Three
of the 12 clubs taking part in this years County Senior Football Championship
are through to the quarter finals are known. After this weekends round of games,
at least another two or three should be known, and if the two clubs that
currently occupy the bottom placing in each of the groups were to loose, then
all eight teams to contest the quarter finals of the championship will be known
ahead of the final round of games in the league section of the championship the
following weekend.
Games
will take place at Fraher Field and Walsh Park from Friday evening to Sunday
Evening and because for the competing clubs there is so much to play for, it
could be expected that the numbers attending games could increase somewhat on
what we have seen in the three previous rounds of games.
Rathgormack
and Ardmore get the weekends action under way on Friday evening at Fraher
Field. Both sides are currently in places that would be good enough to contest
the quarter finals of the championship in September.
Both
clubs are going well this year and both will go into this game expecting to win
which would secure their place in their quarter final, but there can only be
one winner.
Rathgormack have put together some good underage teams in recent
years at under 16, minor and under 21 levels, and these teams have some very
good footballers and get the nod to record another win in this game.
Two
games take place at both Walsh Park and Fraher Field on Saturday evening.
Gaultier and Ballinacourty clash in the first game and will be followed by the meeting
of Saint Saviours and The Nire.
On
paper, there can only be one winner in both games. Ballinacourty and The Nire
should collect wins at the Keane’s Road venue, but things don’t always work out
as we expect and both Gaultier and Saint Saviours are more than capable of
pulling off a result that few can envisage ahead of the game.
In
Fraher Field Dungarvan take on Kilrossanty and An Rinn take on Clashmore.
Dungarvan
since coming up from the Intermediate ranks are finding the going tough. They
are a duel senior club and to juggle both codes is not an easy one. Kilrossanty
are starting to show signs that they could return to bye-gone days and its only
a matter of times that silver-ware making its way to the Lemybrien area on a
regular basis could not be too far in the distance.
In
the second game the top two in the group clash. Both are unbeaten so something has
to give. Both sides are through to the quarter finals of the championship so
which ever was to loose this game wont be overly disappointed. The winner of
this game will top the group and will get what’s perceived as an easier draw in
the quarter finals so expect both teams to go for this game from the off.
In
the first game, Kilrossanty should prove too strong for Dungarvan and in the
second game, Clashmore get a tentative vote to beat An Rinn.
The
final game of the weekend sees Brickeys take on Stradbally.
Of
the six games to be played this weekend, this is the one that I am least
looking forward to seeing. Stradbally are seldom if ever involved in a classic
game and are often happy to win a game by a single point, often in a low
scoring game.
Brickeys
this year have been very disappointing. They were once one of the stronger
football clubs in the county, but this is no longer the way. They have been
involved in a number of relegation scrapes in recent years, and this year it
would appear they will possibly end up in another such battle.
The
style of football that both sides play while it can be effective, can be very
boring to watch and will not attract many neutral supporters to their games.
Stradbally
have some very experienced players, many with more than their fair share of
County Senior Football medals, and there experience should stand for something
in this game
Senior Football
Championship Group One
Team
|
Played
|
Won
|
Draw
|
Lost
|
For
|
Against
|
Diff
|
Points
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
56
|
21
|
35
|
6
| |
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
34
|
28
|
6
|
5
| |
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
39
|
39
|
0
|
4
| |
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
33
|
36
|
-3
|
2
| |
Saint Saviours
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
20
|
38
|
-18
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
27
|
47
|
-20
|
0
|
Senior Football
Championship Group Two
Team
|
Played
|
Won
|
Draw
|
Lost
|
For
|
Against
|
Diff
|
Points
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
41
|
25
|
16
|
6
| |
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
45
|
34
|
11
|
6
| |
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
42
|
27
|
15
|
4
| |
Kilrossanty
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
34
|
33
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
23
|
39
|
-16
|
0
| |
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
31
|
58
|
-27
|
0
|
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