2017 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship

2017 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship
Dates	15 September – 7 November 2017
Teams	14
Sponsor	Evening Echo
Champions	St. Catherine's (2nd title); Daniel Mangan (captain); Denis Walsh (manager)
Runners-up	Brian Dillons; John Horgan (captain); Tommy Boland (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	34 (2.43 per match)
Points scored	381 (27.21 per match)
Top scorer(s)	John Horgan (1-40)
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The 2017 Cork Junior Hurling Championship was the 120th staging of the Cork Junior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1895. The championship draw took place on 28 August 2017. The championship began on 15 September 2017 and ended 7 November 2017.

On 7 November 2017, St. Catherine's won the championship following a 0-13 to 0-12 defeat of Brian Dillons in the final.^[1] This was their second championship title in the grade and their first since 1983.

Qualification

Division	Championship	Champions	Runners-up
Avondhu	North Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	Dromina	Ballyhooly	^[2]
Carbery	West Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	Clonakilty	Ballinascarthy	^[3]
Carrigdhoun	South East Junior A Hurling Championship	Valley Rovers	Tracton	^[4]
Duhallow	Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship	Banteer	Kilbrin	^[5]
Imokilly	East Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	St Catherine's	Russell Rovers	^[6]
Muskerry	Mid Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	Cloughduv	Kilmichael	^[7]
Seandún	City Junior A Hurling Championship	Nemo Rangers	Brian Dillons	^[8]

Results

Bracket

First Round		Quarter-Finals		Semi-Finals		Final

Banteer (Duhallow)	1-15

Brian Dillons (Seandun)	2-20
		Brian Dillons (Seandun)	1-19

		Dromina (Avondhu)	0-09
Dromina (Avondhu)	2-20

Kilmichael (Muskerry)	0-09
				Brian Dillons (Seandun)	0-26

				Nemo Rangers (Seandun)	2-14
Nemo Rangers (Seandun)	1-14

Ballinascarthy (Carbery)	0-09
		Nemo Rangers (Seandun)	0-17

		Ballyhooly (Avondhu)	0-14
Clonakilty (Carbery)	1-14

Ballyhooly (Avondhu)	1-17 (AET)
						Brian Dillons (Seandun)	1-13, 0-12

						St. Catherine's (Imokilly)	2-10, 0-13
Valley Rovers (Carrigdhoun)	0-08

Russell Rovers (Imokilly)	5-15
		Russell Rovers (Imokilly)	0-17

		Kilbrin (Duhallow)	2-10
Cloughduv (Muskerry)	1-10

Kilbrin (Duhallow)	4-15
				Russell Rovers (Imokilly)	2-10

				St. Catherine's (Imokilly)	3-17
St. Catherine's (Imokilly)	2-12

Tracton (Carrigdhoun)	1-03
		St. Catherine's (Imokilly)

		Bye

Round 1

15 September 2017 Round 1	Banteer	1-15 - 2-20	Brian Dillons	Páirc Uí Rinn
	D Roche 0-8, T Sexton 1-0, D McAuliffe 0-3, K Tarrant 0-2, D Murphy 0-1.		J Horgan 1-9, C McCarthy 0-4, J Feehan 1-0, C Lynch 0-3, D Rodgers 0-1, M White 0-1, T Lawrence 0-1, K McCormack 0-1.

16 September 2017 Round 1	Ballinascarthy	0-09 - 1-14	Nemo Rangers	Páirc Naomh Eoin
	J Ryan 0-6, R O'Flynn 0-1, D Hennessy 0-1, S Ryan 0-1.		B Twomey 0-12, K O'Donovan 1-0, S Horgan 0-2.

16 September 2017 Round 1

St Catherine's

2-12 - 1-03

Tracton

Felix Sarsfield Memorial Park

16 September 2017 Round 1

Dromina

2-20 - 0-09

Kilmichael

Banteer Sportsfield

16 September 2017 Round 1	Ballyhooly	1-17 - 1-14 (aet)	Clonakilty	Blarney Grounds
	J Roche 0-9, D Linehan 1-2, J Mehigan 0-3, S Murphy 0-2, S Linehan 0-1.		S McEvoy 1-3, S White 0-5, T Clancy 0-4, P O'Sullivan 0-1, M Scally 0-1.

20 September 2017 Round 1

Russell Rovers

5-15 - 0-08

Valley Rovers

Páirc Uí Rinn

23 September 2017 Round 1	Cloughduv	1-10 - 4-15	Kilbrin	Castletownroche Grounds
	J Ryan 1-2, M Verling 0-5, M Walsh 0-1, B Ahern 0-1, K Walsh 0-1.		E Sheehan 2-2, S O'Reilly 0-6, S Crowley 1-1, G Lenihan 0-4, T O'Reilly 1-0, D Daly 0-1, W Egan 0-1.

Quarter-finals

29 September 2017 Quarter-final	Brian Dillons	1-19 - 0-09	Dromina	Mallow GAA Complex
	C Lynch 1-6, J Horgan 0-5, C McCarthy 0-4, P O'Brien 0-2, D Rodgers 0-1, D Coughlan 0-1.		D Jones 0-7, B Buckley 0-1, G Hayes 0-1.

29 September 2017 Quarter-final	Kilbrin	2-10 - 0-17	Russell Rovers	Páirc Mac Gearailt
	S O'Reilly 0-9, S Crowley 1-1, E Sheehan 1-0.		J Beausang 0-6, B Hartnett 0-4, K Walsh 0-2, K Moynihan 0-2, E O'Sullivan 0-2, J Aherne 0-1.

7 October 2017 Quarter-final	Ballyhooly	0-14 - 0-17	Nemo Rangers	Páirc Bhríde
	J Roche 0-11, D Linehan 0-1, S Roche 0-1, F O'Connell 0-1.		B Twomey 0-7, C Kiely 0-4, E Dilloughrey 0-2, K O'Donovan 0-2, S Horgan 0-1, A O'Donovan 0-1.

St. Catherine's received a bye to the semi-final stage.

Semi-finals

13 October 2017 Semi-final	Russell Rovers	2-10 - 3-17	St Catherine's	Páirc Uí Rinn
	J Beausang 1-6, B Hartnett 1-1, E O'Sullivan 0-1, K Walsh 0-1, K Tattan 0-1.		D Mangan 1-4, B Mulcahy 1-2, S O'Brien 0-5, R Galvin 1-0, S Cotter 0-3, S Kearney 0-2, P Roche 0-1.

28 October 2017 Semi-final	Brian Dillons	0-26 - 2-14	Nemo Rangers	Páirc Uí Rinn
	J Horgan 0-10, R Murphy 0-6, D Rodgers 0-4, T Lawrence 0-2, C Lynch 0-1, K Varien 0-1, C McCarthy 0-1, K Coughlan 0-1.		B Twomey 0-8, S Horgan 1-2, K O'Donovan 1-0, W Morgan 0-3, P Kerrigan 0-1.

Final

5 November 2017 Final	St Catherine's	2-10 - 1-13	Brian Dillons	Páirc Uí Rinn
	D Mangan 2-1, B Mulcahy 0-5, S O'Brien 0-3, P Roche 0-1.		J Horgan 0-9, D Rodgers 1-1, C Lynch 0-2, T Lawrence 0-1.	Referee: J Murphy (Castletownroche)

Final replay

7 November 2017 Final replay	St Catherine's	0-13 - 0-12	Brian Dillons	Páirc Uí Rinn
	R Clancy 0-6, B Mulcahy 0-3, S O'Brien 0-1, R O'Connell 0-1, P O'Connor 0-1, D Mangan 0-1.		J Horgan 0-7, C Lynch 0-3, D Rodgers 0-1, C McCarthy 0-1.	Referee: D Copps (Ballyhea)

References

^ Horgan, John (9 November 2017). "St Catherine's return from the junior ranks of hurling is a lesson for all clubs". Evening Echo. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
^ "Junior Hurling Roll of Honour". Avondhu GAA website. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
^ "Clonakilty crowned South West junior A hurling champions". The Southern Star. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
^ "Junior A Hurling Championship 2017". Carrigdhoun GAA website. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
^ Cormican, Eoghan (10 October 2017). "Kanturk proud to lead way for Duhallow hurling". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
^ Cashman, John (16 September 2020). "Russell Rovers hurlers head into St Catherine's clash with a score to settle". Echo Live. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
^ "Cloughduv are MJK Oils junior hurling champions". Muskerry GAA website. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
^ "Club History 1910 – Present". Brian Dillons GAA website. Retrieved 23 October 2024.

External link

2017 Cork JHC results Archived 20 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Horgan, John (9 November 2017). "St Catherine's return from the junior ranks of hurling is a lesson for all clubs". Evening Echo. Retrieved 28 November 2017.

[2] "Junior Hurling Roll of Honour". Avondhu GAA website. Retrieved 23 October 2024.

[3] "Clonakilty crowned South West junior A hurling champions". The Southern Star. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2024.

[4] "Junior A Hurling Championship 2017". Carrigdhoun GAA website. Retrieved 23 October 2024.

[5] Cormican, Eoghan (10 October 2017). "Kanturk proud to lead way for Duhallow hurling". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 23 October 2024.

[6] Cashman, John (16 September 2020). "Russell Rovers hurlers head into St Catherine's clash with a score to settle". Echo Live. Retrieved 23 October 2024.

[7] "Cloughduv are MJK Oils junior hurling champions". Muskerry GAA website. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2024.

[8] "Club History 1910 – Present". Brian Dillons GAA website. Retrieved 23 October 2024.

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