O’Kelly issues get house in order warning

Conor O’Kelly, outgoing president Munster Branch of the Irish Hockey Association (MBIHA), has warned the province cannot afford to neglect the running of the game after it took two meetings to elect new management.

The branch’s AGM resumed in Mitchelstown yesterday having been suspended a fortnight ago due to the lack of nominees for management committee positions.

The majority of the positions were filled at the second time of asking yesterday, with Waterford-based Sally Kavanagh ratified as president, with Bev Gray (vice president), John Dennis (chairman), Lucinda Shrubb (treasurer) and Mary Walsh (youths) staying on in their respective roles. Mike Sutton takes over the schools remit while Andrew Gray has been elected PRO.