Kilkenny GAA Thread

That is happening for years.

What was the email from Mooncoin about?

Not sure what was in the Mooncoin email but at the start of the summer it was brought up at CB that there hadn’t been a Bord na nOg meeting in a long time, CB chairman told Bord na nOg chairman to have a meeting which he said he would and then spent the summer putting it off and not calling a meeting! If we think the main board need to be changed times it by a thousand for the juvenile board, one man running the show like a dictator and not for the best interest of clubs and players that’s for sure

Well I think they’re is obviously a part of that that the CB should be intervening but Bord na nog have always ran nearly independently and have always had they’re own meetings, conventions and everything. It’s the last few years that things have been derailed

The county board certainly needs a change at the top but everyone is afraid to move. Society in general has gone like that just look at the Dail bicycle shed disaster you bet that there will be no one to blame and life will trundle on until the next disaster.

Ok Marrooned we know you don't like the county board and you want change we get it, change the tune it's getting boring now.

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Senior and intermediate league finals are on website this morning. Junior and intermediate championship first round fixtures are there also. Senior championship first round not published yet.

I wouldn’t agree if there is stronger teams in junior than some of the intermediate teams why haven’t they won junior the last few years and got promoted the system should nt be made easier for team to get promoted.

Every year is different and to win a grade you need to first get to a final and 2nd win the bloody thing

You can’t change the structure of a competition because some bigger clubs or stronger looking clubs on paper haven’t got out of junior

Couldn't agree. I believe the only team currently junior that might be comfortable in Intermediate is Freshford due to them having 3/4 top quality forwards. Obviously Blacks and Whites are struggling this year due to travels and injuries but have one of the smallest picks in the County. They're the only outlier this year in the Intermediate grade. Conahy, St Martins, Carrickshock are all stronger than likes of Windgap, Galmoy, St Patricks, Emeralds

I wouldn't say that. It's a very relevant topic which is of great interest to a lot of people on this forum.

Why do you want the "Tune" changed? Are you on the county board yourself??

I think promotion/relegation is fine as it is with 1 up/1 down for the championships. It works well overall.

With the split season in play however, we should really have a proper cut-throat county league competition in play for the earlier part of the year to develop competitiveness in the club scene.

10 team divisions, 3 up/3 down between the divisions every year. Top two in the Divisional final, next two in promotion playoff. Teams 7 & 8 in relelgation playoff. Pure cut-throat. Give a bit of prize money (say €3k) for Divisional Champions for the top 3 divisions to promote and drive it.

Obviously minus the players on the county panels, and some players will be missing due to holidays and such, but for the most part it'll be the same players that will be turning out later in the year for the A & B teams, so they'll have more games to hone their skills.

The reason for the 10 team and 3 up/3 down format would be crossover of the county championship grades. For example (based on our current county system), we'd have 10 senior teams in Division A, 2 senior & 8 intermediate in Division B, 4 intermediate and 6 junior teams in Divisions C. So teams from the lower grades of the county championships get more exposure against better opposition, and hopefully with exposure to stronger competition can develop a bit more.

Just a thought really.

But the split-season is there, we should use that to help develop a cut-throat competition in the county to increase the competitiveness of the clubs within the county for the county championships.

PS - They could also throw in a "Kilkenny Cup" competition as well in alternate weeks. Straight knockout, finish on the day. No 'B' teams involved. Start with a round for some of the Junior clubs until there's 8 Junior clubs left, then add in the 12 Senior and 12 Intermediate clubs so you have 32. Open draw from then on. If a team from a lower grade gets a team from a higher grade the lower grade teams plays at home. Teams from the same grade play in neutral venue. Give a €5k winner takes all prize for it. I reckon you'd draw a crowd.

Good questions, I suppose we'd have to try it first to know.

My ideal solution would be the GAA to promote county leagues in both codes in every county in the country during the first half of the year, preferably encouraging clubs to play under lights on a Friday night so as not to clash with the inter-county scene, and establishing a find for floodlights to be in every club ground within 7 years instead of white elephant stadiums.

The carrot for these county leagues would be that the winner would then represent their county in a provincial/national shield competition similar to the club championships, which would be run at the same time as the club championships. And if a team wins the county league and then wins the county title, the runner up of the county league would represent the county in the provincial/national competition.

Bring back the boots league. Puma Kings for all.

If its inside the ring road it's probably zoned for housing as it should be.