Ulster Colleges 2010-2011

[Any craic]

Watch the draw as it was made today at BT..
http://www.jeromequinnmedia.com/watch/BT-MacRory-Cup-Quarter-final-Draw-for-2011-261//

[FermGael]

I see that some things never change when it comes to the All stars.

Unreal

[Any craic]

Fair play to St Joseph's Donaghmore on a first Football All Star for a lad from Eglish who is interviewed here, and to schools in Down and Derry who have won their first hurling All Stars. Again, there are short interview clips and shots from the presentation here:- www.jeromequinnmedia.com

[imtommygunn]

I looked for the football allstars online and couldn't find them... anyone got a link?

[barelegs]

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/gaa/mooneyrsquos-eyes-on-new-career-in-aussie-rules-15037336.html

There's a link and the team below.

Matthew McNeice (St Colman's Newry);
Niall Donnelly (St Colman's Newry),
Ciaran Cannon (St Eunan's Letterkenny),
Peter Quinn (St Mary's Magherafelt);
Aidan Breen (St Michael's Enniskillen),
Conall McNulty (St Joseph's Donaghmore),
Caolán Mooney (St Colman's Newry);
Richard Donnelly (St Michael's Enniskillen),
Harry Og Conlan (St Patrick's Dungannon);
Ronan McGrady (Our Lady's and St Patrick's Knock),
Ruairí Corrigan (St Michael's Enniskillen),
Emmet Bradley (St Patrick's Maghera);
Ryan Mayse (Omagh CBS),
John McCullagh (Omagh CBS),
Conor McNally (St Patrick's Armagh)

I'm sure all the lads that won awards deserve some recognition but to be completely honest the selection process is so totally flawed as to render the awards almost meaningless at this point.

[Any craic]

http://www.jeromequinnmedia.com/watch/BT-Ulster-Colleges-Football-All-Stars-2010-11-266// video clips and interviews from the Football All Stars.

The details are all also on the Ulster Colleges website - http://www.ulstercollegesgaa.org

[FermGael]

Caolán Mooney.  I may be wrong but i thought this lad was a forward.....

[Mike Tyson]

Surprised Jerome Johnston didn't get one

[nrico2006]

Is Conan Grugan still at CBS? Shocking if he is and didn't get an All-Star along with Ronan O'Neill

[Metro]

think there is about 8 or 9 of them players that deserve the award, many of the best players in this years MacRory cup have been overlooked. the Selection process needs to be looked at

[duvet dave]

Is Conan Grugan still at CBS? Shocking if he is and didn't get an All-Star along with Ronan O'Neill

Grugan has moved on and Ronan O' Neill has been injured for a while now.

think there is about 8 or 9 of them players that deserve the award, many of the best players in this years MacRory cup have been overlooked. the Selection process needs to be looked at

Is this years selection any different than any other year?  I don't think so.  Rarely is the team that is picked a true reflection of the best players at this level and its the same again this year.  Not sure if there is another way of picking the team as it is an wonderful honour but an awful way of picking it.

[Metro]

Is Conan Grugan still at CBS? Shocking if he is and didn't get an All-Star along with Ronan O'Neill

Grugan has moved on and Ronan O' Neill has been injured for a while now.

think there is about 8 or 9 of them players that deserve the award, many of the best players in this years MacRory cup have been overlooked. the Selection process needs to be looked at

Is this years selection any different than any other year?  I don't think so.  Rarely is the team that is picked a true reflection of the best players at this level and its the same again this year.  Not sure if there is another way of picking the team as it is an wonderful honour but an awful way of picking it.

Surely a scouting system and the team announcement after the MacRory cup is over would be a better way of selecting the best players. Whilst it is great that people get the chance to win a All-Star, you want the best 15 players gathering the awards.

[duvet dave]

The current system is that every school regardless of grade A, B or C can send up to 6 players to a trial.  At the trial, teams are picked and a number of games are played while viewed by the three selectors.  After the initial trials players are called back to a final trial and the final 15 are chosen.

Apparently the selectors were John McElroy (Fermanagh), Tony Scullion (Derry) and Mr Murphy (Donegal).

Are you sure about that, take your points?  I was lead to believe that only the schools in the MacRory were able to send 6 players and the rest of the schools had to send less.  I'm not sure how many though but not 6.

[duvet dave]

You are right as usual, it is 6, 4 and 2.

Not sure what you mean - 6,4 and 2 means what?

[duvet dave]

2010/2011 Ulster Colleges All-Stars
This week the presitigious BT Ulster Colleges Football and Hurling All-stars were announced.

Pictured is Conor McNally (St Patrick's Armagh) who completed a personal double.  He was selected at corner-forward in both the Hurling team announced on Tuesday and the Football team announced today.  Conor was also at corner-forward in last year's elite Hurling team.  Conor joins Peter Morris, Consumer Director, BT left and Paddy Linden, Vice-chairman Ulster Colleges Council.

2010/11 BT Colleges' Football All-stars

1.   Matthew McNeice (St Colman's Newry)

2.   Niall Donnelly (St Colman's Newry)

3.   Ciaran Cannon (St Eunan's Letterkenny)

4.   Peter Quinn (St Mary's Magherafelt)

5.   Aidan Breen (St Michael's Enniskillen)

6.   Conall McNulty (St Joseph's Donaghmore)

7.   Caolán Mooney (St Colman's Newry)

8.   Richard Donnelly (St Michael's Enniskillen)

9.   Harry Óg Conlan (St Patrick's Dungannon)

10.  Ronan McGrady (Our Lady's and St Patrick's Knock)

11.  Ruairí Corrigan (St Michael's Enniskillen)

12.  Emmet Bradley (St Patrick's Maghera)

13.  Ryan Mayse (Omagh CBS)

14.  John McCullagh (Omagh CBS)

15.  Conor McNally (St Patrick's Armagh)

■These All-stars are known as the 2010/11 Football All-stars and this is the 24th year of the Ulster Colleges' All-star scheme.
■Players are selected over the course of two trial games, after being initially nominated by their own school to attend the trials.
The scheme rewards excellence in skill and in sportsmanship and a player who has been sent off in any game between September 1st and the dates of the trials is ineligible for selection.
■St Michael's Enniskillen defeated St Patrick's Dungannon in the BT MacCormack Cup final 1-10 to 2-3 last week.
■3 St Michael's Enniskillen players make the team, while only Harry Óg Conlan is selected from St Patrick's Dungannon.
■3 players from current Hogan champions St Colman's Newry are included – all in defence – while there are 2 Omagh CBS forwards and 1 each from a further 6 schools.  Overall 10 schools are represented in the selection.
■Conall McNulty is the first player from St Joseph's Donaghmore to be awarded an Ulster Colleges' All-star.  St Joseph's becomes the 31st school to be included in the scheme.
■Ronan McGrady's inclusion is only the third time that Our Lady's and St Patrick's Knock has had a footballer recognised.  Marcus Miskelly (2002) and Seán Molloy (2006) were like Ronan selected in attack.
■6 of the 9 teams still involved in the BT MacRory Cup have players in the line-out – St Macartan's Monaghn, Abbey CBS and St Michael's Lurgan are the exceptions.
■Ciaran Cannon (St Eunan's Letterkenny), Conall McNulty (St Joseph's Donaghmore) and Ronan McGrady (Our Lady's and St Patrick's Knock) are in the BT O'Doherty /MacLarnon Cup draw, while Emmet Bradley's St Patrick's Maghera were knocked out of the BT MacRory in a play-off last week.
■Seven of the nine counties are represented, with 5 All-stars for Tyrone players, 2 each for Derry, Down, Armagh and Fermanagh, and 1 each for Antrim and Donegal.
■None of last year's team are winning a second Football All-star, although corner-forward Conor McNally is receiving his third, having gained back to back hurling All-stars as a corner-forward last year and this year.
■Caolán Mooney has signed professional terms with Aussie Rules' club Collingwood and will join them in summer 2011 when he completes his A Levels.
■Richard Donnelly, Harry óg Conlan and John McCullagh were all in the Tyrone team that won the All-Ireland Minor title in September, Harry scoring a goal and John picking up the Player of the Match Award and the Ulster GAA Writers' Award for September.
■Richard Donnelly has repeated his brother Matthew's feat of winning Ulster and All-Ireland Minor medals in 2008 and the following year picking up a BT Ulster Colleges' All-star.
■Ruairí Corrigan's brother Tomás was corner-forward in the 2009 All-star team and is now on the Fermanagh Senior squad.  Tomás and Ruairí are sons of Dominic, who has taken St Michael's to the MacRory title on a couple of occasions and also managed both Fermanagh and Sligo at senior level.
■In overall terms, St. Patrick's Maghera stay ahead of Abbey CBS with 44 football awards and they are joint-tops in the Hurling winners' list with St Mary's Belfast with 73 awards.