Deisegodeo wrote: » tramore has long been the problem with regard to producing players for county teams, second biggest population centre after the city but a very poor record of producing players and performing at club level. lots of possible reasons, the town is traditionally a soccer town, two premier dvision clubs in the local league, with tramore afc arguably the strongest team in the league.for me the biggest reason is the lack of parish rule and young lads living in tramore being brought into clubs in the city for the hurling. I saw lads playing hurling on a green in an estate in tramore a few years back and they all wearing mount sion jerseys. I would love to see a big focus on improving standards in tramore, with a major focus on getting children involved in the local club. I think we currently have a very good spread across the city and county representing the county teams, from east to west, with the big exception being tramore.
Deisegodeo wrote: » tramore has long been the problem with regard to producing players for county teams, second biggest population centre after the city but a very poor record of producing players and performing at club level. lots of possible reasons, the town is traditionally a soccer town, two premier dvision clubs in the local league, with tramore afc arguably the strongest team in the league. for me the biggest reason is the lack of parish rule and young lads living in tramore being brought into clubs in the city for the hurling. I saw lads playing hurling on a green in an estate in tramore a few years back and they all wearing mount sion jerseys. I would love to see a big focus on improving standards in tramore, with a major focus on getting children involved in the local club. I think we currently have a very good spread across the city and county representing the county teams, from east to west, with the big exception being tramore.
Cake Man wrote: » Could be wrong as I dong know the soccer scene too well but it could be Seaview Celtic? Just from my own observations I always got the impression with Tramore youngsters, being a beach town, many got into alternative sports like skateboarding and surfing. There was always the skatepark down the end of the prom and a few surf schools. May not have counted for many but I’m sure it probably would have pulled away a few lads from the GAA scene, combined with some of the other factors mentioned in previous posts.
tommylad1212 wrote: » What's the 3 soccer clubs in tramore? Tramore afc, tramore rangers , .............?
PTH2009 wrote: » i think Tramore were in a Junior County final a few years back ?, its a shame as the ground is always in decent condition and one of the first places you see when u come into Tramore Looked it up and they played in the County Junior hurling finals 2013 & 2018, losing twice to Ballysaggart and Ballinameela respectively
seananigans wrote: » strange name for a hurling fan, named after a belgian beer.Tramore has always struggled for some reason , couple of reasons. 1.Lots of teenagers gets summer jobs Down around , or in the pubs/hotels so the numbers tend to fall off early enough in peoples development. 2.Clubs location means its not the heart of the community as most people live in tramore heights/ ring road/cliff road, ideally we'd have a second club where the golf clubs front 9 is to cater for this side of town ,uptown also tends to be more affluent and these are the people,who can afford to invest in their kids. 3.for some reason Tramore is more concerned with football than hurling. 4. The last 25 years saw a lot of townies moving out to Tramore . but those who were involved in Hurling tend to put their kids back into the town clubs they came from, Aussie Gleeson playing for Mt Sion being the most famous example(no parish rule across tramore/waterford . 5.No one wants to put their kids into a losing team, theres 3 soccer clubs in tramore and a new minis rugby team the last few years , they tend to suck up the numbers 6.No one in the cobo has done a development plan, to try and correct these issues and develop tramore more.facilites are fine something else is wrong, you compare with dungarvan and its similar population its a real shame. for ref i am from tramore but was never involved with the club so dont know its inner workings Had to edit as have thought more about Dungarvan , a few years ago got massive investment in the schools and were allowed an amalgamated schools team, ,which won back to back harty's i think ? all those players went back to their clubs abbeyside /an rinn/ dungarvan itself , im sure someone will point out i missed a few clubs,or i may be wrong about the catchment for dungarvan second level catchment on one or 2 of those
grimbergen wrote: » Spent a great week in W'ford last week on holidays and as a GAA man I like to figure out where the well known clubs are located etc. One question - why aren't Tramore a more prominent club? Big town with decent population etc.
DeiseDawg wrote: » Is Austin Gleeson being reffed on his reputation and not what's happening on the day?
HelloHello1234 wrote: » I believe he tried to get access first but saying he had to drop in a spare hurley that he was carrying to a player. he was then told hed need a ticket and hopped the wall. Said person is rumoured to have smashed up specsavers in town with said hurley
Gardner wrote: » Report from Mount Sion vs DLS gamehttps://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40033160.html "At the start of the second half, a man was escorted out of the ground by five members of An Garda Síochána." any idea what happened here?
Jjjjjjjjbarry wrote: » Abbeyside disappointing tonight. Kiely not even in the game.
deisedude wrote: » I hope the two Ballyduffs play each other in the intermediate final and the loser has to change their name!!!
thesultan wrote: » Question on Mount Sion. From the standard blue Jersey, they are worn a laois styled blue with white hoop, white Jersey with blue hoop and blue and white hooped Jersey. Why do many changes?
Cake Man wrote: » Any detailed reports from either game lads?
