2017 Westmeath Senior Football Championship

Westmeath S.F.C.

Season	2017
Champions	St. Loman's Mullingar (7th title)
Relegated	Caulry
Winning Captain	John Heslin
Man of the Match	John Heslin
Winning Manager	Luke Dempsey
Matches played	56
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The 2017 Westmeath Senior Football Championship is the 113th edition of the Westmeath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Westmeath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 12 teams, with the winner going on to represent Westmeath in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

St. Loman's Mullingar were the defending champions after they defeated Tyrrellspass in the previous years final to complete a "2-in-a-row" of titles.

This was Rosemount's return to the senior grade after a 17-year exodus when claiming the 2016 Westmeath Intermediate Football Championship title.

Team Changes

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The following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season.

To S.F.C. Promoted from 2016 Westmeath Intermediate Football Championship Rosemount - (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C. Relegated to 2017 Westmeath Intermediate Football Championship St. Malachy's

Group stage

All 12 teams enter the competition at this stage.

The competition split into two groups, based on their performance in the 2016 Group stages. Group 1 consists of teams who reached the Quarter-finals last year or better. Group 2 consists of two bottom placed finishers in Group 1 last year as well as 3rd and 4th placed in Group 2 last year, the 2016 Relegation Playoff winners and the 2016 Intermediate champions.

The top 2 teams in Group 1 go into the Semi-finals, where they await the winners of the Quarter-finals, which are composed of the 3rd and 4th placed teams in Group 1 along with the top 2 finishers in Group 2. The bottom 2 teams in Group 2 will enter a Relegation Playoff.

Caulry were defeated in the Relegation Play-off, and hence were relegated to the 2018 I.F.C. after three seasons in the top flight.

Group A

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts St. Loman's Mullingar 5 4 0 1 124 62 +62 9 Tyrrellspass 5 2 1 2 60 74 −14 6 Killucan 5 2 2 1 59 79 −20 5 Athlone 5 2 2 1 75 83 −8 5 Mullingar Shamrocks 5 1 2 2 69 77 −8 4 Garrycastle 5 0 4 1 63 78 −15 1 Source: [ citation needed ] Round 1 7/23/17 17:30 Killucan 1-14 - 0-15 Athlone Hogan Park, Moate Referee: Niall Ward (Garrycastle) Man of the Match: Paul Greville Paul Greville 0-8 (0-3f), Killian Doyle 1-1, Ciaran Doyle 0-2, Tony Doyle, Jason Gorman, Luke Tormey 0-1 each Ryan Gaffey (0-2f), Mickey Greene, John Connellan 0-3 each, Noel Mulligan, Alan Gaughan, John Egan 0-2 each 7/23/17 19:00 Tyrrellspass 2-9 - 1-11 Garrycastle Hogan Park, Moate Referee: Pat Fox (Rosemount) Man of the Match: Jamie Gonoud Kieran Geraghty 1-3 (0-2f), David Glennon 1-1, David Jessop, Conor Slevin (0-1f), Denis Glennon, Ben Gavin, Philip Sheridan 0-1 each James Sheerin 1-1, Tom O'Halloran 0-3, Jonathan McGuire 0-2, Gary McCallon, Matthew Guiheen, Conor Cosgrove (0-1f), Michael Monaghan, Alex Gardiner 0-1 each 7/23/17 19:00 St. Loman's Mullingar 0-19 - 3-10 Mullingar Shamrocks Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: Declan Nugent (Maryland) Man of the Match: John Heslin John Heslin 0-8 (0-4f), Ronan O'Toole 0-3, Ken Casey and Shane Dempsey 0-2 each, David Whelan, Ciaran Kilmurray, Fola Ayorinde, Billy O'Loughlin 0-1 each Denis Corroon 0-5 (0-3f), Donal O'Donoghue 1-1, Kieran Gavin and Seanie Daly (1-0 pen) 1-0 each, Tye Adamson 0-2, Killian Daly and Darragh Daly 0-1 each Round 2 7/29/17 19:30 Athlone 1-9 - 0-12 Garrycastle Tang Referee: Declan Nugent (Maryland) Ryan Gaffey 0-5 (0-4f), Noel Mulligan 0-3 (0-2f), Mickey Greene 1-0, Daniel Reid 0-1 Alex Gardiner 0-6 (0-4f), Conor Cosgrove 0-3f, Matthew Guiheen, Jonathan McGuire, Tom O'Halloran 0-1 each 7/29/17 19:30 St. Loman's Mullingar 5-10 - 0-8 Tyrrellspass Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: Brendan Keena (Ballynacargy) Man of the Match: Ronan O'Toole John Heslin 2-4 (0-3f), Ronan O'Toole 1-1, Sean Flanagan and Fola Ayorinde 1-0 each, David Windsor and Shane Dempsey 0-2 each, Ken Casey 0-1 Conor Slevin 0-3 (0-2f), Nigel Harte and Kieran Geraghty 0-2 each, Aaron O'Brien 0-1 7/29/17 19:30 Mullingar Shamrocks 2-5 - 1-8 Killucan The Downs Referee: Sean Carroll (The Downs) Man of the Match: Darragh Daly Darragh Daly and Tye Adamson 1-0 each, Denis Corroon, Simon Quinn, Paddy Fagan, Dean Moore (0-1f), Dylan McDermott 0-1 each Conor Jordan 1-0 pen, Ciaran Doyle 0-3 (0-1f), Paul Greville and Killian Doyle (0-1f) 0-2 each, David Bryan (1 '45) 0-1 Round 3 8/12/17 19:00 St. Loman's Mullingar 4-12 - 1-10 Garrycastle O’Growney Park, Rosemount Referee: Brendan Keena (Ballynacargy) Man of the Match: John Heslin John Heslin 3-6 (1-0 pen, 0-3f), Paul Sharry 1-1 (0-1f), Sean Flanagan, David Whelan, David Windsor, Ken Casey, Shane Dempsey 0-1 each Alex Gardiner 1-2, Conor Cosgrove 0-3f, Michael Monaghan 0-2, John Gaffey, Doron Harte, Justin Barrett 0-1 each 8/13/17 19:00 Athlone 2-17 - 2-12 Mullingar Shamrocks Tubberclair Referee: Declan Nugent (Maryland) Man of the Match: John Connellan John Connellan 0-7 (0-4f), Noel Mulligan and Alan Gaughan 1-1 each, Ryan Gaffey 0-4 (0-3f), John Egan 0-2, Daniel Reid and Mickey Greene 0-1 each Denis Corroon (0-4f) and Dean Moore 1-4 each, Donal O'Donoghue, Darren Keena, David Gavin, Tye Adamson 0-1 each 8/13/17 19:00 Tyrrellspass 0-12 - 1-8 Killucan Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: Damien Maher (Ballynacargy) Man of the Match: Conor Slevin Conor Slevin (0-2f) and Denis Glennon (0-3f) 0-4 each, Nigel Harte 0-2, Brian Slevin and Kieran Geraghty (0-1f) 0-1 each Killian Doyle 1-2, Ciaran Doyle 0-3, Paul Greville 0-2 (0-1f), Frank Boyle 0-1 Round 4 8/22/17 Mullingar Shamrocks 1-9 - 1-8 Garrycastle 8/23/17 St. Loman's Mullingar 2-24 - 0-7 Killucan 8/23/17 Athlone 1-10 - 1-7 Tyrrellspass Round 5 8/27/17 St. Loman's Mullingar 4-14 - 0-12 Athlone 8/27/17 Killucan 1-10 - 1-8 Garrycastle 8/27/17 Tyrrellspass 0-13 - 0-9 Mullingar Shamrocks

Group B

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts The Downs 5 3 1 1 77 61 +16 7 Coralstown/Kinnegad 5 3 1 1 69 61 +8 7 Rosemount 5 3 2 0 67 63 +4 6 Castledaly 5 2 3 0 66 73 −7 4 Caulry 5 2 3 0 76 70 +6 4 Maryland 5 1 4 0 53 70 −17 2 Source: [ citation needed ] Round 1 7/23/17 17:30 Coralstown/Kinnegad 0-12 - 1-5 Rosemount Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: Des McEnery (Garrycastle) Man of the Match: Fergal Dardis Ger Leech (0-4f) and Darren Giles (0-3f) 0-4 each, Fergal Dardis 0-2, Wayne Fox and Eamon Fleming 0-1 each Darragh Healy 1-0, Padraig Nestor and Dude McCormack (0-1f) 0-2 each, Boidu Sayeh 0-1f 7/23/17 19:00 Maryland 1-14 - 1-9 Castledaly Tang Referee: Brendan Keenan (Ballynacargy) Man of the Match: Callum McCormack Callum McCormack 0-6 (0-4f), David Martin 1-1, Keith Malynn and Joe Harte 0-3 each, Anthony Reynolds 0-1 Kevin Stone 1-3 (0-2f), Lorcan Dolan 0-4, Ken Larkin and MJ Kelly 0-1 each 7/23/17 19:00 The Downs 1-13 - 0-15 Caulry Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: Barry Kelly (Mullingar Shamrocks) Man of the Match: Luke Loughlin Luke Loughlin 0-7 (0-3f), Dean Egerton 1-2, Luke Folan 0-2, Conor Murray and Harry Caulfield 0-1 each, Harry Hughes and Emmett Nally 0-3 each, Damien Dolan, Rob Hickey, Conor McCormack (0-2f), Andrew O'Sullivan (0-2f) 0-2 each, Gary Flanagan 0-1 Round 2 7/30/17 17:30 Coralstown/Kinnegad 1-12 - 1-8 Maryland Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: Barry Kelly (Mullingar Shamrocks) Man of the Match: Darren Giles Darren Giles 0-5 (0-1f), Wayne Fox 1-0, Ger Leech 0-3 (0-2f), Eoin O'Brien, Ronan Foley, Mark Giles, Eamon Fleming 0-1 each Joe Harte 0-5 (0-3f), Kieran Martin 1-1, Keith Malynn and Darren Malynn 0-1 each 7/30/17 19:00 Castledaly 0-15 - 2-8 Caulry Tubberclair Referee: Brendan Keena (Ballynacargy) Man of the Match: Jordan Nugent Lorcan Dolan 0-7 (0-2f), Jordan Nugent 0-4 (3 '45, 0-1f), Kevin Stone 0-2f, Brendan Kelly and Paul Kelly 0-1 each Gary Flanagan 1-1, Emmett Nally 1-0, Eoin Fox, Robbie Hickey, Conor McCormack 0-2 each, Harry Hughes 0-1 7/30/17 19:00 The Downs 1-17 - 1-10 Rosemount Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: Damien Maher (Ballynacargy) Man of the Match: Luke Folan Dean Egerton 1-4, Luke Folan 0-7 (0-1f), Luke Loughlin 0-5, Niall Nolan 0-1 Sean Petit 0-6 (0-5f), Declan Mullen 1-2, Shane Tone and Dude McCormack (0-1f) 0-1 each Round 3 8/12/17 19:00 The Downs 1-15 - 0-5 Maryland Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: Michael Gordon (Shandonagh) Man of the Match: Shane Power Shane Power 1-4, Luke Loughlin 0-6 (0-3f), Luke Folan 0-2, Conor Coughlan, Dean Egerton, Joe Moran 0-1 each Darren Malynn and Callum McCormack (0-1f, 1 '45) 0-2 each, Joe Harte 0-1 8/13/17 17:30 Coralstown/Kinnegad 0-16 - 1-9 Castledaly Tubberclair Referee: Barry Kelly (Mullingar Shamrocks) Man of the Match: Darren Giles Darren Giles 0-8 (0-4f), Ger Leech 0-3 (0-2f), Wayne Fox 0-2, Daniel Woods, Niall Kilmartin, James Maxwell 0-1 each Lorcan Dolan 1-4 (0-3f), Jordan Nugent 0-3f, Kevin Stone 0-2 (0-1f) 8/13/17 17:30 Rosemount 2-8 - 1-8 Caulry Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: Alfie Devine (Castlepollard) Man of the Match: Boidu Sayeh DD McCormack and Cathal Daly 1-0, Sean Petit 0-3 (0-1f), Dude McCormack 0-2, Boidu Sayeh, Enda Boland, Theo Watts 0-1 each Emmet Nally 1-1 (1-0 pen), Conor McCormack 0-4 (0-3f), Alan Fitzpatrick (0-1f), Cialan Dollard, Peter Smith (0-1f) 0-1 each Round 4 8/22/17 The Downs 1-10 - 1-10 Coralstown/Kinnegad 8/23/17 Rosemount 1-13 - 1-9 Castledaly 8/23/17 Caulry 2-13 - 1-9 Maryland Round 5 8/27/17 Caulry 2-11 - 2-7 Coralstown/Kinnegad 8/27/17 Rosemount 2-10 - 0-8 Maryland 8/27/17 Castledaly 1-12 - 0-10 The Downs

Knock-out stages

Relegation final

The bottom finisher from both groups qualify for the Relegation final. The loser will be relegated to the 2017 Intermediate Championship.

• Maryland 0-13, 1-9 Caulry, Tubberclair, 2/9/2017,

Finals

There are 2 groups called Group A and B. The top finisher in each group qualify for the Semi-finals directly. The second and the third-placed finishers in both groups will qualify for the Quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Killucan

0-5

Coralstown/Kinnegad

0-13

St. Loman's Mullingar

1-12

Coralstown/Kinnegad

1-6

St. Loman's Mullingar

3-13

Tyrrellspass

0-14

Tyrrellspass

0-20

Athlone

0-13 (0-12 R)

The Downs

2-9

The Downs

1-10 (1-10 R)

Quarter-finals

23 September 2017 Quarter-final	Coralstown/Kinnegad	0-13 - 0-5	Killucan	Cusack Park Referee: Damien Maher

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24 September 2017 Quarter-final	The Downs	1-10 - 0-13	Athlone	Cusack Park Referee: Barry Kelly

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30 September 2017 2:30 pm Quarter-final Replay	The Downs	1-10 - 0-12	Athlone	Cusack Park

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Semi-finals

15 October 2017 2:00 pm Semi-final	Tyrrellspass	0-20 - 2-9	The Downs	Cusack Park Referee: Niall Ward (Garrycastle) Man of the Match: Ger Egan
	Ger Egan 0-9 (0-5f), Dean McNicholas 0-4, Darren Quinn (2 '45) and Denis Glennon 0-2 each, Aaron O'Brien, David Glennon, Phillip Sheridan 0-1 each		Luke Folan 1-2, Luke Loughlin 0-4 (0-1f), Andrew Kilmartin 1-0, Conor Murray 0-2, Harry Caulfield 0-1

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15 October 2017 3:30 pm Semi-final	St. Loman's Mullingar	1-12 - 1-6	Coralstown/Kinnegad	Cusack Park Referee: Brendan Keena (Ballynacargy) Man of the Match: John Heslin
	John Heslin 0-6 (0-5f), Ken Casey 1-0, Shane Dempsey 0-3, Shane Flynn, Paul Sharry (1 '45), David Windsor 0-1 each		Ger Leech 1-2 (0-1f), Darren Giles 0-3, Wayne Fox 0-1

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Final

29 October 2017 3:30 pm Final	St. Loman's Mullingar	3-13 - 0-14	Tyrrellspass	Cusack Park, Mullingar Attendance: 5,276 Referee: Declan Nugent (Maryland) Man of the Match: John Heslin
	John Heslin 2-6 (0-6f), Sean Flanagan 1-1, Ken Casey 0-3, Shane Dempsey 0-2, Paul Sharry 0-1	Report team sheet	Ger Egan 0-9 (0-8f), Conor Slevin 0-2 (0-1f), Ben Gavin, Aaron O'Brien, David Glennon 0-1 each

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Leinster Senior Club Football Championship

Main article: 2017–18 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

References

1. "Westmeath Examiner Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.