North Cork Junior A Football Championship

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North Cork Junior A Football Championship
CodeGaelic football
Founded1926; 96 years ago (1926)
RegionColours of Kilkenny.svg Avondhu (GAA)
No. of teams10
Title holdersColours of Cork.svg Kilworth (1st title)
Most titlesColours of Down.svg Mitchelstown (24 titles)
SponsorsSynergy Fermoy Credit Union
Official websiteOfficial website

The North Cork Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Synergy Fermoy Credit Union Junior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Avondhu Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1926 for junior Gaelic football teams in the northern part of Cork.

The series of games begin in April, with the championship culminating with the final in the autumn. The championship includes a knock-out stage and a "back door" for teams defeated in the first round.

The North Cork Junior Championship is an integral part of the wider Cork Junior Football Championship. The winners and runners-up of the North Cork championship join their counterparts from the other seven divisions to contest the county championship.

10 clubs currently participate in the North Cork Championship. The title has been won at least once by 17 different clubs. The all-time record-holders are Mitchelstown, who have won a total of 24 titles.

Kilworth are the title-holders (2021).

The championship[]

Overview[]

The North Cork Junior Championship is effectively a knockout tournament with pairings drawn at random — there are no seeds.

Each match is played as a single leg. If a match ends as a draw 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.

Format[]

Round 1: Twelve teams contest this round. An open draw is made to determine the six pairings. The six winning teams of these games advance directly to the quarter-finals. The six losing teams advance directly to Round 2.

Round 2: Six teams contest this round. An open draw is made to determine the three pairings. One of the winning teams of these games advance directly to the quarter-finals. The remaining two teams enter into a play-off, with the winner advancing to the quarter-finals. The three 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 final is contested by the two semi-final winners.

Participating teams[]

Team Location Colours
Ballyclough Ballyclough Green and yellow
Ballyhooly Ballyhooly Blue and yellow
Buttevant Buttevant Black and yellow
Charleville Charleville Red and white
Fermoy Fermoy Black and yellow
Killavullen Killavullen Blue and white
Kilshannig Glantane Blue and yellow
Kilworth Kilworth Red and white
Liscarroll-Churchtown Gaels Churchtown Green,white and yellow
Mallow Mallow Red and yellow

Roll of honour[]

# Team Wins Winning Years
1 Mitchelstown 24 1928, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2013
2 Glanworth 14 1942, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1971, 2006, 2008, 2009
3 Kilshannig 10 1959, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1982, 1985, 1996, 2014, 2019
4 Fermoy 7 1926, 1936, 1941, 1974, 1993, 1997, 2003
5 Grange 5 1964, 1966, 1970, 1977, 1979
Clyda Rovers 5 1980, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
Ballyclough 5 2004, 2005, 2012, 2015, 2016
8 Kildorrery 4 1978, 1990, 1994, 2007
9 Mallow 3 1929, 1933, 1984
Killavullen 3 1998, 1999, 2000
11 Dromtarriffe 2 1930, 1932
Deel Rovers 2 1981, 1991
Doneraile 2 1983, 1992
14 Sons of Liberty 1 1931, 1938
Charleville 1 2018, 2020
16 Newmarket 1 1927
Buttevant 1 2017
Kilworth 1 2021

List of finals[]

Year Winners Score Runners-up Score
2012 Ballyclough 0-10 Mitchelstown 0-07
2013 Mitchelstown 0-15 Buttevant 0-07
2014 Kilshannig 2-15 Ballyclough 3-11
2015 Ballyclough 2-11 Charleville 1-12
2016 Ballyclough 2-15 Fermoy 1-08 [1]
2017 Buttevant 2-13 Kilworth 1-09 [2]
2018 Charleville 4-14 Buttevant 1-12 [3]
2019 Kilshannig 3-16 Kilworth 0-07 [4]
2020 Charleville 2-16 Buttevant 0-10 [5]
2021 Kilworth 4-11 Buttevant 1-15 [6]

Notes:

  • 2021 - The game ended in a draw and extra time was played.

Records[]

By decade[]

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of North Cork Junior Football Championship titles, is as follows:

Gaps[]

Top ten longest gaps between successive championship titles:

References[]

  1. ^ Ryan, Pat (17 September 2016). "Stronger Ballyclough prevail against Fermoy to claim JAFC title". The Corkman. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  2. ^ Ryan, Pat (12 June 2021). "Evenly matched sides in refixed final". The Corkman. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Glory days for Charleville". The Corkman. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  4. ^ Ryan, Paddy (8 September 2019). "Kilshannig land the Avondhu junior football title in style against Kilworth". Evening Echo. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  5. ^ Ryan, Paddy (13 June 2021). "Charleville lift the Avondhu football title for the second time". Evening Echo. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  6. ^ Ryan, Paddy (30 October 2021). "Kilworth lift first Avondhu JAFC title after extra time with Buttevant". Evening Echo. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

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