Hurling is an issue in Portlaoise definitely and they need to grow participation,,Portlaoise parish needs a full time GDA.
Highlighted in the strategic plan, nothing done about it even though the funding is in place.
There's also an issue in the likes of the CBS where more first years this year would play cricket than hurling.
Also as I mentioned in a previous post we have 16 clubs playing u13 hurling and roughly 400 u13 hurlers,how do we grow the numbers to say 500 and then 600 in that cohort every year.
For starters we have 48 clubs which means 32 clubs aren't putting out even an u13 hurling team
We should be looking to get the club numbers from 16 to 22
How do we do this
One solution
Play an u13 league and championship for clubs low on numbers or getting hurling off the ground
Make the numbers as low as 7/8 a side for games to take place and put proper governance and support in place for them to grow
All this then feeds into my 2 visits to the CoE every 3 weeks suggestion for expert support and coaching,no club starting up or their hurlers gets neglected or left behind.
Highlighted in the strategic plan, nothing done about it even though the funding is in place.
There's also an issue in the likes of the CBS where more first years this year would play cricket than hurling.
Also as I mentioned in a previous post we have 16 clubs playing u13 hurling and roughly 400 u13 hurlers,how do we grow the numbers to say 500 and then 600 in that cohort every year.
For starters we have 48 clubs which means 32 clubs aren't putting out even an u13 hurling team
We should be looking to get the club numbers from 16 to 22
How do we do this
One solution
Play an u13 league and championship for clubs low on numbers or getting hurling off the ground
Make the numbers as low as 7/8 a side for games to take place and put proper governance and support in place for them to grow
All this then feeds into my 2 visits to the CoE every 3 weeks suggestion for expert support and coaching,no club starting up or their hurlers gets neglected or left behind.