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Normally regulations will say 'Finish on the Day' but may not be explicit in terms of how many periods of extra time are required. People expect that penalties would be the final determining factor to get a result. How many periods of extra time could then be left open to interpretation if not completely made clear in the regulations.

Presumably some official at the Junior final got it right, at someone in the senior game got it wrong.

It won't be the club who decides they stay at a certain level for the following year. That is determined by the County/ Provincial Council.

Further detail below.... The original programme was vastly oversubscribed and closed after a couple of days. It was then re-opened. Who was succesful in the first tranche was more likely down to who got their application earliest. There was no deadline on the second tranche and I don't think a report on succesful applicants has been produced yet.

http://www.sportni.net/funding/our-funding-programmes/sports-hardship-fund-2/

http://www.sportni.net/sportni/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SHF-Summary-10.08.20.pdf

Or not!!    Last I was speaking to cormac.   He was very clear in his reasons.

Just wouldn't be sure if that...

Sleeping Giant are you going to retract your incorrect statement about Cormac Donnelly or not?

It didn't take long for the usual suspects to jump on the anti winker bandwagon. 

If I am a usual suspect then I take no care or worry about whatever Watson has decided. I will however stand up for a fella like Cormac Donnelly who I have a lot of respect for and if comments were in my opinion incorrectly attributed to him I will defend that

whats typical about it.   his heads not in it, so hes not going to be available.  same as cormac.  whats the problem?

There's nothing wrong with Cormacs head according to his interview last week. It's his body that is the problem and there's a fair difference there SG

Best ever Antrim juvenile team?

http://www.odonovanrossagac.ie/index.php/u16s-hurlers-make-mine-a-double/

A good team that's for sure but we weren't a million miles behind them (and beat them by 10 points earlier this year)

It's hard to say how good a team is compared to others- for example we had a minor team a couple of years ago that went unbeaten all year to win our only Ulster Minor title and they were even put down with our own club. We've had teams with Graffin, Shane, Neil, McGill, Carson etc on the one team then had likes of Karl, Mick Monty, Decky McK, Odhran S etc go win Minor titles. The big thing will to see how many make senior level. Only fair to judge then

But there are definitely some nice hurlers on that Rossa team, as with last years U16 team also

I THINK it may have been St. John & st galls in the football final.

Have to agree fines are counter productive just move money around robbing clubs of resources.
Find another sanction.

I would imagine that was the total for the hurling and football finals. And I think they were dropped on appeal

Any word of a backroom team for the county?

Good win for us on Saturday. It doesn't gloss over the championship exit but at least it was a positive end to the season.

I had said that I thought the ref was good in the U21 Final but he was very poor on Saturday- he looked as if he was struggling to get around the pitch. He can have good and bad games like any players. Happened to be that the U21 Final was in the most a clean competitive game

On the incidents themselves during the game, is this is what is being suggested

Neil deserved a red for a yellow card offence because he's got a bad history
Shane got a red and deserved a red, because it was a red card offence
Johnny C got a yellow card instead of a blatant red because he's not a dirty hurler
Skinner got no card instead of a blatant red for striking at the end (I'm lost to explain that one)
Conor Carson deserved a red for tackling players (when he got horrible abuse from the home 'support' the whole game. Just because they houl lowdly)

As I say it was good to end the year positively with the performance from Eoghan Campbell who scored 4/5 points a real boost for ourselves.

Pat Hamill, John Campbell, Liam Donnelly and Dessie Donnelly also included

[Some of those guys on that forum have dedicated their lives]

"Sounds like another talking shop, with the associated travelling expenses".

Bit harsh that comment. Some of those guys on that forum have dedicated their lives to hurling promotion either at club or county level. Surely its a brainstorming focus group that hopefully will point things towards a better hurling foundation across the county.

I`d go as far as to say none of them would submit a mileage claim for the like of this. Good luck to them.

Some have taken a 20 years break.................

Junior Final was a draw. Cloughmills pipped St Paul's by a point

They have a small panel- only had 17/18 all year