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Tyrone face a wait to see if Ryan McMenamin will make the Championship opener against Down on 8 June

Tyrone face a wait to see if Ryan McMenamin will make the Championship opener against Down on 8 June

McMenamin feeling Down

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Ryan McMenamin is an injury doubt ahead of Tyrone's Ulster senior football championship meeting with Down on June 8 in Omagh.

Playing centre half back for his club Dromore against Killyman in a league game, he kicked two points before having to retire early in the second half with a hip injury.

Also in Tyrone one of the county's most decorated players Eugene McKenna has taken over as manager of Donaghamore.

Three times an All Star, along with Art McRory he led the county to its first national title when winning the 2002 Allianz league.

Meanwhile, Tyrone will go into the Ulster senior football championship with some serious financial muscle after the county's prolific fund raising body revealed a record breaking year.

For Club Tyrone recorded a surplus for the year of almost £280,000 in its report for the year ending October 2007.

Most of the money came from members' donations, with a gala ball contributing £42,512 to the total surplus of £279,123.

County chairman Pat Darcy in his role as chairman of the marketing and PR committee said the club Tyrone brand is now setting a standard for other counties to follow and emulate.

He added that the building blocks being put in place for the future of Tyrone GAA would not have been possible without the help of the membership.

"These building blocks are becoming the envy of other counties. We are continuing to build a strong foundation for the future and setting standards for other counties to follow and Club Tyrone is a considerable driving force in this process."

Darcy detailed the achievements of Club Tyrone in the past year; completion of Healy Park refurbishment; launched Raising the Red Hand, a five-year strategy for the development of the GAA in Tyrone; purchased over 35 acres of land to build a GAA centre in the county; employed 11 coaches to promote GAA in the schools; increased investment in the preparation of the various county teams.

Darcy added: "We have a good story to tell, but we must not rest on our laurels. We work hard and our motto is 'much done, more still to do."

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