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Replying To iarmhiabu: "They can't keep on expecting the clubs to do it for them, the clubs can only do so much while trying to look after their own affairs. Coming out and saying the clubs should be doing more, selling more tickets or whatever is deflecting from their own shortcomings. What ever happened to the strategic plan and maximising sponsorship opportunities with the Gold, Silver and Bronze packages?" Who should sell the 15,000 tickets in your opinion?
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Replying To Temple56: "Population has to be taken in to consideration?
In the last census Athlone had a population of 22,869 202 more than Mullingar. For Westmeath as a county to thrive in GAA we need a good blend of players from both Athlone, Mullingar and everywhere in between.
Ray Connellen the only player the town of Athlone on either football or hurling squads. This has to be highlighted as a problem. I know of two lads that didn't get involved in a senior panels this year from the south of the county as they felt it was very Mullingar oriented.
COE should have been in Tyrrellspass or rochfortbrigid as it would be between both big towns and near the motorway!!!" The problem is there is only 1 or 2 lads good enough from the Athlone side, those lads from the south of the county that didn't get involved because they felt it was "Mullingar oriented" are no loss to the county. In future if there are any lads from the south of the county good enough to play for Westmeath they can carpool, a break of at least 15 minutes should be taken every two hours of driving from Athlone to the county town Mullingar.
iarmhiabu (Westmeath) - Posts: 132 - 07/03/2025 23:29:11
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Replying To Temple56: "Population has to be taken in to consideration?
In the last census Athlone had a population of 22,869 202 more than Mullingar. For Westmeath as a county to thrive in GAA we need a good blend of players from both Athlone, Mullingar and everywhere in between.
Ray Connellen the only player the town of Athlone on either football or hurling squads. This has to be highlighted as a problem. I know of two lads that didn't get involved in a senior panels this year from the south of the county as they felt it was very Mullingar oriented.
COE should have been in Tyrrellspass or rochfortbrigid as it would be between both big towns and near the motorway!!!" That's the type of stuff behind why we can't turn out and support our county teams or fundraisers, nonsense stuff
Thechick (Westmeath) - Posts: 257 - 08/03/2025 08:04:11
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Replying To Temple56: "Population has to be taken in to consideration?
In the last census Athlone had a population of 22,869 202 more than Mullingar. For Westmeath as a county to thrive in GAA we need a good blend of players from both Athlone, Mullingar and everywhere in between.
Ray Connellen the only player the town of Athlone on either football or hurling squads. This has to be highlighted as a problem. I know of two lads that didn't get involved in a senior panels this year from the south of the county as they felt it was very Mullingar oriented.
COE should have been in Tyrrellspass or rochfortbrigid as it would be between both big towns and near the motorway!!!" "This has to be highlighted as a problem. I know of two lads that didn't get involved in a senior panels this year from the south of the county as they felt it was very Mullingar oriented"
What Utter Nonsense :-(
johnnyh (Westmeath) - Posts: 13 - 08/03/2025 10:20:51
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Replying To iarmhiabu: "The problem is there is only 1 or 2 lads good enough from the Athlone side, those lads from the south of the county that didn't get involved because they felt it was "Mullingar oriented" are no loss to the county. In future if there are any lads from the south of the county good enough to play for Westmeath they can carpool, a break of at least 15 minutes should be taken every two hours of driving from Athlone to the county town Mullingar." True colours shown, through your arrogance you've proven a point. I can just imagine if you were an administrator how things do/might look.
OverTheHill85 (Westmeath) - Posts: 28 - 08/03/2025 13:18:56
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Replying To Claretandblue: "Who should sell the 15,000 tickets in your opinion?" Was there not a professional company hired?
fizzygravy (USA) - Posts: 164 - 08/03/2025 14:14:09
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Replying To fizzygravy: "Was there not a professional company hired?" How does that answer the question? You think a professional company is going to sell tickets? Marketing and advertising their forte. The question remains who does the poster think should sell the 15,000 tickets?
Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2047 - 08/03/2025 16:48:48
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Replying To gedupoutofit: " Replying To ExiledCuCu: "I know of two lads that didn't get involved in a senior panels this year from the south of the county as they felt it was very Mullingar oriented.
There were 4 players from a Mullingar town club I.e St Lomans against Meath from the League and Championship double winning team….,the rest are from rural or Village teams outside of Mullingar…….geography mustn't be on the curriculum in schools in the south of the county?" This is a particularly weak argument. If your two lads are good enough and more importantly interested they'd have put their hand up. The same argument is trotted out on the hurling side on occasion as a biased grumble. It's always when someone comes from a smaller club and doesn't make it because of a "favourite" from Clonkill, Castletown or Raharney. Lomans have been the dominant force in senior football for many years. It makes sense that they can supply a handful of quality players. I doubt many people were too worried about Garrycastle being "over-represented" during their good years. Multyfarnham is one of the villages you speak of and was never known for producing top players. It's arguably known as having more livestock than footballers. Yet today they proudly count the Westmeath captain as one of their own. Maybe that's because Ronan Wallace is a top class player rather than his village being 15 minutes from town. Intercounty is a big commitment and wouldn't be for everyone. It's an easy out to blame a "Mullingar oriented" setup."
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This view that there is a bias towards county representation based on being from a Mullingar town club is pure bull. McCabe is from a rural club and he will pick the best players regardless of tradition. As for the COE, it can only be placed in a location that will and has nurtured GAA, in both hurling and football …North Westmeath…..this is with full respect to the wonderful GAA brethren in Athlone and surrounds that are doing a great job keeping GAA going .The problem is that the talent is not there at present and this is not a reflection on the clubs in the south of the county. Hopefully another Ray, Dessie, Jimmy , Ger Heavin, Shocko and Rory come along….
ExiledCuCu (Cavan) - Posts: 244 - 08/03/2025 21:28:56
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It's as simple as this people from the south off the county have no interest in following Westmeath imagine the uproar if the centre off excellence was proposed to be built in Athlone!
Cusack25 (Roscommon) - Posts: 3 - 08/03/2025 23:48:36
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Replying To Cusack25: "It's as simple as this people from the south off the county have no interest in following Westmeath imagine the uproar if the centre off excellence was proposed to be built in Athlone!" Not true.
Athlone has a university with some of the best sporting facilities around that the county board has no interest in utilising and never has. If it was based in Mullingar you'd be sure it would be used more. Counties like Carlow and Sligo are able to go into partnership with their universities but because ours isn't deemed suitable as it is in the wrong town.
mintyfresh (Westmeath) - Posts: 256 - 09/03/2025 13:30:36
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