Schools/Colleges Hurling and football

[Blueforever]

See 2 Westmeath schools contesting the Senior A Schools final at least they have identified where progress can be made god forbid our county would have such foresight

[Laois345]

There is no hurling in the CBS. They may have a team but there is no culture or want for hurling within the school. From the management to the students. Apparently students can't even puck around at lunch time.

I know of a few teachers in there who are good hurling coaches or were formerly good players and they've all just given up trying.

It would be a very multicultural school to be fair but it's heavily basketball/football orientated. Teachers are leaning into that too.

[Spiritof1915]

Until Laois start targeting Schools hurling we will always be a lower tier hurling county. In fact the progress made by the likes of westmeath, kildare and Offaly especially mean that we will be struggling against them at senior level for years to come.

We need to target primary schools hurling with serious intent with high end coaching and other game iniatives outside of cumann na mbunscoil. Its only barely ticking a box atm.

Laois need a post primary school team at every level of A Hurling to continue that pathway of development. U14, u16s u18s laos teams need properorganisation and structure at A schools hurling, not the mickey mouse attempts over the last few sporadic years, and that was at senior level only I think.

I know of current and recently retired county seniors players who are all secondary school teachers in Laois. We even have a few from outside the county. Playing A Hurling against the top school teams in the province every year is where we need to be at. It has to he done asap

[Podge72]

Ferrybank trained 7 times over Christmas and played one challenge game also

Which is more than that CBS squad trained all year and one more challenge game than what they played

No offence to the players themselves who played but there was another 10/15 who didn't bother playing all year as it was pointless

There is no interest in hurling and for that matter football either in the school

Portlaoise CBS is one of the biggest boys schools in the country and its ambivalent towards the GAA at best

I won't say what it is at worst

Up till recently the school has resisted any attempts from the county board to put coaches in

It was the one second level school in the county who even refused the GAA programs for TY students

It has also refused club men from coming in helping out and coaching teams

As many have said here before if you want success in any shape or form the schools are key

[Laois345]

There is no interest in hurling and for that matter football either in the school

Portlaoise CBS is one of the biggest boys schools in the country and its ambivalent towards the GAA at best

I won't say what it is at worst

It is not helped by the fact that the school management have basically zero in what is happening regarding sport in the school beyond organising cover for classes. I have got it first hand that they wouldn't even know what games are on.

I fully believe it needs to be driven from the top. It's night and day in comparison to KK schools.

[Leixman]

Ferrybank trained 7 times over Christmas and played one challenge game also

Which is more than that CBS squad trained all year and one more challenge game than what they played

No offence to the players themselves who played but there was another 10/15 who didn't bother playing all year as it was pointless

There is no interest in hurling and for that matter football either in the school

Portlaoise CBS is one of the biggest boys schools in the country and its ambivalent towards the GAA at best

I won't say what it is at worst

Up till recently the school has resisted any attempts from the county board to put coaches in

It was the one second level school in the county who even refused the GAA programs for TY students

It has also refused club men from coming in helping out and coaching teams

As many have said here before if you want success in any shape or form the schools are key

Did Shane Keegan not give a big speech at Laois GAA convention that he has Portlaoise CBS sorted?

[Podge72]

Ferrybank trained 7 times over Christmas and played one challenge game also

Which is more than that CBS squad trained all year and one more challenge game than what they played

No offence to the players themselves who played but there was another 10/15 who didn't bother playing all year as it was pointless

There is no interest in hurling and for that matter football either in the school

Portlaoise CBS is one of the biggest boys schools in the country and its ambivalent towards the GAA at best

I won't say what it is at worst

Up till recently the school has resisted any attempts from the county board to put coaches in

It was the one second level school in the county who even refused the GAA programs for TY students

It has also refused club men from coming in helping out and coaching teams

As many have said here before if you want success in any shape or form the schools are key

Did Shane Keegan not give a big speech at Laois GAA convention that he has Portlaoise CBS sorted?

Did he ?

[Podge72]

There is no interest in hurling and for that matter football either in the school

Portlaoise CBS is one of the biggest boys schools in the country and its ambivalent towards the GAA at best

I won't say what it is at worst

It is not helped by the fact that the school management have basically zero in what is happening regarding sport in the school beyond organising cover for classes. I have got it first hand that they wouldn't even know what games are on.

I fully believe it needs to be driven from the top. It's night and day in comparison to KK schools.

Compare and Contrast with the approach of the girls school that they share a campus with

If you passed the place during the summer holidays you'd see the likes of Pat Critchley and John Scully amongst others out training the girls

I wouldn't be much of an expert on kilkenny schools but I do know the Trojan work that's gone on in tipp at second level the past decade and the fruit it's borne all the way down to E grade Munster competitions and not just hurling with the likes of the High School in clonmel in a Munster A football semifinal as well as being a harty school this year

Schools are vital as Westmeath Offaly and Kildare have proven this year and recently

[marty34]

There is no hurling in the CBS. They may have a team but there is no culture or want for hurling within the school. From the management to the students. Apparently students can't even puck around at lunch time.

I know of a few teachers in there who are good hurling coaches or were formerly good players and they've all just given up trying.

It would be a very multicultural school to be fair but it's heavily basketball/football orientated. Teachers are leaning into that too.

Given up...as in no support from school principal and management?

[Laois345]

There is no hurling in the CBS. They may have a team but there is no culture or want for hurling within the school. From the management to the students. Apparently students can't even puck around at lunch time.

I know of a few teachers in there who are good hurling coaches or were formerly good players and they've all just given up trying.

It would be a very multicultural school to be fair but it's heavily basketball/football orientated. Teachers are leaning into that too.

Given up...as in no support from school principal and management?

I am told there is very little in hurling interest from students. Training attendances are poor, particularly when students get older.

Management are oblivious, I hear they've no idea about what competitions/grades etc teams play at and apparently they seem to hire teachers who cannot and/or will not train teams, leaving a very small cohort of frustrated coaches.

[Laois man]

Would it not be in the interest of portlaoise Gaa club to be involved and doing work within the schools like most country clubs do.??

[Podge72]

There is no hurling in the CBS. They may have a team but there is no culture or want for hurling within the school. From the management to the students. Apparently students can't even puck around at lunch time.

I know of a few teachers in there who are good hurling coaches or were formerly good players and they've all just given up trying.

It would be a very multicultural school to be fair but it's heavily basketball/football orientated. Teachers are leaning into that too.

Given up...as in no support from school principal and management?

I am told there is very little in hurling interest from students. Training attendances are poor, particularly when students get older.

Management are oblivious, I hear they've no idea about what competitions/grades etc teams play at and apparently they seem to hire teachers who cannot and/or will not train teams, leaving a very small cohort of frustrated coaches.

There's no shortage of lads in there that are playing hurling with their clubs who would have no issue turning up for training 2/3 times a week if it wasn't the shambles that it is currently and has been for the past few decades

A few years ago they interviewed a hurler with all ireland medals for a teaching position

The person in question was well qualified for the role

And they turned him for the position and they didn't even know who he was 

He was snapped up by another school,not in Laois and is now heavily involved with all their schools teams

[Blueforever]

Shane Keegan said he was more than happy with the buy in from the schools I can see he can talk the talk still waiting to see can he walk the walk jury is still out