At its CCC meeting tonight, Comhairle Uladh confirmed the venues for the Preliminary Round and Quarter Finals of the Ulster Senior Football Championship for 2009 which are as follows:
Preliminary Round:
Sun 17th May: Fermanagh v Down at Brewster Park, Enniskillen
Quarter Finals:
Sun 24th May: Derry v Monaghan at Celtic Park, Derry
Sun 31st May: Tyrone v Armagh at St Tiernach’s Park, Clones
Sat 6th June: Cavan v Fermanagh / Down
(If: Fermanagh v Cavan at Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan)
(If: Down v Cavan at Pairc Esler, Newry)
Sun 14th June: Donegal v Antrim at Mac Cumhaill Park, Ballybofey
With regard to the Tyrone v Armagh quarter final game, it was decided to fix the game in St Tiernach’s Park, Clones on the following grounds:
- The anticipated attendance is significantly in excess of the 18,500 all ticket capacity of Healy Park, Omagh
- St Tiernach’s Park, Clones provides an all ticket capacity of 33,000
- There will be up to 10,000 seated family tickets available for this fixture at St Tiernach’s Park, Clones
- Tyrone Co Board will be compensated for the loss of ground rent that would have been due to Healy Park, Omagh for hosting the game.
