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Folks

Just getting back in touch to give you a chance to take a look at the results of our findings. We completed the research on behalf of the St. John Bosco club from Newry, Co. Down. There was a formal launch of the report in Bosco's clubhouse at the start of June which was attended by Down clubs, the county Board, Ulster Council GAA officials as well as local politicians.

Our report is the tip of iceberg with regards to the possibilities this type of research holds and there is hope that the Ulster Council and the GAA nationwide could launch a much bigger and wider project to help deal with this issue of younger players quitting our games.

If you are interested in viewing the document you can do so by logging onto the St. John Bosco website www.newryboscogfc.com and clicking on Download section on the left hand side and then click research.

If you have any thoughts or views on it then feel free to get in touch.

*EDIT: Sorry there seems to be a problem clicking on the link. If you cut and paste the address into your toolbar it should work. www.newryboscogfc.com

Folks we are nearing the end of our research. We would appreciate anyone who has yet to complete the survey to do so to give us even more insights.

The link for the survey is: surveymonkey.com/s/J3HHTLF


It is a short survey so won't take very long.

Many Thanks.

The link for the survey is: surveymonkey.com/s/J3HHTLF

If you get a chance please take the time to fill it in. It is a short survey so won't take very long.

Thanks for taking the time to fill it in.

Folks we have created a survey that we would appreciate you taking the time to fill in. It is a short one so it will not take you very long. We believe our research could be of great benefit to many clubs across the country and the GAA could build upon the research we do in a much bigger scale to improve for the future.

The link for the survey is: surveymonkey.com/s/J3HHTLF

Thanks for taking the time to fill it in.

New Down Minor management being appointed tonight at county board meeting.

Just on the county finals. It was odd to see that the two winning team captains weren't originally from their winning clubs. McCartan was a Rostrevor man and McAreavey was an Aghaderg man.

Aghaderg had three former players playing in the IFC Final.

Would Aghaderg be affected by this research project being undertaken which is being discussed on the GAA discussion section?

http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=17705.0

['examine the reasons why there is a drop in team membership around the age of 18 and make recommendations for retaining team members']

Folks

A group of us are undertaking some research for a club to 'examine the reasons why there is a drop in team membership around the age of 18 and make recommendations for retaining team members'


We believe this is a very interesting topic and would be relevant to a lot of clubs throughout the country. While we are doing the research in a short period of time we believe the option would be there further down the line for more research to be carried out to add to our findings.

I'm sure most of you could relate to your club having the same problem at some stages throughout it's history and how you either dealt with it or failed to deal with it. We believe many of your views could help us in our research.

Are any of you aware of any similar resarch in this area that has been carried out in the past?