Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship | |
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Current season or competition: 2018 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship | |
Code | Hurling |
Founded | 2004 |
Region | Cork (GAA) |
Trophy | Séamus Long Cup |
No. of teams | 16 |
Title holders | Kanturk (1st title) |
First winner | St. Catherine's |
Most titles | Ballinhassig (3 titles) |
Sponsors | Evening Echo |
Official website | Official website |
The Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Evening Echo Cork County Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 2004 for the second tier hurling teams in the county of Cork in Ireland.
The series of games are played during the summer and autumn months with the county final currently being played at Páirc Uí Rinn in October. It is sometimes played as the curtain-raiser to the senior final. The prize for the winning team is the Séamus Long Cup. The championship uses a double elimination format whereby each team is guaranteed at least two games.
The Premier Intermediate Championship is an integral part of the wider Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship. The winners of the Cork county final join the champions of the other five hurling counties to contest the provincial championship.
Sixteen clubs currently participate in the Premier Intermediate Championship. The title has been won at least once by 13 different clubs. The all-time record-holders are Ballinhassig, who have won the competition twice.
Kanturk are the title-holders after defeating Mallow by 0-17 to 1-12 in the 2017 championship decider.[1]
History
The original Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship dates back to 1909, however, in 2003 it was decided to split the grade into Premier Intermediate and ordinary Intermediate. The winners of the Premier Intermediate grade gain promotion to the senior grade while the ordinary Intermediate winners gain promotion to the Premier Intermediate grade. A relegation system was previously in place, however, relegation from the championship has been suspended since 2014.
The Championship
Overview
The Premier Intermediate Championship is a double-elimination tournament with pairings drawn at random — there is no seeding.
Each match is played as a single leg. If a match is drawn there is a period of extra time, however, if both sides are still level at the end of extra time a replay takes place and so on until a winner is found.
Sixteen teams currently take part in the championship.
Format
Round 1: Sixteen teams contest this round. An open draw is made to determine the eight pairings. The eight winning teams of these games advance directly to Round 3. The eight losing teams advance directly to Round 2.
Round 2: The eight losing teams from Round 1 contest this round. An open draw is made to determine the four pairings. The four winning teams advance directly to Round 3. The four losing teams advance to the relegation play-offs.
Round 3: The eight winning teams from Round 1 and the four winning teams from Round 2 contest this round. Four teams receive a bye and an open draw is made to determine the other four pairings. The four winning teams and the four bye teams advance directly to the quarter-finals. The four losing teams are eliminated from the championship.
Quarter-finals: Eight teams contest this round. An open draw is made to determine the eight pairings. The four winning teams advance directly to the semi-finals. The four losing teams are eliminated from the championship.
Semi-finals: Four teams contest this round. An open draw is made to determine the two pairings. The two winning teams advance directly to the final. The two losing teams are eliminated from the championship.
Final: The county final is contested by the two semi-final winners.
Sponsorship
Since 2005 the Premier Intermediate Championship has been sponsored by the Evening Echo. The competition was previously sponsored by Permanent TSB.
Managers
Managers in the Cork Championship are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and sourcing of players. Their influence varies from club-to-club and is related to the individual club committees. The manager is assisted by a team of two or three selectors and a backroom team consisting of various coaches.
Manager | Team | Wins | Winning years |
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Dermot O'Riordan | Carrigtwohill | 1 | 2007 |
Tadhg Hurley | Blarney | 1 | 2008 |
Finbarr Bermingham | Douglas | 1 | 2009 |
Anthony McCarthy | Ballymartle | 1 | 2010 |
Diarmuid Corcoran | Courcey Rovers | 1 | 2011 |
Johnny Crowley | Ballinhassig | 1 | 2012 |
Christy Cooney | Youghal | 1 | 2013 |
Jimmy Quilty | Ballyhea | 1 | 2014 |
Eugene Desmond | Newcestown | 1 | 2015 |
Niall O'Halloran | Bandon | 1 | 2016 |
Donagh Duane | Kanturk | 1 | 2017 |
Trophy
The winning team is presented with the Séamus Long Cup. A national school teacher by profession, Séamus Long (1884-1953) was elected secretary of the Ballincollig club in 1914, before serving as the first secretary of the Muskerry Board in 1924. A founder-member of the Ballinora club the same year, he was the club's first chairman. Long also served as vice-chairman of the Cork County Board and was a Munster Council delegate from 1949 until his death in 1953.
List of finals
Year | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Score | Venue | |
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2004 | St. Catherine's | 1-11 | Courcey Rovers | 1-8 | Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork | |
2005 | Ballinhassig | 1-16 | Aghada | 1-11 | Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork | |
2006 | Bishopstown | 0-20 | Carrigtwohill | 1-11 | Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork | [2] |
2007 | Carrigtwohill | 3-14 | Watergrasshill | 3-12 | Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork | [3] |
2008 | Blarney | 0-13 | Courcey Rovers | 1-9 | Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork | [4] |
2009 | Douglas | 0-20 | Ballymartle | 0-16 | Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork | [5] |
2010 | Ballymartle | 2-14 | Tracton | 0-13 | Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork | [6] |
2011 | Courcey Rovers | 0-15 | Youghal | 1-9 | Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork | [7] |
2012 | Ballinhassig | 1-19 | Bandon | 1-12 | Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork | [8] |
2013 | Youghal | 0-11 | Castlelyons | 0-10 | Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork | [9] |
2014 | Ballyhea | 1-17 | Newcestown | 0-16 | Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork | [10] |
2015 | Newcestown | 1-23 | Valley Rovers | 0-8 | Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork | [11] |
2016 | Bandon | 1-20 | Fermoy | 1-14 | Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork | [12] |
2017 | Kanturk | 0-17 | Mallow | 1-12 | Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork |
Records and statistics
Final
Team
- Most wins: 2:
- Ballinhassig (2005, 2012)
- Most appearances in a final: 3:
- Courcey Rovers (2004, 2008, 2011 )
- Biggest win: 18 points
- Newcestown 1-23 - 0-08 Valley Rovers, (2015)
- Most goals in a final: 6
- Carrigtwohill 3-14 - 3-12 Watergrasshill, (2007)
- Most points in a final: 36
- Douglas 0-20 - 0-16 Ballymartle, (2009)
- Most goals by a winning side: 3
- Carrigtwohill 3-14 - 3-12 Watergrasshill, (2007)
- Most goals by a losing side: 3
- Watergrasshill 3-12 - 3-14 Carrigtwohill, (2007)
- Most points by a winning side: 23
- Newcestown 1-23 - 0-08 Valley Rovers, (2015)
- Most points by a losing side: 16
- Ballymartle 0-16 - 0-20 Douglas, (2009)
- Newcestown 0-16 - 1-17 Ballyhea, (2014)
- Highest cumulative score overall: 44
- Carrigtwohill 3-14 - 3-12 Watergrasshill, (2007)
- Highest cumulative score by a winning team: 26
- Newcestown 1-23 - 0-08 Valley Rovers, (2015)
- Highest cumulative score by a losing team: 21
- Watergrasshill 3-12 - 3-14 Carrigtwohill, (2007)
- Most defeats: 2
Top scorers
Overall
Year | Top scorer | Team | Score | Total |
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2004 | Pa Dineen | Mallow | 3-25 | 34 |
2005 | Trevor O'Keeffe | Aghada | 1-45 | 48 |
2006 | Pa Cronin | Bishopstown | 3-36 | 45 |
2007 | Ronan Walsh | Tracton | 5-30 | 45 |
2008 | Ger O'Leary | Fr. O'Neill's | 2-38 | 44 |
2009 | Daniel Twomey | Newcestown | 3-20 | 36 |
2010 | Ronan Walsh | Tracton | 2-57 | 63 |
2011 | Éamonn Collins | Valley Rovers | 6-33 | 51 |
2012 | Ronan Crowley | Bandon | 4-33 | 45 |
2013 | Ronan Walsh | Tracton | 2-46 | 52 |
2014 | Adrian Mannix | Kilworth | 0-43 | 43 |
2015 | Seán Hayes | Mallow | 4-36 | 48 |
2016 | Liam Coleman | Fermoy | 3-51 | 60 |
2017 | Chris O'Leary | Valley Rovers | 3-32 | 41 |
Single game
Year | Top scorer | Team | Score | Total |
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2004 | Pa Dineen | Mallow | 1-09 | 12 |
2005 | Neil Ronan | Ballyhea | 2-08 | 14 |
2006 | Pa Cronin | Bishopstown | 2-07 | 13 |
2007 | Leigh Desmond | Youghal | 1-09 | 12 |
2008 | Ger O'Leary | Fr. O'Neill's | 2-09 | 15 |
2009 | Daniel Twomey | Newcestown | 0-12 | 12 |
Maurice O'Sullivan | Ballyhea | |||
2010 | Ronan Walsh | Tracton | 0-13 | 13 |
2011 | Aaron Sheehan | Mallow | 1-10 | 16 |
Rory O'Doherty | Ballincollig | |||
2012 | Ronan Crowley | Bandon | 3-06 | 15 |
2013 | Ronan Walsh | Tracton | 2-10 | 16 |
Adrian Mannix | Kilworth | 1-13 | ||
2014 | Adrian Mannix | Kilworth | 0-13 | 13 |
2015 | Seán Hayes | Mallow | 2-13 | 19 |
2016 | Noel McNamara | Kilworth | 3-05 | 14 |
2017 | Chris O'Leary | Valley Rovers | 1-10 | 13 |
Final
Cumulative
Pos. | Player | Team | Score | Total |
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1 | Ronan Crowley | Bandon | 2-16 | 22 |
2 | Daniel Twomey | Newcestown | 1-11 | 14 |
3 | Seánie O'Farrell | Carrigtwohill | 3-02 | 11 |
Rory O'Dwyer | Ballymartle | 0-11 | ||
Niall McCarthy | Carrigtwohill | |||
4 | Fintan O'Leary | Ballinhassig | 2-04 | 10 |
Leigh Desmond | Youghal | 1-07 | ||
5 | Trevor O'Keeffe | Aghada | 0-09 | 9 |
Pa Cronin | Bishopstown | |||
6 | Lorcán McLoughlin | Kanturk | 0-08 | 8 |
Niall Murphy | Courcey Rovers | |||
Liam Coleman | Fermoy |
Individual
Year | Top scorer | Team | Score | Total |
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2004 | Michael Hegarty | Courcey Rovers | 0-05 | 5 |
2005 | Trevor O'Keeffe | Aghada | 0-09 | 9 |
2006 | Pa Cronin | Bishopstown | 0-09 | 9 |
2007 | Seánie O'Farrell | Carrigtwohill | 3-01 | 10 |
2008 | Cian Lordan | Courcey Rovers | 1-03 | 6 |
2009 | Rory O'Dwyer | Ballymartle | 0-10 | 10 |
2010 | Ronan Walsh | Tracton | 0-07 | 7 |
2011 | Leigh Desmond | Youghal | 1-04 | 7 |
2012 | Ronan Crowley | Bandon | 1-06 | 9 |
2013 | Colm Spillane | Castlelyons | 0-07 | 7 |
2014 | Daniel Twomey | Newcestown | 0-06 | 6 |
2015 | Daniel Twomey | Newcestown | 1-05 | 8 |
2016 | Ronan Crowley | Bandon | 1-10 | 13 |
2017 | Lorcán McLoughlin | Kanturk | 0-08 | 8 |
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