The future of laois hurling

[Verbal]

Have Colt Shanahoe many fellas 15-17 other than the 2 starting? Very poor representation from them.

What's the history of bad blood between Port & Camross?

You'd imagine Mountmellick would be a natural home for the Port lads if they can't get through to adult?

That's a lot of clubs together to put out two sets of 15 x 17 year olds.
It's a huge problem.

[burdizzo]

Yes, Colt-Shanahoe have little enough coming through. It's amazing, really: very recently - as in a year or two before the join-up - each club would have fielded two teams, and now they can barely get two between them. I suppose that's one reason they amalgamated - they saw how little they had coming. Sadly, it doesn't really seem to have gelled all that well, and even a win in the replay will hardly give them much of a boost.

The bad blood between Port. and Camross goes back a couple of years when a prominent Port. player got a foot injury against Camross. Neither side would be known to be shrinking violets, in any case!

Na Fianna take Clonaslee because... where else would they go?! Weak and all as Rosenalis were at minor this year, they still couldn't be tempted, even though Clonaslee have a few decent players (three starting in the final last night).

[SCFC]

Wins for Raheen Parish Gaels and Portarlington in the minor 'B' final and shield final last night. RPG had 8 Clonad, 5 Emo lads, and 2 Colt-Shanahoe.....
You'd wonder where those Port. lads will end up.

Wouldn't it be good for long term development of hurling to put the 5 Emo lads with the Portarlington lads and any other lads from O'Dempseys and Courtwood to form a parish adult hurling team?
There's already Fionn Holland, Dan McCormack hurling with Clonad. And a couple of Emo lads hurling with Mountmellick. There's one lad from Courtwood with Clonad. There's also a couple of Portarlington lads who were minor last year but not this year.

[burdizzo]

I think there were overtures in that direction already, but they didn't get much traction. Hard to see lads already established with clubs switching. Also, not sure how well St. Paul's and Port. juvenile set-ups pulled together in the past. It would make sense, all right, but it'd be hard to achieve.

[Downtheroad]

Clonaslee going to Na Fianna doesn't make sense considering their players are passing through Rosenallis. Mountmellick have traditionally accommodated players players from Clonaslee because Rosenallis and Clonaslee can't work things out. Ballyfin's big problem is that a lot of their better players put rugby first.

[georgedoylesrightleg]

Wins for Raheen Parish Gaels and Portarlington in the minor 'B' final and shield final last night. RPG had 8 Clonad, 5 Emo lads, and 2 Colt-Shanahoe.....
You'd wonder where those Port. lads will end up.

Wouldn't it be good for long term development of hurling to put the 5 Emo lads with the Portarlington lads and any other lads from O'Dempseys and Courtwood to form a parish adult hurling team?
There's already Fionn Holland, Dan McCormack hurling with Clonad. And a couple of Emo lads hurling with Mountmellick. There's one lad from Courtwood with Clonad. There's also a couple of Portarlington lads who were minor last year but not this year.

wood have man wit camros too

[burdizzo]

I think you mean Camross have a man w/ Courtwood, no?!

[SCFC]

I think you mean Camross have a man w/ Courtwood, no?!

I'd forgotten about him! Robbie Boland of Courtwood hurled a number of times this year with Clonad in league.
Also, Paddy Hosey of Emo with Trumera.
And there's a couple of Portarlington lads who were minor last year but not this year.

[Jd]

Actually I was talking to a lad in work about tyrrell
He went to Courtwood on a full transfer and is playing with camross as an isolated player

[Zooming around]

Any news on the Senior hurlers backroom team?

[Verbal]

Any news on the Senior hurlers backroom team?

Will there be any few Bob left?
Are we paying in sterling or euros for the football setup?

[Laois man]

Any new faces gone into the laois senior hurling panel I wonder?

[Spiritof1915]

Positive steps with laois entering teams in senior A hurling and football schools competitions.

Exposure to hurling at that level
will do no harm and will be good preparation for minor and u20 championships.

[redsetanta]

Very positive re the schools. It worked to Offaly's benefit. Why was it stopped anyhow as they have previously had a schools team in hurling?

Abbeyleix v Harps in U20.

Both teams continue to produce winning underage teams.

[Laois man]

Leinster club on Sunday Naas V Camross. And also A and B U20s finals on all could be close games.