Quick path to Christy Ring Cup final opens up for Offaly
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A POTENTIAL quick path to the Christy Ring Cup final has opened up for Offaly senior hurlers. The draw for hurling s third tier championship was made on Wednesday afternoon and Offaly have been drawn in the two team group B with Sligo.
The winners of the Offaly v Sligo game will go straight into the semi-final while the loser will have a second chance, playing a group A team in a quarter-final.
Group A consists of three counties, Wicklow, Roscommon and Derry and they will play each other. The top two teams will go into the semi-finals with the third playing the losers of Offaly and Sligo in the quarter-final.
Grand Canal fundraiser shows the potential in Offaly GAA
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Johnny Mooney (left) with former GAA president Nicky Brennan. Johnny proved a master fundraiser for the Offaly GAA Grand Canal walk. );
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THE Offaly GAA County Board and their supporters club, Club Faithful certainly hit on a master stroke with their recent Grand Canal Walk fundraiser.
The venture has brought in a whopping €208,119 so far and its success has surpassed the wildest expectations of the organisers.
It was a shared fundraiser between the County Board and clubs, though the County Board will have cleared that bit more out of it as chairman Michael Duignan gathered funds solely for them and a couple of other clubs also agreed to give their full proceeds to the county.
THE 2020 Leinster minor football and hurling finals will be made a priority by Leinster Council as soon as the go ahead is given by the Government for games to .
Last year s competitions a priority as Offaly GAA plans new activity
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THE Offaly GAA County Board will not be finalising their plans for the 2021 club programme until definite inter-county fixtures and there is more news on the relaxing of Covid-19 restrictions.
With senior inter-county teams allowed back training on April 19 and the National Football and Hurling Leagues set to start in May, the first months of the season will be devoted to county activity.
The inter-county championship season will be played on a knockout basis with the provincial championships starting at the end of June. Club championships will be played from September to December, though counties may be allowed to start earlier as their teams are knocked out of the inter-county championships.
WATCH: Offaly s youngest hurling coach shares some silky skills
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Little legend, Timmy Nugent, from Drumcullen GAA, recently began making hurling videos for the U7s team to keep them busy during lockdown.
With his obvious love of the game and showing off some great hurling skills, 7-year-old Timmy s video has proven extremely popular since it was posted by his mam, Pamela on her Twitter account.
So proud of my 7yr old son Timmy of @Drumcullen GAA who decided he was going to make some coaching videos today. No help from anyone on skills, drills or intros, only to have someone hold the camera. #veryproudmammy #CamánEveryday pic.twitter.com/iWjjQB6zbu