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Replying To hownow1: "I think Meath Football Championship was like that up to recently. They drew Group A/B/C into 4s, then drew A, B or C out of another pot. The group that came out only two went through but their was no relegation jeopardy, the other two groups three went through but the 4th place team in both were in relegation final. Element of pot luck and probably not ideal but I do think something has to be done. So many lads in clubs have played every minute 9 weekends on the trot! It would be interesting to compile a report of an injured list for each club, I'd say its shocking how many lads carrying knocks, niggles and some more serious." That Meath system was an interesting one, but to the best of my knowlege, they moved away from it after a couple of instances where the bottom team in the "safe" group was generally regarded as probably the weakest in the county, but who couldn't be relegated anyway due purely to the luck of the draw. And meanwhile, a "stronger" team from one of the other groups went down instead. But as you say, no system is perfect. If there was a perfect system, somebody would have found it by now, and we'd all be using it! Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3974 - 28/08/2026 16:42:08 2691727 Link
I see Waterford are going from 12 Senior clubs down to 10 next year ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1518 - 28/08/2026 16:51:25 2691731 Link
Is Wexford the only county to stop all games for the electric picnic Magpie2 (Wexford) - Posts: 734 - 28/08/2026 17:09:53 2691733 Link
Replying To Magpie2: "Is Wexford the only county to stop all games for the electric picnic" No. But we're in the minority. The counties closest to it - i.e. Laois themselves, along with Carlow and Kildare - have no adult matches this weekend, specifically because of EP. Then there are a few like Kilkenny, where there are no adult matches this weekend mainly because of how they really only run championships in one code - e.g. in Kilkenny at this time of year, they alternate between adult hurling one week and minor hurling the next (instead of going between adult hurling and adult football like we do), and they've arranged it so that this weekend is a minor hurling weekend. But from what I can see overall, there are adult club matches fixed this weekend in probably 24 or 26 of the 32 counties. I wonder if there's the same outcry there about players deserving a weekend off to go on the sesh? Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3974 - 28/08/2026 20:06:56 2691747 Link
Replying To Pikeman96: "No. But we're in the minority. The counties closest to it - i.e. Laois themselves, along with Carlow and Kildare - have no adult matches this weekend, specifically because of EP. Then there are a few like Kilkenny, where there are no adult matches this weekend mainly because of how they really only run championships in one code - e.g. in Kilkenny at this time of year, they alternate between adult hurling one week and minor hurling the next (instead of going between adult hurling and adult football like we do), and they've arranged it so that this weekend is a minor hurling weekend. But from what I can see overall, there are adult club matches fixed this weekend in probably 24 or 26 of the 32 counties. I wonder if there's the same outcry there about players deserving a weekend off to go on the sesh?" Louth, Meath, Monaghan also dont have any Senior Football games scheduled for today or tomorrow. Waterford, Clare, Tipperary and Offaly have no Senior Hurling games this weekend. Limerick only have 1 Senior and 1 Premier Intermediate Fixture today or tomorrow. Cork only have 1 Senior Hurling game I think. Mayo have no adult games scheduled. Donegal have only 1 Senior and 1 Senior B Football games, and 2 Senior Hurling. Tyrone have no Senior games. Down only have 3 Senior Football fixtures. Antrim only have 2 Hurling. Dublin are playing hurling this weekend, not Football. The only counties with fullish programmes of games in their primary code, or at all, that Ive found are Derry, Galway, Roscommon, Longford and Kerry. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20629 - 29/08/2026 10:33:31 2691789 Link
Replying To Pikeman96: "No. But we're in the minority. The counties closest to it - i.e. Laois themselves, along with Carlow and Kildare - have no adult matches this weekend, specifically because of EP. Then there are a few like Kilkenny, where there are no adult matches this weekend mainly because of how they really only run championships in one code - e.g. in Kilkenny at this time of year, they alternate between adult hurling one week and minor hurling the next (instead of going between adult hurling and adult football like we do), and they've arranged it so that this weekend is a minor hurling weekend. But from what I can see overall, there are adult club matches fixed this weekend in probably 24 or 26 of the 32 counties. I wonder if there's the same outcry there about players deserving a weekend off to go on the sesh?" Thanks pikeman. Magpie2 (Wexford) - Posts: 734 - 29/08/2026 10:51:03 2691792 Link
I hope anyone that does go has a ball . Is nt it better they can go withiut having a choice of letting the team down or let their mates and partners go without them qake up lads its the right thing to do . Life is fir living nit to be flogged week in week out without any down time Formertownie (Wexford) - Posts: 689 - 29/08/2026 13:04:16 2691804 Link
Replying To Pikeman96: "No. But we're in the minority. The counties closest to it - i.e. Laois themselves, along with Carlow and Kildare - have no adult matches this weekend, specifically because of EP. Then there are a few like Kilkenny, where there are no adult matches this weekend mainly because of how they really only run championships in one code - e.g. in Kilkenny at this time of year, they alternate between adult hurling one week and minor hurling the next (instead of going between adult hurling and adult football like we do), and they've arranged it so that this weekend is a minor hurling weekend. But from what I can see overall, there are adult club matches fixed this weekend in probably 24 or 26 of the 32 counties. I wonder if there's the same outcry there about players deserving a weekend off to go on the sesh?" Incorrect. There's no separate weekends for minor and adult. Minor takes place usually on Tuesday/Wednesday. There's been adult matches in kilkenny every weekend since the weekend after the all Ireland. No senior last weekend but there was intermediate and junior matches richiepmurphy (Kilkenny) - Posts: 162 - 29/08/2026 13:27:42 2691809 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Louth, Meath, Monaghan also dont have any Senior Football games scheduled for today or tomorrow. Waterford, Clare, Tipperary and Offaly have no Senior Hurling games this weekend. Limerick only have 1 Senior and 1 Premier Intermediate Fixture today or tomorrow. Cork only have 1 Senior Hurling game I think. Mayo have no adult games scheduled. Donegal have only 1 Senior and 1 Senior B Football games, and 2 Senior Hurling. Tyrone have no Senior games. Down only have 3 Senior Football fixtures. Antrim only have 2 Hurling. Dublin are playing hurling this weekend, not Football. The only counties with fullish programmes of games in their primary code, or at all, that Ive found are Derry, Galway, Roscommon, Longford and Kerry." You must have gone through the fixtures pages of 32 County Board websites! But just to point out Waterford do indeed have a senior hurling match this weekend. Their senior county final. And county finals in two other grades too. Also to point out that the question was if Wexford is the only county to stop all games. The ones you mention as only having a handful obviously haven't stopped all games. And had a quick look at websites of some of the counties you mention: - Louth have Senior, Intermediate and Junior championship matches listed for today and tomorrow. - True that Meath don't have Senior Football matches this weekend, but they do have Senior and Intermediate Hurling. - Monaghan have League football matches and Hurling Championship semi-finals. - Have already mentioned how Waterford do indeed have matches this weekend. - True that Clare don't have Senior Hurling matches this weekend, but they do have Senior, Intermediate, and Junior Football. - Much the same with Tipperary. They don't have Senior Hurling, but they do have Senior Football. - And Offaly also may not have Senior Hurling, but they do have Senior Football. - Tyrone have no Senior games but they do have Intermediate and Junior. - The other counties you mention, you tell yourself how they have at least some matches. So again bearing in mind that the question was is Wexford the only county to stop all matches, I reckon it's still a valid answer to say no, but there's no more than a handful doing the same. Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3974 - 29/08/2026 15:54:33 2691825 Link
Replying To richiepmurphy: "Incorrect. There's no separate weekends for minor and adult. Minor takes place usually on Tuesday/Wednesday. There's been adult matches in kilkenny every weekend since the weekend after the all Ireland. No senior last weekend but there was intermediate and junior matches" Apologies. Am I correct in at least thinking that was the way in other years? Either way, still the case that you're one of the handful of counties with no adult matches this weekend, and still the case that you're able to do so largely because you don't have to alternate adult hurling with adult football at this time of year. And that's not a dig with you over football, by the way. If you're familiar with my other posts on this forum, you'll know that I've more than once pointed out how despite the way it's often knocked by others for "ignoring" football, Kilkenny has a lot more football than many other counties have hurling. Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3974 - 29/08/2026 15:58:05 2691826 Link
Replying To Pikeman96: "You must have gone through the fixtures pages of 32 County Board websites! But just to point out Waterford do indeed have a senior hurling match this weekend. Their senior county final. And county finals in two other grades too. Also to point out that the question was if Wexford is the only county to stop all games. The ones you mention as only having a handful obviously haven't stopped all games. And had a quick look at websites of some of the counties you mention: - Louth have Senior, Intermediate and Junior championship matches listed for today and tomorrow. - True that Meath don't have Senior Football matches this weekend, but they do have Senior and Intermediate Hurling. - Monaghan have League football matches and Hurling Championship semi-finals. - Have already mentioned how Waterford do indeed have matches this weekend. - True that Clare don't have Senior Hurling matches this weekend, but they do have Senior, Intermediate, and Junior Football. - Much the same with Tipperary. They don't have Senior Hurling, but they do have Senior Football. - And Offaly also may not have Senior Hurling, but they do have Senior Football. - Tyrone have no Senior games but they do have Intermediate and Junior. - The other counties you mention, you tell yourself how they have at least some matches. So again bearing in mind that the question was is Wexford the only county to stop all matches, I reckon it's still a valid answer to say no, but there's no more than a handful doing the same." Sorry I must have picked up your post wrong so. The impression I was getting was that we were one of only a very few counties whose fixtures were unaffected by EP. There are very few Senior fixtures in Louth this weekend, with none on clubbertv. All the other counties mentioned there have massively reduced numbers of fixtures compared to last weekend or next weekend. Limerick played most of their fixtures on Thursday night apparently, I was talking to a friend who plays club hurling up there just this morning in relation to schools hurling. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20629 - 29/08/2026 16:06:40 2691829 Link
Replying To Formertownie: "I hope anyone that does go has a ball . Is nt it better they can go withiut having a choice of letting the team down or let their mates and partners go without them qake up lads its the right thing to do . Life is fir living nit to be flogged week in week out without any down time" I'll say one complimentary thing about the Electric Picnic that I've often thought but not sure if I've ever actually said here before. Fair play to the organisers for creating such an aura about it that it's considered so unmissable if you're in your twenties or early thirties - i.e. the age band of 90% or more of our club GAA players. Just a pity they wouldn't hold it sometime like the June Bank Holiday instead. Or any other one of the 35 weekends in the year that we don't use for club championship matches! Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3974 - 30/08/2026 20:30:02 2692016 Link
Replying To Pikeman96: "I'll say one complimentary thing about the Electric Picnic that I've often thought but not sure if I've ever actually said here before. Fair play to the organisers for creating such an aura about it that it's considered so unmissable if you're in your twenties or early thirties - i.e. the age band of 90% or more of our club GAA players. Just a pity they wouldn't hold it sometime like the June Bank Holiday instead. Or any other one of the 35 weekends in the year that we don't use for club championship matches!" Well I am no festival buff and excuse my ignorance but is there something similar in Ireland that these lads in the prime of their life can go to? Trump2 (Wexford) - Posts: 19 - 30/08/2026 23:23:34 2692043 Link
Replying To Trump2: "Well I am no festival buff and excuse my ignorance but is there something similar in Ireland that these lads in the prime of their life can go to?" There are numerous festivals over the summer. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20629 - 31/08/2026 10:35:56 2692071 Link
Replying To Trump2: "Well I am no festival buff and excuse my ignorance but is there something similar in Ireland that these lads in the prime of their life can go to?" I'm certainly no festival buff either. Wasn't my cup of tea even when I was younger. But it's definitely the case that EP has established itself as the big "unmissable" event for that audience. Again, from a business perspective, I'd say fair play to them for managing to do so. But again, from a GAA point of view, I'd say it's a pity it's not held in June instead! Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3974 - 31/08/2026 10:44:13 2692076 Link
Replying To Viking66: "There are numerous festivals over the summer." Have actually just done a quick google for "major music festivals in Ireland", and while there are a few others all right, most are held other times in July & August and so would clash with club championship weekends too. And some of them are billed as "family friendly" which probably wouldn't suit the EP-goers who are thinking mainly of the sesh and the shift and the whatever else ;) There's a Festival called Forbidden Fruit in the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham each June Bank Holiday weekend, but that wouldn't take nearly the same crowd as EP. Also wouldn't involve three or four nights of camping in a crowded field, which seems to be a large part of the attraction for people who go to EP, but which sounds like hell on earth to me. Maybe if Forbidden Fruit and EP swapped weekends, we'd be on to something! Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3974 - 31/08/2026 11:42:37 2692095 Link
There will possibly be years when it wont be possible to change fixtures due to time constraints. Until then let's use common sense and keep it a free weekend so lads can plan at least one weekend off. Now the championship will continue in earnest . Lads have had a weekend to blow out whether they went to ep or not . referees had a mini break coaches have had a mini break from games Supporters had a break . Lads if not going could plan a weekend away or week away with partner wife or family . Ones that we should nt continually ignore. Pitches get a break Players get a chance to recover from injury or minor knocks if needed . We get another subject to discuss Load of benefits all round . In all seriousness though I dont see a downside to it. I m looking forward now to the real championship starting proper . If another festival takes over then the circonstsnces may change . Until then myself and my fellow investors in EP will continuume to prosper . Formertownie (Wexford) - Posts: 689 - 31/08/2026 12:03:04 2692102 Link
@Formertownie - I'm all in favour of a free weekend if the calendar allows it, for all the reasons you mention. I'm just not sure I'll ever be convinced that the best way of using the free weekend is to arrange it around when a minority of players would like to go to a music festival. I'd suggest a more "natural" break this year would have been to play Round 5 football on the weekend just gone by, and then use next weekend as the free one after the groups were completed in both codes and before moving into the knockout stages. Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3974 - 31/08/2026 12:51:39 2692119 Link
Replying To Pikeman96: "Have actually just done a quick google for "major music festivals in Ireland", and while there are a few others all right, most are held other times in July & August and so would clash with club championship weekends too. And some of them are billed as "family friendly" which probably wouldn't suit the EP-goers who are thinking mainly of the sesh and the shift and the whatever else ;) There's a Festival called Forbidden Fruit in the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham each June Bank Holiday weekend, but that wouldn't take nearly the same crowd as EP. Also wouldn't involve three or four nights of camping in a crowded field, which seems to be a large part of the attraction for people who go to EP, but which sounds like hell on earth to me. Maybe if Forbidden Fruit and EP swapped weekends, we'd be on to something!" Will probably bring the 4 lads to Kaleidoscope next year. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20629 - 31/08/2026 13:01:29 2692121 Link
Replying To Pikeman96: "@Formertownie - I'm all in favour of a free weekend if the calendar allows it, for all the reasons you mention. I'm just not sure I'll ever be convinced that the best way of using the free weekend is to arrange it around when a minority of players would like to go to a music festival. I'd suggest a more "natural" break this year would have been to play Round 5 football on the weekend just gone by, and then use next weekend as the free one after the groups were completed in both codes and before moving into the knockout stages." In an ideal world ye that would ve been better. Only good thing is there is something riding on all football matches this weekend . Would prefer no prelim in hzrling as too long break between end of rould robin and 1 /4 final .. Be interesting to see on a poll of players done anonymously if a free weekend which weekend they would pick . To be off if they only had one weekend to choose. And i woukd agree there will cine a time it wont be feasible . Funny thing is its never fallen on a hurling weekend . Future planning by co board ?. Formertownie (Wexford) - Posts: 689 - 31/08/2026 13:46:27 2692129 Link

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