Replying To FullOfPorter: "Used to be a ground hurling competition in Roscommon for primary schools in the 90s, might be wrong but think it was called the Sean Lohan cup.
There was hurling around Boyle at one stage as well. Not sure why we should only restrict hurling to a few counties/regions because of a snap shot in time.
Ros rounders team did well this year, hand ball alive and kicking in a fair few parts of Ros as well"
Replying To Viking66: "Agree no club should be fined for not fielding underage hurling teams. But equally clubs that only field teams in one code, hurling or football , should only get half the money from Croke Park/Provincial Council that clubs that field teams in both codes do."
Replying To FullOfPorter: "Used to be a ground hurling competition in Roscommon for primary schools in the 90s, might be wrong but think it was called the Sean Lohan cup.
There was hurling around Boyle at one stage as well. Not sure why we should only restrict hurling to a few counties/regions because of a snap shot in time.
Ros rounders team did well this year, hand ball alive and kicking in a fair few parts of Ros as well"
Going back years ago Roscommon were a half descent team , if I'm not mistaken I think there are 7 senior teams but they put them in 2 groups of 4 and 3 so u coukd get to semi by winning one match in a group of 3 would it not make sense put them all in one group play 6 matches it surely would help improve the game u would imagine,,
Replying To Pikeman96: "Devil's advocate here, and just in relation to your last paragraph -
Leave aside all considerations of culture and tradition and so forth, and ask yourself what's wrong with somebody holding a key position in the GAA making the suggestion that all GAA clubs should provide both of the main sports of the GAA?
Matter of fact, can any club who deliberately decides not to provide one of the two sports, in an area where that sport isn't otherwise provided by some other club anyway, truly consider itself a GAA club in the first place?
Viking points out about that almost every club in Kilkenny provides football, and for those that don't, any player who wants to play football doesn't have to travel too far to have the opportunity to do it. And often pointed out myself that there's far more football played in Kilkenny than there is hurling in about 18 other counties."
So we are t a real GAA club if we don't play hurling? It's the compulsory part I disagree with. If big clubs can accommodate Hurling and promote it then great. My own club has one pitch which is shared between the ladies club and men's club. There is training and/or games on it nearly every single evening of the week during summer.
Where on earth would we be able to accommodate Hurling? The knowledge is not there to coach it. We struggle to field teams as it is so population is an issue.
Also of hurling is made compulsory what's the punishment for not playing/promoting it? A comment suggesting a football club or county is not a real GAA club based on this is areogance and I don't agree with it.
Replying To yew_tree: "So we are t a real GAA club if we don't play hurling? It's the compulsory part I disagree with. If big clubs can accommodate Hurling and promote it then great. My own club has one pitch which is shared between the ladies club and men's club. There is training and/or games on it nearly every single evening of the week during summer.
Where on earth would we be able to accommodate Hurling? The knowledge is not there to coach it. We struggle to field teams as it is so population is an issue.
Also of hurling is made compulsory what's the punishment for not playing/promoting it? A comment suggesting a football club or county is not a real GAA club based on this is areogance and I don't agree with it."
We probably dont have the numbers you have at underage and are a dual Intermediate club. We were Senior in Football less than 10 years ago. Our neighbours in Clongeen have 1 National School with only 46 boys in it in total from Junior Infants up to 6th class and are dual Intermediate also. They even won our Senior Football Championship less than 20 years ago.
Replying To yew_tree: "So we are t a real GAA club if we don't play hurling? It's the compulsory part I disagree with. If big clubs can accommodate Hurling and promote it then great. My own club has one pitch which is shared between the ladies club and men's club. There is training and/or games on it nearly every single evening of the week during summer.
Where on earth would we be able to accommodate Hurling? The knowledge is not there to coach it. We struggle to field teams as it is so population is an issue.
Also of hurling is made compulsory what's the punishment for not playing/promoting it? A comment suggesting a football club or county is not a real GAA club based on this is areogance and I don't agree with it."
How about fielding amalgamated hurling teams from u6 upwards with neighbouring clubs?