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Derry Club Championship draws 2023: All-Ireland finalists Glen learn fate in new-look SFC format

Last season’s beaten All-Ireland finalists Glen have been drawn in Group A for the forthcoming Derry Senior Football Championship.

Watty Graham’s will face Lavey, Dungiven, Swatragh, Ballinascreen, Coleraine and Bellaghy in the group stages.

Last year’s beaten finalists Slaughtneil are in Group B along with Newbridge, Ballinderry, Magherafelt, Kilrea, Loup and Steelstown.

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Each team will play three home games and three away games in each group with the top four from each section progressing to the quarter-finals.

The quarter-finals will be seeded with the top team in each group playing the fourth placed team in the other group with second playing third. The semi-final will be an open draw with the Derry SFC final scheduled for Sunday, October 29.

The sixth and seventh teams in each group will clash with the two losing teams relegated to the Intermediate grade for 2024.

There will be no promotion from the Intermediate and Junior grades this season.

The Derry SHC final is on Sunday, September 17 with the top two teams in each group making the final. The next two in each group will contest the Intermediate final with the third placed teams in each group facing off in the Junior decider.

Derry Senior Football Championship

Group A: Glen, Lavey, Dungiven, Swatragh, Ballinascreen, Coleraine, Bellaghy
Group B: Slaughtneil, Newbridge, Ballinderry, Magherafelt, Kilrea, Loup, Steelstown

Derry Intermediate Football Championship

Group A: Banagher, Drumsurn, Foreglen, Limavady, Faughanvale, Craigbane, Lissan
Group B: Claudy, Glenullin, Castledawson, Desertmartin, Greenlough, Slaughtmanus

Derry Junior Football Championship

Group A: Ballymaguigan, Ballerin, Glack, Ardmore, Drum
Group B: Doire Trasna, Magilligan, Moneymore, Sean Dolan’s, Doire Colmcille

Derry Hurling Championship

Group A: Slaughtneil, Ballinascreen, Swatragh, Na Magha
Group B: Kevin Lynch’s, Eoghan Rua, Banagher, Lavey

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