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26th April 2016
I agree that there is excellent coverage of what games are on and easily accessed by the GAA fraternity. This is very positive. What I was referring to was maybe going beyond our traditional fan base and letting people who have never seen a Hurling or Gaelic football match 'experience' it! I'm not sure how you target, plan or promote that but it could be the highlight of many a person's holiday? And once it started with all the social media at their disposal it could be self promoting. It could be a cultural experience that they might never savour again! That Game of Thrones stuff has brought loads of folk in and around North Antrim every day - from everywhere.
25th April 2016
Good to see the updates regarding all teams out competing at the weekend. From a PR perspective I think it would be nice to see the names (and clubs) representing each of the panels.
Good feedback and noted Sean. Thank you.
25th April 2016
Antrim are starting to build, Picking up pieces from social media and speaking to parents the underage boys had a good day on Saturday both in Belfast and at Castledawson. The results from the underage County Development Squad matches were very encouraging this weekend. All the more impressive being that the opponents were the kingpins ‘Kilkenny’. The two U14 regional development squads (Casements and Slemish) both narrowly defeated our guests. The U15 County Squad had a comprehensive victory over the Cats Development Squad as did the U16's who I am lead to believe have an 'exceptional' squad this year, fingers crossed these guys will work as hard as Kilkenny between now and minor level, we don’t want to drop back. Our minors played both Dublin and Kilkenny U17s with good wins in both matches. At the same time as this was happening the Minor Footballers were beating Derry in the Shield which is also a step in the right direction. It would be good to get a line or two from the parents/mentors/coaches who were at the matches as any good news story should be broadcast countywide.
Well said Club Coach AND our hurlers won well whilst our footballers graced Croke Park only to be defeated, but gained promotion to Division 3.
If parents / mentors / coaches read this - feel free to email me good news stories and i will post them on our various social media outlets.
The Official Twitter Account- @AontroimGAA has grown from 3029 followers from December 15 to 6354 followers !
Our Official Facebook page- Official Antrim GAA has grown from 2954 followers from December to 7494 followers!
Instagram- Official_Antrim_GAA is new and up and running for the younger Antrim Gaels - 501 followers .
Keep your messages coming from your clubs and they will be shared. I must add that the clubs using these platforms to communicate events etc are all to be commended.
Last tip: Stay away from negative people they have a problem for every solution!
Thank you for your positive comments.
25th April 2016
Could we not do more to let people know what games are on - I know those that know do know! But we have a marvellous spectacle in hurling ( biased!) that people should know about? Even once per month select games in different areas and promote and invite people/ the public? They don't have to be what we consider to be the top games. It could make someone's day!
All games are promoted on our Website, Facebook and Twitter. The Kilkenny visit was promoted on FB & Twitter John and on the Antrim games and Development Website.
All clubs will be promoted and yes I intend to promote many clubs, events and games during the year.
Great Ideas #KeepThemComing We have big plans for the year! #PositivityWILLDefeatNegativity
Ps We are on Instagram as well.
22nd April 2016
The members of An Coiste Bainisti would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our senior footballers and their management team on promotion to Div 3. We also wish them the very best of luck for tomorrow's league final against Louth in Croke park 4pm. Tomorrow is also a very important day for our senior hurlers and their new management team as they play Kildare in Parnell park at 1pm in the Christy Ring cup. Good luck and safe travel to all our sportsmen and supporters heading to Dublin. Let's get behind both teams on this very important day for Antrim GAA and let's bring some colour to Dublin.
21st April 2016
Should we not expect definitive progress reports and updates re plans for what is happening and intended to happen at Dunsilly?
Club delegates are informed monthly regarding Dunsilly. An update will be provided this Monday at the County Committee meeting.
21st April 2016
When will the championship dates be posted
They should be up early next week.
20th April 2016
While I commend the amount of effort our PRO is putting into promoting Antrim GAA on Twitter would it be possible to please turn off the Rebel Mouse responses as it clogs up feeds considering the amount of retweets that come through. Important information is being skipped over due to just scrolling past Antrim GAA tweets
We use rebel mouse to promote our clubs and provide newsletters to those subscribed to it. It works very well for the clubs and its users.
6th April 2016
Hi - when will the Div 4 hurling fixtures be posted on the website?
On website now.
4th April 2016
. Are there any grading restrictions placed on the new teams in Div 3 - Ballinascreen and Eoghan Ruadh? Do they play their senior or senior reserve teams in the ACHL Div 3?
All teams as part of entry into the all county leagues are subject to antrim bye laws. Ballinascreen as a senior club will grade 15 players and they will not play in their all county team. Eoghan Ruadh will grade 15 but they are of intermediate standard equivalent to the antrim clubs in div 3
28th March 2016
The club is holding an evening to celebrate the life and times of Roger Casement on Saturday, 2 April at 8pm in the hall on Main St, Portglenone. All welcome.
26th March 2016
good luck to all the teams in the Joe Cahill tournament at the O'Donnells GAC today
22nd March 2016
Absolutely uplifting to read the words of Gearoid Robinson to commemorate the values of Roger Casement and their relevance to the GAA and our contemporary society. The outworking of those sentiments into deeds of inclusivity is an opportunity for us in our time. Hopefully Gearoid's address is widely publicised.
16th March 2016
All the best to Ruairi Ogs Cushendall in the their quest for all Ireland glory senior hurling from An Coiste Bainisti. We're sure you will represent your club and county with honour and distinction just like the many clubs at all grades and codes that went before you. Hon the Ruairi's......
15th March 2016
Joe Compston is running a bus to Croke Park on St Patricks day for the Club Finals. The bus departs from Casement at 9.30am and leaves Dublin at 6.30pm. Contact Joe for more information on 07719 952072 & to reserve a space .