2015 Cavan Junior Football Championship

Cavan J.F.C.
Season2015
ChampionsTempleport
RelegatedN/A
Matches played20
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The Cavan Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the third-tier Cavan Gaelic football clubs. It was first competed for in 1913. The winner qualifies to represent their county in the Ulster Club Championship and in turn, go on to the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship. The current champions are Templeport St Aidans who defeated Cornafean GFC in the 2015 decider on a scoreline of 1-16 to 1-12.

Format

11 teams will contest the Hotel Kilmore Junior Championship in 2015.

Teams have been drawn into 3 groups, two with 4 team (Group 1 & 2) and one with 3 teams, (Group 3). The group stages will be played on a league basis. Where teams finish on equal points group placings will be decided in accordance with rule 6.20 of the GAA Official Guide 2013.

The top team in each group will qualify for the semi-finals. The runner up of each group will play off, with the winner qualifying for the semi-final.

Semi-final pairings will be based on an open draw.

2015 Championship

Group stage

Group A

  Group Winner   Play-off Qualifier

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Kill (Q) 3 3 0 0 49 23 26 6
Munterconnaught (Q) 3 2 0 1 66 37 29 4
Corlough 3 1 0 2 55 62 -7 2
Maghera MacFinns 3 0 0 3 11 59 -48 0
Round 1
Kill2-10 - 1-9Munterconnaught
PJ Duke Park, Cavan
Referee: Jason O'Reilly (Cavan)
Round 1
Corlough4-14 0-8Maghera MacFinns
Referee: John Emmo (Cavan)
Round 2
Kill5-18 - 1-8Corlough
St. Felim's Park, Cavan
Referee: TBC (Cavan)
Round 2
Munterconnaught5-18 - 0-3Maghera MacFinns
Referee: (Cavan)
Round 3
Munterconnaught2-15 - 3-9Corlough
St. Aidean's Park, Cavan
Referee: Conor Dourneen (Cavan)
Round 3
KillW/OMaghera MacFinns
Athletic Grounds, Cavan
Referee: TBC (Cavan)

Group B

  Group Winner   Play-off Qualifier

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Cornafean (Q) 3 2 1 0 45 29 16 5
Templeport (Q) 3 2 0 1 58 28 30 4
Shannon Gaels 3 1 0 2 30 58 -28 2
Ballymachugh 3 0 1 2 32 50 -18 1
Round 1
Shannon Gaels3-8 - 2-9Ballymachugh
Referee: Martin Sexton (Cavan)
Round 1
Cornafean1-11 - 1-10Templeport
Packie Devlin Park, Cavan
Referee: Oliver Óg O'Reilly (Cavan)
Round 2
Cornafean3-11 - 0-5Shannon Gaels
Athletic Grounds, Cavan
Referee: Mg Brady (Cavan)
Round 2
Templeport2-16 - 0-6Ballymachugh
Referee: Packie Smith (Cavan)
Round 3
Templeport1-20 - 1-5Shannon Gaels
Corlough GAA Grounds, Cavan
Referee: Michael Lee (Cavan)
Round 3
Cornafean1-8 - 1-8Ballymachugh
Ballinagh GAA Grounds, Cavan
Referee: Jimmy Galligan (Cavan)

Group C

  Group Winner   Play-off Qualifier

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Mountnugent (Q) 2 1 0 1 33 28 5 2
Knockbride (Q) 2 1 0 1 28 30 -2 2
Kildallan 1 1 0 1 27 30 -3 2
Round 1
Knockbride2-10 - 2-5Kildallan
P.J. Duke Park, Cavan
Referee: TBC (Cavan)
Round 2
Kildallan2-10 1-11Mountnugent
Referee: Jim Giblin (Cavan)
Round 3
Mountnugent3-10 - 0-12Knockbride
Referee: (Cavan)

Semi-final play-off

Playoff 1
Templeport1-11 - 0-10Knockbride
Referee: Raymond Tynan (Cavan)
Playoff 2
Templeport4-12 - 2-9Munterconnaught
Referee: Harry Conaty (Cavan)

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1
Cornafean2-18 - 1-4Kill
Referee: Raymond Tynan (Cavan)
Semi-final 2
Templeport3-14 - 0-11Mountnugent
Referee: Conor Dourneen (Cavan)

Final

Final
Templeport1-16 - 1-12Cornafean
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Referee: Michael Lee (Cavan)

References

  1. ^ "JFC final: Brilliant Templeport end 20-year famine". Hogan Stand. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.