Aidan Bracken Building Design Under 21 Hurling Championship

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Aidan Bracken Building Design Under 21 Hurling Championship First Round Results:

Kilcormac / Killoughey 0-20 Tullamore 0-15

St Marys 2-13 St Brendans 0-4

St Rynaghs 6-19 Shamrocks 2-8

Seir Kieran 3-14 Kinnitty 0-17

Coolderry 2-13 Ballinamere 0-12

Anyone at the games??



And Fixture up next are: Losers Group Round 1

St Brendan's V Kinnitty

Time: 6 45 PM (E.T. Available) , Venue: Birr

Referee: TBC

Losers Group Round 1

Ballinamere V Shamrocks
Time: 6 45 PM (E.T. Available) , Venue: Ballinamere

Referee: TBC

[joe bloggs]

Aidan Bracken Building Design Under 21 Hurling Championship First Round Results:

Kilcormac / Killoughey 0-20 Tullamore 0-15

St Marys 2-13 St Brendans 0-4

St Rynaghs 6-19 Shamrocks 2-8

Seir Kieran 3-14 Kinnitty 0-17

Coolderry 2-13 Ballinamere 0-12

Anyone at the games??



And Fixture up next are: Losers Group Round 1

St Brendan's V Kinnitty

Time: 6 45 PM (E.T. Available) , Venue: Birr

Referee: TBC

Losers Group Round 1

Ballinamere V Shamrocks
Time: 6 45 PM (E.T. Available) , Venue: Ballinamere

Referee: TBC

I notice the fixture says losers group round one, does that imply there will be a second round in the loser's group

[Plain of the Herbs]

No, it doesn't. There were ten teams entered. Five first round ties last weekend with the five winners advancing to the quarter-finals. To make up eight quarter-finalists they gave one of the first-round losers a bye to the quarter-final. This turned out to be Tullamore. The four other first-round losers (2x2) play a single round to make up the remaining quarter-finalists.

It's not ideal, but 10 is an odd number for a back-door system like that, for which 12 is the ideal number (reference the Leinster Minor football championship, or the Offaly SHC in the 1970s).

The back-door round is the coming weekend, the quarter-finals the following weekend with the semi-finals the weekend after that.

I notice the fixture says losers group round one, does that imply there will be a second round in the loser's group

[joe bloggs]

No, it doesn't. There were ten teams entered. Five first round ties last weekend with the five winners advancing to the quarter-finals. To make up eight quarter-finalists they gave one of the first-round losers a bye to the quarter-final. This turned out to be Tullamore. The four other first-round losers (2x2) play a single round to make up the remaining quarter-finalists.

It's not ideal, but 10 is an odd number for a back-door system like that, for which 12 is the ideal number (reference the Leinster Minor football championship, or the Offaly SHC in the 1970s).

The back-door round is the coming weekend, the quarter-finals the following weekend with the semi-finals the weekend after that.

I notice the fixture says losers group round one, does that imply there will be a second round in the loser's group

Cheers. I was wondering where Tullamore ended up

[Plain of the Herbs]

Quarter Final draw on offaly dot gaa dot ie

Tullamore v Ballinamere Gaels
Coolderry Óg v St Brendan's
Kilcormac Killoughey v Clareen
Rynagh's v St Mary's.

Some tasty ones there. Neigbours clash with Tullamore and the artists formerly known as St Malachy's. Ditto with Coolderry v Birr. Matches to be played the coming weekend. I presume that will be Sunday, what with Offaly minors being out on Saturday evening.

[Certainly Gerry]

Tullamore beat Ballinamere/Durrow/Clara/Ballycumber/Tubber/Pullough/Doon this morning by a point.

[Plain of the Herbs]

Rynagh's beat Shinrone 1-18 to 2-12 in an entertaining match in Banagher earlier this afternoon. Rynagh's led 1-9 to 0-7 at half time, shinrne levelled with two goals to make it 1-12 to 2-10 but Rynagh's pulled away with an inpressive series of points.

I heard Birr beat Coolderry something like 3-6 to 0-9 having led 2-4 to 0-6 at half time.

[Plain of the Herbs]

Semi-final draw is:-
Birr v Clareen
Tullamore v Rynagh's

[hoohaa]

Are belmont and lusmagh hurling with st rynaghs this year?

[Plain of the Herbs]

Semi-final draw is:-
Birr v Clareen on Sunday next at 12 noon in Rath
Tullamore v Rynagh's on Saturday next at 6pm in Kilcormac

[Sharp Eye]

Are belmont and lusmagh hurling with st rynaghs this year?

Lusmagh play with St Rynaghs in Under 21 Football. I am not sure about hurling.

[joe bloggs]

Are belmont and lusmagh hurling with st rynaghs this year?

just two lads from Belmont. Lusmagh played with coolderry last year at underage level but I don't know what they done for this year

[Plain of the Herbs]

Rynaghs/Belmont v Tullamore is now in Killeigh this evening at 5pm.
Birr v Clareen is now in Lusmagh tomorrow at 2pm. Entirely logical to bring this to the driest hurling pitch around. A day like today will do it a power of good too.

[Sharp Eye]

Birr v Clareen is now in Lusmagh tomorrow at 2pm. Entirely logical to bring this to the driest hurling pitch around. A day like today will do it a power of good too.

I am sure that it must have been a great help to the pitch not having to have under 21's train on it. I still think it is better to use a pitch for training than to preserve it for matches which involve visiting teams only.

[Plain of the Herbs]

I know you don't have a clue but anyway. There's plenty of hurling played on our pitch. Our U14s played Drumcullen there on Friday evening. The Camogie team had a match there yesterday (Saturday) evening. There was the U21 today while tomorrow our U16s play Clareen.

Maybe if other clubs installed drainage systems at the outset, like Lusmagh did, instead of building Byzantine monuments, adults, underage, men and women would be assured of having a pitch to play home league matches, to train on and to host matches.

I am sure that it must have been a great help to the pitch not having to have under 21's train on it. I still think it is better to use a pitch for training than to preserve it for matches which involve visiting teams only.