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Officials defend €10m plan for new Mayo centre

"Connacht officials visited a wide variety of training facilities in Britain, including those of Manchester United and Fulham FC and Sale rugby club, to get ideas for their new project which will have six pitches, an indoor hall and indoor training and meeting facilities. "

"There may be lots of venues around but the problem is that schools cannot get into most of them to play their games," Prenty revealed. It is MAYO schools, and MAYO development squads, who will benefit most from this."

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/officials-defend-836410m-plan-for-new-mayo-centre-1262721.html

cleared that up for you

A far higher percentage of Roscommon is closer to Ballyhaunis than most of Mayo.

[neilthemac]

Officials defend €10m plan for new Mayo centre

"Connacht officials visited a wide variety of training facilities in Britain, including those of Manchester United and Fulham FC and Sale rugby club, to get ideas for their new project which will have six pitches, an indoor hall and indoor training and meeting facilities. "

"There may be lots of venues around but the problem is that schools cannot get into most of them to play their games," Prenty revealed. It is MAYO schools, and MAYO development squads, who will benefit most from this."

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/officials-defend-836410m-plan-for-new-mayo-centre-1262721.html

cleared that up for you

A far higher percentage of Roscommon is closer to Ballyhaunis than most of Mayo.

so what?
Roscommon will have their own centre built for their teams, schools and development panels. what use will this white elephant in the middle of a bog in Mayo be then to Ros GAA? or to Galway GAA. Or Sligo. Or Leitrim?

[Cosmo Kramer]

Officials defend €10m plan for new Mayo centre

"Connacht officials visited a wide variety of training facilities in Britain, including those of Manchester United and Fulham FC and Sale rugby club, to get ideas for their new project which will have six pitches, an indoor hall and indoor training and meeting facilities. "

"There may be lots of venues around but the problem is that schools cannot get into most of them to play their games," Prenty revealed. It is MAYO schools, and MAYO development squads, who will benefit most from this."

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/officials-defend-836410m-plan-for-new-mayo-centre-1262721.html

cleared that up for you

A far higher percentage of Roscommon is closer to Ballyhaunis than most of Mayo.

so what?
Roscommon will have their own centre built for their teams, schools and development panels. what use will this white elephant in the middle of a bog in Mayo be then to Ros GAA? or to Galway GAA. Or Sligo. Or Leitrim?

In the case of Roscommon, presumably as much use as you wish to make of it. If your CBs decision is to press ahead with your own one despite one being provided on your doorstep, then no use at all. Given where the country's at right now, having a combined facility makes more sense than ever.

[neilthemac]

Officials defend €10m plan for new Mayo centre

"Connacht officials visited a wide variety of training facilities in Britain, including those of Manchester United and Fulham FC and Sale rugby club, to get ideas for their new project which will have six pitches, an indoor hall and indoor training and meeting facilities. "

"There may be lots of venues around but the problem is that schools cannot get into most of them to play their games," Prenty revealed. It is MAYO schools, and MAYO development squads, who will benefit most from this."

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/officials-defend-836410m-plan-for-new-mayo-centre-1262721.html

cleared that up for you

A far higher percentage of Roscommon is closer to Ballyhaunis than most of Mayo.

so what?
Roscommon will have their own centre built for their teams, schools and development panels. what use will this white elephant in the middle of a bog in Mayo be then to Ros GAA? or to Galway GAA. Or Sligo. Or Leitrim?

In the case of Roscommon, presumably as much use as you wish to make of it. If your CBs decision is to press ahead with your own one despite one being provided on your doorstep, then no use at all. Given where the country's at right now, having a combined facility makes more sense than ever.

Thats BS

county teams need facilities locally. you need a county-central venue for parents bringing kids, getting teams together for training and games, and senior players travelling from outside the county for training (mainly galway and dublin)
by the time you factor in the costs of buses. mileage expenses. wear and tear on lads' cars

[SLIGONIAN]

What if Croke Park, what if the whole province thought this was a white elephant and still Prenty has got this passed. What does that tell you if true?

Prenty knows how the GAA works, wasnt it him who got the new handpass introduced.

Sligos New Centre will be built this time in next yr so Connacht and mayo can stick this white elephant up there holes for all i care. The clowns only mistake was they didnt build it in the centre of mayo so it does suit the west or north club players.

[thebackbar1]

http://connachtgaa.ie/news/connacht-gaa-granted-e2-1-million-development-new-state-art-indoor-facility/

The indoor element of the project is going ahead now, can someone explain how it's going to be open to other sports? It seems a bit unfair that clubs can't share their facilities but Connacht council can.

[Rossfan]

Bloody waste of money.

[Itchy]

Plus they already have a gym, Why the need for another one?

[rosnarun]

What is the considered opinion
Was it a white Elephant waste of money used only by Mayo teams? ir is hard to kno how everyone survived before it existed?

[TheClubman]

Sports facilities are never a waste of time or a waste of money. I'd say due to its location, Mayo teams probably do get the biggest benefit - Mayo club games played there I understand??? I think though that most clubs in the province would have used it at some point and it's obviously well utilised by schools and colleges etc. I think some people in Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon mainly were moe concerned about their own county centres and would have preferred the money to go to those projects instead. Sligo seem to have gotten over that anyway - their centre of excellence looks really good.

I firmly believe though that a subsidised floodlighting programme for clubs in counties that are a good distance from Dublin (most of Connacht for example) would be a worthwhile programme that Connacht GAA should look at.

[manfromdelmonte]

Floodlit all weather pitches are needed in the West and midlands

To play club games and school games all year
Most clubs and counties cannot afford to put in those sort of facilities

[Itchy]

Floodlit all weather pitches are needed in the West and midlands

To play club games and school games all year
Most clubs and counties cannot afford to put in those sort of facilities

Why all weather. If they were grass and done properly they wouldnt need to be Astro. Astro is not good for GAA in my opinion.

[Lar Naparka]

Floodlit all weather pitches are needed in the West and midlands

To play club games and school games all year
Most clubs and counties cannot afford to put in those sort of facilities

Why all weather. If they were grass and done properly they wouldnt need to be Astro. Astro is not good for GAA in my opinion.

Dunno. The cost of laying down a top class pitch by Prunty or the likes could cost a lot more than a half-decent Astro one.

[manfromdelmonte]

Floodlit all weather pitches are needed in the West and midlands

To play club games and school games all year
Most clubs and counties cannot afford to put in those sort of facilities

Why all weather. If they were grass and done properly they wouldnt need to be Astro. Astro is not good for GAA in my opinion.

No cutting
Less maintenance
No mud

[LooseCannon]

Floodlit all weather pitches are needed in the West and midlands

To play club games and school games all year
Most clubs and counties cannot afford to put in those sort of facilities

Why all weather. If they were grass and done properly they wouldnt need to be Astro. Astro is not good for GAA in my opinion.

No cutting
Less maintenance
No mud

More cruciates.