It's that time of the year to look and make suggestions into how we can improve Laois Football. One of my ways of improving standards within the county would be to introduce two divisional teams into the Laois SFC. These teams would consist of players from Junior and intermediate clubs . The two divisional teams would be North and South Laois . I know that this system has a lot of possible negatives including organisation and fixture congestation but I believe that the pros outweigh the cons. Junior and Internediate club players get greater exposure and the standard should rise within the SFC. I'll just illustrate what these divisional teams could potentially look like in 2016
South Laois (Timahoe, Spink, Barrowhouse, park/Ratheniska, The Harps, Borris in Ossory , , Kilcotton etc)
1. Eoin Culliton ( Timahoe)
2. Joe O Connor (Timahoe
3 Mark Delaney (Park)
4. Benny Greene (Park)
5 Eamon Jackman (Spink)
6 Damien O'Connor (Timahoe)
7.Joe Murphy (Barrowhouse)
8. Brendan Quigley (Timahoe)
9 Seamus Dwyer (Spink)
10 Sean Ramsbottom
11 Cha Dwyer (Spink)
12 Brian Daly (Barrowhouse)
13 Damien Carter (Spink)
14 Kieran Delaney (Park)
15Ruari O'Connor (Timahoe)
While North Laois (Courtwood, Annanough, O'Dempseys, Kilcavan ,Roseinallis, Castletwon/Slieve Bloom , The Rock etc)
would have players like
John Scully
Robbie Kehoe
Conor Meredith
Rory Stapleton
Mick Bermingham
Ronan Gorry
Simon Miller
Michael Finlay
Barry Kelly
Niall Donoher
Luke Doyle
O'Halloran
.
I'd like to hear people's opinions on this and if they think they can name North and South Laois teams go ahead as my knowledge of Junior and Intermediate football is very limited.
South Laois (Timahoe, Spink, Barrowhouse, park/Ratheniska, The Harps, Borris in Ossory , , Kilcotton etc)
1. Eoin Culliton ( Timahoe)
2. Joe O Connor (Timahoe
3 Mark Delaney (Park)
4. Benny Greene (Park)
5 Eamon Jackman (Spink)
6 Damien O'Connor (Timahoe)
7.Joe Murphy (Barrowhouse)
8. Brendan Quigley (Timahoe)
9 Seamus Dwyer (Spink)
10 Sean Ramsbottom
11 Cha Dwyer (Spink)
12 Brian Daly (Barrowhouse)
13 Damien Carter (Spink)
14 Kieran Delaney (Park)
15Ruari O'Connor (Timahoe)
While North Laois (Courtwood, Annanough, O'Dempseys, Kilcavan ,Roseinallis, Castletwon/Slieve Bloom , The Rock etc)
would have players like
John Scully
Robbie Kehoe
Conor Meredith
Rory Stapleton
Mick Bermingham
Ronan Gorry
Simon Miller
Michael Finlay
Barry Kelly
Niall Donoher
Luke Doyle
O'Halloran
.
I'd like to hear people's opinions on this and if they think they can name North and South Laois teams go ahead as my knowledge of Junior and Intermediate football is very limited.