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 Thurles Ladies All Ireland Champs Huge celebrations in Thurles Golf Club last Sunday night following the Miele Ireland Inter Club Ladies Fourball Team were declared 2010 All-Ireland Champions.
Thurles beat Milltown and The Heath beat Rockmount in the final and third place play offs of the Championship at Glasson Golf Club, near Athlone, Co Westmeath.
Final
Thurles 2-2 Milltown (Thurles win on countback)
Jacueline Corbett (11) and Mary Coman O’Neill (14) lost to Deirdre Walsh (2),and Mary Rose Binchy (19) 2 and 1.
Rose Maloney (12) and Margaret Lonergan (14) lost to Aileen Dawson (8) and Dorothy MacCann (16) 2 and 1.
Orla McKevitt (10) and Fionnuala Corcoran (17) beat Penny Gleeson (7) and Eithne Gogan (17) 20th
Marian Finn (8) and Susan Troy (25) beat Maeve Whelan (10) and Emer O’Donoghue (16) 6/4
This victorious team under the management of Joan Butler and Joan Purcell, had previously seen off teams from Nenagh, Templemore, Carrick-on-Suir, Castletroy and Youghal to win the Southern Region Pennant and their place in the All-Ireland Semi Finals at Glasson Golf Club.
The team had emerged from a starting field of 220 Clubs and Society’s to win this, first ever, ladies All-Ireland title in Thurles Golf Club’s 101 year existence.
 Huge turnout to watch the first ever Ladies Mini Marathon, which took place in Thurles yesterday.
The event was open to all females over 18, of all abilities, mobility and fitness levels.
The route was a 10k route (6.2 miles) around Thurles and was an AAI registered event with chip timing, which made it a great opportunity for the more serious runners taking part, to get official running times.
The first First three runners past the post were as follows:-
Sioban O’ Doherty, Nenagh, in a time of 36:35.
Liz Hussey, Limerick, in a time of 38:51.
Angela Mc Cann, Clonmel, in a time of 39:20.
For full details of all runners and their official times and placings, click here and then click on the blue icon on the Tipperary Mini Marathon site marked ‘Results Just Published’.
Well done to all those taking part and to the various Charity Groups who benefited.
 Ducksy Walsh Twenty-five years after making his senior break-through, Kilkenny legend, Michael ‘Ducksy’ Walsh returns to handball’s centre stage to contest the 2010 All-Ireland 60×30 Senior Doubles final. In 1985, the talented youngster began to mark his dominance on the Irish handball stage when he collected his first All-Ireland senior crown.
On Saturday next, at Semple Stadium, Thurles, Walsh will partner, Michael Clifford, as the duo go in search of senior doubles glory against Royal County pairing, Brian Carroll and Tom Sheridan, who are bidding to reclaim the title they won in 2008.
If last year’s meeting of these two sides is anything to go by, Saturday’s crowd will be treated to a spectacular show as Meath and Kilkenny renew rivalries. GAA Handball today announced that this clash is almost a sell-out.
Continue reading Semple Stadium Thurles To Hold All Ireland Handball Final 2010
 ‘Not men, but giants.” So goes an advertising campaign that once marked Guinness’s sponsorship of the hurling championship in previous years. Tonight this phrase is entirely appropriate as Tipperary rout Galway in a thrilling All-Ireland Under-21 final, in front of over 21,110 adoring fans.
Tipperary county added the All-Ireland Under-21 title to their earlier Liam McCarthy Cup triumph this week by trashing Galway by 25 points at Semple Stadium, here in Thurles.
Tipperary lead from the start with goals from Brian O’Meara, John O’Dwyer and Sean Carey inside the opening quarter, leaving them at the interval leading by 3-7 to 0-9.
Patrick Maher and Noel McGrath added two further goals in the second half and Galway finished with just fourteen men after their centre forward Niall Quinn received a straight red card, just seven minutes from the end.
This outrageously talented Tipperary side from start to finish rode the wave of last Sunday’s senior success displaying excellent teamwork, skill and demonstrated in full a complete understanding of the craft of their sport.
As for Tipperary’s James Logue, three superb saves further confirmed his superb ability in the art of goalkeeping.
Galway followers appeared to have deserted their team in droves with scarcely one thousand of their fans making a showing for the final. With all the pre-match hype regarding the venue, which almost overshadowed the actual event itself, we can no doubt expect to hear in the coming days a disgruntled Galway following screaming “Unfair, Unfair”, but to be honest Galway were no match for Tipperary to night, as the final score testified.
Tipperary: J Logue, K O’Gorman, P Maher, M Cahill, J Barry, B Maher, C Hough, S Hennessy, N McGrath, S Carey, P Maher, P Murphy, M Heffernan, B O’Meara and J O’Dwyer.
Subs: C Coughlan for K O’Gorman , J O’Neill for J O’Dwyer, A Ryan for P Murphy, J Gallagher for N McGrath and K Morris for M Heffernan.
 Ken Hogan Tipperary Manager The GAA All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling Championship final between Tipperary and Galway will go ahead as originally planned at Semple Stadium on Saturday evening with the throw-in at 7.00pm.
The decision of the GAA‘s Central Competitions Control Committee to fix the game for the Thurles venue had drawn major opposition from Galway GAA officials.
Galway Hurling Board Chairman, Mr Joe Byrne had argued that it was unfair to have to take on Tipperary in their home venue.
However the GAA decided not to budge on their original decision and last night’s expected emergency meeting of Galway clubs to discuss the matter, did not taking place following Galway’s Hurling Board agreement to play the game at the original chosen venue.
This eagerly anticipated weekend’s clash will marks the first All-Ireland U-21 hurling decider between both counties since 1983. Tipperary last won a senior and an Under-21 All-Ireland double in 1989 and no less than eight players, who were part of last Sunday’s victorious Tipperary senior panel are now set to be take to the pitch for this final. These players are Padraic Maher, Patrick Maher, Brendan Maher, Michael Cahill, Noel McGrath, Seamus Hennessy, Michael Heffernan and Brian O’Meara.
It emerged on Tuesday that Tipperary will now be without full back John Coghlan (Moyne-Templetuohy) for Saturday’s game, after his yellow card against Antrim in the semi-final on August 21st was upgraded to a red by the GAA’s Central Competitions Control Committee. However, Coghlan is entitled to a personal hearing this week and may have that rather surprising decision overturned.
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