2017 Wicklow Senior Football Championship

Wicklow S.F.C.

Season	2017
Champions	Rathnew (33rd title)
Relegated	Coolkenno Tinahely
Winning Captain	Leighton Glynn
Man Of The Match	Nicky Mernagh
Winning Manager	Harry Murphy
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The 2017 Wicklow Senior Football Championship is the 117th edition of the Wicklow GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Wicklow, Ireland. The tournament consists of 13 teams with the winner going on to represent Wicklow in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship consists of a back door system.

Baltinglass were the defending champions after they defeated St. Patrick's in the previous years final.

This was Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney's return to the top flight after claiming last season's I.F.C. title.

Team changes

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

To S.F.C. Promoted from 2016 Wicklow Intermediate Football Championship Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney - (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C. Relegated to 2017 Wicklow Intermediate Football Championship Aughrim Hollywood St. Boden's From S.F.C. Discontinued Amalgamation North District

Group Stage

There are three groups of six teams called Group A, B and C. The 3 top finishers in Group A and 2 finishers in Groups B and C qualify for the Quarter-Finals. The third placed team in Group B and C will play off for a place in the Quarter-Finals. The bottom finishers of each group will qualify for the Relegation Play Off.

Group A

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Kiltegan 4 4 0 0 90 46 +44 8 Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney 4 3 1 0 65 60 +5 6 Blessington 4 2 2 0 84 48 +36 4 Tinahely 4 1 3 0 47 86 -39 2 Bray Emmets 4 0 4 0 48 94 -46 0

Round 1 Tinahely 2-13, 1-11 Bray Emmets, Aughrim Park, 29/6/2017 Report Kiltegan 2-13, 2-11 Blessington, Aughrim Park, 2/7/2017 Report Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney - Bye, Round 2 Blessington 6-18, 1-7 Bray Emmets, Aughrim Park, 14/7/2017 Report Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney 4-8, 1-10 Tinahely, Aughrim Park, 16/7/2017, Report Kiltegan - Bye, Round 3 Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney 1-12, 1-10 Blessington, Aughrim Park, 29/7/2017, Kiltegan 2-14, 0-7 Bray Emmets, Aughrim Park, 30/7/2017, Tinahely - Bye, Round 4 Kiltegan 2-11, 0-11 Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney, Aughrim Park, 12/8/2017, Blessington 1-15, 0-4 Tinahely, Aughrim Park, 12/8/2017, Bray Emmets - Bye, Round 5 Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney 4-7, 2-11 Bray Emmets, Aughrim Park, 25/8/2017, Kiltegan 4-22, 1-8 Tinahely, Baltinglass, 27/8/2017, Blessington - Bye,

Group B

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Éire Óg Greystones 3 3 0 0 56 37 +19 6 Avondale 3 1 1 1 50 51 -1 3 Annacurra 3 1 2 0 43 38 +5 2 Newtown 3 0 2 1 32 55 -23 1

Round 1 Avondale 4-3, 1-12 Newtown, Ashford, 2/7/2017, Report Éire Óg Greystones 0-12, 0-11 Annacurra, Ashford, 2/7/2017, Round 2 Éire Óg Greystones 1-16, 2-10 Avondale, Arklow, 30/7/2017, Annacurra 1-12, 0-7 Newtown, Arklow, 30/7/2017, Round 3 Éire Óg Greystones 1-22, 0-10 Newtown, Ashford, 11/8/2017, Avondale 2-13, 3-8 Annacurra, Aughrim Park, 11/8/2017,

Group C

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts St Patrick's 3 2 0 1 44 25 +19 5 Baltinglass 3 1 0 2 49 40 +9 4 Rathnew 3 1 1 1 43 43 +0 3 Coolkenno 3 0 3 0 29 57 -28 0

Round 1 Rathnew 1-13, 1-8 Coolkenno, Aughrim Park, 1/7/2017, Baltinglass 0-10, 0-10 St Patrick's, Aughrim Park, 2/7/2017, Round 2 St Patrick's 2-7, 0-8 Rathnew, Aughrim Park, 15/7/2017, Report Baltinglass 3-11, 1-8 Coolkenno, Aughrim Park, 30/7/2017, Report Round 3 St Patrick's 2-15, 1-4 Coolkenno, Aughrim Park, 4/8/2017, Rathnew 3-10, 4-7 Baltinglass, Aughrim Park, 13/8/2017,

Keating Trophy/Relegation Play-Off

The five teams who failed to reach the Quarter-Finals enter the Keating Trophy. These teams play each other in a round robin basis. The top two finishers proceed to the Keating Trophy final while the two bottom finishers will be relegated to the 2018 I.F.C.

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Annacurra 4 3 1 0 60 48 +12 6 Bray Emmets 4 2 1 1 50 50 +0 5 Newtown 4 2 2 0 58 58 +0 4 Tinahely 4 1 2 1 52 56 -4 3 Coolkenno 4 1 3 0 41 45 -4 2

Round 1: Coolkenno 0-12, 1-5 Tinahely, 16/9/2017, Bray Emmets 3-8, 0-12 Newtown, 19/9/2017, Annacurra - Bye, Round 2: Tinahely 2-12, 1-11 Annacurra, 23/9/2017, Bray Emmets 1-11, 0-10 Coolkenno, 24/9/2017, Newtown - Bye, Round 3: Newtown 1-13, 0-13 Coolkenno, 6/10/2017, Annacurra 1-14, 0-8 Bray Emmets, 8/10/2017, Tinahely - Bye, Round 4: Annacurra 1-10, 0-11 Newtown, 4/11/2017, Bray Emmets 1-8, 1-8 Tinahely, 4/11/2017, Coolkenno - Bye, Round 5: Newtown 2-13, 2-9 Tinahely, 28/10/2017, Annacurra 1-13, 1-8 Coolkenno, 28/10/2017, Bray Emmets - Bye. Final Annacurra 1-16, 3-7 Bray Emmets, Arklow, 11/11/2017,

Knock-out Stages

Preliminary Quarter-Finals

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

Rathnew

0-12 (1-19 R)

Annacurra

0-12 (1-9 R)

Kiltegan

2-6

Rathnew

2-13

Rathnew

1-09

Baltinglass

0-08

Baltinglass

0-14 (2-14 R)

Éire Óg

2-8 (1-12 R)

Rathnew

3-8

Blessington

0-12

Blessington

1-10

St. Patrick's

1-7

Blessington

2-14

Avondale

2-5

Avondale

1-8

Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney

1-7

Quarter-Final Play-off

8/26/17 Quarter-Final	Rathnew	0-12 - 0-12	Annacurra	Aughrim Park Referee: Ciaran Fleming (Baltinglass)
	Leighton Glynn 0-5, Eddie Doyle 0-4 (0-3f), David Jameson, Theo Smyth, Jody Merrigan 0-1 each	Report	Gearoid Murphy 0-7 (0-4f, 1 '45), Frank Clune 0-2, Martin O'Brien, Clive Horan (0-1f), Shane O'Keeffe 0-1 each

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9/2/17 Quarter-Final Replay	Rathnew	1-19 - 1-9	Annacurra	Aughrim Park Referee: Noel Kinsella (Kilbride)
	Leighton Glynn 1-3, Eddie Doyle 0-6 (0-2f), Jody Merrigan 0-5, Mark Doyle 0-3, Ross O'Brien and Nicky Mernagh 0-1 each		Gearoid Murphy 0-4, Clive Horan 0-3, Shane O'Keeffe 1-0, Frank Clune 0-2

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Quarter-Finals

9/9/17 16:15	Avondale	1-8 - 1-7	Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney	Aughrim Referee: Ciaran Fleming Man of the Match: Saoirse Kearnon and Eugene Dunne
	Dean Gahan 1-1, Ian Heffernan 0-4 (0-3f), David Baker, Cian O'Hannain, Ryan Cahill 0-1 each		Cathal Kelleher 1-1, Stephen Hurley and Philip Healy 0-2f each, Philip Gleeson and Peter Hempenstall 0-1 each

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9/9/17 18:00	Baltinglass	0-14 - 2-8	Éire Óg Greystones	Aughrim Referee: Garrett Whelan Man of the Match: Daniel Kelly
	Mark Jackson (0-2f, 2 '45) and Daniel Kelly (0-2f) 0-4 each, Adam McHugh 0-3 (0-2f), John McGrath, Chris Heaslip, Sean O'Brien 0-1 each		Daniel Keane 1-2, Billy Norman 1-1, Darren Hayden 0-2f, Danny Woods, Sean Lawless, Craig Smullen 0-1 each

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9/10/17 13:30	Rathnew	2-13 - 2-6	Kiltegan	Aughrim Referee: Kieron Kenny Man of the Match: Jody Merrigan
	Jody Merrigan 1-4 (1 '45, 0-1f), Ross O'Brien 1-1, James Stafford, Eddie Doyle (0-2f), Leighton Glynn, Nicky Mernagh 0-2 each		Seanie Furlong 1-3 (0-2f), Derek Daly 1-0, Rory Finn, Podge O'Toole, Jeffery Bermingham 0-1 each

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9/10/17 15:15	Blessington	1-10 - 1-7	St Patrick's	Aughrim Referee: Anthony Nolan Man of the Match: Paul McLoughlin
	Curtis Geraghty 1-1, Anto McLoughlin 0-4 (0-3f), Michael McLoughlin 0-2, Kevin John Rogers, Patrick O'Connor, Kevin Hanlon 0-1 each		Podge McWalter 1-0, Tommy Kelly 0-3, John Crowe, Eamon Wolfe, Stephen Duffy, Jordan Pettigrew 0-1 each

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9/24/17 14:30 Quarter-Final Replay	Baltinglass	2-14 - 1-12	Éire Óg Greystones	Aughrim

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Semi-Finals

9/24/17 16:15 Semi-Final	Blessington	2-14 - 2-5	Avondale	Aughrim Referee: Garrett Whelan (Rathdangan)

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10/8/17 15:30 Semi-Final	Rathnew	1-9 - 0-8	Baltinglass	Aughrim Referee: Declan Pepard (Hollywood) Man of the Match: Enan Glynn
	Stephen Byrne 1-0, James Stafford 0-3, Eddie Doyle 0-2f, Warren Kavanagh, Enan Glynn, Leighton Glynn, Jody Merrigan (1 '45) 0-1 each		Mark Jackson (0-2f) and Daniel Kelly (0-2f) 0-2 each, Tom Burke, Mikey English, Sean O'Brien, Adam McHugh (0-1f) 0-1 each

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Final

15 October 2017 3:00 pm Final	Rathnew	3-8 - 0-12	Blessington	Aughrim Park Referee: Declan Peppard (Hollywood) Man of the Match: Nicky Mernagh
	Mark Doyle 1-1, James Stafford and Leighton Glynn 1-0 each, Eddie Doyle 0-3 (0-2f), Theo Smith, Graham Merrigan, Nicky Mernagh, Jody Merrigan 0-1 each		Eoin Keogh, Anto McLoughlin, Patrick O'Connor, Curtis Geraghty (0-1f) 0-2 each, Paul McLoughlin, Brian Carroll, Michael McLoughlin, David Boothman 0-1 each

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Leinster Senior Club Football Championship

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