Ulster Under 21 Football Club Championship (at Creggan)

[Any craic]

Bryansford win Ulster U-21 Tournament. See Davy McKibbin lift the cup into the sunny skies at Creggan: http://tinyurl.com/d5hhrmm

[bennydorano]

Thought all the talk of Harps v Ballinderry as the real 'final' last week was dodgy talk to be at.  Ballinderry were carried by about 5/6 players last week and ropey looking in a lot of positions, we really should have beaten them, we just shit the nest & collapsed in a big heap midway through the second half.

What was the score today?

[crookes]

Bryansford played Ballinderry off the park yesterday. Overall better team but I think Ballinderry where to reliant on Devlin, Bell and Finty Bell to win matches. Great match all the same and credit to both sides

[DownFanatic]

A few of the Bryansford panel from yesterday now have Ulster U-17 and U-21 club medals. Danny Savage and David McKibben are serious talents and both are members of the Down Senior squad at the moment. Chris Clarke is a potential future county star too.

The Ford have a massive catchment area and a strong GAA tradition however some may say that they have underachieved of late. To date they are yet to win a county MFC. Their last SFC came in 2003. They have managed a few county U-21 titles though. That win yesterday may act as a catylst for bigger and better things.

[Any craic]

See a music montage from a sunplashed day at Creggan as Bryansford become Ulster U-21 Champions, plus a tribute to Peter McGrath, 'Down still haven't replaced him': http://tinyurl.com/awefvyk

[DaisyCutter]

Congrats to the ford on their great victory. However it could have been a whole different as I remember a depleted Kilcoo side should have beaten the ford in a windy night before Xmas in Newcastle. The game finished a draw that night with the magpies missing O'Hanlon, R Johnston, D Branagan, J Johnston and J McClean due to their seniors participation in the Ulster Championship. I would have loved to see them full out as I went to the game that night expecting a full quota of players for the magpies.
In saying this, a lot of up and coming talent in the ford such as young Wells & co. Can they convert this to senior success???

[Any craic]

See a report from Creggan Kickhams Ulster U-21 Tournament Launch last night with Clonoe, Truagh, Kilcar, Warrenpoint, Slaughtneil, Portglenone, Assan Gaels & Cullyhanna all taking part  http://www.jeromequinnmedia.com/video/Creggan-201314/Creggan/Christmas-Launch-for-Creggan-1287

[elk]

See a report from Creggan Kickhams Ulster U-21 Tournament Launch last night with Clonoe, Truagh, Kilcar, Warrenpoint, Slaughtneil, Portglenone, Assan Gaels & Cullyhanna all taking part  http://www.jeromequinnmedia.com/video/Creggan-201314/Creggan/Christmas-Launch-for-Creggan-1287

Who are the fancied teams for this years title ? Would image Derry will be quite strong.

[crookes]

The Gaelic Life seem to have give a fair background on most of the teams here:

http://gaeliclife.com/2014/01/creggan-gearing-up-for-another-extravaganza/

[supersub]

serious time for these lads to wait/train on for last season's competition.

[rodney trotter]

Yeah, a great chance for lads on Sigerson and County u21 panels to get some extra training in.

[elk]

The Gaelic Life seem to have give a fair background on most of the teams here:

http://gaeliclife.com/2014/01/creggan-gearing-up-for-another-extravaganza/

Having watched a young Warrenpoint team beat a poor Burren team in the Down U20 final I would be surprised if they have enough quality and experience to win the tournament. Although looking at their results in the Down championship no one really got close to them in any of their matches so maybe they haven't been fully stretched yet and there is more to come.

[PAULD123]

Warrenpoint are a good side and definitely capable of winning it. But it will be more about team performance than the skill of individuals. For all these teams they are young lads with lives full of other distractions. Some lads are having to sit exams now at university. I don't think previous results are going to be much of a bearing. I would imagine that it will be down to which team has had the most dedication to training and teamwork over the last 6-8 weeks.

[Walter Cronc]

Between Slaughtneil and Clonoe for me!

[crookes]

Truagh Gaels should be good with class acts like Daniel McKenna on the side. But Slaughtneil I think are going to be one of the strongest in the competition. There will be no stars but they will be a tough tough team for anyone to play against at this time of year