Probably a discussion for some of the older members here!
So when I got married, I moved to a place about 10km from where I grew up. I continued to play for my old club until I retired. Then the kids arrived, went to the local school and joined and play with the local club. I help out and eventually joined the new club as a non playing member through the family membership.
Now, I see some other parents who also are 'blowins' who bring their kids to their old club and basically never leave it. Eventually you have generations of kids playing for a different club than the locality they live in!
Now I get the whole GAA club ethos but is this not pushing it a bit?! Would love to hear opinions on it!
Replying To liam500: "Probably a discussion for some of the older members here!
So when I got married, I moved to a place about 10km from where I grew up. I continued to play for my old club until I retired. Then the kids arrived, went to the local school and joined and play with the local club. I help out and eventually joined the new club as a non playing member through the family membership.
Now, I see some other parents who also are 'blowins' who bring their kids to their old club and basically never leave it. Eventually you have generations of kids playing for a different club than the locality they live in!
Now I get the whole GAA club ethos but is this not pushing it a bit?! Would love to hear opinions on it!"
Personally it's very important to me that my son and daughter play where I played regardless of where we live. It's very much a part of our lives. My own club would have seen a lot of great people move elsewhere and become key people with their new clubs which I am quite bitter about to be honest.
Two of the three clubs closest to us have won senior championships in the last few years which is very much at our expense.