Antrim Hurling

[delgany]

Should winning your group not ensure that you meet a team coming through from a quarter final rather than the possibility of meeting the other group winner due to an open draw? Seems unfair on group winners.

Group winners go straight to Semis
Semi finals  as follows
Winner Gp1. V Qtr Winner of. 3rd Gp 1 v 2nd Gp 2
Winner Gp 2 V Qtr Winner of  3rd Gp  2  v 2nd Gp 1

All neutral venues & finish on the day

Intermediate semi's

Winner Gp 1 v R-up Gp2
Winner Gp 2 v R- up Gp 1

JHC as Senior

[NorthAntrim]

Championship only starting now. Some decent games next time out. St Endas v Ballycastle knockout hurling. Group 1 is a foregone conclusion. Can see both Dunloy and Cushendall with a month off and maybe a trip down south pencilled in. Fancy creggan and sarsfields to advance. Cant see Oisins beating sarsfileds in the bear pit. Other group is a bit more interesting, Carey and St Galls arent dead and buried yet. Although id say Tir Na Nog and Cushendun are in pole position at the minute, can change fast. Cloughmills into a semi and a month break. LD V Armoy for the group win and Rasharkin v Davitts in another knock out game. Toss of a coin between All Saints and GNM for 2nd id say. Ive no idea what the set up in junior B is. Assume its a league with top 2 playing in a final?

Play each other next match at The Rigs in what should be an entertaining affair.

Good game. Wednesday night too with no senior or junior games should draw a big crowd

[Jonkunlon]

Is there a process that allows a club to request a referee assessor to be present at an adult Championship game?

[Milltown Row2]

With the amount of abuse going on over the last few years you'd struggle to get a referee never mind an assessor

The assessor will only give feedback, what happens in the game will happen

[Jonkunlon]

That's worrying for all concerned. Player or manager's actions are accountable to the referee and then the control's committee. If there are no assessors who do a club turn to when there is a serious concern over a referee appointment?

[Milltown Row2]

That's worrying for all concerned. Player or manager's actions are accountable to the referee and then the control's committee. If there are no assessors who do a club turn to when there is a serious concern over a referee appointment?

People can obviously make an objection to an appointment, but there has to be good reasoning behind it.

With regards to assessors there was a lot more, not sure of how many now, know of one.

[Jonkunlon]

Thanks for information, good to know.

[Saffrongael]

Fairly big shock in IHC tonight, St Paul's beating Sarsfields at the death in the bear pit

[Jonkunlon]

Could cost Sarsfields a semi-final place. Good oul Intermediate Hurling Championship. More entertaining than the senior.

[imtommygunn]

Them and glenariffe be interesting now. You'd imagine creggan and cushendun will be through but other places up for grabs. It is two through not three isn't it?

Three senior games on live at the weekend. They should only put two through to make it more interesting.

[Jonkunlon]

Two through from 5 in intermediate. It's been super. Senior Championship has been a joke. County Board taking the piss with 3 through from 4. The games have had no atmosphere as they mean so little. There are more intense training sessions going on within clubs. The structure has done nothing to develop high standards of hurling. Needs tweeking next season.

[Hoof Hearted]

Yes too predictable
Dunloy cushendall lougheil and a Belfast team in semis every year

[SaffronSports]

Most of the teams involved in intermediate hate the format too. Every other competition in football and hurling sees over half the teams through the groups but this one is only 4 of 10. Scheduling is rough too. 6 of the teams that played tonight play again on Saturday.

[Jonkunlon]

Them and glenariffe be interesting now. You'd imagine creggan and cushendun will be through but other places up for grabs. It is two through not three isn't it?

Three senior games on live at the weekend. They should only put two through to make it more interesting.

Yes, if Sarsfields and Creggan win their next game, which they should then that will be proper Championship hurling. A quarter final effectively.

The other group potentially has 3 teams now fighting for that 2nd spot. If Randalstown lose their next game then it too is wide open.

[imtommygunn]

Yeah as has been said here much more interesting than the senior though a bit compressed if playing twice in a week. You'd imagine Cushendun currently favourites here. They look to have quite a few younger guys maturing quite well there.