Waterford hurlers suffered a massive pre-championship blow with the news Pauric Mahony has been ruled out for the entire campaign.

The Waterford County board last night ratified Ken McGrath and Sean Cullinane as selectors for the county's senior hurling team.

The Waterford camp was rocked by the departure of selector Brother Philip Ryan in the aftermath of yesterday’s victory over Galway.

Waterford County Board delegates last night gave an emphatic thumbs down to the payment of county team managers.

WATERFORD County Board chairman Tom Cunningham spelled out the stark realities of the county’s financial situation at last night’s annual convention in Dungarvan.

ON a weekend when all the qualification and relegation issues in the Waterford SHC were determined, pride of place goes to Mount Sion who brought Ballygunner’s hitherto unbeaten group stage run to a shuddering halt at a fiery Walsh Park encounter on Saturday evening.

ON Sunday in Croke Park Padraic Maher and Seamus Callanan will be central figures in the Tipperary team facing Dublin in the All-Ireland SHC semi-final, battling to face Kilkenny on the first Sunday in September.

REIGNING Waterford senior hurling champions De La Salle confirmed their status as favourites to retain their title with a 1-21 to 3-9 victory over Lismore at Fraher Field, Dungarvan, yesterday.

FEW are as well acquainted with the disappointment of losing Waterford SHC games to Ballygunner as former Lismore great Michael ‘Ducky’ Ormonde.

DAVY FITZGERALD’S spell as Waterford senior hurling manager has been extended into a fourth championship season following last night’s specially convened meeting of the County Board.

MOUNT SION completed the Waterford SHC quarter-final line up after defeating last year’s intermediate champions Dungarvan in the concluding round of the group stages at Walsh Park yesterday (2-18 to 0-17).

WATERFORD face Cork in a senior hurling challenge with a difference on Bank Holiday Monday (6.30pm).

THE 2010 Waterford senior hurling championship kicks off tomorrow with eight teams in group stage action.

THE champions of the past three years — Ballygunner, De La Salle and Ballyduff Upper — have been drawn together in the same group for this year’s Waterford senior hurling championship. Abbeyside, beaten finalists two years ago, along with Fourmilewater and Stradbally complete the six-team section.

PAURIC Mahony scored 2-8 as former champions De La Salle maintained their perfect record in this season’s Dr Harty Cup.

DAN SHANAHAN was 16-years-old when Lismore were last crowned Waterford SHC champions but even then his talents set him apart as something special.

HAVING already unluckily lost two group games in the Waterford SHC against Ballyduff Upper and Mount Sion, it was a case of the same old story for Fourmilewater at Fraher Field, Dungarvan, on Saturday evening when Lismore edged them out with a late point for a 0-18 to 1-14 victory.

WATERFORD hurling begins the post All-Ireland healing process with a return to domestic championship action this weekend.

ABBEYSIDE secured passage to the Waterford SHC quarter-finals with this emphatic group stage victory over a depleted Passage East at Walsh Park on Saturday.

WITHOUT ever having to move into top gear, Lismore were always in control of this Waterford senior hurling championship group game at Fraher Field in Dungarvan yesterday and dismissed the challenge of Mount Sion far more decisively than a five-point winning margin might suggest.

PAUL FLYNN will make a decision on his inter-county future ‘over the next 10 days’.

WATERFORD County Council has refuted claims that it is to blame for constant traffic congestion in part of the county which has spurred demonstrations since the Summer.

WATERFORD make one change from the team that narrowly defeated Wexford for tomorrow’s NHL clash with All-Ireland champions Cork at Páirc Uí Rinn.

THE Lismore duo of Allstar Dan Shanahan and Dave Bennett have been left out of Waterford side for Sunday's Allianz NHL opener against Wexford at Dungarvan.

Limerick1-18 Waterford 1-9

A MAJOR computer multinational with an unrivalled track record for problem solving and troubleshooting has thrown a Waterford school a lifeline.

AN emotive Paddy Joe Ryan addressed last night’s Waterford GAA convention in Dungarvan as chairman for the final time.

WATERFORD chairman Paddy Joe Ryan has urged the GAA to make a final decision on whether or not to open Croke Park to other sporting organisations.

WATERFORD will have an injury free panel for Saturday’s make or break All-Ireland hurling qualifier against Wexford at Nowlan Park.