THE new AIPC president, Eamonn Laverty and his wife Mary celebrated his first year at the helm last weekend in the Horse Show Tournament, where the Tyrone team patron only left his guests to secure the Novices Cup in the four-goal final against Tinakilly.

Elected last May, Laverty has wrought vast improvements to the Victorian era clubhouse facilities. In his role as AIPC president, Laverty teamed up with his son Dan, Paul Ronan and Facundo Matilla to win the four-goal tournament and the Novices Cup, a glittering piece of silver cast in 1915.