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Is a lot of that not what Gaelfast do for clubs in Antrim Belfast?

Fixed that for you 

I can't speak for everyone but I know Woody regularly runs programs in the local primary school and also ran multiple courses for the local clubs and I live nowhere near Belfast.

Ach it was only joke based on a long running topic here that they do nothing outside of Belfast, nothing serious.

I know they go round a few schools here from time to time and organise the post primary competitions, which are great for the kids.

Any insider info on the latest Casement debacle?

Were Heron Bros asked to build it for the same price they tendered it at all those years ago and they told them to go and jump?

[Belfast]

Is a lot of that not what Gaelfast do for clubs in Antrim Belfast?

Fixed that for you 

Jesus time to get over the red card ...

Free the Toome 1

Toome wan do you not mean......

Live in the town myself so can't slag the accent too much!

Half of my wives extended family are from there so I can 

Jesus time to get over the red card ...

Free the Toome 1

Toome wan do you not mean......

That was some win for moneyglass at the weekend in the football. Hopefully they can win ulster at least though seem like some good teams still left too. If we had an Orlaith Prenter type forward in our mens team we'd be doing well.

They're some outfit. Won it then hours later won the minor Antrim title with a pile of the senior panel involved. Completed a sweep at juvenile with u-14, U16 and minor championships. Going to take a while for someone to catch them. They even won one of the lower Camogie titles on Saturday.

I think what Moneyglass are doing right is getting those senior players involved with coaching the underage.

This year Cathy Carey, Orlaith Prenter and Bronagh Devlin were all involved, maybe a few more.

That is bringing a great input to their training and also it is very inspiring for their girls to have them involved.

I think however, the rest are going to catch up with them as there are plenty putting in the work now that weren't before.

As mentioned here, Tír na nÓg have only recently started aa senior ladies team after years of losing our players to the likes of Moneyglass.

There are others from other clubs with them too that if it was nowadays they would stay with their own club.

So we are a bit behind at that level and then trying to catch up at those levels below.

I know this year at U12 with the team I was coaching, I would say us, Cargin (who seem to have been able to get a fair number of PG1 and Ahoghill girls playing for them who in the past may have gone to MG) and maybe creggan were the best teams in the county by a fair enough margin.

So my expectation is by the time we are at u16, the Moneyglass dominance at underage will not be as impressive as it is now, although with the age of most of their senior panel they will stay at the top of that level for a few years to come.

My wee girl played both Cargin and Creggan at u-12 and would agree they were strong. I also thought St Comgalls had 2 or 3 exceptional players so if they can build around them, they should be decent.

My girls team lost every match this season but they had maybe 4 actual u-12s and then lots of younger ones playing up. Hopefully they can maintain it but here in the Glens Camogie is more popular although my girl probably prefers the football now. Just hope they can keep fielding a team.

We played Glenariffe U12s as well, back at the start of June down in Waterfoot.

While the game wouldn't have been close, I said to their coach after it was great to see new teams starting up and the most important thing at that age is keeping them at it and not thinking about the results.

Watching their u14s this year it shows that there is ability there as the were strong so hopefully they stick at it.

Plus its a great location for a summers evening match, as we all headed to the beach after it!

Honestly don't think there was a team that played Glenariffe this year that didn't go to the beach, lol.

The U14 team was very strong this year. There's about half a dozen of them played Camogie for Antrim and one played football for the county too. The team has girls from Cushendall, Glenariffe and Carnlough definitely but there may even be some from Cushendun too but honestly not sure.

There's a wee bit of a gap in the numbers atm around what was the u12 group this year but there are good numbers at the fundamentals etc for both players and loads of coaches too. Hopefully, they can keep it going as my daughter loves it.

Pauline is heavily involved in it still and coached the u14 and u16 groups this season. Both did well with the u14 winning the B championship and U16 being runners-up in the B championship.

I will be involved with TNN u12 and u14 (football and camogie) next year so I would say we will cross paths at some stage!

That was some win for moneyglass at the weekend in the football. Hopefully they can win ulster at least though seem like some good teams still left too. If we had an Orlaith Prenter type forward in our mens team we'd be doing well.

They're some outfit. Won it then hours later won the minor Antrim title with a pile of the senior panel involved. Completed a sweep at juvenile with u-14, U16 and minor championships. Going to take a while for someone to catch them. They even won one of the lower Camogie titles on Saturday.

I think what Moneyglass are doing right is getting those senior players involved with coaching the underage.

This year Cathy Carey, Orlaith Prenter and Bronagh Devlin were all involved, maybe a few more.

That is bringing a great input to their training and also it is very inspiring for their girls to have them involved.

I think however, the rest are going to catch up with them as there are plenty putting in the work now that weren't before.

As mentioned here, Tír na nÓg have only recently started aa senior ladies team after years of losing our players to the likes of Moneyglass.

There are others from other clubs with them too that if it was nowadays they would stay with their own club.

So we are a bit behind at that level and then trying to catch up at those levels below.

I know this year at U12 with the team I was coaching, I would say us, Cargin (who seem to have been able to get a fair number of PG1 and Ahoghill girls playing for them who in the past may have gone to MG) and maybe creggan were the best teams in the county by a fair enough margin.

So my expectation is by the time we are at u16, the Moneyglass dominance at underage will not be as impressive as it is now, although with the age of most of their senior panel they will stay at the top of that level for a few years to come.

My wee girl played both Cargin and Creggan at u-12 and would agree they were strong. I also thought St Comgalls had 2 or 3 exceptional players so if they can build around them, they should be decent.

My girls team lost every match this season but they had maybe 4 actual u-12s and then lots of younger ones playing up. Hopefully they can maintain it but here in the Glens Camogie is more popular although my girl probably prefers the football now. Just hope they can keep fielding a team.

We played Glenariffe U12s as well, back at the start of June down in Waterfoot.

While the game wouldn't have been close, I said to their coach after it was great to see new teams starting up and the most important thing at that age is keeping them at it and not thinking about the results.

Watching their u14s this year it shows that there is ability there as the were strong so hopefully they stick at it.

Plus its a great location for a summers evening match, as we all headed to the beach after it!

That was some win for moneyglass at the weekend in the football. Hopefully they can win ulster at least though seem like some good teams still left too. If we had an Orlaith Prenter type forward in our mens team we'd be doing well.

They're some outfit. Won it then hours later won the minor Antrim title with a pile of the senior panel involved. Completed a sweep at juvenile with u-14, U16 and minor championships. Going to take a while for someone to catch them. They even won one of the lower Camogie titles on Saturday.

I think what Moneyglass are doing right is getting those senior players involved with coaching the underage.

This year Cathy Carey, Orlaith Prenter and Bronagh Devlin were all involved, maybe a few more.

That is bringing a great input to their training and also it is very inspiring for their girls to have them involved.

I think however, the rest are going to catch up with them as there are plenty putting in the work now that weren't before.

As mentioned here, Tír na nÓg have only recently started aa senior ladies team after years of losing our players to the likes of Moneyglass.

There are others from other clubs with them too that if it was nowadays they would stay with their own club.

So we are a bit behind at that level and then trying to catch up at those levels below.

I know this year at U12 with the team I was coaching, I would say us, Cargin (who seem to have been able to get a fair number of PG1 and Ahoghill girls playing for them who in the past may have gone to MG) and maybe creggan were the best teams in the county by a fair enough margin.

So my expectation is by the time we are at u16, the Moneyglass dominance at underage will not be as impressive as it is now, although with the age of most of their senior panel they will stay at the top of that level for a few years to come.

Antrim all stars shortlist released. I know the funding maybe isnt there for it but id like to see one for each grade. Seann Elliot up against C Johnston. Both deserve one. As do D Smyth and N Swann at 6

Agree with that, some positional changes to suit some but to have both those lads at 10. isn't right.

Can Dunloy kick on and continue to be competitive around the Antrim championship? Good age amongst the group. Can see them doing well again next year.

Which championship will Dunloy be playing in next year?

Do they get to opt to play senior, even though they play in Div 3?

I can't remember that happening before so have no idea what the answer is.

The money should have gone to neither Corrigan or Ballycastle and been put into Dunsilly to make it a more suitable venue for county finals.

With Owenbeg only down the road, they didn't have to go far to see how to do it correctly.

Think all the games will be a lot closer this weekend than expected. Heading down to watch this game tonight,
should be (hopefully) a humdinger

The games do tend to tighten up at this stage of the competition, lots on the line.
The weather hasnt been kind this week so expect pitches to be heavy and the ball not to travel, lots of rucks and crowding. Don't expect to see much open expansive hurling.

Which for the neutral looking a physical game is grand lol!

But yes I'm personally hoping the pitches aint as heavy as predicted for Saturday though were I'm at its the flippig flies that will be annoying me more!

Thought the blue/green algae was killing the midgies?

If there is one place they will never die off it is Glenravel!

You would need to light a fire at all 4 corners of the pitch to have any chance of getting out bite free.

Usually there is just one at the scoreboard but maybe not in this weather.....

Some hype about Dunloy this last week and hopefully a lot more this coming week.

Understandable seeing they are a div3 team and haven't been in a final for over 80 years?

Would be fair enough, no?

Jeze yous are a bit hard on them lol

In fairness I haven't seen much about it

Absolutely nothing wrong with it, just remarked there had been a lot of hype.

 

This must be the most secretive hype ever, I'm with MR2 I've not seen any of it on social media either. Think they will be too busy preparing for their hurling semi final this weekend for that.

Was a poor effort at a bit of deflection though EOC 

I wouldn't say there has been a lot of "hype" either, although there has been a lot of praise in how they have played to get to the final, which I think was well deserved praise.

I think everyone is just glad to watch attacking football rather than 15 men behind the ball.

As said above, they have nothing to lose in the final so I hope they go out and try to play their football and not fall into the trap of trying to nullify Cargin.

Although I can see Cargin being well suited to snuff the attacking threat out in a way that PG1 couldn't,  and they will have the experience and quality to take the win handily enough.

Fully deserved win for Dunloy.

Watching them in full flow is a great spectacle.

Energy, movement, ability and belief, in that first half once they got the first goal you cutis tell they were hungry for more.

Coby could have taken an easy point at a stage but wanted that 3rd goal.

However, if they meet Cargin in the final, they won't let them run like that.

PG1 were too nice, there were no cynical foul, no hauling off the ball.

Cargin know the dark arts, as well as being able to play football so will be a much tougher opposition.

(Assuming it is Cargin in the final unless Lavey can surprise us all though!!)

PG1 didn't get going until they had to go for it in the last few minutes and nearly got a goal or two that would have pulled it out of the bag.

They didn't look like they had a goal in them until that stage, something I think that they have lacked in previous years, a forward that you know can get you a goal.

A lot of questions to answer after that performance.

Lacking in intensity, you'd have thought it was a league game at the end of the year, with players trying to save themselves, instead of it being a championship semi final.

Back to the drawing board for PG1 for next year.

Felt for the PG1 supporters around me, hard to take yet another semi final defeat.

Across both codes in the senior semi finals, Belfast are represented by 1 team.

Is Belfast GAA dying?

Possibly but a quick glance at juvenile football would suggest that there is at least a dying kick.

I would agree.

St Brigids, St Pauls and Gorts very strong at u15/u17 level.

Problem will be can they translate that to Senior by keeping those groups together and bringing them through.

I know some of the stronger players in those teams are already having their heads turned by soccer and rugby so it remains to be seen if they keep at the football.