Down Club Hurling & Football

[Smurfy123]

It was a poor game alright.Some difference in Friday nights have compared to saturdays
I expect tonight's match to be on power with Burren/Bridge game
Easily the best game of this years championship

[Hedgehunter]

It was a poor game alright.Some difference in Friday nights have compared to saturdays
I expect tonight's match to be on power with Burren/Bridge game
Easily the best game of this years championship

Obviously there wasn't too many at the Glenn v Loughinisland match.. it was that fast paced that you couldn't even see 🤣

[Smurfy123]

Bryansford have to be the most frustrating team in Down.They hammer both An Riocht and Saval out the gate only for Kilcoo to hammer them.A team of great players who always promised so much but failed to deliver in the championship.

[SHEEDY]

SFC semi final; castlewellan v burren, kilcoo v rgu/bholland

IFC rostrevor v leitrim, annaclone v drumaness

Missed JFC draw sorry 

[Targetman]

Bryansford have to be the most frustrating team in Down.They hammer both An Riocht and Saval out the gate only for Kilcoo to hammer them.A team of great players who always promised so much but failed to deliver in the championship.

A team of great players I don't think so, it's the same players that consistently fail come championship every year, great players together win championships i.e. Kilcoo!!

[umpire]

SFC semi final; castlewellan v burren, kilcoo v rgu/bholland

IFC rostrevor v leitrim, annaclone v drumaness

Missed JFC draw sorry 

JFC

Dromara v Bright/Ardglass
Dundrum v Kilclief

[Smurfy123]

They have great players in maginn mckibbon savage bonny downey toner Reid to name a few
A team with those players should be doing better than what they do.
Will hammer poor teams but crumble against the big boys

[johnneycool]

Down SHC is now in a round robin structure to decide who plays in the final.

To date we've had two games both in a draw at the end of normal time. The first time this happened no one from the CB or the two clubs seemed sure as to what was meant to happen, but extra time was agreed (initially) by the CB officials there and both clubs. We ended up winning both in extra time and are now in the final.
The other two clubs now complete the round robin section with what is now a knock out game in two weeks time to decide who plays us.

Fair play to the CB or whoever came up with it as it's been a breath of fresh air with keenly contested games but with a lifeline if you do lose a game, not to mention pretty good crowds and atmosphere with the CB now picking up four gates as opposed to the normal two.

Next stage for this to progress is to get a few amalgamations to add to the mix a spread senior hurling into other areas of the county.

It's all got a bit messy it seems....

Ballycran have objected to the extra time saying that the rules of the championship are for a round robin and that the draw should have stood, Down CCC have initially rejected that and its went to Ulster, who've asked Down to look at it again. Down have allegedly looked at it again and aren't for changing their minds. Ballycran have taken it back to Ulster  who're to pass judgement on Thursday evening.

Down CB have never published the rules of the way the senior championship were to be run that's true, but it was asked at a few CB meetings as to what would happen in the event of a draw and the county secretary made it clear that extra time was to be played as a winner was needed to be known, something he reiterated over the phone to the Ballycran county delegate, their secretary and our secretary (who is also our county delegate) in the middle of Portaferry's pitch when the normal time outcome was a draw.

My issue is that if they felt so strongly about it, why did they not take their players off the pitch and not partake in the extra time?
This could all go pete tong if its not sorted out to the satisfaction of everyone...

[Lecale Gael]

SFC semi final; castlewellan v burren, kilcoo v rgu/bholland

IFC rostrevor v leitrim, annaclone v drumaness

Missed JFC draw sorry 

JFC

Dromara v Bright/Ardglass
Dundrum v Kilclief

bright won this one

[nmsmithy96]

Can anyone explain how relegation from the SFC works?

[Down Follower]

Can anyone explain how relegation from the SFC works?

Top 15 teams based on league standings from 2017, plus the winners of Intermediate Championship for 2017 go into Senior Championship in 2018.  Simples.

[elk]

They have great players in maginn mckibbon savage bonny downey toner Reid to name a few
A team with those players should be doing better than what they do.
Will hammer poor teams but crumble against the big boys

Sure CPN beat them with all these great players playing and the look what happened to them against Loughisland

[Smurfy123]

They should have been 7/8 points up at HT
I just think for the players they have that they have badly underachieved in championship football this past 10 years
Some great teams but can never produce the goods when it really matters
An underachieving club

[No1]

SFC semi final; castlewellan v burren, kilcoo v rgu/bholland

IFC rostrevor v leitrim, annaclone v drumaness

Missed JFC draw sorry 

JFC

Dromara v Bright/Ardglass
Dundrum v Kilclief

bright won this one

I believe Ardglass have raised an objection regarding Bright playing an ineligible player in the last few minutes of the game.

[Mourne Red]

SFC semi final; castlewellan v burren, kilcoo v rgu/bholland

IFC rostrevor v leitrim, annaclone v drumaness

Missed JFC draw sorry 

JFC

Dromara v Bright/Ardglass
Dundrum v Kilclief

bright won this one

I believe Ardglass have raised an objection regarding Bright playing an ineligible player in the last few minutes of the game.

Bright fielded an underage player - County Board said match is to be replayed like it was in the case of Teconnaught and St.Pauls last year when an underage player was fielded. However Ardglass are refusing to replay match.

By rights Bright should be excluded they broke a well known rule