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Kilkenny’s hurling world came to a standstill on Tuesday when the news broke that Henry Shefflin was out of this year’s All-Ireland hurling final. The 31-year-old severed a cruciate ligament during Kilkenny’s semi-final victory over Cork on Sunday.

Delegates at special congress last Saturday gave Galway and Antrim the green light to compete in Leinster for the next three years. There were a number of proposals down for decision but without a doubt this motion was top of the priority list. There has been a lot of changes in the association over the years with this being the most radical on-field change since the backdoor system was introduced in '97. Both Galway and Antrim have now been given the chance to bring the famous Bob O'Keeffe Cup to foreign lands, oh, how times have changed. It may only be for a three-year trial period but I for one feel it's a stepping stone to an open draw or a champions league style championship. Sure Kilkenny are dominant in Leinster at present, but I think this move undermines the great effort that Dublin, Wexford and Offaly are doing to catch up on possibly the greatest Kilkenny team of all times. This move will certainly make it harder for the aforementioned sides to reach the Leinster final- so how this is going to improve hurling in this province is beyond me. Take Dublin for instance, a county that is genuinely trying its best to promote hurling. Their players would look upon it as a huge honour to play in a Leinster decider, the new system could now rob them of that chance. Any player who has won a Leinster senior medal over the years should cherish it. The new championship should in fact be called the 'rest of Ireland championship' during this three-year trial. Everyone will have their own opinion and are well entitled to have it, but the sight of Galway running out on Croke Park for final day doesn't exactly excite me. Call me old-fashioned or set in my ways, but that's the way I feel at present. Maybe I'll feel differently about it after the three-year trial; I wonder what way will the Kilkenny County Board look upon it in three-year’s time if Galway take all three titles during that period? Once again we are victims of our own success! It’s ok for people to mess around with this province, if change was needed, and I'm not so sure it was, but they should have bitten the bullet and brought Munster on board for the champions league style championship.

Travelling down to Walsh Park last Sunday I could sense that a tough day at the office lay ahead for the Kilkenny hurlers. It wasn't completely based on a gut feeling. You see over the years these league encounters with our neighbours have always been tough, uncompromising and as the records show the spoils have been divided fairly equally in recent years.

The seventh and final round of the National Hurling League takes place this Sunday.

Kilkenny County GAA Board continues to plan for the future of the association with the development of the Kilkenny GAA Strategic Vision and Action Plan, which will have positive implications for the association at county board and club levels in Kilkenny. As part of the development of this plan a club forum is being held on Monday, August 17, in Hotel Kilkenny at 7.30pm.

Kilkenny County GAA Board continues to plan for the future of the association with the development of the Kilkenny GAA Strategic Vision and Action Plan, which will have positive implications for the association at county board and club levels in Kilkenny. As part of the development of this plan a club forum is being held on Monday, August 17, in Hotel Kilkenny at 7.30pm.

A general meeting is to take place of all county board chairmen and GAA officials to discuss the problems associated with the invasion of supporters on to the pitch at Croke Park following big games.

Go Games, which have been in place for the last three years at under eight and under ten levels in hurling and football in Kilkenny, will not be introduced at under 12 level.