Tyrone Club Football and Hurling

[RedHand88]

I would assume mid September similar to last year. With the first round of non starred games what way are teams looking with their main men back? Any truth in Coalisland picking up 2 serious injuries?

Saw Mckernan in a moon boot. Don't know how serious or how long he'll be out.

Could Coalisland be relegated?

I'd say they are too big a club to be relegated but then I also said that about Clonoe...

[ClubScene13]

I would assume mid September similar to last year. With the first round of non starred games what way are teams looking with their main men back? Any truth in Coalisland picking up 2 serious injuries?

Saw Mckernan in a moon boot. Don't know how serious or how long he'll be out.

Could Coalisland be relegated?

I'd say they are too big a club to be relegated but then I also said that about Clonoe...

Both have fallen away quite a bit underage it seems, though if the senior team is already in good stead you only really need to bring through the odd player here and there off each minor team

[redzone]

How did Loughmacrory do last year at u 17 level. I see they are in the grade 2 at minor level this year

[LeoMc]

How did Loughmacrory do last year at u 17 level. I see they are in the grade 2 at minor level this year

They would have been one of the stronger teams, just behind Donaghmore. I have heard that their better minors have been told to concentrate on Senior football and won't be playing minor.
Maybe one of the down sides of running u16's early and u18's at the tail end.

[Eire90]

is friday night league matches 8pm throw in

[Eire90]

they have matches listed as 7pm on September 8th would it not be pushing sunset around that time

[Onthe40]

How did Loughmacrory do last year at u 17 level. I see they are in the grade 2 at minor level this year

They would have been one of the stronger teams, just behind Donaghmore. I have heard that their better minors have been told to concentrate on Senior football and won't be playing minor.
Maybe one of the down sides of running u16's early and u18's at the tail end.

I would sincerely doubt come minor championship time that the likes of young McElholm etc won't be playing... and rightly so why should they miss out on minor football

[superstar_]

How did Loughmacrory do last year at u 17 level. I see they are in the grade 2 at minor level this year

They would have been one of the stronger teams, just behind Donaghmore. I have heard that their better minors have been told to concentrate on Senior football and won't be playing minor.
Maybe one of the down sides of running u16's early and u18's at the tail end.

A lot of clubs taking this approach apparently:
Loughmacory with Donaghy and McElholm, Ardboe with Devlin, Donaghmore with Grimes, Hughes and Clarke, Omagh with Daly and Haigney, Fintona with Donnelly. All not playing minors to focus on Senior.
The problem is, if for example Loughmacory, dropping to division 2 might be fine missing those players. But when seniors finish and minor potentially still going at the knockout stage do those players then rejoin and create massively one sided games.

[Onthe40]

Thats exactly the issue...

and not even when the seniors are finished, if the minors make it through to the latter stages of a competition and have the chance for silverware for the club, there's no doubt those lads will play

[Mikhailov]

Thats exactly the issue...

and not even when the seniors are finished, if the minors make it through to the latter stages of a competition and have the chance for silverware for the club, there's no doubt those lads will play

That is exactly the issue here. Reach last 4 or 8 and all lads will be playing especially if games are midweek and senior league games have reverted back to Sunday slot

[statto]

How did Loughmacrory do last year at u 17 level. I see they are in the grade 2 at minor level this year

They would have been one of the stronger teams, just behind Donaghmore. I have heard that their better minors have been told to concentrate on Senior football and won't be playing minor.
Maybe one of the down sides of running u16's early and u18's at the tail end.

A lot of clubs taking this approach apparently:
Loughmacory with Donaghy and McElholm, Ardboe with Devlin, Donaghmore with Grimes, Hughes and Clarke, Omagh with Daly and Haigney, Fintona with Donnelly. All not playing minors to focus on Senior.
The problem is, if for example Loughmacory, dropping to division 2 might be fine missing those players. But when seniors finish and minor potentially still going at the knockout stage do those players then rejoin and create massively one sided games.

That is poor form the lads should be a minor first and senior player second. 

[Onthe40]

CCC needs to seriously look at clubs playing down
we could have a number of situations this year where a number of big clubs have walked Grade 2 competitions
has already happened at u16 level

[tyroneStatto]

The Grading has been shocking this year. I even include my own club in that as they won the Grade 2 U-14 Og Sport in 2022 and were still Grade 2 U-15 Feile this season (beat Drumragh in the final) especially after gaining 5 players from Donaghmore. That team should have been put in Grade 1.
Brackaville as well won an U-15 title at Grade 4 level in 2022 and are just after winning an U-16 title at Grade 4.

[Onthe40]

AFAIK you are graded for Feile in relation to your club competition grading so if in grade 1or 2 at club competition level you play grade1 feile, if in grade3-4 at club comp level you play grade2 feile.
S'stwon play grade 3 at club level hence.

Brackavilles issue is numbers, they wouldn't have the 13 + subs required to play consistently at grade 3

[tyroneStatto]

Brackaville had about 19 lads togged out in the final they recently won.