Championship and Covid

C.O.Y.B.I.B · 30-03-2021 02:08PM

dobman88 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1376868368704282626?s=19

Absolutely disgusted if true that kids can't train until end of April.
Some of the kids I train already hanging out in large groups and another month will mean some of them will be too far gone to get them back into the routine of training and games . These kids are 12/13 and may never play a sport again once they've a taste for "hanging around the shops".
As a coach of young teens I'm really disappointed in this news today .

dobman88 · 30-03-2021 02:26PM

C.O.Y.B.I.B wrote: »

Absolutely disgusted if true that kids can't train until end of April.
Some of the kids I train already hanging out in large groups and another month will mean some of them will be too far gone to get them back into the routine of training and games . These kids are 12/13 and may never play a sport again once they've a taste for "hanging around the shops".
As a coach of young teens I'm really disappointed in this news today .

I agree. I see it every day. Kids playing soccer on the pitch on the estate for an hour and then nothing else to do for the evening.

They're all packed into classrooms anyway so kids sport should have gone back when schools did. Just shows they haven't a clue what they're doing with the restrictions.

PTH2009 · 30-03-2021 03:01PM

I see once again logic and this government don't see eye to eye

What harm is a small kids training session doing

Useless bunch of idiots

frozenfrozen · 30-03-2021 04:10PM

thought kids were already back at gaa? they are in my local pitch

or they are allowed to play and just can't have training until that date?

dobman88 · 30-03-2021 04:43PM

frozenfrozen wrote: »

thought kids were already back at gaa? they are in my local pitch

or they are allowed to play and just can't have training until that date?

Technically they're not supposed to be back. "Officailly". But I've seen it happening too. When lads just happened to be at the pitch the same time as their coach. Pure coincidence.

C.O.Y.B.I.B · 30-03-2021 04:47PM

dobman88 wrote: »

Technically they're not supposed to be back. "Officailly". But I've seen it happening too. When lads just happened to be at the pitch the same time as their coach. Pure coincidence.

Kids on their own , while technically outside the regulations won't be an issue. But if a coach was there there could be reprecussions as there is no insurance should someone get injured or worse if there was a Covid outbreak within the team , there could in theory be a case take against the coach or club if complicit

Haven't seen it in my club to be fair outside of a a few small groups of lads training on their own

C.O.Y.B.I.B · 30-03-2021 04:57PM

C.O.Y.B.I.B wrote: »

Kids on their own , while technically outside the regulations won't be an issue. But if a coach was there there could be reprecussions as there is no insurance should someone get injured or worse if there was a Covid outbreak within the team , there could in theory be a case take against the coach or club if complicit

Haven't seen it in my club to be fair outside of a a few small groups of lads training on their own

My own club have said that anyone caught training players on the side will find themselves bottom of the list for training slots once back.

arctictree · 30-03-2021 06:42PM

Can anyone define what elite GAA is? Would the Longford hurling team be elite?

Always_Running · 30-03-2021 06:47PM

No word on training for U20 and minor inter County teams. I presume May at earliest with matches in June?

dobman88 · 30-03-2021 07:16PM

arctictree wrote: »

Can anyone define what elite GAA is? Would the Longford hurling team be elite?

Yes

PTH2009 · 30-03-2021 08:41PM

At least having the leagues is something to look forward too and they could be some great games esp in the summer conditions. Who would of ever guessed we'd see summer time national leagues

12 teams in NHL division 1, will they divide it up regionally like the football. Looking like the Championship will be similar to last year with a backdoor added to the Football

BOSTIK · 30-03-2021 08:52PM

frozenfrozen wrote: »

thought kids were already back at gaa? they are in my local pitch

or they are allowed to play and just can't have training until that date?

Kick-arounds and puck-arounds are going on all over the country, they’re very low-risk.

frozenfrozen · 30-03-2021 09:07PM

BOSTIK wrote: »

Kick-arounds and puck-arounds are going on all over the country, they’re very low-risk.

No this is down at the gaa pitch big groups of them and they all go to the chipper after

But go on thinking nobody involved in the gaa would ever break a rule

BOSTIK · 31-03-2021 09:33AM

frozenfrozen wrote: »

No this is down at the gaa pitch big groups of them and they all go to the chipper after

But go on thinking nobody involved in the gaa would ever break a rule

They're doing that in a private capacity. Sports clubs can't police what people do in their spare time.

dobman88 · 31-03-2021 10:28AM

Jaysus those cork boys just cant help themselves

https://twitter.com/tonyleen/status/1376991433744379907?s=19

benji79 · 31-03-2021 10:58AM

I’m a Cork man and that’s just embarrassing

As if the training was even going to make that much of a difference, pure stupidity

Hesh's Umpire · 31-03-2021 11:07AM

As someone more interested in my home club's adult teams than inter county, yesterday's announcement is very disheartening. It would have been great to get an indication of when we might get back into our club grounds. All this individual training is getting very monotonous for the lads.

dobman88 · 31-03-2021 11:26AM

Hesh's Umpire wrote: »

As someone more interested in my home club's adult teams than inter county, yesterday's announcement is very disheartening. It would have been great to get an indication of when we might get back into our club grounds. All this individual training is getting very monotonous for the lads.

End of May likely for club players after yesterdsys announcement. I wouldn't hold out any hope of having spectators at games though.

Hesh's Umpire · 31-03-2021 12:10PM

dobman88 wrote: »

End of May likely for club players after yesterdsys announcement. I wouldn't hold out any hope of having spectators at games though.

Ah, I'm not even worried about the spectators at games thing. I'd just like to see the players (of all sports!) get the chance to meet up and train together again in a safe environment.

dobman88 · 31-03-2021 01:45PM

Hesh's Umpire wrote: »

Ah, I'm not even worried about the spectators at games thing. I'd just like to see the players (of all sports!) get the chance to meet up and train together again in a safe environment.

I couldnt agree more. Still playing at a low junior level myself and I can't believe how much I've missed it. And I've missed the training, not playing games, and the craic with the lads. A lot to be said for an hour every Tuesday and Thursday.

roadmaster · 31-03-2021 03:30PM

When will we know what regions the county's will be in?

PTH2009 · 31-03-2021 04:43PM

roadmaster wrote: »

When will we know what regions the county's will be in?

Think the GAA are releasing the revised calender by the end of next week so imagine we will find out the regions/groups by then

Always_Running · 31-03-2021 08:00PM

roadmaster wrote: »

When will we know what regions the county's will be in?

What they were when published months ago. HQ will probably stick with that.

Division 1

Group North: Armagh, Donegal, Monaghan, Tyrone.

Group South: Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Roscommon.

Division 2

Group North: Down, Meath, Mayo, Westmeath.

Group South: Clare, Cork, Laois, Kildare.

Division 3

Group North: Cavan, Derry, Fermanagh, Longford.

Group South: Limerick, Offaly, Tipperary, Wicklow.

Division 4

Group North: Antrim, Leitrim, London, Sligo.

Group South: Louth, Carlow, Waterford, Wexford

PTH2009 · 31-03-2021 09:30PM

Always_Running wrote: »

What they were when published months ago. HQ will probably stick with that.

Division 1

Group North: Armagh, Donegal, Monaghan, Tyrone.

Group South: Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Roscommon.

Division 2

Group North: Down, Meath, Mayo, Westmeath.

Group South: Clare, Cork, Laois, Kildare.

Division 3

Group North: Cavan, Derry, Fermanagh, Longford.

Group South: Limerick, Offaly, Tipperary, Wicklow.

Division 4

Group North: Antrim, Leitrim, London, Sligo.

Group South: Louth, Carlow, Waterford, Wexford

massively new territory for Mickey Harte there

beggars_bush · 01-04-2021 08:59AM

PTH2009 wrote: »

massively new territory for Mickey Harte there

Roscommon got the toughest group.
Still, something for them to aim for

dobman88 · 01-04-2021 10:49AM

Wonder what sanctions the Dubs will face.

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/dublin-players-photographed-breaking-covid-19-lockdown-rules-1.4526024?mode=amp&__twitter_impression=true

dobman88 · 01-04-2021 11:14AM

This is the original story by the independent. Whoever took the photo seems well hidden in the bushes anyway

https://m.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/dublin-gaa-stars-broke-rules-on-covid-gatherings-with-early-morning-training-40263682.html

BonnieSituation · 01-04-2021 11:18AM

dobman88 wrote: »

This is the original story by the independent. Whoever took the photo seems well hidden in the bushes anyway

https://m.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/dublin-gaa-stars-broke-rules-on-covid-gatherings-with-early-morning-training-40263682.html

You'd know all about that long grass, boy ;P

01-04-2021 11:20AM

dobman88 wrote: »

Wonder what sanctions the Dubs will face.

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/dublin-players-photographed-breaking-covid-19-lockdown-rules-1.4526024?mode=amp&__twitter_impression=true

If it's true, suspensions from HQ.

But far better than that, amongst ordinary punters, a lifetime of being able to respond to any Dublin fan who talks about the achievements with "...but they were caught cheating".

And as the Mastercard ad says, that's priceless...:D

FromADistance · 01-04-2021 11:22AM

dobman88 wrote: »

Wonder what sanctions the Dubs will face.

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/dublin-players-photographed-breaking-covid-19-lockdown-rules-1.4526024?mode=amp&__twitter_impression=true

Apparently a club in Cork under investigation also - https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40254995.html

GAA is not considered 'elite sport' under this lockdown so aside of what the GAA do about this (a precedence has been set with Cork & Down last year), surely now the Gardaí have to become involved. Of course assuming this is true with the day that's in it.... however it's a fairly serious matter to be joking about to be fair.

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