Munster Senior Football Championship

On Monday morning, the draw for Munster Senior Football Championship took place.

Cork have been draw to play the winners of the opening round between Waterford and Limerick.

On the other side of the draw, Kerry will play Clare in the Q-Final with the winners meeting Tipperary in the Semi-Final.

Munster SFC Draw

Cork vs Waterford / Limerick Tipperary vs Kerry /Clare

Munster Senior Hurling Championship Draw

Cork play Limerick in Munster SHC

The draw for Munster Senior Hurling Championship took place on Monday morning.

Cork have been drawn against Limerick in Semi-Final stages of 2021 Championship.

On the other side Clare will meet Waterford in the open game with the winners playing Tipperary in the Semi-Final.

Munster SHC Draw

Cork vs Limerick

Clare/Waterford vs Tipperary

Cork County Championships – Review of Intermediate & Junior Competitions

At last week’s County Executive meeting, the following was decided regarding Intermediate Championships in both Football and Hurling.
  • Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship     PIHC  
  • Intermediate A Hurling Championship                IAHC  
  • Lower Intermediate Hurling Championship        LIHC  
  • Premier Intermediate Football Championship    PIFC   
  • Intermediate A Football Championship               IAFC  
  1. The regrading to Junior of all 12 teams in Lower Intermediate Hurling (LIHC) and 4 teams from Intermediate A Football Championship (IAFC), scheduled for the end of the 2021 season, has been paused for one year, due to the effects of Covid-19 related restrictions.
  1. It is planned to revert to two Intermediate Hurling (PIHC & IAHC) and two Intermediate Football grades (PIFC & IAFC) at the end of 2022, instead. The IAHC and IAFC grades will contain 16 teams each. LIHC will be abolished, as planned.
  1. Consequently, the 2020 Junior A Hurling winners will not be promoted to IAHC. They will instead take their place in LIHC. This means that there is a requirement to relegate one team only from IAHC 2020. Therefore, the round robin relegation series between Meelin, Glen Rovers and Argideen Rangers, which has yet to be completed, will see only the bottom team relegated to LIHC 2020, rather than the two teams outlined previously.
  1. Also, the 2021 Junior A Hurling winners will be promoted to LIHC for 2022 and not IAHC, again requiring only one team to be relegated from IAHC at the end of 2021.
  1. Promotion / relegation of one-up, one-down will continue to apply across all grades indefinitely.
  1. As previously outlined, a full review of all Junior Competitions at County and Divisional level, in both League and Championship will take place in the coming months.
Many thanks to all units that submitted observations recently.

CORK GAA WEBINAR TO HELP PLAYERS & PARENTS GET BACK TO GAA ACTIVITIES

CORK GAA WEBINAR TO HELP PLAYERS & PARENTS GET BACK TO GAA ACTIVITIES
With underage GAA activity now just days away, Cork GAA are reaching out to coaches, child/youth players and their parents to provide practical advice on supporting players return to their local GAA clubs. The webinar will focus on personal development and adopting a positive outlook in life and sport.
The webinar will be held on Friday 23rd April, 8pm – 8.45pm
“Importance of Return to Sport”
-Fitter Body, Fitter Mind”
Our first guest speakers at the event will be Cork U20 Football Manager, Keith Ricken. Keith is working as a GAA Development Officer in C.I.T. for the last 20 years. He has huge experience as a club coach most notably with his own club St Vincents and has coached hurling and football at all levels. Keith is also recognised by many for the assistance he gives to players off the field and will be sharing some of this advice to players and parents in this webinar. Keith will also provide practical tips around personal development.
Our second speaker is Barry Corkery who worked with the Cork Minor Football All Ireland winning team of 2019 and is currently a Cork U20 Football selector. Barry is a member of the Eire Og club and is a mental health therapist by profession. Barry will offer practical tips around having a positive mindset and having clear goals in life and sport.
We would ask clubs to pass this information on to ALL club coaches and parents and actively encourage them to join this short but very informative webinar.
To register for the event, please complete the below link with contact details.

 

Covid Update 16.04.2021

INFORMATION FOR CLUBS

Return to Training As you are aware non-contact training for underage teams in pods of 15 will be permitted from April 26th next in the 26 Counties. Our clubs in the North have returned in pods of 15 this week. “Underage teams” means any registered team at U-18 level or below.

Attached, please find the updated Guidelines for a Safe Return to Gaelic Games.

The key control measures remain completion of the online education module (which you can access here) and completion of the Health Questionnaire before each session (link to Health Questionnaire is here)

It is also important to remember that all indoor facilities must remain closed at this time, both North and South of the border.

Attendance at Training In general, only players and coaches of the relevant team should attend any training session. One Parent or Guardian per child (or per family if more than one child is attending from a particular family) is permitted to attend in a safeguarding /supervisory capacity involving any team in the U-18 or below age group, should they consider it necessary. However strict social distancing and public health guidelines should be adhered to at all times. In particular, it is important that parents do not congregate in groups before or after sessions, outside of what is permitted in current Government regulations.

Any person wishing to attend our underage training or games including coaches, parents, players and spectators shall be subject to the provisions of the Code of Behaviour (Underage).

INFORMATION FOR COUNTIES

Return to Training Inter County Senior Hurling and Football panels are permitted to return to collective, full contact Training from Monday, April 19th. Attached is an updated set of Guidelines for inter-county teams which we would ask you to ensure is circulated to all members of your county panels and backroom teams.

A key message from our Covid Advisory Group is to avoid indoor gatherings wherever possible. For instance, it is permitted to use dressing rooms or hold meetings indoors, but we would strongly encourage you to explore alternatives or minimise usage as much as possible. Keeping the majority of your interactions outdoors is the key measure to follow if you wish to ensure the safety of players and support personnel.

U20/Minor/Academy Squad Training For clarity, Counties are asked to note that the current exemptions for underage club training and senior inter county teams DO NOT extend to U20, Minor or Academy squads; only players from a county’s Senior Panel are currently covered by the player injury scheme. Return to Training dates for underage inter county panels are contingent on further relaxation of Government restrictions – the GAA will advise further once any new information is made available.

Challenge Games The current relaxations to Government restrictions do not permit Challenge games to take place (unless between members of the same panel). We have been advised that this will be the position until May 4th at the earliest. We are seeking to have this position revisited as part of any further relaxation of Government restrictions and we will communicate further with Counties as soon as we have any additional information in this context.

Use of Gyms It is now permitted to open County owned gyms for members of the County Senior Hurling or Football panel as required. If gym work, or aspects of it, can be conducted outdoors, then risk of transmission of the virus is dramatically reduced. Ideally Gym activity indoors should be conducted on an individual basis or in very small groups.

Inter County players may also use their relevant Club Gym for individual training as long as they are following the advice in the Inter County Return to Training and Play document.

Finally, we would ask you to ensure that both Return to Play Documents and this cover note are circulated to all County Team Managers and backroom personnel at your earliest convenience.

Is muide, le meas,

Labhrás Mac Carthaigh  & Tomás Ó Riain

Uachtarán & Ard Stiúrthóir

 

Guidelines for Inter County teams 2021x

UPDATED SAFE RETURN Master March 2021

16.04.2021 Covid Update