10 December 2012
Antrim County Convention 2012
See below the main items adopted at last night’s convention.
105 delegates attended (only 1 club was not represented)
The only election was for Ulster Council Delegates - Danny Mc Lernon and Frank Smyth were duly elected.
The following Motions were passed;
General
U16 and Minor games will NOT be scheduled during the May – June exam period.
All Underage games throughout the County will be played on the day and at the same time.
Adult All County Leagues & Championship games will be played on Sundays & Thursdays.
A Coaching and Games development committee to be established to include representatives from- Camogie, Ladies Football Cumann na mBunscoil, Second level schools, Handball, Divisional Boards, and County Committee.
Players seeking transfers within Antrim MUST obtain the signature (Secretary) of the club they are seeking to join prior to that form being submitted to CCC for approval.
Hurling specific
All County Hurling Leagues have been restructured as follows;
Div 1 - 10 teams to be played home and away
Div 2 - 10 teams to be played home and away
Div 3 - 8 teams to be played home and away
Div 4 - 6 teams to be played home and away
Antrim Hurling Championships
All Div 1 teams play Senior Championship
All Div 2 team play Intermediate Championship
All Div 3 Teams play Junior Championship
A new Junior “B” Championship will be introduced for Div 4 teams with the winners progressing to the Junior Hurling championship.
All county hurling leagues will be introduced, in 2013, at the following age groups
U14 (For those clubs who wish to enter)
U16 (All clubs)
Football specific
The CCC is to endeavour to play Senior and 2nd team games as double headers on as many occasions as possible throughout the All County Football leagues.
U 14 and U 16 footballs leagues will be played as divisional leagues with the top 2 in each divisional age group playing off for the County League title.
The following recommendations were carried;
Antrim to explore and maximise all opportunities to participate in Leinster Hurling Competitions at all levels.
Clubs will not be asked to play a league game in another code 4 days prior to playing a championship game in another code.
( ie playing a football game prior to a Hurling Championship game or vice versa – BUT they can still play a league game in the same code prior to a championship game in the same code
