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Tyrone / Re: Tyrone Club Football and Hurling

« on: September 21, 2020, 10:07:49 AM »

I take back what I said about the price of the game, I would have paid it ten times over!

Fair play to the Clarke's winning the cup after 64 years, and doing it in some fashion, there's only so many times you can go to the well before it runs dry but by God do they have a deep well up on the hill of O'Neill.

Some excellent individual performances from the dungannon men, Matty Walsh had an amazing game to nulify Matty Donnelly, between Mark McKearney and the Jones brothers they covered every blade of grass twice over. Big Paudie and Oran Mallon where brilliant in the middle third with their high fielding and driving runs into the Trillick defence. As usual they got a huge impact from their bench with Paddy Quinn and Keifer both having great games and getting scores at crucial times. Finally, big Donaghey if there's one thing this fella doesn't lack is confidence, things weren't going his way with a few wides but he continued to keep plugging away at the whole thing and got a few scores and played some good ball into Quinn and Kiefer when they came on.

With that being said Trillick also had some outstanding preformances, Lee Brennans goal was as good a bit of individual creativity as we will see, young Ciaran Daly was very impressive for a 17 year old. When Lee kicked the equaliser at the end of extra time, the high press that Trillick went with put Dungannon under some pressure, the TV camera picked it up really well they had 5 players pushed up inside the 13 meter line hunting the ball with everything they had.

Regarding the penalities, TTM in their live video where reporting that had Barker missed the county board where ready to pull it before going to a third round. My only thought about penalties is that it is difficult enough to take one never mind having to step up to kick a second time, would it not be more viable to go with the 6th kicker etc. when it goes to sudden death?

Congrats to the Clarke's, another poster said how they had made an occasion out of the final and what an occasion it was! Enjoy

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Tyrone / Re: Tyrone Club Football and Hurling

« on: September 19, 2020, 11:23:46 PM »

£8 to watch intermediate final tonight & £10 for Trillick v The Clarke’s tomorrow, £2 to buy a digital programme. I can’t imagine many outside of the clubs involved will purchase the programme, but I’m sure there will be a lot tuned into both games over the weekend and £18 is surely a bit much to ask.

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Tyrone / Re: Tyrone Club Football and Hurling

« on: January 23, 2020, 08:13:19 AM »

Disappointing not to see the new reserve structures go ahead. Looking at the above numbers of games not fulfilled it is clearly a broken system, I can't possibly see why we would want to continue with it.

The strangest thing about the current system is playing in the league your senior team is in. For example, Aghaloo won the junior league last year however their reserves finished 13th in the Division 3 reserve league, how does it make any sense that they should also move up to Division 2 reserve football?

Kildress reserves finished top of Division 3, unbeaten in the league, the following year still playing in Division 3.
Cookstown and Eglish reserves both finished 6th in their respective leagues, but as a result of their senior team's relegations they must both play in lower leagues the following year.

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Tyrone / Re: Tyrone Club Football and Hurling

« on: January 23, 2020, 08:00:45 AM »

Drumragh
Clogher
Ardboe
Owen Roes
Eglish
Plus one more I can’t see straight away.

Ardboe on list ... Missed 5

Tatts 100%

Aghyaran?

Eglish, Tattyreagh, Owen Roes, Aghyaran, Clogher, Drumragh.

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Tyrone / Re: Tyrone Club Football and Hurling

« on: January 13, 2020, 08:59:57 AM »

Has anyone heard if they are changing structures of reserve leagues? Had heard there was talk of Senior A/B, Inter A/B, Junior A/B, basically East and West leagues at each level. Has this been passed or confirmed?

With U'20s to be wrapped up in March should leave for a better league schedule this coming year, here's hoping.

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Tyrone / Re: Tyrone Club Football and Hurling

« on: January 09, 2020, 04:15:45 PM »

I expect most club footballers have the ambition to play senior football, I can't think of too many who take the easy way out and do it by transferring clubs! Sounds like the man in question is very much about himself, BG_Gael.

Very fair comment. I was only going on the original clogher poster who said it was a transfer that didn't work out.

If my memory serves right Augher were an intermediate team when Darragh joined? So I don't think he went directly to playing Division 1 football from Division 3. Easy way or not isnt my point though. The clogher poster has said it hasn't worked out, but clearly it has and they just are bitter or have sour grapes with it.

I wonder how bitter they are about players who have transferred the other way and would they say their transfers have worked out?

He left to join Augher directly after they won their play offs to go up to senior. Yes he did play a few years of senior football and a few in intermediate, with no medals to show for it. The Clogher players have a junior league medal to look back on and I am sure most would agree it’s a much greater achievement to win a junior league with your club than jumping ship to play a higher level of football and winning a few individual awards along the way. With regards to calling it a failed transfer, this year Clogher finished higher in intermediate league, beat Augher and he has won no medals with his club(s), most certainly wouldn’t call it a success story anyway.

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Tyrone / Re: Tyrone Club Football and Hurling

« on: December 05, 2019, 04:33:31 AM »

Taken from Anual Report to County Convention, pages 82/83/84.

NA MOLTAÍ
(Recommendations)
For referral to Management Committee

1. That a group be appointed to review the structure, composition and scope of matters that should be discussed and decided at County Committee meetings. This group should report to the County Committee and Club Officers on any recommendations before the April meeting of the County Committee. (Cumann Naomh Pádraig, an Goirtín)

2. All documentation sent to clubs by County Officers or Sub-committees should be stored and shared using the official cloud-based system. (Cumann Naomh Pádraig, an Goirtín)

3. Minutes and Clár of all County Committee meetings, including reports from subcommittees to that meeting, shall be shared with all club secretaries before the monthly meeting of the County Committee. (Cumann Naomh Pádraig, an Goirtín)

For referral to the Finance Committee

4. In good faith and acknowledgement of all the members of our clubs and immediate families that the 2019 Tyrone GAA County Convention registers its support to amend the Club Tyrone Charity Constitution to provide financial contributions not just exclusively to Tyrone GAA but to include the Tyrone Handball, Tyrone LGFA and Tyrone Camogie associations. (Cumann an Athar Mhic Con Carraige, an Chorr Chríochach)

5. That the decision by Tyrone GAA Finance and CCC is re-visited to admit any Patron Under 16 Years old free of charge to our games to fully support the promotion of our games, with the possible exception of the senior football final on account of seating arrangements. (Cumann Naomh Pádraig, an Caislean Glas)

For referral to the Competitions Control Committee

6. Tyrone CCC should create and distribute two league fixture plans at beginning of year in order to allow clubs and players to make plans for family life and fundraising events. Plan A should include the scenario of Tyrone County team only competing in
2 games in the senior football championship. Plan B should include the scenario of Tyrone County team progressing further in the senior football championship including the super 8s. (Cumann Naomh Mhic Artáin, an Eochair)

7. A complete and transparent review of the assignation of 'Starred Games” should take place. All starred games to be played during the summer months prior to Tyrone’s exit from the All Ireland series. (Cumann Naomh Pádraig, an Goirtín)

8. All league games be completed before championship starts. (Cumann na Fianna, Oileán a’Ghuail)

9. There should be a minimum of 6 days before the replay of a drawn Championship fixture - Clubs should not have to play 3 championship fixtures in 8 days. (Cumann Naomh Pádraig, an Goirtín)

10. That in the Event of a Drawn Championship match Tyrone Competition Controls Committee Regulations for Adult Football and Hurling be amended to allow a minimum of 5 days between the Drawn Match and the Replay. (Cumann Naomh Pádraig, an Caislean Glas)

11. Get rid of top four play-offs and relegation/promotion playoffs. (Cumann na Fianna, Oileán a’Ghuail)

12. That the 2019 Tyrone GAA County Convention registers its support to amend the Tyrone CCC Regulations to organise a new competition for Reserves under new branding, Junior A, Junior B and Junior C. Games to be played on a regional and home and away basis. Grading’s not linked to senior team ranking. This will allow a regular programme of games for the clubs second team to further player development. Clubs to forward a list of 10 senior players who won’t be eligible to play in this new competition. (Cumann an Athar Mhic Con Carraige, an Chorr Chríochach)

13. The Reserve Football Championship to be played on the weekend of Tyrone’s participation in the Ulster Football Championship or the All Ireland Football Championship and played to its conclusion. If a suitable date is available players eligible to participate are those that did not feature in the last game of the previous year’s championship and any player who is a member of the senior county football panel. (Cumann Aireagal Chiaráin)

14. Tyrone CCC implements a decoupling of the reserve football leagues from senior within the County to allow players a full and meaningful season. (Cumann Naomh Pádraig, an Goirtín)

15. That no Tyrone club football is fixed on the day/evening of the All-Ireland football final. (Cumann an Phiarsaigh, Gallbhaile)

16. That at Under-age level in Tyrone we continue with age levels as U14, U16, U18 and above that U20.That this Motion is also forwarded to National level for succeeding years. (Cumann Naomh Pádraig, an Caisleán Glas).

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Tyrone / Re: Tyrone County Football and Hurling

« on: December 05, 2019, 04:18:56 AM »

There will still be issues but the fixtures should be less of a problem next year. As Tyrone aren't in the preliminary round in ulster next year, there is 7 weekends between the last round of NFL (assuming Tyrone don't make the final) and the first round game v Donegal. That should allow 6 league fixtures to be played.

If Tyrone lose that and enter the qualifiers there potentially wont be another Tyrone game until near the end of June allowing 3 more games to be played. Even if they win I think there is still another 1 or 2 slots in between county games to get matches played. There also isn't any u20 county matches during the summer next year so the majority of starred games can be saved for then.

If all goes to plan and fixtures done properly most if not all of the regular league games should be wrapped up pre championship next year. If Tyrone lose to Donegal in ulster there definitely won't be any excuses for them not to be.

With all this considered and a master fixture schedule released from the GAA with all weekends/dates known should it not be possible for our county board to do the same? Release a fixture planner, obviously, there would need to be different versions with possible outcomes but surely some sense of when games are going to be played is better than none for the club players.

Tyrone county master fixtures planner could look like:
A) Tyrone beaten in the first round of Ulster knocked out in super 8's or beaten in All-Ireland semi. 
B) Ulster champions knocked out in super 8's or beaten in All-Ireland semi.
C) Tyrone beaten in first round of Ulster, All-Ireland finalists.
D) Ulster champions, All-Ireland finalist.

4 different schedules are obviously a lot of work, but most weekends will overlap with only some tweaking involved. All Ireland semi-final is usually a week after super 8's so no need for different plans in place there.

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Tyrone / Re: Tyrone County Football and Hurling

« on: November 22, 2019, 11:07:53 AM »

Great piece on Ronan McNamee in today's Irish News.

Excellent article, it just goes to show you never know what goes on with lads. You see fellas lambasting players on here with no regards to what is going on behind the scenes, particularly with regards boys walking away from squads, at that stage in someones life football just might not be for them. - on that note for some boys football and team environment can be an escape.

Anyway, brilliant article on Ronan, complete honesty and you can see what a genuine fella he is with respect for those around him, particularly his Mother and Father. Hopefully reading his story can be a light at the end of the tunnel for someone reading.

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Tyrone / Re: Tyrone Club Football and Hurling

« on: November 07, 2019, 01:21:21 PM »

Maybe a case of what goes around comes around for Augher. I heard they refused to change their derby with Clogher, their request was to play it at any other time that didn't clash with the full round of fixtures, later in the evening or Friday night. So I suppose how do you expect to be accommodated when you have refused to be accommodating previously yourself.

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Tyrone / Re: Tyrone Club Football and Hurling

« on: November 05, 2019, 12:07:51 PM »

What way do we see things working out in Division 2 this weekend?

Pomeroy v Greencastle
Augher v Strabane
Beragh v Loughmacrory
Galbally v Cookstown
Gortin v Clogher
Moortown v Newtownstewart
Owen Roes v Stewartstown
Aghyaran v Urney

At the top: Galbally at home to Cookstown, a defeat for Fr. Rocks will see them in relegation play offs, can't see anything other than a Galbally win here.
Beragh v Lough, if Lough were told at the start of the year they need a win v Beragh on last day to secure senior football next year they would have took it, I am sure there must be some nerves in the camp this week and Beragh would love to spoil the party, expecting Lough win.
Pomeroy v Greencastle on Saturday afternoon, Pomeroy win here to move into second place and leave the pressure on for Lough the next day.

At the bottom: Urney are already gone and seem to have thrown the towel in.
Newton playing Moortown, possibly in Garvaghy mid week or Friday? Correct me if I am wrong here, but both Strabane and Stewartstown have both beated Newton so even if Newton are level on 10 points with either of them they are in relegation play off anyway based on head to head?
Strabane v Augher, last few weeks would suggest that Augher have no interest in play offs, very strange considering a few weeks back they were in a position to play Clogher again in play offs, maybe they didn't fancy that possibility. Strabane will likely pick up easy points here.
Owen Roes v Stewartstown, Owen Roes win here leaving Stewartstown possibly level with Newton, although they won the head to head which should see them safe?

In the middle:
Owen Roes and Clogher guaranteed to play each other in play offs with what looks like no other team looking to fill the final spot? Possible teams to take it are Augher, Greencastle, Gortin, Moortown and Beragh, with all possibly going to get beat it would leave Augher staying in 6th place with an away trip to Pomeroy or Loughmacrory.

There is the the very very outside possibility of four teams finishing on 10 points would leave a tricky situation.

Overall I  am going for, Gallbally winners, Lough runners up, Pomeroy v Augher, Clogher v Owen Roes, Newton v Cookstown.

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Cavan / Re: Official Cavan GAA Thread

« on: October 17, 2019, 09:30:52 AM »

Lads, Tyrone poster here. Just wondering how many attended your county final? Seen some highlights and it looked a huge crowd.

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Tyrone / Re: Tyrone Club Football and Hurling

« on: September 26, 2019, 10:16:21 AM »

Neither team have a change strip? Looked very similar

Couldn't understand this myself, both strips very similar. Surely county board should have this considered before hand with one team switching.

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Tyrone / Re: Tyrone Club Football and Hurling

« on: September 26, 2019, 10:14:41 AM »

What about Harry Og Conlon- he didn't feature for Edendork in any of their championship games.
Is he injured? He was in around County panels at one stage

Mark McReynolds also?

Harry Og is teaching in the Middle East, Dubai or Abu Dhabi. Mark is teaching in Scotland, although he has traveled home in other years, not sure why this has changed this year. Would have made a huge difference to Edendork had they Niall Morgan available out the field.

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Tyrone / Re: Tyrone County Football and Hurling

« on: September 26, 2019, 10:11:56 AM »

Does anyone know has Jonny Davis been ratified yet? If so, will he be working exclusively along with senior squad or in a role that involves working with academy/minors/u20s?

With regards to Madden, was there other candidates? Was he approached or any idea where the link is? I cant phantom why or how Mickey Harte could brain storm and think, yes this is him this is the guy I want.