Coach says everything rosy in the Garden County

WICKLOW’S victory over Kildare in the Division 2 NHL semi-final affords them the opportunity to play the final against Laois as a curtain-raiser to the Kilkenny/Waterford decider in Thurles on April 29.

The way the league is currently structured, victory over the O’Moore County won’t give the Garden County automatic promotion to Division 1 for 2008. To attain that status the winners of Division 2 must play Limerick to decide who gets promoted and who will join Offaly in the loser division next season.

There may be a change to that for the coming year however. At the annual congress in Kilkenny last weekend, the powers that be were given permission to examine the structures for 2008, and there is every chance that Offaly may stay in the top flight despite losing heavily to Limerick in a play-off game last Sunday.