ANTRIM DISMAY.Byline: PAT NOLAN Patrick J. Nolan (born 1950) is an American lawyer, politician, and activist. Nolan began his career as a conservative activist. He received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Southern California. ANTRIM will review their options after the GAA's Management Committee last night decided to press ahead with the hurling relegation play-offs. The semi-finals will now take place next Saturday with the Saffrons facing Offaly while Wexford and Clare also pair off. The two losers will then play a relegation final to decide who makes the drop to next year's Christy Ring Cup The Christy Ring Cup is in effect a competition for the "Division 2" hurling teams, the so-called middle-ranking hurling teams in Ireland. It is an extension of the Guinness All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the premier knock-out hurling competition. , with Carlow moving up to the top tier. Antrim chairman Dr John McSparran insisted that they had been given a three-year guarantee at Special Congress last year and parties from the four counties involved have called for the relegation play-offs to be scrapped. McSparran said: "We don't know what we will do. All I can say is that we will be exploring every option that we can." He added: "Is anyone seriously going to tell me that should Antrim beat some of these teams that they're going to relegate rel·e·gate tr.v. rel·e·gat·ed, rel·e·gat·ing, rel·e·gates 1. To assign to an obscure place, position, or condition. 2. To assign to a particular class or category; classify. See Synonyms at commit. Clare, Offaly or Wexford?" |
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