No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

The gap at the bottom is normally filled with a rubber mat. It’s to stop the door from sticking in the ground when the trailer is fully tipped. The ones without the gap are probably hydraulic “up and over” doors and these don’t come anywhere near the ground.

Never got the tap on the shoulder myself growing up in the club either, the club would be a mad hurling club no talk of football and the auld fella wouldnt entertain the idea of playing rugby either. Lost interest before 16 tipped away swimming and gymming a bit then and took up rugby with a local team who played mainly against the bottom of the barrell teams from Dublin at the time. Great craic and gained fair confidence out of it but a bang on the head a few years back has me afraid of my shite about going back. I got into triathalons since then and you couldnt compare the sense of community/belonging in the club compared to the GAA clubs. Im always back of the pack running/cycling but id be in the middle of the club swimming wise but there was never once a word said about being to slow or the likes in all the time im there. The rest of the members are just delighted to see progress compared to the first night you joined. Wouldnt mind going back to rugby now as ive a lot more fitness and build since i last played properly but the fear of injury is still there. Even thought about going giving hurling a go for the social side of it as i played football overseas before and had mighty craic. 120+kgs with a fair bit of stamina and speed built up would be a sight to see on the hurling field however after seeing the **** that went on in underage i couldnt go back into a club like it. What really turned me off the club here was at my mothers wake where i was chatting to a close neighbour about life in general when another neighbour who i havent time for who big into the club came over sympathised with me and started talking about hurling non stop and how he played this way and that way back in the day and how he does this and does that, i had to walk away and couldnt even finish the chat with the other fella. Same fella plagued me the following morning telling me how he manages the parking for matches and he has it under control here and how he was up all night thinking of where he was going to get lads to stand on the road for the main day of the wake. Best thing a young lad could do is get away from the club and out in the world if there gonna turn out like that.

Sad to see I'm not the only one who got a rough time at the local club.

All it takes is one individual and it can ruin your confidence for years. Didn't even get to travel to train with the team or go to a single match.

Refused to go back when I was 12. Missed out greatly on the social side, but I couldn't keep going through that.

I’m heavily involved in my local club. The coaching at underage is fantastic now compared to when we were doing it. It is all about skill development. I wish I knew now when I was young. Hurling is fine at u7. When u move to u9s & u11 hurling is no longer ground hurling and you see players drifting off as the can’t develop the skills or become afraid of getting hurt.

the parents would sicken you though. The ones that rarely turn up are the first to the queue when something is being given out for free and want their Johnny to be midfield and captain but are back of the queue when it comes to fundraising or helping out .

most coaches try to be fair as possible.

She's hardly a socialist though? More a contrarian with love for autocrats to me.

Seems like a made-up story, in which case, it's not really very funny.

Or if its not a story, and the man actually runs a campsite for tourists, he won't be in business too long with an attitude like that!

I think it's very funny but true

buy the best you can afford, it is your head after all. I know you can get open face helmets for motorsport but cost anything from 200 euro upwards.

I can post this here as of anonymity.

I was invited to speak by a vet organiser (not my own) at a regenerative conference thingy in a local town. Apparently a seller of carbon dust in conjunction with them were organising this whole thing. In passing on the phone call I mentioned you can overdo it with the dust and I wouldn't recommend it for youngstock or cows with low milk urea. Surprise surprise I never heard no more of the invite again. It'll probably arrive now after the event. 🤣

If you lie you only cod yourself.

Be true to yourself. It's how the world should work. I'll watch from afar and go to the other events that don't require €50 as admission fee.

All out since last week of March.

Spread it when there is a dew.

Plenty of dew I’m the mornings and late evening id imagine. I’m going with some tomorrow anyhow, rightly or wrongly

What is the length of your rotation?

Just a reminder that the BISS application deadline is midnight tonight.