Baker joins Westmeath team

OLLIE BAKER will return to the inter-county hurling scene in 2006, as a selector with Westmeath.

A two-time All-Ireland winner with Clare under Ger Loughnane in the 1990s, the Doora-Barefield man will join John Donoghue and Liam Davitt on Seamus Qualter's backroom staff for the coming season.

"He's a friend of mine, said Qualter. "Ollie has great experience and he'll have a lot to bring to us as a selector and a coach."