Waterford GAA Discussion Thread 2011-2012

http://munster.gaa.ie/2012/06/25/munster-gaa-press-release/


Munster Council Statement on the Munster Hurling Final.

Did the Waterford County Board really think the Munster Council would vote to change the venue, after they tried to have it changed behind their backs in the recent past.


Statement:
The Munster CCC met this evening in the Munster GAA offices in Limerick and made the following decisions pertaining to upcoming Munster Finals.




Munster Final Venues
•Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final – Tipperary v Waterford – Sunday July 15th at 4:00pm in Pairc Ui Chaoimh
•Munster Junior Football Championship Final – Kerry v Clare – Wednesday July 11th at 7:30pm in Miltown-Malbay
•Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship Final – Tipperary v Clare – Wednesday July 25th at 7:30pm in MacDonagh Park Nenagh

Munster Senior Finals – Venue Process explained

The venue permutations for the Munster Senior Finals in Hurling and Football are decided annually in advance of the semi-finals of each competition. The Munster Controls Competition Committee (CCC) met on Thursday June 7th and decided on all permutations for both the hurling and football finals. It is normal practice that a neutral venue would be decided upon in the event that no agreement was in place between the competing counties. In the case of a possible Tipperary v Waterford Munster SHC Final, as no agreement was in place between Tipperary and Waterford ahead of that June 7th CCC meeting, Pairc Ui Chaoimh was agreed as the proposed venue, a decision made with the consent and knowledge of all CCC delegates of the Munster counties.

Once a fixture decision has been made by the Munster CCC, any subsequent change requires a two-thirds majority. As a result of correspondence received this afternoon (Monday) from Waterford County Board requesting a change to the original venue for the Muster Senior Hurling Final fixture, a specially convened meeting of the Munster CCC was held tonight and reaffirmed the decision made on June 7th (to fix the Munster Senior Hurling final for Pairc Ui Chaoimh) on a vote of 8 to 2.

Munster Management Meeting

At a meeting of the Munster Management committee on Thursday June 21st, it was agreed to reduce the prices of the Munster Senior Hurling and Munster Senior Football Finals by €5 on all normal Adult tickets to the Covered Stand, Uncovered Stand and Terrace to those who purchase their tickets in advance (up to the day before the final).

Patrons purchasing tickets on the day of the match will pay the top line price. Further details will be circulated to clubs, county boards and online in the coming days.

hardybuck wrote: »

If you take a county like Dublin, pretty much all the main clubs challenging for the senior football title will be challenging for the senior hurling also - the likes of St.Brigids, St.Vincents, Ballyboden etc. They have competitive games every two weeks, which is something most Waterford players can only dream of at this stage.

Whats needed in Waterford is someone who can think for themselves. Since Timmy O'Keeffe came in as County Secretary he has tried in fairness to him. He tried to introduce a premier Intermediate Championship but the clubs and divisional boards did not want it. He tried to enter into home and away arrangements with the other Munster Counties by maybe using Nolan Park as a home venue, but too many refused to take their blinkers off to see the benefits. Local politics also entered it - we wont cross the bridge and all that sh!te, and it appears he is in favour of all county competitions but it seems to be over our dead bodies with the divisional boards and their lecturing of the clubs and as good as telling them what to do. There is need to get rid of a lot of people in the running of the GAA in Waterford and fast, but its not going to happen any time soon. Until it does happen, we are going to be stuck in the dark ages compared to some counties and how they run their affairs.

deisebhoy17 wrote: »

Looking very likely now that the co. board are to put forward a motion for the Munster Hurling Final to be played in Thurles. It needs something like a 2/3 vote to be passed at Munster council. Dont see why there would be many objections, bar maybe from Clare/Limerick who mightened want to vote their minors to be playing Tipp in their own backyard should they get through.

I know people have their preferences for Thurles, I prefer the venue also. But we had the same scenario a couple years back when th co. board were looking to play cork in pairc ui caoimh in exchange for cash. This is the same motive and nothing else so dont anyone cod themselves that the co. board aredoing this for any other reason

Do you know what the Munster Final potentially is worth to the Cork County Board. There is not a cats chance in hell that Frank Murphy would allow it to be played outside of Cork. As things have worked out, even Tipp voted to play the game in Cork. Does that tell us how the Munster Council see some of our County officials.

Fentdog84 wrote: »

Here's an idea. Since we have no designated home ground for Munster championship hurling matches, why not just come to some agreement where Thurles is our designated home ground? That would prevent all this nonsense in the future

Neither Tipp nor Cork would enter into an agreement that their ground could be used as a home ground by us. They would loose too much. The only ground that it would make sense for Waterford to use as a home venue in the Munster Championship, barring we bringing one of out own up to standard which will not happen, would be Nolan Park.