Down Club Hurling & Football

[Truth hurts]

Johnnysboy and Smurfy

Why is there so many transfers away from your club this season?

[supersub]

I am trying to devise a list of all the GAA council pitches in The Newry council area.

Dunleath
Rosconnor
Dundrum
Annsborough
Derryleckagh
St Colmans
Jack Mackin
Gerry Brown
Milltown
Drumgath ?


Am I missing any other grounds?
As rate payers in the North we are being shafted by the councils in comparisons to soccer and more needs to be done about it.

Also is there really no GAA pitches in the ards area, if not then this needs to be raised more.

Kilbroney, if you can call it a pitch.

Soccer not much better mind.

Most Gaelic clubs have their own main pitch, most junior soccer clubs don't.

[harryR]

Which kilcoo players are definitely training with the seniors at the minute then? Or is alot of the names just rumours

[Lloyd p]

Niall kane
Miceal Rooney
Anthony Morgan
Ryan Mcevoy
Jerome + Ryan + shealan J
Ceilum Doherty

Only Branagan on the panel is Patrick from Clonduff.

[Truth hurts]

I am trying to devise a list of all the GAA council pitches in The Newry council area.

Dunleath
Rosconnor
Dundrum
Annsborough
Derryleckagh
St Colmans
Jack Mackin
Gerry Brown
Milltown
Drumgath ?


Am I missing any other grounds?
As rate payers in the North we are being shafted by the councils in comparisons to soccer and more needs to be done about it.

Also is there really no GAA pitches in the ards area, if not then this needs to be raised more.

Kilbroney, if you can call it a pitch.

Soccer not much better mind.

Most Gaelic clubs have their own main pitch, most junior soccer clubs don't.

GAA clubs have their own facilities due to hard work and a lot of fundraising.

Junior soccer expect soccer pitches.

GAA club don't expect pitches but at the next election these questions need to be put to our elected reps.

Is Kilbroney getting upgraded or are the tree huggers/middle class blow ins still stopping the kids of Rostrevor adequate facilities?

[rosskarr]

Johnnysboy and Smurfy

Why is there so many transfers away from your club this season?

How do you know how many transfers there are? Are these available to view anywhere?

[manwithnoplan]

I am trying to devise a list of all the GAA council pitches in The Newry council area.

Dunleath
Rosconnor
Dundrum
Annsborough
Derryleckagh
St Colmans
Jack Mackin
Gerry Brown
Milltown
Drumgath ?


Am I missing any other grounds?
As rate payers in the North we are being shafted by the councils in comparisons to soccer and more needs to be done about it.

Also is there really no GAA pitches in the ards area, if not then this needs to be raised more.

Kilbroney, if you can call it a pitch.

Soccer not much better mind.

Most Gaelic clubs have their own main pitch, most junior soccer clubs don't.

GAA clubs have their own facilities due to hard work and a lot of fundraising.

Junior soccer expect soccer pitches.

GAA club don't expect pitches but at the next election these questions need to be put to our elected reps.

Is Kilbroney getting upgraded or are the tree huggers/middle class blow ins still stopping the kids of Rostrevor adequate facilities?

Junior soccer clubs don't "expect" pitches. Most junior soccer clubs are not ingrained within a community, with several generations playing and volunteering at a club as we have with the GAA. Most junior soccer clubs' first teams change year after year as players move between them, and often their underage teams see players chopping and changing clubs without having a particular loyalty or desire to represent a particular club. To expect them to have the structures and people in place to raise hundreds of thousands for their own facilities is ridiculous. That was just a nonsensical statement.

[Truth hurts]

Johnnysboy and Smurfy

Why is there so many transfers away from your club this season?

How do you know how many transfers there are? Are these available to view anywhere?

On the gaa website

[Truth hurts]

I am trying to devise a list of all the GAA council pitches in The Newry council area.

Dunleath
Rosconnor
Dundrum
Annsborough
Derryleckagh
St Colmans
Jack Mackin
Gerry Brown
Milltown
Drumgath ?


Am I missing any other grounds?
As rate payers in the North we are being shafted by the councils in comparisons to soccer and more needs to be done about it.

Also is there really no GAA pitches in the ards area, if not then this needs to be raised more.

Kilbroney, if you can call it a pitch.

Soccer not much better mind.

Most Gaelic clubs have their own main pitch, most junior soccer clubs don't.

GAA clubs have their own facilities due to hard work and a lot of fundraising.

Junior soccer expect soccer pitches.

GAA club don't expect pitches but at the next election these questions need to be put to our elected reps.

Is Kilbroney getting upgraded or are the tree huggers/middle class blow ins still stopping the kids of Rostrevor adequate facilities?

Junior soccer clubs don't "expect" pitches. Most junior soccer clubs are not ingrained within a community, with several generations playing and volunteering at a club as we have with the GAA. Most junior soccer clubs' first teams change year after year as players move between them, and often their underage teams see players chopping and changing clubs without having a particular loyalty or desire to represent a particular club. To expect them to have the structures and people in place to raise hundreds of thousands for their own facilities is ridiculous. That was just a nonsensical statement.

So Junior clubs expect council pitches then, they need council pitches.

[rosskarr]

Johnnysboy and Smurfy

Why is there so many transfers away from your club this season?

How do you know how many transfers there are? Are these available to view anywhere?

On the gaa website
   I can only see inter County trnsfers on GAA.ie . Can you post the link please?

[manwithnoplan]

I am trying to devise a list of all the GAA council pitches in The Newry council area.

Dunleath
Rosconnor
Dundrum
Annsborough
Derryleckagh
St Colmans
Jack Mackin
Gerry Brown
Milltown
Drumgath ?


Am I missing any other grounds?
As rate payers in the North we are being shafted by the councils in comparisons to soccer and more needs to be done about it.

Also is there really no GAA pitches in the ards area, if not then this needs to be raised more.

Kilbroney, if you can call it a pitch.

Soccer not much better mind.

Most Gaelic clubs have their own main pitch, most junior soccer clubs don't.

GAA clubs have their own facilities due to hard work and a lot of fundraising.

Junior soccer expect soccer pitches.

GAA club don't expect pitches but at the next election these questions need to be put to our elected reps.

Is Kilbroney getting upgraded or are the tree huggers/middle class blow ins still stopping the kids of Rostrevor adequate facilities?

Junior soccer clubs don't "expect" pitches. Most junior soccer clubs are not ingrained within a community, with several generations playing and volunteering at a club as we have with the GAA. Most junior soccer clubs' first teams change year after year as players move between them, and often their underage teams see players chopping and changing clubs without having a particular loyalty or desire to represent a particular club. To expect them to have the structures and people in place to raise hundreds of thousands for their own facilities is ridiculous. That was just a nonsensical statement.

So Junior clubs expect council pitches then, they need council pitches.

You really aren't making a coherent argument about anything here, as you are comparing two completely different things.

[Truth hurts]

My point is that the councils build pitches for junior soccer. But because they GAA always have looked after themselves the councils don't push as money towards us.

The Lgfa is getting bigger every year and this is putting huge pressure on club grounds . We need to demand more access to GAA pitches from our councillers.

[thewobbler]

Good luck with that one Truth. NMD isn't anti GAA. It seems to basically be anti leisure pursuits. The sporting facilities and amenities in our council area are third world compared to those in neighbouring council areas. This very much includes junior soccer.

[supersub]

My point is that the councils build pitches for junior soccer. But because they GAA always have looked after themselves the councils don't push as money towards us.

The Lgfa is getting bigger every year and this is putting huge pressure on club grounds . We need to demand more access to GAA pitches from our councillers.

This is a really strange argument/perspective/issue/observation. The council has pitches for junior soccer because they have nowhere to play the sport if they don't have some sort of provision from the Council. GAA clubs have at least one pitch of the their own each. Yes we can always do with more facilities but to be looking towards the council for this is strange. Is it not an aim/goal/challenge for any GAA club to grown their own 'home', facilities etc? To add to wobblers point, the pitches for soccer around NMD Council area are extremely limited. You only have to look at how many games are called off November - Feb every year for proof of that.

[Truth hurts]

Of course its an aim to grow facilities but the council should be trying to provide extra pitches for the GAA.

The biggest problem at the minute and will be a bigger problem in years to come is having facilities to play and train for our games.

How many teams are struggling with facilities at the minute without floodlights, as taxpayers we should be demanding for 3g pitches in almost large towns in the NMD area.

The sporting facilties in this area are a disgrace.