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Heading up tomorrow evening. Where would you get a good fed on a Friday evening around 5.30pm, that won't take all evening.

It really depends on what you are looking.

I would always recemmond Villa Itala on university Road, Great food resonably priced

i have an iphone 4, i updated the software on it on Thursday night last, since that my battery life is shite, it keeps running low really quickly,

anyone else experience this? maybe there is a setting on or something that is chewing the life out of my battery

Do you have any apps running in the background. Double tap the home button and that goves you a list of open apps you can then close them by holding you finger over them until an x comes up

[Do the competing clubs get a slice off the gates in championship matches in Antrim?]

Yes all great points lads.

Not only are these fines a nonsense as they move money about Within the one association - but they take the money from the core unit at grassroots where it is needed most - the club.

I can imagine the meeting;
"You had an extra water carrier who nobody other than a guy in a suit in the stand noticed - he did nothing wrong - but we fine you that £100 which you were going to spend on your under12 team"

Sure if a team/club is guilty of a significant infringement then there should be a sanction - but clearly not fines.

What sort of Sanction would you apply?

Anything I think of is quite harsh eg loosing home games for a set period or suspensions to managment team

I think you have to draw a distinction between what are really petty infringements such as too many water/hurley carriers on one side of the pitch, socks down during the parade, and the likes and other infringements impacting on the game such as management's abusing officials, blocking the view of linesmen, entering the field of play and the likes.

County boards are struggling for funds and they see the clubs as a cash cow in some instances even when clubs haven't got the nails to scratch themselves.

Do the competing clubs get a slice off the gates in championship matches in Antrim?

Dont think so

Cheers AZ, had a few other offers for a lot less money but it eventually came to a choice of spending time with my family and doing without extra cash or working in a job I hate and having it comfortable. Luckily I've a good woman behind me which made the pick an easy one.

Brave decision I have to consider my situation when the wife returns from maternity leave

Yes all great points lads.

Not only are these fines a nonsense as they move money about Within the one association - but they take the money from the core unit at grassroots where it is needed most - the club.

I can imagine the meeting;
"You had an extra water carrier who nobody other than a guy in a suit in the stand noticed - he did nothing wrong - but we fine you that £100 which you were going to spend on your under12 team"

Sure if a team/club is guilty of a significant infringement then there should be a sanction - but clearly not fines.

What sort of Sanction would you apply?

Anything I think of is quite harsh eg loosing home games for a set period or suspensions to managment team

From the County Guestbook

Name : Gael25 October 2012
How can the county administration justify £4250 in fines for this year's county finalists? Is it really in the best interests of our county to punish hard pressed clubs for offences such as water carriers coming on to the pitch? If so, surely there must be an alternative to financial penalties in the current climate

Which of the 2 clubs was this if it is water carriers then it is a bit harsh

btdtgtt any changes that happen would not have happened without the clubs voteing for it. There are not enough North antrim clubs to carry a majority vote so any time there has been a change in the league set up there was support from the Belfast clubs.

Attitudes of South Antrim against North Antrim also does not help the situation in Antrim they need to do away with these divisional boards and the county board take charge and run the competitions

I dont support the changes as I though division 1 and 2 ran well. They do need to look at the lower leagues as there may be a problem there.

btdtgtt you think there is some big conspiry going on here.

Have you heard any concrete facts on what is going to happen to the leagues?

Have you seen any of the proposals set out by the focus group or any counter proposals set out by any clubs?

The proper facts will be set out at a county meeting when the clubs have an opportunity to vote on what is the best for the leagues.

As gizzly said it would be better to look at the underage leagues and structures  and make them more competitive as this is where the future of Antrim hurling is

Did this focus group not start before the end of the leagues?

If we had beat Rossa and went up fair and square the belfast ones here would be delighted as discussing a belfast team going up

As it stands a belfast team has went up. There is a recemmondation in place that the next however many teams go up and there is outcry at it. As it stands we do not deserve to go up and I would be happy fighting to go up next year

If you havent read the recemmendations how do you know what is going to happen?
If your club hasnt met to discuss how you would like them to vote how do you know this is going to be carried?

From the eternal whispers around - I hear it looks like 2 teams going up from Div1 to Div2? Anyone else hear this?

Basically the Glens clubs black-balled the suggestion of 4 teams promoted, but are willing to support 2 going up.

As I said before I see the merits here but no doubt a few of my fellow city lads will note some suggestion of geographical bias here?!

Belfast team promoted - so lo and behold bring a NA team up as well?
Promote 4? Not if the other 2 are from the city?!

Like I have said I suppose I do agree with this given the points tally in Div2 but I'm sure our Galls friends (and Sars) will not - and as for the Oisins Minder?
Have your friends in the Glens not given you a massive foot up here?

This is only rumours

When ever we see the suggestions put out by the focus group (or whatever they call themself) no one will know what is going to happen.

Also before anything is agreeded 70% of the clubs must vote in agreement

[He still would have lost the company because he had run it incompetently and had to file for bankruptcy.]

So the poor oul innocent Quinns were walking along one day when Seanie Fitzpatrick jumped out of the bushes , put a gun to their heads and made them sign some papers which they couldn't see or know what was on them.
Then they all went broke and spent the rest of their days getting paid € millions from some Russian Companies.

Ahhhhh the pooor oul harmless devileens 

Meanwhile the 4.4m bol*****s who live in the 26 cos have to pay for it all.
That's the real 

I think it's fair to say that the taxpayer part is neither here nor there. It wasn't Seán Quinn's fault that the taxpayer was landed with the bill for Anglo. However, he still would have been asked to account for the money. He still would have lost the company because he had run it incompetently and had to file for bankruptcy. He still would have ended up in court and be expected to answer for hundreds of millions of euro worth of debts that even he hasn't argued were offered under false pretences. And he still would have tried to stash the money away in a manner that would have made Jean-Claude Duvalier blush. Once upon a time, Seán Quinn was honest and successful. Now, he's neither.

It was Anglo who forced him into bankruptcy after rejecting Sean Quinns repayment plan. If Anglo had accepted it there is a strong chance that some of this loan would be paid back and Sean Quinn would still be running his empire

I cant think of any other sport where sportmanship is so good.

[At the end of the day this young fella is doing something he loved he is helping to generate a lot of income into the irish economy as there is people coming from all over the word to play on the gold courses in Ireland that he did.]

At the end of the day this young fella is doing something he loved he is helping to generate a lot of income into the irish economy as there is people coming from all over the word to play on the gold courses in Ireland that he did.

Some people on here need to get a life

That must be why the Lough Erne Golf Resort is in administration and is up for sale for £10mill (that's a fecking bargain by the way for anyone who has a spare £10mill).

When anyone posts on this board it is taken as read that they need to get a life!

The Hotel was loosing money the two golf course was keeping it afloat.

£240 a night in the hotel during a recession that pricing made it go into admin

At the end of the day this young fella is doing something he loved he is helping to generate a lot of income into the irish economy as there is people coming from all over the word to play on the gold courses in Ireland that he did.

I'm not a massive fan or Rory McIlroy but I would follow him to see how he is getting on.

Its typical of this board that everything comes down to politics and its a joke that we cant celebrate one of the best come backs ever in sport with out people spouting crap about flags.

Some people on here need to get a life

You also need to be careful when it comes to repairs. If you buy it in Belfast you can only get it repaired in belfast or by sending it away.

In Dublin as far as I am aware there is no apple store so you cant take it up to belfast to repair it