2003 Meath Intermediate Football Championship

Meath I.F.C.

Season	2003
Champions	Navan O'Mahonys 2nd Intermediate Football Championship title
Relegated	St. Ultan's
Leinster ICFC	Navan O'Mahonys (first round), Dundalk Gaels w/o, scr Navan O'Mahonys
All Ireland ICFC	n/a
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The 2003 Meath Intermediate Football Championship is the 77th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

This was Oldcastle's first year in this grade since 1987, after 15 years in the Senior grade since being relegated in 2002. .

Nobber were promoted after claiming the 2002 Meath Junior Football Championship title, their first year in the intermediate grade since being relegated in the early 1990s

In October 2003, Navan O'Mahonys claimed their 2nd ever Intermediate championship title when they defeated Carnaross 3-14 to 0-6 .

St. Ultan's were relegated after 3 years as an Intermediate club.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2002 championship season.

From I.F.C. Promoted to S.F.C. Ballivor - (Intermediate Champions) Relegated to J.A.F.C. Moynalvey

To I.F.C. Relegted from S.F.C. Oldcastle Promoted from J.A.F.C. Nobber - (Junior 'A' Champions)

Group stage

There are 2 groups called Group A and B. The 4 top finishers in Group A and B will qualify for the quarter-finals. The 2 teams that finish last in their groups will play in a relegation play off.

Group A

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Syddan 7 5 1 1 96 70 +26 11 Navan O'Mahonys 7 5 2 0 95 67 +28 10 Castletown 7 4 2 1 80 71 +9 9 Na Fianna 7 3 3 1 93 85 +8 7 Drumree 7 2 2 3 62 71 -9 7 Rathkenny 7 2 4 1 71 118 -47 5 Drumconrath 7 2 5 0 77 79 -2 4 Curraha 7 1 5 1 65 80 -15 3

Round 1: Syddan 0-11, 0-9 Na Fianna, Dunderry, [1] Navan O'Mahonys 2-8, 0-8 Curraha, Drumconrath 1-13, 1-2 Rathkenny, Castletown 0-8, 0-8 Drumree, Bective, Round 2: Syddan 0-9, 2-3 Curraha, Rathkenny, Navan O'Mahonys 1-10, 0-4 Drumree, Castletown 1-10, 1-7 Rathkenny, Nobber, Na Fianna 1-13, 1-10 Drumconrath, Round 3: Syddan 1-11, 1-8 Navan O'Mahonys, Castletown, [2] Drumree 2-9, 0-15 Rathkenny, Duleek, [3] Castletown 3-6, 2-4 Na Fianna, Athboy, Curraha 2-10, 1-11 Drumconrath, Rathkenny [4] Round 4: Drumconrath 1-10, 1-8 Syddan, Nobber, Rathkenny 2-9, 0-13 Navan O'Mahonys, Castletown 2-9, 1-6 Curraha, Rathkenny, Drumree 1-5, 0-8 Na Fianna, Round 5: Syddan 0-13, 1-9 Castletown, Rathkenny, Navan O'Mahonys 1-9, 0-5 Drumconrath, Na Fianna 3-17, 1-7 Rathkenny, Drumree 1-4, 0-6 Curraha, Round 6: Syddan 1-9, 1-7 Drumree, Simonstown, Navan O'Mahonys 2-12, 2-7 Na Fianna, Rathkenny 0-10, 0-7 Curraha, Duleek, Castletown 0-9, 0-7 Drumconrath, Meath Hill, Round 7: Syddan 3-17, 0-6 Rathkenny, Drumconrath, [5] Navan O'Mahonys 1-11, 0-8 Castletown, Kilberry, Drumree 1-7, 1-6 Drumconrath, Na Fianna 0-11, 0-10 Curraha, Dunsany, [6]

Group B

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Duleek 7 7 0 0 118 58 +60 14 Carnaross 7 4 2 1 101 81 +20 9 Oldcastle 7 4 2 1 92 76 +16 9 St. Colmcille's 7 3 3 1 89 78 +11 7 Nobber 7 3 3 1 98 90 +8 7 Slane 7 2 4 1 73 98 -25 5 Donaghmore/Ashbourne 7 0 4 3 56 105 -49 3 St. Ultans 7 0 4 2 60 101 -41 2

Round 1: Carnaross 3-11, 0-5 Slane, Oldcastle 1-13, 0-8 Nobber, Kells, 11/4/2003, [7] Duleek 1-14, 1-9 St. Colmcille's, Donaghmore/Ashbourne 1-7, 1-7 St Ultan's, Round 2: Oldcastle 2-10, 0-6 Donaghmore/Ashbourne, Carnaross 1-6, 1-6 St. Ultan's, Duleek 1-12, 0-4 Slane, St. Colmcille's 2-10, 0-10 Nobber, Round 3: Duleek 1-8, 1-6 St. Ultan's, [8] Carnaross 1-11, 0-9 Oldcastle, St. Colmcille's 2-12, 0-9 Slane, Duleek, [9] Nobber 1-8 0-11 Donaghmore/Ashbourne, Round 4: Duleek 3-7, 1-7 Oldcastle, Nobber 2-10, 3-6 Carnaross, Carlanstown, Slane 1-13, 1-7 St. Ultan's, St. Colmcille's 1-6, 0-9 Donaghmore/Ashbourne, Round 5: St Colmcille's 0-13, 0-10 St Ultan's, Duleek 0-12, 0-10 Nobber, Kilberry, Slane 1-8, 0-11 Oldcastle, Carnaross 4-15, 1-4 Donaghmore/Ashbourne, Round 6: Oldcastle 1-12, 0-7 St. Ultan's, Nobber 1-13, 3-6 Slane, Duleek 4-7, 0-5 Donaghmore/Ashbourne, [10] Carnaross 1-5, 0-7 St. Colmcille's, Round 7: Oldcastle 1-12, 1-11 St. Colmcille's, Duleek 5-13, 1-5 Carnaross, [11] Slane 2-7, 1-5 Donaghmore/Ashbourne, Nobber 4-15, 1-2 St. Ultan's,

Knock-out Stage

Relegation Play Off

The two bottom finishers from the group stage qualify for the relegation final.

Relegation Final:

• Curraha +3, -3 St. Ultan's,

Finals

The teams in the quarter-finals are the second placed teams from each group and one group winner. The teams in the semi-finals are two group winners and the quarter-final winners.

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final                   1 Syddan 1-13 8 St. Colmcille's 2-4 Syddan 0-5 Navan O'Mahonys 2-9 4 Navan O'Mahonys w 5 Oldcastle l Navan O'Mahonys 3-14 Carnaross 0-6 2 Carnaross 3-7 7 Castletown 1-7 Carnaross 1-10 Duleek 0-7 3 Duleek 4-11 6 Na Fianna 2-5

Quarter-finals: Syddan 1-13, 2-4 St. Colmcille's, Pairc Tailteann, Navan O'Mahonys w, l Oldcastle, Carnaross 3-7, 1-7 Castletown, Moynalty, Duleek 4-11, 2-5 Na Fianna, Dunsany, Semi-finals: Navan O'Mahonys 2-9, 0-5 Syddan, Pairc Tailteann, Carnaross 1-10, 0-7 Duleek, Pairc Tailteann, Final: Navan O'Mahonys 3-14, 0-6 Carnaross, Pairc Tailteann,

References

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