2020 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship

2020 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship

Dates	3 October 2020 - 7 August 2021
Teams	7
Sponsor	Co-Op Superstores
Champions	Lisgoold (1st title) John Cronin (captain)
Runners-up	Harbour Rovers Thomas Condon (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	19 (3.17 per match)
Points scored	190 (31.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Stephen Condon 1-23
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The 2020 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship was the 123rd staging of the Cork Junior A Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1895. The championship began on 3 October 2020, however, it was suspended indefinitely due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games. After being restarted the championship eventually ended on 7 August 2021.

On 7 August 2021, Lisgoold won the championship after a 2-19 to 0-16 win over Harbour Rovers in the final at Páirc Uí Rinn. ^[1] This was their first ever championship title.

Format change

The championship had featured 14 teams, comprising the divisional champions and runners-up, since 2017. Because of time constraints as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic it was decided to revert to the old system of allowing only the divisional champions take part. ^[2]

Qualification

Division	Championship	Champions
Avondhu	North Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	Harbour Rovers
Carbery	South West Junior A Hurling Championship	Clonakilty
Carrigdhoun	South East Junior A Hurling Championship	Kinsale
Duhallow	Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship	Dromtarriffe
Imokilly	East Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	Lisgoold
Muskerry	Mid Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	Inniscarra
Seandún	City Junior A Hurling Championship	Brian Dillons

Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Kilbrin	3	3	0	0	6	Advance to Final
2	Kanturk	3	2	0	1	4
3	Banteer	3	1	0	2	2
4	Castlemagner	3	0	0	3	0

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Dromtarriffe	2	2	0	0	4	Advance to Final
2	Newmarket	2	1	0	1	2
3	Millstreet	2	0	0	2	0

Final

Kilbrin 2-13 - 0-30 Dromtarriffe

Results

Bracket

	Quarter-Finals				Semi-Finals				Final
	Brian Dillons (Seandún)	1–08
	Dromtarriffe (Duhallow)	2–18
					Dromtarriffe (Duhallow)	2–17
					Lisgoold (Imokilly)	3–16
	Lisgoold (Imokilly)	0–17
	Inniscarra (Muskerry)	2–10
									Lisgoold (Imokilly)	2–19
									Harbour Rovers (Avondhu)	0–16
					Harbour Rovers (Avondhu)	3–19
					Clonakilty (Carbery)	1–20
	Clonakilty (Carbery)	2–18
	Kinsale (Carrigdhoun)	1–12

Quarter-finals

Brian Dillons v Dromtarriffe

3 October 2020Quarter-final	Brian Dillons	1-08 - 2-18	Dromtarriffe	Ovens Sportsfield
	J Horgan 0-7 (0-5 f), A Murphy 1-0, C McCarthy 0-1.	Report	T Howard 1-6 (0-4 f), D O’Keeffe 1-0, C O’Callaghan, B Murphy 0-3 each, E Murphy, S Howard 0-2 each, J Murphy, S Cremin 0-1 each.	Referee: P Lyons (Bishoptown)

Clonakilty v Kinsale

3 October 2020Quarter-final	Clonakilty	2-18 - 1-12	Kinsale	Charlie Hurley Park
	T Anglin 2-0, D Lowney (0-2 f, 0-1 65), T O’Connell 0-3 each, T Clancy, E Ryan, S McEvoy, D Murphy 0-2 each, M Scally, C O’Donovan, D Shorten, B White 0-1 each.	Report	J O’Brien (1-0 pen, 0-4 f) 1-8, B Coughlan, S O’Brien 0-2 each.	Referee: B Barry-Murphy

Lisgoold v Inniscarra

3 October 2020Quarter-final	Lisgoold	0-17 - 2-10	Inniscarra	Carraig na bhFear Sportsfield
	L O’Shea 0-11 (0-8 f) J O’Driscoll 0-2, C Hickey, D O’Brien, C O’Brien, J Cashman 0-1 each.	Report	A O’Mahony 0-5 (0-2 f, 0-1 65) D O’Connell 1-2, M Nagle 1-0, J Roche, P Holland and K Rice 0-1 each.	Referee: J Murphy

• Harbour Rovers received a bye in this round.

Semi-finals

Harbour Rovers v Clonakilty

31 July 2021Semi-final	Harbour Rovers	3-19 - 1-20	Clonakilty	Éire Óg Sportsfield
	S Condon 1-11, S O'Riordan 0-4, E Sheehan 1-0, D Gallagher 1-0, P Hannon 0-2, J O'Sullivan 0-1, P Condon 0-1.		D Lowney 0-9, M White 1-1, T Clancy 0-3, S McEvoy 0-3, T O'Connor 0-2, S White 0-1, J McLoughlan 0-1.

Dromtarriffe v Lisgoold

31 July 2021Semi-final	Dromtarriffe	2-17 - 3-16	Lisgoold	Mallow GAA Complex
	T Howard 1-6, D O'Keeffe 1-1, E Murphy 0-3, S Howard 0-3, J Murphy 0-2, C O'Callaghan 0-1, B Murphy 0-1.		J Cashman 0-9, C O'Brien 2-0, M Hegarty 1-1, D O'Brien 0-1, J Hegarty 0-1, C Hickey 0-1, J O'Driscoll 0-1, J Cronin 0-1, J Ryan 0-1.

Final

Lisgoold v Harbour Rovers

7 August 2021Final	Lisgoold	2-19 - 0-16	Harbour Rovers	Páirc Uí Rinn
	J Ryan 1-3, M Hegarty 1-3 (0-2 sl), J Cashman 0-5 (0-4 f), D O’Brien 0-3, C Hickey 0-2, J O’Driscoll, C O’Brien, J Cronin 0-1 each.	Report	S Condon 0-12 (0-9 f), J O’Sullivan, P Hannon, D Pyne, S Dunne 0-1 each.	Referee: B Barry-Murphy (Aghabullogue)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Top scorers overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Tomás Howard	Dromtarriffe	2-12	18	2	9.00
2	Stephen Condon	Harbour Rovers	1-11	14	1	14.00
3	David Lowney	Clonakilty	0-12	12	2	6.00
4	Liam O'Shea	Lisgoold	0-11	12	2	5.50
5	John O'Brien	Kinsale	1-08	11	1	11.00

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Stephen Condon	Harbour Rovers	1-11	14	Clonakilty
2	Liam O'Shea	Lisgoold	0-11	11	Inniscarra
3	John O'Brien	Kinsale	1-08	11	Clonakilty
4	Tomás Howard	Dromtarriffe	1-06	9	Brian Dillons
	Tomás Howard	Dromtarriffe	1-06	9	Lisgoold
	David Lowney	Clonakilty	0-09	9	Harbour Rovers
	John Cashman	Lisgoold	0-09	9	Dromtarriffe
8	John Horgan	Brian Dillons	0-07	7	Dromtarriffe
9	Timmy Anglin	Clonakilty	2-00	6	Kinsale
	Caolan O'Brien	Lisgoold	2-00	6	Dromtarriffe

References

1. Coughlan, John (7 August 2021). "Glory for Lisgoold junior hurlers as they lift the county title for the first time". Echo Live. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
2. Hayes, Michael (13 July 2020). "Everything you need to know about Cork's intercounty and club seasons". Cork Beo. Retrieved 13 September 2020.

External links

• Cork GAA website