MC KENNA CUP GROUPINGS DECIDED.

The Dr. McKenna Cup competition for 2013 will again include the three University teams, St Mary's, Queens University and UUJ. When the draws were made at a recent meeting of the Competitions Control Committee of the Ulster Council Monaghan came out in Group A along with Donegal, Fermanagh and St Mary's. Group B is made up of Armagh, Cavan, Down and Queens University while Group C has Antrim, Derry, Tyrone and UUJ. The dates, venues and times for the various rounds of matches have yet to be decided but the regulation whereby the college teams travel to the various counties still pertains. It is a little unclear at this moment in time though as to how Group A will pan out as certain soundings emanating from Donegal would indicate that they may opt out of the competition or perhaps use it to blood new players and get their U21 team ready. Donegal manager Jim McGuinness is not a big fan of pre-season tournaments and is also opposed to the regulation that colleges have first choice on players. The competition is due to start on January 6th at which stage the Donegal team will be abroad on their team holiday as they depart these shores sometime around the 28th/29th of December. Tweet

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