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Back door this year. Was round robin last year.

Round 1 - weekend 16/17 August
Round 2 - weekend 30/31 August
Round 3 - weekend 13/14 September
Quarter's - weekend 27/28 September
Semi's - weekend 11/12 October
Final - weekend 18/19 October

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Attempted to piece together the state of the Derry panel based on match day squads and report in Gaelic Life at start of the season https://www.gaeliclife.com/news/tally-excited-for-league-after-busy-two-months-at-the-derry-helm/

Available
Martin Bradley (Ballinascreen)
Paul Cassidy (Bellaghy)
Declan Cassidy (Bellaghy)
Charlie Diamond (Bellaghy)
Conor Glass (Glen)
Ethan Doherty (Glen)
Jody McDermott (Glen)
Neil McNicholl (Glenullin)
Niall Loughlin (Greenlough)
Niall Toner (Lavey)
Patrick McGurk (Lavey)
Ryan Mulholland (Lavey)
Caolan Devlin (Loup)
Dan Higgins (Magherafelt)
Eoin McEvoy (Magherafelt)
Conall Herron (Magherafelt)
Cormac Murphy (Magherafelt)
Padraig McGrogan (Newbridge)
Conor Doherty (Newbridge)
Mark Doherty (Newbridge)
Shane McGuigan (Slaughtneil)
Diarmuid Baker (Steeltown)
Cahir McMonagle (Steelstown)
Ben McCarron (Steelstown)
Anton Tohill (Swatragh)
Late Additions
Ben McKinless (Ballinderry)
Kevin Quinn (Kilrea)
Paddy Quigg (Kilrea)
PJ McAleese (Kilrea)
Injured – Probably/possibly due back
Lachlan Murray (Desertmartin)
Ciaran McFaul (Glen)
Rory McGill (Lavey)
Brendan Rogers (Slaughtneil)
Donnacha Gilmore (Steelstown) – possibly done for the year
On Under 20 panel – likely added to senior after under 20 Championship
Ruairi Forbes (Ballinderry)
Danny McDermott (Glen)
Injured – out for the year
Gareth McKinless (Ballinderry)
Niall O'Donnell (Ballinderry)
Conor McCluskey (Magherafelt) -assume he's done based on posts here
Odhran Lynch (Magherafelt) -assume he's done based on posts here
Have left the panel
Jack Doherty (Glen)
Louis Regan (Lavey) – assume he was only brought in at start of year to have a look at
Callum McGrogan (Newbridge) – based on post here
Jamie Gribbin (Newbridge) – same as Louis Regan
Shea Downey (St Brigid's)
Matthew Downey (St Brigid's) – not entirely sure he was on the panel
Retired/Left after last season
Ryan Scullion (Ballinascreen)
Emmett Bradley (Glen)
Eunan Mulholland (Glen)
Chrissy McKaigue (Slaughtneil)

Query for anyone who might know this.  Am I right in saying that at senior level in terms of membership if pay for membership for your parent club who only provide one code (Say Football for example) do you still have to pay membership of another club that you are sanctioned for to play the other code (eg Hurling)?  And in woman's sport (Camogie and Ladies football) if someone was in the same situation ie playing Camogie for one club and football for another they would have to pay membership for both clubs because of the two different associations??

Once you have paid your membership for the parent club, that's your membership to the GAA for the year paid, so technically you wouldn't need to pay the second club in order to be a member of the GAA. And really its all seen as being a member of the GAA. However, assuming you are a playing member and you got hurt for the second club (and depending on the club policy) they would have to make a claim for the expenses via the GAA player injury scheme. So probably only good manners to pay the second membership. As depending on the club policy, they could be out money if you got hurt playing for them.

Can't really speak to LGFA and camogie, but as they are separate organizations, I'd say you have to pay the 2, whereas GAA covers both football and hurling clubs.

Glenullin shipping 2 heavy defeats to finish the group stages, they'll be in trouble against Ballinderry...or is it a double bluff

Wouldn't take too much from the group game results. Championship finally starts now

Only issue being that you need to get to semi finals to be in next years senior championship. One of them will be intermediate again next year.

Derry quarter finals

Saturday 5th October @ Owenbeg
Glen v Lavey at 5:15pm
Bellaghy v Newbridge at 7pm

Sunday 6th October @ Owenbeg
Slaughtneil v Ballinascreen at 4:45pm
Dungiven v Magherafelt at 6:30pm

Does Chrissy mc Kaigue teach in Maghera?

No, I think it's some sort of GPO set up that the school pay for.

Living in Derry according to Gaelic life report (account needed to view). Still playing with Cushendall.

https://www.gaeliclife.com/news/mcnaughton-one-of-the-new-faces-in-the-derry-hurling-panel/

I Heard Armagh is booked for something else so probably the best neutral option.

Pairc Esler, the new home of Ulster hurling. 

Parking is tight in Newry in the run up to Christmas, but the Canal Court does a fine carvery lunch

Colour clash as well, what happened the last time they played?

Slaughtneil's main hurling top is white and maroon hoops. Predominantly white.

Link from last game shows they were ok wearing it;
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gaelic-games/34632201

Is Ballinderry definitely intermediate grade next season?

Ballinderry will be intermediate championship and division 1 league next year assuming all league changes stay in place.

Derry are in the middle of a league and championship restructure that will take a couple of years to work itself out.

Moving from a 14 team senior and intermediate championship to 12 senior and intermediate championship and breaking the link from league and championship.

2 teams being relegated from grade above with no promotion this year. From 2024, it will be 1 up and 1 down. Glenullin are staying intermediate next year but are being joined by Ballinderry and Coleraine.

They were hoping to get it done last year but clubs objected when they realised they were in relegation bother.

What's the rationale behind these changes Jimmy?
Are we going the cavan route, league has no bearing on championship?
My ideal would have been keep it at 16 each and enforce the link between championship and league. 2 teams up and down each year, 1 team via league, 1 team via championship.

Couple of things came into to play but ultimately the main goal was to raise standards in intermediate and junior football. In a 16 team league you have a few going for 1st spot and 3/4 teams trying to avoid relegation and a lot in the middle just playing out games. Whereas a 12 team league would have more games with teams trying to win a league or avoid relegation.

You also have teams 13/14/15/16 along with the top 3/4 teams in old division 2 should make a fairly competitive league. In the old 16 team system when it came to championship, realistically teams 13/14/15/16 were never a factor, unless they happened to draw one another. I don't think the goal was to get better teams in the provincial intermediate and junior competitions, but is undoubtedly a by-product of the changes.

The split season also complicated matters. Even if Derry have an awful year, in the new system they will still be playing in June and clubs are unlikely to have access to county players. County players played no league games at all this year. Add in county under 20 and hurling, that's 4 panels of players that weren't available to clubs at a stage.

Senior hurlers got to Christy Ring final which was in June, under 20 footballers got to ulster final in May I think, and under 20 hurlers won the all Ireland B competition. All teams that have to be catered for and players that were unavailable to clubs in early part of year. It was no coincidence that bottom 5 clubs in early stages of league were all dual clubs at a stage. So I think breaking the link between league and championship is a fair enough move.

There was also time factor. Getting to 12 team division 1 and 2 had been on the cards for a while and it's quicker to run off a 12 team league rather than a 16 team league. But then changes to inter county season meant the expansion of group based championships so probably not that big a factor now.

Derry are in the middle of a league and championship restructure that will take a couple of years to work itself out.

Moving from a 14 team senior and intermediate championship to 12 senior and intermediate championship and breaking the link from league and championship.

2 teams being relegated from grade above with no promotion this year. From 2024, it will be 1 up and 1 down. Glenullin are staying intermediate next year but are being joined by Ballinderry and Coleraine.

They were hoping to get it done last year but clubs objected when they realised they were in relegation bother.

14 teams in Derry senior championship this year.

2 groups of 7 with top 4 qualifying for quarter finals. Games will be 1 v 4 and 2 v 3.

Glen Magherafelt and Slaughtneil guaranteed 1/4 final spots with Lavey more or less guaranteed a place.

Bottom 2 in each group face relegation playoff. Coleraine definately in that with Ballinderry and Loup likely to join them.

2 go down and no one comes up this year.

It'll be one down and one up from next year onwards.

https://www.irishnews.com/sport/gaafootball/2022/11/19/news/casement_park_benefits_will_far_exceed_the_cost_reckons_ulster_gaa_s_stephen_mcgeehan-2910143/