15 vie for places in Club of Year final

FIFTEEN clubs have been named as the elite group of semi-finalists in the AIB Club of the Year competition.

They are Treble R, Dublin; Kilcloon, Co Meath; Freemount, Avondhu; Galway City; Glanmire, Seandun; Mountmellick, Co Laois; Kinsalebeg, Co Waterford; Dundrum, South Tipperary; Kilkenny City; Ferbane-Banagher, Co Offaly; Moynalty, Co Meath; Togher, Co Louth; Mitchelstown, Avondhu; Bantry, Carbery; and Limerick City. The latter four are also the contenders for the AIB Best Emerging Club title.

The Club of the Year title is the highest accolade a club can achieve. The national semi-final will take place shortly, and will leave six going through to the final on Saturday, October 29, during the Macra annual conference and rally in the Radisson Blu, Little Island, Cork.