Christy Ring/Nicky Rackard/Lory Meagher Cups 2016

Kerrydude1981

First round of these championships kicked off today



Christy Ring Cup round 1

Antrim 3-20 Kildare 0-17, Parnell Park - FT
Down 2-12 v 2-17 London, Ballycran, 2pm
Meath 3-18 v 2-12 Wicklow, Trim, 3.30pm
Roscommon 2-20 v 0-15 Derry, Athleague, 3.30pm

Nicky Rackard Cup round 1

Fermanagh 1-12 v 5-12 Monaghan, Brewster Park, 3.30pm
Armagh 2-19 v 3-13 Donegal, Athletic Grounds 3.30pm
Tyrone 0-17 v 4-19 Mayo, Carrickmore, 3.30pm
Fingal 3-21 v 3-15 Longford, Naomh Barrog, 3.30pm

Lory Meagher Cup round 1

Leitrim 1-15 v 3-19 Warwickshire, Ballinamore, 2pm
Louth 0-22 v 1-15 Sligo, Darver, 2.30pm

Hammer Archer

Some win for Roscommon. Are Derry really that bad this year?
No other big shocks apart from that.

Kerrydude1981

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Some win for Roscommon. Are Derry really that bad this year?
No other big shocks apart from that.

One thing I found about the Christy Ring is that there isnt much between the teams last year Down and especially Meath gave our lads two good games of it in Tralee

Bonniedog

Down and Derry must be in bad shape. Not too long ago they were in the old division two.

PTH2009

What are the structures for each competition ???

Hammer Archer

PTH2009 wrote: »

What are the structures for each competition ???

For the CR and NR Cups, it's an open draw for round 1. The winners of those games play each other in round 2A while the losers play each other in round 2B. Winners of 2A go straight to the semi finals, losers of 2A play winners of 2B. Losers of 2B play relegation playoff between each other.

As far as I know, the Lory Meagher cup is a round robin with the top two playing in the final.

Bonniedog

Just as well the Ards team was withdrawn from the Rackard a few years ago as it might have come to pass they would have played Down in the next year or two!

dastardly00

The draws for the second round of the Christy Ring, Nicky Rackard, and Lory Meagher Cups were made on Saturday evening.

Christy Ring Cup
Round 2A
Antrim v Roscommon
London v Meath

Round 2B
Wicklow v Kildare
Derry v Down

Nicky Rackard Cup
Round 2A
Mayo v Armagh
Monaghan v Fingal

Round 2B
Longford v Tyrone
Donegal v Fermanagh

Games to be played on the 30th April, CCCC will confirmed venues and times on Monday.

nice_guy80

Oh look, Antrim being helped back up to the top tier.
I hope Roscommon beat them.
Who did these draws and were they supervised?

Hammer Archer

nice_guy80 wrote: »

Oh look, Antrim being helped back up to the top tier.
I hope Roscommon beat them.
Who did these draws and were they supervised?

How do you make that? They got probably the toughest draw in round 1 in Kildare.

klairondavis

Hammer Archer wrote: »

How do you make that? They got probably the toughest draw in round 1 in Kildare.

They were a level above us on Saturday. I'd be amazed if they don't go on to win this comfortably.

CrabRevolution

Aside from maybe London, every team in the CR would be an "easy" draw for Antrim. They easily disposed of Derry in the league, as well as Kildare in the league and CR. On top of that, the rest of the teams were all operating a division or 2 below them.

It's ridiculous to suggest that because the 1 in 3 chance of drawing Roscommon happened, there must be some conspiracy in the GAA to get Antrim up to Liam MacCarthy.

HanaleiJ5N

Even given how terrible their form has been in the last 15 months, Antrim are still very much punching below their weight in this competition. They would have been widely expected to win the competition this year but London's recent form can't be ignored.

nice_guy80

Roscommon ahead 0-8 to 0-7 at half time

HanaleiJ5N

nice_guy80 wrote: »

Roscommon ahead 0-8 to 0-7 at half time

That would be one hell of an upset. No offence to Antrim but I'll be keeping my fingers crossed!!

nice_guy80

Roscommon 1-9
Antrim 0-9

Kerrydude1981

https://twitter.com/RoscommonGAA/status/726437359408058368

Kerrydude1981

Results from today

Christy Ring Cup round 2A
Antrim 2-14 Roscommon 1-12, Dunloy - FT

Christy Ring Cup round 2B
Derry 1-15 Down 1-18, Owenbeg - FT
Wicklow 0-9 Kildare 0-17, Arklow - FT

http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=254385

Nicky Rackard Cup round 2A
Mayo 0-22 Armagh 1-11, Ballina - FT
Monaghan 3-14 Fingal 2-19, Castleblayney - FT

Nicky Rackard Cup round 2B
Donegal 3-15 Fermanagh 3-11, Letterkenny - FT
Longford 4-18 Tyrone 3-17, Pearse Park - FT

http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=254380


Lory Meagher Cup round 2
Warwickshire 2-10 Louth 3-12, Pairc na hEireann - FT
Lancashire 2-10 Leitrim 2-18, Pairc na hEireann - FT

http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=254384


One game tomorrow

Christy Ring Cup round 2A

London v Meath, Ruislip, 12.30pm

Bonniedog

HanaleiJ5N wrote: »

That would be one hell of an upset. No offence to Antrim but I'll be keeping my fingers crossed!!

Would be great result. Antrim have run out of excuses and bye balls.

no doubt they will deploy their "traditional" means to attempt to turn this one

Hammer Archer

Wonderful result for us in London. This will be (as far as I remember) our fourth semi final in five years and we haven't made a single final so hopefully fourth time lucky.

Kerrydude1981

Results from yesterdays games

Christy Ring Cup quarter-finals


Kildare 1-17 London 0-15, Newbridge - FT
Down 1-14 Roscommon 1-7, Ballycran - FT

http://hoganstand.com/Hurling/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=254739

Nicky Rackard Cup quarter-finals


Monaghan 3-14 Donegal 4-14, Inniskeen - FT
Longford 2-11 Armagh 3-19, Glennon Bros Pearse Park - FT

http://hoganstand.com/Hurling/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=254742

Lory Meagher Cup round 3


Louth 3-15 Lancashire 0-10, Dunleer - FT
Sligo 3-18 Warwickshire 3-11, Scarden - F

http://hoganstand.com/Hurling/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=254743

Semi final draw for the Christy Ring and Nicky Rackard Cups,games to be played on May 21st

CHRISTY RING CUP

Semi-finals

Antrim v Down

Meath v Kildare


Relegation PlayoOff

Derry v Wicklow

NICKY RACKARD CUP

Semi-finals

Mayo v Donegal

Fingal v Armagh


Relegation Play-off

Fermanagh v Tyrone

wazzer1

Any dates/times for N Rackard semis?

dastardly00

Are the winners of the Christy Ring Cup guaranteed a place in the Leinster Championship next year?

And Carlow are the team that will be back down?

CrabRevolution

Carlow are definitely down anyway, and they'd need a team to replace them in the group so someone has to be promoted. Though the format for next year is a bit up in the air thanks to Antrim's motion at congress.

Kerrydude1981

wazzer1 wrote: »

Any dates/times for N Rackard semis?

Date and venues decided today

Saturday 21 May

Christy Ring Cup semi-final

Antrim v Down, Loughgiel, 3.30pm

Christy Ring Cup relegation play-off
Derry v Wicklow, TBC, TBC

Nicky Rackard Cup semi-finals

Donegal v Mayo, Letterkenny, 3.30pm
Fingal v Armagh, Naomh Barrog, 3.30pm

Nicky Rackard Cup relegation play-off
Fermanagh v Tyrone, TBC, TBC


Sunday 22 May

Christy Ring Cup semi-final

Kildare v Meath, Newbridge, 3.30pm


Saturday 4 June

Christy Ring Cup final
Antrim/Down v Kildare/Meath, Croke Park, 5.30pm

Nicky Rackard Cup final
Donegal/Mayo v Fingal/Armagh, Croke Park, 3.30pm

Lory Meagher Cup final
1st placed team v 2nd placed team, Croke Park, 1.30pm

Kerrydude1981

Results from today

Christy Ring Cup semi-final

Antrim 1-24 v 0-23 Down,

Christy Ring Cup relegation play-off

Derry 1-15 v 2-22 Wicklow.

http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=255472

Nicky Rackard Cup semi-finals

Donegal 2-11 v 1-18 Mayo,

Fingal 1-11 v 3-19 Armagh,

http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=255473

Hammer Archer

Some fall for Derry. From runners up last season to relegation playoff this season. You wouldn't bet against the Rackard winners in that game. Don't think Derry have won a game this season.

Bonniedog

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Some fall for Derry. From runners up last season to relegation playoff this season. You wouldn't bet against the Rackard winners in that game. Don't think Derry have won a game this season.

They've been in free fall last while now. Were Division Two 7/8 years ago, and won ulster 21s.


Ulster hurling is in bad shape.

Kerrydude1981

One more result from yesterday


Nicky Rackard Cup relegation play-off

Tyrone 3-22 Fermanagh 1-14,

Hammer Archer

Meath into our first ever Christy Ring Cup Final finally winning a semi final at the fifth attempt.

nice_guy80

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Meath into our first ever Christy Ring Cup Final finally winning a semi final at the fifth attempt.

There's a lot of hurling clubs in Meath, even more than Westmeath or Laois

I can never understand why they are so poor

iDave

nice_guy80 wrote: »

There's a lot of hurling clubs in Meath, even more than Westmeath or Laois

I can never understand why they are so poor

Well you better watch out we're quitting that football lark

Kerrydude1981

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Meath into our first ever Christy Ring Cup Final finally winning a semi final at the fifth attempt.

Fair play to Meath,I was very impressed with them last year when we played them in Tralee,hopefully now ye go on to win the final this year

Hammer Archer

And of course not a mention of Meath's win on the RTE website.

windy shepard henderson

fantastic finish to the meagher final i am sure sligo taught they had it at half time 10 points up , great comeback by louth , why there is there such minium coverage for this level of the games i cant figure out , i expect another close game between armagh and mayo up next , the heart goes out to sligo though great second half

DanielODonnell

I had 150 on a Louth win so you can imagine how pleased i am

The TG4 presenter is quite something

LeinsterDub

Why these are wrapped up by the first weekend in June is a joke. I remember this first few years the finals where played before the semi finals of the Liam. Much better coverage and atmosphere

windy shepard henderson

LeinsterDub wrote: »

Why these are wrapped up by the first weekend in June is a joke. I remember this first few years the finals where played before the semi finals of the Liam. Much better coverage and atmosphere

i have no idea why they changed it , its a good idea but in fairness it was better the old way maybe it was to accommodate duel players , i noticed sligo had one or two playing today , but no competition should be over on the june bank holiday weekend

funkey_monkey

Close finish to this one. Mayo maybe just have a slightly better head of steam.

windy shepard henderson

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Close finish to this one. Mayo maybe just have a slightly better head of steam.

they would need another score though , cant seem to shake armagh off

funkey_monkey

I thought they had it but 4 minutes of injury time yet to play.

Kristopherus

Great win. Well done, Mayo.

windy shepard henderson

couple of great scores there near the end , you could see they had played at a higher level , i cant imagine they would be out of place at christy ring level

OldMrBrennan83

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funkey_monkey

Are Antrim big favourites for this one?

nice_guy80

LeinsterDub wrote: »

Why these are wrapped up by the first weekend in June is a joke. I remember this first few years the finals where played before the semi finals of the Liam. Much better coverage and atmosphere

The traditional hurling counties Cork, Tipp, Kilkenny, Galway etc. didn't want their minors relegated to a third game on semi final weekend.
Their minors are more important than the seniors in the Christy Ring, Nicky Rackard counties etc

Plus, counties where football is number one like to have the hurling over early as it cuts down on county team costs

OldMrBrennan83

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funkey_monkey

Antrim starting to pull away here.

Edit: Spoke too soon! Poor keeping there. Meath deserve this for sticking at it.

funkey_monkey

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Antrim starting to pull away here.

They were getting slowly pegged back the entire game from the 15-20min mark. Shocking if they lose this after leading by 9 or 10.... And they fall behind as I type that.

slegs

Well Done Meath. Great comeback

funkey_monkey

Well done Meath. Antrim for the ambitions they had, well, what can you say?