Antrim Hurling

[hurlingstick]

They play the winners of Ballycastle v Loughiel which is next Saturday in Dunloy

Do you know what time it's at lad?

5pm SIE.

[Seamroga in exile]

They play the winners of Ballycastle v Loughiel which is next Saturday in Dunloy

Do you know what time it's at lad?

5pm SIE.

cheers

[Na Glinntí Glasa]

nice one, will have to get down to watch that match.

Well done to St. Galls. When was the last time they won the Feile?

[Two Hands FFS]

Around Karl Stewart's underage days??

[btdtgtt]

Very welcome to see the "Old Firm" Johnnies Rossa axis broke at underage in Belfast!
Hopefully a sign of greater depth in the playing pool!
Well done Milltown!

[Milltown Row2]

Around Karl Stewart's underage days??

Possibly.... No coincidence that his young lad is a player on the team.... But in fairness Joe and Karl  have placed a serious amount of time effort and resource's into this team while both still playing senior for the club.... Hopefully like we have done in the past is keep this squad together and they will be going into senior team in 4/5 years.... Its the duty of our current seniors to keep us in div 2 or one if possible so these lads can develop as seniors. ... Oh they ain't bad at football either ffs!!

[Gizzy15]

Around Karl Stewart's underage days??

Possibly.... No coincidence that his young lad is a player on the team.... But in fairness Joe and Karl  have placed a serious amount of time effort and resource's into this team while both still playing senior for the club.... Hopefully like we have done in the past is keep this squad together and they will be going into senior team in 4/5 years.... Its the duty of our current seniors to keep us in div 2 or one if possible so these lads can develop as seniors. ... Oh they ain't bad at football either ffs!!

congrats, good team if still the same lads that won at u-12, but a serious amount of pressure being placed on one team. ive seen many on here before including yourself talking about the pitfalls of expecting one or two underage teams to push on and progress the club. it can happen (your minor teams of 98/99/2000 were the backbone of most of the success your club has had in last 10 years) but esp in Belfast your lucky to get a handful out of any minor team through to senior and even less if you are counting from u-14. Hope im wrong and all the best in all county.

[Na Glinntí Glasa]

its always the fear of any club to have a really good team at under age and they dont all stick togethter to senior and improve along the way.

Happened to our U14 footballers who won the county feile, lost the all Ireland feile final yet they didn't all make it to senior or translate that into success as they went into U16 & minor.

Its all about having good people in charge to continue their development. That and a bit of luck that they all stay together and continue to improve!

[btdtgtt]

its always the fear of any club to have a really good team at under age and they dont all stick togethter to senior and improve along the way.

Happened to our U14 footballers who won the county feile, lost the all Ireland feile final yet they didn't all make it to senior or translate that into success as they went into U16 & minor.

Its all about having good people in charge to continue their development. That and a bit of luck that they all stay together and continue to improve!

So true - and even with the best of intentions life outside of GAA is just as big a factor.

[Dualta Duane]

I was talkin til the a few Rossa boys at ODs yesterday during that South Antrim Feile  Final - apparently Rossa team was very young. Only 2 actual u14s playing, 5 under 12s and  the rest under 13.

[Jeepers Creepers]

Talking to a few Galls men too and even they said all their boys were u-14 as well.

[theskull1]

Silverware at underage (10/12/14/16 and sometimes minor) in a lot of occasions comes down to birthdays. The team with the better birthdays wins (assuming the same training done). This is particularly true in a county like antrim with a relatively small number of teams trying to develop hurling in the right way. Important not to get too hung up on it. If your juvenile teams are competitive relative to the size difference then thats still a success.

[johnneycool]

Silverware at underage (10/12/14/16 and sometimes minor) in a lot of occasions comes down to birthdays. The team with the better birthdays wins (assuming the same training done). This is particularly true in a county like antrim with a relatively small number of teams trying to develop hurling in the right way. Important not to get too hung up on it. If your juvenile teams are competitive relative to the size difference then thats still a success.

Exactly right,
   Size at these ages can mask poor technique. That poor technique will always be found out in the later years. Can't say I know much about St Galls, so its not a slight on them, just people reading too much into juvenile victories and indeed losses and not taking a step back to see the bigger picture.

[Milltown Row2]

A few of the kids are sons of current and ex seniors, always a bonus... But I'm not deluded, we'll take it for what it is and enjoy it, its been a while

[theskull1]

A few of the kids are sons of current and ex seniors, always a bonus... But I'm not deluded, we'll take it for what it is and enjoy it, its been a while

Exactly. Doing well in Feile can make for a good launch pad lower down the club if the structures are right. Fair play to Joe and Karl. They developed the potential and it's paying off. Still, North Antrim winners would be favourites in the all county this year  I'd say