2009 Christy Ring Cup

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The 2009 Christy Ring Cup was the fifth edition of the Christy Ring Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005 and is the second-tier of Hurling for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is the first-tier trophy). It is contested by eight GAA county teams ranked 13–20 in the 2009 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

Contents

Eight county teams participate in the competition. The teams are Carlow, Derry, Down, Kerry, Mayo, Kildare, Westmeath and Wicklow.

2009 Christy Ring Cup
Teams8
ChampionsCarlow (2nd title)
Runners-upDown
← 2008 (Previous)(Next) 2010 →

The winning team was promoted to the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2010 and played for the Liam MacCarthy Cup.

On 11 July, Carlow retained the cup with a 1-15 to 0-14 victory over Down at Croke Park. [1]

Format

The tournament has a double elimination format - each team will play at least two games before being knocked out.

Team changes

To Championship

Relegated from the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Promoted from the Nicky Rackard Cup

From Championship

Promoted to the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup

Teams

General Information

County Last Cup titleLast Provincial titleLast All-Ireland titlePosition in 2008 ChampionshipAppearance
Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow 2008——5th
Colours of Derry.svg Derry —2001—4th
Colours of Down.svg Down —1997—5th
Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry —1891 1891 5th
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare ———5th
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo —1909—5th
Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath 2007——4th
Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow ———5th

Personnel and kits

County Manager Captain(s) Sponsor

Bracket

Round 1
Round 2B		Round 2A
Quarter-finals		Semi-finals Final
Derry 2-15
Wicklow 0-09 Kerry 4-21
Wicklow 3-09 Derry 2-12
Carlow 4-16 Kerry 2-11
Carlow (R) 6-10
Carlow 1-16
Westmeath 2-21 Kildare 1-13
Kildare 3-19 Carlow 1-15
Mayo 2-20 Down 0-14
Westmeath 0-15 Kildare 1-10
Mayo 1-16
Mayo 0-14 Relegation Playoff
Mayo 1-16 Down 4-21
Kerry 3-11 Kerry 2-10 Westmeath 3-36
Down 3-20 Down 3-11 Wicklow 1-06
Derry 1-22

Knockout phase

MatchDateVenueTeamScoreTeamScore
Round 1May 9 Aughrim Park Wicklow 3-9 Carlow 4-16
Round 1May 9 Páirc Esler Down 3-20 Derry 1-22
Round 1May 9 Tralee Kerry 3-11 Mayo 1-16
Round 1May 9 Cusack Park Westmeath 2-21 Kildare 3-19
Round 2AMay 16 Tralee Kerry 2-10 Down 3-11
Round 2AMay 16 Newbridge Kildare 1-13 Carlow 1-16
Round 2BMay 16 Crossmolina Mayo 2-20 Westmeath 0-15
Round 2BMay 16 Swatragh Derry 2-15 Wicklow 0-9
Quarter-finalMay 23 Mullingar Kerry 4-21 Derry 2-12
Quarter-finalMay 23 Athleague Kildare 1-10 Mayo 1-16
Semi-finalJune 6 Dr Cullen Park Carlow 1-15 Kerry 2-12
Semi-finalJune 6 Páirc Esler Down 4-21 Mayo 0-14
Semi-final replayJune 13 Tralee Kerry 2-11 Carlow 6-10
FinalJuly 11 Croke Park Down 0-14 Carlow 1-15
DateVenueTeamScoreTeamScore
May 23 Clane Westmeath 3-36 Wicklow 1-6

Wicklow are relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup 2010 competition.

Round 1

Matches

Wicklow 3-9 - 4-16 Carlow
J Murphy (1-5), E Dunne (1-0), A O'Brien (1-0), G Bermingham, C Moorehouse (0-2 each). Report P Kehoe (2-4), C Doyle (1-3), D Roberts (1-2), J Hickey (0-4), M Brennan (0-2), E Coady (0-1).
Aughrim Park, Aughrim
Referee: P. Devereux (Kildare)
Down 3-20 - 1-22 Derry
G Johnston (2-3), P Branniff (0-7, 0-4 frees), E Clarke (1-1), J Coyle (0-3), S Wilson (0-3, 0-2 frees), C Woods (0-1), F Conway (0-1), R McGrattan (0-1). Report S Dodds 0-17, C Quinn 1-0, K Hinphey 0-2, B Dodds 0-2, S McNicholl 0-1.
Páirc Esler, Newry
Kerry 3-11 - 1-16 Mayo
S Brick 0-6, E McSweeney 0-3, S Young 1-2, J McCarthy 1-0, JM Dooley 1-0.K Higgins 0-4, A Freeman 0-4, E Madigan 1-0, D Dowling 0-2, D McConn 0-2, D McDonnell 0-2, C Ryan 0-1, S Broderick 0-1.
Austin Stack Park, Tralee
Westmeath 2-21 - 3-19 Kildare
B Murtagh 1-10, A Devine 1-1, A Mitchell 0-3, D McNicholas 0-3, B Connaughton 0-2, K Cosgrove 0-1, D Carty 0-1.D Harney 0-11, T Murphy 2-1, D Carter 1-0, A McAndrew 0-3, R Hoban 0-1, D Cafferty 0-1, M mOloney 0-1 N Ó Muineacháin 0-1.
Cusack Park, Mullingar

Round 2

Round 2A

Kerry 2-10 - 3-11 Down
S Brick (0-9, eight frees), J McCarthy (2-0), JM Dooley (0-1). Report S Wilson (0-7, five frees), G Johnson (2-0), J Coyle (1-0), P Braniff (0-2), C Woods (0-1), M Óg Coulter (0-1).
Austin Stack Park, Tralee
Kildare 1-13 - 1-16 Carlow
D Harney (1-5, 1-4 frees), T Murphy (0-5), A McAndrew (0-2), M Moloney (0-1). Report P Kehoe (0-8, five frees), C Doyle (1-2), A Gaule (0-3), M Brennan (0-1), D Roberts (0-1), J Hickey (0-1).
St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge

Round 2B

Mayo 2-20 - 0-15 Westmeath
A Freeman (0-7, four frees), M Devaney (1-2), Keith Higgins (0-5, three frees), D McDonnell (1-0), S Broderick (0-2), B Higgins (0-1), P Higgins (0-1), E Madigan (0-1), Derek McConn (0-1). Report A Mitchell (0-6, frees), D McNicholas (0-3), R Jackson (0-2); C Jordan (0-1), B Murtagh (0-1, free), C Curley (0-1), D Kilcoyne (0-1).
Westport
Referee: T. Carroll (Offaly)
Derry 2-15 - 0-9 Wicklow
R Convery 1-5 (0-1f, 0-1pen), A Kelly 1-2, S Dodds 0-3 (0-2f), O McCloskey 0-2, M Craig, P McCloskey, and E McGuckin 0-1 each. Report A Driver 0-4, J Murphy 0-3 (0-3f), G Bermingham and J Keogh 0-1 each.
Swatragh
Referee: T. McIntyre (Antrim)

Quarter-finals

Matches

Mayo 1-16 - 1-10 Kildare
C Freeman 0-5, D Dowling 1-1, K Higgins 0-4f, D McDonnell 0-3, A Freeman 0-2f, C Ryan 0-1. Report D Harney 0-6 (4f), P Divilly 1-0, D Kennedy (‘65), T Murphy, A McAndrew, M Maloney 0-1 each.
Athleague
Referee: T. Ryan (Tipperary)
Kerry 4-21 - 2-12 Derry
S Brick (0-15, 6f, 1 ‘65’), J Dooley (4-0), E Sweeney (0-4), J Fitzgerald (0-1), J Casey (0-1). Report R Convery (1-7, 0-6f), O McCloskey (0-5, 2f , 3 ‘65’), M Scullen (1-0).
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Referee: S. Whelan (Wexford)

Semi-finals

Matches

Down 4-21 - 0-14 Mayo
G Johnston 1-5 (0-1f), S Wilson 0-7 (0-3f, 0-1 '65', 0-1 pen), J Coyle 1-3, P Braniff 1-2 (0-1f), E Clarke, 1-1, C Woods 0-2, M Ennis 0-1. Report A Freeman (0-4f), K Higgins (0-3f, 0-1 pen) 0-6 each, D McConn, E Madigan 0-1 each.
Páirc Esler, Newry
Referee: A. Stapleton (Laois)
Carlow 1-15 - 2-12 Kerry
Paudie Kehoe 1-6 (0-6fs), J Hickey 0-4 (1 sideline), R Foley 0-2, S Kavanagh 0-2 (65s), M Brennan 0-1. Report S Brick 1-5 (1-0 pen, 0-3fs), JM Dooley 1-3, E Sweeney 0-2, B Brick 0-1, G O’Brien 0-1.
Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Referee: T. Carroll (Offaly)
Kerry 2-11 - 6-10 Carlow
S Brick (0-7, six frees), JM Dooley (1-1), J McCarthy (1-0), E Sweeney (0-1), B Brick (0-1); G O’Brien (0-1). Report R Foley (2-2), C Doyle (2-1), P Kehoe (1-2, 1-0 pen, 0-1 free), A Gaule (1-1), R Dunbar (0-1), M Brennan (0-1), E Byrne (0-1), S Kavanagh (0-1, 65).
Austin Stack Park, Tralee
Referee: D. O'Driscoll (Limerick)

Final

Final

Carlow 1-15 - 0-14 Down
R Foley 1-03, P Kehoe 0-05 (0-04f), C Doyle 0-02 (0-01f), S Kavanagh (0-01 '65'), A Gaule, E Coady, E Byrne, J Coady 0-01 each. Report S Wilson 0-07 (0-07f), P Braniff 0-04, C O'Prey, J Coyle, A Higgins 0-01 each.
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: T. Ryan (Tipperary)

Relegation playoff

DateWinnerLoserVenue
CountyScoreCountyScore
May 23 Westmeath 3-36 Wicklow 1-06 Clane

Wicklow are relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup 2010 competition.

Stadia and locations

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

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References

  1. ↑ "Carlow retain Christy Ring Cup". RTÉ Sport. 11 July 2009. Archived from the original on 16 July 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
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