Club day a ‘massive thrill’ for president

GAA President Christy Cooney’s personal highlight of the Association’s year-long 125 celebrations was the May 10 ‘Lá na gClub’ promotion, which was designated as a day free of fixtures.

It had been ‘a massive thrill’, to visit a number of clubs that day, which had been celebrated with passion, style and vigour, he told guests at the 96/103FM Sports Star awards presentation in the Rochestown Park Hotel, where he was the guest of honour.

Other than making a robust defence of the proposed agreement with the GPA (which must first be approved by Central Council and then endorsed at next year’s Congress), Cooney spoke optimistically about the future well-being of the GAA, pointing to the significance of the Association’s ‘Strategic Vision and Action Plan’ in setting out their ‘road map’ for the next six years.