There,ll never be a hurl in Bellaghy

Started by ha ha derry, September 04, 2009, 08:47:54 AM

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tonesfirstandlast

Quote from: KingLarsson on September 04, 2009, 01:13:25 PM
Hurlin is for gaylords! Its just crazy cricket!!


UP DA TONES!!!!!!!

My sentiments exactly Larsonn  ;D ;D

tonesfirstandlast

Quote from: Hoof Hearted on September 04, 2009, 01:07:47 PM
I Remember big red, Mal McTaggart from Dunloy, married to a Bellaghy woman, who came over a number of years ago and tried to get it going, but i just never took off. I love the game myself, and there will be as many in the bar in Sunday watching the AI as there will be for the football, myself included (and drumanee)

Why did it not take off....... because no one in Bellaghy liked playing it.

Of course everyone will watch the AI final... the two best teams.

Try watching Derry play Armagh!!!

johnneycool

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Try watching Derry play Armagh!!!
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Tried watching Tyrone V Derry in casement this year, even Brolly was struggling for positives in the face of Spillane's anti northern barrage.

Hoof Hearted

some derry v armagh football matches havent been powerful either
Treble 6 Nations Fantasy Rugby champion 2008, 2011 & 2012

lynchbhoy

Quote from: ha ha derry on September 04, 2009, 12:31:22 PM
were you at the semis lynchboy?
couldnt make it - we had a match ourselves. Will be at the final.
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lynchbhoy

folks its pointless trying to compare two different games like football and hurling.

as for either being entertaining - well the teams dont go out to entertain. they all go out to win
- its incidental if the game happens to be entertaining !
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Nemo

Quote from: tonesfirstandlast on September 04, 2009, 01:29:55 PM
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on September 04, 2009, 01:07:47 PM
I Remember big red, Mal McTaggart from Dunloy, married to a Bellaghy woman, who came over a number of years ago and tried to get it going, but i just never took off. I love the game myself, and there will be as many in the bar in Sunday watching the AI as there will be for the football, myself included (and drumanee)

Why did it not take off....... because no one in Bellaghy liked playing it.

Of course everyone will watch the AI final... the two best teams.

Try watching Derry play Armagh!!!

you mean they couldnt play it, unlike football its a much harder to get a grasp off.

as someone said it a bit daft trying to compare two different games.

IMO the reason its more popular in Ulster is cause its much easier to play and is promoted much more widely than Hurling.

theskull1


Hurling
Seriously slow learning curve which requires persistence and dedication (i.e long term commitment to keep at it from the parents) in the early years before a kid "gets it"
Requires specialist coaching skills, making it harder to introduce into a club for the first time
More expensive for both club and parents (balls, sticks, helmets)

Football
Football can be fun from the off....BECAUSE the kid can do it from the off. Not to say it doesn't require commitment to be good at it but a kid finds the game easier to pick up.

If you've played both at the right standard, regardless of medals won, hurling is the more enjoyable to play when played right. I don't know many dual players who would say different
It's a lot easier to sing karaoke than to sing opera


tonesfirstandlast

Quote from: theskull1 on September 04, 2009, 03:09:32 PM

Hurling
Seriously slow learning curve which requires persistence and dedication (i.e long term commitment to keep at it from the parents) in the early years before a kid "gets it"
Requires specialist coaching skills, making it harder to introduce into a club for the first time
More expensive for both club and parents (balls, sticks, helmets)

Football
Football can be fun from the off....BECAUSE the kid can do it from the off. Not to say it doesn't require commitment to be good at it but a kid finds the game easier to pick up.

If you've played both at the right standard, regardless of medals won, hurling is the more enjoyable to play when played right. I don't know many dual players who would say different

Absolute Balls!
Much more difficult to play football.
Compare...
A small ball which can be held in palm of hand and therefore impossible to lose possession.
It is able to be hit with a large stick so can be sent long distances.
Can be thrown up and hit with the same hand
can be kicked and even thrown into the goals
you are allowed to run as far as you like.
pucks out don't have to be taken of the ground
you dont have to bend below waist high to pick it up.
a well trained monkey to play that game
come to think of it............. ;D ;D

lynchbhoy

Quote from: tonesfirstandlast on September 04, 2009, 03:45:53 PM
Quote from: theskull1 on September 04, 2009, 03:09:32 PM

Hurling
Seriously slow learning curve which requires persistence and dedication (i.e long term commitment to keep at it from the parents) in the early years before a kid "gets it"
Requires specialist coaching skills, making it harder to introduce into a club for the first time
More expensive for both club and parents (balls, sticks, helmets)

Football
Football can be fun from the off....BECAUSE the kid can do it from the off. Not to say it doesn't require commitment to be good at it but a kid finds the game easier to pick up.

If you've played both at the right standard, regardless of medals won, hurling is the more enjoyable to play when played right. I don't know many dual players who would say different

Absolute Balls!
Much more difficult to play football.
Compare...
A small ball which can be held in palm of hand and therefore impossible to lose possession.
It is able to be hit with a large stick so can be sent long distances.
Can be thrown up and hit with the same hand
can be kicked and even thrown into the goals
you are allowed to run as far as you like.
pucks out don't have to be taken of the ground
you dont have to bend below waist high to pick it up.
a well trained monkey to play that game
come to think of it.............
;D ;D
sounds like its a game perfectly earmarked for yourself !

sure go on and show them all how easy it is ! ! !
:D
..........

tonesfirstandlast


Franko

Quote from: theskull1 on September 04, 2009, 03:09:32 PM

Hurling
Seriously slow learning curve which requires persistence and dedication (i.e long term commitment to keep at it from the parents) in the early years before a kid "gets it"
Requires specialist coaching skills, making it harder to introduce into a club for the first time
More expensive for both club and parents (balls, sticks, helmets)
Requires bravery  :)

Football
Football can be fun from the off....BECAUSE the kid can do it from the off. Not to say it doesn't require commitment to be good at it but a kid finds the game easier to pick up.

If you've played both at the right standard, regardless of medals won, hurling is the more enjoyable to play when played right. I don't know many dual players who would say different

tonesfirstandlast

Quote from: SouthDerryGael on September 04, 2009, 04:00:49 PM
TFAL I didnt realise it was possible to make yourself a bigger cnut that you already have displayed but it seems possible, I recall many Bellaghy men coming to us to to play hurling in the past so Mc Cloy is talking through his arse when its clear young fella in Bellaghy want to play hurling, also, as for Camogie your girls could only dream of the success of Lavey Camogiers 3 Derry's in a row going for their 2nd ulster in a row.

Bellaghy might be a more successful Football team than Lavey but we are 3 times more successful a club as Bellaghy.
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truebluewolfetone

THERE IS PLENTY OF HURLS FLOATIN ABOUT BELLAGHY,,, I KNOW A PAIR OF LADS WHO PLAYED SENIOR HURLING FOR SWATRAGH, ONE HAD TO QUIT BECAUSE OF SERIOUS INJURY, THE OTHER WON A LEAGUE AND ULSTER LEAGUE MEDALS LAST SEASON UP THERE  ;D