Waterford Intermediate Football Championship

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Waterford Intermediate Football Championship is a second tier Gaelic Athletic Association competition between Gaelic football clubs organised by Waterford GAA. The winning club is eligible to play in the senior grade the following year for the Waterford Senior Football Championship. The winning club also represents Waterford GAA in the Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship. Each of the two divisions of Waterford GAA - East Division and West Division - organises its own competition, with the two winners contesting the county final.

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Qualification for subsequent competitions

Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship

The Waterford IFC winners qualify for the Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship. It is the only team from County Waterford to qualify for this competition. The Waterford IFC winners enter the Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship at the __ stage. For example, 2004 winner Gaultier played in the Munster IFC final.

All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship

The Waterford IFC winners — by winning the Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship — may qualify for the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship, at which they would enter at the __ stage.

History

The competition attracted significant [1] national attention in 2020 when a player competed despite awaiting the result of a COVID-19 test, which returned a positive result. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] This led to Dungarvan (that year's competition-winning club) being stripped of the title. [7] [8] [9]

Roll of honour

YearWinnerScoreOpponentScore
2022 Roanmore 2-08Ballinameela0-09
2021 Portlaw 1-08 Dungarvan 1-06
2020 Dungarvan 0-14Kill0-10
2019 St. Saviour's 0-08 Modeligo 0-07
2018Kilmacthomas2-13 Modeligo 1-14
2017 Dungarvan 1-09 St. Saviour's 0-08
2016 Portlaw 2-04Geraldines0-08
2015Ballinameela1-12Bonmahon2-07
2014 Brickey Rangers 3-08 Portlaw 1-11
2013 De La Salle 0-14 Ballyduff Upper 0-06
2012 [10] Ballinameela0-12 De La Salle 1-08
2011 [11] Dungarvan 1-07 John Mitchels 0-03
2010 [12] Clashmore 1-13 John Mitchels 1-07
2009Ballinameela(1-04) 1-16 (R) Ballyduff Lower (0-07) 1-13 (R)
2008 Tramore 0-12Geraldines0-10
2007 John Mitchels 1-10Ballinameela0-09
2006 Brickey Rangers 0-11Kill1-03
2005 Rinn O gCuanach 0-10 De La Salle 1-06
2004 Gaultier 0-10 Brickey Rangers 1-05
2003 John Mitchels 0-08Ballinameela0-06
2002 Clashmore 2-08 Newtown 0-11
2001Kilmacthomas(0-09) 1-13 (R) Rinn O gCuanach (1-06) 0-04 (R)
2000 Lismore 2-08 Gaultier 1-06
1999 Clashmore 2-10Butlerstown0-09
1998 Ballinacourty 1-10 De La Salle 0-08
1997 Ardmore 2-06 Dunhill 1-03
1996 Rinn O gCuanach (3-02) 1-07 (R) De La Salle (0-11) 0-09 (R)
1995Kill0-11Faha1-02
1994Bonmahon2-07 Rinn O gCuanach 1-05
1993 Newtown 0-12 Rinn O gCuanach 0-11
1992 Affane 1-05 Portlaw 1-03
1991 Sliabh gCua 0-06 Newtown 0-05
1990Faha2-05 Newtown 1-04
1989 Sliabh gCua 3-10 Portlaw 1-10
1988 Gaultier 5-06 Sliabh gCua 2-04
1987 St. Saviour's 3-11Shamrocks1-01
1986 Brickey Rangers 2-06Kilure/Ballytruckle1-03
1985 Dungarvan 4-09Kilure/Ballytruckle1-04
1984 Rathgormack 1-13Geraldine's1-01
1983 The Nire 0-10 Ballyduff Lower 0-04
1982Butlerstown Ballyduff Upper
1981 Ballyduff Upper 2-08Butlerstown1-05
1980 Brickey Rangers 2-11Butlerstown0-09
1979Ballinameela1-14 Gaultier 1-03
1978 Ferrybank 2-06 Brickey Rangers 1-04
1977 Clashmore 0-12 Ferrybank 1-03
1976 Tallow 0-08 Gaultier 0-04
1975Bonmahon2-05 Clashmore 1-05
1974 Rathgormack 1-05 Rinn O gCuanach 2-01
1973 Ballyduff Upper 0-14 Tramore 1-05
1972 Ardmore 2-06 The Nire 2-03
1971 The Nire 3-09 Erin's Own 0-04
1970 Dunhill 4-07 The Nire 0-07
1969 Clashmore 3-06 Dunhill 2-04
1968
1967 Tramore 1-08Old Parish1-04
1966 Affane 2-04 Ballyduff Lower/Portlaw 1-02
1965 Ballinacourty 3-09 Rathgormack 1-00
1964 Erin's Own 2-10 Affane 0-02
1963Valley Rovers1-03 Tramore 0-03

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  2. ↑ Ryan, Eoin (27 October 2020). "Dungarvan set to be stripped of Waterford intermediate football title over breach of Covid-19 protocols". RTÉ.
  3. ↑ "Dungarvan GAA should take punishment 'on the chin' says Bernard Flynn". 27 October 2020. The two-time All-Ireland winner and RTE pundit, speaking to Philip Boucher Hayes on this morning's 'Today with Claire Byrne' programme on RTE Radio One, felt that the Waterford County Board 'had to come down with a firm hand' on this matter.
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