Coiste Chontae Liatroma Meeting – 21 Jan 25 – How the Motions Fared

The first meeting of Coiste Chontae Liatroma 2025 took place at Avant Money Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada last night and dealt with the competition motions that were referred forward from the Convention Clár in December. How the motions were received is outlined below:

 

Motion 1

Members of the County panel should be made available to play all All-County League games.

Mohill – Motion Lost

 

Motion 2

Underage competition grades shall revert to U14, U16, and U18, but also retain the U13 Competition. U18 can run alongside U14, with U16 running alongside U13 and overall discretion on this be at the discretion of CCC Liatroma. The focus of the U18 Competition should be over the summer months to support player retention and improvement.

Fenagh St. Caillin’s – Motion not taken due to Motion 3 below

 

Motion 3

To revert the grading of underage competitions back to even numbers – Under 14, Under 16 & Under 18 (Minor) and that players who are in their last year of Minor will be eligible to play adult football.

Aughawillan – Motion Lost

 

Motion 4

That Leitrim County Board put forward a request to the GAA insurance Committee to review the current levy system in the player injury fund, specifically with a view to applying the levy only to the specific teams that have claims, rather than the current method of applying the levy on every team from under 7 to senior level registered by the unit.

Aughnasheelin – To be followed up on with Central Council

 

Motion 5

To accommodate clubs that do not have sufficient numbers to have a second teams they can join with another club to form an independent team in junior championship and the first 13 players from each club cannot play on this team.

Aughnasheelin – Motion withdrawn

 

Motion 6

In Under 13 football if a player is fouled that player must take free kick themselves.

Aughnasheelin – Motion referred to Coiste na nÓg for consideration in the formulation of U13 Regulations.

 

Motion 7

All adult players who are part of county panels who do not get meaningful game time are to be made available to their club when their club team has a competitive game. Meaningful game time to be a minimum of 20 minutes playing time. Reference game to establish meaningful game time is the competitive inter county game immediately prior to the club competitive fixture.

Glencar/Manorhamilton – Motion referred to CCC Liatroma for consideration while formulating 2025 League Regulations for approval at later time of the year.

 

Motion 8

Glencar Manorhamilton GAA is currently the only club that has adult hurling teams. We encourage and promote the playing of both codes and have a number of dual players. Due to this, we are disproportionately negatively impacted in regards access to/ availability of inter county panellists to our teams. We are seeking where Glencar Manorhamilton GAA inter county panellists do not get meaningful game time (20 minutes) they are made available to the club.

Glencar/Manorhamilton – Motion referred to CCC Liatroma for consideration while formulating 2025 League Regulations for approval at a later time of the year.

 

Motion 9

Start Date of Competitions: The date of competition in Leitrim club football is to be dictated by when the winners of the senior/intermediate championship are out in the Connacht club championship.  Example: Leitrim Champions V Roscommon Champions 17/10/2024,  Leitrim Senior Championship final 3 weeks earlier 27/10/2024,  Then all fixtures are worked back from the 27/10/2024.  This would hopefully give the Leitrim teams a more competitive edge when it comes to the Connacht Club Championship.

Glencar/Manorhamilton – Motion to be considered by CCC Liatroma in devising 2025 Club Championship Master Fixture Plan.

 

Motion 10

Senior Championship Restructure: Two Groups of 4, each team plays each team in their group once. The top team in each group straight into the semi-finals. The team placed in second place in each group plays teams played in third place in each group in the quarter finals.  The bottom teams in each group play in a relegation final.  Teams should be seeded, with the previous year’s finalists and losing semi-finalists to be drawn into opposite groups at each relevant stage of the draw. Remaining four teams to be drawn to complete the groups by open draw.  The benefits of this we believe are: Fairness and Balance: Seeding teams based on previous performance ensures balanced competition, preventing stronger teams from being clustered in one group.  Increased Competitiveness: With each team playing every other team in their group, every match counts, maintaining high stakes throughout the group stage.  Clear Path to Finals: The structure provides a straightforward progression to the semi-finals and finals, making it easier for teams to prepare.

Glencar/Manorhamilton – Motion withdrawn

 

Motion 11

That CCC Liatroma examine the possibility of playing the U20 Football Championship at a later time of the year in order to ease the pressure on teams in attempting to field during the summer months.

Bornacoola – Motion Lost

 

Motion 12

That CCC Liatroma, in formulating its regulations for the Junior C Football Championship should endeavour to build in a minimum of three games per club at the round robin stages.

Bornacoola. – Motion referred to CCC Liatroma for consideration