Interesting Championship Format for Ladies in 2007

[youbetterbelieveit]

New format of Championship for 2007
   

Senior Championship

Based on a champions league format

The example below is based on the finishing position of teams in 2006 Championship. The new format gives all teams at least 3 more games in the Championship

16 teams in the Senior Championship. Louth have been regraded to Intermediate

3 points for a win.

All group games to be finished, extra time if a draw, if after extra time teams still level (Sudden death/penalties)


Pot 1 (Provincial winners)
Pot 2 (Runners Up)
Pot 3 (3rd in Province)
Pot 4

Pot 1          Pot 2         Pot 3                    Pot 4
Armagh    Monaghan   Tyrone                  Donegal
 
Cork        Waterford    Kerry                     Down

Galway     Mayo           Roscommon/Louth  Sligo

Laois       Meath          Dublin                    Kildare

Draws to be made with the Provincial winners seeded as in pot 1, and a team from each pot avoiding the Provincial runner up to be with Provincial winner in each group.

Groups to consist of 4 teams per group 1 from each pot (Avoiding Provincial R up).

Top 2 teams in each group into ¼ finals

3rd placed team out of championship '07

4th placed teams play off among each other to decide relegation to Intermediate for 2008.

Object of the senior championship to maintain 4 groups of 4

Teams to agree on duration of championship prior to draws been made (Home/away/neutral)

Intermediate Championship
Based on the finishing of 2006 the following format for the 2007 championship giving all teams at least 4 games in the group format as below.

3 points for a win.

All group games to be finished, extra time if a draw, if after extra time teams still level (Sudden death/penalties)

2 Groups of five with the Provincial winner away from the runner up

Top team in each group go straight into semi finals,
2nd and 3rd position teams go into quarter finals.

Bottom team in each group play in relegation game. (Loser regraded to junior)

Winner of intermediate championship promoted to senior


Example
     
  Group 1 Group 2
  Clare  Limerick
  Longford  Wexford
  Tipperary  Leitrim
  Fermanagh  Westmeath
  Cavan  Louth

Junior Championship
Britain, Carlow, Offaly, Wicklow, Kilkenny, Antrim, Derry

1 group of 3 and 1 group of 4

Winner of junior championship promoted to intermediate

[lynchbhoy]

darn
there was me thinking the new format was gonna include rubber wet suits, no holds barred tackling, oilive oil, red clay mud and gallons of whipped cream from new sponsors avonmore !

[laoislad]

or just naked would do

[ziggysego]

Ack now lads, behave!

[youbetterbelieveit]

hah, try to put something interesting up regarding a championship format!, and the boys cant but get excited when its about the ladies.

[Bogball XV]

Pity the men's game wasn't as progressive as the women's - i mean, everything sensible they have it:
A timekeeper, sin bin and now a proper championship structure - why was i born a man???  It's just not fair, and shaving is a pain too

[ziggysego]

Why was i born a man???  It's just not fair, and shaving is a pain too

If you're that distressed, medical science can work wonders now. Hayley off Corrie wasn't always a woman!!

[magpie seanie]

Mens football will eventually go this way and I'm not altogether sure it would be a bad thing.

[laoislad]

I too think it would be a good thing in the mens championship and would like to see it sooner rather than later

[Bogball XV]

Hayley off Corrie wasn't always a woman!!

Just what are you trying to say Ziggy??  Would Hayley not be typical of the hardy mountain women of greencastle ?

[lynchbhoy]

Hayley off Corrie wasn't always a woman!!

Just what are you trying to say Ziggy??  Would Hayley not be typical of the hardy mountain women of greencastle ?

she'd be akin to daisy duke round mayo parts 

[Orior]

The format looks complicated enough. Still, it might take our mind of the girls, and look at the football instead.