[ussgrant1]

It seems to me that the most important point is passing by, the Dublin County Board set the venues & dates in good faith in order to generate funds for financial support of the Dublin Team Panel for the Leinsters & All Irelands + new shirts. The fact that players on the panel have to dig into their pockets has been a sore point for years & esp in these trying times. the idea behind these 5 events was to help finances & look at up & coming players with aspirations to wear the blue shirt. Any clash of events is probably down to poor research & the County Board, if culpable, must put their hands up on this score. However they envisaged 50 players which would have given them a break even figure on the day. Hard to believe that in Dublin, players could'nt be bothered to turn up. Maybe I'm a bit sharp here as its been a long darts season after 10 months of darts, be it leagues/cups singles/doubles/etc etc and maybe a lot only just want a break from the game. Also, there is Euro 2012 which can be a different night out away from darts for a lot of the guys, and of course holliers with the missus, etc as a thanks for all the nights out during the darts season.
I do wish this prize money " honoured " would grasp one point " It was never guaranteed" and I've been in many tournaments where prize money did'nt reach advertised but I play for the love of the game & any winnings is a bonus. just my thoughts

[tumbler]

Originally Posted by on the board

The reason there wasn't that many there was because it wasn't advertised properly!!! The only time I seen anything about it was out at the all Ireland's in the regency!! End of !!

Still it was a bad turn out when you take into account the tassie has two teams alone

[on the board]

You're going on about borough league wanting to be involved in the county set up, right you had 8 players there from the the borough league that wants to be involved and the same 8 will be at the other events around Dublin it doesn't matter how many teams are in the tassie or the league it boils down to the individuals that want to be there and 8 out of 36 is nearly 25% of the turn out!! How many leagues are in Dublin?? if the borough league had nearly a quarter of entries what happened to the other leagues around Dublin I'm pretty much sure there's more than 4 leagues in Dublin at the end of the day it wasn't advertised properly and for other competitions on that day you would have had the numbers and you wouldn't be on here slagging our league!! So don't be narrow minded!! Tell me this would the Dublin panel ever have more than 8 players from the league on the team if they showed up that day!!

[1 ate e bhoy]

i've been reading this thread for a couple of days now and am wondering the following:
1.how is the Dublin Panel actually picked these days ?
2.are there any Borough players presently on the Dublin panel?
3.Do the players still have to pay for the privelege of wearing the shirt and if so what does the money from these opens cover?

to be honest not everyone going to these opens give a **** about playing for Dublin its just a piss up and a game of darts and any prize money picked up is a bonus.
in my humble opinion.
By the way i'm from Dublin spent a fortune playing for Dublin(could never seem to fill that sponsor card) as far as i can see things have'nt changed much.

[paulcorr]

Originally Posted by tumbler

the other lad is right you should not be posting on this your not a lad that throws darts in dublin so the reason I asked the question to start this thead does not apply to you there are enough lads in the borough to answer my question we dont need input from the rebel county

Havent been on here in a long time,but see nothing has changed. The borough league still getting abuse from outsiderers who havent a clue.You have ago at dicie about not been from the borough league,yet dont have a go at bingo bongo or what ever his name is for saying the league is **** and full of losers.This is from a player who also doesnt play in the borough league,so has no right in your eyes to make such comments.Have played in the league for 25 years and have played against some of the best players around,there are at least 25 or 30 players playing in the league who could easily play for the county team.But who wants to when your treated like **** and made feel unwelcome.Its a clique and has been for many a year.The tickets been sold to get funds for the county team is a good idea,but not many borough league players are going to buy tickets for something their never ging to be involved in.Why would i buy a ticket to help someone else play darts have new tops stay in hotels pay for there travel expenses.When at the end of the day the county have always treated the borough league and its players as outsiders.
Well hope im back with a bang but thats my opinion.

[thedivil]

There should be a play off between the Dublin team and Borough league team to represent the Dubs.Or enter a team as Dublin South

[mackeire]

Originally Posted by thedivil

There should be a play off between the Dublin team and Borough league team to represent the Dubs.Or enter a team as Dublin South

thats a stupid post. why should the borough league get preference over other leagues??

The only fair way to pick a squad to represent dublin or any other county, is to have trials. I'm not on about the dublin opens where you might get knocked out first or second round on your board each time and never have a chance of getting noticed.
You have to do propper trials where you play in a round robin against about 8 other lads and collect points. other counties do it this way.

Say 36 lads turn up for a trial.
put 9 on each board.
all play each other once.
lads with the most amount of points after 8 trials, represent the county!
Simple.

[paulcorr]

4 on each board play each other once, best of 5 legs top 2 in each group go through to knockout. 10 pts for winner,8 runner up 4 beaten semi final, 2 beaten quarter final.1 pt for turning up,top 10/12 players at end of trials make team.Fair way of picking the team if you dont turn up for trials you dont get on the team full stop.How is the team picked at the minute word of mouth about certain players playing well or is it just the big name players who are picked without even having to make an effort to get on the team.If borough league players want to prove they can play for the county well give them the chance this way if they dont turn up well tough ****.

[podge180]

why dont the borough league enter there own county team as for saying that the borough league is sh*t bet you have never even went to a borough league game if it is sh*t why is it that we have teams from wicklow wanting to join the league and the players on that team are county players ??????????

[mackeire]

Originally Posted by podge180

why dont the borough league enter there own county team

A county team is a county team. not a best of a certin league team.
If you were to enter the borough league as a county team, then you would have to enter a 'county team' from all leagues all over Ireland.
In Dublin alone there are a few leagues so you would have the Dublin county team, borough league team, south county league team, ncdl team and a team from other dublin leagues aswel.
That kinda defeats the purpose of a county team!
The only fair way to pick a county team is trials. Set dates (that are well advertised and dont clash with any other competitions) and let the lads battle it out to make the team.

[Big Brother180]

Originally Posted by mackeire

A county team is a county team. not a best of a certin league team.
If you were to enter the borough league as a county team, then you would have to enter a 'county team' from all leagues all over Ireland.
In Dublin alone there are a few leagues so you would have the Dublin county team, borough league team, south county league team, ncdl team and a team from other dublin leagues aswel.
That kinda defeats the purpose of a county team!
The only fair way to pick a county team is trials. Set dates (that are well advertised and dont clash with any other competitions) and let the lads battle it out to make the team.

You can entry a team in the all Irelands
Dublin has 4 Councils Dublin City, which the Dublin team play out of
South County Co Co , Dunlaoghaire Rathdown Co Co, Fingal Co Co
There was talk in Fingal a year or 2 ago about setting up a leauge to play in the all Irelands not enough people interested to set it up
you need 8 or more teams
you need to affilate with INDO

[tumbler]

Sorry was away on holidays so this is why I have not posted in a while Lads the last time there was trials held for the county team very few if any borough players showed up if I remember right the same faces were there week in week out 90% of whom played in the NCDL ok it was held in the hand ball alley in Croke park but that is one of the handest places to get to with been close to the dart line and most bus routes so trails only work if players show up and if your lads wont show up to a event in the borough do you honestly think they will show up at trials

[I.C.U]

This is getting old mate i dont think your going to get any more if the lads in the bourgh dont want to go who gives a toss why are you letting it get to you

[tumbler]

Originally Posted by I.C.U

This is getting old mate i dont think your going to get any more if the lads in the bourgh dont want to go who gives a toss why are you letting it get to you

It only gets to me when I go on this and borough lads are giving ouy that the county board dont hold anything in the borough and then when ythey do borough lads dont bother showing up I traveled from the north side to play in it and they cant cross the road then you ask why they come up with the whole new idea of trials knowing their wouldn't show up anyway even if it was played in their own back yard