Cummins double-booked for Poc Fada
Reigning champion Brendan Cummins has been forced to pull out of this weekend's All-Ireland Poc Fada event at Ravensdale, Co Louth, due to Tipperary's involvement in Sunday's All-Ireland SHC quarter-finals.
The Premier county goalkeeper will miss Saturday's Poc Fada, which he won for the second successive time last year in a record 48 pocs, with Ken Hogan's Tipp side due to face Galway at Croke Park, 24 hours later.
Limerick goalkeeper Albert Shanahan, the 2001 Poc winner and runner-up to Cummins twelve months ago, will take the Tipp man's place in the 12-man line-up.
Wexford net minder Damien Fitzhenry, Clare 'keeper Davy Fitzgerald - a winner in 1999 and 2002 - and former soccer international and Dublin minor hurler Niall Quinn will also be tackling the 5km course on the Annaverna mountain.
M Donnelly 2005 All-Ireland Poc Fada Draw:
Singles: (1) Albert Shanahan (Limerick), (2) Joe McEldowney (Derry), (3) Davy Fitzgerald (Clare), (4) Keith Carr (Galway), (5) Colm Kelly (Roscommon), (6) Damien Fitzhenry (Wexford), (7) Ciaran Muldowney (Kilkenny), (8) Graham Clarke (Down), (9) Liam Shinners (Tipperary), (10) Anthony Nash (Cork), (11) John Clooney (Laois), (12) Niall Quinn (Dublin).
Pairs: G Clarke/C Muldowney; K Carr/L Shinners; J Clooney/C Kelly; J McEldowney/A Shanahan; D Fitzgerald/D Fitzhenry; N Quinn/A Nash.
