Schools/Colleges Hurling and football

[Butch Cassidy]

Thats great redsanta, some great work going on at Knockbeg. What we need is Portlaoise, Mountmellick and Port to be playing at higher levels and competing in the later stages of competitions. This then feeds into county panels.

We really need to up the representation on the Sigerson panels too, I thought (might be mistaken) that LOETB was working with the minor panels which would have helped in this regard

[Blueforever]

Watching college from Mullingar win hogan cup in a thriller there is no reason that a college from Laois can do the same with proper  structures in place

[Podge72]

Watching college from Mullingar win hogan cup in a thriller there is no reason that a college from Laois can do the same with proper  structures in place

Lads are delusional if they think a team from Laois can do that

There's been a tonne of work done in Westmeath schools for the past 20 odd years culminating in today's win

There was also an all Westmeath Leinster senior schools final this year

I'd give you some odds on you witnessing that in your lifetime

[SpeculativeEffort]

Watching college from Mullingar win hogan cup in a thriller there is no reason that a college from Laois can do the same with proper  structures in place

Lads are delusional if they think a team from Laois can do that

There's been a tonne of work done in Westmeath schools for the past 20 odd years culminating in today's win

There was also an all Westmeath Leinster senior schools final this year

I'd give you some odds on you witnessing that in your lifetime

Nobody said it could be achieved without a tonne of work but it definitely could be achieved.

Portlaoise CBS with Portlaoise, The Heath, Stradbally, Ballyfin and Emo etc feeding in could definitely be an A school. Knockbeg are already an A school and have lots of Laois input.

Similarly Portarlington could be competing stronger in schools competitions.

If each Laois school could move themselves up one grade or compete stronger in A (Knockbeg) Laois football would be in a much better position.

Tullamore and Mullingar have moved up to be competitive A schools in past 10 years. How are those towns/ schools different than Portlaoise?

[Podge72]

Watching college from Mullingar win hogan cup in a thriller there is no reason that a college from Laois can do the same with proper  structures in place

Lads are delusional if they think a team from Laois can do that

There's been a tonne of work done in Westmeath schools for the past 20 odd years culminating in today's win

There was also an all Westmeath Leinster senior schools final this year

I'd give you some odds on you witnessing that in your lifetime

Nobody said it could be achieved without a tonne of work but it definitely could be achieved.

Portlaoise CBS with Portlaoise, The Heath, Stradbally, Ballyfin and Emo etc feeding in could definitely be an A school. Knockbeg are already an A school and have lots of Laois input.

Similarly Portarlington could be competing stronger in schools competitions.

If each Laois school could move themselves up one grade or compete stronger in A (Knockbeg) Laois football would be in a much better position.

Tullamore and Mullingar have moved up to be competitive A schools in past 10 years. How are those towns/ schools different than Portlaoise?

Because there is absolutely no interest in portlaoise cbs in Gaelic games as myself and a few more have pointed out here before now

Play the games and that's a box ticked

Offaly in particular bought into the concept of combined schools teams with their u20 county management embedded in those teams

Laois aren't even entering combined schools teams most years and when they do

It's shambolic

[redsetanta]

Knockbeg in the JFC A Leinster semi-final today