COISTE CHONTAE AONTROMA CCC League and C’Ship Proposals 2008 Comfort Hotel Antrim January 2008

COISTE CHONTAE AONTROMA League & C’Ship Proposals 2008  Proposals for Hurling and Football Leagues for 2008  Proposal for Hurling and Football Championships for 2008  Club registration for Leagues  League regulations for 2008  Referee’s Expenses and Reports  Why are these proposals necessary

COISTE CHONTAE AONTROMA League & C’Ship Proposals 2008  These proposals based on experience from last year  In some respects we are calling for brave decisions  Need clubs to see the greater picture  We realise that clubs have to be aware of how they are affected individually  County Committee are the final decision making body

COISTE CHONTAE AONTROMA League Proposals Hurling  Four Divisions  Two Round Leagues  Ten Teams in Division 1 and 8 in each other Division  Preference - two up and two down  No play offs, for Second place promotion / relegation  Based on Finish positions in Last Years completed League tables

DunloyRossa LoughgielLamh Dhearg CushendallSarsfields BallycastleGort na Mona GlenariffShane O’Neills St John’sClooney Gaels St Gall’sGlenravel BallycranCarey Faughs Portaferry Ballygalget Coiste Chontae Aontroma Div 1 and 2 in Hurling

COISTE CHONTAE AONTROMA Div 3 & 4 Hurling Tir na NogAll Saints CushendunArdoyne St Paul’sSt Agnes’s RasharkinDavitts ArmoyLarne CloughmillsBreda St Enda’sSarsfields 2 St Teresa’sO Mitchel Og

 Divisions no change ten teams  Division 4, make it up to ten teams  Division 5 – 10 teams - Made up from the Top 5 placings in both Div 5 & 6 of last years Leagues. Bottom Teams in both Div 5 & 6, last year, go into Div 6.  Div 6 – made up of 9 teams  Throughout the leagues straight forward two rounds of games with top place winning league and two up and down - no play offs. COISTE CHONTAE AONTROMA League & C’Ship Proposals ( Football) 2008

CarginMoneyglass St GallsDunloy CregganAll Saints PortglenoneAghagallon St Paul’sGlenravel Gort na MonaSt Enda’s St John’sRossa Lamh DheargSarsfields St Brigid’sGlenavy RasharkinDavitts Coiste Chontae Aontroma Div 1 and 2 in Football

AhoghillLamh Dhearg 2 ArdoyneSt Agnes’s St Teresa’sRasharkin 2 Cargin 2St Paul’s 2 AldergroveCargin 3 St John’s 2St Enda’s 2 St Gall’s 2St Malachy’s Gort na Mona 2Portglenone 2 Tir na NogEire Og McDermott’sSt Galls 3 Coiste Chontae Aontroma Div 3 and 4 Football

Glenavy 2Ballycastle Sarsfields 2All Saints 2 St Brigid’s 2Moneyglass 2 Ardoyne 2Tir na Nog 2 Davitt’s 2Aghagallon 2 Creggan 2O’Donnells Aldergrove 2Mitchels Ahoghill 2Antrim Glenravel 2Lisburn Dunloy 2 Coiste Chontae Aontroma Div 5 and 6 Football

COISTE CHONTAE AONTROMA League & C’Ship Other League Proposals  Entry Form with fifteen named players as a condition of entry to a league  Referee provided by each club taking part in leagues  Referees do not submit expenses, these are taken off refs reports and matched to ‘E ‘ Sport notification details ( No report no payment )  Agreement on changes to league regulations which would mean that a team would loose one point as well as being fined and two points are awarded to other team

COISTE CHONTAE AONTROMA Championship Proposals  These proposals are designed to link the championship to league positions and former championship performance  The Top four teams in both hurling and football will be seeded as per their league position and “additional Championship points” awarded for previous championship success.

COISTE CHONTAE AONTROMA Championship Proposals  Explanation of “ Additional Championship Points “  Winner gets 11 points, finalist gets 6 points, Semi- Finalist gets 3 and Qtr Finalist gets one point.  These points are added to League points to give a Championship seeding points status.  The rationale for this is not complicated and can be easily explained

COISTE CHONTAE AONTROMA Championship Proposals Hurling and Football  Senior Championship consists say of ten teams  Four seeded and six teams left  Then draw two matches ie four teams involved making two winners and two teams given byes.  Then 4 teams go into the last eight to be drawn against the seeded teams ( the seeds will not play each other ).  Straight draw then for semi finals  Any of these championships may start with more than 10 teams but always designed to end up with four teams to be drawn against the seeds.

COISTE CHONTAE AONTROMA Hurling Seeds  Senior – Dunloy ( 29 ), Loughgiel ( 29 )  Senior – Ballycastle ( 16 ), C’Dall ( 17)  I’mediate – C’Dun ( 19 ), S. O’Neill ( 18 )  I’mediate – Clooney Gaels ( 14 ) and Carey Faughs ( 13 ) St Pauls ( 12 )  Junior- C’Mills ( 29 ) R’Kin ( Div 2 ), St Teresa’s ( 25 ), St Enda’s (18)

COISTE CHONTAE AONTROMA Football Seeds  Senior – Cargin, St Galls, Creggan and Portglenone  Intermediate – Moneyglass, Dunloy, All Saints and Aghagallon ( Glenravel )  Junior – McDermott’s, Tir na Nog, Ahoghill and Ardoyne ( St Teresa’s )

League Entry Forms  COISTE CHEANNAIS na gCOMÓRTAISÍ  Competitions Control Committee ( CCC )  The Competition Control Committee are proposing to change the league regulations in order to address some of the issues that have arisen in relation to grading of players for All County League Competitions.  The proposal is “Entry to the leagues must be sent in to CCC by ‘E’ mail using the proper form, properly completed and with fifteen named players and a signature from the club secretary. A deadline date for receipt of entries will be published by CCC”  Only when the specific form for each club is received and accepted by the CCC, will the entry be processed and the club name entered into the appropriate league.  ENTRY FORM FOR ADMISSION TO ALL COUNTY LEAGUES 2008  Cumann ________________________ DIVISION ________________ Hurling / Football  Players Name Players Name English/Irish – Name 1 – 15 These entry forms will be provided electronically to each club by E mail. The County Office will retain a copy of the lists and will supply a full list ( All Leagues ) to all clubs as soon as entries for the leagues are finalised.  Runai an Cumann _____________________________________ Date ____________________

COISTE CHONTAE AONTROMA CCC League & C’Ships Proposals  Football Leagues – 6 Divisions, two up and down and no play offs  ( F ) Championship – Seed top 4 to Qtr Finals,  Hurling Leagues – 4 Divisions, two up and down and no play offs  ( H ) Championship – Seed top 4 to Qtr Finals  In Both play necessary Games to get Four teams to be played against the seeds.  At Qtr Final stages seeds can’t play each other

COISTE CHONTAE AONTROMA League & C’Ship Proposals 2008  Closure date for League Entries using new Form  Closing date for Championship Entries  Date for the Championship Draws  Meeting with CCC for a few clubs

COISTE CHONTAE AONTROMA CCC League and C’Ship Proposals 2008 Comfort Hotel Antrim January 2008