Gaelic Football on BBC Breakfast

carnaross · June 13, 2009, 08:35:39 AM

On BBC 1 now.

Caid · June 13, 2009, 08:41:26 AM

What was the story?

carnaross · June 13, 2009, 08:43:21 AM

Coming up again in a minute - keep watching

Johnnie99 · June 13, 2009, 09:17:45 AM

It was only the sports reporter going to the Rounds Towers club in London and joining in a training session, basis was that gaelic football is on the up in England and that more schools are taking it up when the soccer and rugby season is over. One of the guys they interviewed was a Fulham trainee, looked handy enough to have on your team!

carnaross · June 13, 2009, 09:26:23 AM

Any publicity is good publicity

gerry · June 13, 2009, 09:37:39 AM

Was it the normal sports reporter that done it as he is a strabane man

maggie · June 13, 2009, 09:39:49 AM

Its offered at my school-as an after school club.
I went out last week to watch them-about 30 boys currently doing it and was surprised to see how skillful some of them are at this 'foreign sport' already.
It has been just going this year on a weekly basis.

Norf Tyrone · June 13, 2009, 09:42:14 AM

Quote from: gerry on June 13, 2009, 09:37:39 AM
Was it the normal sports reporter that done it as he is a strabane man

Is he? If it's Declan Curry you're on about he usually does the markets, shares, finanace etc. Trust me, he ain't a sporty type!

Jimmy Joe · June 13, 2009, 10:13:23 AM

Quote from: Norf Tyrone on June 13, 2009, 09:42:14 AM
Is he? If it's Declan Curry you're on about he usually does the markets, shares, finanace etc. Trust me, he ain't a sporty type!

That's the one

laceer · June 13, 2009, 10:36:13 AM

They've been running those Cul Camps in Manchester over every school holiday and AFAIK it's being offered in schools as well

Good to see

rrhf · June 13, 2009, 10:45:59 AM

An imaginative promotion campaign in England would reap huge divedends over the next 2 years.

Square Ball · June 13, 2009, 11:48:38 AM

there was a fella telling me that its on the up in France as well... a world championship looms

Tony Baloney · June 13, 2009, 12:08:44 PM

Quote from: maggie on June 13, 2009, 09:39:49 AM
Its offered at my school-as an after school club.
I went out last week to watch them-about 30 boys currently doing it and was surprised to see how skillful some of them are at this 'foreign sport' already.
It has been just going this year on a weekly basis.

Shows how easy it is to pick up the kicking and basketball "skills" involved. Now hurling...

Rossfan · June 13, 2009, 02:22:19 PM

Quote from: Square Ball on June 13, 2009, 11:48:38 AM
there was a fella telling me that its on the up in France as well... a world championship looms

A chap was telling me recently that about 80,000(EIGHTY THOUSAND) children are playing gaelic Football in France.
In England it's spreading to schools to all sorts of places e.g Wales and Tyneside not to mention Glasgow and the traditional haunts like London, Birmingham,Coventry etc.

thejuice · June 13, 2009, 03:57:02 PM

I must admit its hard to see signs of it on the ground where I am. Theres a good under-age system but at adult level it can be a joke at times. Im just speaking of Warwickshire though.

Getting the championship on regular UK TV would give it a huge boost I feel. I speak to English lads often who remember it on Channel 4 back in the day and some of them organised games amongst themselves not realising there was teams over here for the craic.