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Celebration night in St John’s

Kilkenny will erect a monument to the county’s hurlers, as a tribute to the exceptional standard of hurling produced by successive Kilkenny teams over the years.

Paul Kinsella Chairman of the Kilkenny County GAA Board welcomed all delegates to O’Loughlin/Gaels GAA club earlier in the week to mark the 126th year of the foundation. Each year the annual convention takes a look back over the past successes and future plans.

They may not have won the five-in-a-row but as illustrated on Monday night the senior hurlers are still the heroes of Kilkenny.

Results from the men’s 18 hole Stan Fields Memorial Prize event are as follows: 1 Shay Kennedy 40 points bk3; 2 Martin Whelan 40 points; 3 Michael Conway 39 points bk9; 4 Adrian O’Neill 38 points; Gross Michael Buggy 37 gross; Student Prize Adrian Dillon 43 points.

A huge crowd of supporters descended on Mooncoin on Sunday evening to see Waterford play Kilkenny in a senior hurling challenge match at the official opening of the club’s new sports complex and facilities.

Kilkenny GAA Supporters Club reviewed a very successful year for both the club and county at its AGM held in Nowlan Park recently. The well-attended meeting included a number of members of the Kildare-based Supporters Club who travelled to attend the AGM.

At a special function in Nowlan Park, Kilkenny on Monday last Glanbia plc announced a new three year sponsorship deal for Kilkenny hurlers for 2010 – 2012. As in the past, the sponsorship will include Kilkenny’s senior, intermediate, Under 21, and minor hurling teams with the Kilkenny jersey carrying the Avonmore milk logo - Ireland’s Number 1 milk brand.

The greatest Kilkenny hurling team of all time were swept away by a sea of black and amber on Monday evening. Thousands of supporters lined the streets of Kilkenny to greet their four-in-a-row heroes.

Dicksboro GAA Club celebrated their Centenary Year in style when they launched their history Up the Boro in the Ormonde Hotel recently. Written by Gerry O’Neill who was ably assisted by archivists and historians Ned Buggy, Noel Deevey and Tom Beirne, the superbly produced book covers the clubs History at a rate of a chapter per decade.