Kent to succeed Teehan in Leinster Council chair
CURRENT COUNTY Board Chairman Derek Kent will be occupying the hot seat at provincial level in three years’ time.
The Taghmon-Camross clubman was elected Vice-Chairman of the Leinster Council at the annual Convention on Saturday, having been nominated for the post along with Des Halpenny from Louth.
Pat Teehan from Offaly replaced the outgoing Jim Bolger (Carlow) as Chairman, after completing his three-year term as understudy.
Kent will now be the deputy for the Coolderry clubman’s tenure, before taking over himself at the 2023 Convention.
The new Treasurer is Colm Finnegan from Wicklow, while Pat Lynagh (Westmeath) was appointed P.R.O.
The Leinster Council executive for the next three years is completed by the Secretary, Michael Reynolds, who works on a full-time basis from their office in Portlaoise.
‘Our playing population has to be foremost in consideration of everything we do, at all levels of our Association, and as a consequence our games must be central to that,’ Pat Teehan said after his elevation to the chair.
‘The spend on games development continues to grow year on year and investment has now reached almost €6 million. The investment in Dublin has proven hugely beneficial, and the investment in the East Leinster project has also begun to show dividends.
‘We now need to look at the six remaining counties to ensure they are getting the resources they need in order to keep pace with the rest of the province.’
Derek Kent will be the 36th Leinster Council
Chairman, following in the footsteps of previous Wexford incumbents P.D. Breen, Micheál Kehoe, Jimmy Roche, Jim Berry and Sheamus Howlin.
THERE WILL be a strong Wexford involvement when surprise packets I.T. Carlow travel into the lions’ den tomorrow (Wednesday) to take on a hotly-fancied D.C.U. in the Sigerson Cup universities football final.
The underdogs have taken three significant scalps in their march to the final, starting when they travelled to Kerry and beat an I.T. Tralee side including David Clifford with a burst of late goals.
They had home comforts for the quarter-final when they dumped the holders, U.C.C., and Inniskeen in Co. Monaghan played host to last week’s success over Letterkenny I.T. in the penultimate round.
Two young Wexfordmen - Niall Hughes of Kilanerin and Monageer-Boolavogue’s Cathal Walsh - have played in all three games to date, and now they will be bidding to join a small but select group of Model County footballers with Sigerson Cups to their name.
Unfortunately, the other Slaneysider to play at the semi-final stage - Martin O’Connor of HWH-Bunclody - saw his interest end when U.C.D. were well beaten by D.C.U.
Hughes and O’Connor are Wexford Senior team-mates.