Tipp gives managers another season

MICHAEL BABS KEATING, John Leahy and Tom Barry have been ratified for another year as the Tipperary senior hurling management team.

They and the county’s other management teams were ratified at a meeting of the county board in the Thurles Sarsfields Social Centre last Tuesday.John Owens of Moyle Rovers was ratified as the senior football manager. Owens was a senior selector for the last two seasons and moves up to manage the team following the decision of outgoing manager Seamus McCarthy to step down.

John will be joined by outgoing selector Jim Healy (Loughmore-Castleiney), John Phelan (Ardfinnan), and John Quinn (Éire Óg Annacarty).