Replying To Afinestick96:  "What frustates me is the pace it takes to get things done in Wexford . All the recommendations made in the Kinnerk report have any of them been acted on?"

Replying To Viking66:  "Our u10s train Mondays and Wednesdays with games on Fridays."

Replying To Afinestick96:  "What frustates me is the pace it takes to get things done in Wexford . All the recommendations made in the Kinnerk report have any of them been acted on?"

Replying To Pikeman96:  "Thing about handball is that while it can help develop those things all right, it doesn't just run during the hurling & football off-season. A young lad who goes to play handball some winter and discovers he's good at it could end up missing chunks of the hurling & football season if he qualifies for certain handball events. I've heard of it happening.

As for squash - a squash court is significantly smaller than a handball alley. Just 32 feet x 21 feet, as opposed to 40x20 or even 60x30. Suppose you could play squash in a handball alley all right, but it wouldn't be "proper" squash, and wouldn't expect you'd have serious squash players or clubs lining up to pay to use it. Would be a bit like playing table tennis on a full-sized snooker table!"

Replying To Pikeman96:  "It's been outlined here already why the pitch has been closed to matches.

Some sort of drainage work needed around the 13m to 20m lines at the Clonard end. Some sort of ruts or furrows developed which were apparently big enough for a hurling ball to get stuck in, or for any player (hurler or footballer) to suffer an injury like a twisted ankle if he happened to step into one while running at speed. Don't know exactly how they developed or why they're taking so long to come right, but I do know there are Round 5 hurling matches scheduled there (weekend after next), so they must be nearly right again anyway.

That Cúl Camp is the autism and special needs Cúl Camp that's been run there every year for the past few years. Presume they just have that section of the pitch cordonned off for it. But obviously can't cordon off a section of a pitch for a championship match!"

Replying To WEXILE:  "Is that 2 hurling a week or 1 football and 1 hurling?"

Replying To Viking66:  "There werent many actual recommendations in the report. And alot of the vague ones like getting the schools to do more while the county spends less on GPO/GDAs have been acted on with the results most of us predicted at the Kinnerk/Mcgeehan meetings. The other vague recommendation that the upper echelons of underage hurling development needed to be streamlined and more clearly defined was also acted on. We took over half a year replacing the head of coaching and games, and havent replaced the Director of Hurling at all. Much more streamlined.
The 1 concrete recommendation that we needed to have someone specifically to oversee the pathway from u14 through to u20 hasnt been acted on, except to ask the former Director of Hurling to do this which maybe prompted his resignation. And of the 2 strands which came in for praise in the report, Performance Analysis and Athletic Development, our head of Athletic Development also left last winter and also hasnt been replaced.
The report itself was a savage waste of money, it just pointed out things alot of us already knew, and made unrealistic recommendations like the schools and teachers should replace paid Wexford GAA staff without getting paid for their time. With precictably negative results in terms of buy in from teachers especially at National Schools level.
It seemed to be drawn up with value for, or saving, money as its central principle rather than improving Wexford hurling. And what has happened since seems to bear this out. We certainly have saved money on wages this year. Result!!!!"

Replying To Viking66:  "There werent many actual recommendations in the report. And alot of the vague ones like getting the schools to do more while the county spends less on GPO/GDAs have been acted on with the results most of us predicted at the Kinnerk/Mcgeehan meetings. The other vague recommendation that the upper echelons of underage hurling development needed to be streamlined and more clearly defined was also acted on. We took over half a year replacing the head of coaching and games, and havent replaced the Director of Hurling at all. Much more streamlined.
The 1 concrete recommendation that we needed to have someone specifically to oversee the pathway from u14 through to u20 hasnt been acted on, except to ask the former Director of Hurling to do this which maybe prompted his resignation. And of the 2 strands which came in for praise in the report, Performance Analysis and Athletic Development, our head of Athletic Development also left last winter and also hasnt been replaced.
The report itself was a savage waste of money, it just pointed out things alot of us already knew, and made unrealistic recommendations like the schools and teachers should replace paid Wexford GAA staff without getting paid for their time. With precictably negative results in terms of buy in from teachers especially at National Schools level.
It seemed to be drawn up with value for, or saving, money as its central principle rather than improving Wexford hurling. And what has happened since seems to bear this out. We certainly have saved money on wages this year. Result!!!!"

Replying To Afinestick96:  "Is there much work being done to fill in these positions Viking ? It sounds like it's vital we get this sorted soon to me"

Replying To Viking66:  "Generally 2 hurling if theres a hurling game Friday, or 2 Football if the game on Friday is Football. Same as all our underage teams up to u14."

Replying To ElGranSenor:  "What three Wexford clubs did you beat?"

Replying To Pikeman96:  "It's been outlined here already why the pitch has been closed to matches.

Some sort of drainage work needed around the 13m to 20m lines at the Clonard end. Some sort of ruts or furrows developed which were apparently big enough for a hurling ball to get stuck in, or for any player (hurler or footballer) to suffer an injury like a twisted ankle if he happened to step into one while running at speed. Don't know exactly how they developed or why they're taking so long to come right, but I do know there are Round 5 hurling matches scheduled there (weekend after next), so they must be nearly right again anyway.

That Cúl Camp is the autism and special needs Cúl Camp that's been run there every year for the past few years. Presume they just have that section of the pitch cordonned off for it. But obviously can't cordon off a section of a pitch for a championship match!"