Minor Player Rules for 2016

[mylestheslasher]

Apologies for starting a new thread, I think there was another one somewhere else but I couldn't find it. I was wondering does anyone know if the rule regarding minor players playing senior with their club has been finalised yet. I understood this was a rule coming from Croke park but I have seen nothing official yet. What I have heard are varying different opinions on what the rule is.

So does anyone have the new rule in writing?

[AZOffaly]

Here you are...

rom Treoraí Oifigiúil 2015
Age Grades
To be eligible for the Grades listed hereunder, a player
shall meet the respective stated age criteria:
Adult: Be over 16 years.
Chapter 6 GA
MES &
COMPETITIONS
85
Under-21: Be Under 21 years and Over 16 years.
Minor (Under 18):
- Club - Be Under 18 years and Over 14 years.
- Inter-County Be Under 18 years and Over 16 years
Under 16: Be Under 16 years and Over 12 years.
Under 14: Be Under 14 years and Over 10 years.
Under 12: Be Under 12 years and Over 9 years.
(From 1st January 2016, the following changes shall apply:
Adult
- Club - be over 17 years
- Inter-County - be over 18 years
Under 21
- Club - be under 21 years and over 16 years
- Inter-County - be under 21 years and over 18 years)
To be "Under" an age shall mean that the player shall
celebrate the Upper Limit birthday (e.g. 21st. for Under
21 Grade) on the 1st. January of the Championship Year
or on a later date.
To be "Over" an age shall mean that the player shall
have celebrated the Lower Limit birthday (e.g. 16th. to
participate in Senior/Under 21 Grades) prior to the 1st.
January of the Championship Year.
Adult shall include Senior, Intermediate and Junior
Grades.
Girls may participate only up to and including the Under
12 Grade.
Note: In the interests of the avoidance of any doubt
regarding Age Grade eligibility, Championship Year
shall mean the Calendar Year in which the Competition
is commenced. In the event that the Competition
is completed in a subsequent Calendar Year, such
circumstances shall not be construed so as to allow a
player who was ineligible, by reason of age, at the date
of the commencement of the Competition to play in the
Competition at any time up to and including the date of
its conclusion.

[AZOffaly]

This is the original thread by the way..

http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=26223.0

[mylestheslasher]

Thanks.

So to play with your club next year you must be 17 years old prior to the 1st Jan 2016.

[AZOffaly]

Yes, you must be in your last year as a minor.