Renewed calls for Support for Ladies Footballers.

With Just over a week to go to their All-Ireland appearance against Armagh, the Waterford Ladies Football Board are appealing to G.A.A. Supporters to come out and help them offset the huge cost of appearing in an All-Ireland Final.

Through the teams sponsors, the Al Eile Stud farm in Kilgobnet, an open day will be held at the farm on Saturday September 29 from 12 noon till 2pm.

 

Those that turn up on the day will get to see an up close look around the farm that has sent out legendary horses like Al Eile after whom the farm in named and Finsceal Beo.

 

The players are also renewing their calls for people from right across the county to show up in Croke Park on the day. The County G.A.A. Website is not showing any other fixtures in the county for that day, so Gaelic Games lovers will have no excuse for not going to Dublin.

And with supporters now able to join the M8 at Mitchelstown, Cahir or Cashel or by using the M9 from Waterford, getting to Croke Park now takes much less time than it did when Waterford played in Croke Park in the past.

On the day those that turn out will get to meet the panel, who will sign autographs, have the photo taken with supporters and talk to those that turn out.

 
A guided tour of the farm will be given the opportunity to view an equine gym where Al Eile and Finsceal Beo would exercised in their racing days, and those present will also get the chance to see the horses at the farm exercised in the pool at the farm.

A bouncy castle will also be erected on the day for the young and young at heart to play on and they will also have the chance to have their face painted.
 

In Waterford, a lot is said of the effort put into preparing the counties senior hurling team, but each and every team put in the same effort and sometimes an even greater effort.

These teams often meet the cost of preparing the teams out of their own pockets. There are no G.P.A. grants available to those that play for instance Camogie or Ladies Football and therefore the time and energy put in by these players must only be admired even more.

There is no doubting that the players and the Waterford Ladies Football County Board would love to see as many people as possible turn out on the day. They have set a very reasonable admittance fee of €5 per car. In these tough economic times, even that is very reasonable. Most cars will accommodate 5 people, that’s just €1 per person. If those that are turning up on the day were to be even more generous, then all the better.