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09/02/2008, 10:35 PM
bennocelt

Sports Grants

Just wondering what ye guys made of the grants?

Baton Twirling got 15,250 Euro. Can anyone please tell me what the hell that is?

Road Bowling, 20, 422. For what? To upgrade facilities?

Golf, 161,143. Isnt it a rich enough sport already?

Horseshoe pitching, 5,850. ?????

ladies Golf, 131,000.

ONAKAI 13,500. Whats this?

Caving, 26,500

Tug of war, 27,900. The ropes obviously that they use are quality

The underwater council, 67, 605, the what???

anyway pretty much every sport got something
09/02/2008, 10:48 PM
Con-Con

ONAKAI don't have a clue what that is!
And what the hell is caving?
09/02/2008, 10:49 PM
micls

Official National Karate Association of Ireland

First google result
10/02/2008, 11:13 AM
Rovers fan

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Originally Posted by bennocelt

Golf, 161,143. Isnt it a rich enough sport already?

only for about 300 people. There are lots of professional golfers who struggle to make a living. There's a few pros who play tournaments on a circuit over here and they win fcuk all money.
11/02/2008, 8:57 AM
ifk101

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Originally Posted by bennocelt

Horseshoe pitching, 5,850. ?????

Yes I know what this is. It's fairly popular with "old" pub go-ers in Carlow, Laois and Kildare. I know the game by another name - not sure of the spelling but it sounds like "Meghers". Basically two metal rods are placed in the ground about 30 feet from each other and auld lads throw horseshoes at these rods with the objective of getting them as close as possible to the rods.

Has nobody else heard of this game?
11/02/2008, 2:46 PM
deecay

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Originally Posted by Rovers fan

only for about 300 people. There are lots of professional golfers who struggle to make a living. There's a few pros who play tournaments on a circuit over here and they win fcuk all money.

To be fair,no one cares about golf
11/02/2008, 3:45 PM
bennocelt

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Originally Posted by ifk101

Yes I know what this is. It's fairly popular with "old" pub go-ers in Carlow, Laois and Kildare. I know the game by another name - not sure of the spelling but it sounds like "Meghers". Basically two metal rods are placed in the ground about 30 feet from each other and auld lads throw horseshoes at these rods with the objective of getting them as close as possible to the rods.

Has nobody else heard of this game?

ta
but do they need a grant for this, which sounds like a game any one could put up at the back of their house
11/02/2008, 4:03 PM
ifk101

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Originally Posted by bennocelt

ta
but do they need a grant for this, which sounds like a game any one could put up at the back of their house

Same as football really ;)

But joking aside, they do have national championships and there are a number of clubs in the counties I mentioned.
11/02/2008, 4:07 PM
GavinZac

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Originally Posted by ifk101

Same as football really ;)

But joking aside, they do have national championships and there are a number of clubs in the counties I mentioned.

Thats gas.

A far more popular sport, with near 100% population participation, is rubbish-throwing; the artful game of launching an exhausted sweet wrapper or breakfast roll tinfoil covering to a 1 foot x 1 foot office bin. Double scores for no rim, halve scores for in off the wall -unless- from an obstructed position.

�5000 please.