Derry Minor Hurlers

Antrim Coaster · February 25, 2008, 01:12:55 PM

Heard a rumour last night that the management of the Derry minor hurling team have withdrawn their services as a result of no support from the county board, in that the minor hurlers wont be supplied with the necessary gear eg. kitbags, polo shirts, boots, hurls etc. from the county board.

Apparently the reason is the county board have stated that 'the Derry minor hurlers are a waste of time as they wont win anything, so here's no point in supplying them with any gear'.

Can any of the Derry posters shed any light on this?

Drumanee 1 · February 25, 2008, 02:09:10 PM

Quote from: Antrim Coaster on February 25, 2008, 01:12:55 PM
Heard a rumour last night that the management of the Derry minor hurling team have withdrawn their services as a result of no support from the county board, in that the minor hurlers wont be supplied with the necessary gear eg. kitbags, polo shirts, boots, hurls etc. from the county board.

Apparently the reason is the county board have stated that 'the Derry minor hurlers are a waste of time as they wont win anything, so here's no point in supplying them with any gear'. Can any of the Derry posters shed any light on this?

i doubt that the county board would say such a thing (out loud anyway)

Franko · February 25, 2008, 02:35:42 PM

From speaking with one of the men involved I can confirm that the minor management resigned last week as the were told that they would not be getting funding for gear/physios/away challenge games because "they are never going to beat antrim and even if they did they'll never beat any of the southern teams". (- this may well be correct). However, after issuing a few threats to go to the press the county board changed their minds and as such the management have now resumed their positions. However, it is a total disgrace that it ever came to that.

Fear Bhun Na Sceilpe · February 26, 2008, 09:23:54 PM

Everyone knows a certain Mr Mc **** and County Board do not care about hurling. Its up to the hurling clubs to fight their own corner in Derry because nobody else is going to fight it for them

lynchbhoy · March 04, 2008, 09:44:09 AM

the Minor hurling management only wanted parity with their football contempories

they were not getting that (still not from what I hear)

youngfella · March 04, 2008, 10:18:26 AM

thats a sad state of a affairs in Derry. If this true it should be brought out in the media. f**king disgrace. So much for hurling development. Grrrr

tonesfirstandlast · March 04, 2008, 08:14:20 PM

If the hurlers wuold fecking get on with the training and coaching and stop yheir fecking whinging, we might get on a bit at hurling. The truth is, the coaches are useless, there is no discipline in their teams. Surely not having polo shirts has n othing to do with 5 and six turning up at training. Get a grip and get on with it.

lynchbhoy · March 04, 2008, 09:33:43 PM

Quote from: tonesfirstandlast on March 04, 2008, 08:14:20 PM
If the hurlers wuold fecking get on with the training and coaching and stop yheir fecking whinging, we might get on a bit at hurling. The truth is, the coaches are useless, there is no discipline in their teams. Surely not having polo shirts has n othing to do with 5 and six turning up at training. Get a grip and get on with it.

theres plenty that train year in year out, but I would have thought that all representative teams for a county would get the same gear, facilities, looking after etc
but this is not the case in Derry. Its not that the hurlers are looking for more, just roughly the same as the footballers get .
Thats all

but coming from an anti-hurling club like bellaghy, its no surprise what you have posted and is typical of the mindset and demonstrates to people what Derry think of hurling , apart from a handful of envangelicalists struggling agsinst the odds year after year.....

youngfella · March 05, 2008, 10:18:59 AM

Playing for your county is a privilege, first and foremost. However these young fellas have the right to be looked after, they'll all probably be dual club players at all levels and some will be for the county too. The county should look after these young boys and allow hurling to develop. Derry could one day be a dual county

Derry Daisy · March 05, 2008, 10:29:41 AM

Derry will never be a dual county when you have people with a mindset like tonesfirstandlast, and this will not change until we have a county chairman that comes from a dual club who will be willing to help rather than rubbish hurling

lynchbhoy · March 05, 2008, 10:32:47 AM

Derry have to still as yet to become a football county let alone attempt to become a dual one!

Pull Hard Hes No Relation · March 05, 2008, 10:57:15 AM

The attitude of the powers that be within Derry towards hurling are possibly amongst the worst anywhere in the country. I know that Monaghan and Cavan come in for a lot of stick at Ulster hurling meetings for their attitiude to the development of the game but to me the attitude in Derry is worse because unlike either of the aforementioned counties there is real potential within the playing pool in Derry which is being strangled by the county board obsessed with football success (or attempting to get it).

Derry CB are now complaining about the Ulster hurling league and trying to put the scupper on it and to be honest it is time that the Ulster Council and Croke Park stepped in and told these guys to wise up and get into line. Some great hurling people in Derry and this kind of attitude from the county board must just be wearing them down.

tonesfirstandlast · March 05, 2008, 11:48:46 AM

Boys, do you not understand, nobody cares about hurling in Derry, Seamus McCloy, county board, clubs, nobody. Why, because its not popular in Derry, just as road bowls isn't popular in Derry. The only ones who play hurling in Derry are football rejects and to suggest that they get parity of esteem with county footballers is is crazy. Hurling will never be a force in Derry.

MrTaylor · March 05, 2008, 12:16:05 PM

"The only ones who play hurling in Derry are football rejects"

Let's name some of them - Liam Hinphey, Brian McGilligan, Tony Scullion, Kieran McKeever, Brian McGilligan, Henry Downey, Seamus Downey, Johnny McGurk, Ciaran McGurk, Mark Lynch. Indeed your own Danny Quinn played for St Mary's College, Belfast in an All Ireland semi final. That's quite a list of football rejects. Amadan.

plain and simple · March 05, 2008, 01:16:33 PM

Everybody thought nobody cared about football in Derry City until the late nineties-however the dedication of a few and the backing of people in power has raised the profile and participation in this code. Don't spew this nonsense about nobody in Derry caring about hurling, when it is clear for all to see that it is the powers that be that don't and won't support the code in this county. it is an absolute scandal!