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Liam O' Neill "one club model"

  • 24-03-2013 11:02am
    #1
    breffni666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 159 ✭✭


    Liam O' Neill says at Congress that he is in favour of the "one club model" i.e. all GAA codes in one club. I would think he is being purely aspirational as this is unlikely to happen. Some clubs yes have some/ most codes but where I,m from its GFC above the gate and its GFC only that they want. We set up a separate juvenile hurling club to cater for 5 local GFCs catchment,not an amalgamation, sometimes using GFC facilities, sometimes not. There are not enough "hurling people" in individual GFCs for there to be any sustainable future for the game in one individual GFC- that's why we went the regional route, taking the few dedicated hurling people and focusing solely on hurling. Our children also play football with each of the component GFCs before anyone starts to say we are hurling snobs! I think a lot of our friends in the cities have a comparable advantage in that they have Council/ Corporation playing fields to use, which helps them and their club plan games etc, unfortunately we don't. I come from a dual club originally but down here the GFC nut is one that is too hard to crack- unless you can generate money i.e. funding which we don't. Ladies activity on the other hand gets great help as they do generate money in the form of grants for ladies sport. Nothing of that kind for hurling I,m afraid as the GAA is supposed to cater for us but in reality they don't.
    Straw poll; How many clubs actually cater for all strands of the GAA?; Gaelic Football, Hurling, Camogie, Handball, Rounders Ladies Football.


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  • #2
    Juniorhurler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭Juniorhurler


    All bar founders and handball in our club.


  • #3
    rebel girl 15
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 15,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭rebel girl 15


    breffni666 wrote:
    Ladies activity on the other hand gets great help as they do generate money in the form of grants for ladies sport.

    I don't know where that comment came from, but ladies football clubs don't get grants for ladies sports. I know from a ladies football point of view the clubs don't get funding - the camogie on the other hand are within the GAA umbrella and afaik would receive some funding, but I'd be fairly sure that clubs wouldn't be getting anything really


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