Club Championship Draw

[Slieve Bloom Man]

Club championship will be held tonight at county board meeting. Not exciting as it used to be, but I'm still looking forward to hearing the groups.

[Bazil Brush]

I always thought that the championship draws were on the first meeting in February. Let us know whenever you find out the groups should be interesting. Does anyone know if there going with the same format as last year?

[kinnittyman]

Any sort of seeding in place SBM??

Are Finalists and Semi finalists being kept apart in the senior hurling?

[Slieve Bloom Man]

Still waiting to hear about club draw. But here are guidelines.

Football Championships

· 2 groups in each grade of Championship (Senior, Intermediate and Junior).
· Junior B and C Competitions to be formulated when number of teams participating confirmed.
· Junior A, B & C to be played on home and away as in previous years.
· In Senior Football, cede the previous years (2010) County Finalists, semi-finalists, Qtr Finalists across 2 groups In Intermediate cede beaten Finalist and team relegated from Senior, semi finalists and Qtr. Finalists across 2 groups .In Junior cede beaten Finalist and team relegated from Intermediate, Semi Finalists and Qtr. Finalists across two groups.

· 2 Rounds to be played April/May.
· 4 Teams to qualify from each group.
o First team in group 1 play 4th team in group 2
o First team in group 2 play 4th team in group 1
o 2nd team in group 1 play 3rd team in group 2.
o 2nd team in group 2 play 3rd team in group 1.
o Extra time to be played in Quarter Finals if necessary.
· Winners of 1st vs. 4th Quarter Final games ceded for semi final draw
· Relegation - bottom team only in each group play relegation final at neutral venue.
o In the event of a draw extra time to be played in relegation game.
· Dual Clubs may have to play Group Championship matches in a three day period (for example Football Friday and Hurling Sunday). This does not apply to knockout stages, there will be a Min. of 3 days between knockout matches (However games to be played under lights and mid-week if necessary)

Football Leagues

· Commence late Feb or early Mar.
· For 2011 Div. 1 group of will consist of 12 teams.
· Same formula for Div. 2 and Div. 3 (Min. of 10 Teams)
· Div. 4 to be formulated when entries confirmed.
· Top 4 teams in each group qualify for Semi Finals.
· County players may not be available for Semi finals.
· Extra time to be played in league Semi Finals and finals.
· Bottom team in each group is relegated
· If game is not played on or before the date fixed – team that seeks date change to lose points and get fine
· If team concedes two walk over’s in league competition they may not enter team in that division or lower the following year
· County players to be available for at least 4 league games prior to 1st round of Club Championship and the Final, these games will be specified in Master Fixtures Plan. Games must be played on these dates or Club will forfeit right to County Players.
· List all players that played at Highest Championship grade in 2010. Select 15 players from that list and they may only assist league team at highest division. List to be emailed to Co. Board.
· There may be only the gap of one full division between Club’s first and second team i.e. Shamrocks Div 1 and Div 3 (with possible exceptions).

Hurling Championships.
· Senior Hurling same format as Senior Football.
· Intermediate Hurling 2 groups (7 in group one and 6 in group two). Top 4 teams in each group qualify for Quarter Finals to be played same format as Senior Hurling. Relegation same as Senior Hurling.
· Junior Hurling same format as Intermediate Hurling. Junior B Competition to be formulated when entries confirmed.
· Junior A and B games to be played home and away as in previous years.
· 2 Rounds to be played April/May.
· Teams to be ceded as per Football format.
· Winners of 1st vs. 4th games ceded for semi final draw
· Relegation – bottom team in each group play relegation final at neutral venue. In the event of a draw extra time to be played in relegation game.
· Dual Clubs may have to play Group Championship matches in a three day period (for example Football Friday and Hurling Sunday). This does not apply to knockout stages, there will be a Min. of 3 days between knockout matches (however games to be played under lights and mid-week if necessary)

Hurling Leagues
· Hurling Leagues to remain as same format as 2010
· League to start later with more games in June
· County players may not be available for Semi finals.
· Extra time to be played in league Semi Finals and finals.
· Bottom team in each group is relegated
· If game is not played on or before the date fixed – team that seeks date change to lose points and get fine
· If team concedes two walk over’s in league competition they may not enter team in that division or lower the following year
· County players to be available for at least 4 league games prior to 1st round of Club Championship and the Final, these games will be specified in Master Fixtures Plan. Games must be played on these dates or Club will forfeit right to County Players.
· List all players that played at Highest Championship grade in 2010. Select 15 players from that list and they may only assist league team at highest division. List to be emailed to Co. Board.
· There may be only the gap of one full division between Club’s first and second team i.e. Birr Div 1 and Div 3 (with possible exceptions).


U21 Championships
· Football – 1ST Week end in Feb. (under lights if necessary) First named team home venue If lights not available for first named team C.C.C. will decide venue.
· Extra time in all games except when games are played at night under lights and Final.
· CCC to examine gradings prior to commencement of Football Championship
· Hurling – C.C.C to grade teams for B Competition. Winner of B competition to proceed to Championship proper
· Extra time in all games except Final.

Minor Championships
· Minor Championship games to be played on Wednesday evenings
· Formats to be confirmed when teams entered are known and brought to Co. Board meeting for approval.


Minor Football League
· Minor players can only play within their own grade of League only until the group stages of the Minor League are complete i.e. Minor players cannot play adult league during group stages of Minor League
· Minor League based on a minimum of 13 – a – side game but games can be 15-a-side by agreement of the clubs involved
· Minor County Players may not be available for league matches


Minor Hurling League
· Minor players can only play within their own grade of League only until the group stages of the Minor League are complete i.e. Minor players cannot play adult league during group stages of Minor League
· Minor League based on a 13 – a – side game but can be 15-a-side by agreement of the clubs involved
· Minor County Players may not be available for league matches


General Guidelines:

· Holiday Break from all Adult Competitions from Friday 3rd to Mon 6th of June Bank holiday - both days inclusive.
· No break for Adult Championships during the Leaving Certificate.
· Clubs wishing to have Adult Championship games not fixed for the duration of the Leaving Certificate must inform the C.C.C. On or before March 1st 2011.
· Championship games may be played within 3 days after Offaly playing Championship or Qualifier games. i.e. If County game is on Sunday, Club game can be played on Wed.
· Extra time if necessary in all Quarter Final games in Championships and Relegation game.
· Adult Championship games may be played the day after Offaly Minors play in the Championship.
· If more than 7 teams participating in the Minor Football, Minor Football B, Minor Hurling and Minor Hurling B, two groups to apply. Groups to be finalised when entries received and teams graded.

[toughtackler]

Senior football from what I've heard....
Rhode
Tullamore
Edenderry
Ferbane
Erin Rovers
Tubber

Clara
Ballycumber
St Rynaghs
Shamrocks
Walsh Island
Gracefield

[Over The Black Spot]

Senior Hurling Groups - Coolderry, Birr, Kinnitty, Shinrone, Shamrocks & Drumcullen - Kilcormac, Tullamore, Seir Kieran, Lusmagh, St.Rynaghs & Belmont.

[Long John]

Very handy draw for Coolderry and Birr. Both teams should walk through that group very easily. Maybe a chance for both teams to blood new players to senior and to play around with their team selections a bit.

Plenty of interesting games in the other group. Obviously Lusmagh and Belmont will struggle but the other 4 should be fairly evenly matched. Who comes 3rd and fourth in this group could be vital really as they will have to meet Coolderry and Birr whilst first and second will have games against Kinnitty and an improving Shinrone under Joachim, which although not a given but they would have a real chance of winning.

For Belmont, Drumcullen, Lusmagh and Shamrocks the draws are very tough and will have them already knowing they realistically will be fighting relegation. Hard for them to be too optimistic after last night.

Anybody got the Junior and intermediate groups?

[In the long grass]

I heard the junior draw wasnt made for some reason? Not sure about intermediate. Cant see why they couldnt do them all!? Any word on the U-21 draw, only tie I've heard of is Wheery v St. Colmans..

[club125]

2011 U21 Football Championship Draw

Preliminary Round

Durrow v Gracefield (a)
Na Fianna v Shamrocks (b)

Winner (a) v Winner (b) A

1st Round Proper
St. Colemans v Wheery B
St. Colm’s v Shannon Gaels C
St. Manchans v Clara D

Quarter Finals

Tullamore v Winner A 1
St. Michaels v Winner B 2
St. Patricks v Winner C 3
St. Broughans v Winner D 4

Semi Finals

4 v 1
3 v 2

[Greenwhiteandgold]

http://www.offalyexpress.ie/sport/Champ ... 6695455.jp

The championship draws are on offaly express

[Long John]

Can anybody confirm the junior hurling groups for A and B championships.

The lik to Offaly express link is showing Junior C championship hurling as well. Is that correct.

[Fargo Boyle]

Looks like Ballyfore are causing the delay in the junior draws. Who knew that their extra 12 players would cause such hardship!!!

Survey on Offaly Gaa website to give your views re fixtures so now is yer chance to have your say.

[offalyman08]

Looks like Ballyfore are causing the delay in the junior draws. Who knew that their extra 12 players would cause such hardship!!!

Everyone in Edenderry did anyway!!

[bracknaghboy]

Looks like Ballyfore are causing the delay in the junior draws. Who knew that their extra 12 players would cause such hardship!!!

Everyone in Edenderry did anyway!!

Can anyone throw a bit of light on this Ballyfore situation? I was told at the weekend they had 15 new lads and thought it was a joke. Who are the new players and where are they from? Its about 6 or 7 years ago since they had a 2nd team. They are in our group in the intermediate and I can tell you now that we are big trouble this year I can't see us winning 1 group game....dreadful draw we got

[Fargo Boyle]

think it's actually only 8 players. This is the fallout from last year when the soccer players were told to choose soccer or GAA cos they wouldn't be allowed play both. When their junior a team played daingean in the quarter final last year they were missing half of the team - mainly young lads - who were playing a soccer match. they only had 3 subs on the day.

Although i have heard since that some of them haven't kicked ball in a few years.

How are Bracknagh going to go this year. ye have been struggling for numbers now for years but always hard beaten. Any chance of Davy Walsh swapping the ref jersey for a blue one anytime soon!!