2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship

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Kerry SFC
Season2016
Champions Dr. Crokes
(11th S.F.C. Title)
Relegated Milltown/Castlemaine
Munster SCFC ???
All Ireland SCFC ???
Winning Captain Johnny Buckley
Man of the Match Colm Cooper
Matches played???
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The 2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 115th edition of Kerry GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior teams in County Kerry, Ireland. The tournament consists of 17 teams (8 club teams and 9 divisional teams), with the winners representing Kerry in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship if they are a club team. If the winners are a divisional team the winners of the Kerry Club Football Championship represent the county.

Contents

The championship has a back-door format for the first two rounds before proceeding to a knock-out format. Generally, any team to lose two matches will be knocked out of the championship.

On 16 October 2016, Dr. Crokes won their 16th senior football championship when defeating Kenmare District in the final at Fitzgerald Stadium on a scoreline of 2-16 to 1-12.

South Kerry were the defending champions after they defeated Killarney Legion after extra time and a replay in the 2015 final.

Austin Stacks won the 2016 senior club championship having defeated Dr. Crokes in the final.

Milltown/Castlemaine were relegated on 1 October 2016 when losing the relegation final to Kilcummin. This ended their 5-year stay at senior level while Kilcummin preserved their top flight status which spans 19 season to 1998.

Format Structure Change

This year only 8 club teams are taking part in the championship instead of 11 as in previous years. This leaves a total of 8 clubs and 9 divisional team (17 in total). It was decided that only 8 divisional sides would take part so the 2 lowest ranked divisional sides from the previous 5 years would play off in a qualification match with the winner entering the draw for the 2016 County Championship proper.

Relegation (See below): The club team to be relegated from the Senior County Championship will be the same team to be relegated from the Senior Club Championship (The 8 senior clubs play off against each other in Round 1 of the Club Championship. The 4 losers enter a relegation playoff with the losers entering a relegation final. This loser will be relegated to the I.F.C. for 2017. Should a club reach the final of the County championship they will be exempt from the Relegation process in the Club championship).

The winner of the 2016 I.F.C. will be promoted to the 2017 Senior County and Club Championships.

Relegated from SFC to IFC in 2015

Participating teams

The teams taking part in the 2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship are:

TeamTeam LocationClub/DivisionalClub's Divisional Side
Austin Stacks Tralee ClubSt. Brendan's
Dingle Dingle ClubWest Kerry
Dr. Crokes Killarney ClubEast Kerry
East Kerry xDivisional (Firies, Fossa, Glenflesk, Gneevguilla, Listry, Spa)x
Feale Rangers xDivisional (Clounmacon, Duagh, Finuge, Listowel Emmets, Moyvane, St. Senan's)x
Kenmare DistrictxDivisional (Templenoe, Kenmare Shamrocks, Tousist, Kilgarvan)x
Kerins O'Rahillys Tralee ClubSt. Brendan's
Killarney Legion Killarney ClubEast Kerry
Kilcummin Kilcummin ClubEast Kerry
Mid KerryxDivisional (Beaufort, Cromane, Glenbeigh-Glencar, Keel, Laune Rangers)x
Milltown/Castlemaine Milltown ClubMid Kerry
Rathmore Rathmore ClubEast Kerry
Shannon Rangers xDivisional (Asdee, Ballydonoghue, Ballyduff, Ballylongford, Beale, Tarbert)x
South Kerry xDivisional (Derrynane, Dromid Pearses, Renard, Skellig Rangers, Sneem, St. Mary's, St. Michael's/Foilmore, Valentia Young Islanders, Waterville)x
St. Brendan'sxDivisional (Ardfert, Churchill, John Mitchell's, Na Gaeil, St. Patrick's Blennerville)x
St. Kieran'sxDivisional (Ballymacelligott, Brosna, Castleisland Desmonds, Cordal, Currow, Knocknagoshel, Scartaglin)x
West Kerry xDivisional (An Ghaeltacht, Annascaul, Castlegregory, Lispole)x

Qualification

It had been decided that only 8 of the 9 Divisional Teams would play in the Senior Championship. To decide which team would be excluded, all divisional teams were ranked on their performances in the County Championship over the most recent 5-year period (2011-2015 inclusive). These rankings were based on a win counting for 2 points and a draw counting for 1 point.

The 2 lowest placed sides were St. Brendan's and Shannon Rangers. These sides then met in a qualifier to decide who would make it into the championship proper. The loser of this qualifier will play the lowest ranked team on completion of the 2016 Championship, to decide the 8 group teams for the 2017 Championship, except in the event of more than one team giving a walk over in this year’s Championship. In that case the teams that conceded walkovers would play in the 2017 Championship Qualifier.

Qualification
St. Brendan's3-14 - 3-5 Shannon Rangers
Report
Austin Stack Park

Group stage

Round 1

The Qualification winner and the remaining 15 teams play in eight matches. The winners proceed to Round 2A while the losers play in Round 2B.

Round 1
Austin Stacks 1-16 - 2-8 East Kerry
Report
Lewis Road
Round 1
Dr. Crokes 5-19 - 1-9 West Kerry
Report
Lewis Road
Round 1
Killarney Legion 5-11 - 0-7 Milltown/Castlemaine
Report
Killorglin
Round 1
South Kerry 3-10 - 1-15 Kerins O'Rahilly's
Report
Austin Stack Park
Round 1
Mid Kerry3-12 - 1-13 Kilcummin
Report
Killorglin
Round 1
St. Kieran's 1-17 - 1-15 Feale Rangers
Report
Cordal
Round 1
Dingle 1-16 - 2-8 Rathmore
Report
Rathbeg
Round 1
Kenmare District1-16 - 1-10St. Brendan's
Report
Austin Stack Park

Round 2

Round 2A

The 8 winners from Round 1 play each other in this round. The winners proceed to the quarter-finals while the losers play in Round 3.

Round 2A
Dr. Crokes 2-16 - 3-12 St. Kieran's
Report
Cordal
Round 2A
Kenmare District1-11 - 0-10 Killarney Legion
Report
Kenmare
Round 2A
South Kerry 1-13 - 1-13 (a.e.t.) Austin Stacks
Report
Chaerciveen
Round 2A
Mid Kerry3-14 - 2-15 Dingle
Report
Killorglin
Round 2A Replay
South Kerry 2-10 - 0-8 Austin Stacks
Report
Connolly Park, Tralee

Round 2B

The 8 losers from Round 1 play each other in this round. The winners proceed to Round 3 while the losers exit the championship.

Round 2B
Rathmore 3-14 - 1-16St. Brendan's
Report
Round 2B
Kerins O'Rahilly's 3-11 - 1-11 Feale Rangers
Report
Round 2B
West Kerry 1-15 - 1-10 Kilcummin
Report
Kilcummin
Round 2B
Milltown/Castlemaine 1-15 - 1-14 (a.e.t.) East Kerry
Report
Killorglin

Round 3

The four Round 2A losers play the four Round 2B winners in this round. The four winners progress to the quarter-finals while the losers exit the championship.

Round 3
Dingle 2-13 - 1-11 Milltown/Castlemaine
Report
Austin Stack Park
Round 3
Austin Stacks 0-21 - 1-13 West Kerry
Report
Austin Stack Park
Round 3
Rathmore 1-18 - 0-20 (a.e.t.) St. Kieran's
Report
Fitzgerald Stadium
Round 3
Kerins O'Rahilly's 3-12 - 2-12 Killarney Legion
Report
Fitzgerald Stadium

Knock-Out Stage

Quarter-finals

The 4 Round 2A winners play the 4 Round 3 winners. [1]

Quarter-Final
Dr. Crokes 1-16 - 0-14 Kerins O'Rahillys
Report
Austin Stack Park
Quarter-Final
Dingle 0-12 - 0-11 South Kerry
Report
Austin Stack Park
Quarter-Final
Rathmore 1-12 - 0-13 Mid Kerry
Report
Fitzgerald Stadium
Quarter-Final
Kenmare District 0-15 - 0-12 Austin Stacks
Report
Fitzgerald Stadium

Semi-finals

Semi-Final
Dr. Crokes 1-15 - 0-15 Dingle
Colm Cooper 0-4 (0-1f), Brian Looney 0-3, Daithí Casey 0-2, Gavin White, Ambrose O’Donovan, Kieran O’Leary, Tony Brosnan, Shane Murphy (0-1f) and Micheál Burns 0-1 each Report Conor Geaney 0-5 (0-4f), Paul Geaney 0-3 (0-1f), Tom O’Sullivan and Cathal Bambury 0-2 each, Aidan O’Connor, Michael Geaney (0-1f), Breándan Kelliher 0-1 each
Fitzgerald Stadium
Referee: Sean Joy
Semi-Final
Kenmare District 0-20 - 0-19 Rathmore
Paul O’Connor 0-7 (0-3f), Adrian Spillane 0-3, Sean O’Shea, Killian Spillane, Patrick Clifford 0-2 each, John Spillane, Tadhg Morley, Peter O’Shea, and Stephen O’Brien 0-1 each Report Brendan O’Keeffe 0-7 (0-6f), Shane Ryan and Mark Reen (0-3f) 0-3 each, Paul Murphy and John Moynihan 0-2 each, Aidan O’Mahony and Mark Ryan 0-1 each
Fitzgerald Stadium
Referee: Brendan Griffin

Final

Final
Dr. Crokes 2-16 - 1-12 Kenmare District
Colm Cooper, Brian Looney 0-4, Kieran O’Leary 1-1, Johnny Buckley 1-0, Shane Murphy (0-1 ’45), Ambrose O’Donovan, Jordan Kiely, Micheál Burns 0-1 each Report Paul O’Connor 0-8 (0-7f), Teddy Doyle 1-0, Adrian Spillane and Killian Spillane 0-2 each
Fitzgerald Stadium Killarney
Referee: Brendan Grifin

Relegation

The club team to be relegated from the Senior County Championship will be the same team to be relegated from the Senior Club Championship. The 8 senior clubs play off against each other in Round 1 of the Club Championship. The 4 losers enter a relegation playoff with the losers entering a relegation final. This loser will be relegated to the I.F.C. for 2017. Should a club reach the final of the County championship they will be exempt from the Relegation process in the Club championship.

Relegation Final
Kilcummin 1-15 - 0-15 Milltown/Castlemaine
Castleisland

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

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