2008 Waterford Senior Football Championship

2008 Waterford Senior Football Championship
Tournament details
County	Waterford
Year	2008
Winners
Champions	The Nire
Captain	John Moore
Promotion/Relegation
Relegated team(s)	John Mitchels
Other
Player of the Year	Gary Hurney

The 2008 Waterford Senior Football Championship is the championship of the Waterford Senior Football Championship, the premier gaelic football competition in County Waterford, having commenced on 11 May 2008. There were 13 teams in the championship, structured into 2 groups of four teams and 1 group of 5 teams. From these groups, quarter finals, and semi-finals were played with a county final played in Fraher Field. Ballinacourty were the defending champions having beaten Ardmore in the 2007 final.^[1]

Championship Structure

13 teams are competing in the 2008 championship. The 13 teams are split into 3 groups, 2 of which contain 4 teams and 1 which contains 5 teams. The top 2 teams in each of the 3 groups automatically progress into the quarter-finals. The 3rd placed teams in all groups qualify for a Round of 16 game, with two winners gaining entry into the quarter-final.

Teams on equal points in each group are ranked by highest points difference (points scored less points conceded). However, no team may be eliminated from the championship who finish on equal points. For this reason, playoffs are needed in both Group A and Group C to decide who finishes 3rd in this group and to decide who moves on in the championship.

Group A

Standings

P	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Ballinacourty	3	3	0	51	27	+24	6
2	St. Saviours	3	1	2	28	32	−4	2
3	Brickey Rangers	3	1	2	32	38	−6	2
4	Kilrossanty	3	1	2	28	42	−14	2

Qualification
Qualified for Quarter Finals
Qualified for round of 16
Entered for relegation playoff

Matches

11 May 2008
Round 1

Brickey Rangers	1–11 – 2–06	Kilrossanty
	(Report)

Fraher Field, Dungarvan

Referee: Domhnall Ó Murchadha

11 May 2008
Round 1

Ballinacourty	0–14 – 2–05	St. Saviours
	(Report)

Lemybrien, County Waterford

Referee: Tadhg Ó Broin

15 June 2008
Round 2

Ballinacourty	2–08 – 1–06	Brickey Rangers

15 June 2008
Round 2

Kilrossanty	0–09 – 0–05	St. Saviours

27 September 2008
Round 3

St. Saviours	1–09 – 0–09	Brickey Rangers
	(Report)

Kill, County Waterford

Referee: Tommy O'Sullivan

28 September 2008
Round 3

Ballinacourty	3–14 – 0–07	Kilrossanty
	(Report)

Bohadoon, County Waterford

Referee: Dessie O'Leary

3rd/4th Place Playoff

11 October 2008

1.30 p.m

Brickey Rangers	0–00 – 0–00	Kilrossanty

Bohadoon, County Waterford

Referee: TBA

Group B

Standings

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Clashmore	3	2	0	1	40	31	+9	4
2	Ardmore	3	2	0	1	38	39	−1	4
3	Rinn Ó gCuanach	3	1	1	1	37	39	−2	3
4	Rathgormack	3	0	1	2	30	36	−6	1

Qualification
Qualified for quarter-finals
Qualified for round of 16
Entered for relegation playoff

Matches

11 May 2008
Round 1

Ardmore	1–09 – 0–08	Rathgormack
	(Report)

Fraher Field, Dungarvan

Referee: Maurice Condon

11 May 2008
Round 1

Rinn Ó gCuanach	0–12 – 0–10	Clashmore
	(Report)

Fraher Field, Dungarvan

Referee: Tommy O'Sullivan

15 June 2008
Round 2

Rathgormack	1–09 – 1–09	Rinn Ó gCuanach
	(Report)

Lemybrien, County Waterford

Referee: Tadhg Ó Broin

15 June 2008
Round 2

Ardmore	0–09 – 2–12	Clashmore

Rinn Ó gCuanach, County Waterford

Referee: Domhnall Ó Murchadha

28 September 2008
Round 3

Ardmore	4–05 – 1–10	Rinn Ó gCuanach
	(Report)

Bushy Park, County Waterford

Referee: Maurice Condon

28 September 2008
Round 3

Clashmore	1–09 – 0–10	Rathgormack
	(Report)

Lemybrien, County Waterford

Referee: Tadhg Ó Broin

Group C

Standings

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	The Nire	4	4	0	0	58	28	+30	8
2	Stradbally	4	3	0	1	60	44	+16	6
3	Gaultier GAA	4	1	1	2	45	51	−6	3
4	St Brendan's	4	1	1	2	39	57	−18	3
5	John Mitchels	4	0	0	4	44	66	−22	0

Qualification
Qualified for quarter-finals
Qualified for round of 16
Entered for relegation playoff

Matches

11 May 2008
Round 1

The Nire	1–14 – 1–05	St Brendan's
	(Report)

Lemybrien, County Waterford

Referee: Tim O’Byrne

11 May 2008
Round 1

Stradbally	1–08 – 1–07	Gaultier
	(Report)

Walsh Park, Waterford

Referee: Bryan Power

12 June 2008
Round 2

St Brendan's	0–13 – 0–10	John Mitchels
	(Report)

Kilmacthomas, County Waterford

Referee: Sean O Conduin

15 June 2008
Round 2

Gaultier	1–07 – 0–10	St Brendan's
	(Report)

Walsh Park, Waterford

Referee: D O’Leary

15 June 2008
Round 2

The Nire	1–11 – 0–05	John Mitchels

22 June 2008
Round 3

Gaultier	2–11 – 2–09	John Mitchels
	(Report)

Kill, County Waterford

Referee: John Power

22 June 2008
Round 3

The Nire	1–09 – 0–07	Stradbally
	(Report)

Cappoquin, County Waterford

Referee: Maurice Condon

29 June 2008
Round 3

Stradbally	3–11 – 0–08	St Brendan's
	(Report)

Lemybrien, County Waterford

Referee: John Condon

28 September 2008
Round 4

The Nire	2–09 – 0–08	Gaultier
	(Report)

Kilmacthomas, County Waterford

Referee: Domhnall Ó Murchadha

28 September 2008
Round 4

Stradbally	2–16 – 2–08	John Mitchels
	(Report)

Kill, County Waterford

Referee: John Murray

3rd/4th Place Playoff

7 October 2008

20:00

Gaultier	1–17 – 2–11 (a.e.t.)	St Brendan's

Kilmacthomas, County Waterford

Referee: Brian Power

Relegation playoffs

Semi-finals			Final

1	Kilrossanty	0–05

4	Rathgormack	0–09
			Kilrossanty	1–09

			John Mitchels	0–11
3	John Mitchels	0–00

2	Bye	0–00

Matches

18 October 2008

14:00

Kilrossanty	0–05 – 0–09	Rathgormack
A. Power 0–3 P. Hayes 0–1 A. Quinn 0–1	(Report)	E. Hogan 0–4 R. Power 0–3 P. Crotty 0–1 V. O'Shea 0–1

Kilmacthomas, County Waterford

Referee: Tommy O'Sullivan

2 November 2008

14:00

Kilrosanty	1–09 – 0–11	John Mitchels
J. Veale 1–0 A. Power 0–3 S. Prendergast 0–2 D. Power 0–1 M. Kiely 0–1 T. Prendergast 0–1	(Report)	J. Power 0–9 L. Barry 0–1 F. Forgarty 0–1

Walsh Park, Waterford

Referee: Maurice Condon

Knockout phase

6 teams, the top two finishers from each of the 3 groups, qualify directly for the quarter-finals.
The 3 3rd place teams are entered for the Round of 16
Brickey Rangers faced Gaulter in the first Round of 16 game with Brickey Rangers advancing to the quarter-finals.
As the losing team from the first Round of 16 game, Gaulter faced Rinn Ó gCuanach in the 2nd Round of 16 game. Rinn Ó gCuanach won this game so also advanced to the quarter-finals.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

1–12

1–08

1–06

2–10

0–10

0–13

0–07

1–13

0–12

0–08

3–09

6–11

2–05

1–08

2–09

0–08

0–16

0–08

Round of 16

15 October 2008

19:30 IST

Gaultier	1–08 – 1–12	Brickey Rangers
A. FitzGerald 0–5 T. Dunphy 1–0 C. O'Riordan 0–2 P. Maher 0–1	(Report)	O. Casey 1–1 C. Shalloe 0–4 C. McGrath 0–3 A. Murphy 0–2 K. O'Brien 0–1 S. McGrath 0–1

Kilmacthomas, County Waterford

Referee: Maurice Condon

19 October 2008

TBA

Gaultier	1–08 – 6–11	Rinn Ó gCuanach

TBA

Referee: TBA

Quarter-finals

16 November 2008

14:00 GMT

Brickey Rangers	1–06 – 2–10	Clashmore
O. Casey 1–0 C. Shalloe 0–2 S. McGrath 0–2 R. Halpin 0–1 D. O'Neill 0–1	(Report)	S. Fleming 1–3 K. O'Keeffe 1–2 D. Allen 0–2 B. O'Halloran 0–2 K. O'Keeffe 0–1

Ardmore, County Waterford

Referee: Bryan Power

15 November 2008

14:00 GMT

Ardmore	0–07 – 1–13	The Nire
C. Hennessy 0–3 N. Hennessy 0–1 R. Hennessy 0–1 A. North 0–1 C. Hennessy 0–1	(Report)	M. O'Gorman 1–1 S. Walsh 0–4 M. Walsh 0–4 B. Wall 0–3 L. Lawlor 0–1

Cappoquin, County Waterford

Referee: Tommy O'Sullivan

23 November 2008

14:00 GMT

Ballinacourty	3–09 – 2–05	Rinn Ó gCuanach
G. Hurney 1–3 P. Hurney 1–1 L. Hurney 1–1 M. Fives 0–2 R. Foley 0–2	(Report)	S. Ó Ceallaigh 1–0 L. Ó Cuirrin 1–0 M. Ó Toibin 0–3 E. Breathnach 0–1 L. Ó Lionain 0–1

Fraher Field, Dungarvan

Referee: Pat Casey

1 November 2008

14:00 GMT

Stradbally	0–16 – 0–08	St. Saviours
S. Cunningham 0–6 J. Hearne 0–3 T. Costello 0–2 M. Walsh 0–2 S. Ahearne 0–2 T. Connors 0–1	(Report)	S. Corcoran 0–4 J.P. Jacob 0–2 D. Murphy 0–1 B. Power 0–1

Kill, County Waterford

Referee: Tadhg Ó Broin

Semi-finals

29 November 2008

14:00 GMT

Clashmore	0–10 – 0–13	The Nire
B. O'Halloran 0–4 S. Fleming 0–2 Cillian O'Keeffe 0–1 Kieran Connery 0–1 Fintan Walsh 0–1 Karl O'Keeffe 0–1	(Report)	S. Walsh 0–6 B. Wall 0–3 M. Walsh 0–2 L. Lawlor 0–1 M. Moore 0–1

Fraher Field, Dungarvan

Referee: Tadhg Ó Broin

30 November 2008

14:00 GMT

Ballinacourty	2–09 – 0–08	Stradbally
M. Fives 1–2 J. Mahoney 0–4 G. Hurney 1–0 P. Hurney 0–1 J. Gorman 0–1 R. Foley 0–1	(Report)	N. Curran 0–4 J. Hearne 0–2 M. Walsh 0–1

Fraher Field, Dungarvan

Referee: Maurice Condon

Final

7 December 2008

14:00 GMT

The Nire	0–12 – 0–08	Ballinacourty
B Wall (0–6) S Walsh (0–4) R Fenton (0–1) M Moore (0–1)	(Report)	G. Hurney 0–2 S. O'Hare 0–2 J. Gorman 0–2 P. Hurney 0–1 C. Keane 0–1

Fraher Field, Dungarvan

Referee: T O’Sullivan, Cappoquin

The Nire

Ballinacourty


THE NIRE GAA:
1	T Flynn
2	J McGrath
3	T O’Gorman
4	M O’Gorman
5	J Moore
6	D Ryan
7	P Prendergast
8	S Walsh
9	B Wall
10	D Wall
11	M O’Gorman
12	C Power
13	L Lawlor
14	R Fenton
15	M Moore


BALLINACOURTY GAA
1	S Enright
2	J Mullen
3	J Phelan
4	G Breen
5	T Murray
6	J Hurney
7	M Gorman
8	S O’Hare
9	P Lynch
10	P Hurney
11	L Hurney
12	J Gorman
13	M Fives
14	G Hurney
15	C Keane

References

^ "Ballinacourty footballers back on top". munster-express.ie. 15 November 2007. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007.

[1] "Ballinacourty footballers back on top". munster-express.ie. 15 November 2007. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007.

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