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

• Garvaghey launch event held in Stormont in January
• Presentations made to Cookstown and Dungannon Councils; formal grant-aid applications
made to Dungannon and Omagh Councils and written submissions made to all four
Tyrone Councils
• Event to recruit Patrons and members held in Belfast in March
• Fund-raising trip to USA completed in May, bringing on board a further eight Garvaghey
Patrons
• Annual Club Tyrone Members Night hosted in May
• Reported on progress to the Tyrone Strategic Plan oversight group
• Night at the Dogs event held in October, bringing in £10,000
• Grant application for £250,000 to ARC North-West (Rural Development Programme)
progressed and application for £617,000 to Heritage Lottery Fund developed and
submitted
• Grant application to Sport NI for £245,000 currently being developed
Over the past year 115 new Garvaghey Patrons were recruited, bringing the total at the end of
2010 to 148 (103 Private Patrons and 45 Tyrone GAA Clubs): that total of 148 stands proudly
against an initial target of 100 Patrons. It is particularly good to report that Tyrone Ladies; the
Tyrone GAA Club in New York; and two of our hurling Clubs are now Garvaghey Patrons.
During the year committee members also met with colleagues in Club Derry and shared
experiences with Club Aontroma and Club Down as well as with fellow gaels in Carlow, Louth,
Meath and Monaghan.
The subcommittee’s work up until at least 2013 will remain focused on Garvaghey. Of the
Project’s £6.70m cost, PR and Marketing (through Club Tyrone and Garvaghey Patrons) will
directly contribute £1.50m; has drafted the application which secured £1.60m from the GAA’s
National Infrastructure Committee; and has developed / is developing and submitted other
applications to the value of £1.41m.
Next year there will be an added focus on developing electronic communication with members
as well as on the traditional tasks of managing Club Tyrone and the overall Garvaghey fundraising
and organising associated events.
Finally, the subcommittee would like to thank those very many people who helped it with its
work in 2010. They tend to be low profile but very committed gaels. Tyrone GAA is greatly
indebted to them.
Grúpa Oibre Comhfhreagrais
Cathaoirleach: Damán Ó hAirmhí
The Communications Workgroup met on four occasions during 2010. Membership and
attendance at the meetings was as follows.
Members: Damian Harvey - An Chorra Chriochach (4), Michelle Cox - Droim Ratha (3)
(Rúnaí),
Brendan Harkin - Coill an Chlochair (3), Paddy Hunter - An Omaigh (4), Ger Treacy - An
Bearach (3), Neil Coney - Ard Bó (3)
Committee Acknowledgements
Inevitably the majority of requests from the media over the last twelve months come through
the County PRO but as with most roles in the Tyrone GAA my work would be completely
impossible without the support of hard-working reliable people. I want to start by thanking
Michelle Cox who acted as secretary this year. Michelle alongside Ger Treacy did a great job
helping to update our Facebook account, chasing up team info for the youth programmes, as
well as the promotion of ASAP and the ‘Live to Play’ campaigns. Former PRO Brendan
Harkin continues to produce excellent easy to read and informative articles in all of our Red
Hand View programmes. Many thanks also to Paddy Hunter who is always on hand to pen an
article, produce a podcast for the website or promote any aspect of Tyrone GAA on the
excellent Q101 and Six FM radio stations. I want to thank Neil for helping to produce some
of the youth programmes earlier in the year.
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