Christy Ring/Nicky Rackard/Lory Meagher Cups Thread

lala88

Mod Note: I've merged the Christy Ring, Nicky Rackard and Lory Meagher Cup Threads together as I think this way they will get more attention and tender loving care!

Started up yesterday hear are the results

Round 1
Louth 1-8 Armagh 0-19
Donegal 1-15 Roscommon 0-14

Round 2 is on Saturday May 12th. The fixtures are

Armagh v Sligo
Monaghan v Donegal

The way this should be done seeing as there is only 6 teams is to have 2 groups of 3 with the top 2 from each group to the SFs so then it takes 4 games to win the titl. This of course would not happen as the GAA what this finished and out of the way as fast as they can!

lala88

There was games today and yesterday in this. THe results were

Yesterday

Round 1

Wicklow 2-20 Kerry 2-15
Mayo 0-17 Down 0-19
Derry 1-22 Kildare 2-18

Round 1 Today

Meath 4-08 London 3-10

Big shock Wicklow beating Kerry and with a bit the spare.

Again if the GAA actually cared about this and the teams in it they would let them into the qualifiers.
The Christy Ring finishes too early as it it. It would be just reward for winning the competition.
It would be the likes of Kerry, Down etc best chance to create an upset as they would have a nice bit of hurling played while the bigger counties would be just starting their campaigns, I think there would definitely be a few upsets. It would promote hurling even more in the said county.

lala88

Round 1 results

Leitrim 1-06 Tyrone 4-22
Fermanagh 1-19 Longford 1-08

Round 2 fixture Saturday May 12th

Leitrim v Warwickshire

klong

Biggest margin of defeat 5 points...interesting. Who is favourite for the cup this year?

Good idea alright, letting the winner into the qualifiers.

KevIRL

Its a crying shame how the GAA have managed to downgrade the prestige of the Ring, Rackard (and latterly Meagher) Cups. When they originally started the idea from the Hurling Development Comittee was laudible - give players from the 'lesser' hurling counties a chance to play on the big stage and a big occasion. This worked well with the first couple of Ring/Rackard Cup finals played on All Ireland Quarter or Semi final day in Croke Park and live on TV as well. A few short years later and as the OP says the aim is to get these competitions out of the way as quickly as possible

KevIRL

klong wrote: »

Biggest margin of defeat 5 points...interesting. Who is favourite for the cup this year?

Good idea alright, letting the winner into the qualifiers.

Kerry were favs before the tournamnet started. I agree with the OP insofar as the GAA arent doing enough for the Ring Cup (see my post on the Rackard thread) however it should be remembered that after winning the Ring Cup Last year Kerry chose not to go into the McCarthy cup this year instead opting to continue developing with a view to re-entering Munster in 2013

Hammer Archer

What's the story with the format of it? From looking at last years competition, it seems that the 4 winners play off against each other as well as the 4 losers. The losers of the "winners" playoff then played against the winners of the "losers" playoff for a place in the semi finals against the two winners of the "winners" playoff.
*Head explodes*
Presume it's similar this year.

rebel girl 15

Delighted to see Armagh win, I know they are doing a lot of work up there to promote the game.

I agree, the way it has been downgraded is ridiculous, and very poor form by the GAA

MickySticks

The eight teams play four Round 1 matches.

The winners in Round 1 advance to Round 2A.

The losers in Round 1 go into to Round 2B.

There are two Round 2A matches.

The winners in Round 2A advance to the semi-finals.

The losers in Round 2A go into to the quarter-finals.

There are two Round 2B matches.

The winners in Round 2B advance to the quarter-finals.

The losers in Round 2B are eliminated.

There are two quarter-final matches between the Round 2A losers and Round 2B winners.

The winners of the quarter-finals advance to the semi-finals.

The losers of the quarter-finals are eliminated.

There are two semi-final matches between the Round 2A winners and the quarter-final
winners.

The winners of the semi-finals advance to the final.

The losers of the semi-finals are eliminated.

The winners of the final win the Christy Ring Cup for 2012 and are promoted to the Liam McCarthy Cup 2013.

lala88

Next Round of Christy Ring Matches

Saturday May 12th

Winners Section

Wicklow v Derry
Down v Meath

Losers Section

Kildare v Kerry
London v Mayo

Hammer Archer

Jaysus tough one for both Kerry and Kildare. Two decent teams but one of them will be in a relegation playoff. Hopefully we can get a result against Down as they seem to be having a pretty poor season so far.

Hammer Archer

The Tyrone game really shows the gulf in class even between Division 3A and 3B. Though good to see that Longford seem to have put their league woes behind them to field a slightly competitive side.

lala88

Ring, Rackard and Meagher venues confirmed

08 May 2012

The times and venues for this Saturday's Christy Ring, Nicky Rackard and Lory Meagher round 2 games have been released.

Saturday 12 May

Christy Ring Cup - Round 2A
Wicklow v Derry, Arklow, 2.30pm
Down v Meath, Pairc Esler, 2.30pm

Christy Ring Cup - Round 2B
Kildare v Kerry, Newbridge, 2.30pm
London v Mayo, Ruislip, 1pm

Nicky Rackard - Round 2
Armagh v Sligo, Crossmaglen, 5pm
Monaghan v Donegal, Clones, 2.30pm

Lory Meagher - Round 2
Leitrim v Warwickshire, Ballinamore, 12pm

lala88

Ring, Rackard and Meagher venues confirmed

08 May 2012

The times and venues for this Saturday's Christy Ring, Nicky Rackard and Lory Meagher round 2 games have been released.

Saturday 12 May

Christy Ring Cup - Round 2A
Wicklow v Derry, Arklow, 2.30pm
Down v Meath, Pairc Esler, 2.30pm

Christy Ring Cup - Round 2B
Kildare v Kerry, Newbridge, 2.30pm
London v Mayo, Ruislip, 1pm

Nicky Rackard - Round 2
Armagh v Sligo, Crossmaglen, 5pm
Monaghan v Donegal, Clones, 2.30pm

Lory Meagher - Round 2
Leitrim v Warwickshire, Ballinamore, 12pm

lala88

Ring, Rackard and Meagher venues confirmed

08 May 2012

The times and venues for this Saturday's Christy Ring, Nicky Rackard and Lory Meagher round 2 games have been released.

Saturday 12 May

Christy Ring Cup - Round 2A
Wicklow v Derry, Arklow, 2.30pm
Down v Meath, Pairc Esler, 2.30pm

Christy Ring Cup - Round 2B
Kildare v Kerry, Newbridge, 2.30pm
London v Mayo, Ruislip, 1pm

Nicky Rackard - Round 2
Armagh v Sligo, Crossmaglen, 5pm
Monaghan v Donegal, Clones, 2.30pm

Lory Meagher - Round 2
Leitrim v Warwickshire, Ballinamore, 12pm

Kerrydude1981

So whoever loses between Kildare and Kerry tomorrow are they into a relagation play off then?

ebbsy

Wicklow 1-18 Derry 2-11

Kerrydude1981

Christy Ring Cup – Round 2A
Wicklow 0-18 2-11 Derry, Arklow
Down 2-23 1-19 Meath, Pairc Esler

Christy Ring Cup – Round 2B
Kildare 2-21 1-16 Kerry, Newbridge
London 2-15 3-10 Mayo, Ruislip

KevIRL

What has happened Kerry hurling in this years Christy Ring Cup? The crushed it last year but decided not to move up to the Liam McCarthy, instead wanting to continue to build at the lower level. Seem to have regressed a lot instead though

Kerrydude1981

KevIRL wrote: »

What has happened Kerry hurling in this years Christy Ring Cup? The crushed it last year but decided not to move up to the Liam McCarthy, instead wanting to continue to build at the lower level. Seem to have regressed a lot instead though

Backwards they have gone this year,its going to take a bit to come back from this years poor display in the Christy Ring,John Meyler was on Radio Kerry after the game and he questioned the teams hunger for this years competition.

MickySticks

John Meyler and his team have stepped down from the Kerry Hurling Job!