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Concentrating on winning the league it seems

Eva & Kaydy McNeill would be a big asset to that team. Not sure if Eva would be eligible as she's still minor. Laura Black is a miss with an injury she picked up the first league game v Tipp. unsure if shes available.

Marie Laverty from Loughgiel (if eligible as still minor) would also be a starter if she was there.

The three Magills, Eimear Johnston from Dunloy also.

Always felt that the top Derry clubs would add something to our leagues, and maybe help the Derry clubs along the way.

The Down teams have done well over the years in our leagues.

Its worth a try to see if it would work.

I remember the ulster league being about for a while but it died a death.

I think we won it three times beating Ballygalget, Loughgiel & Cushendall in finals of it. It didn't seem too popular as it was seen as extra games that weren't needed if you were a dual club.

The football runs ulster leagues in pre season but again it seems a bit pointless and nothing more than an excuse to ruin your pitch in January!   

Very quiet on the league front on here with the hurling this year. Not much real interest in the games it seems from supporters.

I've been to a few games and none of them have been really worth the while of travelling to in terms of a contest.

Portaferry or St Endas look to be in trouble at the moment with Ballygalget not far behind them from what I've seen of them.

Ballycastle look to be well equipped to win that league as they have the stronger panel at their use for it. Never a bad thing to see someone different win it.

Two good wins for the county at the weekend.

I was at the game Friday night and they made real hard work of that game. Down to their credit made a great game of it and while they didn't look like they could really grab the game by the neck and win it they def made Antrim work hard for it.

It will def be an interesting game in the round robin match with Down having home advantage.

Sundays win away to Limerick was massive as this group of players had to play 2 games in 48hrs - something of which shouldn't be happening - but well done to the girls for picking up a hard earned win.

It sets up a final v Wexford who they have already beaten in the comp. A good weekend for the county.

The fact that they told clubs they have to sell them was pathetic.

If you are a small club with small membership and not a large income you value what local resources you have yourself to keep things going. To then ask them to sell tickets that wont potentially generate any income for your own needs is a real stretch, esp considering that they see nor hear nothing in terms of support during the year.

It started as needing each club to sell 24 and now its down to 20.

In the current climate, no one is interested in giving money to our county as results go from bad to worse.

Are these the £12 per month tickets? The email said the club's got 25% I thought. Didn't bother buying any. What happens if a club doesn't sell its quota?

Yeah they get a return after they go past the quota of 20 tickets so its an incentive to sell more

I can assure you there wont be many clubs passing the 100 extra sold. I know the uptake on our club has been low.

The fact that they told clubs they have to sell them was pathetic.

If you are a small club with small membership and not a large income you value what local resources you have yourself to keep things going. To then ask them to sell tickets that wont potentially generate any income for your own needs is a real stretch, esp considering that they see nor hear nothing in terms of support during the year.

It started as needing each club to sell 24 and now its down to 20.

In the current climate, no one is interested in giving money to our county as results go from bad to worse.

To be honest it was very poor planning from our own county not to forsee this happening.

The fact that the panel is so young should of been a clear sign that this was going to lead to players playing far too many games in a tight space of time.

The U23 comp only suits the larger counties with bigger panels. Antrim dont have this, and havent had this for a long long time.

You have to wonder about the sense of these U23 fixtures just after the league and prior to the All Ireland series.

Its ok for the larger counties with big numbers but those with smaller pools of players have more players involved with two sets of the panels with no break.

A nice idea on paper for the likes for Cork, Galway, Dublin etc with large numbers but no so for the likes of us who have the same players in our senior panel. 14 of our U23 panel are in the senior panel.

Player welfare means zero when they are constantly on the go and its only April.

Had a feeling this might be apt with this weekend coming.

Ulster senior camogie final and U23 All Ireland semi final all on one weekend. 14 of the senior panel involed in both.

Poor planning for fixtures and no thought put onto player welfare.

Its been long overdue to be done and it needs it asap as Dunsilly is a hateful place to go watch a game. i dont understand why they take senior semi finals to that place.

That being said i dont think the uptake on those tickets will be as high as was expected. People arent interested in supporting the county and with all thats going on its hard to disagree with them. How can you sell these tickets to people when they see the cash just wasted in their eyes.

I know some clubs have refused to sell the tickets and to be honest i can see their point of view. Its hard enough to fund raise for your own club to survive each year without giving to the county as well.

For example clubs need to cover insurance for players

• GAA player injury fund £8k
• Camogie insurance £7k
• public liability insurance £?k depends on facilities

Then you have player injuries costs and operations. The insurance only covers up to £5k for the GAA and most operations don't even come close to covering this so clubs are operating on a lost each time it happens.

But here, help Antrim GAA improve their lot whilst the clubs struggle to cover costs.

I couldn't get my head around how its permitted at all. I have previously sat on the THDC in Antrim and have dealt with transfers a fair bit. The rules around them and how strict they are always made me wonder how there was a way to do this at all.

Between sanctions to and from America and transfers back from Australia its all tight and hard to get away with doing something that isn't allowed.

If there is a loophole previously it left it open to being completely abused by players wanting to play for stronger counties if they were working or studying away from home. Whats to stop a county doing all they can for a really good player to get to a uni in the south on a scholarship and then them play for them during the all ireland.

Its open to being abused badly.

Actually surprised at our result last night at St Galls. Expected us to be further behind them when you see the team that we had out.

Cargin up next for ourselves which us yet another tough ask.

Would there still be much of a gap between Clonduff and Portaferry in the Down championship?

Also can someone explain how Niamh can play for Sarsfields during the year whilst playing for Galway yet come back to play championship for Portaferry?

Ive wanted to get my head around being allowed to register for two clubs in one season - regardless if she never fields for the Galway club in the league or championship

Agree with you on that.

The last five All Ireland junior finals have featured the Ulster winners - Eoghan Rua (2021) Bridini Oga (2022 & 2025) and Granemore (2023 & 2024) - with Ulster clubs winning it 4 times.

Clearly the grading isnt working if that is the case. There should be more of a push of counties upwards into Intermediate.

The senior club is a bit beyond the counties outside of Antrim, Derry & Down at the moment but that wont always be the case unless counties are pushed on.

Armagh have been on the verge of making that move up for a few years only for results not to go their way. They won 3A and are now up to Div 2 for next season. They are more than capable of holding their own and also improving next year.

Ulster needs to see more and more improvement in the counties if they are ever to be more competitive with the rest of the counties.

Persoanlly for me we need to see an improve club championship in Ulster.

The senior only has three counties taking part.

Intermediate only has two.

Then you are into Junior, Junior B and then the Bridie Mc shield comp.

Intermediate needs to be looked at more to push counties up the levels, not maintain them in the same place. The Antrim champs should be pushed up to the Intermediate grade and not playing Junior level.

It just needs a bit more thought put into it rather than doing the same thing each season.