Ballybacon Grange GAA & Camogie Club

Club Information

Ballybacon–Grange GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the areas of Goatenbridge and Ardfinnan in County Tipperary, Ireland. The club plays hurling in the Intermediate competitions at county level and in the South division of Tipperary GAA. The club has a fraternal co-existence with Ardfinnan Gaelic Football Club which is also affiliated to the GAA. As a consequence, some club hurlers also play football with Ardfinnan GAA.

In 2018, the club won its 13th South Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship after a four-point win against Carrick Davins in the final.^[1]

On 4 November 2017, they won the Tipperary Junior ‘A’ Hurling Championship after a 0–19 to 1–11 win against Toomevara, it was their first ever adult county title.^[2] On 12 November 2017, Ballybacon–Grange reached the 2017 Munster Club Junior Hurling Championship final after a 1–11 to 0–9 win against St Catherine’s from Cork in the semi-final in Ardfinnan. They had earlier defeated Kenmare in the quarter-final by 5–24 to 1–4. In the final on 3 December 2017, they faced Ardmore in Mallow.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] They lost the final on a 3–11 to 2–8 scoreline in a match where four players were sent off, three from Ardmore.

Camogie has always figured prominently in Club since early 1940’s and developed strong team in 1942 with 3 following players representing Ballybacon on Tipperary Camogie team which defeated Limerick Nonie Ahearne Caroline Clutterbuck and Lizzie Ahearne.This team comprised of players from South Tipperary. Recent success for Club Camogie teams includes winning Junior Championship County Final and County Under 16 Final. Club caters for all juvenile and adult players’. We recently completed new Astro Turf Development area including hurling wall which will be big asset going forward for Club.

Committee Information

Role	Name	Phone	Email
Chairman	Brian Ruth	085/7227977	EMAIL
Secretary	Anthony Dillon	0863899198	EMAIL
Treasurer	Johnny English	0876754536	EMAIL
PRO	Niamh Carrigan	0879408201	EMAIL
County Board Delegate	Thomas O Leary	087 6486788	EMAIL
Sports For All Coordinator	Grainne Burke	0876992210	EMAIL