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Replying To southleitrim_mafia: "Apparently the both clubs received half million euro profit. Each. I do think it's madness that any club requires this much money. But fair play to them on a great fundraiser. Apparently Gortletteragh raised €120k profit with their quid games fundraiser. It will be interesting to see if the cb could match this. For some reason I highly doubt that. Unfortunately." How many tickets was sold to make that profit?. I'm guessing the profit is after taking out the cost of the house and advertising done on the draw. Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3521 - 14/01/2025 18:02:15 2585909 Link
Replying To southleitrim_mafia: "Apparently the both clubs received half million euro profit. Each. I do think it's madness that any club requires this much money. But fair play to them on a great fundraiser. Apparently Gortletteragh raised €120k profit with their quid games fundraiser. It will be interesting to see if the cb could match this. For some reason I highly doubt that. Unfortunately." Congratulations to the two clubs if that is the outcome It is not madness at all as they both have big capital projects. Unless clubs have good facilities and coaching they will not attract young players.Both soccer and rugby are now enticing alternatives for these youngsters. joeman123 (Leitrim) - Posts: 525 - 14/01/2025 19:06:42 2585917 Link
Replying To 3rdmidfielder: "Any word on any challenge games? Sligo played Donegal at the weekend. Played Longford previously. Longford were terrible I heard and Longford bet us??" Anyone know lineouts in those games? JimmyNail (Leitrim) - Posts: 261 - 14/01/2025 19:32:03 2585918 Link
Replying To funnyfella: "Congrats to Mohill and St Marys clubs for running an excellent fundraiser. while the CB are running a quid games as their main fundraiser for the year......" They would need to have sold circa 14 thousand tickets for that level of profit. I find that hard to believe. Co Boards from small counties will never get the same buy in as clubs want to fundraise just for themselves eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2006 - 15/01/2025 01:32:41 2585941 Link
Replying To Gaa_lover: "How many tickets was sold to make that profit?. I'm guessing the profit is after taking out the cost of the house and advertising done on the draw." Yes that is what profit means southleitrim_mafia (Leitrim) - Posts: 121 - 15/01/2025 08:42:06 2585948 Link
Replying To joeman123: "Congratulations to the two clubs if that is the outcome It is not madness at all as they both have big capital projects. Unless clubs have good facilities and coaching they will not attract young players.Both soccer and rugby are now enticing alternatives for these youngsters." I'm just of the opinion that a lot of money goes to waste on these projects. How many clubs now have astro turf pitches, state of the art gyms etc. I'd be behind the GAA building maybe another 2 or 3 centre of excellence type projects in bigger towns in the county. These facilities could be shared amongst the clubs in the area. Instead we have clubs raising and spending massive amounts of money on their own projects. I don't have a problem with any of the individual clubs more so the mindset of the GAA as a whole. southleitrim_mafia (Leitrim) - Posts: 121 - 15/01/2025 08:47:53 2585949 Link
Replying To eoinog: "They would need to have sold circa 14 thousand tickets for that level of profit. I find that hard to believe. Co Boards from small counties will never get the same buy in as clubs want to fundraise just for themselves" Believe what you want its no loss on me southleitrim_mafia (Leitrim) - Posts: 121 - 15/01/2025 08:49:48 2585951 Link
Replying To joeman123: "Congratulations to the two clubs if that is the outcome It is not madness at all as they both have big capital projects. Unless clubs have good facilities and coaching they will not attract young players.Both soccer and rugby are now enticing alternatives for these youngsters." Whatever about Carrick I don't think rugby will win the hearts and minds of young folk in Mohill or Gortletteragh. boxtyburgerbuns (Leitrim) - Posts: 94 - 15/01/2025 10:17:58 2585956 Link
Replying To boxtyburgerbuns: "Whatever about Carrick I don't think rugby will win the hearts and minds of young folk in Mohill or Gortletteragh." Unless ur 6'5" and weighing around 25st. rugby isn't d game 4u TJH (Sligo) - Posts: 65 - 15/01/2025 12:31:22 2585960 Link
Replying To southleitrim_mafia: "Yes that is what profit means" and approximately how many tickets was sold for that profit? Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3521 - 15/01/2025 14:17:33 2585973 Link
Replying To TJH: "Unless ur 6'5" and weighing around 25st. rugby isn't d game 4u" Peter Stringer was 5'7" and little over 11 stone. Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 290 - 15/01/2025 14:20:33 2585974 Link
Replying To boxtyburgerbuns: "Whatever about Carrick I don't think rugby will win the hearts and minds of young folk in Mohill or Gortletteragh." Plenty of lads from all over Leitrim and Roscommon playing with Carrick rugby. They're not just from the Carrick area. ThePowerhouse (Leitrim) - Posts: 153 - 15/01/2025 14:25:42 2585975 Link
Replying To ThePowerhouse: "Plenty of lads from all over Leitrim and Roscommon playing with Carrick rugby. They're not just from the Carrick area." May be so but I doubt you'll see a rugby club in either parish I mentioned...ever boxtyburgerbuns (Leitrim) - Posts: 94 - 15/01/2025 14:42:42 2585979 Link
Replying To ThePowerhouse: "Plenty of lads from all over Leitrim and Roscommon playing with Carrick rugby. They're not just from the Carrick area." correct, young lads from Drumreilly, Aughawillan and Aughnasheelin all involved in Carrick rugby, so it is a realistic alternative, meathbasedfan (Leitrim) - Posts: 137 - 15/01/2025 14:46:17 2585980 Link
Replying To eoinog: "They would need to have sold circa 14 thousand tickets for that level of profit. I find that hard to believe. Co Boards from small counties will never get the same buy in as clubs want to fundraise just for themselves" That would be 7 thousand tickets for each club. Not beyond the bounds of possibility when you consider draws that I know about locally that give away c10k in prizes would sell between 1-2k. You only have to look at how many tickets are sold on the likes of Oooosh etc for certain draws. I'd well believe they sold 10k+. Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1128 - 15/01/2025 17:44:48 2586011 Link
Replying To boxtyburgerbuns: "May be so but I doubt you'll see a rugby club in either parish I mentioned...ever" Probably not but those parishes need them to play GAA. Isn't that the whole point. Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1128 - 15/01/2025 17:46:54 2586012 Link
Replying To boxtyburgerbuns: "May be so but I doubt you'll see a rugby club in either parish I mentioned...ever" There obviously isn't the population or tradition of rugby to have more than one team in the county, it's great to have the avenues of other sports as not everyone will be a Gaelic footballer and a lot of talented youngsters are lost to sport one they leave school as they only had GAA growing up and lost the grá or weren't willing/able to meet the ridiculous commitment levels gaelsboy (Leitrim) - Posts: 593 - 15/01/2025 23:01:58 2586033 Link
Replying To Drax_the_destroyer: "Peter Stringer was 5'7" and little over 11 stone." There's always an exception TJH (Sligo) - Posts: 65 - 16/01/2025 11:19:37 2586057 Link
Replying To Square_B: "Probably not but those parishes need them to play GAA. Isn't that the whole point." It is, but the point also is if you have a good football pitch with reasonable dressing rooms isn't that is all that is needed. Lob in a community centre with a gym in situ and sure you're flying it. Expecting players to go round the region fundraising isn't a great use of people's spare time. There's no need for half the facilities clubs are looking for. People from other parishes and even other counties shouldn't be expected to fund clubs that already have the best resources in the county imo, but if they're willing to do it good on them. I wouldn't be contributing to seeing a rival club head out of sight while my own fades. boxtyburgerbuns (Leitrim) - Posts: 94 - 16/01/2025 11:20:26 2586058 Link
Replying To gaelsboy: "There obviously isn't the population or tradition of rugby to have more than one team in the county, it's great to have the avenues of other sports as not everyone will be a Gaelic footballer and a lot of talented youngsters are lost to sport one they leave school as they only had GAA growing up and lost the grá or weren't willing/able to meet the ridiculous commitment levels" Oh for sure, let them at it. Playing in a district soccer league is probably more enjoyable than the demands of gaa anyway one might imagine boxtyburgerbuns (Leitrim) - Posts: 94 - 16/01/2025 11:22:23 2586060 Link