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Fri 09 Sep 2007Holiday highlights after final curtainMostly Hurling:Now that the championship season is over it will be time for some of the teams to consider their holiday destinations. The All-Ireland finalists receive a substantial sum of money and a car to raffle from the Central Council to help with their fundraising. This should result in them having a six-figure sum in the coffers without much trouble.Over the past four years the Cork hurling squads visited Fermoy and Carrigtwohill on cold, wet nights. They saw action in Thurles and Croke Park on warm, dry days. They also woke up on four different continents during those years. The holiday became a great source of debate once we were qualified for the finals. We used to have the players fill out an evaluation sheet on the way back home on the train after the semi-final. The choice of holiday destination was one of the questions asked. No agreement was reached before the final so after the defeat to Kilkenny in 2003 it was decision time.