Replying To wexfordwin: "As a matter of interest, how widespread is Hurling 365 and how active are primary schools and teachers in general in driving hurling?"
Depends on the school and who it's principal, vice principal and teachers are in my limited experience.
Replying To Viking66: "4g pitch will happen this winter. No point waiting for someone else to do it. Exiled is 100% right about the need for it. Fair play to all the people who pushed for it. Its going to take a big collective effort to pay for it though. The combined schools is complicated. Had it continued then Enniscorthy CBS wouldn't have played PP Senior A this year for example. And with the current admissions procedures in place for secondary schools why should Peters and GC be excluded from a combined schools team? Plenty to consider and practical problems to overcome. The only 2 criticisms I'd have of his posts are that he always dwells on the worst outcomes for us before they even happen, and he can't help being happy/I told you so if they do happen."
As someone who is the opposite of being exiled in Dublin albeit without the ties I had to laugh at Exiled posts about the lack of facilities and 4G Pitch in Wsxford. Dublin has a few of them but mostly owned by universities or in Abbottstown funded by Croke Park.
Not too sure about Combinined College being "the solution "as from what I hear the problems are more deep rooted in clubs. I was surprised at some of the stats on here last year about underage. That why I wonder about Hurling 365 and primary schools in general.
Replying To Viking66: "4g pitch will happen this winter. No point waiting for someone else to do it. Exiled is 100% right about the need for it. Fair play to all the people who pushed for it. Its going to take a big collective effort to pay for it though. The combined schools is complicated. Had it continued then Enniscorthy CBS wouldn't have played PP Senior A this year for example. And with the current admissions procedures in place for secondary schools why should Peters and GC be excluded from a combined schools team? Plenty to consider and practical problems to overcome. The only 2 criticisms I'd have of his posts are that he always dwells on the worst outcomes for us before they even happen, and he can't help being happy/I told you so if they do happen."
Exile can be a bit negative but he's an alright sort
Replying To Viking66: "4g pitch will happen this winter. No point waiting for someone else to do it. Exiled is 100% right about the need for it. Fair play to all the people who pushed for it. Its going to take a big collective effort to pay for it though. The combined schools is complicated. Had it continued then Enniscorthy CBS wouldn't have played PP Senior A this year for example. And with the current admissions procedures in place for secondary schools why should Peters and GC be excluded from a combined schools team? Plenty to consider and practical problems to overcome. The only 2 criticisms I'd have of his posts are that he always dwells on the worst outcomes for us before they even happen, and he can't help being happy/I told you so if they do happen."
One 4G pitch is to happen this year, and I see from a Wexford GAA bulletin this afternoon that even that depends on grant funding. Exiled's call was for a whole raft of them.
But I don't mean it to look like I have it in for him as well. My main point is that it's all well and good to say we could do with A, B and C, but you also have to consider if they're realistic, and if so, what exactly is needed to make them happen.