ONE DIRECT ANNOUNCED AS KILMACUD CROKES ALL-IRELAND HURLING SEVENS SPONSORS

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Kilmacud Crokes Hurling Chairman, Peter Walsh, announced on Tuesday 24th April at their very successful Corporate Race Day held at the Punchestown National Hunt Festival, that One Direct has signed on to sponsor the 40th Annual Kilmacud Crokes All-Ireland Hurling Sevens competition.

One Direct’s Managing Director, David Egan, said “We are very pleased to sponsor the All Ireland Hurling Sevens Competition and to commence what we believe will be a great relationship between One Direct and Kilmacud Crokes Hurling. We are very impressed with the efforts Kilmacud Crokes put in to provide a platform to showcase the extraordinary hurling talent that exists at club level, at all levels.”

One Direct offers a competitive range of insurance products including Car, Home, Travel & Bicycle Insurance and Over 50s and Term Life Assurance.   They are a wholly owned subsidiary of An Post. Their products and services are available to customers via their call-centre in Athlone by calling 1890 22 22 22 or by logging onto www.onedirect.ie.  Through their association with An Post customers can get information on their products or pay their insurance premiums at their local Post Office.

2012 will mark the 40th annual Kilmacud Crokes All-Ireland Hurling Sevens competition, held on the Saturday of the All-Ireland Hurling Championship Final weekend, with 3 competitions at Senior, Shield and u13 level. The very first Kilmacud All-Ireland Sevens was in 1973. A total of 28 teams entered the inaugural tournament and the last two standing were Buffers Alley of Wexford, backboned by the legendary Tony Doran and St Finbarrs of Cork, themselves stocked with All-Ireland medal holders. The Wexford men were victorious by a point and this was the first of three Wexford wins on the trot. In 2011, 40 senior clubs from ten counties competed for the much coveted Cup in the Senior competition and 16 teams battled for the Shield. The winners of the senior competition were Kildangan of Tipperary who needed extra-time to beat the hosts Kilmacud Crokes 5-14 to 3-16 in a thrilling final. Setanta (Donegal) won the Shield Competition, playing Eoghan Rua (Dungannon) in the final, with a score-line of 3-8 to 3-5. The future of hurling was on display in the u13 competition with Sarsfields holding off James Stephens (2-7 to 1-1) to win that hotly contested competition.

 

Peter Walsh commented, “We are truly delighted that our event has attracted the sponsorship of One Direct, such a big brand name in the financial services industry. We look forward to a great year working with them and the funds raised from this sponsorship will be marshalled carefully to provide much needed resources to promote hurling in the locality. With over 600 players, this year’s event guarantees thrilling action and entertainment for players and supporters alike on the eve of the All-Ireland Hurling Final. There will be over 100 games, a true feast of hurling, with group games beginning at 10.30am and the throw in for the final scheduled for approximately 6.45pm at our home grounds at Glenalbyn in Stillorgan village.”

 

(l-r)Tom Murphy - Kilmacud Crokes GAA Club Chairman, Peter Walsh – Kilmacud Crokes Hurling Chairman, Tom Rock - Kilmacud Crokes, David Egan – Managing Director One Direct, Rose McManus Marketing Manager One Direct

Pictured above (l-r)Tom Murphy - Kilmacud Crokes GAA Club Chairman, Peter Walsh – Kilmacud Crokes Hurling Chairman, Tom Rock - Kilmacud Crokes, David Egan – Managing Director One Direct, Rose McManus Marketing Manager One Direct

 

Club, Hurling All Ireland 7s.