2011 Christy Ring Cup

2011 Christy Ring Cup

Dates	23 April – 4 June 2011
Teams	8
Champions	Kerry (1st title) Mikey Boyle (captain) John Meyler (manager)
Runners-up	Wicklow Casey O'Brien (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	39 (3 per match)
Points scored	413 (31.77 per match)
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The 2011 Christy Ring Cup was the seventh season of the Christy Ring Cup since its establishment in 2005.

Team changes

To Championship

Relegated from the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

• None

Promoted from the Nicky Rackard Cup

• Armagh

From Championship

Promoted to the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

• Westmeath

Relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup

• None

Teams

General Information

County	Last Cup title	Last Provincial title	Last All-Ireland title	Position in 2010 Championship	Appearance
Armagh	—	—	—		2nd
Derry	—	2001	—		6th
Down	—	1997	—		7th
Kerry	—	1891	1891		7th
Kildare	—	—	—		7th
Mayo	—	1909	—		7th
Meath	—	—	—		6th
Wicklow	—	—	—		7th

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity
Armagh	Armagh	Athletic Grounds	19,500
Derry	Banagher	Fr. McNally Park	5,000
Down	Ballycran	McKenna Park	5,000
Kerry	Tralee	Austin Stack Park	18,000
Kildare	Newbridge	St. Conleth's Park	13,000
Mayo	Castlebar	McHale Park	49,000
Meath	Páirc Tailteann	Navan	20,000
Wicklow	Aughrim	Aughrim County Ground	4,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain(s)	Sponsor
Armagh	Michael Johnston	—	Morgan Fuels
Derry	Ger Rogan	—	Ladbrokes.com
Down	Gerard Monan	—	Canal Court Hotel
Kerry	John Meyler	Mikey Boyle	Kerry Group
Kildare	Michael O'Riordan	—	kildareataclick.ie
Mayo	Murt Connolly	Aiden Connolly	Elverys
Meath	Cillian Farrell	—	Martin Donnelly & Co. Ltd
Wicklow	Casey O'Brien	—	Brennan Hotels.com

Format

The tournament has a double elimination format - each team played at least two games before being knocked out.

• The eight teams play four Round 1 matches.
  • The winners in Round 1 advance to Round 2A.
  • The losers in Round 1 go into Round 2B.
• There are two Round 2A matches.
  • The winners in Round 2A advance to the semifinals.
  • The losers in Round 2A go into the quarter-finals.
• There are two Round 2B matches.
  • The winners in Round 2B advance to the quarter-finals.
  • The losers in Round 2B go into the relegation playoff.
    • The losers of the relegation playoff are relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup for 2012.
• There are two quarter-final matches between the Round 2A losers and Round 2B winners.
  • The winners of the quarter-finals advance to the semifinals.
  • The losers of the quarter-finals are eliminated.
• There are two semifinal matches between the Round 2A winners and the quarter-final winners.
  • The winners of the semifinals advance to the final.
  • The losers of the semifinals are eliminated.
• The winners of the final win the Christy Ring Cup for 2011 and were given the option of being promoted to the Liam MacCarthy Cup 2012, Kerry however decided to remain in the Christy Ring Cup in 2012.

Round 1

23 April 2011

Kildare	1-21 - 1-25	Kerry
M Fitzgerald 0-5 (4fs), T Murphy 1-2, L Quinn, D Harney 0-3 each, K Divilly, C Kelly, M Moloney 0-2 each, N Ó Muineacháin, B White 0-1 each.	(report)	D O’Connell 0-10 (4fs, 2 65s), S Nolan 0-7, J Egan 1-2, J Flaherty 0-2, J Casey, M Conway, L Boyle, D Dineen 0-1 each.

St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge

Referee: E. Hasson (Derry)

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23 April 2011

Down	1-13 - 2-17	Derry
J Coyle 0-11 (6f), G Johnson 1-0, C O'Prey, S Nicholson 0-1 each.	(report)	A Grant 1-3, R Convery 0-6 (6f), O Doherty 1-0, P Henry 0-3, O McCloskey 0-2, M Kirkpatrick, B Quigley, P McCloskey 0-1 each.

McKenna Park, Ballycran

Referee: P. Murphy (Carlow)

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23 April 2011

Mayo	1-17 - 1-19	Wicklow
S Broderick (0-7, 5fs), R Cullinane (1-0), N Murphy (0-3), E Madigan (0-2), C Freeman (0-1), G Henry (0-1), K Higgins (0-1, ‘65); K Feeney (0-1),	(report)	J O’Neill (0-10, 9fs), E Glynn (1-2), S Kelly (0-2), D Hyland (0-2), E Kearns (0-1), R Keddy (0-1), A O’Brien (0-1).

McHale Park, Castlebar

Referee: C. Browne (Galway)

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23 April 2011

Armagh	1-17 - 2-21	Meath
D Coulter 1-7 (1-0 pen, 0-3f, 0-1 '65') C Carvill 0-6, P McCormack 0-2, P Heaney, M Maguire 0-1 each.	(report)	N Horan (1-5f), P Durnin 1-6 each, N Kirby 0-3, M Cole, D Doran 0-2 each, J Keenagh, G O'Neill 0-1 each.

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Referee: G. Duffy

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Round 2

Round 2A

30 April 2011

Kerry	1-20 - 1-17	Meath
D O'Connell 0-7 (6f), J Egan 1-1, S Nolan 0-4, D Dineen, M Boyle, J Flaherty 0-2 each, G O'Brien, A Boyle 0-1 each	Report	N Horan 0-7 (6f, 1 '65'), M Cole 1-1, J Keena, P Durnin 0-3 each, G O'Neill, N Kirby, S O'Donoghue 0-1 each

Austin Stack Park, Tralee

Referee: C. Lyons (Cork)

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30 April 2011

Wicklow	3-16 - 2-11	Derry
A O'Brien 2-2, J O'Neill 0-8 (5f, '65'), R Keddy 1-2, L Glynn, E Glynn, S Kelly, D Hyland 0-1 each	Report	P McCloskey, S Farren 1-0 each, A Grant 0-5 (1f), R Convery, M Craig 0-2 each, O Doherty, D McCloskey 0-1 each.

Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim

Referee: S. Whelan (Wexford)

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Round 2B

30 April 2011

Mayo	2-10 - 1-20	Kildare
C Freeman 2-2 (2f), E Madigan, P Connell (2 '65') 0-3 each, N Murphy 0-2	Report	B White 0-8 (4f, 1 '65'), D Harney 1-1, M Moloney 0-4, M Fitzgerald (2f), T Murphy 0-2 each, C Kenny, K Divilly, J Byrne 0-1 each

McHale Park, Castlebar

Referee: J. O'Mahoney (Limerick)

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30 April 2011

Down	1-20 - 0-06	Armagh
B Ennis 1-3, G Johnson 0-8 (4f), S Clarke 0-6, C O'Prey, J Coyle, D Hughes 0-1 each	Report	R McGrattan 0-3 (3 '65'), P McCormack 0-2, M Moen 0-1

McKenna Park, Ballycran

Referee: R. Matthews (Antrim)

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Quarter-finals

7 May 2011

Down	1-18 - 1-7	Meath
P Braniff 1-1, G Johnson, B Ennis 0-5 each, J Coyle 0-4, S Clarke, E Clarke, C O'Prey 0-1 each.	(report)	. M Cole 1-0, N Kirby 0-4, D Kirby, N Horan, J Keena 0-1 each.

McKenna Park, Ballycran

Referee: E. Hasson (Derry)

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7 May 2011

Derry	1-13 - 4-18	Kildare
M Kirkpatrick 0-6 (4f), C McKeever 1-1, O McCloskey 0-4 (2f), O Doherty 0-2.	(report)	M Fitzgerald 2-4, T Murphy 1-2, D Harney 1-1, L Quinn 0-4, C Kenny 0-3, D Kennedy 0-2, M Moloney, T Byrne 0-1 each.

Fr. McNally Park, Banagher

Referee: G. Duffy (Antrim)

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Semi-finals

21 May 2011

Kerry	1-18 - 1-17	Down
G O'Brien 1-0, D O'Connell 0-7 (7f), M Boyle, S Nolan (1f) 0-4 each, J Egan, M Conway, D Dinneen 0-1 each	Report	B Ennis 1-2, P Braniff 0-7 (5f), G Johnson 0-3 (3f), S Nicholson 0-2, C Woods (1f), A Savage, S Clarke 0-1 each

Páirc Esler, Newry

Referee: S Whelan (Wexford)

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21 May 2011

Wicklow	3-11 - 2-11	Kildare
J O'Neill 0-7, E Glynn 1-1, G Bermingham 1-0, D Hyland 1-0, R Keddy 0-1, L Glynn 0-1.	Report	B White 1-6, D Harney 1-0, T Murphy 0-3, L Quinn 0-1, K Divilly 0-1.

Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim

Referee: D O'Driscoll

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Final

4 June 2011

Kerry	2-21 - 2-8	Wicklow
D O'Connell 1-9 (0-5f), J Egan 1-1, S Nolan 0-5, M Conway 0-2, M Boyle, J Griffin, J Flaherty, G O'Brien 0-1 each.	Report	J O'Neill 1-5 (0-4f, 0-1 '65), J Quirke 1-0, A O'Brien 0-2, R Keddy 0-1.

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: G Duffy

Bracket

	Round 1 Round 2B					Round 2A Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	Derry		2-17
	Down		1-13			Derry		2-11
	Wicklow		1-19			Wicklow		3-16
	Mayo		1-17								Wicklow		3-11
											Kildare		2-11
						Derry		1-13
	Kildare		1-20			Kildare		4-18
	Armagh		2-10													Wicklow		2-8
	Mayo		0-06													Kerry		2-21
	Down		1-20			Down		1-18
						Meath		1-07
											Down		1-17
	Kildare		1-21								Kerry		1-18
	Kerry		1-25			Kerry		1-20
	Meath		2-21			Meath		1-17
	Armagh		1-17

Championship statistics

Scoring events

• Widest winning margin: 17 points
  • Down 1-20 - 0-06 Armagh (Round 2B)
• Most goals in a match: 5
  • Wicklow 3-16 - 2-11 Derry (Round 2A)
  • Kildare 4-18 - 1-13 Derry (Quarter-final)
  • Wicklow 3-11 - 2-11 Kildare (Semifinal)
• Most points in a match: 46
  • Kerry 1-25 - 1-21 Kildare (Round 1)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 4
  • Kildare 4-18 - 1-13 Derry (Quarter-final)
• Most goals scored by a losing team: 2
  • Derry 2-11 - 3-16 Wicklow (Round 2A)
  • Wicklow 3-11 - 2-11 Kildare (Semifinal)
• Most points scored by a losing team: 21
  • Kildare 1-21 - 1-25 Kerry (Round 1)

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Darragh O'Connell	Kerry	1-33	36	4	9.00
2	Jonathan O'Neill	Wicklow	1-30	33	4	8.25
3	Billy White	Kildare	1-15	18	3	6.00

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Darragh O'Connell	Kerry	1-9	12	Wicklow
2	James Coyle	Down	0-11	11	Derry
3	Martin Fitzgerald	Kildare	2-4	10	Derry
	Declan Coulter	Armagh	1-7	10	Meath
	Jonathan O'Neill	Wicklow	0-10	10	Mayo
	Darragh O'Connell	Kerry	0-10	10	Kildare
7	Billy White	Kildare	1-6	9	Wicklow
	Nicky Horan	Meath	1-6	9	Armagh
	Peter Durnin	Meath	1-6	9	Armagh
10	Andy O'Brien	Wicklow	2-2	8	Derry
	Cathal Freeman	Mayo	2-2	8	Kildare
	Jonathan O'Neill	Wicklow	1-5	8	Kerry
	Jonathan O'Neill	Wicklow	0-8	8	Derry
	Billy White	Kildare	0-8	8	Mayo
	Gareth Johnson	Down	0-8	8	Armagh

See also

• Christy Ring Cup Champion 15 Awards

External links

• 2011 Christy Ring Cup fixtures and results