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[Unfortunately there is no evidence the current County Board, with all the same faces that have been there for years, are able to convince some of the top managers to takeover at Derry. So, in the end, a mediocre set up gets a mediocre manager.]

In fairness to Donnelly this is just a speculative story, with no direct quotes or sources. He can't be held responsible for this type of lazy journalism. If you read the article again, it could easily have been written by one man sitting in his kitchen under pressure to come up with something to fill part of the back page. Though Mountain Gael makes an important point - those appointing the next Derry manager need to show some ambition. The County is desperately in need of some inspiration. Unfortunately there is no evidence the current County Board, with all the same faces that have been there for years, are able to convince some of the top managers to takeover at Derry. So, in the end, a mediocre set up gets a mediocre manager.

Unfortunately it is the clubs that vote in these faces.

There are a lot of very good people on the County Board who are giving many voluntary hours and its hardly fair to lambast them like this.  The Clubs are not nominating people because the Clubs don't want  to loose their most dedicated people.... in general all over Ireland there is a shortage of volunteers.  This year has saw a few changes ( people that haven't been there for years at all ......and you have the audacity to write about lazy journalism !!!!! )

Clubs do nominate people. Other people were nominated last year and probably will be next year but I don't imagine much will change. 2 new names last year, one enforced from the 5 year rule for a new secretary and one for the reintroduced assistant secretary role although I stand corrected.
As it is the clubs, from their own club and committee instruction that vote at convention there should be no reason for anyone to complain once they are voted in.

What happens if a county delegate goes to congress and votes against the way clubs have instructed him to?

Sure how would you know what way they voted? Do you really think it matters what the clubs want?

[Unfortunately there is no evidence the current County Board, with all the same faces that have been there for years, are able to convince some of the top managers to takeover at Derry. So, in the end, a mediocre set up gets a mediocre manager.]

In fairness to Donnelly this is just a speculative story, with no direct quotes or sources. He can't be held responsible for this type of lazy journalism. If you read the article again, it could easily have been written by one man sitting in his kitchen under pressure to come up with something to fill part of the back page. Though Mountain Gael makes an important point - those appointing the next Derry manager need to show some ambition. The County is desperately in need of some inspiration. Unfortunately there is no evidence the current County Board, with all the same faces that have been there for years, are able to convince some of the top managers to takeover at Derry. So, in the end, a mediocre set up gets a mediocre manager.

Unfortunately it is the clubs that vote in these faces.

There are a lot of very good people on the County Board who are giving many voluntary hours and its hardly fair to lambast them like this.  The Clubs are not nominating people because the Clubs don't want  to loose their most dedicated people.... in general all over Ireland there is a shortage of volunteers.  This year has saw a few changes ( people that haven't been there for years at all ......and you have the audacity to write about lazy journalism !!!!! )

Clubs do nominate people. Other people were nominated last year and probably will be next year but I don't imagine much will change. 2 new names last year, one enforced from the 5 year rule for a new secretary and one for the reintroduced assistant secretary role although I stand corrected.
As it is the clubs, from their own club and committee instruction that vote at convention there should be no reason for anyone to complain once they are voted in.

[Unfortunately there is no evidence the current County Board, with all the same faces that have been there for years, are able to convince some of the top managers to takeover at Derry. So, in the end, a mediocre set up gets a mediocre manager.]

In fairness to Donnelly this is just a speculative story, with no direct quotes or sources. He can't be held responsible for this type of lazy journalism. If you read the article again, it could easily have been written by one man sitting in his kitchen under pressure to come up with something to fill part of the back page. Though Mountain Gael makes an important point - those appointing the next Derry manager need to show some ambition. The County is desperately in need of some inspiration. Unfortunately there is no evidence the current County Board, with all the same faces that have been there for years, are able to convince some of the top managers to takeover at Derry. So, in the end, a mediocre set up gets a mediocre manager.

Unfortunately it is the clubs that vote in these faces.

Greenlough got out of jail tonight. 9 points down in the second half and came back to win by a point with a last minute penalty. They seemed to have players missing but won't win promotion on this showing.

The public interviews in the Press didn't help I'm sure. Some quite damning slurs on the volunteer in it.

If you were a Derry hurler you'd be considering a strike after those finances were announced Monday night

I was wondering if someone would mention Monday night. After that do you see the promotion of Hurling to the fore for 2019?

[DrumDoire TrasnaCraigbaneLissanDesertmartinSlaughtmanus (pending an appeal which they have zero chance of winning)]

Am I right in saying the following teams have been relegated from Intermediate to junior?

Drum
Doire Trasna
Craigbane
Lissan
Desertmartin
Slaughtmanus (pending an appeal which they have zero chance of winning)

With Ballerin also going down should they lose a play-off with Limavady. IMO, Limavady as league winners should gain automatic promotion and not have to play a play-off against a team who've been playing against Intermediate opposition all year

Junior will be zero craic for 90% of the existing teams next season! Do most of the junior teams have it in them to push on and compete in the coming years??

What league are these teams reserves going to play in next year? (granted I don't believe Drum fielded a reserve team). Was this even thought about?

Feel sorry for Ardmore, Sean Dolans, Doire Colmcille and Ogra. Not sure they gain anything by playing those teams relegated.

Desertmartin, Craigbane & Drum all had no reserve teams this year, not sure about the other 3 teams. However I'd say reserve teams weren't even considered when implementing these changes.

Also when will the promotion/relegation play offs be scheduled. Probably end of October/November at this stage. If Banagher were to win intermediate they would be training & getting games right into the middle of October. Their opponents will probably not have had a game in over 6 weeks at this stage and it is hard to try keep training momentum going when a team is out of the championship.

I'd say any club that wants to play reserve football will be accommodated. Limavady have played reserves this year in the league.

Was at both games. Both sets of lads gave their all but came up short. A bit frustrating to see the Minors set up so ultra defensive and then unable to play the counter attack game effectively through no fault of their own. When we turned the ball over the player in possession breaking found himself with very little to hit inside and by the time the rest of the team caught up he had been swallowed up by the Monaghan backs.

Can't understand on Saturday why we had young Brown standing on the edge of the square for 55 minutes. When he came out to the '45 near the end and started running at Mayo he caused havoc. The first run he had it took 3 Mayo men to haul him down just outside the 13m line.

On another weekend with a few breaks we could have easily had 2 wins. Hopefully the guys use their disappointments this weekend as motivation for the seasons ahead.

Congratulations to the Minors today. Another great second half performance.

Was at Healy Park today. I fear it could be a long time before we hit the heady standards of these 2 counties.

One really sad result from tonight was Ardmore's no score to 6-22 for Limavady.

They have been struggling for a while and hope this is not going to be like this for the rest of the year.

Well done to Swatragh beating Ballinderry.

We drew with vale and probably a fair result. Proper 'first game of the year' craic.

The lads who turned out for Ardmore have to be given credit for not giving up right up until the final whistle but it wasn't very nice to watch.

[Derry v Ulster University:]

Derry v Ulster University: Ben McKinless; Conor McCluskey, Kevin Johnston, Ruairi Mooney; Padraig McGrogan; Michael McEvoy, Jordan Curran; Jack Doherty, Patrick Kearney; Conor Doherty, Ciarán McFaul, Patrick Coney; Enda Lynn, Callum Brown, Peter Hagan. Subs: Oran Hartin, Liam McGoldrick, Conor McAtamney, Mark Lynch, Seán McKeever, Niall Toner, James Kielt.

Callum Brown making his Senior debut for the county before his club. Wow!! Congratulations Big lad!!

Lavey    ---   ---   Swatragh    Lavey   
Magherafelt    ---   ---   Dungiven    DUNGIVEN   
Craigbane    ---   ---   Slaughtneil     SNEIL
Glenullin    ---   ---   Ballinascreen        Glenullin
Steelstown    ---   ---   Loup        LOUP
Bellaghy    ---   ---   Kilrea        KILREA
Banagher    ---   ---    Newbridge        BANAGHER


Greenlough    ---   ---   Ballymaguigan    GLOUGH   
Foreglen    ---   ---   Glack    Foreglen     
Lissan    ---   ---   Slaughtmanus     MANUS
Limavady    ---   ---   Drumsurn        LVADY
Desertmartin    ---   ---   Castledawson    DAWSON   
Ogra Colmcille    ---   ---   Moneymore     OGRA
Claudy    ---   ---   Faughanvale        CLAUDY
Glen    ---   ---   Claudy    CLAUDY   

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Doire Colmcille    ---   ---   Magilligan       MAGILLIGAN

Sean Dolans    ---   ---   Ardmore        ARDMORE

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Thursday, July 25th 7.30pm AT Glen: Ballinascreen v Slaughtneil   SNEIL
Friday, July 26th 7.30pm AT Glenullin: Steelstown v Loup LOUP
Saturday, July 27th 3.30pm AT Owenbeg: Banagher v Craigbane BANAGHER
Saturday, July 27th 6.00pm AT Ballinascreen: Coleraine v Swatragh COLERAINE
Saturday, July 27th7.30pm AT Ballinascreen: Ballinderry v Newbridge BALLINDERRY
Sunday, July 28th 3.00pm AT Dungiven: Glenullin V Magherafelt GLENULLIN
Sunday, July 28th 5.30pm AT Owenbeg: Kilrea v Dungiven KILREA
Sunday, July 28th 7.30pm AT Owenbeg: Bellaghy v Lavey  LAVEY



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Thursday, July 25th 7.30pm AT Castledawson: Greenlough v Ballerin GREENLOUGH
Friday, July 26th 7.30pm AT: Magherafelt Castledawson v Ogra Colmcille DAWSON
Friday, July 26th 7.30pm AT Foreglen: Drumsurn v Glen GLEN
Saturday, July 27th 2.00pm AT Owenbeg: Lissan v Foreglen FOREGLEN
Saturday, July 27th 2.00pm: AT Ballerin Glack v Limavady LIMAVADY
Saturday, July 27th 3.30pm: AT Ballerin Claudy v Desertmartin CLAUDY
Sunday, July 28th 1.30pm AT Dungiven: Slaughtmanus v Faughanvale MANUS
Sunday, July 28th 1.30pm AT Slaughtneil: Moneymore v Ballymaguigan QUIGAN

Friday 19th July 7-30 pm

Dungiven    ---   ---   Lavey    DUNGIVEN

Magilligan    ---   ---         Doire Trasna    MAGILLIGAN
Sean Dolans    ---   ---   Drum    DOLANS
Doire Colmcille    ---   ---   Bellaghy Thirds    BELLAGHY   
Ardmore    ---   ---   Magherafelt Thirds    ARDMORE


Saturday 20th July 7-45pm

Glack    ---   ---       Claudy    CLAUDY   

Sunday 21st July

Kilrea    ---   ---   Banagher    KILREA   
Loup    ---   ---   Bellaghy    LOUP
Coleraine    ---   ---   Craigbane    COLERAINE
Swatragh    ---   ---   Ballinderry    BDERRY   
Newbridge    ---   ---    Magherafelt MFELT     
Ballinascreen    ---   ---   Steelstown SCREEN   
Slaughtneil    ---   ---   Glenullin SNEIL   

Moneymore GAC    ---   ---   Desertmartin    DMARTIN   
Castledawson    ---   ---   Limavady    DAWSON
Glen    ---   ---                Greenlough    GLEN   
Faughanvale    ---   ---   Ballerin    F'VALE   
Ballymaguigan    ---   ---   Ogra Colmcille    QUIGAN   
Drumsurn    ---   ---       Lissan    DRUMSURN
Slaughtmanus     ---   ---   Foreglen    SMANUS

Friday 5th July

Craigbane   ---   ---   Swatragh   CRAIGBANE   
Steelstown   ---   ---   Bellaghy   STEELSTOWN
Ballinderry   ---   ---   Dungiven   BALLINDERRY   
Ballinascreen   ---   ---   Slaughtneil     SNEIL
Banagher   ---   ---   Loup   LOUP   
Magherafelt   ---   ---   Kilrea KILREA
Lavey   ---   ---   Newbridge   LAVEY   
Glenullin   ---   ---   Coleraine   GLENULLIN   

Desertmartin   ---   ---   Ballymaguigan   GUIGAN
Ballerin   ---   ---   Glack    BALLERN
Claudy   ---   ---   Slaughtmanus GAC CLAUDY
Foreglen   ---   ---   Drumsurn   FOREGLEN   
Castledawson   ---   ---   Moneymore DAWSON   
Limavady   ---   ---   Lissan   LIMAVADY   
Ogra Colmcille   ---   ---   Glen   GLEN.                                                                           
Greenlough   ---   ---   Faughanvale   GLOUGH

Magherafelt Thirds   ---   ---   Doire Colmcille   M'FELT   
Sean Dolans   ---   ---   Magilligan  MAGILLIGAN
Drum   ---   ---   Bellaghy Thirds   BELLAGHY
Doire Trasna   ---   ---   Ardmore   DOIRE TRASNA