Getting it right at last.

At adult level we went out with a wimper.The Intermediate Football Team were beat 0-7 to 0-4 by a super defensive Ballinabrackey .The Senior Hurlers failed to win a Championship  match all season and reverted to Intermediate.The sting was taken out of it by securing the League title in Div 3 by beating KILDALKEY'S  2nd.team in extra time.
The Junior Football  Team at least scored a decent score before being turfed out of the Championship.
We have had no second hurling team for many years now and this is not good enough and must be rectified immediately.Adult hurling is a Cinderella sport in our Club and I don't know how our Mentors and players endured it.
The Camogie Club retained Senior status and will but they too were beaten by I  think 3-14 to 0-3.by Na Fianna in the semi final of the Chachampionship.They are better than this .
I  know that the Camogie has a brilliant set up at Juvenile Level and that there is a seamless flow the whole way through to Adult ,where they also field a second adult team.
For many years the Juvenile GAA Club has failed miserably to bring enough players through to adult level.Last year for example we only had two minor hurlers who fielded with Trim and for years we populated the lowest Divisions in the sports we promote .
Now at last there are green shoots of growth.At both hurling and football we have clawed our way up the Divisions and decent teams are getting that winning feeling.We are starting to produce winners,in my view because the Mentors know what they are about.
Next year we must  aim to produce field 2 Adult Hurling Teams and three Adult Football Teams and give games to the talent coming through and believe you me there is talent coming through.
Now is the time to drive our players forward.If we don't there are plenty of other sports waiting to poach those of our youth they haven't yet poached.
One of my grandsons Padraig plays under 11,and 12 hurling and football.They have good mentors and always give a good account of themselves and are well able for the big town teams.This is encouraging .
I am as proud as punch that Padraig and 46 other boys and girls under 12 from Dunderry were part of the crew who partook in a  Guinness World Record training session of 1772 kids who trained concurrently at hurling in  Croker last Sunday.
Well done.
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