David Kelly scores Ballina’s third goal in their County Senior Football Championship clash against Loughmore/Castleiney in Moneygall. Photo: Bridget Delaney

Tipperary GAA Scene

By Jonathan Cullen PRO

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FBD Insurance County Championships

The final round of games in the FBD Insurance County Senior & Intermediate Football Championships took place last weekend and provided some very entertaining games as well as one or two surprizes. See football reports and round-up on pages 70 & 71.

In group 1 of the intermediate championship, there were wins for Clonmel Commercials over Golden Kilfeacle, 2-9 to 1-10 in New Inn, while Moyne-Templetuohy received a walkover from Moyle Rovers. That saw Clonmel Commercials top the group with Moyne Templetuohy in second place.

In group 2, there were wins for Grangemockler/Ballyneale and Fethard over Fr. Sheehy’s and Clonmel Óg respectively and that was enough to see the two winners qualify for the quarter finals.

In group 3, CJ Kickhams Mullinahone overcame Aherlow 1-10 to 0-12 in Cahir, JK Brackens defeated Loughmore/Castleiney 5-10 to 2-9 in Holycross, while in Boherlahan, Galtee Rovers proved to be far too strong for Thurles Sarsfields as they ran out 4-15 to 0-7 winners. As a result of these games the teams progressing out of group 3 which was a 6 team group are, Galtee Rovers, Thurles Sarsfields, CJ Kickhams Mullinahone and Aherlow.

So, with the group rounds of the county senior and intermediate football championship having now been finalised. The following are the final positions.

The draws were made for the quarter finals on Monday night and are as follows:

Senior Football Quarter Finals (to be played on WE of September 24th): Upperchurch/Drombane v Kilsheelan/Kilcash; JK Brackens v Killenaule; Clonmel Commercials v Ballina; Loughmore/Castleiney v Moyle Rovers

Intermediate Football Quarter Finals (to be played on WE September 24th); Clonmel Commercials v Aherlow Gaels; Grangemockler/Ballyneale v Moyne-Templetuohy; Galtee Rovers v Mullinahone; Thurles Sarsfields v Fethard

Senior Football Championship Relegation Semi-Finals (to be played on WE September 24th): Eire Og Annacarty v Arravale Rovers; Moycarkey/Borris v Rockwell Rovers

Intermediate Football Relegation Playoff (to be played on WE September 24th): Golden Kilfeacle v Clonmel Og

Next weekend sees a return to hurling with the staging of the senior, premier intermediate and intermediate hurling preliminary quarter finals. See GAA Scoreboard.

There are also semi-finals in the under 19 hurling championships this Saturday and Sunday. In the ‘A’ championship, Toomevara play Cashel King Cormacs in Borrisoleigh at 4.00pm on Saturday. And on Saturday in the ‘B’, it’s the meeting of Silvermines and Eire Óg/Sean Treacys at 4.00pm in Newport. Tickets for all these games are available on the Tipperary GAA website.

Semple Field Day 2023

What a day we had last Saturday with the staging of the Semple Field Day which was held in and around FBD Semple Stadium.

The highlight of the day was the Under 9 hurling blitz that started at 10am and continued until 4.30pm and saw over 1,200 children getting the chance to run out on to the Field of Legends, play a game on the pitch and then they were taken on a tour of the stadium by members of the Tipperary senior hurling & football panels. A lot of planning went in to the day and huge credit must go to Brian Fogarty from our sponsor’s Fiserv whose idea it was to hold the day and who put such work in to making sure everything went well. Also, great credit goes to County Games Manager Kevin Hally and his team who ran the blitz and made sure that everything went smoothly and was enjoyed by all those taking part.

Munster Grant Applications

Following a meeting of the Munster Development committee on Thursday, 31st August, the following is an update in relation to Munster County Grants.

Submission of grant applications will be open from 11th September. All grant applications must be submitted in the first instance to Tipperary County Board (Secretary.tipperary@gaa.ie & safetyandfacilities.tipperary@gaa.ie)

Applications will close on 29th September. Applications will be vetted by the relevant County Board officers. Applications that are not in order will be returned to the clubs for correction. When all applications are in order, they will be signed off by the County Secretary, The Safety & Facilities Officer, and the Munster delegate on the development committee.

In the coming week Application forms and information on the categories and criteria associated with grant applications can be viewed and drawn down from the Munster website. Munster Council will also be making announcement on the grants process in due course.

Health & Wellbeing

On the week of 23rd September, the GAA invites all clubs to open their doors to the wider community and support GAA National Inclusive Family Week (NIFW).

The theme of 2023 NIFW is "GAA Healthy Families" #GAAClann.

The event falls during the European Week of Sport (23rd – 30th September) and aims to promote sport, physical and healthy lifestyle activity to everyone regardless of age, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, nationality, or fitness level. It is a week for all the family and the community to get to see what the GAA can offer. It creates an intergenerational event at you club. Sharing stories, making new friends, getting to take park.

· see all details and steps for this week on the webpage: www.gaa.ie/nationalinclusionday

· If you are looking for Physical activity suggestion, see link: https://learning.gaa.ie/gaagamesforall or https://learning.gaa.ie/planner/ or https://mobile.twitter.com/gaacommunity or https://www.facebook.com/groups/203172000286240/

We would ask you to continue to support this year event via your social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn) with pictures, past pictures of inclusion events or the logo attached to this email and the hashtag #GAAClann, #BeActive and tag @officalgaa @sportIreland @EUsport, as it will create a positive picture for the World to see your good work in the Community GAA club.

Sample Tweet, Facebook message wording with picture could be:

___your club’s name___ GAA club are delighted to be celebrating the GAA National Inclusion fitness week #GAAClann #BeActive @officalgaa @sportIreland @EUsport.

See all details on the webpage: www.gaa.ie/nationalinclusionday. If you have any questions, please touch base with Geraldine.mctavish@gaa.ie.

Tipperary GAA Scene

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