MFC Round 1 draw

The draw for the opening round of the Kildare Minor Football Championship was made on Friday evening and resulted in the following, writes TOMMY CALLAGHAN.

Minor A Round 1

Leixlip v Round Towers

Maynooth v Athy

Moorefield v Kilcock

Celbridge v Clane

Naas v Two Mile House

Sarsfields v Castledermot

Minor B Round 1

Suncroft v Sallins

Confey v Kilcullen

Robertstown v Monasterevin

Na Fianna v St Laurences

St Kevins v Kill

Balyna v Oliver Plunkettts

Raheeens BYE

Minor C Round 1

Ballykelly v Moorefield 2

Rathangan v Nurney

Ellistown v Grangenolvan

St Edwards v Caragh

Ardclough v Carbury

All Games to take place at neutral venues on Wednesday 1st August 2012.

Competition Format

MFC A & MFC C: AAll teams to play 3rounds

Round 1 Open Draw

Round 2- Open Draw. Exception- Teams who played each other in Round 1 cannot play each other in Round 2.

Round 3- Open Draw. Exception- Teams who played each other in Round 1 or 2 cannot play each other in Round 3.

After 3 rounds teams will be ranked with the top 8 qualifying for the Qtr Final

Qtr Final 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6, 4 v 5

Semi final Open Draw

MFC B

2 groups of 4 & 1 group of 5

All teams in each Group to play each other

Top 2 teams in Group of 4 and top 3 teams in Group of 5 will qualify for Qtr final

3rd Place team in Group of 4 will play each other, winner will qualify for Qtr Final

Qtr Final will be an Open draw