National Games Development Centre

[heffo]

Why are Dublin teams using this NATIONAL centre?

Teams are in using the fantastic gym facility

Saves the Dublin County Board having to develop their own centre, lets just use the one paid for by all the other counties!

85,000 players have used Abbotstown since it opened and 80% of those have been from outside Dublin.

[Croí na hÉireann]

Mullingar or Athlone would be Centre of the Nation.

Sports Campus should be in Athlone, heart of the nation. Saw this graph yesterday which surprised me at the amount of commutes into the town.

[Jinxy]

Why are Dublin teams using this NATIONAL centre?

Teams are in using the fantastic gym facility

Saves the Dublin County Board having to develop their own centre, lets just use the one paid for by all the other counties!

85,000 players have used Abbotstown since it opened and 80% of those have been from outside Dublin.

Where did that number come from, Heffo?
Not disputing it, just curious.

[heffo]

Why are Dublin teams using this NATIONAL centre?

Teams are in using the fantastic gym facility

Saves the Dublin County Board having to develop their own centre, lets just use the one paid for by all the other counties!

85,000 players have used Abbotstown since it opened and 80% of those have been from outside Dublin.

Where did that number come from, Heffo?
Not disputing it, just curious.

I don't have a link to post but the centre manager gave it to me Friday - it's reliable info.

[mup]

Why are Dublin teams using this NATIONAL centre?

Teams are in using the fantastic gym facility

Saves the Dublin County Board having to develop their own centre, lets just use the one paid for by all the other counties!

85,000 players have used Abbotstown since it opened and 80% of those have been from outside Dublin.

Where did that number come from, Heffo?
Not disputing it, just curious.

I don't have a link to post but the centre manager gave it to me Friday - it's reliable info.

I'd love to know how he came up with these figures. Was every player that entered Abbotstown surveyed? And what is the purpose of these figures? Is it to justify Dublin GAA using the facilties?

[ballinaman]

Why are Dublin teams using this NATIONAL centre?

Teams are in using the fantastic gym facility

Saves the Dublin County Board having to develop their own centre, lets just use the one paid for by all the other counties!

85,000 players have used Abbotstown since it opened and 80% of those have been from outside Dublin.

Where did that number come from, Heffo?
Not disputing it, just curious.

I don't have a link to post but the centre manager gave it to me Friday - it's reliable info.

Ask him what % of those were from West of the Shannon/Dongeal

[heffo]

Why are Dublin teams using this NATIONAL centre?

Teams are in using the fantastic gym facility

Saves the Dublin County Board having to develop their own centre, lets just use the one paid for by all the other counties!

85,000 players have used Abbotstown since it opened and 80% of those have been from outside Dublin.

Where did that number come from, Heffo?
Not disputing it, just curious.

I don't have a link to post but the centre manager gave it to me Friday - it's reliable info.

I'd love to know how he came up with these figures. Was every player that entered Abbotstown surveyed? And what is the purpose of these figures? Is it to justify Dublin GAA using the facilties?

Presumably it's based on the booking - so if the Kildare U16's are using it they count them as from Kildare. Same as if say Moorefield booked it.

Sorry if the figures don't fit your narrative.

[mup]

Why are Dublin teams using this NATIONAL centre?

Teams are in using the fantastic gym facility

Saves the Dublin County Board having to develop their own centre, lets just use the one paid for by all the other counties!

85,000 players have used Abbotstown since it opened and 80% of those have been from outside Dublin.

Where did that number come from, Heffo?
Not disputing it, just curious.

I don't have a link to post but the centre manager gave it to me Friday - it's reliable info.

I'd love to know how he came up with these figures. Was every player that entered Abbotstown surveyed? And what is the purpose of these figures? Is it to justify Dublin GAA using the facilties?

Presumably it's based on the booking - so if the Kildare U16's are using it they count them as from Kildare. Same as if say Moorefield booked it.

Sorry if the figures don't fit your narrative.

Who were you representing when you asked for these figures?

[heffo]

Why are Dublin teams using this NATIONAL centre?

Teams are in using the fantastic gym facility

Saves the Dublin County Board having to develop their own centre, lets just use the one paid for by all the other counties!

85,000 players have used Abbotstown since it opened and 80% of those have been from outside Dublin.

Where did that number come from, Heffo?
Not disputing it, just curious.

I don't have a link to post but the centre manager gave it to me Friday - it's reliable info.

I'd love to know how he came up with these figures. Was every player that entered Abbotstown surveyed? And what is the purpose of these figures? Is it to justify Dublin GAA using the facilties?

Presumably it's based on the booking - so if the Kildare U16's are using it they count them as from Kildare. Same as if say Moorefield booked it.

Sorry if the figures don't fit your narrative.

Who were you representing when you asked for these figures?

Myself

[mup]

Why are Dublin teams using this NATIONAL centre?

Teams are in using the fantastic gym facility

Saves the Dublin County Board having to develop their own centre, lets just use the one paid for by all the other counties!

85,000 players have used Abbotstown since it opened and 80% of those have been from outside Dublin.

Where did that number come from, Heffo?
Not disputing it, just curious.

I don't have a link to post but the centre manager gave it to me Friday - it's reliable info.

I'd love to know how he came up with these figures. Was every player that entered Abbotstown surveyed? And what is the purpose of these figures? Is it to justify Dublin GAA using the facilties?

Presumably it's based on the booking - so if the Kildare U16's are using it they count them as from Kildare. Same as if say Moorefield booked it.

Sorry if the figures don't fit your narrative.

Who were you representing when you asked for these figures?

Myself

Interesting stat.

Makes one wonder why Dublin GAA would invest so much into this centre so.

[Jinxy]

I would be surprised if 85,000 individual players have used it since it opened.
My guess would be that number was calculated as follows.
For example, Meath minor squad of 30 players used the centre 5 times.
30 x 5 = 150.
That's 150 'visits', I suppose.
However it's still just 30 players.
Maybe I'm wrong on this but 85,000 seems very high to me.

[rosnarun]

maybe its the Dublin panel of 85 have used it 1000 times

[johnneycool]

I would be surprised if 85,000 individual players have used it since it opened.
My guess would be that number was calculated as follows.
For example, Meath minor squad of 30 players used the centre 5 times.
30 x 5 = 150.
That's 150 'visits', I suppose.
However it's still just 30 players.
Maybe I'm wrong on this but 85,000 seems very high to me.

Remember a lot of the U17 Celtic challenge games were played there and by all accounts its a fantastic facility and that might skew the figures Heffo is quoting as those teams didn't chose to go to Abbotstown, the GAA chose the venue for them.

[heffo]

Remember there are 5 x pitches that cost €100 for 90 minutes  without floodlights or €150 with lights. The place is packed out.

[johnneycool]

Remember there are 5 x pitches that cost €100 for 90 minutes  without floodlights or €150 with lights. The place is packed out.

And with 80% from outside Dublin that's some going alright.

I suppose its better to have a National facility being used extensively rather than one in Athlone or wherever not being used.