Iād much rather have a decent surface than a stand to be honest.
Ballyagran is the du jour venue at the moment and they do have a grand stand, but their pitch was a joke a couple of weeks back. I donāt even know how they managed it with all the rain that fell - the pitch was all burned up.
If the game was played inside in the GG the same lads would be giving out about how soulless it is to play it there
The tipp lads would be as well off looking in on their own
If you gave us ā¬1m, I wouldnāt spend it on a stand, put it like that.
The outstanding West
100%
Itās beyond hilarious at this stage
I definitely prefer club grounds for matches.
All Claghaun needs is some kind of basic canopy over the existing stepped area and it would be grand.
Problem with claughaun is the prevailing down the field.
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.
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.
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.
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¦
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.
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