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Good to see the gaels get over the line. It was a poor match but they wont mind. Still think Castletown are the best club side when they have all their players fit. Too many injuries this year. Its still going to be a 3 way split for at least a couple of more seasons ie one of Gaels, Raharney or Castletown.
Greengrass1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 107 - 19/10/2026 11:37:11 2697851 Link 0 |
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Thats the rumours i am hearing. I think its a bad move as the senior B and Intermediate in my opinion are improving standards and crowds.I think Plunketts are well fit to stay up next year and maybe rattle a few cages.
jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 2047 - 19/10/2026 12:55:11 2697867 Link 0 |
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They need to leave it as it is, works perfectly fine.
Dheen (Westmeath) - Posts: 1173 - 19/10/2026 15:31:01 2697908 Link 0 |
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Not a good post from my position. Wins for LLG Plunket's and Turin is a major positive from any hurling standpoint. Hard to know why anyone could benefits from a negative prospective.Your outlook has the same old cheerleaders Bagofonions (Offaly) - Posts: 6 - 19/10/2026 17:46:22 2697936 Link 0 |
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Finals are there to be won. valley84 (Westmeath) - Posts: 1941 - 19/10/2026 19:05:31 2697944 Link 3 |
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The finals are over at all grades, the Leinster club about to begin and not 1,not 1 selector announced for our county senior hurling team. Let us call a spade a spade this is unacceptable to every hurling person.WHAT IS GOING ON jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 2047 - 20/10/2026 07:59:12 2697974 Link 3 |
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Spot on.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20854 - 20/10/2026 08:08:10 2697976 Link 0 |
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Lost the dressing room. That's normally the only reason for a full clearance of a back room team. Happened with both clubs in Offaly. Unfortunately for Westmeath if this is the case you could have a long road back similar to ourselves
Bagofonions (Offaly) - Posts: 6 - 20/10/2026 15:08:17 2698023 Link 0 |
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Sadly i have to agree, but and i take no pleasure in this, what is going on at the highest level in the county and to make it even worse no minor manager. On the Iarmhi podcast it was highlighted again. The minor chair and secretary need to inform the clubs what is going on and the same at senior level. Nobody is confronting these good volunteers but this situation is killing Westmeath hurling.
jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 2047 - 20/10/2026 17:00:25 2698041 Link 1 |
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Great weekend for the independent team concept in hurling. Na Piarsaigh have long been the best example in both codes of a proper, well run independent team and the experience of playing in Div 1 at underage over the past ten years or so paid huge dividends at the weekend. 65 years in total since Turin and the Gaels won an adult championship and the likes of Sean Leech, Conor Heffernan, Darragh Smyth, Conor Leech, Peter Finch, Craig Neville, Jack Geoghegan, Ciaran Kiernan, Shane, Ryan and David Williams, Eoin Daly, Jason Malone and Conor McCrossan all came through to adult hurling playing with Na Piarsaigh. The benefits of playing against the strong clubs at underage like Clonkill, Castletown and Raharney are enormous. Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2846 - 20/10/2026 18:09:36 2698047 Link 1 |
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I'm not disagreeing with that & fair play to LLG but you can't deny the standard was one of the worst in years. I stand by my comment that hurling is not in a good place in the county. Yes it was great to see Turin & Plunketts win as well but just look at what's going on with our county senior set up, players not willing to commit & we're supposed to be going into year 2 of a rebuilding job. The whole debacle with minor management stepping down & no one in place yet for 2027 as far as i'm aware.
Left Full (Westmeath) - Posts: 289 - 21/10/2026 08:46:52 2698075 Link 0 |
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Minor management is the exact same. The footballers at minor, U20 and senior are all planning and on the go the last 3/4 weeks. It's a huge worry with winter a week away and nothing happening on the hurling side bar the 20s. Lads would nearly be better off staying with the clubs for the league and letting the CBS represent Westmeath at minor at this rate..... TheWagonWheel-N91Y529 (Westmeath) - Posts: 51 - 21/10/2026 09:04:59 2698076 Link 0 |
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St Marys genuinely more organised and doing more for Westmeath hurling than the county board.
Dheen (Westmeath) - Posts: 1173 - 21/10/2026 10:40:35 2698083 Link 0 |
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Sadly thats the truth and in contrast they havent got sidetracked with the glory of an All Ireland football win. Hurling clubs need to wake up to whats happening. jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 2047 - 21/10/2026 11:11:19 2698090 Link 0 |
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Ditto this, the colour and passion of LLG winning a county final. I seen some of the homecoming scenes online and it looked special
westmeathgaa11 (Westmeath) - Posts: 389 - 21/10/2026 12:35:40 2698102 Link 0 |
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I agree with this statement in some ways. To me LLG winning the championship will give both them and others a lift to break the duck of Castletown, Clonkill and Raharney and in that way it is good for the FUTURE of Westmeath Hurling. However I also feel the fact they limped over the line against a misfiring 14 man Raharney team who must have had 20 wides is a sign that the standard has dropped rather than the Gaels have risen. In terms of the Leinster Club championship you wouldn't have the hope you might have had in other years from looking at the county final. As was with the county team this year I believe there was a clear drop in standard in the club championship. Hopefully it is just a transition period but as a lot of comments have alluded to we are a mess at board level in terms of hurling CasKD (Westmeath) - Posts: 63 - 21/10/2026 14:24:21 2698121 Link 0 |