Obrieski wrote: » About time we won that Junior C in all reality. When you look at Donaghmore, and now Dunboyne having their second teams playing Intermediate, it shows the importance of having a strong second team for the senior clubs. Junior C was far too low a grade for the Ratoath 2nd team and a lot of those players should be aiming to be on the senior panel next year. Hopefully the D's can complete a double next week although it will be a tough ask having been decimated by losing players over the year.
Hammer Archer wrote: » Sort of made a balls of the second team for a while. It was only 7 years ago that we were in the Junior B final with the second team. The second team seems to have held on to most of their players this ear which wasn't the case last year. Here are the Meath teams' fate in their respective Leinster championships:Leinster senior club football championship Wexford champions (Killanerin or Shelmaliers) v Dunboyne/Summerhill Win that and they're up against the Dublin champions in the quarter finalLeinster Intermediate club hurling championship Wexford Intermediate champions (St. Martins or Naomh Eanna) v Kiltale Winner of that plays the KK Intermediate champions in the semi finalLeinster Intermediate club football championship Louth champions (St. Fechin's or St. Mochta's) v Longwood Winner plays Courtwood of Laois in the quarter final.Leinster Junior club hurling championship Clara (Offaly) v Na Fianna. Tough one as Clara are Offaly Intermediate champions, but if they win that they'll be against the Westmeath Intermediate champions.Leinster Junior club football championship Offaly champions (St. Brigid's or Ferbane) v St. Vincent's Winner of that plays the Dublin champions or the European representatives in the quarter final. One thing that stands out is that none of the Meath representatives have a single home game to start off. You'd expect that the senior champions can get past their first game but can't see them having enough for the Dublin champions.
Obrieski wrote: » Any idea how the ticket sales are going? I know at the start they had a league table kind thing of how many people had bought tickets from different clubs, but haven't see anything of late. I see Glenveagh were in the paper yesterday doing quite well so hopefully they hand over the houses for free! :pac:
rpurfield wrote: » If anyone has the Meath Chronicle book that came out for their 100th or 125th anniversary the whole Flathouse thing is in that. I remember asking the father about it at the time and he said they were a hardy bunch.
Hammer Archer wrote: » Dug it out of the attic and found it
Hammer Archer wrote: » Offaly in the preliminary round next season. Winner of that plays Carlow with Westmeath/Laois waiting in the semi final. We should be able to make a Leinster final. Knowing us, we won't make it past Offaly. Hurlers in the tougher of the two Christy Ring groups with Kildare, London and Roscommon.
rpurfield wrote: » That draw isn't too bad. Am I right in thinking Pairc Tailteann is having work start after the league? Are we into a summer of away games
CrabRevolution wrote: » Longwood win the IFC, don't think anyone saw that coming... Mickey Burke now has Junior B, Junior and Intermediate medals with Longwood's first team.
Obrieski wrote: » Some achievement for Dave Gallagher...3 senior titles from 3 different decades! Congrats to Dunboyne
Pighead wrote: » Tell anybody you know from Longwood to watch out. St Mochtas are coming for them and gunning for revenge for the great robbery of 2009 in the Leinster Junior Championship. :cool:
Hammer Archer wrote: » Well it's refreshing to hear a Louth man go on about a different Leinster final "robbery" :pac:
Obrieski wrote: » Obrieski wrote: » Any idea how the ticket sales are going? I know at the start they had a league table kind thing of how many people had bought tickets from different clubs, but haven't see anything of late. I see Glenveagh were in the paper yesterday doing quite well so hopefully they hand over the houses for free! :pac: Presumably nobody has an insight or update on this? Was there any mention of how ticket sales are going at the recent county board meeting? First draw is coming up quite sharpish, would be nice to know how much the people of Meath are buying into it. I note a lot of the clubs are posting things on social media constantly so presumably that's a direct order from the county board...good to have as much exposure to it as possible in any event...I for one can't wait to get the keys to my new house!:D
Hammer Archer wrote: » Not sure how it's going countywide, but I bought mine from Ratoath and was told that they were selling a huge amount of them.
rpurfield wrote: » Apparently our club has put a couple of them into our weekly lotto instead of the regular lucky dip prizes, which I'm scratching my head at to be honest.
Obrieski wrote: » That's a strange one alright, presumably the lotto sale proceeds go towards the house draw so people pay a couple of euro rather than the 100 and if you come out in the draw the ticket is yours?
rpurfield wrote: » Obrieski wrote: » That's a strange one alright, presumably the lotto sale proceeds go towards the house draw so people pay a couple of euro rather than the 100 and if you come out in the draw the ticket is yours? Presume so. On a lighter note the club has organised a trip to Dundalk next month to Greyhound racing as a fundraiser, seems a decent night €40 gets you the bus, admission a racecard, music and grub. But it's drawn the ire of the online anti Greyhound racing brigade locally, they're urging a boycott of it.
paul0103 wrote: » Naomh Éanna, who Kiltale beat in the 2015 Leinster intermediate championship are now senior champions in Wexford. Bennetsbridge, who beat Kiltale by 4 points in the final that year, are in the Kilkenny senior final next weekend. Teams can change a bit in 3 years, but still an indication of the quality of Kiltale at the time.
