Antrim Hurling

[imtommygunn]

Yeah I was also thinking that. I would rather pure knockout from straight away. You could get the big teams playing each other in summer months which would be a novelty lol. (not antrim's fault but half of club hurling is in the winter when most of the summer is free for it up here)

[Na Glinntí Glasa]

group games are totally pointless if they dont determine who gets who in the semi finals. whats the bloody point of winning two games if you end up playing a team on the other side who won two game as well.

you could win one game and rest your team off effectively to just go through to the semi finals and draw the team on the other side who won one game as well. pointless set up unless theres a reward for winning your two games.

At the moment all its doing is dragging the thing out

[johnnycool]

group games are totally pointless if they dont determine who gets who in the semi finals. whats the bloody point of winning two games if you end up playing a team on the other side who won two game as well.

you could win one game and rest your team off effectively to just go through to the semi finals and draw the team on the other side who won one game as well. pointless set up unless theres a reward for winning your two games.

At the moment all its doing is dragging the thing out

Down underage championships have round robin stages where the top team in each group get a home semi-final against the team second in the other group and vice versa.
There's a tangible benefit to finishing top and I think it works well.

Not sure if that could/should translate to senior championship though.

[Na Glinntí Glasa]

they do it here this year for the first time in the senior camogie championship where top played second in the other group. ourselves and Ballycastle played out a tough first game where we lost in injury time and it meant we finished second and having to play Lgiel in the semi final.

Makes sense and was the fair way to determine who plays who. this nonsense way of the hurling makes no sense at all and all the games in the groups were dour affairs.

[faughs]

Carey v Armoy fixed for 7pm tomorrow night - far too late to be starting a championship game at this time of year.  Could and should have been fixed for an earlier start on Saturday or Sunday, no common sense

[paddyjohn]

Carey v Armoy fixed for 7pm tomorrow night - far too late to be starting a championship game at this time of year.  Could and should have been fixed for an earlier start on Saturday or Sunday, no common sense

Common sense is lacking judging by some of the fixtures.

[breakingball]

Fixtures, timings and venues been poor so far, hopefully will improve for the rest of the  competitions

Carey v Armoy fixed for 7pm tomorrow night - far too late to be starting a championship game at this time of year.  Could and should have been fixed for an earlier start on Saturday or Sunday, no common sense

Common sense is lacking judging by some of the fixtures.

[Milltown Row2]

Fixtures, timings and venues been poor so far, hopefully will improve for the rest of the  competitions

Carey v Armoy fixed for 7pm tomorrow night - far too late to be starting a championship game at this time of year.  Could and should have been fixed for an earlier start on Saturday or Sunday, no common sense

Common sense is lacking judging by some of the fixtures.

All the games have been spread over the weekend. Friday Saturday and Sundays? Wtf?

[jdyok]

Carey v Armoy throw-in is at 6.45pm...

[themac_23]

Mental, whats the rush to play games on a friday night? and if we must play on a friday night play them under lights, get a bit of atmosphere, 6:45 just seems very rushed. even worse, just seen Ballycastles JFC game next week is a friday night game.... 6.45 throw in at st endas, surprised more hasn't been made of that one tbh.

[jdyok]

Reserve Hurling Cup Final
Ruairi Og v Ballycran at Ballycastle on Fri 6th at 8pm. Down lads may book into AirBnB...

[paddyjohn]

But sure its over the weekend, like wtf?

[Na Glinntí Glasa]

Reserve Hurling Cup Final
Ruairi Og v Ballycran at Ballycastle on Fri 6th at 8pm. Down lads may book into AirBnB...

thats a joke. no way is that fair venue or time for a match for a team in co down

[paddyjohn]

Reserve Hurling Cup Final
Ruairi Og v Ballycran at Ballycastle on Fri 6th at 8pm. Down lads may book into AirBnB...

If only there was a city venue with decent lights.. 

[johnnycool]

Reserve Hurling Cup Final
Ruairi Og v Ballycran at Ballycastle on Fri 6th at 8pm. Down lads may book into AirBnB...

thats a joke. no way is that fair venue or time for a match for a team in co down

Are there many floodlit venues in Antrim capable of holding a senior hurling game?