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Carmen - 3 points

[Looks like the real SFC final is this evening.]

Carrickmore win by 3. Not a great game and actually thought the Intermediate semi between Edendork and Eglish last week was better quality. Looks like the real SFC final is this evening.

Write us off at your peril!! We will be there on County Final day and let's hope the lads can bring it home to where it rightfully belongs!! Great honest panel of players.
L Mcgarrity and Rory Donnelly excellent on the day - 2 standouts

Dromore average enough- Errigal are a 6 point better team
Will win the championship this year & with the two Canavan's a few more to come

Wouldn't agree that Dromore are average - defending county champions and they have the marker on their back for that reason. We have seen time and time again in recent years that Errigal crumble on the biggest day.. Unless R canavan can be the man of the moment this weekend I fancy Dromore to nip them. 

On the other side of the draw lots of people writing Clonoe off - I agree that Carmen about 10 points the better team (on paper) and the league result confirmed that but Clonoe will have the grit between their teeth to try pull off the great escape and could nip anyone on their day with skeet, mcclures, mcnultys etc. In a couple of years down the line they are going to struggle when the old guard moves on

[Carrickmore]

Clonoe v Carrickmore
Dromore v Errigal Ciaran

Carmen biggest margin

[Donaghmore]

Clonoe v Donaghmore
Carrickmore v Loughmacrory
Omagh v Dromore
Errigal Ciaran v Dungannon

Biggest margin: Carrickmore

they met a few years back in Galbally I remember,, catn recall the year..

Carmen won it late on that day. Late 2000's I think

Carmen turned it on last night when required but can't dwell too much on that as Coalisland were extremely poor & missing a few key forwards. J.Munroe, L McGarrity and R Slane stand out performers on the night I thought.  All roads lead to the Old firm derby

Dromore blew the socks of Killyclogher last night.  Pace, energy, turnovers & GOALS. Goals win games.. Mark Bradley a one man band in KC forward line. League form counts for nothing in the heat of battle under lights.

[Dungannon]

Senior Championship First Round

Trillick V Dungannon
Greencastle V Donaghmore
Dromore V Killyclogher
Ardboe V Omagh - Draw
Moy V Errigal Ciaran
Moortown V Clonoe
Loughmacrory V Derrylaughan
Carrickmore V Coalisland

Biggest margin: Errigal

Brilliant game & atmosphere in Beragh last night for the Reserve championship final played in a great spirit.  Game could of went either way but carmen not being able to find a score for the last 15 mins or so really was the difference - albeit major chances to equalise / extend our lead when we went 2 points up.  Dromores free taking was consistent throughout and I suppose got them over the line in the end. Fair play but I hope a lot more to come from that group of players we have in both senior / reserve ranks.

I just seen Clonoes last 4 are Coalisland, Carmen, Derrylaughan and Trillick.. Are we looking at a real possibility that 2 points from the last 4 will not be enough to keep them up ? They would be the biggest club in a while to be in that position - don't seem to have much coming through underage either by the looks of things

What happened Carrickmore tonight? We're the missing many? Well beat by a mediocre Clarkes team

2nd best on the night - no arguments. Yes we are missing 4/5 men to America, a couple on holiday and a couple just returned Monday night.  Not an ideal time of the year to be dropping points and but Im sure there will be a response at Derrylaughan Sunday.

Heard Ryan Daly, Carrickmore coach, was assaulted by a Loughmacrory sub last night. Anyone at the game able to comment first hand info?

From our vantage point it certainly looked like an individual came out from the bench area who wasn't togged out and punched Ryan. I won't comment on any names, perhaps leave that to others but it certainly caused some unsavoury scenes in the aftermath. Ruined what I thought was quite a fair game but on the other hand it gifted Carmen the win as the man in the middle sent off loughmacrory keeper who was about to hit the free kick and hopped the ball.  Always nice taking 2 of the neighbours 😉

Some interesting results tonight:
Greencastle return to Senior going well with big win over Moortown (Think they celebrated too long after beating Ardboe... was a mini champo session I believe)
Owen Roes go to Pomeroy and turn them over

Also on another note what is up with 2 senior teams not being able to field a reserve team so early in the year???

Moy and derrylaughan notorious for not fielding reserves. The thinking round our club was moy we're at home so they would field reserves, unfortunately not the case. Disappointing as 20+ lads left with no football

You only have to look at the early league table to see these clubs are struggling. Obviously no strength and depth in the clubs. Derrylaughan have 4 reserve league points moy look to have took a few hammerings, probably didn't fancy another from Carrickmore.

Perhaps a reserve league independent from senior status would help. I dunno throwing it out there. Although if you don't have players where will that pull them out from.

Tyrone leagues have been crying out for years for reserve and senior to be split. Reserve league should be played separate with proper relegation and division, atleast to level the playing field. Senior Friday evenings, reserve Saturdays.

I agree. Certainly worth trialling for a year or two anyway, particulrly now with the split season

How sustainable would that be? Everyone would love if reserve football was slightly more competitive and had its own promotion and relegation but there are many key factors which would stop this.  It would mean that fringe players are out on a Friday evening on a senior bench, out again on a saturday for a reserve game and more than likely expected to be out again on a sunday morning/evening for club training to make a training worthwhile.

Clubs which also have only around 30/35 players (between both panels) are more than likely going to throw the reserve game on a saturday if they pick up a few senior injuries.

I would love to see some sort of modification to the current system but I don't think splitting the games / days is something which is practical.

Errigal will surely take it home the year. No county commitments and it's literally good to go.

Kilcoo may just hand the UC & AIC over to wee Mark sooner rather than later - anything less would be a failed season for the greatest team of our generation..

On a different note - favourable side for ourselves and Coalisland but thats a toss of a coin and the winners playing LMC - not an easy task but completely unproven on any level of championship football so you could draw a lot worse.  Going to be some summer of fball