Coiste Thir Eoghain Annual Report Book 2010 - Tyrone GAA | Tir ...

County Administration & Training Centre
Cathaoirleach: Liam Mac Niallais
Construction of Pitches
Pitches 1, 2, 3 and 5 have been sown out and grass is becoming visible again on the site. The
perimeter concrete path around Pitch 2, the fence and the foundation for the small stand on
the same pitch have been completed. Pitch 4 has had lateral drains completed, soil levelled on
the surface and surface drains completed. Sand has been imported onto the pitch but we will
have to wait until the spring before the pitch can be sown out. Bases for ball stop uprights and
goal posts are complete; catch nets and goalposts will be erected at the end of the 12 months
maintenance period.
Floodlighting
Masts and luminaires / lights have been installed on all 5 pitches; cabling to the masts is in place;
energy centre for generator, NIES etc will be completed by end of present contract – mid
December. Cabling for lighting to the perimeter walk has been laid; lampposts have been
erected.
Ancillary work
The construction of the main entrance will be configured with kerbs and a base coat will be
laid by the end of this present contract. Car parking spaces will be formed and a Bus Park
constructed. The perimeter walk will be reinstated and resurfaced. 2.4m perimeter fence around
the site will be completed by end of current contract – mid December also.
Phase 3
Drawings for the Main Building have been sent to Building Control and its views are awaited.
The hope at the moment is that we can go out to tender over the next 3 months with a start
possible in March/April 2011. The building will take 15/18 months to complete, by which
time the playing pitches should all be available. We would hope to be in a position to officially
open the centre in September 2013.
Funding
The funding approved by Croke Park has been frontloaded towards the present Contract 2
(e1.4M) with e500,000.00 remaining for Contract 3. So far we have received e250,000.00
from the Strategic Investment Fund and e650,000.00 from National Infrastructure & Safety
Committee; we have also been awarded £25,000.00 from Dungannon & South Tyrone
Borough Council. We hope for some financial support from the other District Councils to
which presentations have been made by Mark Conway. Applications to DARD through ARC
North West for £250,000.00 and the Heritage Lottery for £617,000.00 are well advanced.
Club Tyrone funding from Garvaghey Patrons is excellent with over 100 individual Patrons and
over 40 Clubs having also signed up as Garvaghey Patrons. The original Club Tyrone funding
remains substantial.
Thanks
My thanks are due to the members of the Garvaghey subcommittee, Michael Mc Goldrick,
Mark Conway, Jackie Duffy, John Mulgrew, Mary Connolly, Cathal Daly and Brian Hackett.
My thanks also to County Officers, Chairperson Ciaran Mc Laughlin, Secretary Dominic Mc
Caughey and Treasurer Michael Harvey who have given of their time to the subcommittee.
A special word of thanks to Mark Conway, John O Neill and Cathy Gallagher who have been
responsible for all of the applications made to the various funding bodies. And finally my thanks
to our clubs for their generous support, to the individual supporters and companies who have
either remained as members of Club Tyrone or have become Garvaghey Patrons and to those
who are members of both Club Tyrone and the Garvaghey Patrons; without your support we
would not have come this far but with your continuing support and generosity we will achieve
our goal of providing Tyrone with a modern administration base, a cultural centre and a training
centre of which we will all be proud.
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