Clare GAA discussion thread

Boots234

Ennistymon are up by 5 points at half time. Has the draw been made already for the relegation semi finals?

windy shepard henderson

Boots234 wrote: »

Ennistymon are up by 5 points at half time. Has the draw been made already for the relegation semi finals?

talking to someone involved with kilrush after the game today they taught that it was shannon gaels they were playing , i doubt they are i am sure it will be an open draw with whats now looking like gaels , kilrush , liscannor and most likely st breckans

windy shepard henderson

Ennistymon 2-14 St Breckans 0-6 breckans enter the relagation play off ennistymon into the 3rd round playoff

teams into round 3 playoff

o currys
ennistymon
eire og
lissycaesy
cooreclare
kilkee
doora/barefield
kilmurry ibrickane

teams into the 1/4 final

doonbeg
cratloe
clondegad
miltown

teams in relegation playoff

kilrush
st breckans
liscannor
shannon gaels


3rd round playoff is an open draw with the four winners playing at one side of the draw against one of the already qualified 1/4 finalists

Boots234

Any idea when the draws will be made?

windy shepard henderson

Boots234 wrote: »

Any idea when the draws will be made?

i would assume tommorow with the 3rd round games set for 2 weeks time but it could change from that weekend as the clare v antrim u21 semi final is down for that saterday , but the message from the county board at the start of the championship is that it will work out every second week until its conclusion , next week the last group games will be played out in the hurling championship

windy shepard henderson

3rd round draw for the football championship to be played on the weekend starting 23 of august

kilkee v kilmurry ibrickane

o currys v doora/barefield

cooraclare v ennistymon

eire og v lissyceasy

relegation play off semi finals

kilrush v liscannor

st breckans v shannon gaels

Stationmaster

Some big games this weekend in round 3 of the hurling:

Senior A

Newmarket v Clarecastle Both are through to q/f but winner tops the group.
Tulla v Tubber Winner is finished for the year but loser goes into relegation play/off

Clooney v Clonlara Nothing to play for as Clonlara have topped their group already and Clooney are bottom so into relegation play off
Inagh/Kilnamona v Ballyea Winner into q/f

Crusheen v Cratloe both into q/f so winner here tops the group
Sixmilebridge v Kilmaley Loser goes into relegation play off and winner is finished for the year

Senior B

Wolfe Tones v Whitegate Winner finishes 2nd in group and loser finishes 3rd. Both will be in relegation play off either way.
Eire Og v Ruan Eire Og in q/f already and Ruan automatically relegated already

Scariff v Barefield Loser is relegated automatically and winner goes into relegation play off
Broadford v The Mills Winner goes into q/f and senior b final. Loser goes into relegation play off

Q/f draws are on Monday night I believe with pot 1 including the 3 senior a winners plus 1 runner up (to be drawn beforehand). Pot 2 includes 2 remaining senior a runner ups and 2 senior b teams.

zombieHanalei

I've just noticed on the Clare website there are still 20 senior clubs (12 A and 8 .

I thought there was supposed to be 4 clubs relegated last year to reduce it to 16 this year or did I imagine that??

BnB

zombieHanalei wrote: »

I've just noticed on the Clare website there are still 20 senior clubs (12 A and 8 .

I thought there was supposed to be 4 clubs relegated last year to reduce it to 16 this year or did I imagine that??

Was meant to happen last year but they pulled the plug on it. But it is going ahead this year. 5 teams are going to be relegated from Senior to Inter this year with the winners of Inter comping up.

Clareman

Was supposed to be done last year but with the championship chaos last year it was agreed that it wouldn't happen and that there'd be a proper structure put in place this year.

windy shepard henderson

last round of group games this weekend and under the current format ( thank christ ) it will mean an end to group games and next year will be played on a knock out basis similar to the football format

it will also make for a severely intense intermediate championship next year with 5 teams getting the chop and one lucky winner picking up the golden ticket of promotion this year , ballyea and inagh kilnamona in senior A and broadford v the mills in senior B double header tommorrow in the park the pick of the weekends games

senior A group 1

19:00 (saterday) CUSACK PARK: ballyea v inagh/kilnamona verdict ballyea
13:00 (sunday) sixmilebridge : clonlara v cloony/quinn verdict clonlara

Senior A group 2

15:30 (saterday) CLARECASTLE: tulla v tubber. . verdict tubber
13:00 (sunday) CUSACK PARK: newmarket v clarecastle . verdict newmarket

senior A group 3

14:OO (saterday) CLARECASTLE sixmilebridge v kilmaley verdict sixmilebridge
18:30 ( sunday) Cusack Park cratloe v crusheen , verdict crusheen

senior B GROUP 1

14:00 (saterday) Broadford : Wolfe tones v whitegate ,verdict whitegate
13:00 (sunday) GURTEEN : Eire Og v Ruan ,verdict eire og

Senior B group 2
16:00 TULLA: Scarrif v doora/barefield , verdict scariff
17:00 CUSACK PARK : Broadford v O'Callaghans Mills verdict : O'Callaghans Mills


Intermediate Hurling Championship Play Off's both saterday
promotion playoff
16:00 bodyke : killaneana v cratloe verdict cratloe

relegation playoff
17:30 cratloe : newmarket v meelick verdict newmarket

updates will be posted over the next few days , should be an interesting weekend!!!

LuckyGent88

Thanks for all the updates lads. Keep up the good work.
That clare gaa site is truly awful.

windy shepard henderson

results so far today

senior A Championship

sixmilebridge 2-19 0-14 kilmaley
tubber 1-14 0-13 tulla

senior B Championship

whitegate 1-14 0-17 wolfe tones
doora barefield 0-21 1-04 scariff

windy shepard henderson

results of the evening fixtures

senior A championship

Ballyea 0-17 0-13 inagh/kilnamona

senior B championship

o'callaghans mills 2-19 -1-07 broadford

intermediate championship

killeneana 1-13 cratloe 1-12

newmarket 0-18 - 0-17 meelick

windy shepard henderson

the hurling championship picture looks like this tonight with all 8 1/4 final places filled

1/4 line up ( draw to take place monday)

ballyea
clonlara
clarecastle
cratloe
crusheen
eire og
newmarket
o'callaghans mills

teams in relagation playoff
clooney/quinn
kilmaley
tulla

senior b teams in relagation playoff
broadford
doora/barefield
whitegate
wolf tones

teams relagated (2/5) so far
Ruan
Scariff

intermediate championship

play off

killinena v parteen

teams through to semi final's

feakle
sixmilebridge
smith o'briens

relagation play off

meelick v crusheen

Boots234

How are they sorting out the other 3 teams to be relegated from senior?

Figerty

Heard a story that the Forrestal Management have issued a text telling the player to NOT play with their clubs this weekend.. this is Under 14...

Christ almighty have they taken leave of their senses.

Running Balance

BnB wrote: »

Was meant to happen last year but they pulled the plug on it. But it is going ahead this year. 5 teams are going to be relegated from Senior to Inter this year with the winners of Inter comping up.

does this not mean the 4 teams in the relegation semi finals will be playing intermediate next yr?
If so makes those games dead rubbers.

Clareman

Running Balance wrote: »

does this not mean the 4 teams in the relegation semi finals will be playing intermediate next yr?
If so makes those games dead rubbers.

Nope, there are 2 teams down already, so there are 7 teams in the play off for 3 relegation places.

My opinion on the teams:

Clooney/Quinn - Would be a big shock to them, they've put a lot of work in the last few years, wouldn't be down for long I'd say.
Kilmaley - I think they made the play offs every year in the 00s, the loss of Lynch and Clancy to them has been huge. They could stay down for a while if they go down, they are waiting on their minors to come through.
Tulla - of the 3 senior teams probably the most likely to go down, don't know if they'd come back up quickly either.
Broadford - Don't know much about them to be honest, but I get the impression that Senior B is probably their level.
Doora/Barefield - Great example of a mis-managed club with over reliance on a specific group of players. Will probably drop down.
Whitegate - Again, don't know much about them, but I get the impression that Senior B is probably their level.
Wolfe Tones

Running Balance

Clareman wrote: »

Nope, there are 2 teams down already, so there are 7 teams in the play off for 3 relegation places.

My opinion on the teams:

Clooney/Quinn - Would be a big shock to them, they've put a lot of work in the last few years, wouldn't be down for long I'd say.
Kilmaley - I think they made the play offs every year in the 00s, the loss of Lynch and Clancy to them has been huge. They could stay down for a while if they go down, they are waiting on their minors to come through.
Tulla - of the 3 senior teams probably the most likely to go down, don't know if they'd come back up quickly either.
Broadford - Don't know much about them to be honest, but I get the impression that Senior B is probably their level.
Doora/Barefield - Great example of a mis-managed club with over reliance on a specific group of players. Will probably drop down.
Whitegate - Again, don't know much about them, but I get the impression that Senior B is probably their level.
Wolfe Tones

sorry buddy just to clarify I was on about football.
who are the two football teams already down??

Clareman

Running Balance wrote: »

sorry buddy just to clarify I was on about football.
who are the two football teams already down??

Sorry, I hadn't even considered football to be honest.

windy shepard henderson

Running Balance wrote: »

does this not mean the 4 teams in the relegation semi finals will be playing intermediate next yr?
If so makes those games dead rubbers.

Running Balance wrote: »

sorry buddy just to clarify I was on about football.
who are the two football teams already down??

no there is only one team in the football championship getting relegated the losers of the kilrush v liscannor and st breckans v shannon gaels games next week will contest the relegation final with the loser going down to intermediate next year

the senior hurling championship is being cut down from 20 teams down to 16 next year thats why 5 are getting relegated with 1 team from intermediate coming up

it will be played out in the same format as this years football championship

windy shepard henderson

results from today's earlier fixtures

senior hurling championship

clonlara 1-21 1-17 clooney/quinn

newmarket 1-17 1-13 clarecastle

senior b championship

eire og 1-23 1-16 ruan

Clareman

Cratloe 0-15 Crusheen 0-12

LuckyGent88

When is the draw for the hurling quarter finals?
I'm hoping for the most favourable one for the townies but I don't even know who that is anyway!!!
By all accounts they fancy taking on anyone. Feeling pretty good, will have o donnell back from injury and a few others from j1 visas.

windy shepard henderson

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

When is the draw for the hurling quarter finals?
I'm hoping for the most favourable one for the townies but I don't even know who that is anyway!!!
By all accounts they fancy taking on anyone. Feeling pretty good, will have o donnell back from injury and a few others from j1 visas.

the draw will be in the next few hours i will post them whenever i hear the draw

it will be seeded with the 3 teams who topped there group at one side of the draw and one second place team (yet to be drawn out ) with eire og and the mills along with two senior a second placed teams at the other side of the draw

i am sure it will sound easier when the draw is actually made

windy shepard henderson

the 1/4 draw is as follows

cratloe v eire og

ballyea v clarecastle

newmarket v crusheen

clonlara v o'callaghans mills

the relagation 1/4 finals are

clooney /quinn v broadford

doora/barefield v whitegate

wolf tones got the short straw and are placed in the relegation semi finals

as far as i know the ties are set to be played on the weekend after next , all four ties in the 1/4 finals very intresting , clonlara beat the mills by a point at the same stage last year, ballyea and clarecastle need no interduction to each other in the parrish darby , crusheen played there part in eliminating the holders sixmilebridge and will fancy a crack at last years runners up, while cratloe's double ambitions will be tested to the limit against an impressive looking eire og side in what should be one of the games of the championship

LuckyGent88

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

the 1/4 draw is as follows

cratloe v eire og

ballyea v clarecastle

newmarket v crusheen

clonlara v o'callaghans mills

the relagation 1/4 finals are

clooney /quinn v broadford

doora/barefield v whitegate

wolf tones got the short straw and are placed in the relegation semi finals

as far as i know the ties are set to be played on the weekend after next , all four ties in the 1/4 finals very intresting , clonlara beat the mills by a point at the same stage last year, ballyea and clarecastle need no interduction to each other in the parrish darby , crusheen played there part in eliminating the holders sixmilebridge and will fancy a crack at last years runners up, while cratloe's double ambitions will be tested to the limit against an impressive looking eire og side in what should be one of the games of the championship

So the one team I didn't want eire of getting drawn against they got!!!
Will be a cracking game though. Better for us to be underdogs rather than favourites at least.

Clareman

What's the story with the relegation play offs? Do the losers of the games play each other to see who goes down or what?


BTW, the feed from facebook is the playoffs are
Broadford vs Clooney/Quin
St. Joseph's Doora/Barefield vs Kilmaley
Whitegate vs Tulla
Wolfe Tones na Sionna in semi-final

Clareman

Ok, I think I've it figured out, the 3 teams play, and the losers are going down EXCEPT for 1 team who will play Shannon and the losers of that will go down.