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Replying To Fighting-Cocks69:  "Is that not where St Brigid's are building their new hurling pitch?"
St Brigids are developing new facilities at Dalystown.
Interesting move by the LGFA and fair play to them. Not much faith in the Mullingar COE project. At least they can control pitch access. Don't the Offaly ladies have their own setup in Clara ?

BigSur (Westmeath) - Posts: 1242 - 10/03/2026 22:50:28    2660865

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Replying To Fighting-Cocks69:  "Is that not where St Brigid's are building their new hurling pitch?"
Pretty sure that's a separate development in Dalystown.

ondeball (Westmeath) - Posts: 129 - 11/03/2026 09:27:29    2660875

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Replying To ondeball:  "I see that Westmeath LGFA have announced plans for a COE at the old pitch just outside Rochfortbridge. Congrats and best wishes to them. A potentially fantastic development for the future stars of Westmeath Ladies."
I always felt this is the route the men should have taken, partnership with a club, jointly develop facilities and both club and county benefits.

OverTheHill85 (Westmeath) - Posts: 249 - 11/03/2026 11:21:12    2660897

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Replying To BigSur:  "St Brigids are developing new facilities at Dalystown.
Interesting move by the LGFA and fair play to them. Not much faith in the Mullingar COE project. At least they can control pitch access. Don't the Offaly ladies have their own setup in Clara ?"
Offaly ladies rent the old clara gaa ground on the ballycumber road. Breitland park they call it. They tried to buy it but were unsuccessful so far.

Greengrass1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 50 - 11/03/2026 12:52:43    2660914

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Replying To OverTheHill85:  "I always felt this is the route the men should have taken, partnership with a club, jointly develop facilities and both club and county benefits."
I don't believe this is in partnership with a club as such and I doubt there will be any sharing of facilities.

BigSur (Westmeath) - Posts: 1242 - 11/03/2026 17:26:46    2660946

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Replying To OverTheHill85:  "I always felt this is the route the men should have taken, partnership with a club, jointly develop facilities and both club and county benefits."
Tried this in a few counties previously, it went sour after a while

valley84 (Westmeath) - Posts: 1927 - 11/03/2026 20:33:58    2660958

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Replying To ondeball:  "I see that Westmeath LGFA have announced plans for a COE at the old pitch just outside Rochfortbridge. Congrats and best wishes to them. A potentially fantastic development for the future stars of Westmeath Ladies."
It is absolutely fantastic to see the Ladies making great progress, obviously working extremely hard to secure a positive future for generations of young players. The Ladies Board have their priorities right, their main business is the players. The Mens Board can't be talked about in the same breath, unfortunately. The Mens have lacked leadership for years, no long term vision, nobody to set direction and inspire others to move forward together, this has led to us being left lagging significantly behind other Counties. By the looks of things, nothing will change soon. No progress on Centre of Excellence, no fundraising done since the Win A Home in Spain draw last June. What or who are we waiting for? They are so out of touch with reality, changing the Championship structure without the support of the majority of Clubs and the players was the last straw. There is a Health & Wellbeing event in the Park Hotel tonight, this is probably the only time when the players are listened to. It is all about what the players require at the end of the day, the practical things, a training base, pitches to train on etc. The Ladies can now look forward to nurturing talent correctly and not fretting over where their County squads will train next while the Mens hit the road to Leitrim or Clonmellon. There is a saying, "for true potential to be developed, appropriate facilities are a prerequisite". Well done Ladies.

iarmhiabu (Westmeath) - Posts: 317 - 12/03/2026 12:21:25    2661000

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Replying To valley84:  "Tried this in a few counties previously, it went sour after a while"
Fair enough; would feel it's worth exploring as the current situation doesn't seem sustainable and seems to be getting worse.

OverTheHill85 (Westmeath) - Posts: 249 - 12/03/2026 12:58:08    2661003

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