Championship Draws Made In East Waterford

The draws for this year’s championships in the East of the County took place at a Divisional Board Meeting on Wednesday last.

Eleven sides will compete in this year’s Intermediate Hurling Championship split into two groups, one of five the other of six.

Reigning Champions Ballygunner are in Group One and will play Ballyduff Lower, Dunhill, Portlaw, Saint Saviours and Erin’s Own.

De La Salle are the only second string side in Group Two and will be up against Butlerstown, Ferrybank, Saint Mollerans and Fenor.

The top two teams in each group will advance to the quarter final stages of the championship and will be seeded. The third placed team in Group One will advance to the quarter final draw but will not be seeded. The remaining play off to see who will be the sides that make up the quarter final draw with the third placed team in Group Two playing the sixth placed team in Group One with the fourth placed teams playing the fifth placed team in the opposite group.

Eight teams will compete in the Junior ‘A’ Championship including a number of second string sides and Ballygunner’s Third string side. Ballydurn who won this competition last year will be looking to retain their title in 2020. They will be up against Ballygunner, Dunhill, Kilmacthomas, Micheál MacCraith (Tramore), Mount Sion Passage and Roanmore. The top two sides will contest the semi finals where they will be seeded in the draw with the next four sides contesting the quarter finals with the third placed team playing the sixth, while the fourth placed team plays the side that finishes in fifth position.

Seven sides are involved in the Junior B Championship, Clonea, De La Salle, Erins Own, Mount Sion, Naomh Pól, Passage and Saint Mollerans. The top two sides will advance to the semi finals where they will be seeded while the next four sides contest the quarter final stages of the competition.

In the Junior C Hurling Championship, seven sides will once more be involved, Ballyduff Lower, Butlerstown, Ferrybank Micheál MacCraith (Tramore), Portlaw, Roanmore and Saint Saviours. Once more the top two sides advance to the semi finals where they will be seeded with the next four sides playing in the quarter final stages.

In Intermediate Football, seven sides will battle it out to see if any can follow in the footsteps of Kilmacthomas and Saint Saviours in the last two years and move up to the Senior Grade.

Ballyduff Lower, Bunmahon, De La Salle, Kill, Micheál MacCraith (Tramore), Newtown and Portlaw all do battle against each other. The top side will advance to the semi finals with the other six sides contesting the quarter finals where the second placed side plays the side that finishes bottom, the third placed team plays the sixth placed team and the sides that finishing in fourth and fifth places playing each other.

Eight sides will contest the Junior A Football Championship split into two groups which are drawn up geographically, one Rural and one Urban.

In the Rural Group Bunmahon, Butlerstown, John Mitchells and Saint Mollerans do battle against each other, while the Urban Group contains Ferrybank, Mount Sion, Naomh Pól and Roanmore. All four sides advance to the quarter finals with the winners of the two groups playing the bottom side in the opposite group and the two second placed sides playing the third placed side in the opposite group.

Just three sides will contest the Junior C Football Championship – Gaultier, Kill and Portlaw with the two top sides contesting the final this competition will be a 13 a side competition.