Deise sides kept apart in Dr. Harty Cup

The two Waterford sides taking part in this year’s Dr. Harty Cup Competition were kept apart in the draws for the group stages of the competition which were made recently.

This season sees a change in the structure of the competition.

When the competing sides met recently there was a strong feeling for change in the way the competition is run off.

In the last number of years the competition was played off with up to 20 teams taking part in groups of five with each team playing each other with the top two sides in each group advancing to the knockout stages of the competition.

From this year the competition will be played in a similar fashion to the way the Munster Senior B and C Colleges competition were run off.

The eight sides that qualified for the quarter finals of last seasons competition which were played in January were each seeded into eight different groups, with the remaining twelve sides competing in groups of two or three teams with the top two teams in each group advancing to the second round of the competition with the eight winners of these games advancing to the quarter finals of the competition in early January.

The change in structure for the 2016/2017 competition means that each of the competing teams are guaranteed two meaningful games in the new look competition.

This year’s group for the Dr. Harty cup are

Group A

SNTN Doon

Colaiste Iosaef Kilmallock

CBC Cork

Group B

Gaelcolaiste Mhuire AG (Cork)

De La Salle (Waterford)

Thurles CBS

Group C

Castletroy Community College

HS Clonmel

Blackwater Community School

Group D

Hamilton High School Bandon

Ard Scoil Ris

Group E

Midleton CBS

St Colmans Fermoy

Group F

Our Lady’s Templemore

St Flannan’s Ennis

Group G

St Francis College Rochestown

Charleville CBS

Group H

Abbey CBS (Tipperary)

Nenagh CBS