2019 Kehoe Cup and Shield

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2019 Kehoe Cup
Tournament details
ProvinceLeinster
Year2019
Sponsor Bord na Móna
Winners
Champions Westmeath (8th win)
Manager Joe Quaid
Captain Tommy Doyle
Runners-up
Runners-up Antrim
ManagerNeal Peden
Captain Conor McCann
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The 2019 Kehoe Cup was an inter-county hurling competition based mainly in the province of Leinster in which Antrim from Ulster also took part.

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The Kehoe Cup is ranked below the Walsh Cup (tier 1). Five county teams competed – Antrim, Kildare, Meath, Westmeath and Wicklow. [1] It took place in December 2018 and January 2019. [2] [3] Westmeath were the winners. [4]

The Kehoe Shield was revived in 2019. Three teams competed – Louth, Longford and DCU St. Patrick's Campus. [5] Louth were the winners. [6]

Kehoe Cup

Kehoe Cup format

The competition begins with a double-elimination format. The semi-finals and final are knockout. Drawn games go to extra time. If the score is still level after extra time a penalty shoot-out is held to determine the winners.

The structure of the competition is explained in each of the rounds below.

Kehoe Cup first round

One team is given a bye to the playoff round. The remaining four teams meet in two matches – the two winners progress to the semi-finals and the two losers enter the playoff round.

9 December 2018 (2018-12-09)Game 1 Westmeath Colours of Westmeath.svg 2-22 (28)–(10) 1-07 Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow Mullingar  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)Venue: Cusack Park


9 December 2018 (2018-12-09)Game 2 Kildare Colours of Kildare.svg 1-15 (18)–(18) 1-15
(a.e.t.)
(0–2 pen) 		Colours of Meath.svg Meath Newbridge  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)Venue: St. Conleth's Park
Gls: S Kelly 1
Pts: B Byrne 7 (5f, 2 '65'), R Casey 2, K Whelan 1, C Dowling 1, B Deay 1, C Bonus 1, D Cahill 1, P Divilly 1		 Report Gls: C Smith 1
Pts: P O'Hanrahan 6 (4f), S Quigley 4, M Mullen 1, F Ferguson 1, S Geraghty 1, A Douglas 1, M O'Grady 1		Referee: Sean Stack (Dublin)
   Penalty shootout

Red x.svgN
Red x.svgN
Red x.svgN
Red x.svgN

 Yes check.svgY Shane Quigley
Red x.svgN
Red x.svgN Alan Douglas
Red x.svgN
Yes check.svgY Damian Healy

Kehoe Cup playoff round

In the first playoff match the team given a bye in the first round plays one of the two teams that lost in the first round. The winners progress to the semi-finals.

In the second playoff match the team that lost the first playoff match play the remaining team that lost in the first round. The winners progress to the semi-finals and the losers are eliminated.

16 December 2018 (2018-12-16)Game 3 Antrim Colours of Antrim.svg 0-21 (21)–(13) 0-13 Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow Abbotstown  
Venue: National Games Development Centre
Report


6 January 2019 (2019-01-06)Game 4 Kildare Colours of Kildare.svg 3-20 (29)–(10) 0-10 Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow Newbridge  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)Venue: St. Conleth's Park


Kehoe Cup semi-finals

The two winning teams from the first round play each other and the two winning teams from the playoff round play each other.

13 January 2019 (2019-01-13)Semi-Final Westmeath Colours of Westmeath.svg 1-25 (28)–(16) 1-13 Colours of Meath.svg Meath Kinnegad  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)Venue: Coralstown/Kinnegad GAA Ground
Gls: Niall Mitchell 1 Report Gls: Barry Slevin 1


13 January 2019 (2019-01-13)Semi-Final Antrim Colours of Antrim.svg 4-20 (32)–(22) 1-19 Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare Abbotstown  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)(HT: 3-10 – 0-08)Venue: National Games Development Centre
Report


Kehoe Cup final

20 January 2019 (2019-01-20)Final Westmeath Colours of Westmeath.svg 2-20 (26)–(26) 1-23
(3–0 pen) 		Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim Abbotstown  
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)Venue: National Games Development Centre
Report
   Penalty shootout

Niall Mitchell Yes check.svgY
Allan Devine Yes check.svgY
Killian Doyle Yes check.svgY

 Red x.svgN James McNaughton
Red x.svgN Nickey McKeague
Red x.svgN Keelan Molloy

Kehoe Shield

Kehoe Shield format

Each team plays the other teams once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The top two teams compete in the final.

Kehoe Shield group stage

PosTeamPldWDLSFSADiffPts
1 Colours of Louth.svg Louth 22002-38 (44)0-31 (31)+134
2 Colours of Roscommon.svg DCU St. Patrick's Campus 21012-31 (37)3-33 (42)–52
3 Colours of Longford.svg Longford 20021-27 (30)2-32 (38)–80

Kehoe Shield final

Final
Louth Colours of Louth.svg 1-18 – 0-14 Colours of Roscommon.svg DCU St. Patrick's Campus
Report
Darver GAA Centre of Excellence, Readypenny
Referee: Barry Nea (Westmeath)

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References

  1. ↑ "Meath Chronicle - Meath to open defence of O'Byrne Cup against Laois".
  2. ↑ "Leinster defend early start to pre-season competitions - Independent.ie".
  3. ↑ "Westmeath Examiner - Joe's 'very happy with the way things are going' in Westmeath".
  4. ↑ "Kehoe Cup final: Westmeath storm back to win on penalties - HoganStand". www.hoganstand.com.
  5. ↑ "Bord na Mona Kehoe Cup & Shield S.H. 2019 - Leinster GAA".
  6. ↑ "Geoghegan stars as Louth hurlers claim Kehoe Shield with a seven-point victory over DCU/St. Patrick's". www.dundalkdemocrat.ie.
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