Seagull
24/02/2011, 8:54 PM
Age groups for schoolboy football are changing from next season to bring us into line with the rest of Europe. Ages will now be calculated from January of the second year of the season instead of January in the first. So say a kid born in 2002 would be playing u8 in 2010-11. However, in 2011-12 that kid will be playing under 10's. Of course, everyone changes so everyone's in the same boat.
From SFAI website:
Age Re-alignment
Kennedy Cup 2011 - Players are eligible born on or after 1st January 1997
Kennedy Cup 2012 - Players are eligible born on or after 1st January 1998
SFAI Cups will retain their individual names and players will be eligible in 2011-12 as per the following table:
Menton-Seery Cup – Players born on or after 1st January 2001
Norton Cup – Players born on or after 1st January 2000
Troy Cup – Players born on or after 1st January 1999
Goodson Cup – Players born on or after 1st January 1998
Evans Cup - Players born on or after 1st January 1997
Barry Cup - Players born on or after 1st January1996
4 Inter-League competitions will retain their trophy titles and players will be eligible in 2011-12 as per the following table:
Cashin Cup – Players born on or after 1st January 2000
EuroTab Cup – Players born on or after 1st January 1999
John Farrell Cup – Players born on or after 1st January 1997
Paul O’Neill Cup - Players born on or after 1st January 1996
All SFAI competitions will be run as 11-a-side.
http://www.sfai.ie/news.htm (http://www.sfai.ie/news.htm)
I think the big problem with this is that this year's u9's (born 2001) will be u11's next season and unless Leagues change their rules those little kids will be on a full size pitch which would be a hugely retrograde step IMO.
From SFAI website:
Age Re-alignment
Kennedy Cup 2011 - Players are eligible born on or after 1st January 1997
Kennedy Cup 2012 - Players are eligible born on or after 1st January 1998
SFAI Cups will retain their individual names and players will be eligible in 2011-12 as per the following table:
Menton-Seery Cup – Players born on or after 1st January 2001
Norton Cup – Players born on or after 1st January 2000
Troy Cup – Players born on or after 1st January 1999
Goodson Cup – Players born on or after 1st January 1998
Evans Cup - Players born on or after 1st January 1997
Barry Cup - Players born on or after 1st January1996
4 Inter-League competitions will retain their trophy titles and players will be eligible in 2011-12 as per the following table:
Cashin Cup – Players born on or after 1st January 2000
EuroTab Cup – Players born on or after 1st January 1999
John Farrell Cup – Players born on or after 1st January 1997
Paul O’Neill Cup - Players born on or after 1st January 1996
All SFAI competitions will be run as 11-a-side.
http://www.sfai.ie/news.htm (http://www.sfai.ie/news.htm)
I think the big problem with this is that this year's u9's (born 2001) will be u11's next season and unless Leagues change their rules those little kids will be on a full size pitch which would be a hugely retrograde step IMO.