The draws for the Laois GAA juvenile hurling and football championships were made in the Midlands Park Hotel last week.
The competitions are following the same pattern as last year in all cases except U-13 in both codes and the minor ‘A’ football championship.
In U-13, it has been decided that all of the teams who looked to play ‘A’, ‘B’ or ‘C’ were seeded based on league results by the Games Development Officers and then drawn together in the same competition.
In football, there are four groups with six teams. The top two teams go to ‘A’ quarter finals, third and fourth to ‘B’ quarter finals and fifth and sixth to ‘C’ quarter finals.
The four clubs who entered two teams in the U-13 grade will be in a separate development competition on an home and away round robin basis with the top two teams contesting the final.
In U-13 hurling, 16 teams entered and they were seeded in the same manner as the football. Once again first and second go to ‘A’ quarter finals while third and fourth go to ‘B’ quarter finals.
In the minor ‘A’ football, nine teams entered so the format is based on something similar to the senior football championship with a backdoor system in operation.
Shield competitions will operate in all grades except for minor.
Check out the draws below:
FOOTBALL
MIDLANDS PARK HOTEL MINOR ‘A’ FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Preliminary Round
Emo-Courtwood v Ballyroan-Abbey
Round 1
Winner of Preliminary Round v Na Fianna Og
Spink-Park-Ratheniska v St Joseph’s
Stradbally Parish Gaels v Portarlington
Graiguecullen v Portlaoise
MIDLANDS PARK HOTEL MINOR ‘B’ FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Group A
Rathdowney-Errill
Sarsfields
The Harps
Group B
Castletown
Clonaslee-St Manman’s
Ballylinan
Group C
The Heath
Killeshin
Kilcavan-The Rock
Group D
Rosenallis
O’Dempsey’s
Portlaoise B
MIDLANDS PARK U-15 ‘A’ FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Group A
St Paul’s
Graiguecullen
Portlaoise
Portarlington
Group B
St Joseph’s
Na Fianna Og
Bllyroan-Abbey
Ballylinan
MIDLANDS PARK HOTEL U-15 ‘B’ FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Group A
Rosenallis
Spink-Park-Ratheniska
The Heath
Kilcavan-The Rock
Group B
Killeshin
O’Dempsey’s
Stradbally Parish Gaels
Mountmellick
MIDLANDS PARK HOTEL U-15 ‘C’ FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Group A
Portlaoise B
The Harps
Na Fianna Og B
Camross
Group B
Ballyfin
Clough-Ballacolla
Castletown
MIDLANDS PARK HOTEL U-13 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Group A
St Joseph’s
Stradbally Parish Gaels
Ballylinan
Castletown
Kilcavan-The Rock
Ballyfin Gaels
Group B
Portarlington
O’Dempsey’s
The Heath
St Fintan’s Gaels
Mountmellick
Clough-Ballacolla
Group C
Portlaoise
St Paul’s
Na Fianna Og
Crettyard
Rosenallis
Clonaslee-St Manman’s
Group D
Killeshin
Ballyroan-Abbey
Graiguecullen
The Harps
Park-Ratheniska-Spink
MIDLANDS PARK HOTEL U-13 DEVELOPMENT FOOTBALL COMPETITION
Round Robin: Stradbally Parish Gaels B, Portlaoise B, O’Dempsey’s B and St Paul’s B
HURLING
MIDLANDS PARK HOTEL MINOR ‘A’ HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP
Group A
Raheen Parish Gaels
Borris-Kilcotton
Clough-Ballacolla
Rosenallis
Group B
Camross-Na Fianna
Abbeyleix Gaels
The Harps
Rathdowney-Errill
MIDLANDS PARK HOTEL MINOR ‘B’ HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP
Round Robin: Clonaslee-Mountmellick, Castletown, Park-Ratheniska-Timahoe, Portlaoise, Mountrath
MIDLANDS PARK HOTEL U-15 ‘A’ HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP
Group A
Clough-Ballacolla
Abbeyleix
Portlaoise
Park-Ratheniska-Timahoe
Group B
The Harps
Castletown
Camross
Rathdowney-Eriill
MIDLANDS PARK HOTEL U-15 ‘B’ HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP
Group A
Rosenallis
Ballinakill
Borris-Kilcotton
Group B
Na Fianna
Raheen Parish Gaels
Mountrath
MIDLANDS PARK HOTEL U-13 HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP
Group A
Portarlington
Clough-Ballacolla
Clonasle-St Manman’s
Rathdowney-Errill
Group B
St Paul’s
Raheen Parish Gaels
Abbeyleix Gaels
Borris-Kilcotton
Group C
Mountrath
Na Fianna
Rosenallis
Castletown
Group D
Park-Ratheniska-Timahoe
Portlaoise
Camross
The Harps
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