Kildare GAA club win new digital scoreboard worth €6K

Éire Óg Corrachoill Hurling Club have won a digital clock and scoreboard worth €6,000 in a competition run by the GAA’s Official Timing Sponsor, EirGrid. A winner from each province was drawn at Croke Park by EirGrid Director of External Affairs, Rosemary Steen and Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael, Aogán Ó Fearghail.

This fantastic prize comprises the delivery and installation of a top-of-the-range, LED, digital clock and scoreboard with a radio controlled handset to manage the score from anywhere in the ground. This will be an invaluable asset for Éire Óg Corrachoill Hurling Club.

This competition marks EirGrid’s continuing commitment to its GAA sponsorship portfolio.  As well as being the GAA’s first ever official timing sponsor, it has also sponsored the EirGrid GAA Football U21 All-Ireland Championship for the past two seasons and also sponsored last year’s EirGrid International Rules Series.

There were a total of 147 entries for the competition. 47 entries came from Munster, 43 from Leinster, 31 from Ulster and 26 from Connacht.

Speaking on behalf of Éire Óg Corra Choill Hurling Club, Kevin Connor said: “We are a recently founded club (early 1990s) who cater for hurling and camogie teams from under 5s right through to senior level. I believe that a top of the range EirGrid digital clock and scoreboard would be the finishing touch on our ongoing project and I know that all of our members would be delighted if we could secure this.”