is possible for a reserve team to retain a league or championship title in Divisions 2 or 3, and the league in Division 1B. Under 21 The Under 21 Championship commenced in 1975 was for some two and a half decades an open straight knockout competition between all clubs that entered. 2000 saw the introduction of a Grade 2 championship and 2004 seen the introduction of group stages before progressing on to knockout rounds. The competition usually starts in July. However fixture congestion and worries of player burnout at this age level have seen some clubs either not enter at this age level or they withdraw during the competition. Minor Minor competitions are for players under 18 years of age. All competing teams are split into three different grades, usually 16 in grades 1 and 2 with the remainder in grade 3. The terms "grades" for youth football are a term near exclusive to Tyrone, with other counties often using the term "divisions". Also all youth football is played on an All-county basis, and not on a divisional or local basis like some other counties. In the Minor football leagues, each grade is split into two sections of normally 8 teams. This split in not at random, it is done by geography, with one section comprising the eight more westerly teams in the grade with the other section comprising the eight more easterly teams with rare exceptions. This geographical split does not have a fixed line and depends on the competing teams in each grade. While teams from places like Strabane and Omagh will almost always compete in a section for western-based teams and Cookstown and Coalisland in an eastern section, teams from around the centre of the county could end up in either. Indeed, if a grade has teams which has many more from one part of the county than the other, some teams may end up playing in a section with different teams than usual. E.G. a grade which has a lot of East Tyrone teams might see clubs like Killeeshil and Pomeroy play in the western section, while a grade with a lot of West Tyrone teams might see Beragh or Fintona play in the eastern section. In the league each team plays each other once, seven games in total, with the top four in each section going forward to the quarter finals which are then played