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Post by horsebox77 on Aug 9, 2024 8:12:45 GMT
A bit of discussion has commenced on the local County Championship on other club championship pages, so maybe it is time to create a bespoke thread, dedicated to the ins and outs, fixtures and teams.
Eight Club Sides: Dingle, Dr. Crokes, Spa, Na Gaeil, Templenoe, Milltown/Castlemaine, Rathmore and Kenmare Shamrocks
Eight Divisional Teams: East Kerry, South Kerry, West Kerry, Mid Kerry, St. Kierans, St. Brendans and the two North Kerry sides, Shannon and Feale Rangers.
The biggest challengers to East Kerry in previous years divisionally wise has been Mid Kerry, unfortunately, as Milltown/Castlemaine won the Intermediate and not Fossa as most expected, this has in a perverse way strengthened East Kerry by weakening their main rival Mid Kerry's panel.
The strongest club challengers will still be Dingle and Crokes, followed by Mid Kerry and in my opinion St. Brendans, they are at this juncture very much under the radar but this year the clubs of Churchill, the Pats, Ardfert and John Mitchels will be bolstered by the big Tralee guns of Strand Road and Stacks... add in ex Kerry Minor and Clare selector James Costello as manager ticks a hell of a lot of boxes.. the key though is, will there be big club buy in, they could be serious contenders but the harsh reality is East Kerry are still top dogs, sure even starting at number one when picking their strongest XV last year, they simply replaced the outgoing county Rathmore man Shane Ryan with all Ireland winner Brian Kelly....
If North Kerry ever get their ducks in a row, and follow their successful U15, minor and U20 template they may cut waves... in nature rivers eventually meet and get stronger, hopefully the Feale and the Shannon merge to be a force at the top table, but unfortunately, this will not happen anytime soon as there still are high profile delegates actively wanting the return of both sides as was, despite the recent underage success of the joined venture.
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Post by crokes86 on Aug 9, 2024 13:34:00 GMT
East Kerry Dingle top 2 Crokes Brendan’s next two Mid Kerry . Can’t see anyone else Rathmore will be tough .
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Post by Control8 on Aug 9, 2024 17:35:40 GMT
When will the Groups be drawn?
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Post by Premier on Aug 9, 2024 20:03:59 GMT
Draw is on next Monday
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Post by horsebox77 on Aug 12, 2024 17:47:24 GMT
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Post by Control8 on Aug 12, 2024 20:58:21 GMT
County Championship Format for 2024:16 teams total, the 8 senior clubs and 8 divisional teams. Round 1 is an open draw, 8 games. The 8 winners go to Round 2A, the 8 losers go to Round 2B. Round 2A will feature the 8 winning teams from Round 1. The 4 Winners of Round 2A go to Quarter-Finals. The 4 Losers of Round 2A go to Round 3. Round 2B will feature the 8 losing teams from Round 1. The 4 Winners of Round 2B go to Round 3 and the losers exit the competition. Round 3 will feature the 4 losers of 2A versus the 4 winners of 2B. The winners of Round 3 will go to the Quarter-Finals and the losers of Round 3 will exit the competition. After Round 3, we will have the 8 Quarter-Final teams featuring the 4 winners of Round 2A against the 4 winners of Round 3.
Then Semi-Finals and Final.
Round 1 is scheduled for 13/14/15 September...stay tuned for details. No details yet on gaps between Rounds and so on.
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Post by mainevalley on Aug 12, 2024 21:35:53 GMT
County Championship Format for 2024:16 teams total, the 8 senior clubs and 8 divisional teams. Round 1 is an open draw, 8 games. The 8 winners go to Round 2A, the 8 losers go to Round 2B. Round 2A will feature the 8 winning teams from Round 1. The 4 Winners of Round 2A go to Quarter-Finals. The 4 Losers of Round 2A go to Round 3. Round 2B will feature the 8 losing teams from Round 1. The 4 Winners of Round 2B go to Round 3 and the losers exit the competition. Round 3 will feature the 4 losers of 2A versus the 4 winners of 2B. The winners of Round 3 will go to the Quarter-Finals and the losers of Round 3 will exit the competition. After Round 3, we will have the 8 Quarter-Final teams featuring the 4 winners of Round 2A against the 4 winners of Round 3.
Then Semi-Finals and Final.
Round 1 is scheduled for 13/14/15 September...stay tuned for details. No details yet on gaps between Rounds and so on. Sounds good |
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Post by glengael on Aug 14, 2024 9:58:32 GMT
Is Mid-Kerry the only Division that has a change to it's composition this year with Miltown gone?
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Post by Premier on Aug 14, 2024 10:10:33 GMT
Is Mid-Kerry the only Division that has a change to it's composition this year with Miltown gone? Brendans gained Rahillys |
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Post by horsebox77 on Aug 18, 2024 10:45:35 GMT
I envisage with both Beaufort and Strand Road exiting the intermediate, will this result in a realignment of buy in to their respective divisional sides.
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Post by mg72 on Aug 18, 2024 17:01:24 GMT
I envisage with both Beaufort and Strand Road exiting the intermediate, will this result in a realignment of buy in to their respective divisional sides. Beaufort have always given total commitment to Mid Kerry, and I'd expect nothing less from them this year. Not sure how Kerins O’Rahilly’s will be with regards to St Brendans though. |
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Post by mossie on Aug 21, 2024 20:58:03 GMT
Tremendous entertainment in the football club championships and county senior hurling championship
Hard to get as excited about the senior county championship
Hope I am proven wrong
For the like of Dingle and Dr Crokes, is it a tough ask to keep up their standard right through to the end of the senior county championship having gone all the way to senior club final?
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Post by horsebox77 on Aug 23, 2024 12:57:39 GMT
Sat: 14-09-2024
Kenmare Shamrocks V Dr Crokes @ 4 in Kenmare
Na Gaeil V Shannon Rangers @ 5 in ASP
St Kieran’s V West Kerry @ 7 in ASP
Sun: 15-09-2024
Milltown/Castlemaine V Spa @ 1 in Fitz Stadium
Rathmore V East Kerry @ 3 in Fitz Stadium
St Brendan’s Board V South Kerry @ 4 in ASP
Mid Kerry V Dingle @ 6 in ASP
Templenoe V Feale Rangers @ 2 in Templenoe
All games must produce a winner on the day.
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Post by greengold35 on Aug 23, 2024 13:35:22 GMT
I envisage with both Beaufort and Strand Road exiting the intermediate, will this result in a realignment of buy in to their respective divisional sides. Beaufort have always given total commitment to Mid Kerry, and I'd expect nothing less from them this year. Not sure how Kerins O’Rahilly’s will be with regards to St Brendans though. KO’R are rumoured to be all in with St Brendan’s - Tommy Walsh injured but everyone else available - Alan O’Sullivan is taking on the fitness side of things, reckon that will carry a lot of weight in Strand Road - Jack Savage back permanently in Tralee, add in David Moran, Tom Hoare, Barry John, Tomás Kennedy, Darragh O’Connor, Ben Hanafin plus Ardfert, Daithi Griffin, Mitchels , Stacks & Churchill & you could have a very formidable outfit. |
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Aug 24, 2024 6:50:38 GMT
They’d be good enough to win player wise but it’s very hard to pull it together in year one
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Post by greengold35 on Aug 24, 2024 12:11:22 GMT
They’d be good enough to win player wise but it’s very hard to pull it together in year one I agree but a lot of these guys have played together in school - would be familiar with each other & lots are close friends - definite potential there, James C is a good man manager. Dark horses I would say. |
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Post by edgeofthesquare on Aug 24, 2024 19:59:12 GMT
They’d be good enough to win player wise but it’s very hard to pull it together in year one I’m not sure they’re even good enough player wise especially in the forwards. Way off the quality of East Kerry, similar to Mid Kerry. |
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Post by kerryexile on Aug 24, 2024 21:36:20 GMT
I have been commenting on this on another thread.
There are few clubs around the country that will line out with a midfield like David Moran and Joe O'Connor.
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Post by horsebox77 on Aug 24, 2024 22:00:40 GMT
I have been commenting on this on another thread. There are few clubs around the country that will line out with a midfield like David Moran and Joe O'Connor. We were having similar conversations about Na Gaeil having Diarmuid O'Connor and Jack Barry but ya, I see you're point.. they collectively have a lot of aces |
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Post by mossie on Sept 4, 2024 19:39:09 GMT
Beaufort have always given total commitment to Mid Kerry, and I'd expect nothing less from them this year. Not sure how Kerins O’Rahilly’s will be with regards to St Brendans though. KO’R are rumoured to be all in with St Brendan’s - Tommy Walsh injured but everyone else available - Alan O’Sullivan is taking on the fitness side of things, reckon that will carry a lot of weight in Strand Road - Jack Savage back permanently in Tralee, add in David Moran, Tom Hoare, Barry John, Tomás Kennedy, Darragh O’Connor, Ben Hanafin plus Ardfert, Daithi Griffin, Mitchels , Stacks & Churchill & you could have a very formidable outfit. a nice bit of picking to do if all the Narries and Rockies buy into it and all rock up. pardon the pun(s)! |
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Post by edgeofthesquare on Sept 4, 2024 22:42:26 GMT
KO’R are rumoured to be all in with St Brendan’s - Tommy Walsh injured but everyone else available - Alan O’Sullivan is taking on the fitness side of things, reckon that will carry a lot of weight in Strand Road - Jack Savage back permanently in Tralee, add in David Moran, Tom Hoare, Barry John, Tomás Kennedy, Darragh O’Connor, Ben Hanafin plus Ardfert, Daithi Griffin, Mitchels , Stacks & Churchill & you could have a very formidable outfit. a nice bit of picking to do if all the Narries and Rockies buy into it and all rock up. pardon the pun(s)! If they do I’d expect Stacks to dominate. Add in 3 or 4 Narries to start and one or two or three from Ardfert. Not sure if any of the other clubs have anyone who’d have a claim to start. |
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Post by greengold35 on Sept 9, 2024 11:43:57 GMT
a nice bit of picking to do if all the Narries and Rockies buy into it and all rock up. pardon the pun(s)! If they do I’d expect Stacks to dominate. Add in 3 or 4 Narries to start and one or two or three from Ardfert. Not sure if any of the other clubs have anyone who’d have a claim to start. I would see a lot of Stacks defenders in the team - Nagle, Heinrich, Casey, maybe O’Shea ; midfield Joe O’Connor but the forwards could mostly be Strand Road - Tomás Kennedy, Jack Savage, Tommy Walsh - maybe Barry John - Alan O’Donoghue is still playing good football - Paddy Lane plus Cian Purcell from Stacks - that would omit the likes of Daithi Griffin, Ben Hanafin, Darragh O’Connor, Conor Hayes - can see Stacks with 7 maybe adding in Tansley as keeper, Seán Broderick will be pushing him; Jake Foley will be there or thereabouts. Team: Michael Tansley Darragh McElligott Jack O’Shea Joey Nagle Armin Heinrich Dylan Casey Jake Foley/Ben Hanafin/Earnán Ferris David Moran/Tom Hoare Joe O’Connor Tomás Kennedy Jack Savage Greg Horan /Daithi Griffin Paddy Lane Tommy Walsh Barry J Keane/Cian Purcell There’s a lot of talent there plus Ronan Shanahan,Colin Griffin, Paul O’Sullivan, Odhran Ferris - Ardfert, Mitchels, St Pats, Churchill will undoubtedly have some more. |
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Post by blacksheep21 on Sept 9, 2024 12:02:04 GMT
Would Ivan Parker not make this team?
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Post by greengold35 on Sept 9, 2024 12:07:54 GMT
Would Ivan Parker not make this team? Not sure - only saw him play once this year - the competition is strong! |
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Post by glengael on Sept 9, 2024 13:03:41 GMT
So it's extra time and penalties in all if needed.
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Post by shannonsider on Sept 9, 2024 14:45:14 GMT
Would Ivan Parker not make this team? Not sure - only saw him play once this year - the competition is strong! Ivan Parker is barely playing with his club from what I hear. Wouldn’t think he’d be playing with Brendan’s. |
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Post by mike70 on Sept 9, 2024 15:07:32 GMT
The system is broken, entering into county championship and the club competitions not even finished, what happens down the road when county season reverts to August finish, just so unfair on players and management teams.
I won’t mention the war but something has to give.
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Post by horsebox77 on Sept 9, 2024 19:20:12 GMT
Will yesterdays draw have consequences on divisional buy in by Stacks and Rangers on St. Brendans and Mid Kerry respectively?
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Post by brigid on Sept 9, 2024 19:22:25 GMT
Sat: 14-09-2024
Kenmare Shamrocks V Dr Crokes @ 4 in Kenmare
Check this
Clubber has this game down for Sunday 15 Sept at 2.00 pm.
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Post by greengold35 on Sept 9, 2024 19:26:18 GMT
Will yesterdays draw have consequences on divisional buy in by Stacks and Rangers on St. Brendans and Mid Kerry respectively? I would think so to an extent - cannot see some of the older Stacks guys committing but Nagle, Heinrich, Casey, O’Connor will be involved to further their inter county careers. Probably similar in MK. |
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