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[No doubt st endas will be the venue for at least 1 of them]

Absolute dead rubber EOC, was played like a challenge. One gets LD, the other gets PG1, probably not worth going to war about.

The serious stuff starts now we are at the knock out stages.

Hopefully they let us host your game, surely the prefect venue for it

Creggan v Pg1 -cargin/ahoghill
Cargin v st marys- dunsilly/hannhstown
LD v dunloy - dunsilly
Rossa v lavey- corrigan

They are the sensible venues. No doubt st endas will be the venue for at least 1 of them....for some reasosn

What happened to Glenavy, whys it not used nomore? Brilliant venue.

Not a good enough venue for a championship QF. Plenty of better alternatives

Well I hope all three options were thoroughly debated

I think we all know the answer to that

The Chair & Secretary basically denied the existence of  option 3. Ten minutes later, the Central Council delegate ( think hes Terry Reilly) informed county committee that option 3 was on the table ! Christ Almight ! Think he-'ll be next chair !
Also some confusion about  Reserve Football fixtures being played on a Sunday. You couldnt make it up tbh !!!
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Heard that as well. Current set-up have done a great job steadying finances within the County but I don't think any of them are close to day to day issues affecting clubs as there's not much PR that goes with it. It is difficult to get administrators who are good at both so we are left with issues like this.

I was reading that Limerick or somewhere isn't going to bother changing as it would take that long drawing up a new fixture list etc. Surely it is too rush now to start that process from next week and have it all set up and ready to go for a few weeks later.

Totally agree! Leave at u17 for 2023 and move to u18 for 2024.
Would be harsh on lads , thinking theyve moved up to senior level to now be told , go back to underage !

I think it's harsher sending a lad just turned 18 into Senior. Another year developing do them no harm. Under 17 has been the biggest nonsense

Under 18 is definitely the best decision, it should just have been made months ago.

Does anyone know when we will know?

hi guys, newbie here  . Wasn't sure on what topic to make my v. first post on but here goes- What are everyone's thoughts on how minor championship/league may turn out? Taking into consideration this decision being made on Monday about the county reforming back to the u18 structure of course. I find it hard to pick out a winner but one things for sure: Glenravel's success last year will NOT I repeat NOT be repeated. If anything it was pure luck they made it past the quarter final. Thoughts?

Big hello to Glenravel's Minor Manager! Trying to bring a siege mentality to the team this year.....I love it.

When do Antrim make their decision on age grades for 2023? Is there any early indication as to what the likely consensus amongst club delegates is likely to be?

County final scheduled for Corrigan.A total joke.

Ballycastle and Loughgiel are almost on the doorstep of both participants yet some p***k on the county board has decided to schedule the final some 45 - 50 miles away from both villages.

Price of diesel obviously not considered when making this stupid decision.

What a crowd of balloons

Dunsilly was built as a training ground for County teams and is a good venue for that, but since Casement Park was f**ked up by a previous County Board and the UC they've decided to use it for Championship matches as the County Board can control all tickets/money.

Poor parking and toilet facilities for big crowds. You've also players using the same entrance as supporters before the match and half time, which personally I don't think should happen. And as mentioned before, they can't host double headers .  Bigger crowds would have attended North Antrim venues (Ballycastle/Dunloy) for the bigger championship matches. Intermediate/Senior C'Ship should be double headers where possible.
Never mind the cost in this day and age.

Built for training now used for flagship championship games. Portaloos or one disabled toilet with broken door lock to service a championship crowd.

Viewing facilities not good enough. Grass bank on one side only. Hopefully it's not wet. Parking not good enough. Pitch could be bigger. Pitch access with players / supporters in together a disaster waiting to happen.

A few very vocal lads on Twitter like to proclaim to be from the 'Premier' club but act like children

Brilliant win for our minors today. Nice to see them defend their title.

Ballycastle have some nice hurlers too but their mentors / supporters behaviour towards the end was a disgrace.

I don't think Loughgiel's bench is as deep as you think. In extra time they brought two lads back in who had been subbed off in normal time.

Exactly my take on it. As a Loughgiel fan I was the one looking for the whistle at the end so couldn't understand why the timekeeping was being questioned as advantageous to Loughgiel.

The 11 minutes included the water break.

The ref added about 11 minutes on to the 2nd half which was totally unwarranted IMO. However, to say that this shafted the Johnnies rather than Loughgiel is a bit of a stretch.

Loughgiel equalised on 36 mins and took the lead on 37 mins. It could well be argued that with the water break, 6/7 mins over isn't totally ridiculous.

He gave St. John's another 4 more minutes to equalise and they even had a chance to win it. For me, the extra 4 mins definitely takes it into the totally ridiculous.

The time keeping is an easy one to remedy as well. If you go back and watch the coverage and the number of breaks etc and time it. The Saffron Gael says "over 11 minutes of injury time" but doesn't say that this also includes the water break.

Genuinely curious. Why do you feel St Johns were hard done by? Any particular instances?

Anyone going to mention the standard of refereeing in the St John's game not to mention the standard of time keeping?

St John's should feel massively aggrieved at that and rightly so.

The time-keeping seems a very specific instance.

"Not to mention the time keeping" would suggest the original poster felt more aggrieved By something else in addition to time keeping hence the query.

I was at the game and saw no issue with the referee so genuinely curious.

Genuinely curious. Why do you feel St Johns were hard done by? Any particular instances?

Anyone going to mention the standard of refereeing in the St John's game not to mention the standard of time keeping?

St John's should feel massively aggrieved at that and rightly so.

The time-keeping seems a very specific instance.

Genuinely curious. Why do you feel St Johns were hard done by? Any particular instances?

Anyone going to mention the standard of refereeing in the St John's game not to mention the standard of time keeping?

St John's should feel massively aggrieved at that and rightly so.