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donal domeney
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#1 Post by donal domeney »

I got this this morning via my club Secretary; it may be of interest to the casters to follow up.


Hi all,
At the Sports HQ in Blanchardstown there is ground available to develop into a casting area if anybody is interested. This offer won't stand for very long, so if interested in same, please let me know by Saturday, as I will be attending an ACI meeting early next week and I will raise the matter there.

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#2 Post by corbyeire »

i sent that onto sportscast ireland 2 years ago and around the ifsa via the national secretary - no reply - its a shame that resource is sitting there unused for the last 6 or 7 years
as the old addage goes - use it or lose it

if it was taken up - it could be used as a source of funding for all fishing and organisations within it - as its not a blood sport and would be looked on favourably

murmurs that it could become an olympic sport soon enough
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#3 Post by keithelliott »

Excuse my stupidity but what do you mean by a casting area??
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#4 Post by corbyeire »

you need a safe space to bang something out 200 metres
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#5 Post by Big rod »

A safe space is about 500m square the distance that those guys can crackoff !!!!
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#6 Post by paddyc »

Exactly how big of an area is it?
And what's in the surrounding areas?
As mentioned crack offs can travel a long way..

The last time I was approached about this as a venue was with Tom lillis (rip) but when I gave him our court diamentions and run off needed he said it wouldn't suitable!?
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#7 Post by corbyeire »

ACI secretary Jonathan Rice - secretaryaci1@gmail.com should be able to answer these questions
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