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Try this

http://www.milford.limerick.gaa.ie/gaaclubmap.html

Very accurate

or
http://www.gaainfo.com/articles/gaaclubs.php

is also goog

Just googled the Bredagh panel night and I thinkit looks liek a great idea, lots of organising but it would look like a very good night. I'll add that one to the list. We will have to decide whetehr we want an activity based one or not.

Hi all,
I got a call tonight from a friend who wants to try start up an Annual Memorial Competition for a friend of our who died at 25yrs of age three years ago. He's kinda feeling that maybe his passing is going out of our minds slightly.
So he was asking for ideas, our club had a charity hurling match every year which started off great but died off after abour 5/6 years. And to start that up again, we might not get the numbers.
Anyone any ideas of events we might try? The only thing I could think of on the spot was a long puck comp from one end of teh parish to the other, but would we need permission to close off the road etc for that?

Anyone got ideas of what we could try of have seen somewhere else?

I have experience in this also from my playing days, won everything underage always a sub are rarely brought on, had given up when i was 19... went to college where no one knew me or judged me and togged out for the Freshers and nearly instantly it gave me a new breath of life. Worked very very hard, made the U21 team which won county final and even made it senior for 1 championship match which i treasure dearly. While work etc has meant i cant put in the same effort as before i do still play and also in the admin side of the club. I would have nothing to do with the club bar i went to the college hurling club and was given a new lease of life. Now I love the club and work very hard for it.

I also took over training young lads, interesting to hear that a few lads who were treated badly did the same also, but even that some people were saying sur he cant be any good. But the one thing i did have was the experience of being told your not good enough and not getting game time. I had the U8's and ^'s which no one else wanted, and was all positive (even though there was time when I would be going mental inside) and even bringing off the best lad and bringing on the worst lad. Even letting the bad lad take free's etc, just for encouragement. Anyway, had 2 years away from them and went to see them Now U11 in a tournament game and to see how they have all grown up an progressed is a wonderful feeling. I'd love to have had been able to stay with them and do it until they were older but at least I think i might have had some impact. Telling some useless lad who miss hits a ball well done and keep trying, its so simple, but he's young, these are hard sports for kids with little or no development and co-ordination is all over the place, but they listen to every little thing and it should only be positive. I had a book for games time and had to mark who played what to give an even spread, they were sp smart they could tell exactly who played what and for how long while I had a spread sheet flying all over the place!!

Everybody deserves a chance

Are you in Louth?? Have posted a list of Hurley makers around Tipp and a few counties near Tipp. They might be worth a call and they might post a hurley up to you. I know they post them to America and Oz so why not Louth. They would all have 'hoops' on them and no harm to double check when ordering. Might cost abouyt €20 when ordering. I'd stay away from the lifestyle sports hurleys, I know they are handy in a situation where you just want a stick but they are terrible and they only way to get good is to have a good hurley.

If there's a hurling club where you are maybe some of the oder lads might have a few hurleys that they grew out of and no longer need that they could pass on?



See below a useful list of 24 hurley makers in Tipperary and neighbouring counties.

Tipperary:

North Tipp:
Willie Hourigan Ballinderry 067-22111
Philip Bourke Nenagh 067-33857
Collins Hurleys Carrigatoher 087-1350155
John Carey Rearcross, Newport Co. Tipperary 062-79117

South Tipp:
Anthony O'Brien Cahir 052-41812
Pat Cronin Kilcash 052-33384
Frank Maher Clonmel 052-21035
Eddie Grant Ballinure 052-31490
O'Brien Hurleys Drangan 052-52260
Jimmy Ryan Killenaule 052-56338

Mid/West Tipp:
Michael Delaney Templemore 0505-43004
Jim Bourke Upperchurch 0504-54320
John Ryan Littleton 0504-44596
Tommy Hayes Boherlahan 087-2305541

Offaly:
Brian Gath Kinnitty 0509-37068
Johnny Flaherty Kinnitty 0509-37080
Nevin Hurleys Shannon Harbour 0509-51137

Laois:
Pat Campion Borris-in-Ossory 0505-41507
Dooley Hurleys Coolrain 0502-34045

Cork:
O'Connor Hurleys Newtownshandrum 063-70249

Limerick:
D.J. Daly Pallaskenry 061-393231

Kilkenny:
Pat Delaney Johnstown 056-31434
Falconers Hurleys Piltown 051-643540

Clare:
John Torpey Sixmilebridge 061-367228

I know there was a Fr Andrew Friday who used to play in goals for Clonoulty/Rosmore in Tipperary, I think he even won a senior county championship with them.
If the priests did play with their local team I think it'd make more of the younger players go to mass as around our way, its all older and no younger... myself included

Is that what I have to look forward to? How old is it?

Have it about two and a half weeks. Have been asking other people who have nokai phones and they seem to be the same with the two days. The funny thing is that the one I had a few years ago lasted way longer - 3/4 days when I had it first not like this one.

Only in college so not making that many that many phone calls. Send a few texts alright. The thing just seems to be programmed for the battery to start running down on the second day no matter how much or little I use it.

Does anyone else have a problem with their Nokia batteries? I have just gotten a Nokia 7373 and the battery is lasting a maximum of two and a half days. I know that new phones have way more features than before cameras, radio etc. But surely the battery lasting longer than two days should be fairly standard.

Our club is putting up a hurling wall and 'all weather' area. However, as a means to cut down on the cost the all weather surface will be very fine chippings compacted and it'll do the job at a reasonable price. I have seen a ball alley in Wexford that has same chippings and it works fine. But has anyone here an all weather surface? And if so what did they use and how much did it cost? Would there be anyone getting rid of all stuff i.e upgrading and might throw away the old surface or is that just being tight?

Our club in Tipperary has dcecided to get a Defibrilator, actually two, one for each side of the parish. They GAA are getting it cheap ffrom the GAA and the parisg priest is paying for it. We are lucky enough that the schools, chapel, pub and GAa field are very close to each other so the main problem is to keep it in safe secure location so that ANYONE can use it. As for training, my sister is a student nurse and she has got trained in it, so I said to the committe, get all the nurses names from the parish on a list, ask them would they be available, and then traing someone us who is NOT a nurse or doctor, get the most benefit from your free training. You see clubs paying a fortume for trainers and sand tracks etc, and they are reluctant to buy something like this.... Crazy

As for player screening. One of our county hurlers was up in Dublin the weekend of the AI and was screened. One other lad in the club got screened and paid it for himself, (just for his own piece of mind) so down this side of teh country i'd say the pick up isnt great

Very good idea... I'll do a bit of research into it

An idea i had for the club was to have a club shop selling sweets, cans etc on match days. I see loads of those littler shop things ariving out of the back of the car and thought why can the club get the money instead of them?

Anyone have a shop located within the club grounds that does this and is it profitable?

Narrow Tipp win, got a goal in the end to make it look better than it actually was. Tipp were poor but Offaly were worse, they should have beaten Tipp. Needless frees and its was the frees that was keeping Tipp in the game throughout
Tipp looked exhausted after the match, they need a week off badly