2020 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

2020 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
Dates	1 August 2020 – 3 October 2020
Teams	12
Sponsor	Co-Op Superstores
Champions	Blarney (2nd title); Peter Philpott (captain); Seán Crowley (captain); Paul O'Leary (manager)
Runners-up	Castlelyons; Anthony Spillane (captain); Ciarán McGann (manager)
Relegated	Blackrock
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	59 (2.46 per match)
Points scored	829 (34.54 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mark Coleman (1-50)
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The 2020 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 17th staging of the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 2004. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 19 November 2019.^[1] The championship was scheduled to begin in April 2020, however, it was postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic in Ireland.^[2] The championship began on 1 August 2020 and ended on 3 October 2020.

On 3 October 2020, Blarney won the championship after a 1-20 to 0-15 win over Castlelyons in the final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.^[3] This was their second championship title overall and their first title since 2008.

Blarney's Mark Coleman was the championship's top scorer with 1-50.

Format change

On 26 March 2019, three championship proposals were circulated to Cork club delegates. A core element running through all three proposals, put together by the Cork GAA games workgroup, was that there be a group stage of 12 teams and straight relegation and promotion.^[4] On 2 April 2019, a majority of 136 club delegates voted for Option A which would see one round of games played in April and two more in August – all with county players available.^[5]

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship

Blackrock

From Championship

Promoted to the Cork Senior A Hurling Championship

Participating teams

The club rankings were based on a championship performance 'points' system over the previous four seasons.^[6]

Team	Location	Colours	Seeding	Ranking
Inniscarra	Inniscarra	Blue and white	A	1
Courcey Rovers	Ballinspittle	Red and white	A	2
Valley Rovers	Innishannon	Green and white	A	3
Ballinhassig	Ballinhassig	Blue and white	B	4
Carrigaline	Carrigaline	Blue and yellow	B	5
Blarney	Blarney	Red and white	B	6
Castlelyons	Castlelyons	Green and yellow	C	7
Watergrasshill	Watergrasshill	Red and white	C	8
Aghada	Aghada	Green and white	C	9
Ballincollig	Ballincollig	Green and white	D	10
Youghal	Youghal	Maroon and yellow	D	11
Blackrock	Blackrock	Green and yellow	D	12

Fixtures/results

Group 1

Table

Advance to knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Carrigaline	3	3	0	0	7-65	3-52	25	6
Courcey Rovers	3	1	0	2	5-56	3-55	7	2
Youghal	3	1	0	2	5-47	8-54	-16	2
Aghada	3	1	0	2	3-47	6-54	-16	2

Results

1 August 2020 Round 1	Courcey Rovers	1-17 - 0-26	Carrigaline	Jack Barrett Park
	R Nyhan 1-1, R Sweetnam 0-9 (8f), S Nyhan 0-3 (3f), A O'Donovan 0-2, M Collins, J McCarthy 0-1 each.	Report	B Kelleher 0-11 (6f, 65), D Drake 0-5, W O'Brien 0-3, T Murphy, R O'Shea 0-2 each, C Vaughan, R Kelleher, E Desmond 0-1 each.	Referee: B Coniry (Crosshaven)

2 August 2020 Round 1	Aghada	1-19 - 2-11	Youghal	Killeagh Sportsfield
	W Leahy 0-12 (0-9 f), J Looney 1-3, C Fleming, A Berry, J O’Hanlon, A Stafford 0-1 each.	Report	B Moloney 1-5 (0-4 f), B Cooper 1-2, P Kirk 0-2, O Dempsey, N Roche 0-1 each.	Referee: P O'Driscoll (Bride Rovers)

8 August 2020 Round 2	Carrigaline	2-21 - 2-15	Aghada	Páirc Uí Chonaill
	B Kelleher 0-9 (8 frees), R O’Shea 1-2, D McBarron 1-0, S O’Brien and D Drake 0-3 each, E Desmond 0-2, K Kavanagh and D Griffin 0-1 each.	Report	W Leahy 1-8 (1-0 pen, 0-5 frees), C Fleming 1-0, J Looney 0-3, P O’Neill 0-2, M McCarthy and A Stafford 0-1 each.	Referee: P Lyons (Bishopstown)

8 August 2020 Round 2	Youghal	3-16 - 2-17	Courcey Rovers	Caherlag Sportsfield
	B Cooper 1-3, A Joyce 1-0, R McMahon 1-0, J O’Mahony 0-3, P Kirk 0-3, B Moloney 0-3 (0-2 f), O Dempsey, C O’Mahony 0-2 each.	Report	R Sweetnam 1-9 (0-8 f), T O’Sullivan 1-2, S Nyhan 0-1 f, A O’Donovan 0-1 sl, J O’Neill, M Collins, M O’Donovan, J McCarthy 0-1 each.	Referee: J Larkin (Ballinora)

28 August 2020 Round 3	Carrigaline	5-18 - 0-20	Youghal	Páirc Séamus de Barra
	D Drake 2-3, D McBarron 3-0, B Kelleher 0-8 (0-6 f), R Kelleher 0-3, E Desmond 0-4.	Report	B Moloney 0-12 (0-8 f), B Cooper 0-5, J O’Mahony, A Joyce, N Roche 0-1 each.	Referee: C Egan (Glen Rovers)

28 August 2020 Round 3	Courcey Rovers	2-22 - 0-13	Aghada	Pairc Ui Rinn
	R Sweetnam 1-9 (0-6 frees, 0-1 65), A O’Donovan 1-2, T O’Sullivan 0-4, O Crowley, B Ryan and R Nyhan 0-2 each, J O’Neill 0-1.	Report	W Leahy 0-8 (0-7 frees), J Looney 0-2, C Fleming, T Hartnett and A Berry 0-1 each.	Referee: D Kirwan (Éire Óg)

Group 2

Table

Advance to knockout stage Advance to relegation play-offs

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Watergrasshill	3	3	0	0	3-57	2-49	11	6
Ballincollig	3	1	1	1	3-47	1-50	3	3
Ballinhassig	3	1	1	1	2-43	2-47	-4	3
Valley Rovers	3	0	0	3	0-49	3-50	-10	0

Results

2 August 2020 Round 1	Valley Rovers	0-17 - 1-16	Ballinhassig	Riverstick Sportsfield
	C Butler (0-7, 0-4 frees), C O’Leary (0-4, 0-3 frees, 0-1 65), J Cottrell and A Kenneally (0-2 each), E O’Reilly and C Desmond (0-1 each).	Report	F O’Leary (1-1), R Lombard and M Collins (0-3 each), G Collins (frees), C Reynolds, and C Tyers (0-2 each), D O’Donovan (65), S O’Neill and C Desmond (0-1 each).	Referee: M Maher (St. Finbarr's)

2 August 2020 Round 1	Watergrasshill	1-22 - 1-18	Ballincollig	Blarney Sportsfield
	S O'Regan (0-7, 6f), S Desmond (1-3), D O'Leary (0-4), P O'Leary, K O'Neill, S Óg O'Regan (0-2 each), P Cronin, A Cronin (0-1 each).	Report	C Dorgan (1-8, 4f), S Walsh, F Denny (0-3 each), R Bourke, C O'Leary (0-2 each).

8 August 2020 Round 2	Ballincollig	2-16 - 0-15	Valley Rovers	Cloughduv Sportsfield
	C Dorgan 0-8 (0-6 f, 0-1 65), G O'Donoghue 1-1, D Bowen 1-0, S Walsh 0-3, F Denny 0-2, R Bourke, C O’Leary 0-1 each.	Report	C O'Leary 0-5 (0-4 f, 0-1 65), J Cottrell 0-2, C Butler 0-2 (0-1 f), C Kilduff, J Lynch, K Canty, T O'Brien, C Desmond, A Kenneally 0-1 each.	Referee: N O'Neill (Midleton)

8 August 2020 Round 2	Ballinhassig	1-14 - 2-17	Watergrasshill	Inniscarra
	G Collins 1-1, F O’Leary 0-6 (0-4 f), M Collins, P Collins 0-2 each, E Cullinane, D O’Donovan 0-1 each.	Report	S O'Regan 0-10 (0-9 f), S Desmond 1-4, S Óg O'Regan 1-2, D Dennehy 0-1.	Referee: C Dineen (Douglas)

28 August 2020 Round 3	Ballinhassig	0-13 - 0-13	Ballincollig	Cloughduv
	C Dorgan (0-8, 0-6 frees, 0-1 65), S Walsh (0-4), R Doherty (0-1).	Report	F O’Leary (0-7, 0-5 frees), C Tyers (0-2), C Reynolds, R Lombard, C Grainger and M Collins (0-1 each).	Referee: P O'Driscoll (Bride Rovers)

28 August 2020 Round 3	Valley Rovers	0-17 - 0-18	Watergrasshill	Ovens
	C O’Leary (0-11, 8 frees), K Canty (0-4), J Cottrell and A Kenneally (0-1 each).	Report	S O’Regan (0-5, 4 frees), D O’Leary (0-4), S Óg O’Regan (0-3), A Cronin (0-2), B Fenton, K O’Neill, G Kelly Lynch and A Foley (0-1 each).

Group 3

Table

Advance to knockout stage Advance to relegation play-offs

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Castlelyons	3	3	0	0	7-58	2-49	24	6
Blarney	3	2	0	1	4-60	2-45	21	4
Inniscarra	3	1	0	2	3-47	5-57	-16	2
Blackrock	3	0	0	3	2-43	7-57	-29	0

Results

1 August 2020 Round 1	Inniscarra	0-12 - 1-23	Blarney	Coachford Sportsfield
	F O'Leary, S O'Donoghue (0-1 f) 0-3 each, S O'Mahony 0-2, D O'Keeffe 0-2 f, C Lombard, O McCarthy 0-1 each	Report	S Barrett 1-7, M Coleman 0-5 (0-3 f), P Power 0-3 (0-1 f), B Ahern, D Hanlon 0-2 each, C Murphy, K Costello, P Crowley, J Jordan 0-1 each.	Referee: P Lyons (Bishopstown)

2 August 2020 Round 1	Castlelyons	3-20 - 0-14	Blackrock	Páirc Lios gCúl
	C Spillane 1-7, A Spillane 1-1, D Morrisson 1-0, M Spillane 0-5 (0-4 f), B Murphy 0-2, E Maye, K O'Leary, A Fenton, L Doocey, N O'Leary 0-1 each.	Report	E O'Farrell 0-10 (0-6 f), P Lenighan 0-2, C McCarthy, L O'Sullivan 0-1 each.	Referee: J Murphy (Castletownroche)

8 August 2020 Round 2	Blarney	1-14 - 1-20	Castlelyons	Páirc Shéamuis de Barra
	P Power and M Coleman 0-4 each, S Barrett 0-3, K Costello 1-0, D Hanlon 0-2, P Crowley 0-1.	Report	C Spillane 1-5, M Spillane, K O’Leary 0-4 each, A Spillane 0-2, N O’Leary, C O’Neill, A Fenton, L Ducey and J Kearney 0-1 each.	Referee: A O'Connor (Ballygarvan)

9 August 2020 Round 2	Blackrock	1-16 - 2-14	Inniscarra	Ballinora Sportsfield
	E O’Farrell (1-12, 1-7 frees, 1 65), C O’Leary, I O’Keeffe, C McCarthy, N Cashman (0-1 each).	Report	O McCarthy (1-2), F O’Leary (0-5), S O’Donoghue (0-3, 2 frees), C Casey (1-0), D O’Keeffe (0-2), E O’Connor, C Bennett (0-1 each).

28 August 2020 Round 3	Blarney	2-23 - 1-13	Blackrock	Riverstown
	M Coleman 0-13 (0-8f, 0-2 sl), S Barrett 1-2 D Hannon 1-1, P Crowley 0-3, P Power, B Ahern, O Hegarty, M O’Leary (0-1 each).	Report	E O’Farrell 0-7 (0-6f), J Logue 1-0, O Kelleher 0-4 (0-3f), C O’Leary 0-2.

28 August 2020 Round 3	Inniscarra	1-21 - 3-18	Castlelyons	Pairc Ui Chaoimh
	D O’Keeffe 0-10 (0-8f, 0-1 65), S O’Donoghue 1-3, O McCarthy 0-3, S O’Mahony, F O’Leary 0-2 each, E O’Connor 0-1.	Report	A Spillane 1-6, D Morrison 2-0, A Fenton 0-4 (0-3f), E Maye 0-3, B Murphy 0-2, M Spillane, C Spillane, J Kearney 0-1 each.

Knock-out stage

Bracket

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

1C

Castlelyons

1-23

1B

Watergrasshill

1-15

2A

Courcey Rovers

1-17

2A

Courcey Rovers

1-21

1C

Castlelyons

0-15

2C

Blarney

1-20

1A

Carrigaline

1-12

2C

Blarney

3-14

2C

Blarney

4-20

2B

Ballincollig

1-19

Relegation playoff

11 September 2020 Playoff	Valley Rovers	0-20 - 1-14	Blackrock	Páirc Uí Rinn
	C O’Leary 0-15 (0-12 frees), J Walsh 0-2, C Kilduff, S O’Regan, K Canty 0-1 each.	Report	E O’Farrell 0-6 (0-4 frees, 0-1 65), D Cashman 1-0, O Kelleher 0-2, R Coleman, A O’Callaghan, C O’Brien, C O’Leary, L O’Sullivan, G Regan 0-1 each.

Quarter-finals

12 September 2020 Quarter-final	Watergrasshill	1-15 - 1-21	Courcey Rovers	Ballyanley Sportsfield
	S O’Regan (0-8, 0-7 frees), S Óg O Regan (1-5, 0-1 free), D O’Leary (0-2).	Report	R Sweetnam (0-11, 0-6 frees), R Nyhan (0-4), A O’Donovan (1-0), T O’Sullivan (0-3), J O’Neill (0-2), B Ryan (0-1).

12 September 2020 Quarter-final	Blarney	3-14 - 1-19	Ballincollig	Páirc Uí Rinn
	M Coleman (0-7, 6 frees), D Hanlon (2-0), P Crowley (1-1), A McEvoy (0-3), M O’Leary, S Barrett, and P Power (0-1 each).	Report	C Dorgan (0-7, 4 frees), F Denny (1-1), S Walsh (0-4), R Bourke (0-3), C O’Leary (0-2), C Sexton and D Bowen (0-1 each).

Semi-finals

19 September 2020 Semi-final	Castlelyons	1-23 - 1-17	Courcey Rovers	Páirc Uí Rinn
	A Spillane (1-6), M Spillane (0-5, 2 frees, 1 ’65), C Spillane and A Fenton (2 frees) (0-3 each), K O’Leary and B Murphy (0-2 each), T Carroll and J Kearney (0-1 each).	Report	R Sweetnam (0-6, 4 frees), S Twomey (1-0), A O’Donovan, J O’Neill and T O’Sullivan (0-2 each), S Nyhan (free), R Nyhan, O Crowley, M O’Donovan and L Jeffries (0-1 each).

19 September 2020 Semi-final	Carrigaline	1-12 - 4-20	Blarney	Páirc Uí Rinn
	B Kelleher (0-7, 0-6 frees); R O’Shea (1-0); E Desmond (0-2); D Drake, R Kelleher, K O’Reilly (0-1 each).	Report	P Power (3-2); M Coleman (1-7, 0-6 frees); S Barrett (0-7); D Hanlon, K Costello (0-2 each).

Final

3 October 2020 Final	Castlelyons	0-15 - 1-20	Blarney	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	M Spillane (0-10, 0-7 frees, 0-1 65), A Spillane and A Fenton (0-2 each) N O’Leary (0-1).	Report	M Coleman (0-14, 0-8 frees, 0-1 65), P Power (1-2), S Barrett (0-2), P Crowley and M O’Leary (0-1 each).	Referee: C O'Regan (Ballyhea)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Mark Coleman	Blarney	1-50	53	6	8.83
2	Richie Sweetnam	Courcey Rovers	2-44	50	5	10.00
3	Eoin O'Farrell	Blackrock	1-35	38	4	9.50
4	Brian Kelleher	Carrigaline	0-35	35	4	8.75
4	Chris O'Leary	Valley Rovers	0-35	35	4	8.75
6	Cian Dorgan	Ballincollig	1-31	34	4	8.50
7	William Leahy	Aghada	1-28	31	3	10.
8	Shane O'Regan	Watergrasshill	0-30	30	4	7.50
9	Shane Barrett	Blarney	2-22	28	6	4.66
10	Anthony Spillane	Castlelyons	3-17	26	5	5.20

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Eoin O'Farrell	Blackrock	1-12	15	Inniscarra
1	Chris O'Leary	Valley Rovers	0-15	15	Blackrock
3	Mark Coleman	Blarney	0-14	14	Castlelyons
4	Mark Coleman	Blarney	0-13	13	Blackrock
5	Richie Sweetnam	Courcey Rovers	1-09	12	Youghal
	Richie Sweetnam	Courcey Rovers	1-09	12	Aghada
	Brett Moloney	Youghal	0-12	12	Carrigaline
	William Leahy	Aghada	0-12	12	Youghal
9	Pádraig Power	Blarney	3-02	11	Carrigaline
	Cian Dorgan	Ballincollig	1-08	11	Watergrasshill
	William Leahy	Aghada	1-08	11	Carrigaline
	Brian Kelleher	Carrigaline	0-11	11	Courcey Rovers
	Chris O'Leary	Valley Rovers	0-11	11	Watergrasshill
	Richie Sweetnam	Courcey Rovers	0-11	11	Watergrasshill

Match records

Widest winning margin: 17 points
- Blarney 4-20 - 1-12 Carrigaline (Semi-final)
Most goals in a match: 5
- Youghal 3-16 - 2-17 Courcey Rovers (Group Stage Round 2)
- Carrigaline 5-18 - 0-20 Youghal (Group Stage Round 3)
- Blarney 4-20 - 1-12 Carrigaline (Semi-final)
Most points in a match: 43
- Carrigaline 0-26 - 1-17 Courcey Rovers (Group Stage Round 1)
Most goals by one team in a match: 5
- Carrigaline 5-18 - 0-20 Youghal (Group Stage Round 3)
Most goals scored by a losing team: 2
- Youghal 2-11 - 1-19 Aghada (Group Stage Round 1)
- Aghada 2-15 - 2-21 Carrigaline (Group Stage Round 2)
- Courcey Rovers 2-17 - 3-16 Youghal (Group Stage Round 2)
Most points scored by a losing team: 21
- Inniscarra 1-21 - 3-18 Castlelyons (Group Stage Round 3)

References

^ "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.
^ O'Callaghan, Therese (3 October 2020). "Mark Coleman masterclass sees Blarney promoted to senior ranks". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
^ 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.
^ 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] "2020 Championship Draws". Cork GAA website. 19 November 2019. Archived from the original on 25 November 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.

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

[3] O'Callaghan, Therese (3 October 2020). "Mark Coleman masterclass sees Blarney promoted to senior ranks". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 3 October 2020.

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

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

[6] 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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