Coiste Thir Eoghain Annual Report Book 2008 - Tyrone GAA | Tir ...

Coiste Thír Eoghain
An Chomhdháil Bhliantúil
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• Miontuairiscí - 2006 •
The Minutes of the 2006 Convention were adopted on the proposal of J Marlow and
seconded by K Devlin.
• Standing Orders •
On the proposal of A Harkin, Standing Orders were adopted, and were seconded by M
Cartin.
• County Grounds’ Accounts and Balance Sheets •
6.1 The Treasurer presented the Accounts for Healy Park Omagh; these indicated a total
income of £32427 and an expenditure of £37056 providing a deficit of £4628 for the year.
6.2 The Accounts as presented for O’Neill Park Dungannon indicated an income of £3570 with
an expenditure of £7235.
6.3 No Accounts were provided for Fr Campbell Park Coalisland.
6.4 Both sets of Accounts were adopted on the proposal of P O’Neill, seconded by A Scullin.
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• Secretary’s Report •
7.1 J Treacy welcomed the comments made by the Secretary in his Report that referred to
starting the County’s adult leagues at a much earlier stage; he said there was a great
appetite among Clubs for games at the start of the year and he hoped that the incoming
CCC would consider the worthiness of an early commencement to the leagues.
7.2 Dermot McCaughey expressed total agreement with the notion of starting the adult leagues
within the county as early as February; he said that many managers felt compelled to enter
teams in the Ulster League where matches were often non-competitive and simply brought
significant additional costs to a Club, with extensive travel and meal costs being incurred.
7.3 Speaking on the comments made by the County Secretary regarding Club hurling, G Byrne
agreed that the fixtures programme within the county was a shambles with games being
disrupted to accommodate others in the Armagh league; while he did not think there was
evidence of harm to players’ welfare, he suggested that the Armagh league should now be
discontinued, particularly with the availability of a successful Ulster league.
7.4 P Doris was highly critical of the hurling Clubs within the county for their failure to
promote the game, and sometimes their failure to participate in games. Evidence of major
problems had been highlighted by the Secretary in his Report, by the Referees’ Committee
in its Report and by the Hurling Development Report, all included in the Convention
booklet. He also pointed out that Clubs did not attend meetings as required and the malaise
associated with the senior county team had now spread to the minor county team. He
concluded by asking that a committee be set up to examine if the Clubs have failed hurling
or has the County failed hurling.
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