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@old yellar - the days of nominating a team to take part in provincial championship are long gone. You have to have won the relevant championship in your own county.

@Onion Breath - fair enough that you knew that about how a club's second team couldn't compete in Intermediate or Junior, if their first team had won the senior. And I see your suggested workaround in that post above now all right. It's possible that post wasn't yet published at the time I started writing mine earlier on.

You're correct of course that Carlow could make a case to Leinster to allow your Senior 'B' champions into the Intermediate championship, even though they'd already have competed in your Senior 'A' championship too. But it's not allowed under the current rules, and obviously there's no guarantee the rules would be changed to accommodate you.

Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3037 - 27/08/2025 23:30:14    2633870

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How do we see the Carlow Senior Football Championship going this year? Favourites to win/Favourites for relegation. Going to be an interesting championship!

TrueBlue95 (Dublin) - Posts: 12 - 27/08/2025 23:40:06    2633873

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Replying To TownGael29:  "Can you feel this one out for me a bit? Is this derogatory towards Asca? Do you have any idea of the work that club has put in to keep its name alive? A thriving underage structure now ( 2 u-16 teams) and one of the finest young players in the county wearing their jersey with more following in his footsteps with colts etc.

If you didn't know, Asca has never received a penny in CB or GAA funding in its near 50 years yet here they are, still there, still providing football and back to fielding 2 adult teams. Asca are an example of the ethos of the GAA, volunteerism!!!"
Well said TownGael. But they wont get recognition on here unless John has good game. Some people are too obsessed with the "poaching" club who from what I've heard have no need for poaching whatsoever. Or obsessed with emalgamating hurling and football clubs. Bitterness and misplaced snobbery.

Why can't NB be senior by the way ? They deserve it. They won !!! And Burren and CTHC have some unbelievable underage players coming through. This isnt the nineties. The negativity is boring as hell sometimes. And as TownGael says it's volunteers doing this. Quit the moaning and if you want to change something get up off your **** and help make that change.

DolmenDave (Carlow) - Posts: 5 - 28/08/2025 02:29:22    2633880

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Replying To Barrowsider:  "As much as I'd admire the hurlers. The football team will always be the flag ship. Maybe not deserved but that's how it is. I'm hearing joe Murphy is definitely back in I'm also hearing they will take or have over sight on the u20s. Not sure how accurate that is but it would make sense if building a team"
What you heard is correct or that was the plan anyway until a certain club on the outskirts of carlow town were not happy with that. That's why there is no confirmation. Complained about too much power for one person and it being a monopoly, which considering how the colts system has been run the last few years at underage county from that particular club is incredibly ironic. But for those of us south of carlow town we would welcome it. And hopefully it flow down to underage too and we wouldn't have so many children being disillusioned and opting away from our towns for other sports. No doubt I'll be shouted at for this factual opinion. But facts are facts.

DolmenDave (Carlow) - Posts: 5 - 28/08/2025 02:45:51    2633881

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Replying To Overthebar53:  "Well said Towngael. And all that despite constant poaching by probably the biggest club in the county. Great credit due to them"
Name the players poached. And again you are doing asca a disservice with that comment. They're doing stellar work with no funding. Our club, that is not in carlow town has had our players poached at four underage levels from a club that is not " the biggest club in the county" as you call them. Just say it's eire og that you're referring to. This narrative is misleading and seems to be an excuse on here when clubs dont do what they're supposed to be doing. It's another club that's currently winning everything at underage that's doing this. And fair play to them, they've stolen a march on others. Sorry to burst this narratives bubble. Take a look at the colts teams and you'll figure it out.

DolmenDave (Carlow) - Posts: 5 - 28/08/2025 02:58:47    2633882

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