2016 Mayo Senior Football Championship

Mayo S.F.C.

Season	2016
Champions	Castlebar Mitchels (30th S.F.C. Title)
Relegated	Ballyhaunis
Connacht SCFC	Castlebar Mitchels
All Ireland SCFC	n/a
Winning Captain	Rory Byrne (Castlebar Mitchels)
Man of the Match	Paddy Durcan (Castlebar Mitchels)
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The 2016 Mayo Senior Football Championship was the 115th edition of the Mayo GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Mayo, Ireland. Sixteen teams compete with the winner representing Mayo in the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and progresses to a knock out stage. The winners receive the Paddy Moclair Cup.

Castlebar Mitchels were the defending champions after they defeated rivals Breaffy in the 2015 final. They successfully defended their title to claim a "2-in-a-row" and their 30th overall when they defeated Knockmore 3-13 to 0-10 in McHale Park on 29 October 2016.

Ballyhaunis were relegated to the 2017 I.F.C.

This year Hollymount-Carramore made their debut in the senior grade after just 6 seasons in existence since the amalgamation of the Hollymount and Carramore clubs in 2011 when claiming the Mayo Intermediate Football Championship title. Hollymount was founded back in 1954, while Carramore was re-formed in 1975. Hollymount have won back-to-back county senior titles (1990-1) and their last senior championship came in 1994. Carramore's greatest achievement came in 1982 when they beat Glenamoy in the county junior final on a unique scoreline of 0-4 to 0-0. They also won an O’Mara Cup in 1985 – ironically, defeating Hollymount in the final.

Promoted to SFC from IFC in 2015

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• Hollymount-Carramore – (Intermediate Champions)

Relegated from SFC to IFC in 2015

• Shrule-Glencorrib (loser of relegation final)

Group stage

All 16 teams enter the competition at this stage. The top 2 teams in each group go into the quarter-finals while the bottom team of each group will enter a Relegation Playoff. For all group matches the home team is named first.

Group A

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Breaffy 3 3 0 0 53 31 +22 6 Garrymore 3 1 1 1 41 44 -3 3 Davitts 3 1 2 0 41 44 -3 2 Claremorris 3 0 2 1 44 60 -16 1

Round 1 Breaffy 1-9, 0-6 Garrymore, 14/5/2016, Claremorris 1-8, 3-8 Davitts, 14/5/2016, Round 2 Garrymore 1-13, 1-10 Davitts, 25/6/2016, Breaffy 3-15, 1-11 Claremorris, 26/6/2016, Round 3 Davitts 0-11, 2-11 Breaffy, 8/10/2016, Claremorris 3-10, 2-13 Garrymore, 8/10/2016,

Group B

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Ballintubber 3 2 1 0 50 27 +23 4 Aghamore 3 2 1 0 48 33 +15 4 Charlestown Sarsfields 3 1 2 0 31 62 -31 2 Hollymount-Carramore 3 1 2 0 36 43 -7 2

Round 1 Ballintubber 3-3, 0-11 Hollymount-Carramore, 14/5/2016, Aghamore 3-15, 0-8 Charlestown Sarsfields, 14/5/2016, Round 2 Ballintubber 2-17, 1-4 Charlestown Sarsfields, 25/6/2016, Aghamore 1-13, 0-9 Hollymount-Carramore, 25/6/2016, Round 3 Charlestown Sarsfields 1-13, 2-9 Hollymount-Carramore, 8/10/2016, Aghamore 0-8, 2-10 Ballintubber, 8/10/2016,

Group C

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Castlebar Mitchels 3 3 0 0 65 29 +36 6 Crossmolina Deel Rovers 3 2 1 0 47 42 +5 4 Ballina Stephenites 3 1 2 0 42 36 +6 2 Ballinrobe 3 0 3 0 30 77 -47 0

Round 1 Castlebar Mitchels 3-13, 0-9 Crossmolina Deel Rovers, 14/5/2016, Ballina Stephenites 4-12, 1-5 Ballinrobe, 15/5/2016, Round 2 Castlebar Mitchels 5-10, 0-9 Ballinrobe, 25/6/2016, Crossmolina Deel Rovers 1-7, 0-7 Ballina Stephenites, 25/6/2016, Round 3 Crossmolina Deel Rovers 4-16, 2-7 Ballinrobe, 8/10/2016, Castlebar Mitchels 1-15, 0-11 Ballina Stephenites, 8/10/2016,

Group D

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Kncokmore 3 2 0 1 45 25 +20 5 Ballaghaderreen 3 2 1 0 54 42 +12 4 Kiltane 3 1 1 1 38 42 -4 3 Ballyhaunis 3 0 3 0 26 54 -28 0

Round 1 Ballaghaderreen 1-12, 0-12 Ballyhaunis, 14/5/2016, Kiltane 1-4, 0-7 Knockmore, 14/5/2016, Round 2 Ballaghaderreen 5-11, 2-9 Kiltane, 26/6/2016, Knockmore 2-17, 0-5 Ballyhaunis, 26/6/2016, Round 3 Knockmore 1-12, 2-7 Ballaghaderreen, 8/10/2016, Kiltane 2-10, 0-9 Ballyhaunis, 8/10/2016,

Knock-Out Stage

Last Eight

	Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Final
	Breaffy		1-14
	Crossmolina Deel Rovers		0-11			Breaffy		1-7
	Kncokmore		0-10			Kncokmore		0-12
	Aghamore		0-8								Kncokmore		0-10
	Castlebar Mitchels		3-13								Castlebar Mitchels		3-13
	Ballaghaderreen		1-13			Castlebar Mitchels		1-11
	Ballintubber		6-14			Ballintubber		1-5
	Garrymore		1-8

Quarter-finals

15 October 2016 3:00 pm	Breaffy	1-14 – 0-11	Crossmolina	McHale Park, Castlebar Referee: John Glavey (Aghamore) Man of the Match: Patrick Loftus
	Liam Irwin 0-4 (0-3f), Tommy O'Reilly 1-0, Rob Hennelly (0-1f, 1 '45) and Michael Jennings 0-2, Aidan O'Shea, Rory Martyn, Conor O'Shea, Kevin Curry, Robbie Fadden, James Minogue 0-1 each		Fionan Duffy 0-5 (0-4f), Cathal Carolan and Conor Loftus 0-2 each, Chris Myles and David Howley 0-1 each

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15 October 2016 4:30 pm	Knockmore	0-10 – 0-8	Aghamore	McHale Park Referee: Kevin Connelly (Hollymount/Carramore) Man of the Match: Colm Reape
	Colm Reape 0-4, Kieran Langan 0-2, Kevin McLoughlin, Keith Ruttledge, Peter Naughton, Francie O'Neill 0-1 each		Alan Freeman 0-6 (0-5f), Conor Lyons and Darren Duffy 0-1 each

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16 October 2016 2:00 pm	Castlebar Mitchels	3-13 – 1-13	Ballaghaderreen	McHale Park Referee: Liam Devenney (Ballina) Man of the Match: Cian Costello
	Neil Douglas 0-6 (0-1f, 1 '45), Cian Costello 1-2, Eoghan O'Reilly and Barry Moran 1-0, James Durcan and David Stenson (0-2f) 0-2 each, Niall Lydon 0-1		Barry Regan 0-8 (0-6f), Shairoze Akram 1-1, Andy Moran 0-2, Gavin Conway and Thomas Carmody 0-1 each

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16 October 2016 3:30 pm	Ballintubber	6-14 – 1-8	Garrymore	McHale Park Referee: Vincent Neary (Bonniconlon) Man of the Match: Cillian O'Connor
	Cillian O'Connor 4-4 (0-2f), Michael Plunkett and Jason Gibbons 1-1 each, Brian Walsh 0-3, Conor Finnerty 0-2, Gary Loftus, Damien McGing, Alan Plunkett 0-1 each		Jimmy Killeen 0-4, Micheal Connolly 1-0, Kieran Cunningham, Trevor Nally, Caolan Crowe, Brian Walsh 0-1 each

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Semi-finals

23 October 2016 12:00pm Semi-Final	Knockmore	0-12 – 1-7	Breaffy	McHale Park Referee: G McMahon (Davitts) Man of the Match: Sean Ruttledge
	Peter Naughton 0-5 (0-3f), Kevin McLoughlin, Keith Ruttledge, Kieran Langan, 0-2 each, Sean Ruttledge 0-1	Report	Liam Irwin 0-3f, Tommy O’Reilly 1-0, Robbie Hennelly 0-2 (0-1f, 1 '45), Kevin Curry and Gareth Dunne 0-1 each

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23 October 2016 2:00pm Semi-Final	Castlebar Mitchels	1-11 – 1-5	Ballintubber	McHale Park Referee: Liam Devenney (Ballina) Man of the Match: Neil Douglas
	Neil Douglas 0-8 (0-5f), David Stenson 1-0, Donie Newcombe, Ray O’Malley, Cian Costello 0-1 each	Report	Cillian O’Connor 0-5f, Danny Geraghty 1-0

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Final

29 October 2016 7:00 pm Final	Castlebar Mitchels	3-13 – 0-10	Knockmore	McHale Park Attendance: 5,375 Referee: J. Glavey Man of the Match: Patrick Durcan
	Neil Douglas (1-6, 4f), Patrick Durcan (1-3), Barry Moran (1-0), Aidan Walsh (0-2) and David Stenson (0-2, 1f)	Report	Peter Naughton (0-5, 4f), Keith Rutledge (0-2, 1f), Colm Reape (0-1), Kevin McLoughlin (0-1), Sean Rutledge (0-1)

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Relegation Playoffs

Relegation Semi-Finals

• Claremorris 0-11, 2-5 Ballyhaunis, Charlestown, 16/10/2016,
• Hollymount/Carramore 0-15, 1-6 Ballinrobe, Ballindine, 16/10/2016,
• Claremorris 1-15, 1-7 Ballyhaunis, Connacht COE, 4/12/2016, (Replay)

Relegation Final

• Ballinrobe 1-11, 0-6 Ballyhaunis, Ballindine, 11/12/2016,

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Hollymount-Carramore made their debut in the senior grade.

Connacht Senior Club Football Championship

Main article: 2016–17 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

References

1. "Mayo News Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.