Replying To Claretandblue: "There has been a bit of reaction to his speech. The people watching online were those who bought tickets and were interested in the winner being announced and the number of tickets sold. Doubtful that many watched online who hadn't supported the draw, felt he should have celebrated the fact that the draw turned out to be a huge success, €930,000 in our county's first such draw is huge. Tommy Kelly and his crew obviously helped massively in recent weeks, he's a top gaa man, lucky to have him, Chairman has put in a huge effort too and maybe has felt the brunt of criticism but last night was not the place to be settling scores. Credit to the clubs who supported the draw and the individuals who bought tickets, a profit of well over half a million is a great start"
Shockin it took a good Roscommon GAA man to push us over the line.
100k for marketing is peanuts. Whether they got value from that marketing company is a question for another day. To walk away with 500k is an excellent result.
I've had the pleasure of been at Tyrones COE a few times and its a class set up. You can't help but notice the investment from the likes of big businesses supporting it and also the county ground (McAleer & Rushe, Donnelly Brothers, Rocwell Water, Bank of Ireland). It would be good to see some of our own businesses operating on a national scale get behind the COE as I don't think Roma Chippie or a computer repair shop on Mullingar High Street will have the pocket's needed.
Replying To Maroon Heaven: "100k for marketing is peanuts. Whether they got value from that marketing company is a question for another day. To walk away with 500k is an excellent result.
I've had the pleasure of been at Tyrones COE a few times and its a class set up. You can't help but notice the investment from the likes of big businesses supporting it and also the county ground (McAleer & Rushe, Donnelly Brothers, Rocwell Water, Bank of Ireland). It would be good to see some of our own businesses operating on a national scale get behind the COE as I don't think Roma Chippie or a computer repair shop on Mullingar High Street will have the pocket's needed."
If it was 100k then it was completely wasted as there was nothing done at all until the last couple of weeks and even then it was using our own county players to promote it. I could not think of a worse way of wasting money considering there were local alternatives that would not have cost as much. Bar that amount though this discussion in general shows how completely out of touch Westmeath top table is to the clubs. Hopefully the next person in the top job is willing to work constructively with people
Replying To Darragh: "If it was 100k then it was completely wasted as there was nothing done at all until the last couple of weeks and even then it was using our own county players to promote it. I could not think of a worse way of wasting money considering there were local alternatives that would not have cost as much. Bar that amount though this discussion in general shows how completely out of touch Westmeath top table is to the clubs. Hopefully the next person in the top job is willing to work constructively with people"
I'll vote for ye Darragh for the top job or whatever other position on the Board you are going for to help out.
Meridian (Westmeath) - Posts: 677 - 04/07/2025 09:17:21
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