THE DRAWS for the various 2016 club championships in Donegal are taking place this afternoon in Letterkenny.
DONEGAL SFC GROUP A – Dungloe, Bundoran, Ardara, Glenswilly.
DONEGAL SFC GROUP B – St Michael’s, Killybegs, St Eunan’s, Kilcar.
DONEGAL SFC GROUP C – Malin, Sean MacCumhaills, Glenfin, Naomh Muire.
DONEGAL SFC GROUP D – Naomh Conaill, Termon, Gaoth Dobhair, Four Masters.
Schedule – Round 1 – 1 v 2, 3 v 4; Round 2 – 4 v 1, 2 v 3; Round 3 – 1 v 3, 2 v 4.
Now, we’ll have the 2016 Donegal SFC draw…
DONEGAL SHC: The top four teams from the League format qualify for the semi-finals and the draw is 1 St Eunans; 2 Sean MacCumhaills; 3 Buncrana; 4 Aodh Ruadh; 5 Setanta; 6 Burt.
Game schedule – 1 v 2, 3 v 4, 5 v 6; 2 v 3, 4 v 5, 6 v 1; 2 v 5, 3 v 1, 4 v 6; 1 v 4, 5 v 3, 6 v 2; 1 v 5, 3 v 6, 2 v 4
Actually, we’re going to have the Donegal SHC draw first up … Burt took the prize again in 2015 when they defeated Sean MacCumhaills in the final.
Now, then, the draw for the 2016 Donegal Senior Football Championship. Daniel McGeehin, the Naomh Conaill chairman, has Dr Maguire in tow here. Who’ll bag the good doctor in 2016? Draw coming right up …
INTERMEDIATE GROUP A: St Naul’s, Gaeil Fhánada, Milford, Carndonagh.
INTERMEDIATE GROUP B: Naomh Colmcille, Naomh Ultan, Cloughaneely, Aodh Ruadh.
INTERMEDIATE GROUP C: Naomh Bríd, Burt, Buncrana, Naomh Columba.
Schedule – Round 1 – 1 v 2, 3 v 4; Round 2 – 4 v 1, 2 v 3; Round 3 – 1 v 3, 2 v 4.
JUNIOR A GROUP A: Urris, Na Rossa, Convoy, Letterkenny Gaels
JUNIOR A GROUP B: Pettigo, Robert Emmets, Moville, Downings
JUNIOR A GROUP C: Muff, Red Hughs, Lifford.
Groups A and B schedule – 1 v 2, 3 v 4, 4 v 1, 2 v 3, 1 v 3, 2 v 4
Group C schedule – 1 v 2, 2 v 3, 3 v 1
Naomh Ultan defeated Red Hughs following a replay in the 2015 Junior A final. Here is who plays who in 2016..
And now we’ll have the Junior A Championship, with two groups of four teams and one group of three teams …
SENIOR C GROUP A – Sean MacCumhaills, Ardara, Naomh Conaill
SENIOR C GROUP B: St Eunan’s, Glenfin, Glenswilly
Schedule for both groups – 1 v 2, 2 v 3, 3 v 1
Next up is the Senior C Championship, which will have two groups of three teams each…
JUNIOR B GROUP A: Red Hughs, Downings, Muff, Urris.
JUNIOR B GROUP B: Letterkenny Gaels, Lifford, Convoy
The following schedule will apply in the Junior B: Group A – 1 v 2, 3 v 4, 4 v 1, 2 v 3, 1 v 3, 2 v 4
Group B – 1 v 2, 2 v 3, 3 v 1
Junior B draw is next where there’ll be one group of four teams and another group with three teams
Big crowd about here, including Michael Murphy, Neil Gallagher and Eamon McGee, while new Four Masters manager Kevin ‘Cookie’ Gallagher is among the interested observers…
UNDER-21 B FIRST ROUND: Urris v Convoy; Carndonagh v Killybegs/Milford; Sean MacCumhaills v Bundoran; Moville v Burt; St Naul’s v Na Rossa; Naomh Bríd v Gaeil Fhánada; Red Hughs/Letterkenny Gaels v Downings; Robert Emmets v Naomh Colmcille.
UNDER-21 B PRELIMINARY: Killybegs v Milford; Red Hughs v Letterkenny Gaels.
Kilcar’s defence of their Under-21 title with a clash against Buncrana…
UNDER-21 A FIRST ROUND: Glenswilly/Dungloe v Ardara; Naomh Conaill v Naomh Muire; St Michael’s v St Eunan’s; Termon v Naomh Columba; Four Masters v Glenfin; Gaoth Dobhair v Malin; Buncrana v Kilcar; Cloughaneely v Aodh Ruadh.
UNDER-21 A PRELIMINARY ROUND: Glenswilly v Dungloe
We’re going to start with the Under-21 B and Under-21 A Championship draws…
Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure are the new sponsors of the championships for 2016 and we’re here in the store for live coverage of the draws…
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