2018 Westmeath Senior Football Championship

Westmeath S.F.C.
Season	2018
Champions	Mullingar Shamrocks (12th S.F.C. Title)
Relegated	Maryland
Winning Captain	???
Man of the Match	???
Winning Manager	Ned Moore
	← 2017 2019 →

Last updated August 09, 2022

The 2018 Westmeath Senior Football Championship is the 114th 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 seeded group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

Team changes

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The following teams have changed division since the 2017 championship season.

To S.F.C.

Promoted from 2017 I.F.C.

St. Mary's Rochfortbridge - (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C.

Relegated to 2018 I.F.C.

Caulry

Group stage

All 12 teams enter the competition at this stage.

The competition was split into two groups, based on their performance in the 2017 Group stages. Group A consists of teams who reached the Quarter-Finals last year or better. Group B consists of two bottom placed finishers in Group 1 last year as well as 3rd and 4th placed in Group 2 last year, the 2017 Relegation Playoff winners and the 2017 Intermediate champions.

The top 2 teams in Group A 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 A along with the top 2 finishers in Group B. The bottom side in Group B will be relegated to the I.F.C. for 2019, however should 2 teams finish on level points at the bottom of Group 2, then a Relegation Playoff will be conducted involving those two teams.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Tyrrellspass	5	5	0	83	58	+25	10
St. Loman's Mullingar	5	4	1	89	63	+26	8
The Downs	5	3	2	83	73	+10	6
Athlone	5	2	3	81	66	+15	4
Killucan	5	1	4	41	90	−49	2
Coralstown/Kinnegad	5	0	5	48	75	−27	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Round 1:^[3]

Athlone 4-5, 0-8 Coralstown/Kinnegad, 21/7/2018,
St. Loman's 3-17, 0-17 The Downs, 22/7/2018,
Tyrrellspass 0-14, 0-9 Killucan, 22/7/2018,

Round 2:

Tyrrellspass 1-19, 0-12 Coralstown/Kinnegad, 4/8/2018,
The Downs 2-15, 0-8 Killucan, 5/8/2018,
St. Loman's 2-9, 1-10 Athlone, 5/8/2018,

Round 3:

The Downs 1-9, 0-10 Coralstown/Kinnegad, 17/8/2018,
Tyrrellspass 2-8, 1-10 Athlone, 18/8/2018,
St. Loman's 2-15, 0-6 Killucan, 18/8/2018,

Round 4:

Killucan 1-7, 0-7 Coralstown/Kinnegad, 7/9/2018,
Tyrrellspass 0-16, 1-10 St. Loman's, 8/9/2018,
The Downs 3-12, 0-12 Athlone, 8/9/2018,

Round 5:

Tyrrellspass 3-8, 0-12 The Downs, 15/9/2018,
Athlone 5-11, 0-8 Killucan, 15/9/2018,
St. Loman's 2-8, 2-5 Coralstown/Kinnegad, 15/9/2018,

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Garrycastle	5	4	0	1	95	63	+32	9
Mullingar Shamrocks	5	4	1	0	78	61	+17	8
Rosemount	5	2	1	2	65	60	+5	6
Castledaly	5	1	2	2	75	77	−2	4
St. Mary's Rochfortbridge	5	1	3	1	70	75	−5	3
Maryland	5	0	5	0	64	111	−47	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Round 1:

Garrycastle 1-13, 1-10 Rochfortbridge, 21/7/2018,
Mullingar Shamrocks 0-18, 2-7 Castledaly, 21/7/2018,
Rosemount 1-15, 1-9 Maryland, 21/7/2018,

Round 2:

Rochfortbridge 2-18, 1-12 Maryland, 3/8/2018,
Rosemount 2-9 , 1-12 Castledaly, 3/8/2018,
Garrycastle 1-13, 2-8 Mullingar Shamrocks, 4/8/2018,

Round 3:

Rosemount 1-8, 0-9 Rochfortbridge, 18/8/2018,
Garrycastle 1-15, 0-12 Castledaly, 19/8/2018,
Mullingar Shamrocks 1-13, 2-7 Maryland, 19/8/2018,

Round 4:

Castledaly 1-18, 2-6 Maryland, 8/9/2018,
Mullingar Shamrocks 1-16, 0-10 Rochfortbridge, 8/9/2018,
Garrycastle 1-10, 1-10 Rosemount, 9/9/2018,

Round 5:

Garrycastle 4-20, 2-5 Maryland, 16/9/2018,
Castledaly 1-11, 1-11 Rochfortbridge, 16/9/2018,
Mullingar Shamrocks 0-11, 0-9 Rosemount, 16/9/2018,

Relegation final

Should two teams finish bottom Group B and on level points then a Relegation Final will be conducted between the implicated clubs. Since this was not the case with St. Mary's Rochfortbridge and Maryland garnering 3 and 0 points throughout their group campaigns, Maryland were relegated.

Finals

Quarter-finals

23 September 2018 Quarter-Final	Garrycastle	0-14 - 0-7	Athlone	Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???
				Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???

23 September 2018 Quarter-Final	Mullingar Shamrocks	2-8 - 0-8	The Downs	Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???
				Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???

Semi-finals

7 October 2018 Semi-Final	St. Loman's Mullingar	2-10 - 0-12	Garrycastle	Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???
				Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???

7 October 2018 Semi-Final	Mullingar Shamrocks	0-10 - 0-9	Tyrrellspass	Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???
				Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???

Final

21 October 2018 Final	Mullingar Shamrocks	2-12 - 1-11	St. Loman's Mullingar	Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???
				Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???

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[2] "Westmeath Examiner Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

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