Mapping out a future for GAA clubs in a changing sports landscape

It has continued to develop the system in partnership with People and Place, a research company based out of Maynooth University.

By accumulating the data, different forecasts can be made. Firstly, the number of members in any given club can be mapped against the local population in that club’s catchment area. “For some clubs that could mean that, based on the numbers of kids in the area starting school, we could be saying to them, ‘Look, you are okay now but in five or six years you might start feeling the pinch with regards to playing numbers.’ So that gives the club a lead-in time to plan a strategy.”

“But if a club is informed they will need to get another pitch, then that’s a much more difficult issue. You have so many elements to that challenge – from cost to actual availability of an accessible field. As with similar data systems, the key is not necessarily to collect the figures but rather to siphon the pertinent information and present it in an understandable way so those who need it can then use it.

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