Three Hours of Sunlight Per Day Ulster Senior Football Club Championship 2013

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Ulster Senior Football Club Championship

Sunday 20th October
Preliminary Round:
Ballinderry Shamrocks(Derry) v Clonoe O'Rahillys(Tyrone)   
Celtic Park


Sunday 3rd November
Quarter Finals:
Gleann tSuilí(Donegal) v St Galls(Antrim)
2-30pm   Ballybofey

Roslea Shamrocks(Fermanagh) v Ballinagh(Cavan)
2-30pm   Brewster Park           

Kilcoo Eoghan Rua(Down) v Crossmaglen Rangers(Armagh)
2-30pm   Páirc Esler           

Scotstown(Monaghan) v Ballinderry Shamrocks(Derry)             
2-30pm   Clones


Sunday 17th November
Semi Finals:
Donegal/Antrim v Fermanagh/Cavan
Down/Armagh v Monaghan/Derry/Tyrone


Sunday 1st December
Final

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Ulster Intermediate Football Club Championship
Sunday 20th October
Preliminary Round:
Armagh v Derry
Athletic Grounds

Sunday 3rd November
Quarter Finals:
Cavan v Antrim
Breffni Park

Tyrone v Fermanagh
Omagh

Monaghan v Down
Clones

Donegal v Armagh/Derry
(Donegal v Armagh - Ballybofey) (Donegal v Derry - Celtic Park)

Sunday 17th November
Semi Finals:
Cavan/Antrim v Tyrone/Fermanagh
Monaghan/Down v Armagh/Derry/Donegal

Sunday 1st December
Final


Ulster Junior Football Club Championship
Sunday 20th October
Preliminary Round:
Antrim v Down


Sunday 3rd November
Quarter Finals:
Cavan v Armagh
Breffni Park

Monaghan v Derry
Clones

Fermanagh v Donegal
Brewster Park

Tyrone v Antrim/Down
(Tyrone v Antrim - Omagh) (Tyrone v Down - Páirc Esler)

Sunday 17th November
Semi Finals
Cavan/Armagh v Monaghan/Derry
Fermanagh/Donegal v Antrim/Down/Tyrone

Sunday 1st December
Final

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Ulster Senior Hurling Club Championship
Sunday 6th October
Quarter Final:
Fermanagh v Armagh

Sunday13th October
Semi Finals:
Antrim v Down

Fermanagh/Armagh v Derry


Sunday 27th October
Final:

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Ulster Intermediate Hurling Club Championship
A Club that has previously won this Provincial Championship shall not participate for five years after their previous win. This applies in a County where Junior, Intermediate and Senior Championship are organised. A Club shall have participated in their County Championship for three years after their previous win.  This applies in a County where less than three Championships are organised. A County Board must apply to Comhairle Uladh for regrading if necessary.

If any other team than Keady or Middletown were to win the Armagh Senior Hurling Championship, then they would compete in the Ulster Intermediate Championship in 2013.
(Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Donegal, Fermanagh, Monaghan and Tyrone)

Sunday 6th October
Quarter Finals:
Derry v Tyrone
Celtic Park       

Donegal v Antrim
Ballybofey

Armagh   Bye

Monaghan   Bye   

Sunday 13th October
Semi Finals:
Derry/Tyrone v Donegal/Antrim
Armagh v Monaghan

Sunday 27th October
Final

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Ulster Junior Hurling Club Championship
A Club that has previously won this Provincial Championship shall not participate for five years after their previous win. This applies in a County where Junior, Intermediate and Senior Championship are organised. A Club shall have participated in their County Championship for three years after their previous win.  This applies in a county where less than three Championships are organised. A County Board must apply to Comhairle Uladh for regrading if necessary.

If Castleblayney win the Monaghan Championship, or Naomh Colum Cille win the Tyrone Championship or Burt win the Donegal Championship then they would compete in the Ulster Intermediate Championship in 2013, unless Comhairle Uladh decide otherwise.

Sunday 29th September
Preliminary Round
Derry v Donegal
Celtic Park           

Sunday 6th October
Quarter Finals:
Armagh v Monaghan
Athletic Grounds

Tyrone v Fermanagh
Omagh

Down v Antrim
Páirc Esler

Cavan v Derry/Donegal
(Cavan v Derry - Breffni Park) (Cavan v Donegal - Ballybofey)

Sunday13th October
Semi Finals:
Armagh/Monaghan v Tyrone/Fermanagh
Down/Antrim v Derry/Donegal/Cavan

Sunday 27th October
Final

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Draw for Donegal Senior Football Championship 2013.
Gone are the Home and Away 1st Round matches.
Four Groups of four instead with the leading two teams at the end of the three matches going through to the Quarter Finals.
The first two drawn out in each Group will have two Home games. (Teams below are as they were drawn out)
(Scoring differences will count in deciding who goes forward to the Quarter Finals in the event of teams finishing level on points)

Group 1
Naomh Adhamhnáin
Málainn
Naomh Conaill
Cloch Cheann Fhaola

Group 2
Ard a'Rátha
Na Ceithre Maistirí
Seán Mac Cumhaill
Gleann Fhinne

Group 3
Gaoth Dobhair
Na Cealla Beaga
An Tearmann
An Clochán Liath

Group 4
Bun Dobhráin
Naomh Mícheál
Cill Chartha
Gleann tSuilí

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Ulster Senior Football Club Championship

Sunday 20th October
Preliminary Round:
Derry v Tyrone
Celtic Park

Sunday 3rd November
Quarter Finals:
Donegal v Antrim
Ballybofey

Fermanagh v Cavan
Brewster Park           

Down v Armagh
Páirc Esler           

Monaghan v Derry/Tyrone             
(Monaghan v Derry - Clones) (Monaghan v Tyrone - Omagh)


Sunday 17th November
Semi Finals:
Donegal/Antrim v Fermanagh/Cavan
Down/Armagh v Derry/Tyrone/Monaghan


Sunday 1st December
Final

I really think it was time that the whole issue of fixture scheduling was re-assessed by the GAA. The whole club series should be started 2 weeks earlier and the AI club series finished off before Christmas. The GAA is still rooted to old ideals of playing the club finals on St Patricks day but its ludicrous to play AI club semi finals 12 weeks after the previous round. Asking players to train maybe 30-40 times for one match is completely ridiculous, imagine trying to explain that to someone who knew nothing about the sport. Also any momentum that a team had built up before Christmas is gone by the time they play again in mid February.

If the AI Intercounty series was scheduled to finish the 1st week of September that would free up 3 full months to play off the club series which should be more than adequate.

[theticklemister]

Spot on yellow card.

[Onion Bag]

you are 100% correct, I have argued this for a long long time,

[Corkey22]

Agree, its as if they drag the whole thing out just for the novelty of playing it on St Patrick's Day

[Milltown Row2]

Yes lads I can see where you are going, but as a club man watching your team walk out on at Croke Park on St Paddy's day is the best feeling in the world. We've been there a couple of times on Paddy's day, some craic.

There are a few posters here who have had that day out, they will all say the same thing, but on reflection believe it may need changing, but if a player has that chance to play in Croke Park, they'll want that feeling on any day of the year but Paddy's day is something else

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Armagh Senior Football Championship
Pearse Óg v Dromintee
Granemore v Armagh Harps
Ballymacnab v Culloville
Whitecross v St Patrick's
Killeavy v Maghery

Ballymacnab/Culloville v Granemore/Harps
Sarsfields v Whitecross/St Patrick's
Crossmaglen v Pearse Óg/Dromintee
Carrickcruppen v Killeavy/Maghery

[brokencrossbar1]

Nevermind the feelings that MR2 describes above but the reality is that even within counties there is far too much fixture congestion.  The only way to run the whole lot,club and county, off in a single calender year is to scrap the back door system at club and county level and start the club championships at a sensible time. For example, the Armagh championship doesn't start until August!  I think Down is similar. 

Simply saying that starting the games earlier also fails to comprehend how difficult it is to play/train in November, the club finals are to be the showcase for the 'grass-roots' and people want to relegate them to potential mudbaths?  And that would just be the football, would it be right to have the best club hurlers playing in a quagmire? I think what might be more feasible is that the county schedule be changed back to the way it used to be in terms of the National League and then bring forward the championship by 3-4 weeks with AI finals being played at the end of August/early September.  Scrap the McKenna cup etc and simply have NL games running Oct/ November and Feb/March.

[mackers]

Simply saying that starting the games earlier also fails to comprehend how difficult it is to play/train in November, the club finals are to be the showcase for the 'grass-roots' and people want to relegate them to potential mudbaths?  And that would just be the football, would it be right to have the best club hurlers playing in a quagmire?

The club finals are played in Croke Park so they won't be played in a quagmire no matter what time of the year they're run off.

[Milltown Row2]

Nevermind the feelings that MR2 describes above but the reality is that even within counties there is far too much fixture congestion.  The only way to run the whole lot,club and county, off in a single calender year is to scrap the back door system at club and county level and start the club championships at a sensible time. For example, the Armagh championship doesn't start until August!  I think Down is similar. 

Simply saying that starting the games earlier also fails to comprehend how difficult it is to play/train in November, the club finals are to be the showcase for the 'grass-roots' and people want to relegate them to potential mudbaths?  And that would just be the football, would it be right to have the best club hurlers playing in a quagmire? I think what might be more feasible is that the county schedule be changed back to the way it used to be in terms of the National League and then bring forward the championship by 3-4 weeks with AI finals being played at the end of August/early September.  Scrap the McKenna cup etc and simply have NL games running Oct/ November and Feb/March.

I'm all for running it off in a calender year and would be in favour of the backdoor system being changed to an open draw. But getting counties to run off their championships before the end of September is going to be difficult, the counties left in the latter stages of the the All Ireland will not have their players available for clubs, counties would also need to have straight knockout championships instead of group stages, so many things to change.

And then you run the provincial championships and get them finished before when? The pitches are shite in November and December