Tipperary GAA Scene

By PRO Jonathan Cullen

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Our senior hurlers opened their 2022 Munster Championship campaign with a tricky assignment against Waterford in Walsh Park last Sunday and while the result did not go in their favour, Colm Bonnar and his management team will have taken many positives out of the game as they head in to next Sunday’s clash with Clare in FBD Semple Stadium at 2.00pm.

The players showed great heart and determination in a game many people had given them no chance of winning and indeed had one or two opportunities gone their way the result may well have been different.

Following the final whistle last Sunday Tipperary’s Noel McGrath received the Fiserv Man of the Match award from Brian Fogarty and we congratulate Noel once again on another fine performance in the blue and gold jersey.

Next Sunday’s clash with Clare is now hugely significant and it will be very important that Tipperary come away from FBD Semple Stadium with full points, with this in mind we are asking that a big Tipperary support is present at the game to show their support for the team and management.

Tickets for the game are now on sale via the Munster GAA website and they can also be purchased in selected SuperValu and Centra stores. As is now the norm, no tickets will be on sale at the venue, and it is important that supporters purchase and download their tickets well in advance of arriving at the venue so as to ensure a speedy entry to the game.

Tickets are priced as follows: Adult stand - €25; Student/OAP stand - €20; Juvenile stand - €5; Adult Terrace - €20 (Killinan Terrace only open); Student/OAP Terrace - €15; Juvenile Terrace - €5.

Student/OAP tickets can be purchased online or through county boards only. There will not be any rebate at the venues. You will be able to access these same as you change your Adult to a juvenile ticket as there will be a student/OAP option there. Student and OAP's will be asked for ID when they produce a concessionary ticket at the stiles on Sunday. Juvenile Groups are available for the round robin fixtures in TUS Gaelic Grounds, FBD Semple Stadium and Pairc Ui Chaoimh. These can be ordered through a form which is located on the Munster GAA website under the ticket section. Tickets are limited.

Munster Minor Football Championship

The Tipperary Minor Footballers will play Waterford in Round 2 of the Munster Championship this Thursday at 7.00pm in Lemybrien. The players will go in to this game with a certain degree of confidence following their well-deserved win over Limerick last week in the opening round of the competition.

FBD County Leagues

Last weekend saw a full round of games in the FBD County Hurling Leagues which saw some very close and exciting games across all the divisions of the competition.

The attention this weekend in the County Leagues will turn to football with a full round of games to be played across all the divisions. You can see all the fixtures and results as well as all the league tables for the various groups in the fixtures and results section of the Tipperary GAA website.

FBD County Championship Draws

The eagerly awaited draws for the various hurling and football championships will take place on Monday, 2nd May and will be broadcast live on Tipp FM between 7pm & 8pm.

As is always the case these draws and the resulting permutations are sure to provoke much discussion and provide a real focus for players and supporters alike, who will now know who they will face in each competition. The various draws will also be published on the Tipperary GAA social media platforms as they happen.

Feile na nGael

Feile na nGael 2022 took place on 16th & 18th April last, and what a weekend of Hurling we had with 64 teams in eight divisions battling it out to be crowned Feile champions.

On Saturday, round-robin games were held in sixteen different venues, and we owe a huge thank you to our host clubs for making your facility available.

On Monday we moved to our Centre of Excellence in Dr Morris Park where we played our Division 1 and 2 semi-finals and finals as well as the finals in Division 3 to 8.

All games were well contested with every boy giving their all with brilliant hurling and mighty effort by everyone. It was a credit to all mentors and players, and we thank you for your gamesmanship, both on the field and on the side-line.

We owe our referees a massive thank you for all your work over the weekend as only for them we definitely couldn't run this competition.

To the Feile committee and our club coordinators you put a huge amount of work into organizing Feile thank you very much.

Feile na nGael Final results

Hurling

Division 1 Final: Durlas Og 2-15 Arravale Rovers 0-3

Division 2 Final: JK Brackens 1-7 St Mary’s 1-3

Division 3 Final: Ballina 2-4 Roscrea 0-6

Division 4 Final: Killenaule 0-11 Moycarkey/Borris 0-8

Division 5 Final: Moyne-Templetuohy 2-4 Boherlahan-Dualla 0-8

Division 6 Final: Sean Treacys 3-5 Mullinahone 1-8

Division 7 Final: Loughmore/Castleiney 3-5 Portroe 2-7

Division 8 Final: Eire Og Annacarty 4-10 Newport 3-3

Camogie

Division 1 Final: Brian Borus v Boherlahan-Dualla match abandoned due to injury.

Division 2 Final: Burgess/Duharra 3-2 Shannon Rovers 1-2

Division 3 Final: Slieve Felim Rapparees 1-6 Ballina 2-2 AET

Handball

Next weekend sees the All-Ireland Adult Doubles Finals in Kingscourt, Co. Cavan.

Tipperary will be represented in the Ladies Intermediate Doubles by Sinead Meagher & Roisin Cahill. There are up against the Connacht champions Niamh Heffernan & Aishling Mullin from Galway.

In the semi-finals, U21 pair of Rory Grace and Eoin Healy were beaten by Mark Doyle & Josh Cavanagh from Wexford 21/6, 21/3.

In the Golden Masters ‘A’ Doubles, John Kennedy & Pat O’Flaherty were beaten by Tom & Micheal Sheridan from Meath 21/ 6, 21/12.

In the Ladies Junior ‘B’ Doubles, Eleanor Percy & Síle Spain were beaten by Aoife & Una Brophy from Laois 21/13, 21/6

The Clár for the second six months has just been released and Clubs will be eager to prepare for the various competitions. Féile na Gael will be hosted by Dublin/Kildare/Meath on 18th /19th June for 40x20 & 1 Wall.

The Inter Club 60x30 is down for 25th/26th June.

The Irish Wall Ball Nationals will be hosted by Roscommon from 1st – 3rd July.

The 60x30 Championships will commence at the end of June early July with the Adult Munster Finals fixed for 6th/7th August & the Juvenile Munster Finals fixed for 3rd /4th September.

The Feile na Gael 60x30 is down for the 21st of August.

The full Clár is available on Tipperaryhandball.com and on the GAA Handball website.

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