Sigerson/Fitzgibbon draws 2013

[theticklemister]

Fitzgibbon Cup

Round Robin - 13 Teams

Four Seeds:
1.UL, 2. IT Carlow, 3.UCD , 4.GMIT (host)

Eight Unseeded :
5.St Pats/Mater Dei, 6.WIT, 7.DCU, 8.LIT, 9.UCC, 10.Cork IT, 11.DIT 12. NUIG

4 Groups:
-1 Group of 4 teams ( 1 Seed, 2 Unseeded, Mary Immaculate)
-3 Groups of 3 teams (1 Seed, 2 Unseeded)

Top 2 teams in each group qualify for quarter finals.

Group A
1. GMIT    2. UCC    3. NUIG
4. Mary Immaculate
Group B
1. IT Carlow 2. WIT    3. Cork IT
Group C
1. UCD 2. LIT    3. DCU

Group D
1. UL 2. St. Pats/ Mater Dei 3. DIT
First Team Named Has Home Advantage in Group Fixtures
Round 1 - Thursday, 31st January 2013
All Groups
Team 1 v Team 2
Group A
Team 3 v Mary Immaculate
Round 2 - Thursday, 7th February 2013
All Groups
Team 3 v Team 1
Group A
Mary Immaculate v Team 2
Round 3 - Tuesday, 12th February 2013
All Groups
Team 2 v Team 3
Group A
Team 1 v Mary Immaculate
[E.T. if necessary in Knock-Out Stages]

Quarter Finals - 19.02.13/20.02.13
Group Winners Have Home Advantage
A   Winner A    V Runner Up B
B   Winner B    V   Runner Up C
C   Winner C    V Runner Up D
D   Winner D V Runner Up A
Semi-Finals - Friday 01.03.13 - GMIT
E    A    v    C
F    B    v    D

Final - 02.03.13 - GMIT


Sigerson Cup

Preliminary Round - Jan 29th/ 30th 2013
- UL in Preliminary Round v Unseeded Team as only Division 2 Senior League Club in Sigerson.

- Unseeded Teams: 8.DCU, 9. IT Carlow, 10.GMIT, 11.NUIG, 12. UUJ, 13.IT Tralee, 14. NUI Maynooth, 15. Trinity College
First Team Named has Home Advantage

(A) UL V DCU

Round 1 - Jan 29th/ 30th , Feb 5th/6th 2013:

(B)   Athlone IT v IT Carlow
(C)   Cork IT v GMIT
(D) UCC    v UUJ
(E) IT Tralee v St.Marys Belfast
(F) UL / DCU v QUB
(G) Trinity    v UCD
(H) NUIG    v DIT
(I) IT Sligo v NUI Maynooth
Quarter-Finals - 13.02.13/14.02.13
First team named has Home Advantage

(J)   B   v   C

(K) D   v   E

(L) F   v   G

(M) H   v   I


Semi Finals -22.02.13 - Athlone IT
J   v   K
L   v   M


Final - 23.02.13 - Athlone IT

[AZOffaly]

Jaysus that's a tough draw for UL. Time to try and get out of Div 2! How are DCU unseeded though?

[Lone Shark]

Any word of a venue for UUJ vs UCC yet? If it's midlands I'd travel to take that in, not if it's in Dublin though.

[Syferus]

DCU have the talent to wipe the floor with the rest any given year if they so choose but someone else may prove hungerier this year.

[Blowitupref]

DCU form in league,O'Byrne cup wasn't great is David Kelly,Michael Murphy still out injured? UUJ vs UCC will be played in Coolock

Current Sigerson cup odds. DIT,UCD are good value bets.

DCU   10/11
DIT   13/2
UCD   13/2
UCC   7/1
CIT   8/1
UUJ   12/1
St Marys Belfast   14/1
Queens   20/1
IT Carlow   22/1
IT Sligo   25/1
NUIG   28/1
Maynooth   40/1
UL   50/1
Athlone IT   100/1
Trinity College   100/1
GMIT   150/1
IT Tralee   200/1

[rodney trotter]

DIT have a very strong panel, Darren O Sullivan will be coming into that the team aswell, didn't play in the O Byrne Cup and missed the League with Injury. Aidan O Shea is in good form and Jason Doherty.

[Any craic]

Sigerson Teams to watch - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKRB72Xmx-M&feature=youtu.be

Sigerson Players to watch - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlqKLK666jw&feature=youtu.be

[ck]

DCU could probably beat the pick of the rest of the teams in the competition. They have been mopping up all the players and making a mockery of the competition

[INDIANA]

DCU have the talent to wipe the floor with the rest any given year if they so choose but someone else may prove hungerier this year.

who cares really?

Most over-rated competition in the calendar

[theticklemister]

DCU have the talent to wipe the floor with the rest any given year if they so choose but someone else may prove hungerier this year.

who cares really?

Most over-rated competition in the calendar

I think it is tremendous. Dont forget indiana, these boys have been training since september for this; im sure they think it is important.

[INDIANA]

DCU have the talent to wipe the floor with the rest any given year if they so choose but someone else may prove hungerier this year.

who cares really?

Most over-rated competition in the calendar

I think it is tremendous. Dont forget indiana, these boys have been training since september for this; im sure they think it is important.

In my view the one competition that has much to answer for as regards burnout as any other.

Even though it claims otherwise

[ck]

DCU have the talent to wipe the floor with the rest any given year if they so choose but someone else may prove hungerier this year.

who cares really?

Most over-rated competition in the calendar

I think it is tremendous. Dont forget indiana, these boys have been training since september for this; im sure they think it is important.

In my view the one competition that has much to answer for as regards burnout as any other.

Even though it claims otherwise

"IT" claims otherwise? Who's "IT"?

[rodney trotter]

Think he means it as in, Sigerson Football. Not IT as in Sligo IT.

[Captain Obvious]

The competition is competed within a month some teams may only have one game. It's a good competition for young players looking to make the step up to senior level and playing alongside or against current senior players can only improve them.

[ck]

Think he means it as in, Sigerson Football. Not IT as in Sligo IT.

Ah yeah I know that. But when has "Sigerson" ever claimed anything.
Burn out is a very real issue and one I have studied. It is bandied about by ill informed fools who use it to their own advantage, usually with no concern on the player. My view is that players should not compete for several teams Nor should we move Sigerson to December so county lads can play pre season comps. All that does is feed burnout.
Councils should protect players by having rules. Leaving it to managers is a cop out.

Sigerson is a fine competition which is underestimated by many