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Fixtures Review Committee

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Members

• Chairman Michael Gorman St Laurence's • Secretary Mick Mullen Celbridge• John Walsh Ardclough• Pat Dunney Raheens • Colm Nolan Maynooth• Colum Fagan Rathcoffey• Brendan Woulfe Naas • John Noone St Kevin's • Eddie Julian Two Mile House• James Forde Monasterevin

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Introduction

• 4 Areas we looked at.• Minors • Reserve leagues Under 21 competitions• Senior Leagues• Calendar• Clubs were asked for their input, all information

gathered and sub groups were set up. Groups looked at the suggestions from clubs and contacted other counties and reported back to the main group. Please see next slide for their proposals.

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Minors 2016

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Minor Spring Leagues

• Football Leagues(2016)• All division consist of 8

Teams Div 1 Div2 Div3 Div4

• Top 2 teams to the Final• Start time mid February • Day Sunday / Time

12.00

• Hurling Leagues• Div 1 will have 4 teams • 3 games and Finals • Div 2 remaining teams • Top 2 to Final next 2 in

Shield final • Start first Monday after

clock change.• Day Monday / Time 6.30

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New Minor Summer League 2016 Hurling and Football

• Football (2016)Optional aimed at U17 /U 18

• Groups of 4• 3 games• Semi finals top four across groups

into cup 2nd teams into shield 3rd team to trophy and 4th team to Medal,

• See example next Slide • Cup, Shield Trophy Medal• 5 games • Games commence after Leaving

cert • Saturday at 6.00pm

• Hurling Under 17(2016)• Starts after the Leaving

Cert/ Junior Cert • Completion at the end

of July • Possible day Tuesday

7.00 • In 2016 no under 17

will be allowed play adult games.

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Minor Football Summer League Format 2016

• Example A

Group A Group B Group C Group D

St Laurence Naas Celbridge Sarsfield Cup

Kilcock Moorefield Maynooth Leixlip Shield

Athy Monasterevin Confey Balyna Trophy

Round Towers

Raheens Clane Carbury Medal

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MINOR FOOTBALL /HURLING• Football (2016)• Championship start mid to end

of August • Final County Final day • Number of teams to decided by

grading Committee based on league position,

• Top 6 teams to qualify to the knockout stages.

• Top 2 to semi next 4 to quarter final

• Predetermined draws i.e. Semi

• Hurling (2016)• Championship commence in

August • Championship to be run

over the months Aug and Sept

• Matches played on alternative Thurs in line with the intermediate championship

• Final in county Final Day • 5 nights required

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New U17 Leagues Football

• Football • Start October 2016• Format small groups • Possible Floodlight

Competition if pitches are available

• All games to be finished in Oct / Nov 2016

• Hurling U17 takes place in the Summer

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Reserve Leagues Under 21s

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Reserve Leagues 2016

• 1. Re-name Leagues from current format to Reserve League 1 (Old Div 3A),

• 2 North, • 2 South, • 3 North • 3 South• Leagues will start in April

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Reserve Leagues 2016

• Reserve Leagues 1, 2 north and 2 south to contain 10 teams.

• Reserve league 3 north and 3 south to contain 9 teams.

• Reserve leagues 1, 2 north and 2 south to be played on Monday nights.

• Reserve leagues 3 north and 3 south to be played on Friday nights.

• Junior Hurling will move to Thursday

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Reserve Leagues 2016

• Divisions 1, 2 north and 2 south 15 a side. Division 3 north and 3 south 13 a side or 15 by agreement.

• Clubs name 15 players on their first team as it is at present and 20 players on their second team

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Under 21 Football 2016

• Championship to commence in October where possible.

• Grades to take part, A, B, C and D.• 8 teams to take part in each grade depending

on amount of entries.• Open draw in each grade in a straight

knockout competition.• No shield competition.

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Under 21 Hurling 2016

• Championship to commence after the Senior Hurling final.

• Grades to take part, A and B depending on entries.

• Straight knockout competition.• No shield competition.

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Kildare Leagues 2017

Senior Football Leagues 1,2,3,4.

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Kildare Leagues

• Proposal to Increase the number of Division from 3 to 4 for 2017

• Div 1 (12 Teams)• Div 2 (10 Teams) • Div 3 (10 Teams) • Div 4 (10 teams )

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Kildare Leagues 2017

• Division 1

–12 teams– Each team plays each other once, by which time the teams

have all played 11 matches. – Each team will have 6/5 home matches.

• Semi-Finals– Top 4 teams will qualify to play in the semi-finals. 1 v 4, 2 v 3.

Semi finals venues to be discussed. • Relegation

– Teams finishing 11th and last (12th) automatically gets relegated to Division 2.

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Kildare Leagues 2017• Divisions 2 & 3• The league season is split into two phases.• Division 2/3

– 10 teams– In Phase 1, each team plays each once, by which time the teams have all played 9 matches. – The league then splits into a “top 5” and a “bottom 5” (2A & 2B / 3A & 3B) for Phase 2.

• Division 2A & 2B / 3A & 3B– Each team then plays a further 4 matches against the other 4 teams in their section.– Points achieved during the first phase of 9 matches are carried forward to the second

phase, but the teams only compete within their own sections during Phase 2.– Each team will have 4/5 home matches in Phase 1.

• Final/Promotion/Relegation– After Phase 2

• Top 2 teams in Section A will get promoted and play in League Final.• Bottom 2 teams in Section B get relegated.

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Kildare Leagues 2017• Division 4• The league season is split into two phases.• Division 4

– 10 teams– In Phase 1, each team plays each once, by which time the teams have all played 9 matches. – The league then splits into a “top 5” and a “bottom 5” (4A & 4B) for Phase 2.

• Division 4A & 4B– Each team then plays a further 4 matches against the other 4 teams in their section.– Points achieved during the first phase of 9 matches are carried forward to the second phase, but

the teams only compete within their own sections during Phase 2.– Each team will have 4/5 home matches in Phase 1. Games in Phase 2 will be home or away,

opposite to the previous fixture in Phase 1• Final/Promotion

– After Phase 2• Top 2 teams in Section A will get promoted and play in League Final.• Top team in Section B shield has winners of Division 4B• No relegation from Division 4B

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Kildare Leagues 2016 • Method for Transition from 2016 to 2017• To realign the current format to the proposed new format for 2017, it is proposed

that the fairest way to do this is to use the final league positions in the coming 2016 league season as the basis for re-assignment.

• In order to ensure that the teams competing in Division 2 have incentive for promotion to the new Division 1, it is proposed that a playoff will be held between 1 st & 2nd teams in Division 2 and the 11th & 12th teams in Division 1.

• In order for teams to have an incentive competing in Div3 in 2016 for promotion to the new Div 2 it is proposed that a playoff will be held between 1st & 2nd teams in Division 3 and the 15th & 16th teams in Division 2. Please note that Losers will go to Div 4.

• This method for realignment of the divisions for 2017 is shown in the next slide.• Aldridge Cup, Keogh Cup and Dowling Cups will remain

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Kildare Leagues Transition from 2016 - 2017

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Kildare Leagues 2017• Advantages of New Format• By making the divisions smaller, the new format will ensure meaningful & competitive matches

right throughout the competition form the first to the last game. The concept of being safe or having nothing to play for should no longer be a factor.

• This in turn should improve the standard and competitiveness of football in Kildare, firstly in club football and a subsequent knock-on effect for county teams.

• Whilst reducing the league sizes the reduced number of games for each team has been kept to a minimum. As well as this, there should now be less congestion on the fixture schedule.

• Introduction of semi-finals and revised relegation format ensures that all teams will have something to play for until the last league game.

• With the introduction of an extra division there is another trophy up for grabs with more teams competing for silverware.

• With the introduction of Division 4 and subsequent Division 4A, it provides incentive for first teams not currently competing in Senior Football Leagues to compete and will aid their transition to the leagues.

• NOTE: One club has already requested to do so and is included in this proposal.• Leagues will finish at the end of July and different weekend may be free i.e. Bank Holidays

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Thank you for your time

• Questions