The County Board Complaints Thread

[Henrys Fonda]

They would have been

My sister did it and never registered, it was more an informal agreement nothing official.

 

[mickdaprick]

They were allowed to play up to u14

 

[leeside_rebel]

My sister did it and never registered, it was more an informal agreement nothing official.

The name still had to go onto team sheets.

 

[JimmyBarrySmurph]

All jokes aside ( I was kidding also)
I hope they get this right. They have to be realistic about what and where they are to be putting a place like this.
Infrastructure and being able to get ease of access for players like public transport etc is important and I would also add in a few mini buses or similar to collect and drop players who are young back home if they live outside of a certain area because parents now are so busy and they just don’t have the time anymore imo.
It’s one thing building a place it’s another thing making sure that it works.

Spot on. And you’ve mentioned a point that’s rarely discussed, despite its significant impact.
Up to the Celtic Tiger there was car pooling and Cork GAA did a lot more to ensure young lads got to training.
Rebel Og participation is much harder nowadays for the ordinary working class. Go down the pond for a walk during the summer and if there’s Rebel Og training on look at the cars the parents are driving.. not many ordinary Joe Soaps.
Anyone can talk about player commitment or family interest etc which is fair enough but we in Cork GAA even at club level we’re always great to put the hand around a fella and mind him.

 

[JimmyBarrySmurph]

In the 70s & 80s there was a fair few rural clubs that had girls playing up to u12, even into the the 1990s it was happening.
In a lot of these parishes there was no camogie or ladies football clubs, so girls played away on the boys teams. After that if they wanted to continue to play they had to go to the closet club with a ladies side.
I'm fairly sure Breege Corkerry played with Aghinagh boys before she ever played with a ladies team.

It was very common to see girls playing. The first club I heard stopping it was a big rural football club, who realised that playing girls and leaving boys on the bench at underage was doing nothing to develop players for the adult teams so they stopped. It was then a ladies club was formed there.

 

[leeside_rebel]

It was very common to see girls playing. The first club I heard stopping it was a big rural football club, who realised that playing girls and leaving boys on the bench at underage was doing nothing to develop players for the adult teams so they stopped. It was then a ladies club was formed there.

Ya that was probably a disadvantage of it, probably didn't feel too good as a lad if you were benched while a girl played.
In other areas it was a necessity as the numbers weren't there to field a side without having the girls involved.
Juliet Murphy was another who I'm told outplayed most boys she had to mark back in the day and gave an exhibition in one particular sciath na scol final on the boys team.

 

[TonyCork80]

Val Mulcahy got a game ahead of her older brother i think for a feile team or maybe u15 when she was around 12. We crucified him for it at the time and then years later when we saw her play realised she was galaxies ahead of any of us!

 

[KolaKubes]

I'd say that's standard enough in anything that operates as a business.
I know a gaa club in Cork who used to invoice the underage section for using the club facilities, bar for medal presentations, etc.
I'd imagine it's an accounting practice to keep things open and transparent

It’d also be a way of putting a value on the office space and showing revenue even if going from one hand to the other?

 

[fruice]

In the 70s & 80s there was a fair few rural clubs that had girls playing up to u12, even into the the 1990s it was happening.
In a lot of these parishes there was no camogie or ladies football clubs, so girls played away on the boys teams. After that if they wanted to continue to play they had to go to the closet club with a ladies side.
I'm fairly sure Breege Corkerry played with Aghinagh boys before she ever played with a ladies team.

That’s still happening.

 

[fruice]

The ideal site was where the Cork Summer show is now held in Curraheen. That land came up for sale about 10 years ago. Easy access off the Ballincollig Bypass, near enough the centre of the county and good flat land, easy to develop pitches.

I may be wrong but I think UCC are hoping to build pitches out there including all weather and Astros.