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Weekly Notes - 22nd February 2006

The Dinner Dance (DD). Final Instalment. "And about time too; you’ve milked that cow well enough". Not quite.

We are all acquainted with the caveat designated for those called upon to deliver post-event expressions of gratitude viz. never name names because you are bound to forget some worthy of mention. Unwisely, in our account of DD to date, names have been named and important names forgotten - those who do not learn from history are destined to repeat its mistakes! To-day’s appendix, it is hoped, will earn us the right to shed the sackcloth and ashes. Apropos, there was the special presentation to Síle O’Neill for her work in setting up and maintaining the club’s web-site. In making the presentation, Chairman Oliver Leonard thanked Síle for establishing a presence for the club on the mysterious (for those of us of a certain age) e-superhighway. A treasury of information about the club and its activities, the site – www.greystonesgaa.com – is regularly updated by Síle and is really worth a visit. Appropriate comments, photos etc. for display on the site should be mailed to news@greystonesgaa.com. No more than with this column, the value and currency of the site as a database depends on your inputs. To date there have been in excess of 4.5K hits on the site. Let me assure the more cynical among you that this is not an artificially inflated figure – visits by Síle’s family to the site are not registered.

On the night, the last verbal contribution came from our own Brendan Cuddihy who on this occasion was wearing his Coiste an Chontae hat – besides being manager of the county hurling team he is chairman of the county hurling development committee. He assured us that the board is very appreciative of the club’s generosity in placing its facilities at the board’s disposal and in providing mentors for county teams. Whatever about his hat, some of us felt that the colour of his tie was particularly inappropriate and did nothing at all for hurling ecumenism. Nevertheless we wish him well in his endeavours with the blue and gold.

Ladies football aficianados often complain that their game does not get the publicity or the support it deserves. Few would in fact disagree with this. But where does the fault lie? These thoughts struck me when chance brought me to our field on Sunday where a Suzuki league match between Tipperary and Down was in progress. It was a closely contested game abounding with displays of skill and athleticism and which ended in high drama. Tipp were leading by 2 points and with time running out Down, somewhat against the run of play, grabbed a great goal. From the kick-out a Tipp player got possession and, in a series of beautifully angled runs, weaved her way for a full 70 yards through a dumbstruck Down defence to shoot an intelligently directed ball to the net. As good a movement as you are likely to see in any sport. But here’s the rub. Spectators were thin on the ground and proceedings had the hallmark of the activities of a secret society! What publicity had the game got? Ladies, like the little red hen, you will have to do it for yourselves.