Cork Premier Junior Football Championship

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Cork Premier Junior Football Championship
Current season or competition:
Current event clock.svg 2024 Cork Premier Junior Football Championship
Code Gaelic football
Founded2023;1 year ago (2023)
Region Colours of Cork.svg Cork (GAA)
TrophyDonal Hurley Cup
No. of teams12
Title holders Colours of Kerry.svg Kilmurry (1st title)
SponsorsMcCarthy Insurance Group
Official website Official website

The Cork Premier Junior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the McCarthy Insurance Group Cork Premier Junior Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork PJFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the top-ranking junior clubs in the county of Cork in Ireland. It is the fifth tier overall in the entire Cork football championship system.

Contents

The Cork Premier Junior Championship was introduced in 2023 following a restructuring of the various intermediate and junior championships.

In its current format, the Cork Premier Junior Championship begins in early autumn. The 12 participating club teams are divided into three groups of four teams and play each other in a round-robin system. The three group winners and the three runners-up proceed to the knockout phase that culminates with the final match at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. The winner of the Cork Premier Junior Championship qualifies for the subsequent Munster Club Championship.

Kilmurry are the title holders after defeating Canovee by 0-10 to 1-06 in the 2024 final. [1]

History

A restructuring process of the entire Cork football championship system had been underway since voted on by Cork County Board delegates in March 2019. [2] [3] [4] In February 2022, the County Board took a further vote on the future of the club junior and intermediate championships. [5] Delegates voted in favour of creating the Premier Junior Championship, comprising teams formed by the bottom four teams in Intermediate A football in 2022 along with the eight Divisional JAFC winners from 2022. [6]

Format

Group stage

The 12 teams are divided into three groups of four. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed at least three games. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record. The top two teams in each group qualify for the knockout stage.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals: Two lone quarter-finals featuring the four lowest-placed qualifying teams from the group stage. Two teams qualify for the next round.

Semi-finals: The two quarter-final winners and the top two highest-placed qualifying teams from the group stage contest this round. The two winners from these games advance to the final.

Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final. The winning team are declared champions.

Promotion and relegation

At the end of the championship, the winning team is automatically promoted to the Cork Intermediate A Championship for the following season. The two worst-ranked teams from the group stage take part in a playoff, with the losing team being relegated to the Cork Junior A Football Championship into their respective divisional championship.

Teams

2025 Teams

The 12 teams competing in the 2025 Cork Premier Junior Football Championship are:

TeamLocationDivisionColoursPosition in 2024 In Championship sinceChampionship Titles (JAFC)Last Championship Title (JAFC)
Colours of Clare.svg Ballydesmond Ballydesmond Duhallow Blue and yellowGroup stage 2023 0—
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Buttevant Buttevant Avondhu Black and yellowSemi-finals 2023 0—
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Canovee Canovee Muskerry Black and yellowRunners-up 2024 42023
Colours of Kerry.svg Cobh Cobh Imokilly Green and yellowGroup stage 2023 21908
Colours of Clare.svg Cullen Cullen Duhallow Blue and yellowGroup stage 2023 0—
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Glenville Glenville Imokilly Black and goldQuarter-finals 2024 11995
Colours of Laois.svg Kinsale Kinsale Carrigdhoun Blue and whiteSemi-finals 2023 21932
Colours of Kerry.svg Millstreet Millstreet Duhallow Green and yellowGroup stage 2023 32014
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Na Piarsaigh Farranree Seandún Black and amberRelegated (Cork IAFC) 2025 11965
Colours of Sligo.svg St. Nicholas' Blackpool Seandún Black and whiteRelegation playoff winners 2023 0—
Colours of Cork.svg Urhan Urhan Beara Red and whiteQuarter-finals 2023 41992
2024 Cork JAFC winnersTBDTBDTBDChampions (Cork JAFC) 2025 TBD2024

Sponsorship

In keeping with all championships in the Cork football system, Bon Secours Hospital became the title sponsor of the Cork Premier Junior Championship in 2023. [7] McCarthy Insurance Group became the new title sponsor in December 2023. [8]

Qualification for subsequent competitions

The Cork Premier Junior Football Championship winners qualify for the subsequent Munster Junior Club Football Championship.

Trophy and medals

The Donal Hurley Cup is the current prize for winning the championship. It was donated in November 2022 to honour Donal Hurley who served as a St Finbarr's player, selector and administrator. [9] Alan McCarthy of St Finbarr's was the first recipient of the cup when it was presented to him after the 2023 final.

Traditionally, at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, the victory presentation takes place at a special rostrum in the main grandstand. The cup is decorated with ribbons in the colours of the winning team. During the game the cup actually has both teams' sets of ribbons attached and the runners-up ribbons are removed before the presentation. The winning captain accepts the cup on behalf of his team before giving a short speech. Individual members of the winning team then have an opportunity to come to the rostrum to lift the cup, which is held by the winning team until the following year's final.

In accordance with GAA rules, the County Board awards a set of gold medals to the championship winners. The medals depict a stylised version of the Cork GAA crest.

Roll of honour

By club

#TeamTitlesRunners-upChampionships wonChampionships runner-up
1 Colours of Kerry.svg Kilmurry 11 2024 2023
Colours of Clare.svg St Finbarr's 10 2023 —
3 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Canovee 01— 2024

By Division

DivisionTitlesRunners-UpTotal
Colours of Limerick.svg Muskerry 123
Colours of Cork.svg Seandun 101
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Avondhu 000
Colours of Cork.svg Beara 000
Colours of Wexford.svg Carbery 000
Colours of Cork.svg Carrigdhoun 000
Duhallow.png Duhallow 000
Colours of Cork.svg Imokilly 000

List of finals

YearWinnersRunners-upWinning captain(s)Venue#
ClubScoreClubScore
2024 Kilmurry 0-10 Canovee 1-06William Ronan SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh [10]
2023 St Finbarr's 3-06 Kilmurry 1-11Alan McCarthy Páirc Uí Chaoimh [11]

See also

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