Rebel Óg would like to say thank you to the clubs across Cork who sent representatives to the launch of the minor and U15 championships at Páirc Uí Chaoimh last Saturday.

Best of luck to all sides in the upcoming championships.

NEXT Saturday, July 9, we are launching the minor and U15 championships at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, with the help of clubs across the county.

We are going to try and do something different to launch the championships this year. The plan is to try and  get a player from every club with a side or sides (hurling and football) playing in the U15 and minor championships together at Pairc Ui Chaoimh for the launch at 1pm.

To be clear we only want one player at each age level no matter how many teams they have involved. So one U15 and one minor player from each club, even if they have teams in both codes.

At the event, we will take two large group pictures, U15 and minor, and then pictures region by region as well. The idea will be then to put on social media but also to send to various news organisations to show the scale of games we play every year.

All clubs should be aware of this plan by now and the hopefully all will try to get there on the day.

Players are asked to wear their club jerseys for the launch.

After a two year break the Rebel Óg awards have returned for 2022.

The pandemic meant the awards were put on hold, with the last monthly award presented in December 2019 until yesterday.

The awards acknowledge all areas of GAA activities for underage clubs, teams, or individuals across Cork, including hurling, football, camogie, ladies football, and Scor, with an independent judging panel deciding on the monthly winner.

On welcoming the return of the awards Michael O’Mahony, chairman of Rebel Óg said: “We are delighted that the awards have returned for this year as it gives us to honour clubs, teams, and others for their special achievements.

“We would like to thank the Clayton Hotel, Silversprings, the main sponsor of the awards as well as Cummins Sports, award sponsors. Also to The Echo and RedFM for their continued media partnership of the awards. I would also like to thank Mick Evans who has stayed on as chairman of the judging panel.

“On behalf of Rebel Óg, I am also delighted to announce that former Cork footballers Ciarán Sheehan and Brid Stack have agreed to come on board as judges for the coming year and I wish them well as they will have some tough decisions to make in the coming months.

“Finally, I would like to thank all the judges over the past 10 years for all the work in making these awards the event they have become.”

Yesterday the winners for March and April were honoured with St Francis College, Rochestown, and the Cork minor camogie team picking up their awards.

Both were picked for their success in All-Ireland competitions, with the camogie side winning both the All-Ireland minor title and the Munster championship, whilst Rochestown won the Paddy Buggy Cup, the All-Ireland B championship for senior school sides.

Cork claimed their third All-Ireland minor camogie title in five years when they beat Galway by 2-11 to 2-7 at Semple Stadium. Orla Cahalane and Ciara Morrison were the main scorers, with both hitting 1-3 over the hour.

To win their All-Ireland title Rochestown hit the final nine points without reply against Claregalway to win by 0-17 to 0-9.

To nominate a club, team, individual or group email: probng.cork@gaa.ie