Mastermcgrath wrote: » upthedeise16 wrote: » In the west there are plenty of grounds capable of hosting games. Cappoquin, Lismore, Tallow, Ballyduff, Ardmore, An Rinn, Colligan, Stradbally and Kilrossanty have adequate facilities to host relatively decent crowds for club games. In the east I beleive the options outside of Walsh Park are thinner on the ground. Ballygunner and Carriganore are the next best but due to their proximity to WP rarely see games. Kill seems to be used a lot for intermediate games but it’s an awful setup anytime I’ve played there, you’ve to cross a fairly busy road to get from the dressing rooms to the pitch! St Mollersns also have a decent setup but to be fair it’s out of the way As a ‘neutral’ venue given it’s practically in Tipp. Must have been along time since you were in kill
upthedeise16 wrote: » In the west there are plenty of grounds capable of hosting games. Cappoquin, Lismore, Tallow, Ballyduff, Ardmore, An Rinn, Colligan, Stradbally and Kilrossanty have adequate facilities to host relatively decent crowds for club games. In the east I beleive the options outside of Walsh Park are thinner on the ground. Ballygunner and Carriganore are the next best but due to their proximity to WP rarely see games. Kill seems to be used a lot for intermediate games but it’s an awful setup anytime I’ve played there, you’ve to cross a fairly busy road to get from the dressing rooms to the pitch! St Mollersns also have a decent setup but to be fair it’s out of the way As a ‘neutral’ venue given it’s practically in Tipp.
upthedeise16 wrote: » whiteandblue wrote: » So what pitches are realistically suitable to host championship, regardless of who’s playing? What venues have lights? In the west there are plenty of grounds capable of hosting games. Cappoquin, Lismore, Tallow, Ballyduff, Ardmore, An Rinn, Colligan, Stradbally and Kilrossanty have adequate facilities to host relatively decent crowds for club games. In the east I beleive the options outside of Walsh Park are thinner on the ground. Ballygunner and Carriganore are the next best but due to their proximity to WP rarely see games. Kill seems to be used a lot for intermediate games but it’s an awful setup anytime I’ve played there, you’ve to cross a fairly busy road to get from the dressing rooms to the pitch! St Mollersns also have a decent setup but to be fair it’s out of the way As a ‘neutral’ venue given it’s practically in Tipp.
whiteandblue wrote: » So what pitches are realistically suitable to host championship, regardless of who’s playing? What venues have lights?
willbeuptuesday wrote: » Lemybrien has excellent lights, it has a 200 seat stand, proper dressing rooms, public toilets and soon it will have parking for 200 cars. In fairness to Kevin Lonergan from Kilrossanty he has lead the development out there and it will be the best in the county by far. The county board would do well to get him involved, he has helped a lot of clubs out when it comes to advice on grants, development etc..
whiteandblue wrote: » Lemybrien is the best of the venues on neutral ground between the Dungarvan & surrounding area and the city & surrounding area but other than that, they're aren't many options. Even at that, Lemybrien hasn't lights. I'm pretty sure that Stradbally, Bonmahon, Kilmac & Ballyduff Lower have no barriers/walls around their pitches (I may not be right here) which is part of the reason games aren't played there as I think it is now compulsory to keep spectators off the pitch in case of a row. I remember a match in Bunmahon where they put red & white tape around the pitch which is hardly suitable to keep people off.
TheScoringGoal wrote: » Personally I don't think it as simple as that. I think double headers are best where possible so that should be taken into account. Ballygunner and Abbeyside played a group game in Fraher Field which I think was stand alone. What that table shows is that game should have taken place closer to Ballygunner as they travelled a distance to all games whereas Abbeyside had it all three on their doorstep. If Tallow play Passage then the game probably should be in Fraher, unless Tallow have played their previous two in Cappoquin and Passage have had to go to Fraher twice already or some other type of very specific circumstances apply. However there does seem to be a situation where Fraher is over used.
thesultan wrote: » Do you not think it's adequate when a far west team meet in championship it's played in Fraher Field? The two farthest apart teams I think are Tallow and Passage.
TheScoringGoal wrote: » thesultan wrote: » Have you ever heard him interviewed on wlr? "Imagine bringing the county champions down to Fraher field". Storming onto the field every chance he gets. Constantly berating officials. . To be fair to Ballygunner they went to Fraher for all three group games which meant that by a distance they travelled the furthest of any team in the group stages. In general the teams from the east had to travel further (Ballyduff an exception) and Abbeyside in particular were given matches very near to their pitches. I worked this out but don't have the file to hand. Hopefully I'll get to post it tomorrow to back up the above.
thesultan wrote: » Have you ever heard him interviewed on wlr? "Imagine bringing the county champions down to Fraher field". Storming onto the field every chance he gets. Constantly berating officials. .
Road-Hog wrote: » thesultan wrote: » How will Ballygunner fare in the Munster Final? I think it's eight losses in nine finals. Very little colour around the place. People talk about Davy Fitz but I would say you'd find it very hard to see a bigger obnoxious man patrolling the sideline than Hartley at present. ‘a bigger obnoxious man’....can I ask where you got his view from.....? I just don’t see the word obnoxious and f Hartley having any connection whatsoever...?
thesultan wrote: » How will Ballygunner fare in the Munster Final? I think it's eight losses in nine finals. Very little colour around the place. People talk about Davy Fitz but I would say you'd find it very hard to see a bigger obnoxious man patrolling the sideline than Hartley at present.
hardybuck wrote: » I would think the opposite. Na Piarsaigh always struck me on a really tough, physical side, who are extremely difficult to beat.
fricatus wrote: » The North Quays site is very long but it’s not deep enough. I did some back-of-an-envelope research a while ago and the only site near the centre is the Waterside. The secon-closest was Walsh Park! See my OP and subsequent discussion here: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057852418
hardybuck wrote: » The North Quays was probably given as a tongue in cheek suggestion, but I think it'd be a really cool proposal if it could be explored further...
thesaturdayman wrote: » link from this mornings interview on WLR;https://soundcloud.com/wlrfmwaterford/former-mayor-pat-nugent-confirms-he-attended-meeting-on-feasibility-of-a-gaa-stadium-at-carriganore there was a report in July of this year given to the county board that has been hidden from the general public & clubs to now. This clearly shows Walsh Park is not the best option for county. There has to be serious questions to be answered on the governance of the county now, its all a bit murky.
thesaturdayman wrote: » I think its going to be a very close game, especially in lieu of underfoot conditions, slower pitch will suit BG over Na P
whiteandblue wrote: » Na Piarsaigh may have to sweat over injuries to Shane Dowling, Ronan Lynch and Kieran Kennedy according to this match report https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/gaa/na-piarsaighs-win-comes-at-a-cost-883187.html Dowling alone would be a loss but then again he didn't play in last year's decider and they still pulled away near the end to win by 8. They also defeated the gunners by 7 in the 2015 decider.
PTH2009 wrote: » Really now or never for Ballygunner but this NP side have everything and are very impressive. Ballygunner don't have the size NP have They really need too win this though as 8 loses in 9 finals is not a pretty stat and they can't say they don't have the experience A Ballygunner win could mean we will be missing there contingent for the League or at least the early rounds The Munster Champs will play the Leinster winners in the semis afaik
