2020 Cork Intermediate A Football Championship

2020 Cork Intermediate A Football Championship
Dates	24 July 2020 - 21 August 2021
Teams	16
Sponsor	Bon Secours Hospital
Champions	Rockchapel (2ndth title); Kevin Collins (captain); Jerry Casey (manager)
Runners-up	Mitchelstown
Relegated	Mayfield
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	77 (2.41 per match)
Points scored	685 (21.41 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cathail O'Mahony (5-29)
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The 2020 Cork Intermediate A Football Championship was the 85th staging of the Cork Intermediate A Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1909. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 19 November 2019.^[1] The championship was scheduled to begin in April 2020, however, it was postponed indefinitely due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Ireland.^[2] The championship eventually began on 24 July 2020, after being suspended once again on 5 October 2020, eventually ended on 21 August 2021.^[3]^[4]^[5]

The final was played on 21 August 2021 at Mallow GAA Complex, between Rockchapel and Mitchelstown, in what was their first meeting in the final. Rockchapel won the match by 1-10 to 0-09 to claim their second championship title overall and their first since 1989.^[6]

Mitchelstown's Cathail O'Mahony was the championship's top scorer with 5-29.

Format change

On 26 March 2019, three championship proposals were circulated to Cork club delegates. A core element running through all three proposals, put together by the Cork GAA games workgroup, was that there be a group stage of 12 teams and straight relegation and promotion.^[7] On 2 April 2019, a majority of 136 club delegates voted for Option A which will see one round of games played in April and two more in August – all with county players available.^[8]

Group 1

Group 1 table

Advance to play-offs Advance to relegation play-offs

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Millstreet	3	2	0	1	3-39	3-23	16	4
Ballinora	3	2	0	1	2-31	3-25	3	4
St. Finbarr's	3	1	0	2	2-32	3-43	-14	2
Glenville	3	1	0	2	6-29	4-40	-5	2

Group 1 results

25 July 2020 Round 1	Glenville	3-07 - 2-12	Ballinora	Grenagh
	A Murphy 2-2, S Desmond 1-2, J Gowen, C Cronin, J Cooke 0-1 each.	Report	N Lordan 0-4 (0-2 f), D Holmes 1-1 (1-0 penalty), J Lordan 0-3, A O’Shea 1-0, I Wycherley 0-2, B Murphy, C Lougheed 0-1 each.

26 July 2020 Round 1	Millstreet	2-18 - 1-07	St. Finbarr's	Carrigadrohid
	N Flahive (1-9); J Broxton (1-1); C O’Leary (0-3); P Moynihan, D Kiely (0-2 each); D Cashman (0-1).	Report	F O’Shea (0-4, 2 frees); S Cunningham (1-0); A Murphy, A Turner, C Madden (0-1 each).

15 August 2020 Round 2	Millstreet	0-08 - 0-05	Ballinora	Macroom
	S Hickey (0-2, frees), D Cashman, C O’Leary (0-2 each), P Moynihan, N Flahive (0-1 each).	Report	N Lordan (0-2, frees), B Ahern (free), L O’Donovan, D Corkery (0-1 each).	Referee: Eamonn Sheehy

16 August 2020 Round 2	St. Finbarr's	1-15 - 1-11	Glenville	Carrignavar
	R O’Mahony (0-5), A Turner (1-0) C Madden (0-3), E Finn (0-2), F O’Shea, P Kennedy, B O’Connell, C McCarthy, M Griffin (0-1 each)	Report	J Cooke (0-8), S Desmond (1-0), S Field (0-2), PJ Dennehy (0-1).	Referee: A Hyland

5 September 2020 Round 3	Millstreet	1-13 - 2-11	Glenville	Donoughmore
	N Flahive 0-5, P Moynihan 1-1, J Linehan 0-2, D Cashman 0-2, S Hickey 0-1, D Kiely 0-1, J Broxton 0-1.		S Field 1-1, PJ Dennehy 1-1, A Murphy 0-4, J Cooke 0-2, J Gowen 0-1, W Connolly 0-1, S Desmond 0-1.

5 September 2020 Round 3	St. Finbarr's	0-10 - 0-14	Ballinora	Ballincollig
	R O'Mahony 0-3, D Calnan 0-2, C McCarthy 0-1, J O'Brien 0-1, A Turner 0-1, E Keane 0-1, F O'Shea 0-1.		B Ahern 0-5, D Holmes 0-4, D Corkery 0-3, A O'Neill 0-1, I Wycherley 0-1.

Group 2

Group 2 table

Advance to play-offs Advance to relegation play-offs

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Rockchapel	3	2	1	0	3-41	2-34	10	5
Kinsale	3	2	0	1	4-32	3-36	-1	4
Dromtariffe	3	1	1	1	4-34	4-29	5	3
Ballydesmond	3	0	0	3	1-30	3-38	-14	0

Group 2 results

26 July 2020 Round 1	Ballydesmond	0-09 - 1-12	Kinsale	O'Connell Park
	D O'Connor 0-5, N Fleming 0-2, B Fleming 0-1, R Flynn 0-1.		G Finn 0-5, H Sheehan 1-1, C Donnellan 0-2, T Broderick 0-2, A Gould 0-1, J O'Brien 0-1.

26 July 2020 Round 1	Rockchapel	2-08 - 0-14	Dromtariffe	O'Connor-McLoughlin Memorial Park
	J Curtin 2-4, J Walsh 0-2, J Forrest 0-1, S Hickey 0-1.		E Murphy 0-6, C O'Callaghan 0-5, B O'Keeffe 0-1, D O'Connor 0-1, M O'Connor 0-1.

15 August 2020 Round 2	Dromtariffe	2-10 - 0-09	Ballydesmond	Boherbue
	C O’Callaghan (1-6, 5f), E Murphy (1-2), A Buckley, M Healy (0-1 each).	Report	D O’Connor (0-4, 2 frees), N Fleming (0-4, 1 free), D Moynihan (0-1).

15 August 2020 Round 2	Rockchapel	1-17 - 1-08	Kinsale	Donoughmore
	M McAuliffe 1-3, J Curtin 0-4 (0-3f), J Forrest 0-3, S Hickey 0-3, W Murphy 0-2, J Walsh, N Lenihan 0-1 each.	Report	D Coughlan 1-1, G Finn 0-4f, C Donnellan, B Coughlan, B O’Neill 0-1 each.

5 September 2020 Round 3	Rockchapel	0-16 - 1-12	Ballydesmond	Kiskeam
	S Hickey 0-5, J Forrest 0-3, J Curtin 0-2, M McAuliffe 0-2, D O'Callaghan 0-1, N Linehan 0-1, L Collins 0-1, J Walsh 0-1.		D O'Connor 1-6, D Moynihan 0-2, N Fleming 0-1, R Flynn 0-1, S Cronin 0-1, J Healy 0-1.

5 September 2020 Round 3	Dromtariffe	2-10 - 2-12	Kinsale	Kilmurry
	E Murphy 1-5, C Coleman 1-0, C O'Callaghan 0-4, J Murphy 0-1.		G Finn 0-6, S O'Brien 1-0, H Sheehan 1-0, B Coughlan 0-3, N McCarthy 0-2, J O'Brien 0-1.

Group 3

Group 3 table

Advance to play-offs Advance to relegation play-offs

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Mitchelstown	3	3	0	0	6-43	4-18	31	6
Glanworth	3	2	0	1	3-32	2-35	0	4
Adrigole	3	1	0	2	3-27	7-28	-14	2
Mayfield	3	0	0	3	4-23	3-42	-16	0

Group 3 results

25 July 2020 Round 1	Mayfield	2-08 - 2-11	Adrigole	Inchigeelagh
	D Lucey 0-3 (0-2 f), S Hackett 1-0 pen, R Lynch 1-0, N Kelly 0-2, D Malone, P Condon (f), S Duggan 0-1 each.	Report	K Goggin 1-3, 0-3 f, D Harrington 1-2, S O’Sullivan 0-2 (0-1 f), K O’Sullivan, J Harrington 0-2 each.	Referee: A Whelton (Clonakilty)

26 July 2020 Round 1	Mitchelstown	2-14 - 1-09	Glanworth	Mallow GAA Complex
	C O’Mahony (1-8, 6 frees); S Cahill (1-1), M Walsh (0-2, frees), A Walsh, D Reidy-Price, C English (0-1 each).	Report	D Colfer (1-0); M Sheehan (0-3); S Condon (0-2); E O’Donoghue (free), S O’Riordan, G O’Neill, D Connolly (0-1 each).

15 August 2020 Round 2	Mitchelstown	4-12 - 1-07	Adrigole	Carrigadrohid
	C O’Mahony (2-1), S O’Sullivan (2-0), J Cott (0-3), J Sheehan (0-3 frees), S Cahill (0-2, 1 free), P Magee, S Walsh, D Flynn (0-1 each).	Report	K Goggin (1-2, 2 frees), S O’Sullivan (0-3, 0-1 free), C O’Neill, R O’Sullivan (0-1 each), A Jer O’Sullivan (0-1 free).	Referee: James Regan

16 August 2020 Round 2	Glanworth	1-14 - 0-12	Mayfield	Blarney
	S O’Riordan 0-7 (0-3 f), M Sheehan 0-4, S Condon 1-0, E O’Donoghue, P Blackburn and R Murphy 0-1 each.	Report	P Condon 0-8 (0-6 f), C O’Neill, J Sheehy, D Malone and D Lucey 0-1 each.	Referee: Michael Walsh

5 September 2020 Round 3	Mitchelstown	0-17 - 2-03	Mayfield	Páirc Mac Gearailt
	C O'Mahony 0-6, J Sheehan 0-3, P Magee 0-2, S Beston 0-1, A O'Brien 0-1, D Flynn 0-1, S Cahill 0-1, M Walsh 0-1, S O'Sullivan 0-1.		M Barry 1-0, D O'Neill 1-0, D Lucey 0-2, K Punch 0-1.

5 September 2020 Round 3	Glanworth	1-09 - 0-09	Adrigole	Ovens
	S O'Riordan 0-5, S Condon 1-0, D Pyne 0-2, M Sheehan 0-1, G O'Neill 0-1.		K Goggin 0-2, D Harrington 0-2, S O'Sullivan 0-2, R O'Sullivan 0-1, K O'Sullivan 0-1, N O'Sullivan 0-1.

Group 4

Group 4 table

Advance to play-offs Advance to relegation play-offs

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Kilshannig	3	3	0	0	6-42	2-32	22	6
Aghabullogue	3	2	0	1	4-24	3-21	6	4
Kildorrery	3	1	0	2	5-29	8-29	-9	2
Glanmire	3	0	0	3	3-27	5-40	-19	0

Group 4 results

24 July 2020 Round 1	Glanmire	0-14 - 2-18	Kilshannig	Blarney Sportsfield
	D Molden (0-4f), J Murphy 0-4 each, S O’Driscoll 0-2, W Jones, T Lonergan, D McCarthy, C Shine 0-1 each.	Report	É O’Hanlon (0-2f), D O’Sullivan 0-4 each, K O’Hanlon, J Twomey 1-1 each, C McMahon 0-3, B O’Shea, K Twomey (0-1f) 0-2 each, J Kearney 0-1.

24 July 2020 Round 1	Aghabullogue	2-07 - 2-06	Kildorrery	Mallow GAA Complex
	D Thompson (1-3 frees); I Barry-Murphy (1-1); S O’Connell, E O’Sullivan, L Casey (free) (0-1 each).	Report	T Monaghan, J O’Sullivan (1-0 each); P O’Brien (0-2, 1 free); F Stapleton, Jamie O’Gorman, K Hurley, R McEniry (0-1 each).

16 August 2020 Round 2	Aghabullogue	0-07 - 0-10	Kilshannig	Cullen
	L Casey (0-3, 2 frees, 1 45), D Thompson (0-1 free); P O’Sullivan, S O’Connell and M Bradley (0-1 each.	Report	E O’Hanlon (0-4, 3 frees, 1 45), K Twomey (0-3, 2 frees), S Murphy, B O’Shea, J Kearney and D O’Sullivan (0-1 each).	Referee: Teddy O'Donovan

16 August 2020 Round 2	Kildorrery	1-12 - 2-08	Glanmire	Rathcormac
	D McNamara (1-0), A O’Brien (0-3, 2 frees); S O’Neill (0-2, 1 free); J O’Gorman (0-2); P O’Brien (free), J O’Sullivan, D Kent, D Kelly, T Monaghan (0-1 each).	Report	D Molden (0-4 frees); T Leahy (1-0); K Kenneally (1-0); D McCarthy (0-2), C Murray, C Crowley (0-1 each).	Referee: Cathal Egan

5 September 2020 Round 3	Aghabullogue	2-10 - 1-05	Glanmire	Blarney Sportsfield
	E O'Sullivan 1-6, M Bradley 1-2, L Casey 0-2.		S O'Driscoll 1-0, J Murphy 0-3, Daniel Molden 0-1, T Lonergan 0-1.

5 September 2020 Round 3	Kildorrery	2-11 - 4-14	Kilshannig	Mallow GAA Complex
	T Monaghan 1-3; S O’Neill 0-4 (all frees); A O’Brien 1-0; S Fitzgerald 0-2; PJ Keating, D Kelly 0-1 each.	Report	E O’Sullivan 2-1; E O’Hanlon 1-3 (one free); K Twomey 0-5 (0-3f); D O’Sullivan 1-0; B O’Shea 0-2, J Kearney, K O’Hanlon (one free), J Twomey 0-1 each.

Knockout stage

Relegation playoff

18 September 2020 Playoff	Glanmire	0-14 - 1-05	Mayfield	Páirc Uí Chonaire
	D Molden 0-5 (0-3f); J Murphy 0-4 (0-1f); C Shine, C Crowley, C Murray, B Lagrue, K Kenneally (0-1 each).	Report	P Condon 0-4 (0-2f), D Malone 1-0, D O’Neill 0-1.

Quarter-finals

19 September 2020 Quarter-final	Mitchelstown	3-20 - 2-10	Kinsale	Páirc Shéamuis de Barra
	C O’Mahony (0-8, 3 frees), A O’Brien (2-0), S O’Sullivan (1-0), M Walsh and J Sheehan (0-3, 1 frees) each, D Flynn (0-2), P Molloy, S Walsh, C English and S Cahill (0-1 each).	Report	T Broderick (1-2, 1 free), G Finn (1-4, 1-0 pen, 3 frees), H Sheehan (0-2), B Coughlan and D O’Mahony (0-1 each).

19 September 2020 Quarter-final	Kilshannig	1-12 - 1-13	Glanworth	The Mill Field
	K O'Hanlon 1-3 (0-1 f), K Twomey 0-5 (0-4 f), D O'Sullivan, J Kearney, G Kennefick, B O'Shea 0-1 each.	Report	S O'Riordan 0-8 (0-3 f, 0- 1 45), S Finn 1-0, M Sheehan 0-2, R Murphy, P O'Driscoll, R O'Driscoll 0-1 each.

19 September 2020 Quarter-final	Rockchapel	2-14 - 1-11	Ballinora	Mallow GAA Complex
	J Curtin (1-6, 3 frees); S Hickey (1-4); C Curtin, J Walsh, W Murphy, N Linehan (0-1 each).	Report	D Corkery (1-1, 1 free); B Ahearn (2 frees), I Wycherley (0-2 each); G Forde, A O’Shea, N Lordan, L O’Donovan, A O’Neill, D Holmes (0-1 each).

19 September 2020 Quarter-final	Millstreet	0-09 - 2-15	Aghabullogue	Páirc Abán
	S Hickey (0-5, 2 frees), D Cashman, N Flahive, J Linehan, D Kiely (0-1 each).	Report	L Casey (1-6, 2 frees), E O’Sullivan (0-6, 1 free), M Bradley (0-4, 1 free), P O’Sullivan (1-0), S O’Connell (0-1).

Semi-finals

3 October 2020 Semi-final	Glanworth	1-07 - 1-13	Rockchapel	Dromina Sportsfield
	S Condon 1-0, S O’Riordan 0-5 (5f), P Hannon, G O’Neill 0-1 each.	Report	J Curtin 1-5 (4f), M McAuliffe 0-2, K Collins, S Hickey, M O’Keeffe, L Collins, J O’Callaghan, C Curtin 0-1 each.

4 October 2020 Semi-final	Mitchelstown	2-13 - 0-07	Aghabullogue	Mallow GAA Complex
	C O’Mahony 2-5 (0-3 f), S Cahill, M Walsh (0-1 f) 0-2 each, S Walsh, P Magee, S O’Sullivan, S Coleman 0-1 each.	Report	L Casey 0-4 (0-3 f, 0-1 45), M Bradley 0-2, E O’Sullivan 0-1 f.	Referee: C Dineen (Douglas)

Final

21 August 2021 Final	Rockchapel	1-10 - 0-09	Mitchelstown	Mallow GAA Complex
	J Curtin 0-4, K Collins 1-0, J O’Callaghan 0- 3, M McAulliffe 0-2, N O’Callaghan 0-1 each.	Report	M Walsh 0-2 f, P Magee 0-2, J Sheehan (f), S Cahill, D Flynn, J O’Sullivan, C O’Mahony (f) 0-1 each.	Referee: M Collins (CLonakilty)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Cathail O'Mahony	Mitchelstown	5-29	44	6	7.33
2	Jack Curtin	Rockchapel	4-25	37	6	6.16
3	Shane O'Riordan	Glanworth	0-26	26	5	5.20
4	Evan O'Sullivan	Aghabullogue	3-15	24	5	4.80
5	Gearóid Finn	Kinsale	1-19	22	4	5.50
6	Evan Murphy	Dromtarriffe	2-13	19	3	6.33
	Luke Casey	Aghabullogue	1-16	19	5	3.80
	Neil Flahive	Millstreet	1-16	19	4	4.75
9	Conor O'Callaghan	Dromtarriffe	1-15	18	3	6.00
9	Donncha O'Connor	Ballydesmond	1-15	18	3	6.00

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Neil Flahive	Millstreet	1-09	12	St. Finbarr's
2	Cathail O'Mahony	Mitchelstown	2-05	11	Aghabullogue
2	Cathail O'Mahony	Mitchelstown	1-08	11	Glanworth
4	Jack Curtin	Rockchapel	2-04	10	Dromtarriffe
5	Jack Curtin	Rockchapel	1-06	9	Ballinora
	Conor O'Callaghan	Dromtarriffe	1-06	9	Ballydesmond
	Luke Casey	Aghabullogue	1-06	9	Millstreet
	Donncha O'Connor	Ballydesmond	1-06	9	Rockchapel
	Evan O'Sullivan	Aghabullogue	1-06	9	Glanmire
10	Adam Murphy	Glenville	2-02	8	Ballinora
	Evan Murphy	Dromtarriffe	1-05	8	Kinsale
	Jack Curtin	Rockchapel	1-05	8	Glanworth
	Cathail O'Mahony	Mitchelstown	0-08	8	Kinsale
	Josh Cooke	Glenville	0-08	8	St. Finbarr's
	Paul Condon	Mayfield	0-08	8	Glanworth
	Shane O'Riordan	Glanworth	0-08	8	Kilshannig

References

^ "2020 Championship Draws". Cork GAA website. 19 November 2019. Archived from the original on 25 November 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
^ "Cork GAA Statement 18/03/2020". Cork GAA website. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
^ "GAA suspends all club games with immediate effect until further notice". The 42. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
^ "County Executive Update 21/10/2020". Cork GAA website. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
^ Cormican, Eoghan (4 May 2021). "Castlehaven v Nemo Rangers Cork Premier SFC final clash earmarked for August". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
^ Tarrant, John (22 August 2021). "Rockchapel upset the odds in county final against Mitchelstown". Echo Live. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
^ Cormican, Eoghan (26 March 2019). "Here's a breakdown of the proposals to restructure the Cork county championships". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
^ "Cork clubs vote down radical restructuring proposals". RTÉ Sport. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.

External links

Cork GAA website

[1] "2020 Championship Draws". Cork GAA website. 19 November 2019. Archived from the original on 25 November 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.

[2] "Cork GAA Statement 18/03/2020". Cork GAA website. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.

[3] "GAA suspends all club games with immediate effect until further notice". The 42. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.

[4] "County Executive Update 21/10/2020". Cork GAA website. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.

[5] Cormican, Eoghan (4 May 2021). "Castlehaven v Nemo Rangers Cork Premier SFC final clash earmarked for August". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 8 May 2021.

[6] Tarrant, John (22 August 2021). "Rockchapel upset the odds in county final against Mitchelstown". Echo Live. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

[7] Cormican, Eoghan (26 March 2019). "Here's a breakdown of the proposals to restructure the Cork county championships". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 16 September 2019.

[8] "Cork clubs vote down radical restructuring proposals". RTÉ Sport. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.

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