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Following some very entertaining games in the hurling championships last weekend, the focus turns to the football semi finals in Senior, Intermediate, Junior “A”, Tom Cusack cup and under 19 “B” as well as the relegation semi finals which all take place this weekend.
The action throws in on Friday evening at 7.30pm in Dr Morris Park when Cappawhite and CJ Kickhams Mullinahone meet in their semi final of the Under 19 “B” football championship, at the same time in Littleton it will be an all Mid Tipperary clash when Moyne-Templetuohy and Moycarkey Borris take to the field for their senior football relegation semi final.
The action continues on Saturday at 2pm when the first of this year’s senior football semi finals between Loughmore-Castleiney and Moyle Rovers takes place in Golden. Also at 2pm, both semi finals of the intermediate football championship will take place. In Littleton it’s the clash of Drom & Inch and Fethard, while in Cahir, Galtee Rovers and Grangemockler Ballyneale will be hoping to book their place in this years final. In New Inn at 2pm, Killenaule and Aherlow meet in the Tom Cusack Cup semi final. On Sunday the action gets under way at 12pm in Ardfinnan when Cahir and Arravale Rovers meet in the second of the senior football relegation semi final’s. Then in Boherlahan at 2pm, JK Brackens and Clonmel Commercials will be looking to book the second spot in this year’s senior football championship final. Also at 2pm in Dolla, Newport and Upperchurch-Drombane will meet in the second under 19 “B” football semi final. The final game of the weekend is in the Tom Cusack Cup semi final, where Eire Óg Annacarty and Rockwell Rovers meet in Dundrum at 2pm
Tickets for all the above games are now available via the tickets section of the Tipperary GAA Website https://embed.futureticketing.ie/c/tipperary-gaa/. As part of Tipperary GAA’s livestream coverage of games on Tipp GAA TV, both games in the senior football championship will be shown this weekend. You can purchase your digital pass via the following link: https://page.inplayer.com/TipperaryGAA/ . Best wishes to all the teams taking part in the games and we look forward to some very good contests.
Tipperary Clubs Draw
Draw number 2 of the 2021 – 2022 Tipperary clubs draw will take place this Friday November 5th in Stapletons Bar 
Borrisoleigh. On the night Maura Ryan who is a draw member with the Borris-Ileigh club will be presented with her prize of a Renault Car and Title ownership for 12 months of racehorse “Sean Hogan” which she won in last months draw.
This month’s draw will commence at 8.30pm and will also be broadcast live on Tipp FM. The top prize in this month’s draw is a Citreon C3 Car or 15,000 and in total there will be €40,000 worth of prizes won.
Michael Hogan Tournament
The Michael Hogan under 13 football tournament took place last Saturday October 30th across nine venues with almost 60 teams taking part. Well done to Tipperary Football committee and the Friends of Tipperary Football for ogranising this great event that has proven very successful and hopefully it will now become an annual event in our county.
Scór News
Scór made a welcome return to the stage today in the province of Munster with the 2020 Senior Final taking place in Halla Na Feile Cashel.
A super day of entertainment took place with six out of eight Tipperary acts advancing to the All-Ireland Final on November 20th in the Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence.
Our first competitors of the day were the Moyne Templetuohy’s Quiz team who finished runners up in a very enjoyable quiz and with this qualified for the All-Ireland Final in three weeks’ time.
The main event gone underway with Tipperary represented in all disciplines on the clár. Although the programme may have been small the standard of competition on show was second to none. After a very enjoyable day for the enthusiastic crowd Newcastle claimed Rince Foirne honours with JK Bracken’s claiming the Rince Seit Trophy. In Aithriseoireacht, the ever-reliable Noel Joyce took honours for the JK Brackens Club while Siobhan Egan of Newport claimed the Solo Singing trophy following a wonderful performance.
2019 All Ireland Novelty Champions Newport reclaimed their Munster trophy with a comical sketch and they look to keep the All-Ireland trophy in the North Tipp Club for a little while longer.
Commiserations to our Ballad Group from Upperchurch Drombane who were narrowly pipped for a trophy and to our JK Brackens music group who were also narrowly defeated.
A special word of mention to former Tipperary Scor Chairperson Josephine Cahill who was a fantastic Bean an Tí on the day and was presented with a lovely piece from Munster Council Chairman Liam Lenihan.
We wish all our acts from the Premier County and indeed from the province all the best in the All Ireland Final. Please keep an eye on our social media accounts for pictures and reaction from Sunday’s Final.
Ba iad na Buaiteoirí
Rince Foirne: Caisleán Nua (Tiobraid Árann)
Amhráiníocht Aonar: Siobhán Egan (Newport, Tiobraid Árann)
Aithriseoireacht: Noel Joyce (JK Brackens, Tiobraid Árann)
Bailéad Ghrúpa: St. James’ (Corcaigh)
Nuachleas: Newport (Tiobraid Árann)
Ceol Uirlise: Boherbue (Corcaigh)
Rince Seit: JK Brackens (Tiobraid Árann)
Tráth na gCeist: 1st Millstreet (Corcaigh), 2nd Moyne Templetuohy (Tiobraid Árann), 3rd Cratloe (An Clár)
National Feile Celebrations
On Thursday 28th October National Feile na nGael took place in Tipperary. Organized by Tipperary Coiste Na nOg we used 4 venues to play round games and semi-final’s with 2 groups of 3 in each venue. After all played each other in each group the top team qualified for cup simifinal, 2nt team to Shield semi-final and 3rd team to plate Simi final.
In Division 1 Group 1 in Holycross we had Durlas Og, St Vincent’s Dublin and James Stephens Kilkenny
In Group.2 we had JK Brackens, Barntown Wexford and Ballygunner Waterford.
James Stephens and Ballygunner qualified for Cup simi Final with Ballygunner coming out on top on a score of 2.10 to 1.10
St Vincent’s and JKBrackens qualified for Shield simifinal with st Vincent’s coming out on top 0.9 to 0.7
Durlas Og and Barntown played in plate simi Final with Barntown coming out on top 1.7 to 0.3
In Division 1 in Moneygall we had Arravale rvs , Moanleen Limerick, and Clonlara Clare
In Group 2 we had Ballina, Middleton Cork and Clarinbridge Galway
Clarinbridge and Monaleen qualified for the Cup Semi-final with Clarinbridge coming our on top 0.13 to 0.5
Ballina and Clonlara qualified for Shield semi-final with Ballina winners by 1.9 to 2.5
In the plate semi-final Middleton beat Arravale rvs by 0.8 to 1.4
We started our Division 1 Finals with the plate Final in DMP Middleton v Barntown result Middleton 1.8 Barntown 1.5
We then moved to Semple Stadium for our Division 1 Shield Final after a very exciting game St Vincent’s got the better of Ballina 4.7 to 1.6
Our Division 1 Cup Final Clarinbridge v Ballygunner turned out to be a cracker with great young Hurling talent on both teams Clarinbridge came out on top 3.13 to 1.04.
In Division 2 in Borris-Ileigh Group 1 Roscrea , Nass Kildare and Bredagh Down
Group 2 Borris-Ileigh, The Harps Laois and Cashel
Nass and The Harps qualified for the Cup semifinals with The Harps winning 4-9 to 1-3
Bredagh and Cashel qualified for Shield simifinal with Bredagh having a very narrow win 1-3 to 1-2
Roscrea and Borris-Ileigh played plate simifinal with Roscrea coming out on top 2-6 to 1-5
In Division 2 in Littleton Group 1 we had Mullinahone, Raharney Westmeath and Drumcullen Seir Kieran Offaly.
Group 2 St Mary’s Clonmel, Erin’s Own Lavey Derry and Oisins GAC Glenariffe Antrim
In the Cup simifinal Oisins beat Raharney 2-10 to 0-1
In the Shield simifinal Mullinahone beat St Mary’s 1-8 to 0-7
In the plate simifinal Erin’s Own beat Drumcullen 2-3 to O4
Our Division 2 plate final between Roscrea and Erin Own Lavery was a very tight affair with Roscrea winning on a score of 1-6 to 0-6 well done Roscrea.
In Division 2 Shield Final Mullinahone had a great victory over Bredagh with a score of 1-10 to 1-2 a great performance by Mullinahone well done.
In Division 2 Cup Final Oisins GAC defeated The Harps in a very exciting game 2-6 to 1-6.
Well done to our Tipperary teams we preformed very well considering all visiting team were winners of their County Feile Finals. Winning two all Ireland Feile titles out of six was a great achievement again well done to all.
All presentations were done in Semple Stadium by our GAA President Larry McCarthy .
A lot of work and planning went into organizing this event by both Tiobraid Arann Coiste Na nOg and our Host Clubs as was evident by the excellent manner the event went off on the day. It was a massive event and it showcased Tipperary Coiste Na nOg in a very positive way all over the country, for that I thank everyone who was involved.
To our referees and our field caretakers a massive thank you, only for your cooperation and hard work we could not have run National Feile so successfully.
To coincide with the finals taking place in Semple Stadium, a plaque commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Feile na nGael and commemorating its founding in 1971 by Séamus Ó Riain, Tomás Ó Baróid and Eamonn De Stafort was unveiled by Uachtarán Labhrás Mac Cartaigh at the entrance to the stadium.
Financial Management for Community Groups
Tipperary Volunteer Centre are once again offering you free online training in ‘Financial Management for Community Groups’. This two hour workshop will take place on: Tuesday, November 9th, 11am – 1pm. Every non-profit organisation must manage its finances in a transparent and effective manner. Funders, donors and beneficiaries, very much depend on board directors, Committee members and trustees to make best use of all of an organisation’s resources, finance included. In this course, we will take a practical look at the elements of financial management that non-profits must get right. It provides a practical approach to financial management for directors, Committee members, senior managers and supervisors who do not have a background in accounting or finance.
Topics covered include an overview of:
· Introduction to Financial Management including the language of finance
· Planning and Budgeting
· Bookkeeping
· Financial Controls
· Financial Reporting
The workshop will be delivered in collaboration with Tipperary County Council, Tipperary Public Participation Network, North Tipperary Development Company and South Tipperary Development Company.
Tipperary GAA Scene
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By Jonathan Cullen Wed 3rd Nov
