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Replying To Pikeman96:  "I just had a look at the results page on the Dublin GAA website.

Massive number of matches played on Sunday, between minor football, Féile hurling, and adult hurling.

Dublin County Board basically telling all these players and team managers, coaches, etc., that "you can't travel to see our county team in action in the championship". Seems bizarre to me."
At what stage do you say just get on with club games though?
There can be so many other reasons to postpone a game.
If you move club games for clashes with county games what else do you move then for.

KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3510 - 23/04/2024 04:05:43    2540014

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Replying To The_analyser:  "There was 13,967 in Hyde Park on Sunday. For the league meeting in March between Mayo and Roscommon in MacHale Park the attendance was 9,610. Might have got more for the championship match but I think Prenty and Connacht GAA charging 30 and 35 euro for seating tickets turned plenty away as they chose to watch the match on RTE instead."
30/35 euro is crazy for this stage of the year. It was 25 euro for the stand in Wexford Park Sunday which is plenty

Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 96 - 23/04/2024 09:17:42    2540039

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Replying To The_analyser:  "There was 13,967 in Hyde Park on Sunday. For the league meeting in March between Mayo and Roscommon in MacHale Park the attendance was 9,610. Might have got more for the championship match but I think Prenty and Connacht GAA charging 30 and 35 euro for seating tickets turned plenty away as they chose to watch the match on RTE instead."
I was surprised to see so many seats empty in the new stand but when I heard those prices it is no wonder. There seemed to be as many at the league game between the two counties in the Hyde last year. The terrace was jammed but it was a shame to see the empty seats in the new stand. The Connacht championship ticket prices are outrageous and have been for a few years,

MachaireConnacht (Roscommon) - Posts: 784 - 23/04/2024 09:35:20    2540042

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Replying To KillingFields:  "At what stage do you say just get on with club games though?
There can be so many other reasons to postpone a game.
If you move club games for clashes with county games what else do you move then for."
You will find that they are moving quite a lot of football games this week. Then again, we have a county board which one time scheduled an entire series of junior hurling championship matches mid week in 2006 at the very same time as our under 21s were playing in a Leinster final in Parnell and which they won for Dublin's first Leinster in over 30 years.

These things never happen when the footballers are playing.

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 2557 - 23/04/2024 09:55:25    2540052

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Replying To KillingFields:  "At what stage do you say just get on with club games though?
There can be so many other reasons to postpone a game.
If you move club games for clashes with county games what else do you move then for."
I'm not suggesting club matches shouldn't be played at this time of year. I just find it odd that so many are fixed in such a way as to prevent people from being able to go support the county senior team in the championship if they want to.

Take adult hurling alone - Dublin had 40 club matches fixed for 11 a.m. last Sunday (i.e. no way you'd be in Wexford Park for 2 p.m. throw-in!). That means 80 teams, and let's say a conservative estimate of 25 people each by way of players, mentors, etc. - so there's 2,000 people in Dublin with an obvious interest in hurling who are basically being told "you can forget about going to see the county side play".

On the other hand, we in Wexford had a full round of matches in our County League last weekend too - happened to be football, but that's beside the point, as probably 95% of club players here are dual players anyway. All those matches were fixed for Friday evening or Saturday, so that the people involved could still go see the SHC match on Sunday.

We also had our Féile Peil for U15s on Sunday morning, but timed in such a way that all involved could get to the match in the afternoon as well.

Even this coming weekend, when we're away to Antrim on Saturday afternoon - we've a full round of County Hurling League fixtures. All fixed for either Friday evening or sometime Sunday, apart from a handful of matches which have been put in for Saturday evening, by agreement of the clubs themselves. And even those are late enough in the day to allow the people involved to watch Wexford v Antrim on GAA GO first.

What would the reaction in Limerick have been if there'd been a full round of Club League fixtures set for 11 a.m. last Sunday, such that the people involved wouldn't have been able to get to Ennis in time for your match v Clare?

Would your CCC there even consider doing such a thing?

Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2249 - 23/04/2024 10:15:40    2540059

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Replying To BarneyGrant:  "You will find that they are moving quite a lot of football games this week. Then again, we have a county board which one time scheduled an entire series of junior hurling championship matches mid week in 2006 at the very same time as our under 21s were playing in a Leinster final in Parnell and which they won for Dublin's first Leinster in over 30 years.

These things never happen when the footballers are playing."
Full rounds of adult hurling league games scheduled on the day of the All-Ireland Football final in 2013, 2015, 2016 (draw), 2017 and 2018! All throw in times at 3 o'clock!

I know because I played them! Obviously clubs decided to move throw in time to the morning.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 23/04/2024 10:36:02    2540069

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Replying To Pikeman96:  "I'm not suggesting club matches shouldn't be played at this time of year. I just find it odd that so many are fixed in such a way as to prevent people from being able to go support the county senior team in the championship if they want to.

Take adult hurling alone - Dublin had 40 club matches fixed for 11 a.m. last Sunday (i.e. no way you'd be in Wexford Park for 2 p.m. throw-in!). That means 80 teams, and let's say a conservative estimate of 25 people each by way of players, mentors, etc. - so there's 2,000 people in Dublin with an obvious interest in hurling who are basically being told "you can forget about going to see the county side play".

On the other hand, we in Wexford had a full round of matches in our County League last weekend too - happened to be football, but that's beside the point, as probably 95% of club players here are dual players anyway. All those matches were fixed for Friday evening or Saturday, so that the people involved could still go see the SHC match on Sunday.

We also had our Féile Peil for U15s on Sunday morning, but timed in such a way that all involved could get to the match in the afternoon as well.

Even this coming weekend, when we're away to Antrim on Saturday afternoon - we've a full round of County Hurling League fixtures. All fixed for either Friday evening or sometime Sunday, apart from a handful of matches which have been put in for Saturday evening, by agreement of the clubs themselves. And even those are late enough in the day to allow the people involved to watch Wexford v Antrim on GAA GO first.

What would the reaction in Limerick have been if there'd been a full round of Club League fixtures set for 11 a.m. last Sunday, such that the people involved wouldn't have been able to get to Ennis in time for your match v Clare?

Would your CCC there even consider doing such a thing?"
There you go. Perfect common sense and at little or no inconvenience to anyone. Besides which, county boards including Dublin have had these dates for months now.

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 2557 - 23/04/2024 10:38:59    2540070

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Replying To MesAmis:  "Full rounds of adult hurling league games scheduled on the day of the All-Ireland Football final in 2013, 2015, 2016 (draw), 2017 and 2018! All throw in times at 3 o'clock!

I know because I played them! Obviously clubs decided to move throw in time to the morning."
Where those games not at 11am

cuchulainn35 (Armagh) - Posts: 1673 - 23/04/2024 11:00:25    2540073

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Replying To MachaireConnacht:  "I was surprised to see so many seats empty in the new stand but when I heard those prices it is no wonder. There seemed to be as many at the league game between the two counties in the Hyde last year. The terrace was jammed but it was a shame to see the empty seats in the new stand. The Connacht championship ticket prices are outrageous and have been for a few years,"
They have indeed.
Prenty tells us that the 4 matches ( in Ireland) in the Connacht SFC are the Council's main income.
Also points out that we don't have a money spinning SHC like Munster or the population and number of matches as Leinster or Ulster.

I'd suggest John you take it up with HQ and look for a subsidy of some sort instead of screwing the loyal supporters in the poorest part of the Country.

Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1419 - 23/04/2024 11:25:44    2540082

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Replying To MesAmis:  "Full rounds of adult hurling league games scheduled on the day of the All-Ireland Football final in 2013, 2015, 2016 (draw), 2017 and 2018! All throw in times at 3 o'clock!

I know because I played them! Obviously clubs decided to move throw in time to the morning."
It is bizarre. Had forgotten about that.

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 2557 - 23/04/2024 11:33:27    2540084

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Replying To Seanfanbocht:  "They have indeed.
Prenty tells us that the 4 matches ( in Ireland) in the Connacht SFC are the Council's main income.
Also points out that we don't have a money spinning SHC like Munster or the population and number of matches as Leinster or Ulster.

I'd suggest John you take it up with HQ and look for a subsidy of some sort instead of screwing the loyal supporters in the poorest part of the Country."
John did not have any problem finding the money to build the dome in his own backyard.

letsgetgoing (Roscommon) - Posts: 507 - 23/04/2024 12:48:36    2540112

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Replying To Afinestick96:  "30/35 euro is crazy for this stage of the year. It was 25 euro for the stand in Wexford Park Sunday which is plenty"
25/30 I meant to say but say but 20 is more than enough for seated tickets and 15 to stand up.

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 3757 - 23/04/2024 15:50:37    2540198

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Replying To letsgetgoing:  "John did not have any problem finding the money to build the dome in his own backyard."
Costly operation to keep the air dome inflated all year round hence why Connacht championship games are more pricey to attend than other provincial championships matches

Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 96 - 23/04/2024 16:48:29    2540209

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Replying To Pikeman96:  "I'm not suggesting club matches shouldn't be played at this time of year. I just find it odd that so many are fixed in such a way as to prevent people from being able to go support the county senior team in the championship if they want to.

Take adult hurling alone - Dublin had 40 club matches fixed for 11 a.m. last Sunday (i.e. no way you'd be in Wexford Park for 2 p.m. throw-in!). That means 80 teams, and let's say a conservative estimate of 25 people each by way of players, mentors, etc. - so there's 2,000 people in Dublin with an obvious interest in hurling who are basically being told "you can forget about going to see the county side play".

On the other hand, we in Wexford had a full round of matches in our County League last weekend too - happened to be football, but that's beside the point, as probably 95% of club players here are dual players anyway. All those matches were fixed for Friday evening or Saturday, so that the people involved could still go see the SHC match on Sunday.

We also had our Féile Peil for U15s on Sunday morning, but timed in such a way that all involved could get to the match in the afternoon as well.

Even this coming weekend, when we're away to Antrim on Saturday afternoon - we've a full round of County Hurling League fixtures. All fixed for either Friday evening or sometime Sunday, apart from a handful of matches which have been put in for Saturday evening, by agreement of the clubs themselves. And even those are late enough in the day to allow the people involved to watch Wexford v Antrim on GAA GO first.

What would the reaction in Limerick have been if there'd been a full round of Club League fixtures set for 11 a.m. last Sunday, such that the people involved wouldn't have been able to get to Ennis in time for your match v Clare?

Would your CCC there even consider doing such a thing?"
But how many matches/weekends do you avoid then.
You can't have little or nothing on days the county team plays otherwise you miss out on loads of perfectly playable days needlessly and add stresses to playing competitions needlessly.
Have core weekends that you won't have club games but you can't have too many of them otherwise you ha e problems elsewhere.

KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3510 - 23/04/2024 18:32:35    2540235

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Replying To KillingFields:  "But how many matches/weekends do you avoid then.
You can't have little or nothing on days the county team plays otherwise you miss out on loads of perfectly playable days needlessly and add stresses to playing competitions needlessly.
Have core weekends that you won't have club games but you can't have too many of them otherwise you ha e problems elsewhere."
Wexford had a full weekend of club. They just arranged it so that people could see county hurlers. If theyd done as,we did there might have been 3/4'000 fewer in Wexford Park.

Where did this weird disconnect between club and county come from? Some people seem to believe the county teams,are the enemy:-)

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 2557 - 23/04/2024 20:20:51    2540254

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Replying To KillingFields:  "But how many matches/weekends do you avoid then.
You can't have little or nothing on days the county team plays otherwise you miss out on loads of perfectly playable days needlessly and add stresses to playing competitions needlessly.
Have core weekends that you won't have club games but you can't have too many of them otherwise you ha e problems elsewhere."
Think you're missing the point. No need to go an entire weekend without club matches if the county team are playing.

If the county side is playing on Saturday - play your club matches on Friday evening and Sunday. If the county side is playing on Sunday - play your club matches Friday evening and Saturday. Exactly as we're doing here in Wexford.

Or even do like I see you'll be doing in Limerick this coming Sunday with Junior matches - play them early enough so that the people involved can still get to the county match afterwards if they want to. I see your Junior fixtures next Sunday are mostly down for 12 noon - plenty of time for people at them to still get to the Gaelic Grounds for a 4 p.m. throw-in v Tipp.

But if that match was in Thurles at 2 p.m. (same as Dublin's match last weekend was in Wexford at 2 p.m.), would you still have Junior fixtures for 11 a.m. or 12 noon on Sunday, basically telling all involved that they could forget about going to see your county team play? I think not.

Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2249 - 23/04/2024 20:33:17    2540258

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Replying To Drax_the_destroyer:  "Costly operation to keep the air dome inflated all year round hence why Connacht championship games are more pricey to attend than other provincial championships matches"
They could just have congress there every year. The hot air spoken at it would keep the thing pumped up.

eslinchickenmaryland (Leitrim) - Posts: 37 - 24/04/2024 14:36:26    2540425

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Donegal vs Tyrone playing on Sunday and tickets aren't available yet. Certainly not a good way to promote the game and encourage supports to come out.

centrefield99 (Galway) - Posts: 102 - 24/04/2024 18:18:10    2540471

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