Antrim Football Thread

[paddyjohn]

Is young McIntosh a glens girl too?

Niamhs mum is Pauline McCoy from Moneyglass.

[SaffronSports]

That was some win for moneyglass at the weekend in the football. Hopefully they can win ulster at least though seem like some good teams still left too. If we had an Orlaith Prenter type forward in our mens team we'd be doing well.

They're some outfit. Won it then hours later won the minor Antrim title with a pile of the senior panel involved. Completed a sweep at juvenile with u-14, U16 and minor championships. Going to take a while for someone to catch them. They even won one of the lower Camogie titles on Saturday.

I think what Moneyglass are doing right is getting those senior players involved with coaching the underage.

This year Cathy Carey, Orlaith Prenter and Bronagh Devlin were all involved, maybe a few more.

That is bringing a great input to their training and also it is very inspiring for their girls to have them involved.

I think however, the rest are going to catch up with them as there are plenty putting in the work now that weren't before.

As mentioned here, Tír na nÓg have only recently started aa senior ladies team after years of losing our players to the likes of Moneyglass.

There are others from other clubs with them too that if it was nowadays they would stay with their own club.

So we are a bit behind at that level and then trying to catch up at those levels below.

I know this year at U12 with the team I was coaching, I would say us, Cargin (who seem to have been able to get a fair number of PG1 and Ahoghill girls playing for them who in the past may have gone to MG) and maybe creggan were the best teams in the county by a fair enough margin.

So my expectation is by the time we are at u16, the Moneyglass dominance at underage will not be as impressive as it is now, although with the age of most of their senior panel they will stay at the top of that level for a few years to come.

My wee girl played both Cargin and Creggan at u-12 and would agree they were strong. I also thought St Comgalls had 2 or 3 exceptional players so if they can build around them, they should be decent.

My girls team lost every match this season but they had maybe 4 actual u-12s and then lots of younger ones playing up. Hopefully they can maintain it but here in the Glens Camogie is more popular although my girl probably prefers the football now. Just hope they can keep fielding a team.

[Oso]

That was some win for moneyglass at the weekend in the football. Hopefully they can win ulster at least though seem like some good teams still left too. If we had an Orlaith Prenter type forward in our mens team we'd be doing well.

They're some outfit. Won it then hours later won the minor Antrim title with a pile of the senior panel involved. Completed a sweep at juvenile with u-14, U16 and minor championships. Going to take a while for someone to catch them. They even won one of the lower Camogie titles on Saturday.

I think what Moneyglass are doing right is getting those senior players involved with coaching the underage.

This year Cathy Carey, Orlaith Prenter and Bronagh Devlin were all involved, maybe a few more.

That is bringing a great input to their training and also it is very inspiring for their girls to have them involved.

I think however, the rest are going to catch up with them as there are plenty putting in the work now that weren't before.

As mentioned here, Tír na nÓg have only recently started aa senior ladies team after years of losing our players to the likes of Moneyglass.

There are others from other clubs with them too that if it was nowadays they would stay with their own club.

So we are a bit behind at that level and then trying to catch up at those levels below.

I know this year at U12 with the team I was coaching, I would say us, Cargin (who seem to have been able to get a fair number of PG1 and Ahoghill girls playing for them who in the past may have gone to MG) and maybe creggan were the best teams in the county by a fair enough margin.

So my expectation is by the time we are at u16, the Moneyglass dominance at underage will not be as impressive as it is now, although with the age of most of their senior panel they will stay at the top of that level for a few years to come.

I think some of those you have mentioned from ahoghill actually live in toome as there isn't much building around ahoghill.  In addition I think some may have gotten fed up listening to the moneyglass hype.  They have never been very quick to acknowledge that they have pulled from many surrounding clubs since their inception, simply because these girls had no other option locally.  Some of their best players at present and down through the years were from surrounding clubs.

[barnish oggie]

That was some win for moneyglass at the weekend in the football. Hopefully they can win ulster at least though seem like some good teams still left too. If we had an Orlaith Prenter type forward in our mens team we'd be doing well.

They're some outfit. Won it then hours later won the minor Antrim title with a pile of the senior panel involved. Completed a sweep at juvenile with u-14, U16 and minor championships. Going to take a while for someone to catch them. They even won one of the lower Camogie titles on Saturday.

I think what Moneyglass are doing right is getting those senior players involved with coaching the underage.

This year Cathy Carey, Orlaith Prenter and Bronagh Devlin were all involved, maybe a few more.

That is bringing a great input to their training and also it is very inspiring for their girls to have them involved.

I think however, the rest are going to catch up with them as there are plenty putting in the work now that weren't before.

As mentioned here, Tír na nÓg have only recently started aa senior ladies team after years of losing our players to the likes of Moneyglass.

There are others from other clubs with them too that if it was nowadays they would stay with their own club.

So we are a bit behind at that level and then trying to catch up at those levels below.

I know this year at U12 with the team I was coaching, I would say us, Cargin (who seem to have been able to get a fair number of PG1 and Ahoghill girls playing for them who in the past may have gone to MG) and maybe creggan were the best teams in the county by a fair enough margin.

So my expectation is by the time we are at u16, the Moneyglass dominance at underage will not be as impressive as it is now, although with the age of most of their senior panel they will stay at the top of that level for a few years to come.

My wee girl played both Cargin and Creggan at u-12 and would agree they were strong. I also thought St Comgalls had 2 or 3 exceptional players so if they can build around them, they should be decent.

My girls team lost every match this season but they had maybe 4 actual u-12s and then lots of younger ones playing up. Hopefully they can maintain it but here in the Glens Camogie is more popular although my girl probably prefers the football now. Just hope they can keep fielding a team.

We played Glenariffe U12s as well, back at the start of June down in Waterfoot.

While the game wouldn't have been close, I said to their coach after it was great to see new teams starting up and the most important thing at that age is keeping them at it and not thinking about the results.

Watching their u14s this year it shows that there is ability there as the were strong so hopefully they stick at it.

Plus its a great location for a summers evening match, as we all headed to the beach after it!

[Hoof Hearted]

That was some win for moneyglass at the weekend in the football. Hopefully they can win ulster at least though seem like some good teams still left too. If we had an Orlaith Prenter type forward in our mens team we'd be doing well.

They're some outfit. Won it then hours later won the minor Antrim title with a pile of the senior panel involved. Completed a sweep at juvenile with u-14, U16 and minor championships. Going to take a while for someone to catch them. They even won one of the lower Camogie titles on Saturday.

I think what Moneyglass are doing right is getting those senior players involved with coaching the underage.

This year Cathy Carey, Orlaith Prenter and Bronagh Devlin were all involved, maybe a few more.

That is bringing a great input to their training and also it is very inspiring for their girls to have them involved.

I think however, the rest are going to catch up with them as there are plenty putting in the work now that weren't before.

As mentioned here, Tír na nÓg have only recently started aa senior ladies team after years of losing our players to the likes of Moneyglass.

There are others from other clubs with them too that if it was nowadays they would stay with their own club.

So we are a bit behind at that level and then trying to catch up at those levels below.

I know this year at U12 with the team I was coaching, I would say us, Cargin (who seem to have been able to get a fair number of PG1 and Ahoghill girls playing for them who in the past may have gone to MG) and maybe creggan were the best teams in the county by a fair enough margin.

So my expectation is by the time we are at u16, the Moneyglass dominance at underage will not be as impressive as it is now, although with the age of most of their senior panel they will stay at the top of that level for a few years to come.

My wee girl played both Cargin and Creggan at u-12 and would agree they were strong. I also thought St Comgalls had 2 or 3 exceptional players so if they can build around them, they should be decent.

My girls team lost every match this season but they had maybe 4 actual u-12s and then lots of younger ones playing up. Hopefully they can maintain it but here in the Glens Camogie is more popular although my girl probably prefers the football now. Just hope they can keep fielding a team.

We played Glenariffe U12s as well, back at the start of June down in Waterfoot.

While the game wouldn't have been close, I said to their coach after it was great to see new teams starting up and the most important thing at that age is keeping them at it and not thinking about the results.

Watching their u14s this year it shows that there is ability there as the were strong so hopefully they stick at it.

Plus its a great location for a summers evening match, as we all headed to the beach after it!

i think the afore mentioned Pauline McCoy got this going. Her 3 kids always came up to Moneyglass to play as there was no big ball, boys or girls.

[SaffronSports]

That was some win for moneyglass at the weekend in the football. Hopefully they can win ulster at least though seem like some good teams still left too. If we had an Orlaith Prenter type forward in our mens team we'd be doing well.

They're some outfit. Won it then hours later won the minor Antrim title with a pile of the senior panel involved. Completed a sweep at juvenile with u-14, U16 and minor championships. Going to take a while for someone to catch them. They even won one of the lower Camogie titles on Saturday.

I think what Moneyglass are doing right is getting those senior players involved with coaching the underage.

This year Cathy Carey, Orlaith Prenter and Bronagh Devlin were all involved, maybe a few more.

That is bringing a great input to their training and also it is very inspiring for their girls to have them involved.

I think however, the rest are going to catch up with them as there are plenty putting in the work now that weren't before.

As mentioned here, Tír na nÓg have only recently started aa senior ladies team after years of losing our players to the likes of Moneyglass.

There are others from other clubs with them too that if it was nowadays they would stay with their own club.

So we are a bit behind at that level and then trying to catch up at those levels below.

I know this year at U12 with the team I was coaching, I would say us, Cargin (who seem to have been able to get a fair number of PG1 and Ahoghill girls playing for them who in the past may have gone to MG) and maybe creggan were the best teams in the county by a fair enough margin.

So my expectation is by the time we are at u16, the Moneyglass dominance at underage will not be as impressive as it is now, although with the age of most of their senior panel they will stay at the top of that level for a few years to come.

My wee girl played both Cargin and Creggan at u-12 and would agree they were strong. I also thought St Comgalls had 2 or 3 exceptional players so if they can build around them, they should be decent.

My girls team lost every match this season but they had maybe 4 actual u-12s and then lots of younger ones playing up. Hopefully they can maintain it but here in the Glens Camogie is more popular although my girl probably prefers the football now. Just hope they can keep fielding a team.

We played Glenariffe U12s as well, back at the start of June down in Waterfoot.

While the game wouldn't have been close, I said to their coach after it was great to see new teams starting up and the most important thing at that age is keeping them at it and not thinking about the results.

Watching their u14s this year it shows that there is ability there as the were strong so hopefully they stick at it.

Plus its a great location for a summers evening match, as we all headed to the beach after it!

Honestly don't think there was a team that played Glenariffe this year that didn't go to the beach, lol.

The U14 team was very strong this year. There's about half a dozen of them played Camogie for Antrim and one played football for the county too. The team has girls from Cushendall, Glenariffe and Carnlough definitely but there may even be some from Cushendun too but honestly not sure.

There's a wee bit of a gap in the numbers atm around what was the u12 group this year but there are good numbers at the fundamentals etc for both players and loads of coaches too. Hopefully, they can keep it going as my daughter loves it.

Pauline is heavily involved in it still and coached the u14 and u16 groups this season. Both did well with the u14 winning the B championship and U16 being runners-up in the B championship.

[paddyjohn]

Did they not win a league a few years ago?

[barnish oggie]

That was some win for moneyglass at the weekend in the football. Hopefully they can win ulster at least though seem like some good teams still left too. If we had an Orlaith Prenter type forward in our mens team we'd be doing well.

They're some outfit. Won it then hours later won the minor Antrim title with a pile of the senior panel involved. Completed a sweep at juvenile with u-14, U16 and minor championships. Going to take a while for someone to catch them. They even won one of the lower Camogie titles on Saturday.

I think what Moneyglass are doing right is getting those senior players involved with coaching the underage.

This year Cathy Carey, Orlaith Prenter and Bronagh Devlin were all involved, maybe a few more.

That is bringing a great input to their training and also it is very inspiring for their girls to have them involved.

I think however, the rest are going to catch up with them as there are plenty putting in the work now that weren't before.

As mentioned here, Tír na nÓg have only recently started aa senior ladies team after years of losing our players to the likes of Moneyglass.

There are others from other clubs with them too that if it was nowadays they would stay with their own club.

So we are a bit behind at that level and then trying to catch up at those levels below.

I know this year at U12 with the team I was coaching, I would say us, Cargin (who seem to have been able to get a fair number of PG1 and Ahoghill girls playing for them who in the past may have gone to MG) and maybe creggan were the best teams in the county by a fair enough margin.

So my expectation is by the time we are at u16, the Moneyglass dominance at underage will not be as impressive as it is now, although with the age of most of their senior panel they will stay at the top of that level for a few years to come.

My wee girl played both Cargin and Creggan at u-12 and would agree they were strong. I also thought St Comgalls had 2 or 3 exceptional players so if they can build around them, they should be decent.

My girls team lost every match this season but they had maybe 4 actual u-12s and then lots of younger ones playing up. Hopefully they can maintain it but here in the Glens Camogie is more popular although my girl probably prefers the football now. Just hope they can keep fielding a team.

We played Glenariffe U12s as well, back at the start of June down in Waterfoot.

While the game wouldn't have been close, I said to their coach after it was great to see new teams starting up and the most important thing at that age is keeping them at it and not thinking about the results.

Watching their u14s this year it shows that there is ability there as the were strong so hopefully they stick at it.

Plus its a great location for a summers evening match, as we all headed to the beach after it!

Honestly don't think there was a team that played Glenariffe this year that didn't go to the beach, lol.

The U14 team was very strong this year. There's about half a dozen of them played Camogie for Antrim and one played football for the county too. The team has girls from Cushendall, Glenariffe and Carnlough definitely but there may even be some from Cushendun too but honestly not sure.

There's a wee bit of a gap in the numbers atm around what was the u12 group this year but there are good numbers at the fundamentals etc for both players and loads of coaches too. Hopefully, they can keep it going as my daughter loves it.

Pauline is heavily involved in it still and coached the u14 and u16 groups this season. Both did well with the u14 winning the B championship and U16 being runners-up in the B championship.

I will be involved with TNN u12 and u14 (football and camogie) next year so I would say we will cross paths at some stage!

[SaffronSports]

My girl will be u14 next season. Football with Glenariffe and camogie with Carnlough so aye we'll probably cross paths at some stage.

[BrendanAntrim]

The u19 finals are upon us; tonight at Dunsilly Naomh Brid v Cargin in the 'A', hope the weather holds and we get a good game. B final on Sunday, LD v Glenravel, also Dunsilly.

[EOC1923]

The u19 finals are upon us; tonight at Dunsilly Naomh Brid v Cargin in the 'A', hope the weather holds and we get a good game. B final on Sunday, LD v Glenravel, also Dunsilly.

Hoping for a good game too Brendan. Your boys will be strong favourites with no distractions of players being tied with seniors. Hopefully we cans still make it competitive.
Suprised Glenravel in the B, their u17s had been strong in previous two seasons.

[JimStynes]

Well done to Aghagallon's Ruairi McCann who made the Tailteann Cup team of the year!

[Sportacus]

Well done to Aghagallon's Ruairi McCann who made the Tailteann Cup team of the year!

Well deserved. Like all these things, if we'd got into the final we'd probably have 2 or 3 more - Marc Jordan, Peter Healy for instance. Healy was very unlucky to pick up an injury early in the semifinal.

[BelSaft]

LMFAO

The u19 finals are upon us; tonight at Dunsilly Naomh Brid v Cargin in the 'A', hope the weather holds and we get a good game. B final on Sunday, LD v Glenravel, also Dunsilly.

Hoping for a good game too Brendan. Your boys will be strong favourites with no distractions of players being tied with seniors. Hopefully we cans still make it competitive.
Suprised Glenravel in the B, their u17s had been strong in previous two seasons.

[BrendanAntrim]

Will leave the kidology for others. Looking forward to a good game.