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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2016 13:53:25 GMT
Anyone know when the u21 Championship is starting. Will there be much interest in it this year. O'Rahilly's was the big surprise last year. Who's the top teams this year. Dingle would have to be up there. East Kerry will be good. I think Crokes will be good if they can get it together. Johnny O'Leary in goals. David Naughton Mike Potts Gavin White Aaron Murphy Brian Fitzgerald Lorcan McMonagle Shane Lyne in the Backs. Paul Clarke and Cillian O'Regan in midfield. Mike Burns Tony Brosnan Jordan Kiely Billy Courtney David Shaw Mike Casey Adam O'Shea in the forwards. Macdara Willis John Kerrisk Jack Griffin Chris Doncel Jason O'Sullivan Darren O'Doherty Tony Clifford strong panel if they have everyone .
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Post by buck02 on May 26, 2016 15:55:53 GMT
Anyone know when the u21 Championship is starting. Will there be much interest in it this year. O'Rahilly's was the big surprise last year. Who's the top teams this year. Dingle would have to be up there. East Kerry will be good. I think Crokes will be good if they can get it together. Johnny O'Leary in goals. David Naughton Mike Potts Gavin White Aaron Murphy Brian Fitzgerald Lorcan McMonagle Shane Lyne in the Backs. Paul Clarke and Cillian O'Regan in midfield. Mike Burns Tony Brosnan Jordan Kiely Billy Courtney David Shaw Mike Casey Adam O'Shea in the forwards. Macdara Willis John Kerrisk Jack Griffin Chris Doncel Jason O'Sullivan Darren O'Doherty Tony Clifford strong panel if they have everyone . I thought Inter county minors were not permitted to play in the Under 21 county championship? I believe the first two rounds are to be played on June 22 and 29.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2016 16:07:15 GMT
Oh i didn't know maybe your right
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Post by Premier on May 26, 2016 19:01:34 GMT
Anyone know when the u21 Championship is starting. Will there be much interest in it this year. O'Rahilly's was the big surprise last year. Who's the top teams this year. Dingle would have to be up there. East Kerry will be good. I think Crokes will be good if they can get it together. Johnny O'Leary in goals. David Naughton Mike Potts Gavin White Aaron Murphy Brian Fitzgerald Lorcan McMonagle Shane Lyne in the Backs. Paul Clarke and Cillian O'Regan in midfield. Mike Burns Tony Brosnan Jordan Kiely Billy Courtney David Shaw Mike Casey Adam O'Shea in the forwards. Macdara Willis John Kerrisk Jack Griffin Chris Doncel Jason O'Sullivan Darren O'Doherty Tony Clifford strong panel if they have everyone . I thought Inter county minors were not permitted to play in the Under 21 county championship? I believe the first two rounds are to be played on June 22 and 29. Ya Kerry minors won't be playing
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Post by Premier on May 30, 2016 18:12:54 GMT
The minor draw is on tonight. Anyone know when the u21 draw is?
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Post by kerry1997 on May 30, 2016 22:20:15 GMT
Spa vs Dr. Crokes should be a cracker also dingle vs east Kerry thoughts on this??
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Post by cool1 on May 30, 2016 22:28:03 GMT
The Acorn Life Under 21 Championship Draw The draw for the Acorn Life Under 21 Football Championship was made at Monday night’s meeting of the CCC and resulted in the following pairings:
Preliminary Round Mid Kerry V Shannon Rangers
1st Round Kenmare District V An Ghaeltacht Austin Stacks V Rathmore/Kilcummin Feale Rangers V St Brendans South Kerry V Laune Rangers Spa V Dr Crokes Kerins O’Rahillys V West Kerry Mid Kerry/Shannon Rgs V St Kierans Dingle V East Kerry
With the exception of the Preliminary Round Winners V St Kierans, all games to be played on Wednesday 22nd June. 1st Named have home venue. Round 2 is on June 29th.
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Post by cool1 on May 30, 2016 22:29:42 GMT
Dingle v East Kerry is certainly the tie of the round. No back door in this one!
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Post by Premier on May 30, 2016 23:04:36 GMT
The Acorn Life Under 21 Championship Draw The draw for the Acorn Life Under 21 Football Championship was made at Monday night’s meeting of the CCC and resulted in the following pairings: Preliminary Round Mid Kerry V Shannon Rangers 1st Round Kenmare District V An Ghaeltacht Austin Stacks V Rathmore/Kilcummin Feale Rangers V St Brendans South Kerry V Laune Rangers Spa V Dr Crokes Kerins O’Rahillys V West Kerry Mid Kerry/Shannon Rgs V St Kierans Dingle V East Kerry With the exception of the Preliminary Round Winners V St Kierans, all games to be played on Wednesday 22nd June. 1st Named have home venue. Round 2 is on June 29th. Might as well take a wild stab at predicting results. Have Districts actually got together for this already. Getting over the first round can build good momentum for a district Shannon Rangers Gaeltacht in a tight game Stacks St Brendan's South Kerry Crokes Rahillys Shannon Rangers Dingle
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Post by dingle1234 on Jun 1, 2016 11:57:30 GMT
Dingle with Barry Dan, Mark O Connor, Tom Sullivan, Tom Leo, Conor Geaney, Patrick O Connor look formidable. Looks like only teams that could challenge would be Crokes and An Ghaeltacht.
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Post by greengold35 on Jun 1, 2016 12:34:58 GMT
Dingle with Barry Dan, Mark O Connor, Tom Sullivan, Tom Leo, Conor Geaney, Patrick O Connor look formidable. Looks like only teams that could challenge would be Crokes and An Ghaeltacht. Rahillys have 9/10 of last years winning team including Jack Savage & Cormac Coffey-could make a bold bid to defend their title!
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Post by dingle1234 on Jun 1, 2016 14:21:12 GMT
Rahillys stunned an East Kerry team whose main players were still in hangover mode after Junior All Ireland and who were lucky to play a Gaeltacht team in the Semi Final who were missing players and Eanna was only after arriving back from states hours earlier that day. But valid point don't think they will challenge the big three who have dominated everything they met at all under age levels
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Jun 1, 2016 14:44:31 GMT
Rahillys stunned an East Kerry team whose main players were still in hangover mode after Junior All Ireland and who were lucky to play a Gaeltacht team in the Semi Final who were missing players and Eanna was only after arriving back from states hours earlier that day. But valid point don't think they will challenge the big three who have dominated everything they met at all under age levels Luck never/very rarely wins you a championship. Luck is a revisionists tool for explaining something that they didnt forsee - so I doubt they were lucky. I do agree though that they are unlikely to win it again this year
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Post by A.N. Other on Jun 1, 2016 14:58:42 GMT
KOR won last year because they played better than anyone they played. What players were missing for other teams or whether they weren't in the right frame of mind is irrelevant. They were much better than a very poor East Kerry team, the score was only respectable because of two goalkeeper mistakes which kept East Kerry in the game.
I wouldn't expect KOR to retain it this year though. They have a couple of players going to America, which will be the same with most teams. Normally it is the team which can keep the majority of their players around for the Summer. I'd expect Dingle to win it myself but I thought the same thing last year so it is hard to tell.
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Post by keane on Jun 1, 2016 15:47:04 GMT
Rahillys stunned an East Kerry team whose main players were still in hangover mode after Junior All Ireland and who were lucky to play a Gaeltacht team in the Semi Final who were missing players and Eanna was only after arriving back from states hours earlier that day. But valid point don't think they will challenge the big three who have dominated everything they met at all under age levels Stunned them by beating them out the gate yeah.
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Post by onlykerry on Jun 2, 2016 10:16:41 GMT
E Kerry in 2015 looked at the final and considered it a mere formality they had to get through - KOR tore into them and despite their 8/9 club pick they could not respond. Nobody wins a championship in Kerry based on luck. On the topic of divisional sides - it seems crazy that a division can have such a pick. I see this years E Kerry minors include a Division 1 side that made the semi finals as a backbone to add players from a host of other clubs. Should minor division 1 sides be allowed to play as part of a division?
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Jun 2, 2016 12:39:11 GMT
E Kerry in 2015 looked at the final and considered it a mere formality they had to get through - KOR tore into them and despite their 8/9 club pick they could not respond. Nobody wins a championship in Kerry based on luck. On the topic of divisional sides - it seems crazy that a division can have such a pick. I see this years E Kerry minors include a Division 1 side that made the semi finals as a backbone to add players from a host of other clubs. Should minor division 1 sides be allowed to play as part of a division? Thats not a bad suggestion to make Div 1 sides go alone. It's surprising that more senior clubs dont go it alone in teh minor championship or even amalgamate with another senior club nearby - Rathmore & Kilcummin used to join together at one stage from what I can remember
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Post by greengold35 on Jun 2, 2016 12:52:47 GMT
One requirement if going alone for s club is that it's a 2 year commitment- think this can discourage clubs in a way- might be strong in year 1 but could struggle in year 2 or vice versa.
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Post by givehimaball on Jun 2, 2016 15:53:40 GMT
Thats not a bad suggestion to make Div 1 sides go alone. It's surprising that more senior clubs dont go it alone in teh minor championship or even amalgamate with another senior club nearby - Rathmore & Kilcummin used to join together at one stage from what I can remember Yeah fairly recently enough and for a reasonably long enough spell iirc. Given this is an age when a serious amount of lads stop playing you'd think the county board would be doing everything in it's power to encourage clubs to go alone or "only" amalgamate rather than having district teams made up of a number of clubs, which effectively pushes the weaker lads onto the subs' bench.
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Post by greengold35 on Jun 2, 2016 17:29:57 GMT
Thats not a bad suggestion to make Div 1 sides go alone. It's surprising that more senior clubs dont go it alone in teh minor championship or even amalgamate with another senior club nearby - Rathmore & Kilcummin used to join together at one stage from what I can remember Yeah fairly recently enough and for a reasonably long enough spell iirc. Given this is an age when a serious amount of lads stop playing you'd think the county board would be doing everything in it's power to encourage clubs to go alone or "only" amalgamate rather than having district teams made up of a number of clubs, which effectively pushes the weaker lads onto the subs' bench. I would agree with all this but the cynic in me has to ask the question when was the county board interested in player development?? This was one of the issues raised last year with the reduction in the no of senior clubs in the county championship- one of the reasons given was that every player should have the opportunity to play in the senior county championship- given that reducing senior clubs eliminated about 45 players from the possibility of participating one has to wonder. Also, just look at the junior leagues for example- when introduced there were 24 clubs, two divisions broadly split into north and south; all games were on a Friday night,11 matches guaranteed. Now we have 4 divisions, 5 matches and all over by the end of June- the original idea of 12 teams was to give players plenty of games during the summer when they should be playing football- now most are restricted to a couple of matches, nothing much in July/August, resulting in more players kicking their heels during the summer and eventually some hanging up their boots altogether.
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Post by onlykerry on Jun 14, 2016 8:57:11 GMT
What are the county board playing at fixing the first round of the county u21 championship for June 22nd when the leaving cert is still going on. This impacts a lot of 19 year olds (no longer minors) as well as those minors who would be involved. Leaving Cert runs to June 24th - surely common sense would be to start after this.
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Post by Premier on Jun 14, 2016 9:06:07 GMT
What are the county board playing at fixing the first round of the county u21 championship for June 22nd when the leaving cert is still going on. This impacts a lot of 19 year olds (no longer minors) as well as those minors who would be involved. Leaving Cert runs to June 24th - surely common sense would be to start after this. Also the 2nd round is fixed for June 29th and the Junior final is June 30th. I'm sure there will be a clash there with players supposed to play both
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Post by greengold35 on Jun 14, 2016 10:43:42 GMT
What are the county board playing at fixing the first round of the county u21 championship for June 22nd when the leaving cert is still going on. This impacts a lot of 19 year olds (no longer minors) as well as those minors who would be involved. Leaving Cert runs to June 24th - surely common sense would be to start after this. Also the 2nd round is fixed for June 29th and the Junior final is June 30th. I'm sure there will be a clash there with players supposed to play both Small matter of Ireland vs Italy also on the 22nd June @ 8pm!!
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Post by givehimaball on Jun 14, 2016 11:37:55 GMT
What are the county board playing at fixing the first round of the county u21 championship for June 22nd when the leaving cert is still going on. This impacts a lot of 19 year olds (no longer minors) as well as those minors who would be involved. Leaving Cert runs to June 24th - surely common sense would be to start after this. Are there all that many doing any of Ag Science, Russian,Music, Italian, Japanese, Technology, Religious Education or Applied Maths that would be affected?
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Post by onlykerry on Jun 14, 2016 16:03:12 GMT
What are the county board playing at fixing the first round of the county u21 championship for June 22nd when the leaving cert is still going on. This impacts a lot of 19 year olds (no longer minors) as well as those minors who would be involved. Leaving Cert runs to June 24th - surely common sense would be to start after this. Are there all that many doing any of Ag Science, Russian,Music, Italian, Japanese, Technology, Religious Education or Applied Maths that would be affected? At least four starters from one club are doing Applied Maths. And you also ignore the fact that more would have prepared for the game with weeks of study and very little (if any) football. It shows a level of contempt for the players and competition to be fixing games at this time.
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Jun 14, 2016 20:20:47 GMT
Are there all that many doing any of Ag Science, Russian,Music, Italian, Japanese, Technology, Religious Education or Applied Maths that would be affected? At least four starters from one club are doing Applied Maths. And you also ignore the fact that more would have prepared for the game with weeks of study and very little (if any) football. It shows a level of contempt for the players and competition to be fixing games at this time. What club is that? Smart boyos.
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Post by timmy on Jun 14, 2016 21:16:20 GMT
Anyone know when Mid Kerry and Shannon Rgs are playing in the Preliminary round game.
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Post by Premier on Jun 14, 2016 23:12:09 GMT
Anyone know when Mid Kerry and Shannon Rgs are playing in the Preliminary round game. 22nd I think. The following game will be pushed out
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Post by Premier on Jun 14, 2016 23:14:07 GMT
What are the county board playing at fixing the first round of the county u21 championship for June 22nd when the leaving cert is still going on. This impacts a lot of 19 year olds (no longer minors) as well as those minors who would be involved. Leaving Cert runs to June 24th - surely common sense would be to start after this. Are there all that many doing any of Ag Science, Russian,Music, Italian, Japanese, Technology, Religious Education or Applied Maths that would be affected? Without wanting to sound like a proper culchie, the reality is that a good proportion of people do Ag Science especially in Kerry. I think that exam is done the day before the game so it doesn't really give much opportunity for players to prepare
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Post by givehimaball on Jun 15, 2016 10:05:13 GMT
Are there all that many doing any of Ag Science, Russian,Music, Italian, Japanese, Technology, Religious Education or Applied Maths that would be affected? Without wanting to sound like a proper culchie, the reality is that a good proportion of people do Ag Science especially in Kerry. I think that exam is done the day before the game so it doesn't really give much opportunity for players to prepare The thing is when I was doing my Leaving Cert fado fado, there was I think either 2 or 3 in my year who did Ag Science iirc. They were doing Biology and Biz Org and were looking for points, but none of those subjects listed were on offer in the school so did them outside. I did think Ag Science was likely to be the one that was most likely to cause trouble. Also back then it was pretty much all 17 and 18 year olds sitting the Leaving - there was no transition year in play so I'd say the only ones who were 19 were those repeating. I wouldn't be surprised if those doing the fixtures had a similiar enough experience to myself back when they did the Leaving and were thinking that was only a remote possibility that a tiny number were likely to be affected. Surely if a club has lads doing exams on the Thursday or Friday they could look for the games to be postponed?
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