2023 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship

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2023 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship
Dates4 November - 26 November 2023
Teams7
SponsorCo-Op Superstores
Champions Nemo Rangers (2nd title)
Barry Cripps (captain)
Seán Hayes (manager)
Runners-up Harbour Rovers
Eric O'Donoghue (captain)
Dennis Healy (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored16 (2.67 per match)
Points scored182 (30.33 per match)
Top scorer(s) Shane Horgan (1-30)
2022 (Previous) (Next) 2024

The 2023 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship was the 126th staging of the Cork Junior A Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1895. The championship ran from 4 November to 26 November 2023.

The final was played on 26 November 2023 at Páirc Uí Rinn in Cork, between Nemo Rangers and Harbour Rovers, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Nemo Rangers won the match by 1-14 to 1-12 to claim their second championship title overall and a first title in 23 years.[1][2]

Shane Horgan was the championship's top scorer with 1-30.

Qualification[edit]

Division Championship Champions #
Avondhu 2023 North Cork Junior A Hurling Championship Harbour Rovers [3]
Carbery 2023 Carbery Junior A Hurling Championship Clonakilty [4]
Carrigdhoun South East Junior A Hurling Championship Belgooly [5]
Duhallow Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship Newmarket [6]
Imokilly 2023 East Cork Junior A Hurling Championship Carrignavar [7]
Muskerry 2023 Mid Cork Junior A Hurling Championship Ballinora [8]
Seandún City Junior A Hurling Championship Nemo Rangers [9]

Divisional championships[edit]

Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship[edit]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Qualification
1 Millstreet 3 2 1 0 +12 5 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Kilbrin 3 2 0 1 +8 4
3 Freemount 3 1 0 2 -13 2
4 Banteer 3 0 1 2 -7 1

Banteer 0-13 - 1-11 Freemount

Millstreet 1-17 - 2-12 Kilbrin

Kilbrin 0-16 - 0-12 Freemount

Millstreet 0-17 - 2-11 Banteer

Freemount 1-11 - 0-24 Millstreet

Banteer 1-12 - 1-18 Kilbrin

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Qualification
1 Newmarket 3 2 1 0 +43 5 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Dromtarriffe 3 2 1 0 +15 5
3 Castlemagner 3 1 0 2 -26 2
4 Kanturk 3 0 0 3 -32 0

Newmarket 3-16 - 1-22 Dromtarricfe

Castlemagner 2-16 - 0-16 Kanturk

Kanturk 0-12 - 4-26 Newmarket

Dromtarriffe 3-23 - 1-14 Castlemagner

Dromtarriffe w/o - scr. Kanturk

Castlemagner 1-13 - 2-27 Newmarket

Knockout stage

Semi-Finals Final
      
Newmarket 1-30 aet
Kilbrin 1-22
Dromtarriffe 2-13
Newmarket 4-14
Millstreet 1-13
Dromtarriffe 3-18

North Cork Junior A Hurling Championship[edit]

[10]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Qualification
1 Kilshannig 3 3 0 0 +27 6 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Killavullen 3 2 0 1 +8 4
3 Dromina 3 1 0 2 -8 2
4 Charleville 3 0 0 3 -27 0

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Qualification
1 Liscarroll Churchtown Gaels 3 3 0 0 +32 6 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Clyda Rovers 3 2 0 1 +24 4
3 Ballyhea 3 1 0 2 -21 2
4 Buttevant 3 0 0 3 -35 0

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Qualification
1 Harbour Rovers 3 2 1 0 +39 5 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Ballyhooly 3 2 0 1 +13 4
3 Shanballymore 3 1 1 1 -10 3
4 Araglen 3 0 0 3 -42 0

Knockout stage

Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
Kilshannig 3-16
Clyda Rovers 2-17 Ballyhooly 4-09
Ballyhooly 3-15 Kilshannig 0-16
Harbour Rovers 1-16
Liscarroll Churchtown Gaels 0-14
Harbour Rovers 0-17 Harbour Rovers 2-17
Killavullen 0-11

Mid Cork Junior A Hurling Championship[edit]

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Qualification
1 Ballinora 3 3 0 0 +48 6 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Kilmichael 3 2 0 1 -5 4
3 Ballincollig 3 1 0 2 -24 2
4 Inniscarra 3 0 0 3 -19 0

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Qualification
1 Dripsey 2 2 0 0 +28 4 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Blarney 2 1 0 1 -8 2
3 Cloughduv 2 0 0 2 -20 0

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Qualification
1 Grenagh 2 1 1 0 +16 3 Advance to Knockout Stage
3 Éire Óg 2 1 0 1 -15 2
2 Donoughmore 2 0 1 1 -1 1

Knockout stage

Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
Ballinora 1-21
Grenagh 1-18 Grenagh 2-15
Blarney 1-08 Ballinora 0-15
Dripsey 1-09
Dripsey 2-19
Kilmichael 1-20 Kilmichael 1-16
Éire Óg 0-12

City Junior A Hurling Championship[edit]

Bracket

First Round
Second Round
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Passage West 0-15
Nemo Rangers 1-19 Nemo Rangers 0-17
White's Cross 0-16 White's Cross 0-13
St Finbarr's 0-15 Nemo Rangers 1-15
Nemo Rangers 1-12 St Vincent's 0-12
St Vincent's 2-12 St Vincent's 1-18
Glen Rovers 0-19 Bishopstown 1-15
Bishopstown 1-19 Nemo Rangers 3-17
Blackrock 0-14 Whitechurch 1-10
Na Piarsaigh 3-13 Na Piarsaigh 0-13
Blackrock 5-11 Glen Rovers 0-20
Glen Rovers 4-17 Glen Rovers 2-14
Whitechurch 3-20 Whitechurch 1-20
Brian Dillons 2-15 Whitechurch 2-27
Passage West 1-20 Passage West 1-11
Brian Dillons 2-08

South West Junior A Hurling Championship[edit]

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Qualification
1 Kilbree 3 3 0 0 +16 6 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Clonakilty 3 2 0 1 +19 4
3 Dohenys 3 1 0 2 -14 2
4 St Colum's 3 0 0 3 -21 0

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Qualification
1 Ballinascarthy 2 2 0 0 +6 4 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 St James 2 1 0 1 -1 2
3 Bandon 2 0 0 2 -5 0

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Qualification
1 Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's 3 2 0 1 -2 4 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Newcestown 3 2 0 1 +9 4
3 Randal Óg 3 1 0 1 -2 2
4 St Mary's 3 1 0 2 -5 2

Knockout stage

Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
Kilbree 1-09
Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's 2-16 St James 1-19
St James 1-19p St James 0-11
Clonakilty 1-17
Ballinascarthy 2-22
Clonakilty 1-16 Clonakilty 3-20 AET
Newcestown 0-14

South East Junior A Hurling Championship[edit]

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Qualification
1 Ballymartle 2 2 0 0 +26 4 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Kinsale 2 1 0 1 +3 2
3 Carrigaline 2 0 0 2 -29 0

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Qualification
1 Valley Rovers 2 2 0 0 +27 4 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Ballinhassig 2 1 0 1 +20 2
3 Courcey Rovers 2 0 0 2 -47 0

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Qualification
1 Belgooly 2 2 0 0 +30 4 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Shamrocks 2 1 0 1 -12 2
3 Ballygarvan 2 0 0 2 -18 0

Knockout Stage

Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
Belgooly 0-24
Ballinhassig 4-13 Ballinhassig 2-13
Kinsale 1-19 Belgooly 5-17
Valley Rovers 2-14
Valley Rovers 0-21
Ballymartle 1-14 Ballymartle 2-12
Shamrocks 0-07

East Cork Junior A Hurling Championship[edit]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Qualification
1 Cobh 2 2 0 0 +6 4 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Killeagh 2 1 0 1 +10 2
3 Fr. O'Neill's 2 0 0 2 -16 0 Relegated

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Qualification
1 Carrignavar 2 2 0 0 +5 4 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Carrigtwohill 2 1 0 1 +4 2
3 Midleton 2 0 0 2 -9 0 Advance to relegation playoff

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Qualification
1 St. Ita's 2 1 1 0 +4 3 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Bride Rovers 2 1 0 1 0 2
3 Sarsfields 2 0 1 1 -4 1 Advance to relegation playoff

Knockout stage

Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
Carrignavar 1-23
Killeagh 2-17 Killeagh 1-12
Bride Rovers 1-17 Carrignavar 0-18
St Ita's 1-14
Cobh 0-12
St Ita's 5-12 St Ita's 2-12
Carrigtwohill 2-09

Relegation playoff

Sarsfields 2-18 - 2-20 Midleton

Fr. O'Neill's and Sarsfields are relegated

Fixtures and results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
      
Harbour Rovers
(Avondhu)
1-15
Newmarket
(Duhallow)
0-14
Harbour Rovers
(Avondhu)
1-19
Carrignavar
(Imokilly)
1-15
Harbour Rovers
(Avondhu)
1-12
Nemo Rangers
(Seandun)
1-14
Nemo Rangers
(Seandun)
3-21
Belgooly
(Carrigdhoun)
4-12
Nemo Rangers
(Seandun)
2-12
Ballinora
(Muskerry)
1-14
Clonakilty
(Carbery)
0-11
Ballinora
(Muskerry)
1-23

Quarter-finals[edit]

4 November 2023 Quarter-final Harbour Rovers 1-15 - 0-14 Newmarket O'Connell Park
S Condon 0-9 (0-6 f), D O'Brien 1-3, D Pyne 0-2, T McGrath 0-1. Report D Hannon 0-8 f, H O’Connor 0-2, K O’Sullivan, C O’Keeffe, B O’Connor, R Lynn 0-1 each. Referee: W Wallis (Aghada)
4 November 2023 Quarter-final Nemo Rangers 3-21 - 4-12 Belgooly Páirc Uí Rinn
S Horgan 1-12 (1-7 f, 0-2 65); R Dalton, P Collins 1-1 each; A Petrov, B Cripps 0-2 each; G Barrett 0-1 65; C Horgan, E Dilloughrey 0-1 each. Report R Long 2-0; C O’Donovan 1-2; K Fitzgerald 1-1 (1-0 sl); B Dwyer 0-5 f; E O’Donovan 0-3f; S Kiely 0-1. Referee: A O'Regan (Kilbrittain)
5 November 2023 Quarter-final Clonakilty 0-11 - 1-23 Ballinora Páirc Uí Chaoimh
E Ryan 0-4 f, M White 0-3, D Lowney 0-2, B White, C Kenneally 0-1 each. Report A O’Shea 1-2, S Kingston (0-3 f), J Byrne 0-5 each, N Lordan, T Burns 0-3 each, C Quirke 0-2, M Lordan, A O’Sullivan, J Twohig 0-1 each. Referee: E Coleman (Youghal)

Semi-finals[edit]

11 November 2023 Semi-final Nemo Rangers 2-12 - 1-14 Ballinora Páirc Uí Rinn
S Horgan 0-8 (0-7 f), R Dalton 1-2, J Horgan 1-0, C Kiely, A Petrovs 0-1 each. Report S Kingston 0-7 (0-5 f), D Corkery 1-1, A O’Shea, J Byrne 0-2 each, N Lordan, T Burns 0-1 each. Referee: P Beausang (Midleton)
11 November 2023 Semi-final Carrignavar 1-15 - 1-19 Harbour Rovers Páirc Uí Rinn
J Forde 0-9 (0-7 f), B Connolly 1-0, T Geaney, P Sheehan 0-2 each, J Forde, O Crowley 0-1 each. Report S Condon 0-10 (0-5 f), D Pyne 1-0, D O’Brien 0-3, J O’Sullivan 0-2, T Condon, T McGrath, E Sheehan, P Hannon 0-1 each. Referee: N Fahy (Brian Dillons)

Final[edit]

26 November 2023 Final Nemo Rangers 1-14 - 1-12 Harbour Rovers Páirc Uí Rinn
S Horgan 0-10 (0-8 f), A O’Donovan 1-0, C Kiely 0-2, M Cronin, K O’Donovan 0-1 each. Report S Condon 0-9 (0-5 f, 0-1 ‘65’), D O’Brien 1-1 , T McGrath, J O’Sullivan 0-1 each. Referee: B Sweeney (Erin's Own)

Championship statistics[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

Overall
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 Shane Horgan Nemo Rangers 1-30 33 3 11.00
2 Stephen Condon Harbour Rovers 0-28 28 3 9.33
3 Darragh O'Brien Harbour Rovers 2-07 13 3 4.33
4 Shane Kingston Ballinora 0-12 12 2 6.00
5 Ronan Dalton Nemo Rangers 2-03 9 3 3.00
James Forde Carrignavar 0-09 9 1 9.00
7 Donal Hannon Newmarket 0-08 8 1 8.00
8 Alan O'Shea Ballinora 1-04 7 2 3.50
James Byrne Ballinora 0-07 7 2 3.50
10 Ryan Long Belgooly 2-00 6 1 6.00
Single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition
1 Shane Horgan Nemo Rangers 1-12 15 Belgooly
2 Stephen Condon Harbour Rovers 0-10 10 Carrignavar
Shane Horgan Nemo Rangers 0-10 10 Harbour Rovers
4 Stephen Condon Harbour Rovers 0-09 9 Newmarket
Stephen Condon Harbour Rovers 0-09 9 Nemo Rangers
James Forde Carrignavar 0-09 9 Harbour Rovers
7 Donal Hannon Newmarket 0-08 8 Harbour Rovers
Shane Horgan Nemo Rangers 0-08 8 Ballinora
9 Shane Kingston Ballinora 0-07 7 Nemo Rangers
10 Ryan Long Belgooly 2-00 6 Nemo Rangers
Darragh O'Brien Harbour Rovers 1-03 6 Newmarket

References[edit]

  1. ^ O'Shea, John (26 November 2023). "Nemo break Harbour Rovers hearts in JAHC final with late goal to win the title". Echo Live. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  2. ^ Horgan, Andrew (26 November 2023). "Late Alan O'Donovan goal clinches dramatic hurling final victory for 14-man Nemo". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  3. ^ Ryan, Paddy (14 October 2023). "Harbour Rovers lift Avondhu Junior A Hurling title by seeing off Kilshannig". Echo Live. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Irresistible Clonakilty scale the Mountain". The Southern Star. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Joy for Belgooly hurlers after capturing first Junior A hurling title". Echo Live. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Newmarket hurlers outgun Dromtariffe in thrilling Duhallow Junior A final". Echo Live. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Carraig na bhFear win East Cork Junior A final for third time". Irish Examiner. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Ballinora retain Muskerry JAHC title after hard-fought win over Grenagh". Irish Examiner. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
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