Antrim Hurling

Milltown Row2 · June 06, 2011, 10:13:59 PM

Sarsfields did beat Ballycastle up in Glengormley tonight 1-10 to 0-9.

Fair play Kevo

Last Man · June 06, 2011, 10:29:18 PM

Paddies a man down after 10 mins looked more up for it than the town IMO. I think their no.7 told Skinny to "f**k off", pity about his big mouth for he looked fairly handy, had a couple of great catches and clearances before seeing red. The town were too short on fire power, def could have done with Clarke and Jennings. Keevo was the leader in MF and Daniel McKernan was clinical with his chances when he got them, whereas B'castle bottled it in front of goal a couple of times. there was only a couple in it with 5 to go but when McKernan got the goal it was over as a contest.
Word round the ground was that Clarkey has packed in hurling for the bright lights of the Irish league, any truth in that?

bloodybreakball · June 06, 2011, 10:33:25 PM

who's clarkey

Two Hands FFS · June 06, 2011, 10:39:15 PM

Quote from: bloodybreakball on June 06, 2011, 10:33:25 PM
who's clarkey

Ciaran Clarke..flying machine..tipped for stardom since U14 but is playing soccer for Limavady & possibley hasnt progressed as much in the last year or so due to the soccer

bloodybreakball · June 06, 2011, 10:59:53 PM

right cheers chap

theskull1 · June 06, 2011, 11:19:58 PM

Would it be fair to assume that there is a parasite in the town piggy backing off good GAA structures and leeching the talented away to soccer? Whats the ballycastle perspective here?

Heard tonight that Rossa had a bit of a ram shackle team out against glenarm yesterday. All must not be rosy

Just Puck It · June 07, 2011, 02:37:43 AM

Clarkey supposedly signed for Coleraine, following after Oran Kearney from Cross & Passion - end of the hurling for him from what I've been told.

Last Man · June 07, 2011, 09:02:02 AM

The board of govenors will surely be gunning for Kearney in Cross & Passion, or is this another successful product of the "Sporting Academy"?

BlackandAmber · June 07, 2011, 10:10:10 AM

Quote from: Last Man on June 07, 2011, 09:02:02 AM
The board of govenors will surely be gunning for Kearney in Cross & Passion, or is this another successful product of the "Sporting Academy"?

Why?

People in the Town have (reluctantly) acepted for the last couple of years that we'd lose young Clarke (and young Jennings) to football. Maybe Kearney did take them to Coleraine but everybody pretty much knew that somebody would be taking them somewhere.

We lost Ryan McGarry and Peter Dallat to employment overseas this year. Who should we go gunning for over that?

It's a shame that we lose these talented youngsters and we could certainly be doing with every ounce of talent we have but we have to accept economic reality. Good luck to them.

McQuillans will keep going. Maybe not at the level we'd like to be but on we'll go.

theskull1 · June 07, 2011, 11:45:28 AM

Fair enough Clarkey

NAG1 · June 07, 2011, 12:18:24 PM

Must be tough for the town bringing them through giving them the great basics of how to play team sports and then for the soccer dogs to come in and poach the talent without as much as a thank you.

Im not blaming the players but it just annoys me that these soccer clubs sit back dont do anything or provide anything, structure or coaching wise, for the kids and then just when they are showing some promise in the GAA they are poached.

imtommygunn · June 07, 2011, 01:37:37 PM

Surely these guys were playing soccer at some level and their soccer skills were honed there?

Hurling / gaelic football will enhance many athletic attributes of the players but it won't make them soccer players so they must have been plying their trade at it to be snapped up by semi-pro teams so I think it's probably a bit much to say soccer just effectively stole them is it not?

Aussie rules steals gaelic players as we do all their development yes but these guys would have been playing soccer as well as hurling so it's not like the GAA developed every athletic and sporting quality they have.

BlackandAmber · June 07, 2011, 02:31:30 PM

Quote from: imtommygunn on June 07, 2011, 01:37:37 PM
Surely these guys were playing soccer at some level and their soccer skills were honed there?

Hurling / gaelic football will enhance many athletic attributes of the players but it won't make them soccer players so they must have been plying their trade at it to be snapped up by semi-pro teams so I think it's probably a bit much to say soccer just effectively stole them is it not?

Aussie rules steals gaelic players as we do all their development yes but these guys would have been playing soccer as well as hurling so it's not like the GAA developed every athletic and sporting quality they have.

100% tommy

theskull1 · June 07, 2011, 02:52:30 PM

So it's OK to have have someone who is part of a GAA coaching development set up who at the same time actively encourages the talented youth to play soccer. (only the talented ones mind you...the rest can take a jump)? That doesn't sit well with me. Of course kids/parents have their own choices to make (most of them based on "hoop dreams"), but the GAA is about developing a collective unit within an area where there is a pride in representing the team where you come from. Quite difficult to do that when you have someone in your camp who is encouraging the exact opposite.

DearyMe · June 07, 2011, 03:00:29 PM

Ballycastle starting to crumble under the influence of soccer then -= suppose it was only a matter of time before they were impacted by the city mentality!

Are you implying that this is your level Blackandamber?

Surely you are favourites to go up in div 2?

I would say Galls will be weak enough wednesday, heard they will be missing a few (probably football trainin on lol

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But they really arent good travellers anyway!