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@AontroimGAA ... body blow...one of best cant commit. Gutted#family#dussapointed


Tweet gro the county hurling manager at 3.50am.. Wonder who he's talking about?

Happy Christmas to all the lads & ladies on here. Stay safe & enjoy!

Joe Quinn involved as a coach now to. Making moves in the right direction anyway.

Not many interested SiE?
Is that Johnny Campbell young - or an older namesake?

I have to say McGourty article raised an eyebrow mr2 - it would appear he is "helping Antrim out".

I took that from the interview to. Doing them a favour it seems to be.

Absolutely fantastic results now all we need us the Honey Monster beaten for VC and what a new dawn for Antrim something we can all get behind again.....

Honey Monster?

Hopefully Stephen O'Boyle will take the Ass Secretary from Terry Reilly.

Sean Kelly elected

Collie Donnelly new county chairman..

So D-Day is here. Home from work and weins to bed early and watch the Twitter feed all night!!!

Saul for joining up with the county panel. Good news.

heard that this morning myself.  A club mate of his approached Pj and told him that he was interested in being apart of it. Am sure pj is delighted to have him on board. Great news.

Surely PJ would of approached Saul himself?

Is there a reason Saul Mc Caughan isn't there?

Working in Omagh and can't travel over in time from what I hear. He's a big loss.

Benny McCarry no interest in playing for the county?

I don't know if he's fit yet or not. I suppose if he gets up to speed and is playing well he'll maybe get a call up. Same as everyone else.

Shorty McManus Eddie

Clarke Watson McAfee

What a set of forwards that would be

[I'm hearing St Pauls are entering JHC, what about Cushendun and Armoy]

I think thats just fanciful thinking there folks. Teams in KK dont want to drop down, they get relegated if they aint up to the standard. No club wants to drop down in KK. Rossa were a senior club that dropped down by their own doings and won the intermediate championship at a canter in antrim and ulster.

Im not making little of Rossas achievement on winning an all ireland, it was an unreal achievement and something they should be extremely proud of.

Clubs in antrim decide if they want to stay in a championship. Cloughmills came up to senior, gave it a go, didnt progress and dropped back down again. I would of liked to see them stick at it and keep going in it. Same with Ahoghill. I hope that Creggan will give it a real go and stick at senior as well. it can only be good for our club game with more teams competing for the Vol cup. Upsets happen in championship hurling!

Totally agree with your points here. Clubs in Antrim are continually pondering what cship to enter rather than fighting hard to be the best they can and not dropping down. Our structure doesn't help them obviously with no relegation play offs etc. I have always felt that this would eb a good idea but then clubs might start throwing these games so they could move down, you cant win. Main point is that in KK they all want to be at the top table.

MR2, whats St Galls plans for cship 2016? Remain senior or drop down? I have the same question for anyone from Ahoghill on here?

I'm hearing St Pauls are entering JHC, what about Cushendun and Armoy, will they also enter the junior competition?? So many possibilities............

Its all very well clubs dropping down to give themselves a sense of achievement, but what about the Junior clubs? they have nowhere else to drop down to. I think its the job of the CB to put an end to allowing people to cherry pick their championship as very rarely people will decide to pick to go up therefor the whole process systematically leads to regression. I have a feeling though the CB allow this as it gives them stronger representation in Ulster/ All Ireland from clubs who decide to drop down a level to compete.

Look at the clubs in the last few years that have been accused of cherry picking their championships on here or on other forums,


Lamh Dhearg JHC last year- Didn't win it.
Glenravel JFC 2012 & last year - Didn't win it
Moneyglass IFC last year- Didn't win it.

Clearly these clubs were at their level of playing these competitions and factors within the club dictated them doing so.

Nice Cherry picked answers also don't have much time here but Davitts in JFC a few times recently Ahoghill in JFC 2007 Rossa IHC Hurling 2014

Those were off the top of my head.. Also time is an issue here,

I'll give you Rossa 2014 but surely Davitts are a Div 3 club so therefore entitled to play JFC?

[I'm hearing St Pauls are entering JHC, what about Cushendun and Armoy]

I think thats just fanciful thinking there folks. Teams in KK dont want to drop down, they get relegated if they aint up to the standard. No club wants to drop down in KK. Rossa were a senior club that dropped down by their own doings and won the intermediate championship at a canter in antrim and ulster.

Im not making little of Rossas achievement on winning an all ireland, it was an unreal achievement and something they should be extremely proud of.

Clubs in antrim decide if they want to stay in a championship. Cloughmills came up to senior, gave it a go, didnt progress and dropped back down again. I would of liked to see them stick at it and keep going in it. Same with Ahoghill. I hope that Creggan will give it a real go and stick at senior as well. it can only be good for our club game with more teams competing for the Vol cup. Upsets happen in championship hurling!

Totally agree with your points here. Clubs in Antrim are continually pondering what cship to enter rather than fighting hard to be the best they can and not dropping down. Our structure doesn't help them obviously with no relegation play offs etc. I have always felt that this would eb a good idea but then clubs might start throwing these games so they could move down, you cant win. Main point is that in KK they all want to be at the top table.

MR2, whats St Galls plans for cship 2016? Remain senior or drop down? I have the same question for anyone from Ahoghill on here?

I'm hearing St Pauls are entering JHC, what about Cushendun and Armoy, will they also enter the junior competition?? So many possibilities............

Its all very well clubs dropping down to give themselves a sense of achievement, but what about the Junior clubs? they have nowhere else to drop down to. I think its the job of the CB to put an end to allowing people to cherry pick their championship as very rarely people will decide to pick to go up therefor the whole process systematically leads to regression. I have a feeling though the CB allow this as it gives them stronger representation in Ulster/ All Ireland from clubs who decide to drop down a level to compete.

Look at the clubs in the last few years that have been accused of cherry picking their championships on here or on other forums,


Lamh Dhearg JHC last year- Didn't win it.
Glenravel JFC 2012 & last year - Didn't win it
Moneyglass IFC last year- Didn't win it.

Clearly these clubs were at their level of playing these competitions and factors within the club dictated them doing so.

How are Glenmore a junior team? They were winning Kilkenny senior championships 20 years ago. A lot of teams in various counties drop down one grade to have a crack at an all ireland but two grades is a bit much.

How do you know what problems the club has had? How do you know they've dropped 2 grades to have a crack at an All Ireland JHC?

[With regards to TR's rant, knowing the man and his passion for the GAA and Antrim in particular I would put it down to frustration,]

Podge, I can assure you Antrim Vision have been in the planning quite a while and certainly have not been cobbled together in the last few weeks.  Some of these people tried almost two years ago to get something up and running with regards to fundraising along the lines of what Bannside is talking about, but then the Casement debacle unfolded, they decided to shelve the plans as it was felt there was no way they could ask anybody or any business to support Antrim GAA with the present incumbents in situ.  There is and never was any credibility with the present administration. 

With regards to TR's rant, knowing the man and his passion for the GAA and Antrim in particular I would put it down to frustration, nothing else, yes he was wrong and he subsequently apologised.  Let him without sin cast the first stone!  As for his refereeing skills, I always thought he was a tube, but that's another story 

Saffron Vision has to be the only show in town, if all our club's delegates cant see this, then we deserve all we get and the Irish News will have a field day with Antrim GAA filling their column inches.  I cant believe for a minute any of these votes will be close.

I would also hope that if BrendanBelfast wins the PRO job, that he would get Sean Kelly on board with him, clearly a guy with a passion and a vision.  The work he has done with Belfast Hour alone would prove what a benefit he would be to any administration, and I'm sure there is a role for him on some sub-committee, for we need all the positive press we can get.

Roll on the 7th Dec and the beginning of a new era, we are at rock bottom, the only way is up. 




He was equally disrespectful to players time and time again as a referee. Bad PR for the vision with this candidate on-board.

"He was equally disrespectful to players time and time again as a referee. Bad PR for the vision with this candidate on-board."

Agree, passionate GAA men are the Sean McGurks, Alec Emersons or Dessie Donnellys of this world, not somebody who time and time again has let himself down a bagful by slabbering!

Do not think Aghagallon are that much of a surprise - certainly would expect them to be in the final now - what they will do against St Johns is another matter (no disrespect to St Enda's).

Do Aghagallon get a bye into the final?