2000 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship

The 2000 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship was the 103rd staging of the Cork Junior A Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1895. The championship began on 7 October 2000 and ended on 12 November 2000.

2000 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship

Dates	7 October – 12 November 2000
Teams	7
Sponsor	TSB Bank
Champions	Nemo Rangers (1st title) Eddie O'Leary (captain)
Runners-up	Ballinhassig Brendan Lombard (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	12 (2 per match)
Points scored	111 (18.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mark Cotter (1-14)
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On 12 November 2000, Nemo Rangers won the championship following a 2-8 to 1-10 defeat of Ballinhassig in the final. This was their first championship title in the grade.

Nemo's Mark Cotter was the championship's top scorer with 1-14.

Qualification

Division	Championship	Champions
Avondhu	North Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	Dromina
Carbery	West Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	Ballinascarthy
Carrigdhoun	South East Junior A Hurling Championship	Ballinhassig
Duhallow	Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship	Freemount
Imokilly	East Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	Imokilly
Muskerry	Mid Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	Grenagh
Seandún	City Junior A Hurling Championship	Nemo Rangers

Results

Quarter-finals

Nemo Rangers v Ballinascarthy

7 October 2000 Quarter-final	Nemo Rangers	1-13 - 2-07	Ballinascarthy	Jack Barrett Park
	M Cotter 0-6, A Cronin 1-2, M Morgan 0-2, D Creedon 0-1, M Cronin 0-1, J Coogan 0-1.		W Deasy 2-2, C Murphy 0-3, T Coffey 0-1, K Dineen 0-1.

Freemount v Grenagh

8 October 2000 Quarter-final	Freemount	0-11 - 0-10	Grenagh	Páirc Uí Shíocháin
	J O'Flynn 0-6, D Broderick 0-2, B Broderick 0-1, B Murphy 0-1, A Keane 0-1.		A Dorgan 0-3, M Barry 0-3, T Kenny 0-3, O Dennehy 0-1.

Dromina v Watergrasshill

15 October 2000 Quarter-final	Dromina	2-13 - 1-10	Watergrasshill	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	M Finn 1-5, J Hamilton 1-1, P Gould 0-3, J Delee 0-3, P Hayes 0-1.		P Cahill 0-5, D O'Leary 1-1, R Cahill 0-3, D Ryan 0-1.

Ballinhassig received a bye to the semi-final stage.

Semi-finals

Nemo Rangers v Freemount

22 October 2000 Semi-final	Nemo Rangers	1-07 - 0-04	Freemount	Castletownroche
	M Cotter 0-5, A Cronin 1-1, W Morgan 0-1.		J O'Flynn 0-2, G Withers 0-1, M Enright 0-1.

Ballinhassig v Dromina

22 October 2000 Semi-final	Ballinhassig	1-12 - 1-06	Dromina	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	J O'Sullivan 0-5, D Lombard 1-0, S McCarthy 0-3, B O'Sullivan 0-1, T Coleman 0-1, J Mullaney 0-1, D Dineen 0-1.		M Finn 1-3 L Hayes 0-1, G Buckley 0-1, J Delee 0-1.

Final

Nemo Rangers v Ballinhassig

12 November 2000 Final	Nemo Rangers	2-08 - 1-10	Ballinhassig	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	M Cotter 1-3, S Calnan 1-2, J Masters 0-2, D Niblock 0-1.		D Duggan 1-2, B O'Sullivan 0-3, J Mullaney 0-2, S McCarthy 0-1, J O'Sullivan 0-1, D Lombard 0-1.

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Dromina's Martin Finn scored 2-08 during the championship.

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Mark Cotter	Nemo Rangers	1-14	17	3	5.66
2	Martin Finn	Dromina	2-08	14	2	7.00
3	Alan Cronin	Nemo Rangers	2-03	9	3	3.00
4	Willie Deasy	Ballinascarthy	2-02	8	1	8.00
	John O'Flynn	Freemount	0-08	8	2	4.00

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Willie Deasy	Ballinascarthy	2-02	8	Nemo Rangers
	Martin Finn	Dromina	1-05	8	Watergrasshill
3	Mark Cotter	Nemo Rangers	1-03	6	Ballinhassig
	Martin Finn	Dromina	1-03	6	Ballinhassig
	Mark Cotter	Nemo Rangers	0-06	6	Ballinascarthy
	John O'Flynn	Freemount	0-06	6	Grenagh
7	Alan Cronin	Nemo Rangers	1-02	5	Ballinascarthy
	Stephen Calnan	Nemo Rangers	1-02	5	Ballinhassig
	Diarmuid Duggan	Ballinhassig	1-02	5	Nemo Rangers
	Paudie Cahill	Watergrasshill	0-05	5	Dromina
	Mark Cotter	Nemo Rangers	0-05	5	Freemount
	John O'Sullivan	Ballinhassig	0-05	5	Dromina