Antrim Hurling

[Saffrongael]

I would imagine he is referring to U11.5. They are on a different planet to the rest.

Yeah they won a tournament in Na Magha at the weekend, think it's just a very strong group as not sure NP as strong at other age groups. Fair play to them regardless

[keep her low this half]

Think it will be a few years before Dunloy are caught. Sadly, for the county, there is only 1 club capable of doing so. Not a good situation. Having said that, great work going on with hurling in many NA juvenile teams.

That's true to a point but my young nephew is on a team that's working hard and 'competing' but yes the NA teams are pretty good

We were invited to play naomh padraig in armoy a few weeks back at u10.5, best team ive seen at that age group by a considerable margin.

St Olcans Armoy won the Cumman Na Bunscoil North Antrim competition about two weeks ago. Some achievement for a school with 50-60 pupils. Hope springs eternal.

[imtommygunn]

Hopefully they'll find one or two more Clutes from the area!

[johnnycool]

We ended up holding onto a top 6 place even after getting beat yesterday in Ballycastle which is a marked improvement for us considering we've been in the relegation mix for a few years now.

I'll be better preparation for us going into the championship even if we'll be sick of the sight of our neighbours by the end of the year.

Saving on diesel 

Edit, Ports are in the bottom section even though on a three way tie they'd a better scoring difference to the other two, Mcquillans got the 6th spot on the worst score difference of them, Ports and Ruairi O'gs.

Must be other factors at play.

[Jonkunlon]

Ports suffered from county commitments. Watched two of their games and they were badly depleted due to players on county duty.

[Saffrongael]

We ended up holding onto a top 6 place even after getting beat yesterday in Ballycastle which is a marked improvement for us considering we've been in the relegation mix for a few years now.

I'll be better preparation for us going into the championship even if we'll be sick of the sight of our neighbours by the end of the year.

Saving on diesel 

Edit, Ports are in the bottom section even though on a three way tie they'd a better scoring difference to the other two, Mcquillans got the 6th spot on the worst score difference of them, Ports and Ruairi O'gs.

Must be other factors at play.

It's not H2H anyway cos Cushendall had it over Ballycastle

[imtommygunn]

Is it not score difference against the teams you'e level with as opposed to overall score difference? I thought I read something like that in the football thread. Seemed odd but it was what was said.

[saffman]

Correct Tommygunn - Ballycastle get top half
Portaferry & Cushendall in the bottom group

[johnnycool]

Is it not score difference against the teams you'e level with as opposed to overall score difference? I thought I read something like that in the football thread. Seemed odd but it was what was said.

If there's games conceded then yes, it's score differences of the games amongst the teams involved. Other than that when three teams are on equal points it's score difference normally over the entire league.

Not sure there were any games conceded, maybe the one the other night where Ballycran and St Enda's didn't finish due to an injured player on the field of play and having to wait for an ambulance, but that game has no bearing on any of the three teams tied on 9 points.

Antrim are well within their rights to have that as a county byelaw but it's different to what's in the Official Guide.

"   Where teams finish on equal points for qualification for the concluding stages (of a championship organised partly on league basis), or in relation to league promotion/relegation, finishing positions shall be decided by the following means and in the order specified:
(i)   Where two Teams only are involved - the outcome of the meetings of the two teams in the previous games in the Competition.
(ii)   Scoring Difference (Subtracting the total Scores Against from the total Scores For);
(iii)   Highest Total Score For;
(iv)   A Play-Off.
"

[Mhic Easmuint]

League Regulations:

Where there is a need to differentiate between teams on equal points, the following criteria, outlined in Rule 6.21 (4) (c) T.O. 2021
shall be used:
a. Where teams finish with equal points the outcome of the meetings between the teams shall be the deciding factor, except for in a one round league where the deciding factors will be from b to d below.
b. The highest scoring differences. That is points scored minus points conceded in the games played between the teams
c. The highest score for'.
d. Play off

Where more than 2 teams are on equal points the issue will be decided as per b above

Exceptions:
Regulations a., b., c. shall not apply to u15 and lower agegroups

[saffman]

Ballycastle - +6
lost to Dall by 5 - beat port by 11


Cushendall + 5
Beat ballycastle by 5 - drew to portaferry

Portaferry -11
Lost by 11 to ballycastle - drew to cushendall

All teams & players were made aware of this before the league started

[Jonkunlon]

Wonder why Dunloy are conceding the Feis Cup semi-final?

[SaffronSports]

Ballycastle - +6
lost to Dall by 5 - beat port by 11


Cushendall + 5
Beat ballycastle by 5 - drew to portaferry

Portaferry -11
Lost by 11 to ballycastle - drew to cushendall

All teams & players were made aware of this before the league started

Never seen anything like that. Scoring difference before actual results.

[imtommygunn]

3 way tie though - how do you do that on actual results? Surely you can't.

[Saffrongael]

3 way tie though - how do you do that on actual results? Surely you can't.

It becomes a mini league as outlined above