Bid to reduce divisions from five to three thwarted
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THE FOLLOWING motions were carried at the Coiste na nÓg Convention:
That the Division 5 championship in Under-16 hurling and football be reduced to 12-a-side. Games to be 25 minutes each half. Relevant bye-laws to be amended (Horeswood).
That Minor hurling Division 5 be played 13-a-side rather than 12-aside at present (Buffers Alley).
That no club Minor championship games be fixed for a period of three weeks prior to the date of the first Leaving Certificate exam (Sarsfields).
Regarding fixtures, venues for same teams to be alternated each year (Marshalstown-Castledockrell).
Clubs who postpone a match in round one, must re-fix before round three; postponements from round two to be played before round four and so on, up to the second-last round in each division. Mentors would then have more time to re-fix matches and there should be fewer walkovers (Castletown-Liam Mellows).
Where Coiste na nÓg divisions are split into North and South, that semi-finals be played in both the North side of the division and South side of the sivision, to determine which two teams qualify for a county semi-final (Faythe Harriers).
An addendum to Rule 4 of the fixture regulations: 'that the Fixtures Committee be given discretion to have semi-finals on an individual basis based on miles to be travelled' (Geraldine O'Hanrahans).
If an appointed eeferee cannot officiate either a semi-final or final, the Fixtures committee are only entitled to appoint a replacement referee (St. Anne's).
Playing Rule (Under-14s): Where a referee stops play to deal with an injured player(s), the team in possession of the ball at the time the referee stopped play shall retain possession on the restart. Play is re-started with a kick ball to the team that had possession. However, that team cannot score directly from the kick ball and all players must be 13 metres from the ball when play is resuming. Where none of the teams had possession of the ball when the referee stopped play, the play is resumed with a throw-in between one player from either side (Taghmon-Camross).
MOTIONS LOST
The Under-14, Juvenile and Minor championships be run on a three-division basis (St. Mary's, Rosslare).
That in the Under-12 and Under14 grades, championship games may be played as 13-a-side or 14a-side if one of the participating teams cannot muster 15 players (Sarsfields).
That the Minor football championship commence in March and be played before the Minor hurling championship is begun - 2007 structure (St. Martin's).
