Connacht Club Championships 2016

[Syferus]

President is an honorary position.

It's a position of influence. One that has had no influence at all under Prenty.

[moysider]

President is an honorary position.

It's a position of influence. One that has had no influence at all under Prenty.

I don't think it is a position of influence. Prenty and the secretariat in Connacht Council run the show. Not even sure the decision not to postpone would even have gone as far as Prenty. He's got well trained staff that are well able to play hard ball as well.

[Syferus]

President is an honorary position.

It's a position of influence. One that has had no influence at all under Prenty.

I don't think it is a position of influence. Prenty and the secretariat in Connacht Council run the show. Not even sure the decision not to postpone would even have gone as far as Prenty. He's got well trained staff that are well able to play hard ball as well.

Prenty would have been aware of this issue already as the team was being forced to play 19 hours after a county final and a postponement was requested on those grounds. If you're suggesting a club rang up the CC this morning with news of the passing of their president overnight and that it didn't reach the top before a negative response was given then it's even worse than first assumed - Prenty would have known Dennehy personally as he was elected Roscommon county president just last year. The more you look at it the worse it is.

This stinks.

[muppet]

President is an honorary position.

It's a position of influence. One that has had no influence at all under Prenty.

I don't think it is a position of influence. Prenty and the secretariat in Connacht Council run the show. Not even sure the decision not to postpone would even have gone as far as Prenty. He's got well trained staff that are well able to play hard ball as well.

Prenty would have been aware of this issue already as the team was being forced to play 19 hours after a county final and a postponement was requested on those grounds. If you're suggesting a club rang up the CC this morning with news of the passing of their president overnight and that it didn't reach the top before a negative response was given then it's even worse than first assumed - Prenty would have known Dennehy personally as he was elected Roscommon county president just last year. The more you look at it the worse it is.

This stinks.

I can't make sense of your '19 hours after a county final' comment.

Was there a request made on those grounds, which was rejected, then the passing of the President of the Club occurred and then a new request for postponement made?

Can you explain the timeline please?

[whitey]

FFS this whole Prenty vendetta seems to stem from the decision to put the COE in Bekan. Next time you have a day off work throw the kids in the car and drive from Bekan to Achill or Belmullet and back home again. You'll find that large parts of Mayo are further (time wise and distance wise) than the furthest reaches of Roscommon

[Syferus]

President is an honorary position.

It's a position of influence. One that has had no influence at all under Prenty.

I don't think it is a position of influence. Prenty and the secretariat in Connacht Council run the show. Not even sure the decision not to postpone would even have gone as far as Prenty. He's got well trained staff that are well able to play hard ball as well.

Prenty would have been aware of this issue already as the team was being forced to play 19 hours after a county final and a postponement was requested on those grounds. If you're suggesting a club rang up the CC this morning with news of the passing of their president overnight and that it didn't reach the top before a negative response was given then it's even worse than first assumed - Prenty would have known Dennehy personally as he was elected Roscommon county president just last year. The more you look at it the worse it is.

This stinks.

I can't make sense of your '19 hours after a county final' comment.

Was there a request made on those grounds, which was rejected, then the passing of the President of the Club occurred and then a new request for postponement made?

Can you explain the timeline please?

When the need for a Roscommon Intermediate final replay came up a request to postpone the Connacht semi-final against Galway was requested, as the replay would have had to be on the same weekend as the Connacht match. This was rejected. The inter replay was on yesterday and today the Connacht semi-final was played.

Another request to postpone the Connacht match was made by the Roscommon Intermediate champions Kilmore this morning (Sunday) as their club president had died overnight. This was also rejected.

FFS this whole Prenty vendetta seems to stem from the decision to put the COE in Bekan. Next time you have a day off work throw the kids in the car and drive from Bekan to Achill or Belmullet and back home again. You'll find that large parts of Mayo are further (time wise and distance wise) than the furthest reaches of Roscommon

I fully support the location of the COE.

[muppet]

President is an honorary position.

It's a position of influence. One that has had no influence at all under Prenty.

I don't think it is a position of influence. Prenty and the secretariat in Connacht Council run the show. Not even sure the decision not to postpone would even have gone as far as Prenty. He's got well trained staff that are well able to play hard ball as well.

Prenty would have been aware of this issue already as the team was being forced to play 19 hours after a county final and a postponement was requested on those grounds. If you're suggesting a club rang up the CC this morning with news of the passing of their president overnight and that it didn't reach the top before a negative response was given then it's even worse than first assumed - Prenty would have known Dennehy personally as he was elected Roscommon county president just last year. The more you look at it the worse it is.

This stinks.

I can't make sense of your '19 hours after a county final' comment.

Was there a request made on those grounds, which was rejected, then the passing of the President of the Club occurred and then a new request for postponement made?

Can you explain the timeline please?

When the need for a Roscommon Intermediate final replay came up a request to postpone the Connacht semi-final against Galway was requested, as the replay would have had to be on the same weekend as the Connacht match. This was rejected. The inter replay was on yesterday and today the Connacht semi-final was played.

Another request to postpone the Connacht match was made by the Roscommon Intermediate champions Kilmore this morning (Sunday) as their club president had died overnight. This was also rejected.

Fair enough that is truly a massive disgrace.

Condolences to his club and county.

As President of his club and President of Roscommon GAA, he, his family and his club deserve more respect than that.

RIP.

[The Trap]

Why didn't they just refuse to play?

[Syferus]

Why didn't they just refuse to play?

Fines. The CC fine clubs and counties for not fulfilling fixtures. There's not much financial security for small clubs let alone incurring thousands of Euros in fines.

[muppet]

Why didn't they just refuse to play?

I agree.

Forget the fines.

[The Trap]

Burt should have done the same last week, refuse to play 24 hrs after winning a county title. A club should be afforded the opportunity to enjoy these moments in their history. Can you imagine a county being asked to play an all Ireland qtr final 24 hours after winning a provincial title??

[Syferus]

http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2016/1024/826442-roscommon-club-take-stand-on-unjustified-demands/

And so it begins.

[manfromdelmonte]

the President of Roscommon GAA and a Club Honorary President dies and the game isn't postponed?

who makes these decisions?
is the GAA gone mad?

[larryin89]

Totally agree with the sentiments expressed at how ridiculously unfair it was on kilmore.

As a matter of interest why was the county finals so late in counties like roscommon  and cavan ?

[muppet]

Totally agree with the sentiments expressed at how ridiculously unfair it was on kilmore.

As a matter of interest why was the county finals so late in counties like roscommon  and cavan ?

Meath and Westmeath as well.