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3 way league,everyone plays each other once,bottom 2 play again to decide who goes down,does away with any messing like say AS and TNN fixing a result on last game to put Aldergrove down,bottom 2 playing again rules that out

After the curve ball that was done to get As up into div 1, there's no way the powers that be will organise things that they run the risk of going down.

So that scenario will suit them rightly.

They'll not care which of TNN or Aldergrove go down, as long as it's one of them.

And it should be Aldergrove.

Ballymena had 22 league points
Aldergrove 14
Randalstown 6

Think the joke was lost on you......


Although to be fair, the previous season TNN finished top 4 in the league, same as Ballymena did this year.

And both won the intermediate in the last few years before promotion to Div 1.

So Ballymena just seem to be following the same path, except they were gifted their place in Div 1 rather than earning it.

[while 2 of them are undoubtedly not Div 1/SFC standard]

Will be interesting to see how intense it is. Maybe one or all are thinking the same as Ahoghill, drop down and rebuild win another intermediate
Drumsurn are doing it in derry, opting to drop down and saving Ballinderry screen and swatragh the bother
Taking a lot of flak for it too on the derry discussion
Bit like here, some for some against.

Will be interesting to see how intense it is. Maybe one or all are thinking the same as Ahoghill, drop down and rebuild win another intermediate
Drumsurn are doing it in derry, opting to drop down and saving Ballinderry screen and swatragh the bother
Taking a lot of flak for it too on the derry discussion
Bit like here, some for some against.

Decent amount of respect for Ahoghill as a solid dual club fighting against low playing numbers, and serious stuff off the field as well at times, hence a begrudging acceptance they are doing the right thing for the club.

Can't see any of the other 3 wanting to go down, while 2 of them are undoubtedly not Div 1/SFC standard they probabky rightly view staying up as the means to getting bwtter and consolidating their progress.

Decent amount of respect for Ahoghill as a solid dual club fighting against low playing numbers, and serious stuff off the field as well at times, hence a begrudging acceptance they are doing the right thing for the club.

Can't see any of the other 3 wanting to go down, while 2 of them are undoubtedly not Div 1/SFC standard they probabky rightly view staying up as the means to getting bwtter and consolidating their progress.

Maybe a bit harsh on Ballymena and Aldergrove but I see what you mean 

Predictions for this week:
Ahoghill / Brids - Brids
Pauls / Aghagallon - Pauls
TNN / Dunloy - Dunloy
Rossa / PG1 - PG1*
Glenravel / Aldergrove - Aldergrove
Creggan / LD - Creggan
Galls / BMena - BMena*
Cargin / Johnnies - Cargin

*wouldn't be surprised to see a home win

Surprised how many taking Aldergrove , I know Glenravel poor against PG1 but think they'll have enough for the Grove especially at home

Is Aldergove Crumlin area?

Their pitch is in Crumlin Town itself.

Pitch is a generous name for it.

Seen better surfaces with cows on it.

What is this scandal about Kavan Keenan ?

It quite literally tells you about it in the media articles in the last few days

Apologies I'll rephrase

is their any truth in it ? Surely if this is true he will not be featuring for ballymena? A dsigrace from All Saints GAC if letting him continue to play if convicted , if this was in our club I would hope to have him ousted

And don't forget him playing on for the county when they knew all about it.

This board is a toxic cyst pit! Which beings little to no value to Antrim

Ridiculous that people are running down men who want to do a job before they've even been interviewed

Needless to say there's most likely no one on here with and success relating to GAA

Your suppose to be grown ass men ffs! I bet you wouldn't say boo to each other faces

It's glorified trolling on here

Anyone else google Cyst Pit to see if they had been getting cesspit wrong all these years?

It again brings up the issue of lack of infrastructure in Antrim.
I would argue this impacts on clubs developing their games also. If you play for Rossa, St Paul's or St John's you are limited to one pitch with no lights. They all make use of pitches elsewhere for training and games but it removes the community element to the club when a 12 year old may never play or train on the home ground. And if they aren't big club people that child may never visit the club home ground.

City clubs are hindered by space more that some in the country but across there is a distinct lack of facilities in comparison to other counties.
Do we have any pitches outside of PG & All Saints suitable for hurling under lights?

Is is something that the county need to have a real strategic look towards??

Tír na nÓg have lights and Ahoghill have lights as well.

Either would have been a more sensible venue for those teams.

But I suppose both are hosting their own championship games over the weekend and maybe didn't want to give up the pitch and organisation.

Having lights doesn't mean they're fit to host hurling matches. Some of the pitches, the lights wouldn't be strong enough to host a Championship hurling match.

Although those two pitches are suitable and are both hosting intermediate hurling matches this weekend.

It again brings up the issue of lack of infrastructure in Antrim.
I would argue this impacts on clubs developing their games also. If you play for Rossa, St Paul's or St John's you are limited to one pitch with no lights. They all make use of pitches elsewhere for training and games but it removes the community element to the club when a 12 year old may never play or train on the home ground. And if they aren't big club people that child may never visit the club home ground.

City clubs are hindered by space more that some in the country but across there is a distinct lack of facilities in comparison to other counties.
Do we have any pitches outside of PG & All Saints suitable for hurling under lights?

Is is something that the county need to have a real strategic look towards??

Tír na nÓg have lights and Ahoghill have lights as well.

Either would have been a more sensible venue for those teams.

But I suppose both are hosting their own championship games over the weekend and maybe didn't want to give up the pitch and organisation.

Wasn't much of a celebration, a few photos with the kids and that was it

Indeed, much the same as every other club. If Would Ye Whists club won it there'd be more celebrations than any believe me 

Which club would that be?

He seems to have a different opinion than you on which club he is from.

Why is there 14 teams in under 16 D2 but only 7 in D1?

The likes of Creggan,  Cargin, Ballymena,,  LD, ODonovan Rossa, Aghagallon,  Dunloy all playing D2??

Some of the teams mentioned there are surely only named because of reputation.

Cargin, Aghagallon and Ballymena certainly aren't strong at that age group.

Nor have they been with that group and adjacent ages right up from U12.

Do you think certain teams should play Div 1 just because of the name of their club, rather than assessing the actual strength of the panel?

Not having a go by the way, it is a genuine question.

The impression I get with Dunloy is, they know they are good enough to play and compete Div 1 U16 and Minor, their Feile win shows that, but the big ball will always be secondary so the focus is on Div 1 Hurling at underage.

To be fair, he is right about that Saffron Gael report.

It is disappointing that those in charge didn't edit that wording at the start, as it is just embarrassing and reflects badly on a highly respected  publication.

I would say even most PG1 people would be embarrassed by reading it.

I'm heading to Moneyglass & Toome to see if I can talk Snoopy & Screamer to comeback again.

Two of the best !

 Is Richie Leahy in through Moneyglass now ? I seen pictured taking udnerage girls games , must have daughters playing there now!

Yep Richie and Amanda jumped ship from St Comgalls (your club isn't it?) a season or two ago.

Think there was a bit of a fall out.

I believe they have a couple of daughters playing for Moneyglass underage and Amanda possibly still togs out for their senior reserve team.

With a missed penalty and some 2 pointers for the winners not sure Cargin would be too concerned.

The match report had Tomas not starting, is that right? Cargin are a total different animal with him playing (perhaps to the point of reliance).

A number of our (good) dual ref have a tendency to allow hurling rucks to develop on the football field, as the man said find the soft free and move on.

Pg1 score line probably the most notable of the weekend , if not the result.

If St Pauls can beat Agahgallon in 2 weeks  at home probably looking at Tir na nog going down in a playoff (regardless of how poor rossa have been).

Yeah, with 4 draws and 2 losses by 1 point, I would fear TNN just don't have the belief to get over the line if it comes to a play off.

We won't pick up any more points this year with the opposition we will face.

Having a young team this year means they won't have the same battle hardened experience that a few of the missing players this year would have brought.

That and other teams at the bottom getting their county players back just at the wrong time for us.

There you go everyone. Your big chance to right all our problems!

On a serious note this is a big position, hopefully we will get the right person to fill it.

Click the link below....


https://ulster.gaa.ie/council/jobs/

Is it just me or does anyone else get the sniff of a jobs for the boys stench off these applications?

You put the up on your website, advertise it on SM etc on the 27th of May, with the cut off for applying is Monday the 2nd of June, is that normal?

Yep, sounds just like a teaching application where they already have a teacher subbing at the school that they want to give the job to!

I'm more than pleased with group 3. If we get through it, we will be have been more than tested in a couple, if not all, of those games.

Cargin must be sick of the sight of whitehill and st.johns.

I can assure you, whitehill are more sick of the sight of Cargin and St Johns!