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I do think that there should be a hurling board back in the county, a sub-committee of the main county board. I will look to see them working closely with the camogie board to promote hurling in both males and females across the county. A lot of clubs in Down do not play this great ancient sport and I think that more needs to be done to get hurls into some clubs. You would be targeting clubs like Downpatrick, Burren, Annaclone, Rostrevor, etc to try to introduce hurling and camogie into their clubs.
Annaclone lads have always hurled in Ballela, the camogie team would have a good few Annaclone girls playing too at all levels.
Clonduff have got a fair few from Rostrevor and Mayobridge at the minute while there's a few Burren lads playing for Warrenpoint. The issue there would be keeping them past 11yo is the big challenge. It's very hard to start a new sport in a club with no history of it in the club, Saul will be a good case to keep an eye on.
Saul have a good catchment area and will be worth watching but Downpatrick should be pushing the sport. Dundrum, Bryansford, Glasdrumman, Attical, The kingdom, Ballymartin, Longstone, surely numbers there for a Mourne hurling team like Craobh Rua in Camlough .
Same for clubs around Magheradroll, Loughiniland, Drumaness and Saintfield areas. A new hurling board could push clubs to start and get coaches in as taster sessions.
Have a look through all those clubs you've named. Of them, maybe 1 is on a stronger football pedestal than they were 10 or 20 years ago, and 2 of them roughly the same. The rest have fallen back some or a lot.
Decline tends to run in parallel with membership levels. Not always. But usually.
I'd honestly say the last thing any of those clubs needs is hurling foisted upon it by idealists.
To be clear this isn't an anti hurling message. This is an acknowledgment of demographics message.
Imagine Glasdrumman was a base for the Mourne hurling club with new players coming from other areas, it might be a good boost for the club as they have low numbers. and I would not want club committees have to organize it, I would start with hurling coaches and the hurling board leading on this to get it going. Ballyholland would be another club with a big catchment area as the Shamrocks have some pick in the area.
Wobblers right though, you can't foist hurling on any club, like you couldn't foist football on the Ards clubs but what you can do is give those who do want to play the opportunity to play without having to make them choose one sport over an other especially at underage.
We've lads who've played with Saul, Loughinisland and Kilclief in the recent past, no issues there and IIRC there's a few Ballyholland lads who play hurling for the Shamrocks, it's doable if the will is there.
Allocate times/days for hurling and football so that there isn't an overlap and in fairness that does happen or did happen with county blitzes in hurling every 1st saturday and 3rd saturday of the month, P7 down, with football the 2nd and 4th. Don't think that's in play at the minute but I thought it worked well enough.
Quotenot sure what the legalities are for the likes of us reposting the the name online
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Two primary schools have said they will close voluntarily, the first primary schools in NI to do so.
The two are Lurgan Model Primary School, in County Armagh, and St Scire's in Trillick, County Tyrone.
Lurgan Model said it would close for the week, while St Scire's will close on Monday ahead of planned St Patrick's closures on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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