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Replying To Claretandblue:  "The recent presentation to the county board delegates by the coaching officer doesn't bear out your claim that GAA is more popular in Athlone than soccer. There is one active soccer club in Mullingar town, Mullingar Athletic, a very successful and well organised club. In Athlone there's St. Joseph's, St. Francis, Monksland, Hodson Bay, Athlone Town and Willow Park, that's six active soccer clubs and possibly there's more. Surely if Gaa was more popular in Athlone than soccer then the likes of Garrycastle, Athlone and Southern Gaels would have more teams at underage level?"
Mullingar Athletic-Mullingar Town-Mullingar Celtic are soccer clubs in Mullingar and im sure they are all active

Bruno@1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 252 - 01/04/2025 20:41:42    2600025

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Replying To OverTheHill85:  "Fundraisers in Mullingar hotels, all county board meetings in Mullingar, Golf Classic tends to be North Westmeath, Underage county games in North."
Since you mentioned fundraisers, I think another issue that contributes to the gap between North and South Westmeath is that the vast majority of our sponsorships-both big and small-come from North Westmeath. Some of the current and former sponsors include TEG, Writech, Shay Murtagh, O'Brien Motor Group, and the Greville Arms. Even Stone Construction, which is based in New York, is connected with North Westmeath clubs i think.
On the other hand, when it comes to South Westmeath, the only sponsor I can think of is the Radisson Blu Hotel Group, which used to sponsor underage teams. I'm open to hearing if anyone knows of more South-based sponsors, but it does seem like a bit of an imbalance.
That said, I agree that we should definitely hold more events in South Westmeath. The past few fundraisers-like the 'Quid Games' event-were held at the Park Hotel, so spreading out future events could help build more community involvement and support.

Fighting-Cocks69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 64 - 01/04/2025 21:14:10    2600030

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The issue is the % of the county population living in two big towns that don't have enough gaa clubs to cater for the young population

valley84 (Westmeath) - Posts: 1902 - 01/04/2025 21:26:25    2600033

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Replying To Fighting-Cocks69:  "Since you mentioned fundraisers, I think another issue that contributes to the gap between North and South Westmeath is that the vast majority of our sponsorships-both big and small-come from North Westmeath. Some of the current and former sponsors include TEG, Writech, Shay Murtagh, O'Brien Motor Group, and the Greville Arms. Even Stone Construction, which is based in New York, is connected with North Westmeath clubs i think.
On the other hand, when it comes to South Westmeath, the only sponsor I can think of is the Radisson Blu Hotel Group, which used to sponsor underage teams. I'm open to hearing if anyone knows of more South-based sponsors, but it does seem like a bit of an imbalance.
That said, I agree that we should definitely hold more events in South Westmeath. The past few fundraisers-like the 'Quid Games' event-were held at the Park Hotel, so spreading out future events could help build more community involvement and support."
So North Westmeath companies giving more of their hard earned money to Westmeath GAA than South Westmeath companies is unfair on South Westmeath. I've heard it all now.

Jack_Sparrow (Westmeath) - Posts: 1035 - 01/04/2025 22:04:51    2600040

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Replying To valley84:  "The issue is the % of the county population living in two big towns that don't have enough gaa clubs to cater for the young population"
Not enough Gaa clubs in the Mullingar region? Six across both codes would be most people's opinion, four football and two hurling, hardly a similar sized town in Ireland with as many clubs, Portlaoise, Naas and Tullamore each has one football and one hurling club.

Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2089 - 01/04/2025 22:43:34    2600046

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Replying To Jack_Sparrow:  "So North Westmeath companies giving more of their hard earned money to Westmeath GAA than South Westmeath companies is unfair on South Westmeath. I've heard it all now."
Fair play Jack you've completely and utterly missed the point

Iakecounty90 (Westmeath) - Posts: 2 - 01/04/2025 22:44:55    2600047

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Replying To Fighting-Cocks69:  "Since you mentioned fundraisers, I think another issue that contributes to the gap between North and South Westmeath is that the vast majority of our sponsorships-both big and small-come from North Westmeath. Some of the current and former sponsors include TEG, Writech, Shay Murtagh, O'Brien Motor Group, and the Greville Arms. Even Stone Construction, which is based in New York, is connected with North Westmeath clubs i think.
On the other hand, when it comes to South Westmeath, the only sponsor I can think of is the Radisson Blu Hotel Group, which used to sponsor underage teams. I'm open to hearing if anyone knows of more South-based sponsors, but it does seem like a bit of an imbalance.
That said, I agree that we should definitely hold more events in South Westmeath. The past few fundraisers-like the 'Quid Games' event-were held at the Park Hotel, so spreading out future events could help build more community involvement and support."
Micheal stone largely associated with castletown which not north westmeath??

Gaaforlife2023 (Longford) - Posts: 661 - 01/04/2025 23:19:53    2600049

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Replying To Jack_Sparrow:  "So North Westmeath companies giving more of their hard earned money to Westmeath GAA than South Westmeath companies is unfair on South Westmeath. I've heard it all now."
Come here, I'm sure you've heard it all yes indeed, but if you read the report Damien Maher wrote on Westmeath inter-county expenditure, you'll see they received €254,212 in sponsorship, which is massive. This includes the companies I mentioned earlier, plus Clarke's Bar, Slevin Coaches, KC Sports, and Mullingar Autos. i was just pointing out majority is coming from one part of it.

Fighting-Cocks69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 64 - 02/04/2025 00:06:10    2600055

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Replying To Jack_Sparrow:  "So North Westmeath companies giving more of their hard earned money to Westmeath GAA than South Westmeath companies is unfair on South Westmeath. I've heard it all now."
I don't think the point was about being unfair at all, it just highlighted how sponsorship from the North of the county may lead to more Mullingar orientated events. I'm convinced people on this forum read a post, misinterpret it and provide an angry response. i thought bringing the 20s and U17s to Athlone would have helped and it was an ideal opportunity to do so. Would almost all of our key administrators be from the north; I'm sure it's more convenient for them to host events and meetings in Mullingar.

OverTheHill85 (Westmeath) - Posts: 46 - 02/04/2025 07:02:25    2600060

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