerick on Saturday. The offices are located close to Parkway Roundabout in Limerick City and have been the Council's Headquarters for meetings as well as a full time office since early last year. RECEIVE TIPP GAA NEWS BY TEXT To receive Tipperary GAA News via text message on your mobile phone, simply text SUBTP to 53033. UPCOMING LIVE MATCHES ON TG4 More live Allianz League matches, some of them under lights, the inauguration of deferred coverage of full matches, live coverage of the Datapac Sigerson Cup as well as the annual showcase of the All Ireland stages of the AIB Club Hurling and Football Championships form the main talking points of TG4's GAA coverage for Spring 2005. For the first time ever, TG4's Sunday afternoon schedule will provide full coverage of two matches - one live and one deferred with full coverage of a second match broadcast immediately after the live match. The channel will provide further coverage of the Allianz Leagues on the Monday night Ard san Aer programme with highlights from each weekend's other top League fixtures being included in the established peak time slot 8:30pm. The matches of interest to Tipperary supporters are as follows: - February 12th - Athenry vs. Toomevara -AIB Club Hurling Semi-final at 2:15pm February 27th - Limerick vs. Tipperary - Allianz Hurling League - Round 2 at 1:45pm March 13th - Tipperary v Wexford - Allianz Hurling League - Round 3 (Deferred coverage). The live match on March 13th is Clare vs. Galway at 2:15pm. GREAT HURLING DEBATE The line up for the Great Hurling Debate in the Heritage Hotel, Portlaoise on Monday 28th February 2005 has been finalised. The Debate, which is being organised by Laois Sports Partnership and Portlaoise GAA Urban Games Development Committee, is a fundraiser for the very successful hurling coaching programme that has been taking place in the primary and post primary schools in the Portlaoise area over the last twelve months under the supervision of Colm Clear, the schools coaching officer. The full line up for the debate will bring together some of the best exponents and analysts of the game in one venue to discuss the state of hurling: Ger Loughnane, Cyril Farrell, Tomas Mulcahy, Liam Griffin, Michael Duignan, Brian Cody, Humphrey Kelleher, Brian Whelehan and Tipperary's Paudie Butler, the current Laois Senior Hurling manager. Cathaoirleach for the evening will be Micheal Ó Muircheartaigh and the debate will begin at 7:30pm. Tickets priced ?20 are on sale locally and may also be purchased by email at [email protected] or [email protected]. Postal applications (including cheques) can be forwarded to Laois Sports Partnership, Coach House, 4 Kellyville Park, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. Contact Seamus Plunkett at 086-8169404 for more details. GARDA COLLEGE LOSE FITZGIBBON CUP MATCH The Garda College were knocked out of the 2005 Fitzgibbon Cup in dramatic circumstances when Galway and Mayo Institute of Technology scored two goals in as many minutes of injury-time to win by 3-11 to 1-13. The Garda College played the entire second half with 14 men and looked like holding out for victory but alas, it was not to be. Clare's Tony Carmody scored 10 points for the Garda College, 8 from placed balls. Emmet Dunphy (Roscrea), David Boland (Silvermines), William Hickey (Boherlahan-Dualla), Alan Kelly (Ballinahinch) and Hugh Coughlan (Moyne-Templetuohy) all started for the Garda College. UCC HURLERS WIN FINAL UCC won the Higher Educational Division One SHL final last Thursday with a 0-12 to 1-8 victory over Cork IT. Cork IT led by 1-6 to 0-7 but an inspired display at wing-forward by Cork's Tom Kenny helped UCC to a narrow one-point victory. Reports from the game suggest that the performance of the UCC halfback line of Kevin Hartnett (Cork), Richie Flannery (Nenagh Eire Óg) and Evan Hanley (Lattin-Cullen) was crucial in their victory. Richie and Evan are currently on the Tipp Senior hurling panel and well done to both on winning this final. Former Tipperary Minor hurler Joe Dixon from Moycarkey-Borris was introduced as a substitute for Cork IT. In all, 5 players who started the 2004 All-Ireland Senior Hurling final played in this game, namely John Gardiner, Brian Murphy and Tom Kenny (all Cork) and Tommy Walsh and Cha Fitzpatrick (Kilkenny). In the Fitzgibbon Cup quarterfinals, UCC will play NUI Galway while Cork IT play Limerick IT. FITZGIBBON CUP - UL VS. DIT The University of Limerick are through to the next round of the Fitzgibbon Cup after a 0-17 to 0-11 victory over DIT. Seven unanswered points either side of half time for UL were crucial in determining the outcome of this match. John Devane (Clonoulty-Rossmore) started at fullback for UL while Richie Ruth (Thurles Sarsfields) came on as a substitute. Kieran Bergin (Killenaule) scored 5 points from centre forward for DIT who also had James Moran (Ballylooby-Castlegrace) at centre-back. UL will now play GMIT (conquerors of the Garda College) in the quarterfinal. COUNTY ADULT FOOTBALL LEAGUE There are 13 first round games scheduled this weekend in the County Adult Football League in the Premier Division, Division 1 and Division 2. Round 2 is scheduled for February 20th with Round 3 planned for the weekend of February 27th. COUNTY MINOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE The second round of the County Minor Football league will take place this weekend. The following are the dates for the remaining rounds - Round 3 (February 20th), Round 4 (February 27th) and Round 5 (March 6th). MAXIMISING TEAM POTENTIAL A seminar to focus on team preparation for championships will be held in the Tipperary Institute Thurles on Saturday, March 5th from 2:00pm to 6:00pm. There will be some high profile speakers on fitness, management, analysis, motivation and organisation and the cost is ?25 per person. Places are limited to 150. TIPPERARY GAA MEMBERS DRAW 2004/2005 The February GAA Draw was held in Yvonne's Lounge in Moneygall on Friday night last. Mrs. M. McLoughney of the Nenagh Éire Óg GAA club scooped the top prize - a car or ?15,000. Mary Walsh from the Borrisoleigh GAA club also won a car or ?10,000. Rosegreen GAA club won the set of jerseys on the night while there was no winner of the Lotto Jackpot of ?4,000. The Upperchurch-Drombane GAA club will host the March GAA draw on Friday, March 11th 2005. TIPPERARY GAA SCENE Information concerning all areas in the GAA will appear in this section in the future. 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