2020 Cork Lower Intermediate Hurling Championship

2020 Cork Lower Intermediate Hurling Championship
Dates	1 August 2020 - 21 August 2021
Teams	12
Sponsor	Co-Op Superstores
Champions	Castlemartyr (1st title); Brian Lawton (captain); Séamus Lawton (manager)
Runners-up	Russell Rovers; Daniel Moynihan (captain); Séamus Kennefick (manager)
Relegated	Ballymartle
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	59 (2.46 per match)
Points scored	719 (29.96 per match)
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The 2020 Cork Lower Intermediate Hurling Championship was the inaugural staging of the Cork Lower Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board.^[1]^[2] The draw for the group stage placings took place on 19 November 2019.^[3] The championship was scheduled to begin in April 2020, however, it was postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic in Ireland.^[4] The championship eventually began on 1 August 2020 and, after being suspended once again on 5 October 2020, eventually ended on 21 August 2021.^[5]^[6]^[7]

The final was played on 21 August 2021 at Páirc Uí Rinn in Cork, between Castlemartry and Russell Rovers, in their first ever meeting in a county final in any grade. Castlemartyr won the match by 1-20 to 0-11 to claim the inaugural title.^[8]

Team changes

To Championship

Regraded from the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship

Kilbrittain
Tracton
St Finbarrs
Castlemartyr
St Catherine’s
Barryroe
Ballymartle
Grenagh
Ballygarvan
Milford
Dripsey

Promoted from the Cork Junior A Hurling Championship

Russell Rovers

Participating teams

The club rankings were based on a championship performance 'points' system over the previous four seasons.^[9]

Team	Seeding	Ranking	Location	Colours
Kilbrittain	A	1	Kilbrittain	Black and yellow
Tracton	A	2	Minane Bridge	Green and red
Castlemartyr	A	3	Castlemartyr	Red and white
St. Finbarr's	B	4	Togher	Blue and yellow
Barryroe	B	5	Barryroe	Blue and navy
St. Catherine's	B	6	Ballynoe	Purple and yellow
Grenagh	C	7	Grenagh	Yellow and blue
Ballymartle	C	8	Riverstick	Green and yellow
Ballygarvan	C	9	Ballygarvan	Red and white
Milford	D	10	Milford	Blue and white
Dripsey	D	11	Dripsey	Blue and red
Russell Rovers	D	12	Shanagarry	Black and yellow

Fixtures/results

Group 1

Table

Advance to knockout stage Advance to relegation play-offs

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Russell Rovers	3	1	2	0	10-46	3-40	27	4
Kilbrittain	3	1	2	0	2-45	1-36	12	4
Ballygarvan	3	1	1	1	1-42	3-46	-10	3
Barryroe	3	0	1	2	3-34	9-45	-29	1

Results

1 August 2020 Round 1	Ballygarvan	0-17 - 1-14	Russell Rovers	Riverstown Sportsfield
	M Kennefick 0-5 (2f), M Cussen 0-4 (3f), D O’Connor and R O’Halloran 0-2 each, D McCarthy 0-1 (1f), D O’Sullivan, P O’Halloran and A Dunne 0-1 each.	Report	J Beausang 1-9 (1 pen, 7f), K Tattan, P Cummins, L Duggan, D Moynihan and B Hartnett 0-1 each.

2 August 2020 Round 1	Kilbrittain	0-12 - 0-12	Barryroe	Timoleague Sportsfield
	M Sexton 0-8 (7f); C Sheehan, P Wall, M Hickey, R Cashman (f) 0-1 each.	Report	J Murphy 0-8 (8f); R Kiely, P Moloney, S Holland, B O’Donovan (f) 0-1 each.	Referee: M Collins (Clonakilty)

9 August 2020 Round 2	Barryroe	2-10 - 1-15	Ballygarvan	Páirc Uí Riagáin
	J Murphy 1-7, A McSweeney 1-0, K Griffin 0-1, R Kiely 0-1, B O'Donovan 0-1.		D O'Connor 1-4, R O'Halloran 0-4, M Kennefick 0-4, M Cussen 0-2, C O'Leary 0-1.

9 August 2020 Round 2	Kilbrittain	2-11 - 1-14	Russell Rovers	Carrigaline Sportsfield
	M Sexton 0-7, P Wall 1-1, M Madden 1-0, C Sheehan 0-1, R Cashman 0-1, S Sexton 0-1.		J Beausang 0-8, N Hartnett 1-2, K Tatton 0-1, J McGrath 0-1, L Murray 0-1, P Cummins 0-1.

30 August 2020 Round 3	Barryroe	1-12 - 8-18	Russell Rovers	Manning Park
	J O'Donovan 0-8, R Kiely 1-1, M Crowley 0-1, A McSweeney 0-1, D Buckley 0-1.		J Beausang 2-9, D Ruddy 2-2, B Hartnett 2-1, L Duggan-Murray 1-1, K Moynihan 0-4, J McGrath 1-0, JP Ivers 0-1.

30 August 2020 Round 3	Kilbrittain	0-22 - 0-10	Ballygarvan	Charlie Hurley Park
	M Sexton 0-12, M Madden 0-3, P Wall 0-2, R Cashman 0-2, P Brennan 0-1, T Harrington 0-1, M Hickey 0-1.		M Kennefick 0-9, A Buckley 0-1.

Group 2

Table

Advance to knockout stage Advance to relegation play-offs

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Castlemartyr	3	3	0	0	9-63	5-34	41	6
Milford	3	1	1	1	4-50	3-44	9	3
St. Finbarr's	3	1	1	1	3-49	4-33	3	3
Ballymartle	3	0	0	3	1-31	5-72	-53	0

Results

2 August 2020 Round 1	Castlemartyr	3-13 - 2-13	St. Finbarr's	Riverstown Sportsfield
		Report

2 August 2020 Round 1	Ballymartle	1-08 - 0-22	Milford	Carrignavar Sportsfield
		Report

9 August 2020 Round 2	Castlemartyr	1-22 - 3-14	Milford	Mourne Abbey
	M Kelly 0-6.	Report

9 August 2020 Round 2	St. Finbarr's	0-22 - 0-16	Ballymartle	Ballinhassig Sportsfield
		Report

30 August 2020 Round 3	Castlemartyr	5-28 - 0-07	Ballymartle	Rostellan Sportsfield
	M Kelly 1-9, B Lawton 1-3.	Report

30 August 2020 Round 3	St. Finbarr's	1-14 - 1-14	Milford	Castletownroche Sportsfield
		Report

Group 3

Table

Advance to knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
St. Catherine's	3	3	0	0	2-47	1-37	13	6
Tracton	3	2	0	1	6-53	5-40	16	4
Dripsey	3	0	1	2	4-41	3-58	-14	1
Grenagh	3	0	1	2	3-38	6-44	-15	1

Results

1 August 2020 Round 1

Grenagh

1-14 - 0-17

Dripsey

Páirc Eoin Mhic Charthaigh

1 August 2020 Round 1

Tracton

0-14 - 0-15

St. Catherine's

Páirc Shéamuis de Barra

9 August 2020 Round 2

Tracton

1-27 - 3-12

Dripsey

Manning Park

9 August 2020 Round 2

St. Catherine's

1-15 - 0-11

Grenagh

Rathcormac Sportsfield

30 August 2020 Round 3

St. Catherine's

1-17 - 1-12

Dripsey

Watergrasshill

30 August 2020 Round 3

Tracton

5-12 - 2-13

Grenagh

Ballincollig

Knockout stage

Relegation playoff

12 September 2020 Playoff	Barryroe	4-36 - 0-05	Ballymartle	Charlie Hurley Park
	J O'Donovan 1-8, D Ó Buachalla 1-5, J Murphy 0-8, C Hurley 1-3, R Kiely 1-2, A McSweeney 0-3, K Griffin 0-3, M Crowley 0-2, C Sheehy 0-1, D O'Driscoll 0-1.		D O'Leary 0-4, B Dwyer 0-1.

Quarter-finals

12 September 2020 Quarter-final	Russell Rovers	2-18 - 1-13	Milford	Páirc Mac Gearailt
	J Beausang 0-10 (0-6 f), B Hartnett 2-1, K Moynihan 0-3, K Walsh 0-2, L Duggan-Murray, J Scannell 0-1 each.	Report	A Watson 0-5, B Murphy 0-4 f, E Dillon 0-3 f, S O'Connell 1-0, C O'Gorman 0-1 f.	Referee: P Lyons (Bishopstown)

12 September 2020 Quarter-final	Kilbrittain	1-16 - 0-08	Tracton	Brinny Sportsfield
	M Sexton 0-8, D Harrington 1-1, P Wall 0-2, M Hickey 0-2, R Cashman 0-1, M Madden 0-1, C Sheehan 0-1.		R Walsh 0-6, A Kiely 0-1, M Byrne 0-1.

Semi-finals

26 September 2020 Semi-final	St Catherine’s	0-13 - 1-15	Russell Rovers	Killeagh Grounds
	S O’Brien 0-8 (0-6f,65), M Mulcahy 0-3, B Mulcahy, D Mangan (0-1 each).	Report	J Beausang 0-10 (0-6f, 65), B Hartnett 1-0, L Duggan-Murray 0-2, J McGrath 0-2, D Ruddy 0-1.

27 September 2020 Semi-final	Castlemartyr	1-13 - 0-13	Kilbrittain	Páirc Uí Rinn
	M Kelly (1-3, 2 frees), Barry Lawton (0-4, 1 ’65), N Madden (0-3), Brian Lawton, E Martin, J McGann (0-1 each).	Report	M Sexton (0-5 frees), R Cashman (0-2, 1 free), P Brennan, M Hickey, P Wall, M Madden, C Moloney and D Harrington (0-1 each).

Final

21 August 2021 Final	Russell Rovers	0-11 - 1-20	Castlemartyr	Páirc Uí Rinn
	J Beausang (0-4, 3 frees), B Hartnett (1 free) and K Moynihan (0-2 each), P Cummins, L Duggan Murray and F Murray (0-1 each).	Report	M Kelly (0-9, 6 frees), J McGann (1-2), Barry Lawton (0-4), J Stack (0-2), N Madden, M Cosgrave and C Joyce (0-1 each).	Referee: D Kirwan (Éire Óg)

References

^ Cormican, Eoghan (26 March 2019). "Here's a breakdown of the proposals to restructure the Cork county championships". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
^ "Cork clubs vote down radical restructuring proposals". RTÉ Sport. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
^ "2020 Championship Draws". Cork GAA website. 19 November 2019. Archived from the original on 25 November 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
^ "Cork GAA Statement 18/03/2020". Cork GAA website. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
^ "GAA suspends all club games with immediate effect until further notice". The 42. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
^ "County Executive Update 21/10/2020". Cork GAA website. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
^ Cormican, Eoghan (4 May 2021). "Castlehaven v Nemo Rangers Cork Premier SFC final clash earmarked for August". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
^ Coleman, John (21 August 2021). "Dominant Castlemartyr overcome neighbours to seal county title glory". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
^ Leen, Tony (18 November 2019). "Where does your club rank? Cork GAA confirms grading for 2020 Championships". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 19 November 2019.

External links

Cork GAA website

[1] Cormican, Eoghan (26 March 2019). "Here's a breakdown of the proposals to restructure the Cork county championships". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 16 September 2019.

[2] "Cork clubs vote down radical restructuring proposals". RTÉ Sport. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.

[3] "2020 Championship Draws". Cork GAA website. 19 November 2019. Archived from the original on 25 November 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.

[4] "Cork GAA Statement 18/03/2020". Cork GAA website. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.

[5] "GAA suspends all club games with immediate effect until further notice". The 42. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.

[6] "County Executive Update 21/10/2020". Cork GAA website. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.

[7] Cormican, Eoghan (4 May 2021). "Castlehaven v Nemo Rangers Cork Premier SFC final clash earmarked for August". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 8 May 2021.

[8] Coleman, John (21 August 2021). "Dominant Castlemartyr overcome neighbours to seal county title glory". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 21 August 2021.

[9] Leen, Tony (18 November 2019). "Where does your club rank? Cork GAA confirms grading for 2020 Championships". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 19 November 2019.

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2020 Cork Lower Intermediate Hurling Championship

Team changes

To Championship

Participating teams

Fixtures/results

Group 1

Table

Results

Group 2

Table

Results

Group 3

Table

Results

Knockout stage

Relegation playoff

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

References

External links

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