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Wexford Club Hurling Championships 2023

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Replying To WEX98:  "Sorry premier shield.

U16s won the D3 football today."
Think Minors won the Division 1 Shield.
Bannow / Gusserane won the Premier Shield.
But don't blame you for getting mixed up with all the County Finals that get played these days.

Paull (Wexford) - Posts: 179 - 05/11/2023 22:27:28    2511651

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Replying To Paull:  "I say the chance of a Split club season next year is low.
Is it Club/ County you are on about?"
Yes I mean club/county, split club season or back to alternate weeks next year will be a tight vote I'd say.

TerribleFootwork (Wexford) - Posts: 1760 - 06/11/2023 01:57:24    2511662

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Will hurling clubs vote for same or for alternative weeks or blocks.
Will the weather in Sept October swing them back towards retaining same structure of last 2 years .
Yes weather was poor in July August too but the underfoot conditions were certainly better than late Sept October.
Could you hurl in most of the popular used grounds in those underfoot conditions belfield, Ross, Wexford Park would it be protected as usual .
Or would ferns be the go too for pitches .
I d fear the championship would nt have finished by now . Due to lack of pitches/daylight postponements etc.
How many pitches with lights are suitable for hurling championship that are used for football at present .
6 different adult divisions to be played in both codes plus all the underage semis and finals both cup and shields.
Referees etc.. surely be a problem too .
Yes I know football was played out . But with hurling weekends would it be too condensed. Matches played over Saturdays/ Sundays only ? Especially if clubs have 3 or more adult teams . Nightmare scenario fir fixtures committee I'd imagine .
No preference either way just asking the question

Formertownie (Wexford) - Posts: 184 - 06/11/2023 11:10:06    2511706

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Anyone hear how preparations have gone for Gorey ahead of Sundays game with Kilcormac Killoughey

Afinestick (Wexford) - Posts: 999 - 06/11/2023 12:19:31    2511727

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Replying To Formertownie:  "Will hurling clubs vote for same or for alternative weeks or blocks.
Will the weather in Sept October swing them back towards retaining same structure of last 2 years .
Yes weather was poor in July August too but the underfoot conditions were certainly better than late Sept October.
Could you hurl in most of the popular used grounds in those underfoot conditions belfield, Ross, Wexford Park would it be protected as usual .
Or would ferns be the go too for pitches .
I d fear the championship would nt have finished by now . Due to lack of pitches/daylight postponements etc.
How many pitches with lights are suitable for hurling championship that are used for football at present .
6 different adult divisions to be played in both codes plus all the underage semis and finals both cup and shields.
Referees etc.. surely be a problem too .
Yes I know football was played out . But with hurling weekends would it be too condensed. Matches played over Saturdays/ Sundays only ? Especially if clubs have 3 or more adult teams . Nightmare scenario fir fixtures committee I'd imagine .
No preference either way just asking the question"
You can hurl alright in those conditions it mighnt be as pretty as a warms summers day in Bellefield or Wexford park but many counties have hurled up to last week why would we be any different. Iv no preference myself. Players seem to like split season, don't think they'll alternate with football going first and played out, so it's either stick to the status quo or alternate codes each week. Think a vote on that might be tight. Can anyone tell me why ferns COE wasn't used for any matches this year, state of the art sand based pitches laying idle all summer, I know there's construction work going on there but that's on the building if I'm correct

WexMurph (Wexford) - Posts: 171 - 06/11/2023 12:32:03    2511731

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Whatever is chosen, playing proper hurling for only 7-8 weeks of the year is a total disaster for hurling in the county.
Its not just a Wexford problem, the whole calendar needs a total rethink. The club and inter county game need to live together throughout the year. Not just rushing everything off to suit the other and nobody being happy.

ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1140 - 06/11/2023 13:12:27    2511741

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Any sign of them completing the u21 hurling ?

BacksAndForwards (Wexford) - Posts: 34 - 06/11/2023 20:07:41    2511827

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Personally I didn't naomh eanna would be underdogs with bookies for game this weekend , rangers & naomh eanna underdog double it is for me

BacksAndForwards (Wexford) - Posts: 34 - 06/11/2023 22:13:48    2511834

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Championship format proposals were due to be in last friday to county board, and options put back to clubs next week, any ideas of any proposals submitted

lefty (Wexford) - Posts: 188 - 07/11/2023 09:47:42    2511848

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Replying To BacksAndForwards:  "Any sign of them completing the u21 hurling ?"
Due to be on next weekend once the football was to completed this weekend. But with one of the football semi-finals being postponed until Friday I'm not sure when they will play the football final or will that impact the hurling. I can't see any of the matches being mid week with so many lads in college, but you never know what way they will deal with it.

btwex90 (Wexford) - Posts: 15 - 07/11/2023 09:52:55    2511850

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Replying To WexMurph:  "You can hurl alright in those conditions it mighnt be as pretty as a warms summers day in Bellefield or Wexford park but many counties have hurled up to last week why would we be any different. Iv no preference myself. Players seem to like split season, don't think they'll alternate with football going first and played out, so it's either stick to the status quo or alternate codes each week. Think a vote on that might be tight. Can anyone tell me why ferns COE wasn't used for any matches this year, state of the art sand based pitches laying idle all summer, I know there's construction work going on there but that's on the building if I'm correct"
There's work going on at the COE all right, but it's mainly on pitches rather than the building - i.e. seeding the new pitches, and some improvements works on the existing pitches, including on the banks around the main one. That's why games haven't been played there.

The other work that's been taking place is on the new entrance way off the old N11. I drove by it the other day and saw that tarmac has been laid - will make a big difference to anybody who's used to going in the back way!

So far as I know, there hasn't been any work at all yet on the building, and that'll be in the next phase of works.

Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2258 - 07/11/2023 11:02:41    2511865

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Replying To btwex90:  "Due to be on next weekend once the football was to completed this weekend. But with one of the football semi-finals being postponed until Friday I'm not sure when they will play the football final or will that impact the hurling. I can't see any of the matches being mid week with so many lads in college, but you never know what way they will deal with it."
Some of the semi-finals in the lower grades are fixed for this Saturday (Nov 11), but no dates yet for the Premier semi-finals. Suppose the Harriers can't play their semi-final for so long as Sarsfields are involved in the football.

Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2258 - 07/11/2023 11:05:36    2511867

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Replying To lefty:  "Championship format proposals were due to be in last friday to county board, and options put back to clubs next week, any ideas of any proposals submitted"
It was actually only proposals for the All County League and for general changes to competition regulations that were due by Friday and that will be considered at the next County Board meeting.

Was decided at the last one to put championship proposals back to the January meeting. Reason being that Leinster Council will meet during December to agree the calendar for next year's Leinster Club Championships, and whatever they decide might have an affect on things, particularly with regard to the split hurling/football season.

For instance, if we'd known this year that the hurling champions wouldn't be playing in Leinster until November 11/12, there'd have have 19 weeks to run off our championships if we'd decided for alternate weeks/blocks, instead of the 16 weeks that it had be done in because of hurling going first.

Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2258 - 07/11/2023 11:10:17    2511869

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Replying To Pikeman96:  "Some of the semi-finals in the lower grades are fixed for this Saturday (Nov 11), but no dates yet for the Premier semi-finals. Suppose the Harriers can't play their semi-final for so long as Sarsfields are involved in the football."
Yeah that is very true. They may have to throw some midweek games in at some point or else the hurling could go into mid December weather permitting

btwex90 (Wexford) - Posts: 15 - 07/11/2023 11:42:50    2511888

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Replying To btwex90:  "Yeah that is very true. They may have to throw some midweek games in at some point or else the hurling could go into mid December weather permitting"
Yeah, but I'd agree with what you said yourself above, that unlikely any U21 matches to be fixed midweek due to lads being away in college.

If there are no more weekends lost due to bad weather, I'd expect something like the following:
November 11/12 (this weekend) - remaining football semi-finals & some of the hurling semi-finals
November 18/19 - either football finals, remaining hurling semi-finals, or some combination of both
November 25/26 - whatever outstanding business remains from Nov. 18/19! And possibly one of the hurling finals, depending on the clubs involved
December 2/3 - the remaining hurling finals

Now remember all that timeframe would have to go back four weeks if they hadn't played two rounds of hurling in July & two rounds of football in August....just goes to show again how there's no "good" time to play U20/U21.

Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2258 - 07/11/2023 12:14:58    2511904

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Replying To Pikeman96:  "It was actually only proposals for the All County League and for general changes to competition regulations that were due by Friday and that will be considered at the next County Board meeting.

Was decided at the last one to put championship proposals back to the January meeting. Reason being that Leinster Council will meet during December to agree the calendar for next year's Leinster Club Championships, and whatever they decide might have an affect on things, particularly with regard to the split hurling/football season.

For instance, if we'd known this year that the hurling champions wouldn't be playing in Leinster until November 11/12, there'd have have 19 weeks to run off our championships if we'd decided for alternate weeks/blocks, instead of the 16 weeks that it had be done in because of hurling going first."
makes sense to wait for leinster dates and see if it gives a bit more time to run off our chamo, dont no how we would of gotten 19 weeks though

lefty (Wexford) - Posts: 188 - 07/11/2023 12:20:50    2511905

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Replying To Pikeman96:  "It was actually only proposals for the All County League and for general changes to competition regulations that were due by Friday and that will be considered at the next County Board meeting.

Was decided at the last one to put championship proposals back to the January meeting. Reason being that Leinster Council will meet during December to agree the calendar for next year's Leinster Club Championships, and whatever they decide might have an affect on things, particularly with regard to the split hurling/football season.

For instance, if we'd known this year that the hurling champions wouldn't be playing in Leinster until November 11/12, there'd have have 19 weeks to run off our championships if we'd decided for alternate weeks/blocks, instead of the 16 weeks that it had be done in because of hurling going first."
Not sure about having any extra weeks if Leinster hurling is in Mid November. You are really tied to the first Leinster date, which is usually football as they have more teams in those competitions. Pretty much all clubs are dual so you couldn't bank on having those 3 or 4 weeks free since the football final. Shels, Gorey and Rosslare this year would have all been in Leinster football action which is a weekend gone straight away and if any of them happened to win a game (which has proven common enough especially at Intermediate & Junior levels) then those extra weeks are completely ruled out.

Actually think the current system works well for the majority of clubs at the moment and I think when it comes to the crunch the voting might show that too.

ontheball247 (UK) - Posts: 15 - 07/11/2023 12:24:44    2511906

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Replying To Pikeman96:  "Yeah, but I'd agree with what you said yourself above, that unlikely any U21 matches to be fixed midweek due to lads being away in college.

If there are no more weekends lost due to bad weather, I'd expect something like the following:
November 11/12 (this weekend) - remaining football semi-finals & some of the hurling semi-finals
November 18/19 - either football finals, remaining hurling semi-finals, or some combination of both
November 25/26 - whatever outstanding business remains from Nov. 18/19! And possibly one of the hurling finals, depending on the clubs involved
December 2/3 - the remaining hurling finals

Now remember all that timeframe would have to go back four weeks if they hadn't played two rounds of hurling in July & two rounds of football in August....just goes to show again how there's no "good" time to play U20/U21."
Yep, I don't envy anyone having to deal with fixtures and getting pitches etc..

Its crazy really isn't it? If it was not for Pats Park being in such condition and fair play to the team up there looking after it, we would be in an awful situation with so many championships still not finished as it is. Was a great idea to close the Park in October with only Pats Park and a handful of club grounds being playable.

btwex90 (Wexford) - Posts: 15 - 07/11/2023 12:34:09    2511908

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Replying To BacksAndForwards:  "Personally I didn't naomh eanna would be underdogs with bookies for game this weekend , rangers & naomh eanna underdog double it is for me"
Can't see it happening unfortunately. Can see both KK and OLG winning by 10+. They'll both see themselves having a chance at winning Leinster.

Low2Joe (Wexford) - Posts: 48 - 07/11/2023 12:52:13    2511912

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Marys of Rosslare will be like Brooklyn Nets next year :-)

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 2591 - 07/11/2023 12:59:11    2511915

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