Provincial promotion key for club competition

AIB are to launch a marketing drive to enhance the profile of the club championships provincially to match the popularity of the competitions at national level.

And GAA President Sean Kelly hopes to have the finals of the new junior and intermediate championships played in Croke Park.

Mr Kelly was speaking in Cork yesterday at the launch of the 2005/2006 championships in Nemo Rangers' new headquarters, which he described as "the finest" sports complex outside of Croke Park.