2020 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

2020 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

Dates	1 August 2020 – 3 October 2020
Teams	12
Sponsor	Co-Op Superstores
Champions	Blarney (2nd title) Peter Philpott (captain) Seán Crowley (captain) Paul O'Leary (manager)
Runners-up	Castlelyons Anthony Spillane (captain) Ciarán McGann (manager)
Relegated	Blackrock
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	59 (2.46 per match)
Points scored	829 (34.54 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mark Coleman (1-50)
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The 2020 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 17th staging of the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 2004. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 19 November 2019. ^[1] The championship was scheduled to begin in April 2020, however, it was postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic in Ireland. ^[2] The championship began on 1 August 2020 and ended on 3 October 2020.

On 3 October 2020, Blarney won the championship after a 1-20 to 0-15 win over Castlelyons in the final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. ^[3] This was their second championship title overall and their first title since 2008.

Blarney's Mark Coleman was the championship's top scorer with 1-50.

Format change

On 26 March 2019, three championship proposals were circulated to Cork club delegates. A core element running through all three proposals, put together by the Cork GAA games workgroup, was that there be a group stage of 12 teams and straight relegation and promotion. ^[4] On 2 April 2019, a majority of 136 club delegates voted for Option A which would see one round of games played in April and two more in August – all with county players available. ^[5]

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship

• Blackrock

From Championship

Promoted to the Cork Senior A Hurling Championship

• Cloyne
• Fermoy
• Fr. O'Neill's
• Kilworth
• Mallow

Participating teams

The club rankings were based on a championship performance 'points' system over the previous four seasons. ^[6]

Team	Location	Colours	Seeding	Ranking
Inniscarra	Inniscarra	Blue and white	A	1
Courcey Rovers	Ballinspittle	Red and white	A	2
Valley Rovers	Innishannon	Green and white	A	3
Ballinhassig	Ballinhassig	Blue and white	B	4
Carrigaline	Carrigaline	Blue and yellow	B	5
Blarney	Blarney	Red and white	B	6
Castlelyons	Castlelyons	Green and yellow	C	7
Watergrasshill	Watergrasshill	Red and white	C	8
Aghada	Aghada	Green and white	C	9
Ballincollig	Ballincollig	Green and white	D	10
Youghal	Youghal	Maroon and yellow	D	11
Blackrock	Blackrock	Green and yellow	D	12

Fixtures/results

Group 1

Table

  Advance to knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Carrigaline	3	3	0	0	7-65	3-52	25	6
Courcey Rovers	3	1	0	2	5-56	3-55	7	2
Youghal	3	1	0	2	5-47	8-54	-16	2
Aghada	3	1	0	2	3-47	6-54	-16	2

Results

Courcey Rovers v Carrigaline

1 August 2020Round 1	Courcey Rovers	1-17 - 0-26	Carrigaline	Jack Barrett Park
	R Nyhan 1-1, R Sweetnam 0-9 (8f), S Nyhan 0-3 (3f), A O'Donovan 0-2, M Collins, J McCarthy 0-1 each.	Report	B Kelleher 0-11 (6f, 65), D Drake 0-5, W O'Brien 0-3, T Murphy, R O'Shea 0-2 each, C Vaughan, R Kelleher, E Desmond 0-1 each.	Referee: B Coniry (Crosshaven)

Aghada v Youghal

2 August 2020Round 1	Aghada	1-19 - 2-11	Youghal	Killeagh Sportsfield
	W Leahy 0-12 (0-9 f), J Looney 1-3, C Fleming, A Berry, J O’Hanlon, A Stafford 0-1 each.	Report	B Moloney 1-5 (0-4 f), B Cooper 1-2, P Kirk 0-2, O Dempsey, N Roche 0-1 each.	Referee: P O'Driscoll (Bride Rovers)

Carrigaline v Aghada

8 August 2020Round 2	Carrigaline	2-21 - 2-15	Aghada	Páirc Uí Chonaill
	B Kelleher 0-9 (8 frees), R O’Shea 1-2, D McBarron 1-0, S O’Brien and D Drake 0-3 each, E Desmond 0-2, K Kavanagh and D Griffin 0-1 each.	Report	W Leahy 1-8 (1-0 pen, 0-5 frees), C Fleming 1-0, J Looney 0-3, P O’Neill 0-2, M McCarthy and A Stafford 0-1 each.	Referee: P Lyons (Bishopstown)

Youghal v Courcey Rovers

8 August 2020Round 2	Youghal	3-16 - 2-17	Courcey Rovers	Caherlag Sportsfield
	B Cooper 1-3, A Joyce 1-0, R McMahon 1-0, J O’Mahony 0-3, P Kirk 0-3, B Moloney 0-3 (0-2 f), O Dempsey, C O’Mahony 0-2 each.	Report	R Sweetnam 1-9 (0-8 f), T O’Sullivan 1-2, S Nyhan 0-1 f, A O’Donovan 0-1 sl, J O’Neill, M Collins, M O’Donovan, J McCarthy 0-1 each.	Referee: J Larkin (Ballinora)

Carrigaline v Youghal

28 August 2020Round 3	Carrigaline	5-18 - 0-20	Youghal	Páirc Séamus de Barra
	D Drake 2-3, D McBarron 3-0, B Kelleher 0-8 (0-6 f), R Kelleher 0-3, E Desmond 0-4.	Report	B Moloney 0-12 (0-8 f), B Cooper 0-5, J O’Mahony, A Joyce, N Roche 0-1 each.	Referee: C Egan (Glen Rovers)

Courcey Rovers v Aghada

28 August 2020Round 3	Courcey Rovers	2-22 - 0-13	Aghada	Pairc Ui Rinn
	R Sweetnam 1-9 (0-6 frees, 0-1 65), A O’Donovan 1-2, T O’Sullivan 0-4, O Crowley, B Ryan and R Nyhan 0-2 each, J O’Neill 0-1.	Report	W Leahy 0-8 (0-7 frees), J Looney 0-2, C Fleming, T Hartnett and A Berry 0-1 each.	Referee: D Kirwan (Éire Óg)

Group 2

Table

  Advance to knockout stage  Advance to relegation play-offs

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Watergrasshill	3	3	0	0	3-57	2-49	11	6
Ballincollig	3	1	1	1	3-47	1-50	3	3
Ballinhassig	3	1	1	1	2-43	2-47	-4	3
Valley Rovers	3	0	0	3	0-49	3-50	-10	0

Results

Valley Rovers v Ballinhassig

2 August 2020Round 1	Valley Rovers	0-17 - 1-16	Ballinhassig	Riverstick Sportsfield
	C Butler (0-7, 0-4 frees), C O’Leary (0-4, 0-3 frees, 0-1 65), J Cottrell and A Kenneally (0-2 each), E O’Reilly and C Desmond (0-1 each).	Report	F O’Leary (1-1), R Lombard and M Collins (0-3 each), G Collins (frees), C Reynolds, and C Tyers (0-2 each), D O’Donovan (65), S O’Neill and C Desmond (0-1 each).	Referee: M Maher (St. Finbarr's)

Watergrasshill v Ballincollig

2 August 2020Round 1	Watergrasshill	1-22 - 1-18	Ballincollig	Blarney Sportsfield
	S O'Regan (0-7, 6f), S Desmond (1-3), D O'Leary (0-4), P O'Leary, K O'Neill, S Óg O'Regan (0-2 each), P Cronin, A Cronin (0-1 each).	Report	C Dorgan (1-8, 4f), S Walsh, F Denny (0-3 each), R Bourke, C O'Leary (0-2 each).

Ballincollig v Valley Rovers

8 August 2020Round 2	Ballincollig	2-16 - 0-15	Valley Rovers	Cloughduv Sportsfield
	C Dorgan 0-8 (0-6 f, 0-1 65), G O'Donoghue 1-1, D Bowen 1-0, S Walsh 0-3, F Denny 0-2, R Bourke, C O’Leary 0-1 each.	Report	C O'Leary 0-5 (0-4 f, 0-1 65), J Cottrell 0-2, C Butler 0-2 (0-1 f), C Kilduff, J Lynch, K Canty, T O'Brien, C Desmond, A Kenneally 0-1 each.	Referee: N O'Neill (Midleton)

Ballinhassig v Watergrasshill

8 August 2020Round 2	Ballinhassig	1-14 - 2-17	Watergrasshill	Inniscarra
	G Collins 1-1, F O’Leary 0-6 (0-4 f), M Collins, P Collins 0-2 each, E Cullinane, D O’Donovan 0-1 each.	Report	S O'Regan 0-10 (0-9 f), S Desmond 1-4, S Óg O'Regan 1-2, D Dennehy 0-1.	Referee: C Dineen (Douglas)

Ballinhassig v Ballincollig

28 August 2020Round 3	Ballinhassig	0-13 - 0-13	Ballincollig	Cloughduv
	F O’Leary (0-7, 0-5 frees), C Tyers (0-2), C Reynolds, R Lombard, C Grainger and M Collins (0-1 each).	Report	C Dorgan (0-8, 0-6 frees, 0-1 65), S Walsh (0-4), R Doherty (0-1).	Referee: P O'Driscoll (Bride Rovers)

Valley Rovers v Watergrasshill

28 August 2020Round 3	Valley Rovers	0-17 - 0-18	Watergrasshill	Ovens
	C O’Leary (0-11, 8 frees), K Canty (0-4), J Cottrell and A Kenneally (0-1 each).	Report	S O’Regan (0-5, 4 frees), D O’Leary (0-4), S Óg O’Regan (0-3), A Cronin (0-2), B Fenton, K O’Neill, G Kelly Lynch and A Foley (0-1 each).

Group 3

Table

  Advance to knockout stage  Advance to relegation play-offs

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Castlelyons	3	3	0	0	7-58	2-49	24	6
Blarney	3	2	0	1	4-60	2-45	21	4
Inniscarra	3	1	0	2	3-47	5-57	-16	2
Blackrock	3	0	0	3	2-43	7-57	-29	0

Results

Inniscarra v Blarney

1 August 2020Round 1	Inniscarra	0-12 - 1-23	Blarney	Coachford Sportsfield
	F O'Leary, S O'Donoghue (0-1 f) 0-3 each, S O'Mahony 0-2, D O'Keeffe 0-2 f, C Lombard, O McCarthy 0-1 each	Report	S Barrett 1-7, M Coleman 0-5 (0-3 f), P Power 0-3 (0-1 f), B Ahern, D Hanlon 0-2 each, C Murphy, K Costello, P Crowley, J Jordan 0-1 each.	Referee: P Lyons (Bishopstown)

Castlelyons v Blackrock

2 August 2020Round 1	Castlelyons	3-20 - 0-14	Blackrock	Páirc Lios gCúl
	C Spillane 1-7, A Spillane 1-1, D Morrisson 1-0, M Spillane 0-5 (0-4 f), B Murphy 0-2, E Maye, K O'Leary, A Fenton, L Doocey, N O'Leary 0-1 each.	Report	E O'Farrell 0-10 (0-6 f), P Lenighan 0-2, C McCarthy, L O'Sullivan 0-1 each.	Referee: J Murphy (Castletownroche)

Blarney v Castlelyons

8 August 2020Round 2	Blarney	1-14 - 1-20	Castlelyons	Páirc Shéamuis de Barra
	P Power and M Coleman 0-4 each, S Barrett 0-3, K Costello 1-0, D Hanlon 0-2, P Crowley 0-1.	Report	C Spillane 1-5, M Spillane, K O’Leary 0-4 each, A Spillane 0-2, N O’Leary, C O’Neill, A Fenton, L Ducey and J Kearney 0-1 each.	Referee: A O'Connor (Ballygarvan)

Blackrock v Inniscarra

9 August 2020Round 2	Blackrock	1-16 - 2-14	Inniscarra	Ballinora Sportsfield
	E O’Farrell (1-12, 1-7 frees, 1 65), C O’Leary, I O’Keeffe, C McCarthy, N Cashman (0-1 each).	Report	O McCarthy (1-2), F O’Leary (0-5), S O’Donoghue (0-3, 2 frees), C Casey (1-0), D O’Keeffe (0-2), E O’Connor, C Bennett (0-1 each).

Blarney v Blackrock

28 August 2020Round 3	Blarney	2-23 - 1-13	Blackrock	Riverstown
	M Coleman 0-13 (0-8f, 0-2 sl), S Barrett 1-2 D Hannon 1-1, P Crowley 0-3, P Power, B Ahern, O Hegarty, M O’Leary (0-1 each).	Report	E O’Farrell 0-7 (0-6f), J Logue 1-0, O Kelleher 0-4 (0-3f), C O’Leary 0-2.

Inniscarra v Castlelyons

28 August 2020Round 3	Inniscarra	1-21 - 3-18	Castlelyons	Pairc Ui Chaoimh
	D O’Keeffe 0-10 (0-8f, 0-1 65), S O’Donoghue 1-3, O McCarthy 0-3, S O’Mahony, F O’Leary 0-2 each, E O’Connor 0-1.	Report	A Spillane 1-6, D Morrison 2-0, A Fenton 0-4 (0-3f), E Maye 0-3, B Murphy 0-2, M Spillane, C Spillane, J Kearney 0-1 each.

Knock-out stage

Bracket

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

1C

Castlelyons

1-23

1B

Watergrasshill

1-15

2A

Courcey Rovers

1-17

2A

Courcey Rovers

1-21

1C

Castlelyons

0-15

2C

Blarney

1-20

1A

Carrigaline

1-12

2C

Blarney

3-14

2C

Blarney

4-20

2B

Ballincollig

1-19

Relegation playoff

Valley Rovers v Blackrock

11 September 2020Playoff	Valley Rovers	0-20 - 1-14	Blackrock	Páirc Uí Rinn
	C O’Leary 0-15 (0-12 frees), J Walsh 0-2, C Kilduff, S O’Regan, K Canty 0-1 each.	Report	E O’Farrell 0-6 (0-4 frees, 0-1 65), D Cashman 1-0, O Kelleher 0-2, R Coleman, A O’Callaghan, C O’Brien, C O’Leary, L O’Sullivan, G Regan 0-1 each.

Quarter-finals

Watergrasshill v Courcey Rovers

12 September 2020Quarter-final	Watergrasshill	1-15 - 1-21	Courcey Rovers	Ballyanley Sportsfield
	S O’Regan (0-8, 0-7 frees), S Óg O Regan (1-5, 0-1 free), D O’Leary (0-2).	Report	R Sweetnam (0-11, 0-6 frees), R Nyhan (0-4), A O’Donovan (1-0), T O’Sullivan (0-3), J O’Neill (0-2), B Ryan (0-1).

Blarney v Ballincollig

12 September 2020Quarter-final	Blarney	3-14 - 1-19	Ballincollig	Páirc Uí Rinn
	M Coleman (0-7, 6 frees), D Hanlon (2-0), P Crowley (1-1), A McEvoy (0-3), M O’Leary, S Barrett, and P Power (0-1 each).	Report	C Dorgan (0-7, 4 frees), F Denny (1-1), S Walsh (0-4), R Bourke (0-3), C O’Leary (0-2), C Sexton and D Bowen (0-1 each).

Semi-finals

Castlelyons v Courcey Rovers

19 September 2020Semi-final	Castlelyons	1-23 - 1-17	Courcey Rovers	Páirc Uí Rinn
	A Spillane (1-6), M Spillane (0-5, 2 frees, 1 ’65), C Spillane and A Fenton (2 frees) (0-3 each), K O’Leary and B Murphy (0-2 each), T Carroll and J Kearney (0-1 each).	Report	R Sweetnam (0-6, 4 frees), S Twomey (1-0), A O’Donovan, J O’Neill and T O’Sullivan (0-2 each), S Nyhan (free), R Nyhan, O Crowley, M O’Donovan and L Jeffries (0-1 each).

Carrigaline v Blarney

19 September 2020Semi-final	Carrigaline	1-12 - 4-20	Blarney	Páirc Uí Rinn
	B Kelleher (0-7, 0-6 frees); R O’Shea (1-0); E Desmond (0-2); D Drake, R Kelleher, K O’Reilly (0-1 each).	Report	P Power (3-2); M Coleman (1-7, 0-6 frees); S Barrett (0-7); D Hanlon, K Costello (0-2 each).

Final

Castlelyons v Blarney

3 October 2020Final	Castlelyons	0-15 - 1-20	Blarney	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	M Spillane (0-10, 0-7 frees, 0-1 65), A Spillane and A Fenton (0-2 each) N O’Leary (0-1).	Report	M Coleman (0-14, 0-8 frees, 0-1 65), P Power (1-2), S Barrett (0-2), P Crowley and M O’Leary (0-1 each).	Referee: C O'Regan (Ballyhea)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Mark Coleman	Blarney	1-50	53	6	8.83
2	Richie Sweetnam	Courcey Rovers	2-44	50	5	10.00
3	Eoin O'Farrell	Blackrock	1-35	38	4	9.50
4	Brian Kelleher	Carrigaline	0-35	35	4	8.75
	Chris O'Leary	Valley Rovers	0-35	35	4	8.75
6	Cian Dorgan	Ballincollig	1-31	34	4	8.50
7	William Leahy	Aghada	1-28	31	3	10.
8	Shane O'Regan	Watergrasshill	0-30	30	4	7.50
9	Shane Barrett	Blarney	2-22	28	6	4.66
10	Anthony Spillane	Castlelyons	3-17	26	5	5.20

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Eoin O'Farrell	Blackrock	1-12	15	Inniscarra
	Chris O'Leary	Valley Rovers	0-15	15	Blackrock
3	Mark Coleman	Blarney	0-14	14	Castlelyons
4	Mark Coleman	Blarney	0-13	13	Blackrock
5	Richie Sweetnam	Courcey Rovers	1-09	12	Youghal
	Richie Sweetnam	Courcey Rovers	1-09	12	Aghada
	Brett Moloney	Youghal	0-12	12	Carrigaline
	William Leahy	Aghada	0-12	12	Youghal
9	Pádraig Power	Blarney	3-02	11	Carrigaline
	Cian Dorgan	Ballincollig	1-08	11	Watergrasshill
	William Leahy	Aghada	1-08	11	Carrigaline
	Brian Kelleher	Carrigaline	0-11	11	Courcey Rovers
	Chris O'Leary	Valley Rovers	0-11	11	Watergrasshill
	Richie Sweetnam	Courcey Rovers	0-11	11	Watergrasshill

Match records

• Widest winning margin: 17 points
  • Blarney 4-20 - 1-12 Carrigaline (Semi-final)
• Most goals in a match: 5
  • Youghal 3-16 - 2-17 Courcey Rovers (Group Stage Round 2)
  • Carrigaline 5-18 - 0-20 Youghal (Group Stage Round 3)
  • Blarney 4-20 - 1-12 Carrigaline (Semi-final)
• Most points in a match: 43
  • Carrigaline 0-26 - 1-17 Courcey Rovers (Group Stage Round 1)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 5
  • Carrigaline 5-18 - 0-20 Youghal (Group Stage Round 3)
• Most goals scored by a losing team: 2
  • Youghal 2-11 - 1-19 Aghada (Group Stage Round 1)
  • Aghada 2-15 - 2-21 Carrigaline (Group Stage Round 2)
  • Courcey Rovers 2-17 - 3-16 Youghal (Group Stage Round 2)
• Most points scored by a losing team: 21
  • Inniscarra 1-21 - 3-18 Castlelyons (Group Stage Round 3)

References

1. "2020 Championship Draws". Cork GAA website. 19 November 2019. Archived from the original on 25 November 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
2. "Cork GAA Statement 18/03/2020". Cork GAA website. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
3. O'Callaghan, Therese (3 October 2020). "Mark Coleman masterclass sees Blarney promoted to senior ranks". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
4. Cormican, Eoghan (26 March 2019). "Here's a breakdown of the proposals to restructure the Cork county championships". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
5. "Cork clubs vote down radical restructuring proposals". RTÉ Sport. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
6. Leen, Tony (18 November 2019). "Where does your club rank? Cork GAA confirms grading for 2020 Championships". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 19 November 2019.

External links

• Cork GAA website