Antrim Football Thread

[rogercasement]

He was a double All Ireland winner with Tyrone, obviously I've been fed a load of mushroom feed.

[asaffgael]

Any photos of Dunsilly going about?

[johnnycool]

the free state furlough was more of a 50/50 scheme so GAA were out of pocket - we need a 10 year scheme

50/50? Didn't realise they were paid in euros..

Let's see what happens from it then see if it needs extended with more money, obviously it needs a return of sorts..

If you get your hands on the Gaelfast report for agm, got if off club secretary, it lists the kpi's croke have set for them

I'll have to ask our secretary if he got a copy as well..

[BigBallWeeBall]

I have asked for this also. Could anyone summarise the KPIs

[Saffsof82]

I have asked for this also. Could anyone summarise the KPIs

Dont have it in front of me but roughly

primary school coaching programme
nursey school coaching programme
coach education with clubs
run super games
secondary school blitz programme
cul camps programme
Go games
development squads

thats from memory, what the actual targets are within those i have no idea

[Ciall]

I have asked for this also. Could anyone summarise the KPIs

Dont have it in front of me but roughly

primary school coaching programme
nursey school coaching programme
coach education with clubs
run super games
secondary school blitz programme
cul camps programme
Go games
development squads

thats from memory, what the actual targets are within those i have no idea

Got our one from our secretary,  that looks about right.
The document in summary:
First page is some facts from April 2021 staff returned;
92 primary schools in 2021 1869 lessons
4872 kids coached per week
203 club support sessions


New man overseeing, thanks to those who left for service
A view to pilot something like the Dublin model
application to BCC for 6 more coaches
Bit about Cul camps
Club support & coaching resources (actually looks well)
Review on Go Games & Super Games activity
Coach Education review
Page at the end from the coaching officer

Probably didn't do it justice but I'm not typing the whole thing out here 

[geezer]

Bit of a side note, but how good is fitzy for Glenavon? Seems to be scoring in every game more often than not! Massive loss for antrim ( best player in the county IMO) but fair play to him.

Hope to see him in saffron in the not too distant future.

[Belfast GAA man]

I have asked for this also. Could anyone summarise the KPIs

Dont have it in front of me but roughly

primary school coaching programme
nursey school coaching programme
coach education with clubs
run super games
secondary school blitz programme
cul camps programme
Go games
development squads

thats from memory, what the actual targets are within those i have no idea

Got our one from our secretary,  that looks about right.
The document in summary:
First page is some facts from April 2021 staff returned;
92 primary schools in 2021 1869 lessons
4872 kids coached per week
203 club support sessions


New man overseeing, thanks to those who left for service
A view to pilot something like the Dublin model
application to BCC for 6 more coaches
Bit about Cul camps
Club support & coaching resources (actually looks well)
Review on Go Games & Super Games activity
Coach Education review
Page at the end from the coaching officer

Probably didn't do it justice but I'm not typing the whole thing out here 

92 schools is superb! fingers crossed it can be kept going for the long term. With casement only being used by moths for foreseeable we need it badly

[JimStynes]

I know Casement is important but why does everyone think building Casement is going to turn Antrim's performances around. Casement was there for many years and Antrim were crap then too.

[rogercasement]

Bit of a side note, but how good is fitzy for Glenavon? Seems to be scoring in every game more often than not! Massive loss for antrim ( best player in the county IMO) but fair play to him.

Hope to see him in saffron in the not too distant future.


Wouldn't be much of a soccer man but friends in the know about the Irish league say he's a class above it and could easily handle England  or Scotland.

[Saffsof82]

Bit of a side note, but how good is fitzy for Glenavon? Seems to be scoring in every game more often than not! Massive loss for antrim ( best player in the county IMO) but fair play to him.

Hope to see him in saffron in the not too distant future.


Wouldn't be much of a soccer man but friends in the know about the Irish league say he's a class above it and could easily handle England  or Scotland.

Think he has been offered a full time contract but has turned it down

[Gold]

I know Casement is important but why does everyone think building Casement is going to turn Antrim's performances around. Casement was there for many years and Antrim were crap then too.

Preach it.

It's old-school, tug on the heart strings propaganda. We've given our ground away for nothing for a white elephant vanity project. How are we going to sell it to the masses? Just tell them it will awaken the sleeping giant of Antrim GAA. Amazingly, it has worked. Idiots buy this shite. More fool them.

Totally agree. I was at many league matches there that we had under 100 of us at. Wouldn't even get a  clap when our team ran out.
Stewards always grumpy fcuks, aul boys club,  hard men shit. Very un-Gaa like

Hope it changes with the kick a new stadium will give us ....but defo not the reason we've won only 5 Championship matches in Ulster since 1982

[imtommygunn]

Casement project more about politics and Belfast than Antrim gaa. If we had got an impressive stadium for free it would have been great mind you. It was great to play in casement but it was only needed for a handful of games a year.

[bannside]

Question I would like to ask is this. Is the money there to actually do this?

I get it the original grant funding has been ringfenced, but who is stumping up the extra, given that the overall cost projection is currently massively over budget by many millions!

Apart from continued uncertainty surrounding the valid concerns of Moreland Park residents, is the project definitely financially guaranteed?

[Silver hill]

Allowing the insurance on Casement to run out when an alternative venue had not been sourced was just one of the acts of incompetence of the Ulster council project team and Antrim co board at that time.
Trying to bully the social club was another spectacular own goal with so many local residents involved in both.
Combine that with their arrogance when negotiating with the Residents and the contemptible offers they made; Feeney and McGeehan were simply out of their depth. At least Feeney had the good sense to move on and realise he wasn't up to it.