The Gaakit.com North Antrim Indoor competition begins at the weekend with the grading stage of the competition. The three week event which culminates with the finals in Seven Towers Leisure centre in Ballymena has again drawn a big entry with over forty teams, representing five counties on the starting grid.

North Antrim Vice chairman and the man responsible for the organisation of the event Owen Elliott is delighted with the entry and is hoping for another exciting event. "Despite the credit crunch the competition has held it's own in terms of participants. Again there will be six venues and we are delighted to have the St Josephs and Edmund Rice College facilities at Colerains and Glengormley along with the Michael Davitt complex in Swatragh."

The other three venues are Our Lady of Lourdes College in Ballymoney, St Patricks in Ballymena and Cross and Passion, Ballycastle.

Mr.Elliott advises clubs that the starting times are different with Ballycastle, Swatragh, Ballymena and Glengormley running from 10-00am to 12-30pm, Ballymoney from noon to 2-00pm and Coleraine 2-15pm to 5-00pm.

The clubs competing are Creggan, Cushendun, Ballycastle, Loughgiel, Cushendall, Glenariffe, St Endas, Glenshesk, Larne, All Saints, Rasharkin, Glenarm, Dunloy, Sean Stinsons, Glenavy, Tir-na- nOg, Glenravel, St Galls, XCt Comgalls, Rossa and Perases, all from Antrim: Swatragh, Na Magha and Coleraine representing Derry, Ballygalget and Bredagh from Down, Dungannon from Tyrone and Burt from Donegal.

The Tyrone club have three sides entered with another ten clubs represented by two. Tweet

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