The race for promotion from the Lough 41 Championship season is on with the announcement of the post-split fixture schedule.
With five rounds of fixtures left, all eyes will be on who will win the Championship title and be rewarded with a place in the top-flight next season as current leaders Loughgall currently find themselves six points clear going into the run-in.
The promotion playoff provides another avenue for Championship clubs vying for promotion as the second placed team after the 38 game season will find themselves pitted against the eleventh placed club in the Premiership in a two legged playoff in May.
At the other end of the table, there is still a tussle to remain in senior football, with the bottom placed club facing the threat of relegation to the Lough 41 Premier Intermediate League.
Eleventh place doesn’t guarantee safety either, as that club will also face a Promotion/Relegation playoff with the runners-up from the third-tier in May.
The conclusion of today’s rescheduled Knockbreda v Ballinamallard United game has now confirmed the top six and bottom six in the Championship.
The ‘split’ format sees the twelve Lough 41 Championship teams ‘split’ into two sections after 33 rounds of fixtures with both groups of clubs playing each other one more time. The venues for the split fixtures have been determined automatically by the venues of the preceding three regular season games between opponents.
The 2023/2023 regular season campaign concludes on Saturday 29 April 2023 with the final round of matches all kicking off at 3pm.
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