HoganStand GAA Football and Hurling

National Forum

Castleknock 2016 Feile Peil Na Nog

(Oldest Posts First) - Go To The Latest Post

You need to Login to Post

http://www.dublingaa.ie/news/castleknock-crowned-feile-peil-na-nog-division-1-champions Firstly congrats to a local rival club in Dublin Castleknock in winning Feile Peil Na Nog Division one , just a few pointers out there about C Kilkennys home club , less than 20 years old , possibly the hardest working club in Dublin re recruitment and fundraising , they have for their summer camps near 400 kids every year they field in Div 1 at practically all ages ,they are local rivals but Im very aware of the VOLUNTER PARENT in put to this success story its savage , they do not have a gym , they do not have a nutritionist , there is ONE GPO working in the club . They are a club going places and will one day contest a county senior title , when other players make the break though from this club will the same Dublin advantages be trotted out , This their second national title is some story Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 28/06/2016 13:28:25 1873268 Link
The club has ONLY ONE GPO. 99% of clubs around the country would absolutely love to have ONLY ONE GPO. Castleknock has a population of over 20,000. They would be by far the biggest club in most counties in Ireland. Great to see the work being put in but its hardly one of the great underdog success stories! SmellyBadger (Limerick) - Posts: 32 - 28/06/2016 13:53:05 1873279 Link
Replying To Damothedub: "http://www.dublingaa.ie/news/castleknock-crowned-feile-peil-na-nog-division-1-champions Firstly congrats to a local rival club in Dublin Castleknock in winning Feile Peil Na Nog Division one , just a few pointers out there about C Kilkennys home club , less than 20 years old , possibly the hardest working club in Dublin re recruitment and fundraising , they have for their summer camps near 400 kids every year they field in Div 1 at practically all ages ,they are local rivals but Im very aware of the VOLUNTER PARENT in put to this success story its savage , they do not have a gym , they do not have a nutritionist , there is ONE GPO working in the club . They are a club going places and will one day contest a county senior title , when other players make the break though from this club will the same Dublin advantages be trotted out , This their second national title is some story" No gym and no nutritionist ??? Wow! They must practice the skills of the game then.. That's a change.. Do they have a statistician ? Most players young and old know how many wides they kick.. They don't need reminding Awwwwnow (Cavan) - Posts: 1050 - 28/06/2016 13:54:29 1873280 Link
Replying To SmellyBadger: "The club has ONLY ONE GPO. 99% of clubs around the country would absolutely love to have ONLY ONE GPO. Castleknock has a population of over 20,000. They would be by far the biggest club in most counties in Ireland. Great to see the work being put in but its hardly one of the great underdog success stories!" The under dog aspect is that they started from scratch , they are up against massive clubs in Dublin with huge history and numbers Vincents Crokes Boden Kickhams Cula Sarsfields amongst others ,if that's not a rags to riches story don't know what is . Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 28/06/2016 14:13:45 1873294 Link
Replying To Awwwwnow: "No gym and no nutritionist ??? Wow! They must practice the skills of the game then.. That's a change.. Do they have a statistician ? Most players young and old know how many wides they kick.. They don't need reminding" Sarcasm lost on you boy Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 28/06/2016 14:14:22 1873295 Link
Replying To Damothedub: "The under dog aspect is that they started from scratch , they are up against massive clubs in Dublin with huge history and numbers Vincents Crokes Boden Kickhams Cula Sarsfields amongst others ,if that's not a rags to riches story don't know what is ." More like riches to more riches,Damo.One of Dublins wealthier areas.Especially north of the river.No problem with the old fund raising in Castleknock i'd say (: cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 28/06/2016 14:18:55 1873301 Link
They absolutely destroyed Dr Crokes and Killarney Legion on their way to winning Feile So much for the theory that Dublin's domination is purely cyclical....................... Could have fooled me KYTitletown (Kerry) - Posts: 816 - 28/06/2016 14:21:44 1873304 Link
Replying To Damothedub: "The under dog aspect is that they started from scratch , they are up against massive clubs in Dublin with huge history and numbers Vincents Crokes Boden Kickhams Cula Sarsfields amongst others ,if that's not a rags to riches story don't know what is ." And people are criticising Meath and Kildare for failing to compete with Dublin. How can anyone in Ireland compete realistically when you just listed all the superclubs based in Dublin, the only other superclub outside Dublin is Nemo! KYTitletown (Kerry) - Posts: 816 - 28/06/2016 14:26:23 1873307 Link
This is really a thread celebrating the birth of new super club in Dublin to join Vincents, Ballyboden, Brigids etc etc etc... Hooray. SmellyBadger (Limerick) - Posts: 32 - 28/06/2016 14:59:05 1873334 Link
Replying To KYTitletown: "And people are criticising Meath and Kildare for failing to compete with Dublin. How can anyone in Ireland compete realistically when you just listed all the superclubs based in Dublin, the only other superclub outside Dublin is Nemo!" They are not my club , They are a rival , we have no where near resources of them , no where near the numbers, our under 13s are folding due to lack of numbers but do we give up the fight hell no , when we meet them on the pitch we try to knock seven lumps out of them . It doesn't stop me admiring what they've achieved ,taken on the establishment in such a short space of time , am I envious hell yes. Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 28/06/2016 15:19:57 1873352 Link
Great performance by South London in Div 3. BlackAndBlue (UK) - Posts: 100 - 28/06/2016 15:35:40 1873376 Link
Replying To Damothedub: "Sarcasm lost on you boy" Not being one bit sarcastic.. It's actually great young lads are out practicing the skills of the game without worrying about gym and weights and upper body strength at that age. It's about enjoyment , a release from school , time enough for gyms and the rest.. Learn the skills, practice them, have a laugh and enjoy.. That's my message to young underage players Awwwwnow (Cavan) - Posts: 1050 - 28/06/2016 15:49:28 1873392 Link
Replying To Awwwwnow: "Not being one bit sarcastic.. It's actually great young lads are out practicing the skills of the game without worrying about gym and weights and upper body strength at that age. It's about enjoyment , a release from school , time enough for gyms and the rest.. Learn the skills, practice them, have a laugh and enjoy.. That's my message to young underage players" Apologies took you up completely wrong Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 28/06/2016 15:52:47 1873398 Link
Replying To SmellyBadger: "This is really a thread celebrating the birth of new super club in Dublin to join Vincents, Ballyboden, Brigids etc etc etc... Hooray." Try remember your talking about 14 year olds as main part of topic , I personally think its a great achievement , If it was a Tyrone club a Kerry club it would be a great achievement , in hurling if a new club came up in Kilkenny and achieved it Id be first on her saying congrats Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 28/06/2016 15:56:09 1873404 Link
Damo I wasn't referring to your club I was talking about all the super clubs in Dublin like Cuala Boden Vincent's Plunketts Ballymun and in a few years Castleknock How can any other county compete in the short or long run with Dublin when they have the pick of multiple super clubs as well as other smaller clubs that other counties cam only pick from. All those super clubs would have bigger pick than any region of Kerry ( North Kerry, South Kerry, Tralee, Killarney etc) and its easier to develop and improve those players when they all live in close proximity as opposed to say South Kerry where some of the kids could be up to 50 km apart and they would only play a few games a year together because of this. KYTitletown (Kerry) - Posts: 816 - 28/06/2016 16:00:49 1873409 Link
your wasting your time damo because castleknocks address is dublin you will get the same responses over and over it is a huge achievment for a club that is not too long in existance they also dumped oliver plunketts(the brogans along with 5 or 6 intercounty players from around the country) club out of this years senior championship. is jimmy rabbitt would say they are the hardest working band i mean club in ireland haha hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 28/06/2016 16:35:07 1873434 Link
At least is he providing context and good information about C'Knock which outsiders wouldn't know as opposed to just whinging like you are. KYTitletown (Kerry) - Posts: 816 - 28/06/2016 16:41:47 1873437 Link
Having a full time coach in ANY club is a huge help to the volunteers. manfromdelmonte (UK) - Posts: 541 - 28/06/2016 16:44:57 1873440 Link
Replying To KYTitletown: "At least is he providing context and good information about C'Knock which outsiders wouldn't know as opposed to just whinging like you are." Yea fair play to Castleknock for sure.They do seem to be a club on the rise.How far they will go we'll have to wait and see.Talks of being a "super club" are premature.Not sure what a super club is but if it is solely based on playing numbers then the likes of Ballyboden,Kilmacud and Na Fianna would be up there.Ky whas t you dont seem to understand is the fact there is huge parts of Dublin with little or no GAA participation or interest.The whole Kerry county is steeped in GAA tradition ; something Dublin does not and probably never will have.That will always be a massive advantage to Kerry and other counties imo.It's not all one-way traffic in Dublins favour as you like to believe. cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 28/06/2016 17:02:32 1873455 Link
Replying To manfromdelmonte: "Having a full time coach in ANY club is a huge help to the volunteers." Your just not getting it , my club has A GPO of which like Castleknock we fundraise to pay half their wage , we are seeing teams fold at under 13 , unable to enter teams in this years PJ Troy tournament , unable to enter this years camaint , Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 28/06/2016 17:08:47 1873457 Link