The future of laois hurling

[Spiritof1915]

Valiant effort from the minor hurlers this evening. Couple of turning points that eventually got a useful dublin team over the line.
2nd game in the championship where they didn't make use of the extra man which is a pity because I thought they matched the Dubs in nearly all areas of the game.

[burdizzo]

I think Dublin were absolutely there for the taking for our minors tonight; a few botched goal chances (including a missed penalty, and an effort that hit the post) cost them. Still, at least they were beating who they should've been beating, and have definitely improved since the start of the championship. Actually, they've come on a good bit since over the last year when they were losing to the likes of Meath, so fair play to Damien Carter.

[G@@]

Two sending offs in the closing stages, and Dublin down to 14 men too. Was the ref overly fussy?

[burdizzo]

Two sending offs in the closing stages, and Dublin down to 14 men too. Was the ref overly fussy?

Ruraí Kavanagh hit a lad, and a Dub came in as third man and flattened him, so got a straight red. Kavanagh was lucky enough to just get a yellow card that time, but picked up a second later on.

[clonadmad]

Celtic Challenge Quarter Final

Tipperary 12-20 Laois 0-09

Why are we sending young lads out to get absolutely slaughtered

its doing them absolutely no good

[The PRO]

Portarlington's minor hurling resuls are very impressive. Fair play to the people involved. And they seem to be doing OK at under 15 and under 13 too. It would be great if an adult club got going in that corner of the county rather than seeing the young lads either give it up or get siphoned off by the more traditional clubs.

[Zooming around]

Portarlington's minor hurling resuls are very impressive. Fair play to the people involved. And they seem to be doing OK at under 15 and under 13 too. It would be great if an adult club got going in that corner of the county rather than seeing the young lads either give it up or get siphoned off by the more traditional clubs.

Some great hurling people in Port doing a great job. Fair play to them.

On a worrying note, i see our U15s were beaten by Kildare at the weekend.

[Laois Rising]

You cannot call any loss to a Kildare juvenile team a surprise any longer. The number of clubs playing hurling within Kildare has exploded in the last decade. Some of their clubs have shown at juvenile level that they can be very competitive against Kilkenny sides. With Kildare's population and interest in hurling rapidly growing it would be no surprise to see Kildare winning a Joe McDonagh Cup in the next 10 years.

[clonadmad]

Portarlington's minor hurling resuls are very impressive. Fair play to the people involved. And they seem to be doing OK at under 15 and under 13 too. It would be great if an adult club got going in that corner of the county rather than seeing the young lads either give it up or get siphoned off by the more traditional clubs.

Just had a look at Port's Juvenile Hurling Results

In the Minor B they are top of the league table and headed for a Minor B league Hurling Final

In the u15 B, they are 5 from 5 and will top their group

In the u13 B, They are 5 from 6 and will finish second in that league

Potentially they will be in all 3 underage B Hurling League finals

just goes to show what committed hurling people, good parents and young lads willing to work at the game can do in any "football" club

Well done Portarlington

they should be an inspiration for others

[mcwregor]

Portarlington's minor hurling resuls are very impressive. Fair play to the people involved. And they seem to be doing OK at under 15 and under 13 too. It would be great if an adult club got going in that corner of the county rather than seeing the young lads either give it up or get siphoned off by the more traditional clubs.

Some great hurling people in Port doing a great job. Fair play to them.

On a worrying note, i see our U15s were beaten by Kildare at the weekend.

I read on another thread that laois u15s beat limerick at the weekend. 2 different squads? Was it the second team lost narrowly to kildare?

[Zooming around]

Portarlington's minor hurling resuls are very impressive. Fair play to the people involved. And they seem to be doing OK at under 15 and under 13 too. It would be great if an adult club got going in that corner of the county rather than seeing the young lads either give it up or get siphoned off by the more traditional clubs.

Some great hurling people in Port doing a great job. Fair play to them.

On a worrying note, i see our U15s were beaten by Kildare at the weekend.

I read on another thread that laois u15s beat limerick at the weekend. 2 different squads? Was it the second team lost narrowly to kildare?

Possibly ... hopefully.

That Limerick result is a good one but what squad did Limerick send out against us.

[Laois Rising]

I think Laois had two squads divided evenly play against two Limerick sides- I don't know the standard of the sides Limerick sent out. Won one and lost one but both games close. Good for morale. The Laois U20 side of this year defeated Limerick at U15 level in the Arrabawn five years ago. It is a pity that team did not progress as they might have been expected to- seeing Offaly in an All-Ireland U20 final shows what is possible with a bit of luck, S&C and good coaching all the way up. Hopefully these lads get the support they need over the next few years to develop.

[clonadmad]

Limerick played Laois u15 in the Centre of Excellence back in early April,they brought 2 teams and handed out 2 unmerciful beatings to both Laois teams that day
So its had to know if Laois have improved or Limerick rejigged their team to face them in Limerick last week

Laois had 2 teams out last weekend

One beaten by Kildare and One who beat Limerick

From what I seen of those Laois u15's Id have major worries for that group going forward, the Coaching and General Set Up just doesn't seem up to it, in comparison to what they are facing in other Counties.

We will find out where they are at,when the Arrabawn Tournament is played in July

[Jd]

Ive heard decent reports of the Setanta programme with regards to numbers and effort being put in by both mentors and Players. Seems to be a very clear and well setup pathway to Co development squads. The goodwill is there if there's a proper plan in place. Apparently every player is being assessed over a number of skills and this recorded and dealt with over a 3/ 4 year period till they're ready for development squads. Credit to whoever is driving it

[Blow-in]

This is currently done and ran by volunteers.... Not full time staff. It's fine now but the volunteers will get fed up, changes to work etc and it'll all fall down again. The actual structures are not coming from the County Board. They are coming from a man who has decided in his own head enoigh is enough. Unfortunately it's a short term option