@Robbyfootyfocus@ConnaireMcG@IrishFA Less than 2/3 full for a cup final is really poor.. Imagine 2 English towns of similar populations to Coleraine & Dungannon in a Wembley final - bus companies booked out & extra trains put on. 2/3 full at Wembley = over 3 times full at Windsor. We're not selling our local game.
It's another busy day of hockey fixtures for AMBUTRAN with one crew in Cookstown for the U13 finals and another at Playball for the final 6 of the senior clubs finals.
After a 2 - 0 defeat in their opening match against Cookstown High, Ashton School is hoping to get some points on the board in their second match against Bandon Grammar.
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@ConnaireMcG Largely agree, but having seen Crusaders many times this season, including last night against Carrick, I reckon they could be in the play-off if they don't improve on consistency.
@ConnaireMcG@gordonlyons1@CommunitiesNI@sinnfeinireland@GildernewColm Grounds need improvements but not multi seater stands, which will never be filled. Most grounds need better toilets, catering & PA systems. 3G pitches are generating revenue for clubs that have them. If public funds were spent on a 3G pitch a club would be more sustainable.
AMBUTRAN is at Seaview this afternoon for the match between Crusaders and Dungannon Swifts, the first ever Irish Premier League match to have a female referee. Well done, Louise Thompson.
AMBUTRAN's second Irish Cup tie of the weekend is at Solitude, where Premier League Cliftonville are hosting Mid-Ulster Intermediate League side, Banbridge Rangers. The junior side have brought a good amount of supporters who are in full voice, although currently trailing 1 - 0.
Regent House has schools cup, seconds cup, and medallion bowl fixtures in the next few weeks, so they ended the holidays and started their preparations for the 3 teams with matches yesterday against Ballyclare High School.
Some walked, some ran, and some raced, but who cares how they did it. The important thing was that the participants were all raising valuable funds for the fight against cancers at today's Jog On Cancer event at Lurgan Park.
Ambutran's first schools' rugby matches of the New Year were today at Campbell College, where there were 2 senior matches against Clongowes Wood and 2 junior matches against Bangor Grammar.
@ConnaireMcG@OfficialNIFL@Gerardlawlor75 No matter what prixe fund there is for any competition the rich will get richer until the prize fund is split right down to the opening rounds. £5K for knocked out in R1 would be a significant boost to lower level clubs.
@ConnaireMcG@CommunitiesNI@gordonlyons1 Connaire, £428K for consultancy regarding alcohol licensing legislation? Is licensing not a responsibility of our devoted government? If we have to spend £428K should the tender at least not be limited to NI firms instead of sending £428K public funds out of the NI economy?