Im missing the championship(s) big time

noaces

Hate this time of year. Will just have to drink my way through till next May. Roll on next summer!!

Agus

Would you not watch a club game or two while you're waiting for next May?

noaces

Agus wrote: »

Would you not watch a club game or two while you're waiting for next May?

Club championships are long over where I am from my friend and the whole ALL Ireland club scene just lacks something imho

homerjay2005

you should move to kerry mate, all year round gaa. the local championships only kicking off now and its been known to play one of the finals on st stephens day. local leagues then kick off in february, main league in march. the kerry gaa set up is mental busy, but obviously we do something right.

blackbelt

Probably is the worst time of the year as far as GAA goes but I find the club action (the grassroots of intercounty level) is very enjoyable all the same but I prefer the club championships at county level.There is real rivalry there internally for example St Vincents-Na Fianna,St-Vincents-Kilmacud Crokes, St Brigids and Oliver Plunketts Eoghan Ruadh,Ballyboden-St Judes and the list goes on.

The O Byrne Cup will be interesting and I am looking forward to that.Then the National League starts at the end of January.So there is plenty to come.

Flukey

May to September is particularly special for a GAA fan Noaces, but there is plenty going on during the rest of the year too. It'll keep you going through until next May. The real GAA fans do it for the full 12 months. You run the risk of being accused of being a sunshine fan otherwise. Winter Sunday afternoons can be very boring for a sunshine fan, but there are things to brighten them up a bit.

I too love the big championship days during the summer above all else, but what goes on during the rest of the year means that I don't have to go without both before and after the the All-Ireland Championships. Even if your local club stuff is over, there is the provincial club championships now and of course the League to come, and the secondary provincial championships, be it the McKenna Cup, the McGrath Cup, the Connacht League or the O'Byrne Cup. Hurling has its competitions too. So there is no reason for a GAA addict to go without their fix until next May, even if the biggest highs don't start until then.

Stevecw

noaces wrote: »

Hate this time of year. Will just have to drink my way through till next May. Roll on next summer!!

I love this time of year. The club championship is getting going. Keeps the interest going until late Nov or early Dec.
Then after christmas the O'Byrne Cup comes along (normally our most successful tournament of the year !! League kicks off in early Feb thru to end of April...so there is plenty of GAA happening before May.
As a Carlow man its those horrible barren months having no-one to follow bar the local club between June & Sept/Oct that kills me!!

kerry4sam

While I am missing, to some extent, the heat and tensity of the Championship battles , I rather like this time of year...

- It means more turnout & support at local club matches
- Communities (some people within them) who were once bickering over someones' son getting on the county team as opposed to their own, now uniting once more under club colours
...
Oh i dunno, it's just a completely different atmosphere down here this time of the year with the 'real' (to some) pressure being lifted once the final whistle blew on A-I Final day.

I quite like it to be honest

and as was previously mentioned, their is always a match to attend down this way

blackbelt

kerry4sam wrote: »

While I am missing, to some extent, the heat and tensity of the Championship battles , I rather like this time of year...

- It means more turnout & support at local club matches
- Communities (some people within them) who were once bickering over someones' son getting on the county team as opposed to their own, now uniting once more under club colours
...
Oh i dunno, it's just a completely different atmosphere down here this time of the year with the 'real' (to some) pressure being lifted once the final whistle blew on A-I Final day.

I quite like it to be honest

and as was previously mentioned, their is always a match to attend down this way

Thats what I love about this time of year too with the club championships and the O Byrne Cup.The pressure is off and you can enjoy football being played by new faces breaking into the senior intercounty team.

Last January I sat in the freezing cold Parnell Park and recorded Dublins first game against Wicklow in the O Byrne Cup.It was Eamonn Fennells debut as well as Brendan McManoman,McMahon,John O Brien and Paul Brogan and Graham Cullen.

However,I find November and December the most boring especially if your county representatives are knocked out in the provincial stages.Last year my own club St Vincents kept us going until the very end in March and the National League was well under way then.This year Kilmacud Crokes are our representatives and I hope they have a good run because if not,it will be a long winter.