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Replying To mickcunningham:  "Hopefully all this money talk won't distract our footballers from the task in hand . They have a huge week ahead . Let's hope that with the exception of luke we have a full panel to choose from"
Well Mick, how many Westmeath fans do you think will travel up to Croke Park for the Leinster Football Final.?

Hopefully there will be a big crowd and a great atmosphere.

Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 4944 - 10/05/2026 08:42:21    2671924

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Interesting to see Caulry relegated from Division 1 already with no wins to date, at the other end Garrycastle seem to be benefitting from having a settled team with no county distractions and look to be on course for back to back finals.

Division 2 looks very tight with up to four teams in contention. It appears Kinnegad have withdrawn their second team from that division.

OverTheHill85 (Westmeath) - Posts: 289 - 10/05/2026 11:17:24    2671949

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Replying To Fionn:  "Well Mick, how many Westmeath fans do you think will travel up to Croke Park for the Leinster Football Final.?

Hopefully there will be a big crowd and a great atmosphere."
A lot. People going who never go to a game.

Jack_Sparrow (Westmeath) - Posts: 1080 - 10/05/2026 11:55:32    2671961

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Replying To Jack_Sparrow:  "A lot. People going who never go to a game."
Great to see.

OverTheHill85 (Westmeath) - Posts: 289 - 10/05/2026 12:02:54    2671966

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Replying To Fionn:  "Well Mick, how many Westmeath fans do you think will travel up to Croke Park for the Leinster Football Final.?

Hopefully there will be a big crowd and a great atmosphere."
Its seems every town and village is running busses. At an estimate id say 25,000

mickcunningham (Westmeath) - Posts: 1979 - 10/05/2026 13:23:30    2671988

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Replying To OverTheHill85:  "Interesting to see Caulry relegated from Division 1 already with no wins to date, at the other end Garrycastle seem to be benefitting from having a settled team with no county distractions and look to be on course for back to back finals.

Division 2 looks very tight with up to four teams in contention. It appears Kinnegad have withdrawn their second team from that division."
Garrycastle also had the benefit of Lomans missing their main scoring threat. They hit 6-23 v Moate, then only 1-5 v Garrycastle, which is an interesting one - unless Moate were significantly understrength that night.

Fighting-Cocks69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 176 - 10/05/2026 21:56:07    2672153

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Replying To Fighting-Cocks69:  "Garrycastle also had the benefit of Lomans missing their main scoring threat. They hit 6-23 v Moate, then only 1-5 v Garrycastle, which is an interesting one - unless Moate were significantly understrength that night."
Loman's missing Heslin, Dempsey, two McCartans, Cox, from their forward line

Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2631 - 10/05/2026 22:42:54    2672175

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Replying To Wmeath2:  "I see Offaly have a weekly 50/50 draw with a prize fund of €2,500 each week! 50% goes to the prize goes to the winner and 50% goes back to Offaly GAA. The big difference is the entry fee of €5 for one entry, €10 for 3 and €20 for 7 entries. Would this not have been a better option? Much more appealing to supporters and neutrals, sustainable long term and one person spending €5 per week would raise €260 over the year rather than a once off payment of €100."
Louth 50 euro for their field of fortune draw tickets gets you into 10 weekly draws for 1000 euros and a final prize of 200k.

Chops (Westmeath) - Posts: 888 - 11/05/2026 01:29:42    2672196

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Replying To Fighting-Cocks69:  "Garrycastle also had the benefit of Lomans missing their main scoring threat. They hit 6-23 v Moate, then only 1-5 v Garrycastle, which is an interesting one - unless Moate were significantly understrength that night."
That was a bit of an outlier vs Moate; all other games seem to be pretty tight. Probably the most competitive league in a few years, most teams could lose two games and be relegated or win two games and be in a final.

OverTheHill85 (Westmeath) - Posts: 289 - 11/05/2026 08:48:50    2672212

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The Training Draw Raffle is a short sharp hay making hit while the sun shines. Too expensive for my liking but they are banking on those that will buy regardless of price, prizes etc. There must be no short term plans to fundraise for the COE as this draw will eat up a lot of credit in the bank so to speak. Our family will take a ticket but split between the household. I don't believe the planning application has been lodged for the COE yet.
On the pitch, really looking forward to Croke Park on Sunday and great to be in Sam Maguire.

BigSur (Westmeath) - Posts: 1249 - 11/05/2026 10:10:44    2672231

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Replying To Claretandblue:  "Loman's missing Heslin, Dempsey, two McCartans, Cox, from their forward line"
did they all play v Moate tho?

Fighting-Cocks69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 176 - 11/05/2026 12:34:32    2672292

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Did Heslin play for Loman's at the weekend? Would be a good indicator on whether he's actually in with the squad for Sunday or not

crispsandwich99 (Westmeath) - Posts: 12 - 11/05/2026 13:43:22    2672326

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Replying To Fighting-Cocks69:  "did they all play v Moate tho?"
Heslin scored 2-9 and Dempsey scored 1-8 against Moate - the rest didn't play that night. All missing vs Garycastle

NeilH (Westmeath) - Posts: 13 - 11/05/2026 15:48:54    2672380

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