Ulster Colleges

[lurganblue]

Yes that is true I believe. There is a strong 3rd year ógs connection that do also fill the 4th year team.

[Goals_Will_Come]

Tyrone schools flying again. Three of them topped their MacRory groups as well and automatically through to the Quarter Finals.

Any word on how other Tyrone schools are going? I was interested to see how the Dean got on in MacLarnon.

Won 1 (St Eunans, Letterkenny) and Drew 1 (Loreto Milford). Play Abbey on Monday. A win sends them through to the Quarter Finals as group winners where they would play the winners of St Louis' Ballymena and Aquinas Belfast. A defeat puts them in a Play Off Game against St Pius for a place in the Quarter Finals.

[Brendan]

Lavey men kicked off the Maghera panel for playing hurling according to twitter

[Wildweasel74]

You think lads aren't fit to play a couple of games but no problem making them train multi times a week

[toby47]

I wonder is there more to it?

Chrissy McKaigue is the manager, and has been getting a touch under the tweet by a few comments. Surely no bigger club man or duel player advocate? 

[tonto1888]

Is this definitely true? Very poor if so

[johnnycool]

I wonder is there more to it?

Chrissy McKaigue is the manager, and has been getting a touch under the tweet by a few comments. Surely no bigger club man or duel player advocate? 

He'd hardly be the first manager/coach who it looking to build his reputation on the back of a few schools trophies and is entirely focused on that.

The fact that these lads were representing their club in an Ulster minor semi-final is quite galling that the school whose next game isn't till next week felt the need to exclude them for playing for their very club!!!

Stop forcing kids to chose between codes.

[toby47]

I wonder is there more to it?

Chrissy McKaigue is the manager, and has been getting a touch under the tweet by a few comments. Surely no bigger club man or duel player advocate? 

He'd hardly be the first manager/coach who it looking to build his reputation on the back of a few schools trophies and is entirely focused on that.

The fact that these lads were representing their club in an Ulster minor semi-final is quite galling that the school whose next game isn't till next week felt the need to exclude them for playing for their very club!!!

Stop forcing kids to chose between codes.

The school twitter page even tweeted a good luck post to Lavey's minor hurlers for the game. Very strange. Other players should back their team mates, hard at a young age though. McDermott would have been player for Glen this weekend too, if he didn't get injured - would he have been kicked off panel? Makes me think there has to be more to it, not saying it makes it right.

[statto]

I wonder is there more to it?

Chrissy McKaigue is the manager, and has been getting a touch under the tweet by a few comments. Surely no bigger club man or duel player advocate? 

He'd hardly be the first manager/coach who it looking to build his reputation on the back of a few schools trophies and is entirely focused on that.

The fact that these lads were representing their club in an Ulster minor semi-final is quite galling that the school whose next game isn't till next week felt the need to exclude them for playing for their very club!!!

Stop forcing kids to chose between codes.

Did he not leave teaching to be a full time coach in his own club? That's what he talked about on the gaa social podcast last year. 

[Saffrongael]

I wonder is there more to it?

Chrissy McKaigue is the manager, and has been getting a touch under the tweet by a few comments. Surely no bigger club man or duel player advocate? 

He'd hardly be the first manager/coach who it looking to build his reputation on the back of a few schools trophies and is entirely focused on that.

The fact that these lads were representing their club in an Ulster minor semi-final is quite galling that the school whose next game isn't till next week felt the need to exclude them for playing for their very club!!!

Stop forcing kids to chose between codes.

Did he not leave teaching to be a full time coach in his own club? That's what he talked about on the gaa social podcast last year. 

He must be in St Pats as a hired gun

[marty34]

How can he do the two?

Is that not a conflict of interest?

Be interesting to find out what the truth is anyway regarding this whole issue.

College football is very serious at the time but minor in the bigger scheme of things.  Lads get in who flunked GCSEs etc. just to play football and do made-uppy courses.  Then they're out of the school.

[Duine Inteacht Eile]

Sort of the reverse of what Enda Gormley was at 10-15 years ago. Stopped Glen minors playing for their school as they were preparing for the Ulster minor tournament.

[naka]

College football is very serious at the time but minor in the bigger scheme of things.  Lads get in who flunked GCSEs etc. just to play football and do made-uppy courses.  Then they're out of the school.

only in some schools at present,
exam results in others becoming more important ( newry schools i believe pushing exam results more than football)
tbf when I was at school it was all about the football but that was in the 80s 

[LC]

College football is very serious at the time but minor in the bigger scheme of things.  Lads get in who flunked GCSEs etc. just to play football and do made-uppy courses.  Then they're out of the school.

only in some schools at present,
exam results in others becoming more important ( newry schools i believe pushing exam results more than football)
tbf when I was at school it was all about the football but that was in the 80s 

Makes sense, when young fellas go for a mortgage down the line their job / salary will have more relevance than having played McRory football. 

[Armagh18]

College football is very serious at the time but minor in the bigger scheme of things.  Lads get in who flunked GCSEs etc. just to play football and do made-uppy courses.  Then they're out of the school.

only in some schools at present,
exam results in others becoming more important ( newry schools i believe pushing exam results more than football)
tbf when I was at school it was all about the football but that was in the 80s 

Makes sense, when young fellas go for a mortgage down the line their job / salary will have more relevance than having played McRory football.

In my experience they'll get put through a course for a level/equivalent that they'll definitely get into uni with. Suppose its up to themselves from there on.