This is the webpage for Galway U11s Boys, starting 30th October 2021

End of Season competition

the Galway FA are delighted to announce the fixtures for the end-of-season competition lasting 2 months finishing with finals to be played in DEACY PARK for Boys U11 league for 2021-2022 season. 

The GU11 end-of-season fixtures are now loaded into the GFA website, and I have added a menu item under "Boys Comps">U11 for the 8 groups.

You can see the fixtures listed under your club, or under all fixtures or directly from the group page.

Everything is listed here in alphabetical order.

GFA U11 Boys Jupiter  http://galwayfa.ie/league/170692/ 

    1. Barna Furbo Albion BU11

    2. Colga Rovers BU11

    3. Cregmore Athletic BU11

    4. Maree/Oranmore Athletic BU11

    5. Merlin Woods Medtronic Celtic BU11

GFA U11 Boys Mars http://galwayfa.ie/league/170682/ 

    1. Cregmore Rovers BU11

    2. Knocknacarra Rovers BU11

    3. Maree/Oranmore Celtic BU11

    4. Salthill Devon Rovers BU11

GFA U11 Boys Mercury  http://galwayfa.ie/league/170693/ 

    1. Galway Hibernians Rovers BU11

    2. Moyne Villa Celtic BU11

    3. Salthill Devon Albion BU11

    4. Tuam Celtic BU11

GFA U11 Boys Neptune https://galwayfa.ie/league/170683/ 

    1. Athenry Rovers BU11

    2. Knocknacarra Celtic BU11

    3. Loughrea Athletic BU11

    4. Salthill Devon Celtic BU11

    5. St Bernards Athletic BU11

GFA U11 Boys Pluto  http://galwayfa.ie/league/170694/ 

    1. Athenry United BU11

    2. Knocknacarra Albion BU11

    3. Loughrea Celtic BU11

    4. Mervue Rovers BU11

GFA U11 Boys Saturn  http://galwayfa.ie/league/170695/ 

    1. Ballinasloe Rangers BU11

    2. Kiltullagh Athletic BU11

    3. Knocknacarra Athletic BU11

    4. St Bernards Celtic BU11

GFA U11 Boys Sun  http://galwayfa.ie/league/170696/ 

    1. Corofin Celtic BU11

    2. Corrib Celtic BU11

    3. Corrib Rangers Athletic BU11

    4. Oughterard AFC BU11

GFA U11 Boys Venus  http://galwayfa.ie/league/170697/ 

    1. Colemanstown Athletic BU11

    2. Craughwell Athletic BU11

    3. Kinvara Celtic BU11

    4. Maree/Oranmore Rovers BU11

    5. Renmore Athletic BU11

Dates

    1. You have all the dates already (these have not changed)

    2. The default dates for the 3 rounds are:

        a. Round 1 - 30th April

        b. Round 2 - 14th May

        c. Round 3 - 28th May

        d. BU11 Semi-finals Weekend 11th June / 12th June at home venue

        e. DEACY PARK BU11 Weekend 25th June / 26th June

The home manager has 3 actions

    1. Make contact with away manager and agree day and time. 

    2. Post the day and time details to the BU11 coaches whatsapp, so that we can all see that the game has been organised.

    3. Combined results of both games to be returned by the club secretary (we don't use Heracles system from here on)

Notes:

    1. There are 35 teams split into 8 groups (5 groups of 4, and 3 group of 5). 

    2. 32 teams will get to play a semi-final. 

    3. Only those who win their semi-final shall play a final in EDP on Weekend 25th June / 26th June

    4. Finish position in your group will determine who plays who in the semis and which team has home advantage (1 v 3, 2 v 4).

    5. There will be 8 finals contested by 16 teams in EDP on Weekend 25th June / 26th June

    6. Scores in this end-of-season format are already public as they are on the GFA website for all to see, so you can share on social media and anywhere else.

    7. Do not put in scores that are higher than 5 goals - this policy is in place for all juvenile results across the board and all secretaries know this.

    8. There is full flexibility on fixtures, e.g., you can play midweek if both teams agree.

    9. You must Post the day and time details to the BU11 coaches whatsapp, so that I can update the GFA website.

    10. All fixtures must be played by Sunday 29th May, so we can then start planning for the semi-finals which will be played Weekend 11th June / 12th June at home venue (these dates are locked).

    11. Finals as you know is confirmed for DEACY PARK Weekend 25th June / 26th June

Clubs get fined if results are not returned in the same day as the game is played -  this policy is in place for all GFA results all secretaries know this.

Coaches

Rules U11 / Guidelines

1. U11 league is operated by the Galway FA
2. ALL FIXTURES will follow the FAI PDP for Under 11s (see links below for videos and PDFs)
   1. Streaming should occur for the twin-games on the day. "Strong-7 v Strong-7" and "Weaker-7 v Weaker-7".
3. The grading system after each round will bring teams with similar abilities or levels closer together.

Jamie notes

1) The "Advised" K.O time is 10:30 on a Saturday as this will eventually be the set time when they get to u12s.

2) The HOME TEAM manager must contact the Away team manager no later than Monday of a fixture weekend and agree a time and day to play the fixture.

We would ask all managers to be as flexible as possible 

3) All fixtures Must be completed and Results uploaded to the results system no later than 6pm on Sunday of a fixture weekend. There will be no postponed fixtures, if it is not played be Sunday evening we cannot include the results in the grading for the next round of fixtures.

4) All team manager details will be on the GFA Website which we will post to this group as soon as fixtures are completed.

5) No results from any of these games are to be published anywhere, only entered onto the fixtures management system.

6) I will be creating logins to the results system over the next couple of days. Please follow the instructions when you receive this login email. We will be in touch with more information on this. 

• Link to results system is https://heraclesdevtest.azurewebsites.net/Identity/Account/Login
• Link to Heracles user guide http://galwayfa.ie/content_page/10074546/

7) The home team is responsible for organising a match referee (this can be from the away team by agreement) for each pitch on the day, please make sure that anyone requested to ref a game has watched the videos showing the format and ethos of u10s. I will repost these short videos,  for anyone who has not watched them please do.

8) We need the correct score from each pitch to be able to regrade the teams, this doesn't mean allow a pitch to go to a huge goal difference.

There will be a feedback area when submitting the results for you to add comments, such as

"On the 2nd pitch the score was 9-1 so we had to put on an extra player (or 2)  to try to even it up.

It finished 11-7 but it would have been alot more if we kept the teams with 7v7"

Feedback such as this will be taken into account when regrading the teams for the next round.

FAI PDP

    1. See FAI video Link: https://vimeo.com/138308971

    2. See FAI 7v7 in PDF format https://www.fai.ie/sites/default/files/atoms/files/7v7%20PDF.pdf

    3. Silent sideline https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwTzqHTKdf4

Contact Details

Primary U11 contact •  Tom Reddington • 087-230 2986

FAInet •  Jamie Warrick  • 083-470 8251 

Galway Football Association