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Cultec hurleys
Slasher O'Dea
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27-May-2008 19:30
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www.cultec.ie
Saw an article in the Examiner today about one of the Offaly hurlers who used one of these hurleys in the championship last weekend.
Anybody seen one or any info about them??
cicfada
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27-May-2008 20:47
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I spoke to one of the directors of the company today. I couldn`t believe the time that he spent talking to me about the hurls and the company! They are waiting for Athlone IT to complete a report on the hurls but orders are beginning to come in. My brother got one for his 16 year old son last year and he swears by it! The director said that the life of the hurl for an underage hurler could be up to 3 years! It remains to be how successful they are but it`s an interesting development with the scarcity of ash these days. One of my work colleagues is ordering one so I could let you know after his practical experience how he gets on!
Slasher O'Dea
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27-May-2008 20:52
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Very interesting development. Would be interested to see what the reaction will be from players.
A couple of points, no 35" availible. To me this would be one of the most in demand sizes so surprised that one is not availible in this size.
Also Goalkeepers? any hurley availible yet for them....
Do you know if they come in a standard shape or what?
whistlehappy
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27-May-2008 21:34
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Surely there has to be a question re insurance etc. Id rather a slap of an ash hurley across the shin than a carbon fibre hurley. They seem to be a bit of a gimmick and come in different colours. Made in Pakistan or China by all accounts, Its amazing what people will believe just because a guy spins a good story to journalists.
Caesar08
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27-May-2008 21:57
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Didnt john torpey try carbon fibre hurleys a few years back ..did nt really take off
FTJC
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27-May-2008 22:03
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Quick questions lads..
Is the bás a small Paddy O`Dea type or a forgiving Ben O`Connor/DJ Daly type?
The lack of a 35" option could cost them orders....
FTJC
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27-May-2008 22:07
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Originally posted by Caesar08:
Didnt john torpey try carbon fibre hurleys a few years back ..did nt really take off
Yes, but that one was heavy and bendy. The fact that this one is hollow and is more of a composite type could give it a chance...
whistlehappy
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27-May-2008 22:17
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A fast buck making operation by the importers. Heard them talking on rte radio about 18 mths ago and in fairness they were well able to talk it up. Bought 1 out of curiosity and showed it to a hurley maker and he actually showed me an identical 1 which was sent to him from Pakistan at a cost of approx €8.
FTJC
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30-May-2008 02:09
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Originally posted by whistlehappy:
A fast buck making operation by the importers. Heard them talking on rte radio about 18 mths ago and in fairness they were well able to talk it up. Bought 1 out of curiosity and showed it to a hurley maker and he actually showed me an identical 1 which was sent to him from Pakistan at a cost of approx €8.
Ya...but are they any good?...what are they like to hurl with?...what size is the bás?...do they have a good balance?
chewfáile
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30-May-2008 08:33
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Originally posted by FTJC:
Ya...but are they any good?...what are they like to hurl with?...what size is the bás?...do they have a good balance?
Lads, I took this off the www.uibhfhaili.com website so thanks to the good contributors there....
There might not have been too much of note in O`Moore Park on Sunday as Offaly dished out a 16-points defeat to Laois, but the game did mark one significant event.
Offaly wing-back Diarmuid Horan - whose father Padraig skippered them to their first All-Ireland in 1981 and heralded a glorious new era for hurling - made his championship debut.
However, what was noteworthy was that the 20-year old did not use a hurl made from ash. Instead, Horan used a graphite stick of synthetic materials which has been produced by an Offaly company following almost six years of research.
A number of alternatives to the ash hurl have been tried over the years but the acid test was always going to be when a player felt comfortable bringing it into the heat of senior championship hurling. A Ferbane-based company called Cultec, headed up by businessmen John Grehan and Tom Wright, has spent six years developing the product.
Grehan points out that every other sport in the world has moved away from timber - such tennis rackets, golf clubs, badminton rackets, fishing rods, baseball bats and snooker cues - and that it was only a matter of time before hurling did.
The fact that the Cultec hurls rarely break made them appealing to underage teams - they can be handed down - but Horan`s use in senior championship hurling is probably the most significant step forward in the sport in a long time.
The player himself says that he finds it better than the ash stick, pointing out that there is a cleaner and marginally longer strike.
We have all seen the advances in the likes of tennis and golf as science makes a bigger contribution to the rackets and clubs used.
It will be interesting to see the progress which will be made in hurling but there is no doubt, Diarmuid Horan`s use of a non-ash hurl in Portlaoise on Sunday represents a milestone for the sport.
From my own point of view, without knowing that he was using a different hurl, I thought young Horan was one of the better strikers of the ball that we had. He got plenty of length and when required, accuracy into his clearances last Sunday. Whatever about the hurl, the hurler has a look of class about him.
chewfáile
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30-May-2008 09:09
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Originally posted by chewfáile:
Lads, I took this off the www.uibhfhaili.com website so thanks to the good contributors there....
There might not have been too much of note in O`Moore Park on Sunday as Offaly dished out a 16-points defeat to Laois, but the game did mark one significant event.
Offaly wing-back Diarmuid Horan - whose father Padraig skippered them to their first All-Ireland in 1981 and heralded a glorious new era for hurling - made his championship debut.
However, what was noteworthy was that the 20-year old did not use a hurl made from ash. Instead, Horan used a graphite stick of synthetic materials which has been produced by an Offaly company following almost six years of research.
A number of alternatives to the ash hurl have been tried over the years but the acid test was always going to be when a player felt comfortable bringing it into the heat of senior championship hurling. A Ferbane-based company called Cultec, headed up by businessmen John Grehan and Tom Wright, has spent six years developing the product.
Grehan points out that every other sport in the world has moved away from timber - such tennis rackets, golf clubs, badminton rackets, fishing rods, baseball bats and snooker cues - and that it was only a matter of time before hurling did.
The fact that the Cultec hurls rarely break made them appealing to underage teams - they can be handed down - but Horan`s use in senior championship hurling is probably the most significant step forward in the sport in a long time.
The player himself says that he finds it better than the ash stick, pointing out that there is a cleaner and marginally longer strike.
We have all seen the advances in the likes of tennis and golf as science makes a bigger contribution to the rackets and clubs used.
It will be interesting to see the progress which will be made in hurling but there is no doubt, Diarmuid Horan`s use of a non-ash hurl in Portlaoise on Sunday represents a milestone for the sport.
From my own point of view, without knowing that he was using a different hurl, I thought young Horan was one of the better strikers of the ball that we had. He got plenty of length and when required, accuracy into his clearances last Sunday. Whatever about the hurl, the hurler has a look of class about him.
With further acknowledgement to Bell Shafted who I now see had quoted the above on another thread.
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