2017 Fermanagh Senior Football Championship

2017 Fermanagh SFC

Tournament details
County	Fermanagh
Province	Ulster
Level	Senior
Year	2017
Trophy	New York Cup
Sponsor	Quinn Building Products
Date	26 August - 1 October 2017
Teams	8
Defending champions	Derrygonnelly Harps
Winners
Champions	Derrygonnelly Harps (6th win)
Manager	Martin Greene
Captain	Ryan Jones
Qualify for	2017 Ulster Club SFC
Runners-up
Runners-up	Devenish
Manager	Malachy Cullen
Captain	Jason Love
Promotion/Relegation
Relegated team(s)	Kinawley Brian Borus
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The 2017 Fermanagh Senior Football Championship was the 111th edition of the Fermanagh GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The tournament consists of 8 teams, with the winner representing Fermanagh in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship had a straight knock-out format.

Derrygonnelly Harps were the defending champions after they defeated Erne Gaels in the previous years final, and they successfully defended their title when beating Devenish St. Mary's 0-15 to 0-8 to claim a "3-in-a-row" of titles.

This season marked Kinawley Brian Boru's and Tempo Maguires return to the senior grade after claiming the I.F.C. title I.F.C. runners-up spot respectively.

At the end of the season, Kinawley Brian Boru's were relegated back to the I.F.C. for 2018 after failing to win a match. They will be replaced by 2017 I.F.C. champions Belcoo O'Rahillys.

Team changes[]

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The following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season.

Championship Draw[]

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

Derrygonnelly Harps

2-8

Erne Gaels

2-6

Derrygonnelly Harps

0-9 (2-15 R)

Roslea Shamrocks

3-8

Roslea Shamrocks

1-6 (0-10 R)

Ederney St. Joseph's

1-11

Derrygonnelly Harps

0-15

Kinawley Brian Boru's

1-11 (0-9 R)

Devenish St. Mary's

0-8

Tempo Maguires

1-11 (0-13 R)

Tempo Maguires

0-8

Teemore Shamrocks

1-10 (1-8 R)

Devenish St. Mary's

0-9

Devenish St. Mary's

0-13 (2-13 R)

Quarter-Finals[]

26 August 2017 Quarter-Final	Kinawley Brian Boru's	1-11 – 1-11	Tempo Maguires	Lisnaskea

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26 August 2017 Quarter-Final	Teemore Shamrocks	1-10 – 0-13	Devenish St. Mary's	Derrygonnelly

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27 August 2017 Quarter-Final	Derrygonnelly Harps	2-8 – 2-6	Erne Gaels	Brewster Park, Enniskillen

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27 August 2017 Quarter-Final	Roslea Shamrocks	3-8 – 1-11	Ederney St. Joseph's	Tempo

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1 September 2017 Quarter-Final Replay	Tempo Maguires	0-13 – 0-9	Kinawley Brian Boru's	Brokeborough

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2 September 2017 Quarter-Final Replay	Devenish St. Mary's	2-13 – 1-8	Teemore Shamrocks	Brewster Park

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Semi-Finals[]

8 September 2017 8:30 pm Semi-Final	Derrygonnelly Harps	0-9 – 1-6	Roslea Shamrocks	Brewster Park
	Garvan Jones and Declan Cassidy 0-2 each, Michael Jones, Garvan McGinley, Ryan Jones, Leigh Jones, Kevin Cassidy 0-1 each	Report	Conor Quigley 1-1, Sean Quigley 0-3f, Seamus Quigley 0-2 (0-1f)

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10 September 2017 2:30 pm Semi-Final	Devenish St. Mary's	0-9 – 0-8	Tempo Maguires	Brewster Park
	Terry O'Flanagan 0-3 (0-1f), Jason Love 0-2, Thomas Treacy (1 '45), Anthony McGuinness, Gavin Gallagher, Chris O'Brien 0-1 each		Lorcan McStravick 0-2 (0-1f), Damien Kelly, Ryan Breen, Aidan Breen, Ryan Ingram, Ryan Bogue, Daryl Keenan (0-1f) 0-1 each

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15 September 2017 Semi-Final Replay	Derrygonnelly Harps	2-15 – 0-10	Roslea Shamrocks	Brewster Park
	Gary McKenna 0-5 (0-3f), Conall Jones 1-1 (0-1f), Paul Ward 0-4, Leigh Jones 1-0, Kevin Cassidy and Michael Jones 0-2 each, Ryan Jones 0-1f		Seamus Quigley 0-5f, Niall Cassidy, Conor Quigley, Peter Lynch 0-1 each

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Final[]

1 October 2017 4:00 pm Final	Derrygonnelly Harps	0-15 – 0-8	Devenish St. Mary's	Brewster Park Attendance: 3,123 Referee: Gerard McLaughlin (Ederney) Man of the Match: Conall Jones
	Gary McKenna 0-3f, Leigh Jones, Paul Ward (0-1f), Declan Cassidy, Conall Jones (0-1f) 0-2 each, Kevin Cassidy, Eamon McHugh (1 '45), Ryan Jones, Garvan Jones 0-1 each	Report	Terry O'Flanagan 0-6f and Christopher O'Brien 0-2

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Relegation Playoffs[]

The four losers of the quarter-finals play off in this round. The two losers will be relegated to the 2018 Intermediate Football Championship

Relegation Semi-Finals[]

• Erne Gaels 3-10, 1-11 Kinawley Brian Boru's, Tempo, 9/9/2017,
• Ederney St. Joseph's 2-11, 1-8 Teemore Shamrocks, Derrygonnelly, 10/9/2017,

Relegation Final[]

• Teemore Shamrocks 2-10, 0-7 Kinawley Brian Boru's, Derrylin, 23/9/2017,

Ulster Senior Club Football Championship[]

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