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had this same discussion yday about the underage. I was bemoaning the state of camogie and how whenever the girls get to 16 is too late to do anything about all of the bad habits they have. The poor swing, the inability to catch, positional awareness, anticipation of the ball, lack of core strength, confidence. All of those things if missed in a child are extremely hard to fix at 15, 16, 17 etc.

The hard work must be done at 7, 8, 9 etc and get the kids doing the basics correctly. Everything else falls into place as they grow up.

I rem someone said to me once that if you cant hit a ball on both sides by minor you wouldnt make it any farther. Now seeing a 14 year old not able to hit both sides IMO is a flaw. I make my 10 yr old nephew hit the ball on his bad side all the time to improve it and make him use it without thinking, that in a match it should come natural to hit on both sides.

a league game this wednesday night and then nothing again for another 2 weeks on a wednesday night and then another 2 week break till the next one.

Our players aren't getting any game till worth looking at and it cant be good

nearly went to the match yday, had a lift sorted then plans changed. thank god i didnt waste my time and go.

really is a massive step back

Latest post from the Antrim webpage about the make up of the league next eyar

As a result of several Guestbook questions below is the 2015 /2016 League structures.

The structure of the All County Hurling Leagues in 2016 will be changed as a result of a motion passed at County convention 2014.
The make up of the leagues starting in 2016 will be:
Division 1A – 8 Teams
Division 1B – 8 Teams
Division 2 - 8 Teams
Division 3 - Remaining teams
To enable this to happen the games played in this years league (2015) will form the basis of who plays in each Division in 2016.
At the conclusion of the 2015 leagues ,the top finishing 8 teams in Division 1 will make up the Division 1A in 2016.
Division 1B (2016) will be made up of teams that finish in 9th and 10th position in Division 1 (2015) plus the top 6 teams finishing in Division 2 (2015).
Division 2 (2016) will be made up of teams that finish 7th,8th,9th and 10th in Division 2 (2015) plus the teams that finish in position 1,2,3 and 4 in Division 3 (2015).
Division 3 (2016) will be made up of the remaining teams who play in Division 3 (2015) plus Division 4 (2015)
The winners of leagues 1,2,3 and 4 will be awarded the League Trophy and medals in 2015
Football

It is two promoted and two relegated in Div. 1 & 2. In Division 3 this year after the Grading Round the teams are split into two sections. Points gained during the Grading Round do carry and the venues are reversed in the second round.

Have to agree with Skull and Frostbits posts as well.

Whilst the ref was extremely poor to us we continued to argue with his every call and he keep moving it forward all the time making it easier for them to score. Need to get our discipline sorted there for def. Its not easy to control when your getting bad calls but its still something to work on.

Just googled mulingar to see how far it is - 3hr drive for sunday it is then!!

its a long time since ive seen a decent antrim support at a match and being so vocal. Brilliant finish to the match with the goal. Clarke was superb throughout the match, long may it continue.

I will be honest i thought we played poorly at times, esp in the first half where Laois took total control for a long period of the half. But well done to Antrim for sticking at it and not giving up.

Dont understand shorty in wing half, he didnt get into the game enough for me. Hes better being used as a forward

I havent seen our players celebrate like that at the end of a game for quite some time, makes a change from the usual depression we have been used to.

One small step at a time will do us

Has anyone any idea as to the starting team on Sunday given all the latest additions? 

This season is a write off really but I still get the championship butterflies about it and personally I think it's a good thing to see new faces on board.

1
Chris O Connell
Na Seamroga
2
Ryan Mc Cambridge
Ruairi Og
3
Neal Mc Auley
Mac Uilin
4
Aaron Graffin
Ruairi Og
5
Simon Mc Crory
Naomh Eoin
6
Conor Mc Kinley
Cú Chullain
7
John Dillon
Fanaithe An Gleanna
8
Neil Mc Manus
Ruairi Og
9
Michael Bradley
Naomh Eoin
10
Michael Dudley
Naomh Eoin
11
Paul Shiels
Cú Chullain
12
Eoghan Campbell
Ruairi Og
13
Ciaran Clarke
Mac Uilin
14
Dessie Mc Clean
Gortnamona
15
Conor Johnson
Naomh Eoin
16
Eoin Gillan
Ruairi Og
17
Tomas O Ciarain
Naomh Gall
18
Eoin Mc Alonan
Mac Uilin
19
Ruairi Diamond
Naomh Eanna
20
Conor Carson
Ruairi Og
21
Tomas McCann
Ciceaim Creagan
22
Cormac Ross
Naomh Eanna
23
Deaglan Murphy
Uí Dhonnabháin Rosa
24
Mathew Donnelly
Mac Uilin
25
Daniel Mc Kernan
Padraig Sairseil
26
Odhran Mc Fadden
Na Seamroga

I said before in a post that we had 'delusions of grandeur' about ourselves in terms of where we think Antrim hurling is.

Too many of us think because our club teams can give a good account of ourselves that somehow we should be afforded this place at the top of the table of hurling. We dont deserve to be at the top table in terms of hurling here.

The results over the years speak volumes. 1 league win in 3 years, countless hard luck stories, no in roads in Leinster, minors hammered each time out of ulster.

Im as big a fan of my county as you all are and i always go to the games hoping we can get a result but knowing that if we get beat i wont be too shocked. Were all the same.

I went to portlaois last year for the wexford game thinking we could do it, that we could beat them after topping that group. Oh how wrong i was. Back to being a normal Antrim fan again!

Im always optimistic that were going to change but at the same time realistic to know that it wont happen in the near future.

its always the fear of any club to have a really good team at under age and they dont all stick togethter to senior and improve along the way.

Happened to our U14 footballers who won the county feile, lost the all Ireland feile final yet they didn't all make it to senior or translate that into success as they went into U16 & minor.

Its all about having good people in charge to continue their development. That and a bit of luck that they all stay together and continue to improve!

nice one, will have to get down to watch that match.

Well done to St. Galls. When was the last time they won the Feile?

from watching them against us on wednesday night i get the feeling they wont pick up many points. We never really pulled out of second gear agaisnt them. Our passing pulled them all over the place at stages and whilst the score line doesnt really suggest we were all over them we were. The majority of their scores came from frees, 5 i think in total.

They have some decent hurlers and are a big physical side but lack the experience to win the games at this level.

that fog came in shocking quick last night in Lgiel. It didnt make it that the game couldnt be played though.

time to break out orange hurling balls lol

ballycran have played all 3 of their opening games at home, be interesting to see how they fare away from home.

League formats weird this year,  in June we have 5 home games in a row! never seen that happen before

cant see rossa winning tonight, fancy Loughgiel win handy.

Last nights games

St John's GAC   0-9   0-12   St.Patrick's GAC, Portaferry
Ruairí Óg   3-12   0-16   Mac Uilin CLG   
Ballycran   2-16   2-11   Naomh Gall   
Cuchullains-Dunloy   2-16   0-9   Ghaeil Chluanaidh