New Championship Format

[gufc2000]

THE Intermediate Committee at a meeting this evening confirmed the membership of the Ladbrokes.com Championship for Season 2009/10.

Ladbrokes.com will continue to sponsor the IFA Championship, with the tiers called Ladbrokes.com Championship 1 and Ladbrokes.com Championship 2.

Ladbrokes.com Championship 1

• Ards
• Armagh City
• Ballinamallard United
• Ballyclare Comrades
• Ballymoney United
• Banbridge Town
• Bangor
• Carrick Rangers
• Coagh United
• Donegal Celtic
• Glebe Rangers
• Larne
• Limavady United
• Loughgall

Ladbrokes.com Championship 2

• Annagh United
• Chimney Corner
• Dergview
• Dundela
• HW Welders
• Killymoon Rangers
• Knockbreda
• Lurgan Celtic
• Moyola Park
• Portstewart
• PSNI
• Queens University
• Sport & Leisure
• Tobermore United
• Wakehurst

http://www.ifachampionship.com/news020709_1.htm

Whats the story here? I'll take it Knockbreda are new, but who are Sport & Leisure?

And did Welders not win the Third tier last year? How come they are still there?

Brantwood and Oxford Utd Stars seem to have gone missing aswell

[Martinho II]

bit of a strange setup there imo...

[Dunny]

THE Intermediate Committee at a meeting this evening confirmed the membership of the Ladbrokes.com Championship for Season 2009/10.

Ladbrokes.com will continue to sponsor the IFA Championship, with the tiers called Ladbrokes.com Championship 1 and Ladbrokes.com Championship 2.

Ladbrokes.com Championship 1

• Ards
• Armagh City
• Ballinamallard United
• Ballyclare Comrades
• Ballymoney United
• Banbridge Town
• Bangor
• Carrick Rangers
• Coagh United
• Donegal Celtic
• Glebe Rangers
• Larne
• Limavady United
• Loughgall

Ladbrokes.com Championship 2

• Annagh United
• Chimney Corner
• Dergview
• Dundela
• HW Welders
• Killymoon Rangers
• Knockbreda
• Lurgan Celtic
• Moyola Park
• Portstewart
• PSNI
• Queens University
• Sport & Leisure
• Tobermore United
• Wakehurst

http://www.ifachampionship.com/news020709_1.htm

Whats the story here? I'll take it Knockbreda are new, but who are Sport & Leisure?

And did Welders not win the Third tier last year? How come they are still there?

Brantwood and Oxford Utd Stars seem to have gone missing aswell

Sport & Leisure are an amateur team afaik. Groundshare with Larne.

EDIT:

It's a merging of Ski and Sports and Leisure World. Team made up of staff from both shops.

[pineapple stu]

And did Welders not win the Third tier last year? How come they are still there?

Brantwood and Oxford Utd Stars seem to have gone missing aswell

Presumably none of them got a licence.

[oriel]

I`d love to see what the standard is like in Championship 2 !

Surely its more of a social club scene than serious football ?

Although Chimney Corner is still a great name, one of the few cool names left in football.

[Graemerz]

Sports and Leisure are another West Belfast team.