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#1
GAA Discussion / Re: Ulster Colleges
January 13, 2024, 12:13:20 PM
Quote from: skeog on January 13, 2024, 09:07:12 AMDoes Chrissy mc Kaigue teach in Maghera?

No, I think it's some sort of GPO set up that the school pay for.
#2
Antrim / Re: Antrim Hurling
January 09, 2024, 04:45:29 PM
Living in Derry according to Gaelic life report (account needed to view). Still playing with Cushendall.

https://www.gaeliclife.com/news/mcnaughton-one-of-the-new-faces-in-the-derry-hurling-panel/
#3
Antrim / Re: Antrim Hurling
November 22, 2023, 10:51:32 AM
Quote from: johnnycool on November 22, 2023, 09:07:36 AM
Quote from: SaffronSports on November 21, 2023, 05:50:33 PMI Heard Armagh is booked for something else so probably the best neutral option.

Pairc Esler, the new home of Ulster hurling.  ;D

Parking is tight in Newry in the run up to Christmas, but the Canal Court does a fine carvery lunch

Colour clash as well, what happened the last time they played?

Slaughtneil's main hurling top is white and maroon hoops. Predominantly white.

Link from last game shows they were ok wearing it;
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gaelic-games/34632201
#4
GAA Discussion / Re: Ulster Club IFC/JFC 2023
November 08, 2023, 10:03:21 AM
Quote from: Truth hurts on November 08, 2023, 09:53:50 AMIs Ballinderry definitely intermediate grade next season?

Ballinderry will be intermediate championship and division 1 league next year assuming all league changes stay in place.
#5
GAA Discussion / Re: Ulster Club IFC/JFC 2023
November 08, 2023, 09:00:49 AM
Quote from: onefineday on November 08, 2023, 01:20:47 AM
Quote from: Jimmy on November 07, 2023, 04:08:37 PMDerry are in the middle of a league and championship restructure that will take a couple of years to work itself out.

Moving from a 14 team senior and intermediate championship to 12 senior and intermediate championship and breaking the link from league and championship.

2 teams being relegated from grade above with no promotion this year. From 2024, it will be 1 up and 1 down. Glenullin are staying intermediate next year but are being joined by Ballinderry and Coleraine.

They were hoping to get it done last year but clubs objected when they realised they were in relegation bother.
What's the rationale behind these changes Jimmy?
Are we going the cavan route, league has no bearing on championship?
My ideal would have been keep it at 16 each and enforce the link between championship and league. 2 teams up and down each year, 1 team via league, 1 team via championship.

Couple of things came into to play but ultimately the main goal was to raise standards in intermediate and junior football. In a 16 team league you have a few going for 1st spot and 3/4 teams trying to avoid relegation and a lot in the middle just playing out games. Whereas a 12 team league would have more games with teams trying to win a league or avoid relegation.

You also have teams 13/14/15/16 along with the top 3/4 teams in old division 2 should make a fairly competitive league. In the old 16 team system when it came to championship, realistically teams 13/14/15/16 were never a factor, unless they happened to draw one another. I don't think the goal was to get better teams in the provincial intermediate and junior competitions, but is undoubtedly a by-product of the changes.

The split season also complicated matters. Even if Derry have an awful year, in the new system they will still be playing in June and clubs are unlikely to have access to county players. County players played no league games at all this year. Add in county under 20 and hurling, that's 4 panels of players that weren't available to clubs at a stage.

Senior hurlers got to Christy Ring final which was in June, under 20 footballers got to ulster final in May I think, and under 20 hurlers won the all Ireland B competition. All teams that have to be catered for and players that were unavailable to clubs in early part of year. It was no coincidence that bottom 5 clubs in early stages of league were all dual clubs at a stage. So I think breaking the link between league and championship is a fair enough move.

There was also time factor. Getting to 12 team division 1 and 2 had been on the cards for a while and it's quicker to run off a 12 team league rather than a 16 team league. But then changes to inter county season meant the expansion of group based championships so probably not that big a factor now.
#6
GAA Discussion / Re: Ulster Club IFC/JFC 2023
November 07, 2023, 04:08:37 PM
Derry are in the middle of a league and championship restructure that will take a couple of years to work itself out.

Moving from a 14 team senior and intermediate championship to 12 senior and intermediate championship and breaking the link from league and championship.

2 teams being relegated from grade above with no promotion this year. From 2024, it will be 1 up and 1 down. Glenullin are staying intermediate next year but are being joined by Ballinderry and Coleraine.

They were hoping to get it done last year but clubs objected when they realised they were in relegation bother.
#7
GAA Discussion / Re: Ulster Club SFC 2023
September 29, 2023, 11:35:08 AM
14 teams in Derry senior championship this year.

2 groups of 7 with top 4 qualifying for quarter finals. Games will be 1 v 4 and 2 v 3.

Glen Magherafelt and Slaughtneil guaranteed 1/4 final spots with Lavey more or less guaranteed a place.

Bottom 2 in each group face relegation playoff. Coleraine definately in that with Ballinderry and Loup likely to join them.
#8
Derry / Re: Derry Club Football & Hurling
August 28, 2023, 02:37:30 PM
2 go down and no one comes up this year.

It'll be one down and one up from next year onwards.
#10
Derry / Re: Derry Club Football & Hurling
September 28, 2022, 03:04:59 PM
Quote from: Fionntamhnach on September 28, 2022, 02:17:34 PM
Quick question from me again - as the Derry SFC is planned to be reduced from 16 to 12 teams for 2023, from what I see the plan to do this involves relegating four teams in four separate relegation play-off among the eight 1st knockout round losers. Does this mean that this year's IFC winners won't be competing in the 2023 SFC?

Yes - no promotion for this year only. In order for IFC winner to come up you'd have to relegate 5 teams in order to keep the 12 team league for next year. Also the IFC winners are effectively the 17th best team in Derry. You'd be putting them in with the 11 best teams in Derry for 2023 which would be a stuffing match for majority of the games. It goes to 1 up and 1 down from next year I believe.
#11
Derry / Re: Derry Club Football & Hurling
August 22, 2022, 11:32:19 AM
4 teams get relegated from championship this year leaving a 12 team league and championship for 2023.
#12
Derry / Re: Derry Club Football & Hurling
April 25, 2022, 04:10:18 PM
Click on the competition name on the results page;

https://derrygaa.ie/results/?countyBoardID=7&compGroupID=87103&leagueTable=y
#13
GAA Discussion / Re: Ulster Colleges
February 26, 2022, 09:12:11 PM
Congress was actually held in the dome today.
#14
GAA Discussion / Re: McKenna Cup 2022
January 09, 2022, 04:00:05 PM
Unlimited subs in the McKenna cup. I assume the same for all the pre-season competitions.
#15
Antrim / Re: ANTRIM HURLING
December 10, 2021, 10:01:02 PM
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on December 10, 2021, 07:23:27 PM

Will they move the other game to a sensible time?

Slaughtneil camogie playing All Ireland semi final at 12pm in Ashbourne on same day.