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[Dungannon]

Divsion 1

Clonoe v Dungannon

Edendork v Errigal Ciaran - pete harte to light it up

Eglish v Coalisland - eglish continue winning

Carrickmore v Omagh - omagh relegation

Loughmacrory v Donaghmore

Trillick v Killyclogher - trillick need to start getting wins

Moortown v Dromore

Ardboe v Galbally

Division 2

Drumquin v Cookstown - ctown continue good form

Killeeshil v Aghyaran
Kildress v Beragh - stalemate
Moyv Aghaloo - hammering session
Clogherv Gortin
Rock v Pomeroy - need county men to be playing to win

Derrylaughan v Naomh Eoghan - first loss for naomh eoghan

Owen Roes v Greencastle

Division 3a
Derrytresk V Eskra - hill in trouble after a good start
Glenelly V Augher - glenelly flying
Fintona V Drumragh - drumragh missing key players still
Stewartstown V Strabane - strabane relegated

Can we remove these new accounts and lock the forum.
A Coalisland man over Trillick - left an array of talent on the bench in a league game away to his beloved home club. Strange , didn't think Trillick would be one for handing over points at such an early stage in the league , not a good look.

Dont forget the dodgy coalisland man on the posts doing umpire

Spill the beans

Im sure you could take a guess... islands top man 

Can we remove these new accounts and lock the forum.
A Coalisland man over Trillick - left an array of talent on the bench in a league game away to his beloved home club. Strange , didn't think Trillick would be one for handing over points at such an early stage in the league , not a good look.

Dont forget the dodgy coalisland man on the posts doing umpire

Could rejoining the two Division 3 Reserve leagues into one Reserve league work? while still having 2 separate leagues for the senior teams. obviously for next season.

It is probably the only solution for the reserve football altho dont know if it works either. It would mean reserve games on different nights from seniors, would players be willing to travel sometimes well over an hour on a week night for a reserve game? not so sure

[A chara]

Email from the CCC on 3rd June. Clann na nGael senior team fielding 13 a side, and clubs just expected to go with it. Just another change to the league that has been forced on junior clubs without discussion or a vote, just like the division 3 split to 3 and 3A.

A few years back there was a proposal for Tyrone to be split into 4 even division of 12 teams. This went to a vote and clubs said no.
Then a year later they implement the division 3 split without any discussion or vote because who cares about junior football.

This year there was a proposal to alter the league points system, this was again discussed and voted down.
Now we have a 13 aside game forced onto junior clubs without discussion or a vote.

It seems that matters that effect Division 1 and 2 clubs are discussed and voted on, but matters which only effect junior clubs? Who cares, just change it and they can just accept it.


A chara

It has been made known to the CCC that at least one Club in Division 3A, due to low player numbers, may, going forward, find themselves in  a position  where they can only field at 13-a-side.

In order to facilitate the players available and to sustain the future of this Club, we ask that you all comply with the situation on match days and therefore also field at 13-a-side if the situation arises.

We will be making our Referees aware of the situation meaning everyone will be informed and there will be no objections accepted.

We appreciate your cooperation on this as it is important that we all do what we can for the better of all our Clubs going forward.

Is mise le meas

Mícheáilín Nic an Choiligh

Response from Tattyreagh club to said email.


A Chara
 
We refer to your email sent by the CCC to our club secretary last night  Wednesday 3rd June at 21.31pm, to advise us that an unnamed club in division 3A may only be able to field 13 players in future senior games and that you have without consultation to any other club in that league agreed that this is ok and must be accepted with a pre warning that no objections will be considered.
 
We reject this advice and register an immediate objection to challenge it and demand a hearing and response before any of this Friday nights planned fixtures take place. We also challenge the short notice provided in this matter i.e. less than 48 hours before the next official fixture.
 
We now have a panel of 30 plus players and a management team preparing for a double fixture weekend of games not knowing if it will be against a team fielding either 13 or 15 players. To our knowledge to date no senior adult team across any of the Tyrone leagues has ever been forced to agree to play a 13 aside game at senior level. Your email basically gives 48 hours' notice of this change and as any reasonable person would expect our coaches and players have not had the opportunity to prepare for this unprecedented scenario in even one training session. Your new dictate is both unfair and disrespectful to the players and managers of the teams that will be directly affected by it.
 
We also question the rules that will govern a 13-sided game e.g. will the normal 4 players back rule stand or given that there will be 4 less players on the pitch will this be changed, again our players and coaches have not been afforded any time to prepare for this new scenario.  We have asked our club referees, and they confirm that their pre-season training and courses did not cover any such scenario.
 
You are already aware that our club has been very critical of the changes forced upon us by splitting the old division 3 league into an 8-team division 3 and an 11-team division 3A. The 3A league has been set up to pander to the larger clubs and allow them to have a 3rd team with no requirement to enter a reserve team, none of the junior clubs were consulted properly about these changes and with the 2nd year underway it is clear that the new format is not working and needs to be revisited with all the junior clubs properly involved and consulted about what happens going forward.
 
This latest dictate around 13-sided games is the final straw and alongside virtually no reserve football is going to cause long term damage to small but viable clubs like our own. We have a panel of 30-37 senior players and good numbers of youth players filtering into this panel in the years ahead. It is our county boards responsibility to make sure that these young gaels are included in a format and league that will provide them with the opportunity to play football regularly throughout the season just like the players in Division 1,2&3.
 
It is worth pointing out to the CCC the reality of the situation on the ground, 37 different players played some part in our reserve and senior games last weekend against Castlederg however if we happen to be playing this unnamed club this Friday night only 13 of those players will start that game with only another 3 or 4 playing a role as used substitutes with at least 20 to 21 players getting no football. In addition to this our next 3 games are against teams that do not have a reserve team resulting in those 20 to 21 players not playing any part in any of 4 consecutive games. This is a bigger threat to our club's sustainability than any demographic issues and it is an issue man made by the Tyrone CCC and the changes they have forced on clubs by splitting the league to accommodate the minority.
 
We pay at least the same level of fees if indeed not more as clubs like Errigal Ciaran, Donaghmore, Cookstown and Omagh but we seem to be at the back of the queue when it comes to fair and equitable treatment and value for money. We have been in discussions with 4 other division 3A clubs as recently as last night and they are equally as unhappy with the current situation and we would ask that rather than just try and enforce this on clubs to their long term detriment a proper discussion involving all the junior clubs is initiated and a long term acceptable solution is found.
 
We hope that some line in some regulation that isn't quite clear is not used in any "dear john" response to ignore our genuine concerns because we are now at the stage that this matter needs a proper solution and the TCB challenged if they continue to ignore our justifiable concerns. If the status quo is maintained against our will, we must challenge the decision makers to both the Ulster Council and Croke Park and the wider GAA community using whatever other outlets are available to us, as your decisions to protect the minority are now directly harming other clubs long term future .
 
We are now in a situation where our young club gaels are clearly being discriminated against versus players in other clubs and going for multiple weeks without the opportunity to play games and this may result in them being lost to the GAA forever if a solution or change is not made. This format is a race to the bottom and must be reviewed again, with the clubs being affected by your decisions involved properly in a finding a workable and sustainable solution not just dictated to by a small internal county committee which includes some vested interests. We want answers about who is driving this agenda to understand if there are alternative objectives at play which may benefit bigger clubs in the long term. We are weary of being dictated to by committees led by people with little knowledge of how small clubs operate, the challenges they face and how important a role they play in their communities.
 
We provided the county with a chairman for 5 years who showed leadership and put all clubs not just the larger ones at the centre of the Tyrone GAA during his term. We now expect this current board to do the same and you will probably ascertain from this email that we have decided to coin a phrase "enough is enough"  and we are going to allocate some considerable time and effort highlighting these issues to all gaels both in Tyrone and outside Tyrone including penning a detailed letter to Jarlath Burns requesting a hearing with him to advise and discuss with him our issues and seek help from him on how we should go about trying to find a solution.
 
We are also exploring the idea of association with leagues in other counties in an attempt to get football for all our players, as at present the Tyrone county board is not meeting this need. We believe that this issue will gain considerable interest and momentum among the wider community both inside and outside our county and it needs to be highlighted if it is ignored anymore.
 
We have suggestions and solutions to all the above problems, but we need a forum organised by yourselves alongside a willingness to listen to bring these forward for consensus, agreement, and action.
 
We would appreciate a response before Friday night's game.
 
 
Regards
 
 
Secretary and Committee – Tattyreagh St Patrick Mens and Ladies football and camogie club.

The county board make a mess of most things and have had an absolute nightmare this year but on this subject i dont really know what you would want them  to do??

How is it the county boards fault that a team is struggling for players?

And as for the divisions being split, I think it was definitley the right decision as it leaves both divisions being more competitive. Only have to look at derrytresk last year who won the league and have taken that momentum into this season beating a few of the top end teams already.

I think tattyreagh are feeling a bit sorry for themselves and feel they belong in the higher division somehow, If they were good enough to be in it they would be? Not winning the league and then losing the play offs to augher? surely theyre better off were they are at currently

Eskra in real trouble at the bottom of the table. Surprising loss for Tattyreagh also, was a long range two pointer at the death that beat them.

wonder what stevie ferguson is thinking now... promised them 3 men coming back for the tats he was looking a handy season

Hearing rumours of Mickey Harte and Seamus Mullholland being brought in as Donaghmore senior management

Any truth to the rumours?

Would be ridiculous, the money going about the clubs at the minute for managers is mental

Kyle Coney off to Stewartstown for the year? Or hearsay?

Staying at the hill I hear
Was interested in the stewartstown job from what I was told

That will be a good game to watch next year I would imagine

Congrats to Lough.

Welcome back Liberation.

You were quiet for some time.

Something must be up?

The island back to D1...

Odds on finishing rock bottom next season?

Hope you enjoyed your celebrations liberation

Seniors predictions:

Trillick v pomeroy - trillick -6
Errigal v Omagh - errigal too strong
Carrickmore v edendork - draw? Could go either way
Dmore v Lough - game of the weekend imo. Mcelhom to win it for them

The board has really gone to the dogs...

It really has, I got great entertainment out of @liberation but he has disappeared. Maybe it has something to do with his teams performances this year...

This weeks predictions
Eglish V Owen Roe's - eglish win, Owen roes looked very poor.
Beragh V Aghaloo - Aghaloo can get the win if beragh play like first game
Moy V Rock -  moy just get the win but wouldn't be shocked if rock cause upset
Kildress V Clonoe - clonoe win

Cookstown V Augher - Cookstown too strong
Brackaville V Strabane - strabane few men missing but think will just get the win
Clogher V Clan Na Gael - clogher too strong
Drumragh V EC III - can't see drumragh not winning even with errigals recent performances

Oh Kyle. What have you done. I would imagine Derrytresk will be disqualified for this. 3B again next year. Will be a big blow to the club. Tattyreagh have the right to move forward into 3A.

Don't think Kyle coney will be too annoyed, by the rumours he won't be there next year anyways

Apt name for a poster who seems to have some inside knowledge..

Where's Kyle off to?

Heard he put himself in for the stewartstown job so we will see...

Oh Kyle. What have you done. I would imagine Derrytresk will be disqualified for this. 3B again next year. Will be a big blow to the club. Tattyreagh have the right to move forward into 3A.

Don't think Kyle coney will be too annoyed, by the rumours he won't be there next year anyways

[highly unlikely]

I hear derrytresk themselves are in trouble.

Ciaran magee never transferred properly and is apparently playing illegally. Investigation underway

Their objection has highlighted their own ineligible player and might come back to bite them

Key player towards the end of the league campaign, Surely if correct and proven it will bring the league into question also.

I also notice the CCC have fixed the first of the 3b Playoff games, although highly unlikely but this fixture would change IF Derrytresk or Brackaville win the Championship.

Don't come at me, I did say its highly unlikely but it is a possibility.

Did he transfer between Clonoe and Derrytresk (Can only be done before 1st March) or from a USA club to Derrytresk? (Has to return to home club first and would be shown on the transfers section of GAA website)

Word on the street is no (Could be wrong). Just a sanction from Clonoe to Kevin Barrys in July 2024.

Struggling to find the sanction from Clonoe to Kevin Barrys but he definitely transferred back from K.barrys to d/tresk in JULY 2025 league campaign also likely under threat if someone in D/tresk hasnt done their paperwork   

The hill should definitely be stripped of their league title and removed from the championship if found out to be true

Be some crying done by the hill board if another team was found to be doing the same

Thought at the time of the transfer it was a bit odd as I always thought transfers had to be completed before the season started?