Armagh Club football & hurling

[Armagh Exile]

ARMAGH v DERRY GAME ON TG4

Armagh's opening Dr McKenna Cup with Derry which takes place at Davitt Park, Lurgan, on Sunday 6th January will be broadcast live on TG4 with coverage commencing at 1.45pm.

Taken from www.orchardcounty.com

[umgolaarmagh]

Thats a good one from Paddy Og

Whose he trying to kid

Everybody knows the selection process was a farce

[corn02]

The Clans don't own their pitch? Did not know that. Why won't the County board sign it over?

Aghdavoyle, I am sure you were round when we didn't have the ground we have today so lets not salg other grounds off.

[winsamsoon]

You see this guy aghdavoyle really gets on my goat. He is the type that actually gets a kick out of other peoples misfortunes. My club wouldn't be the richest in the country but what we do have is tradition and a winning one at that. You talking about the state of the clubhouse. Well i ask you this how did you get the money to do up your clubhouse? We raise funds each year with the help of a series of events. We are currently working on a 600,000 development process but these things take time. For some village idiot to sit on a high horse and make snide remarks about facilities when they don't even concern him is a complete joke.
Corn the county board won't sell us it because it was supposed to be looked after by a field committee. There is only one of this committee still alive today so the whole issue is a farse. We have a approached them time and time again and still they won't budge. But they won't put money into develop it.  The pitch is officially owned by the people of lurgan as the law states, but the issue is still wrangling on at the moment and there will eventually be lawyers involved in the process. To say it is complicated corn would be an understatement. But a simple solution would be to sign it over to us and let us get on with it.

[illdecide]

The Clans don't own their pitch? Did not know that. Why won't the County board sign it over?

Aghdavoyle, I am sure you were round when we didn't have the ground we have today so lets not salg other grounds off.

you tell us Corn? In fact the field committee (Armagh) actually sold a part of the ground a few months ago to a developer for £80,000 when in fact they actually promised the Clans that it was going to be signed over to us. Lets be honest about it Davitt will not be used at all with the exception of the odd meaningless game. Even club senior championship games are rarely played there as it's mostly South and Mid Armagh teams against each other so they are not going to play them in Lurgan.

If we had Davitt signed over and spent a few pound on it surly then it would appeal a bit more to Armagh, or why don't they sign some sort of Co-ownership and both parties pump money into it and then both benefit

[corn02]

Because that would take brains.

Win Dromintee raised money for their grounds through fundraising aswell. I believe we would be second to none on regrading fundraising and the effort invovled as I am sure you will appreciate as the Clans are at it too.

[winsamsoon]

Yeah totally corn and i think silverbridge would be well up there aswell they have done a great job. But it does annoy me when people are slabbering at the misfortune of others, especially when they are trying to make a go of it. We have enough people trying to put our organisation down without ourselves doing it.

[pintsofguinness]

It's lazy clubs that annoy me.

[illdecide]

Talking about Davitt Park, i measured it this morning (to do with work) and from end line to end line it's 153.8 meters long. I got these dimensions of GAA web site and it states the sizes a pitch should be (see below) and Davitt is actually 8.8 meters to long. Davitt Park must be one of the biggest pitches in Ireland



Pitch dimensions
The pitch, or field of play, should be rectangular, between 130m and 145m in length and 80m and 90m in width. It can be reduced for younger players.
A series of lines are marked across the pitch at 13m, 20m and 45m from each end line. A further marking at 65m is made for hurling.

[full back]

Talking about Davitt Park, i measured it this morning (to do with work) and from end line to end line it's 153.8 meters long. I got these dimensions of GAA web site and it states the sizes a pitch should be (see below) and Davitt is actually 8.8 meters to long.

Are there rules against this?
You lot could be looking at Div. 4 next year if the CB hear that

[corn02]

Out of interest POG what are the Bridges dimension, I heard they were the exact same size as Croke Park?

[illdecide]

Talking about Davitt Park, i measured it this morning (to do with work) and from end line to end line it's 153.8 meters long. I got these dimensions of GAA web site and it states the sizes a pitch should be (see below) and Davitt is actually 8.8 meters to long.

Are there rules against this?
You lot could be looking at Div. 4 next year if the CB hear that

r u forgetting something it's their pitch

Armagh could get relegated to div 4 for this

[Armagh Exile]

Any Discussion Board contributor at the Armagh Convention last night in the City Hotel?

[pintsofguinness]

Out of interest POG what are the Bridges dimension, I heard they were the exact same size as Croke Park?

I don't know the dimensions but it's said to be the same size as Croke Park.

[Armagh Exile]

ARMAGH COUNTY COMMITTEE OFFICERS – 2008

At the Armagh County Convention on Monday night the following were elected to form the County Committee for 2008:-

Chairman: Kevin Brady
Vice-Chairman: Oliver Hearty
Secretary: Patrick Óg Nugent
Asst. Secretary: Michael McGivern
Treasurer: Joe Canning
Asst. Treasurer: Peadar Murray
Development Officer: Brendan Kirk
Games & Coaching Officer: Seamus King
Irish Officer: Jarlath Burns
P.R.O.: Joe Jordan
Youth Officer: Paul Duggan
Ulster Council Representatives: Paddy Óg Nugent & John Moley
Central Council Representative: Gene Duffy

From www.orchardcounty.com