Edmond Forrest, the dynamic chairman of the Cork South East division junior club Ballygarvan is Munster and Cork CIBA-Geigy clubman of the year. This was announced at a special function in Dublin's Burlington Hotel, at which the president of the GAA Dr. Mick Loftus was present as well as award winners from the 32 counties of Ireland. Joe Bracken of the Clane club in Kildare was the national winner. Edmond, as well as re-organising the administration of the club, has played a prominent part in the club's acquiring its own ground, especially in the realm of fundraising - to date £190,000 has been collected. It is hoped that the new ground - Páirc Liam MacCarthy - will be opened at the end of the summer. Edmond has also been involved in the promotion of hurling and football in the local national school and in the development of the under-age section for which he has brought in outside coaches and trainers. And if all those achievements were not enough, he was also the instigator of a monthly newsletter. Other Munster county winners were: Tom Prenderville (Kilrush Shamrocks, Clare); Noel Gleeson (Cappamore, Limerick); Neil Williams (Toomevara, Tipperary); Rev. Br. James Horner (Lismore, Waterford). Provincial Winners:Connacht: John Cosgrave, Crossmoli

na, Co. Mayo; Leinster: Joe Bracken, Clane, Co. Kildare; Munster: Edmond Forrest, Ballygarvan, Co. Cork; Ulster: Tom Cullen, Erne Gaels, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh. National Winner: Joe Bracken, Clane, Co. Kildare.