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[Benevento]

Great scenes in Seria A. Benevento got their 1st ever point in the top league with a last minute equaliser against ac milan, it was scored by their goalkeeper from a header. After 14 consecutive defeats they're finally off the mark.

Torino got a draw away to Lazio there. Benevento back to Serie B again next season.

Ach - Ken taking redundancy at the end of March. No more inside sources.
Tracey nailed on to take over.
Frank going too after 34 years.
The world will never be the same.

By that logic Croke Park should have been put somewhere central like Athlone

Our oul big solid radio had Home, Light and Athlone engraved on it. By moving the dial around on the outside - a small triangle would go along a wire inside(that is what it seemed like from the outside and nobody was going to take it apart to find out) and the nearer you could get to the middle of the particular engraving the better the signal and reception from that channel. Athlone was never as famous again after the radios changed.

[Positive Cases by Postal District]

Fair play to Ed Potts(http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=29555.8835) for making the 6 to 1 statement yesterday on both Scene Around Six and Good Evening Ulster which contain all the important news in the whole world - pointing out the political/cultural background of the main spreaders in the BT1 to BT94 area of Ireland. (And none of this oul mullarkey of - oooooh I want be a victim, it's sectarian to say that - is it sectarian to be nationalist? - right so we are trying to avoid that one and get to the nitty gritty.)

These are the 7 day figures on the day that Ed made his interviews. Board members can help identify areas where a team won a county championship and went out to celebrate and thereby eliminate the reasons for high rates in that BT. There are plenty of mentions of winning celebrations on the coronavirus thread but the posts are all over the place on a fast moving thread. The Derry City mainstayers on that thread have given explanations of the possible reasons for the high figures there in an area which would not be a GAA stronghold to paraphrase the Kerry commentator.

Taking Belfast which is BT1 to BT17:    BT1(18 cases) 2(4 cases) and 3(1) would be classified as Down Town.
BT17 Twinbrook Poleglass Lagmore with 261 cases is the highest.
BT11 Andytown Lenadoon Turf with 212 is the next highest.

In comparison:

BT4 in East East-East Belfast has 84 cases.
BT16 the home of the Ballybeen Flute Band has only 39 cases.

Obviously population density comes into it for some post codes. Also why was BT50 never built - or if it was why is nothing there? Same goes for BTs 58 and 59 and why the gap between BT82 and BT92. (just checked one there - BT58 was a mythical place where people could write to something called Child Support Agency which the internet says is now defunct.)

So since the GAA cannot take all the rap particularly in the Belfast and Derry areas and once again - well done Ed for coming out and saying this - sure somebody could do a paper on it sometime if there are any universities open again.
Terence O'Neill's - "give Roman Catholics a good job and a good house and they will live like Protestants" did not have a coronavirus clause.
Any realistic or credible explanations?


(Positive Cases by Postal District (09 - 15 October)
BT1   18
BT2  4
BT3  1
BT4  84
BT5  172
BT6  94
BT7  99
BT8  82
BT9  137
BT10  71
BT11  212
BT12  203
BT13  80
BT14  131
BT15  111
BT16  39
BT17  261
BT18  25
BT19  39
BT20  29
BT21  15
BT22  28
BT23  115
BT24  43
BT25  41
BT26  17
BT27  87
BT28  139
BT29  65
BT30  126
BT31  48
BT32  46
BT33  45
BT34  200
BT35  117
BT36  192
BT37  58
BT38  52
BT39  44
BT40  29
BT41  81
BT42  41
BT43  31
BT44  46
BT45  163
BT46  33
BT47  613
BT48  702
BT49  72
BT51  87
BT52  27
BT53  18
BT54  28
BT55  20
BT56  12
BT57  3
BT60  58
BT61  32
BT62  63
BT63  33
BT64  2
BT65  11
BT66  57 + 10
BT67  57
BT68  1
BT69  7
BT70  60
BT71  228
BT74  26
BT75  14
BT76  17
BT77  6
BT78  106
BT79  89
BT80  184
BT81  13
BT82  127
BT92  39
BT93  4
BT94  18

Redundancy for Mark.
Ken rolls on undeterred.

The Group Stage Draw:

La Pentola 1

Il Vaso 1

Il Recipiente 1

The one off matches helped - but - Climbing up the charts.

2 - 5 at the finish.

7 shots on goal v 12 shots on goal. Plenty of potential so far.

Rapidly back down to earth after half an hour at home v Inter Milan at the moment. 0 - 3

Great scenes in Seria A. Benevento got their 1st ever point in the top league with a last minute equaliser against ac milan, it was scored by their goalkeeper from a header. After 14 consecutive defeats they're finally off the mark.

Back again and managed to come back from 2 - 0 down early on to win first match 2 - 3 away from home.

Ha! Dundalk FM playing 'I Shot the Sheriff' after the penalty shoot out finish.

There have been no cases tracked from outdoor sports events. None.

Ok, so the Armagh SFC semis are next week. Do you suggest they allow up to 18,000 spectators in, and just forget about social distancing?

Tommy Gunn - see if you even waste time replying to that......

Starting to reckon that some people are beginning to crack up - understandably - with the lack of social interaction which has been enforced on them.

Hyperbole everywhere - sense of proportion gone.
A side effect of Covid19.

Ulster GAA/Antrim GAA Directive to all club committees

Social Clubs
Advice from Ulster Council is that 99% of our social clubs should not be open as they operate as effective wet houses and not restaurant style operations, I have heard numerous stories of how clubs think they can circumvent guidelines and legislation , so things to consider if wishing to open a bar.

Does your club have adequate facilities with hygiene clearance to adhere to legislation if providing food?


If providing an outdoor beer garden , do you have table service in place, has outdoor beer garden been passed for insurance and meeting council legislation?


Is your social club operating a members only policy and are you logging time and date members enter and exit social club?


Financial viability of opening a social club in this climate, ,(without functions that are not allowed) is very limited , margins are low in social clubs added to this additional staff costs due to waitering service and extra hygiene costs , ask yourself would your social club actually make money in this current climate or is opening your social club actually costing your club money to stay open, I have heard stories of the bar gives us cash flow, Turnover is a lot difference than profit, running a social club to get turnover while it is loosing money is economic madness and no committee should allow this to happen.



County chair

Well done delgany. Some clarity.

Ulster GAA/Antrim GAA Directive


we seen all that is good about our association,

County chair

Liked this bit. A hidden code so everyone knows it is genuine and local.

Hello.
Does anyone know the exact rules about GAA social clubs opening or closing? Has the GAA told them to close?
Is there a written diktat somewhere? Can someone out it up here or a link?
What does serving food mean? Are bowls of stew or Dinny Cahill's hamburgers considered as serving food?
Can anyone provide clarity?

Faceless old men in darkened rooms dithering over whether young men can be sent out into danger for the entertainment of others.

Why the dilatory official statement?

What have you become?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHCfZTRGiI