2018 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship

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2018 Cork Junior Hurling Championship
Dates15 September 2018 – 27 October 2018
Teams14
Sponsor Evening Echo
Champions Colours of Kerry.svg Cloughduv (3rd title)
Mark Verling (captain)
Tim Barry-Murphy (manager)
Runners-up Colours of Kilkenny.svg Russell Rovers
Daniel Moynihan (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored36 (2.57 per match)
Points scored408 (29.14 per match)
2017 (Previous)(Next) 2019

The 2018 Cork Junior Hurling Championship was the 121st staging of the Cork Junior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1895. The championship draw took place in August 2018. The championship began on 15 September 2018 and ended on 27 October 2018.

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On 27 October 2018, Cloughduv won the championship after a 2-12 to 0-14 defeat of Russell Rovers in the final. [1] This was their third title overall and their first title since 1970.

Qualification

The Cork Junior Hurling Championship features fourteen teams in the final tournament. Over 70 teams contested the seven divisional championships with the seven respective champions and runners-up automatically qualifying for the county series.

DivisionChampionshipChampionsRunners-up
Avondhu North Cork Junior A Hurling Championship Ballygiblin Shanballymore
Carbery West Cork Junior A Hurling Championship Kilbree Ballinascarthy
Carrigdhoun South East Junior A Hurling Championship Courcey Rovers Valley Rovers
Duhallow Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship Dromtarriffe Newmarket
Imokilly East Cork Junior A Hurling Championship Russell Rovers St. Itas's
Muskerry Mid Cork Junior A Hurling Championship Cloughduv Ballinora
Seandún City Junior A Hurling Championship Nemo Rangers Brian Dillons

Results

Round 1

30 September 2018Round 1 Ballinascarthy 2-13 - 1-14 Dromtarriffe
28 September 2018Round 1 Newmarket 2-16 - 1-14 Nemo Rangers
26 September 2018Round 1 Cloughduv 3-17 - 1-16 St. Ita's
25 September 2018Round 1 Shanballymore 2-16 - 1-10 Valley Rovers
15 September 2018Round 1 Russell Rovers 2-15 - 2-09 Courcey Rovers
16 September 2018Round 1 Ballygiblin 0-16 - 2-20 Brian Dillons
22 September 2018Round 1 Ballinora 0-13 - 1-17 Kilbree

Quarter-finals

7 October 2018Quarter-final Kilbree 1-19 - 2-16 Brian Dillons
13 October 2018Quarter-final replay Kilbree 1-15 - 0-16 Brian Dillons
16 October 2018Quarter-final Newmarket 2-18 - 0-10 Ballinascarthy
16 October 2018Quarter-final Shanballymore 0-07 - 3-22 Cloughduv

Semi-finals

13 October 2018Semi-final Newmarket 1-09 - 3-16 Cloughduv
20 October 2018Semi-final Russell Rovers 1-13 - 0-15 Kilbree

Final

27 October 2018Final Cloughduv 2-12 - 0-14 Russell Rovers Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
B Verling (0-10, 0-7 f, 0-1 65), J Ryan and A Cronin (1-0), B Ahern and J Moynihan (0-1 each). Report J Beausang (0-7f), L Duggan Murray and D Moynihan (0-2 each), F Murray, B Hartnett and K Moynihan (0-1 each).Referee: I McCarthy (Bandon)

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References

  1. O'Callaghan, Therese (29 October 2018). "At last, joy for Cloughduv after hat-trick of heartbreak". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2 September 2019.