Problem with claughaun is the prevailing down the field.
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The thing with a stand is that itās not covered under Sports Capital Grants or any other scheme.
If youāre a club and you donāt have an existing stand are you going to put minimum ā¬50k (and often way above this) into a pitch that mightnāt get many championship matches anyway? Money that could be better utilised in a gym, astro, second grass pitch etc?
Nice to have but not the be all and end all.
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Exactly, thatās definitely the biggest issue with the pitch, the wind dictates the match so much.
Same problem in clarina. Both our clubs play there far too often.
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True, but not much you can do about that beyond planting trees maybe.
Things I learned today. I always thought they were.
I do think if county boards, not just Limerick but all County boards, are using club grounds for Senior county championships then there should be a few minimums like a scoreboard and a covered area or at least a raised bank to watch a game from. A scorebord should be an absolute minimum.
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Someone on here might know better but apparently a club from Clare had a motion at Congress recently that all clubs hosting club championship matches must have a fence around the pitch. (I donāt know if this is true and passed by vote, just what I was told).
Apparently a club in Limerick picked up on this loophole and requested that their championship match last night be moved from its original designated venue, a venue they conveniently donāt like playing inā¦
Whether coincidence or not, the game was moved to a venue that was fenced inā¦
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Any junior goalie worth his salt would be stopping that. Bad footwork youād say. He hardly has all Ireland medals?
He was on the 14 and nobody near him ffs.
Yep, great view of it
That definitely used to be a condition for getting certain games but Iām guessing it was done away with. The field had to be categorised as āenclosedā which meant a fence around the playing surface and a means for the players and officals to gain access to the field from the dressing rooms without mixing with the supporters.
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Iām nearly sure that is the case in Cork. All the grounds have those horrible fences like they have in Claghaun.
A stand might cost a few pound but should be there for ever more if itās done right, also clubs can make revenue from the gate, lotto, shop etc on the days of games.
As expected Kilmallock made light work of Doon.
Looks like a big performance from Ahane as well as they seemed to make light work of K/P. Tom Morrisey with 0-12.
Also a huge win from Kilteely/Dromkeen over Patrickswell in the 
Junior A Hurling Championship; 4-19 to 0-14
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Massive win for dark horses Feohanagh in the intermediate championship, overcoming a fancied Murroe Boher outfit by five points.
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Disappointing result for Crecora this evening in blustery Fedamore, going down by 3 to the slicker Caherline. CON rattled the crossbar with the last puck of the game from a 21m free from an acute angle. We hit an amount of wides to leave us in a huge hole and were always chasing the game after playing into the wind in the first half. just couldnāt capitalise. Massive shift put in by the ageless Andrew Brennan again.
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LIMERICK GAA RESULTS SATURDAY
Bon Secours Hospital Senior Hurling Championship Section A:
Kilmallock 3-22 Doon 0-12
Ahane 2-22 Kildimo-Pallaskenry 2-16.
Lyons of Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship:
Bruff 0-17 Glenroe 0-14.
Nick Greene Sportsgrounds Intermediate Hurling Championship Group 2:
Feohanagh 1-18 Murroe-Boher 1-13.
Woodlands House Hotel Junior A Hurling
Championship Group 2:
Garryspillane 1-19 Claughaun 1-14.
Caherline 0-16 Crecora-Manister 1-10.
Woodlands House Hotel Junior A Hurling Championship Group 4:
Mungret St Paulās 0-19 Rathkeale 1-13.
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I dont see the fascination in a scoreboard as a minimum requirement.old pen and paper style or new fashion appās, scores are easy to monitor. A stand offering shelter and seating, taking into consideration that the majority of spectators are not young folk
Was of this opinion up to last year, but when the GG was been revamped and unavailable to host games then many club venues, unfenced, where utilised.
I was talking to an FC man last night and he was fairly pessimistic. A bit of a shock.
The @balbec will all need new caps. Their ones today will be battered to death after that.
Big win for Ahane. KP facing an uphill struggle now. Although maybe Doon arenāt what they were.
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