2022 Cork Senior A Hurling Championship

2022 Cork Senior A Hurling Championship
Dates	30 July - 9 October 2022
Teams	12
Sponsor	Co-Op Superstores
Champions	Fr. O'Neill's (1st title); Kevin O'Sullivan (captain); Robert Cullinane (captain); Bryan Sweeney (manager); Dave Colbert (manager)
Runners-up	Courcey Rovers; Tadhg O'Sullivan (captain); Seán Guiheen (manager)
Relegated	Ballymartle
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	64 (2.67 per match)
Points scored	880 (36.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Declan Dalton (1-50)
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The 2022 Cork Senior A Hurling Championship was the third staging of the Cork Senior A Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 2020. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 8 February 2022.^[1] The championship ran from 30 July to 9 October 2022.

The final was played on 9 October 2022 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Courcey Rovers and Fr. O'Neill's, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Fr. O'Neill's won the match by 0–20 to 2–12 to claim their first ever championship title in the grade.^[2]

Declan Dalton was the championship's top scorer with 1-50.

Team changes

To Championship

Relegated from the Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship

Carrigtwohill^[3]

Promoted from the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

Courcey Rovers^[4]

From Championship

Promoted to the Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship

Kanturk^[5]

Relegated to the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

Bandon^[6]

Participating clubs


Team	Location	Colours	Manager(s)	Captain
Ballyhea	Ballyhea	Black and white	John Mortell	Pa O'Callaghan
Ballymartle	Riverstick	Green and yellow
Blarney	Blarney	Red and white	Mick Barrett
Bride Rovers	Rathcormac	Green, white and gold	Liam Barry	Patrick O'Flynn
Courcey Rovers	Ballinspittle	Red and white	Seán Guineen	Tadhg O'Sullivan
Carrigtwohill	Carrigtwohill	Blue and yellow
Cloyne	Cloyne	Red and black	Eoin O'Lomasney
Fermoy	Fermoy	Black and yellow	Trevor Grumbridge
Fr. O'Neill's	Ballymacoda	Red and green	Dave Colbert Bryan Sweeney	Kevin O'Sullivan Robert Cullinane
Killeagh	Killeagh	Green and white	Brian Barry
Mallow	Mallow	Red and yellow	Joe Buckley
Newcestown	Newcestown	Red and yellow	Charlie Wilson

Group A

Group A table

Advance to knockout stage Advance to relegation play-off

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Fermoy	3	3	0	0	69	57	12	6
Cloyne	3	1	0	2	71	68	3	2
Mallow	3	1	0	2	69	72	-3	2
Newcestown	3	1	0	2	62	75	-13	2

Group A results

30 July 2022 Round 1	Cloyne	2-19 - 3-17	Fermoy	Jamesy Kelleher Memorial Park
	B O’Shea 0-10 (0-6 f), B Walsh 0-5, P O’Sullivan 0-2, M Cahill, C Mullins 0-1 each.	Report	B Twomey 1-2, L Coleman 0-5 f, D Lardner 0-4 (0-2 f), P De Roiste 1-1, J Molloy 1-0, A Creed 0-2, S Ahern, D Daly, E Clancy 0-1 each.	Referee: D Daly (Brian Dillons)

30 July 2022 Round 1	Newcestown	1-24 - 3-16	Mallow	Coachford Sportsfield
	E Kenneally 0-11 (0-10 f, (0-1 65), L Meade, D Buckley 0-4 each, J Meade 1-2, S O’Donovan 0-2, N Kelly 0-1.	Report	M Tobin 0-11 (0-8 f), D Sheehan 2-0, F Heffernan 1-1, D Moynihan, P Lyons, P Herlihy, R Mills 0-1 each.	Referee: B Coniry (Crosshaven)

5 August 2022 Round 2	Mallow	3-16 - 2-17	Cloyne	Páirc Mac Gearailt
	D Sheehan 2-1; P Lyons 0-5; D Hayes 1-1; M Tobin 0-4 (0-3 f); P Herlihy 0-2, S Copps, N O’Riordan, P Healy 0-1 each.	Report	B O’Shea 0-11 (0-10 f, 0-1 65), B Walsh 2-1; C Cahill, C Mullins 0-2 each; P O’Sullivan 0-1.	Referee: C Lane (Banteer)

7 August 2022 Round 2	Newcestown	1-16 - 3-12	Fermoy	Ballingcollig Grounds
	E Kenneally 1-10 (0-6 f), L Meade 0-2, J Meade (f), E Collins, C O’Neill, P Collins 0-1 each.	Report	L Coleman 0-8 (0-6 f), S Aherne, T Clancy, G O’Callaghan 1-0 each, J Carr 0-2 (0-1 f), D Daly, and D Lardner 0-1 each.	Referee: B Murphy (Carrigtwohill)

27 August 2022 Round 3	Mallow	1-16 - 0-22	Fermoy	Castletownroche Grounds
	M Tobin 1-5 (0-3 f), P Herlihy 0-5, P Healy, F O’Neill 0-2 each, P Lyons and S Hayes 0-1 each.	Report	L Coleman (f), J Carr 0-4 each, S Aherne, D Daly 0-3 each, P De Róiste (0-2), A Creed, P Murphy, M Brennan, T Clancy, G O’Callaghan and A Aherne (0-1 each).	Referee: M Maher (St. Finbarr's)

27 August 2022 Round 3	Newcestown	0-16 - 1-26	Cloyne	Church Road
	C Dineen 0-4, E Kenneally 0-3 (0-2f), J Meade 0-3, L Meade, J Kelleher, E Collins, R O’Sullivan, S O’Donovan, T Twomey (0-1 each).	Report	B O’Shea 0-15 (0-10 f, 0-1 sl), M Cahill 1-3, C Mullins 0-3, B Walsh 0-2, P O’Sullivan, E Motherway, D Byrne 0-1 each.	Referee: C Lyons (Nemo Rangers)

Group B

Group B table

Advance to knockout stage Advance to relegation play-off

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Fr. O'Neill's	3	3	0	0	81	55	26	6
Courcey Rovers	3	2	0	1	64	64	0	4
Blarney	3	1	0	2	54	73	-19	2
Killeagh	3	0	0	3	57	64	-7	0

Group B results

31 July 2022 Round 1	Fr. O'Neill's	3-23 - 0-17	Blarney	Erin's Own Grounds
	D Dalton 1-10 (0-8 f), B Dunne 2-4, K O’Sullivan 0-4, M O’Keeffe 0-2, G Millerick, R Cullinane, J Hankard 0-1 each.	Report	M Coleman 0-5 (0-4 f), P Power 0-3, D McSweeney 0-2, A McEvoy, C Power, P Philpott, P Crowley, S Barrett, C Barrett 0-1 each.	Referee: S Scanlon (Newcestown)

31 July 2022 Round 1	Killeagh	3-11 - 0-22	Courcey Rovers	Ovens Grounds
	E Keniry 2-7 (0-2 f), A Walsh 1-1, A Leahy, S Long, G Leahy 0-1 each.	Report	T O’Sullivan 0-7 (0-4 f, 0-1 65), J O’Neill 0-4, O Crowley 0-3, R Sweetman 0-2, R Nyhan 0-2, S Twomey, M Collins, S Nyhan (f), D J Twomey 0-1 each.	Referee: D Kirwan (Éire Óg)

6 August 2022 Round 2	Killeagh	0-18 - 0-19	Blarney	Erin's Own Grounds
	E Keniry 0-13 f, A Leahy 0-2, S Walsh, D Walsh and R McCarthy 0-1 each.	Report	M Coleman 0-14 (0-11 f, 0-2 65), S Crowley 0-2, M O’Leary, P Power, S Barrett 0-1 each.	Referee: B Coniry (Crosshaven)

7 August 2022 Round 2	Fr. O'Neill's	2-20 - 0-19	Courcey Rovers	Éire Óg Grounds
	D Dalton 0-10 (0-4 f, 0-1 sl, 0-1 65), B Dunne 1-4, P Hassett 1-0, John Millerick 0-2, P McMahon, M O’Keeffe, E Motherway, L O’Driscoll 0-1 each.	Report	T O’Sullivan 0-14 (0-10 f), R Nyhan, L Collins, D J Twomey, R Sweetman, S Twomey 0-1 each.	Referee: D Kirwan (Éire Óg)

27 August 2022 Round 3	Fr. O'Neill's	2-17 - 2-13	Killeagh	Youghal Grounds
	D Dalton 0-12 (0-7 f), B Dunne, J Hankard 1-0 each, M O'Keeffe, P McMahon R Cullinane, T Millerick, E Conway 0-1 each.	Report	E Keniry 0-8 (0-5 f), R McCarthy 1-1 (1-0 pen), C Fitzgibbon 1-0, B Barry, A Leahy, A Walsh, G Leahy, 0-1 each.	Referee: E Coleman (Youghal)

27 August 2022 Round 3	Blarney	0-18 - 2-17	Courcey Rovers	Páirc Uí Rinn
	M Coleman 0-9 f, P Power, S Barrett 0-3 each, D McSweeney 0-2, E Kirby 0-1.	Report	R Sweetnam 0-7 (0-4 f), S Twomey 2-0, S Nyhan 0-4 f, J O’Neill, B Ryan, O Crowley, F Lordan, DJ Twomey, T O’Sullivan (f) 0-1 each.	Referee: P Lyons (Bishopstown)

Group C

Group C table

Advance to knockout stage Advance to relegation play-off

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Bride Rovers	3	2	1	0	80	56	24	5
Ballyhea	3	1	2	0	63	50	13	4
Carrigtwohill	3	1	1	1	57	69	-12	3
Ballymartle	3	0	0	3	40	65	-25	0

Group C results

30 July 2022 Round 1	Ballyhea	1-22 - 0-12	Ballymartle	Grenagh Grounds
	P O’Callaghan 1-11 (0-8 f, 0-1 65), E O’Leary 0-7, Jack Morrissey 0-2, John Morrissey, M O’Sullivan 0-1 each.	Report	D McCarthy 0-4 f, B Corry, S Dorney, M Higgins 0-2 each, E Healy (f), E O’Leary 0-1 each.	Referee: P Lyons (Bishopstown)

31 July 2022 Round 1	Carrigtwohill	0-20 - 5-24	Bride Rovers	Clonmult Memorial Park
	S Walsh 0-8, L Gosnell 0-5 (0-4 f), T Hogan 0-3, P O’Sullivan, P Hogan, J McCarthy, J Mulcahy 0-1 each.	Report	B Roche 2-3, C Tobin 2-3 (0-1 f), A Walsh 1-3, P O’Flynn, C O’Connor, D Dooley 0-2 each, C Barry 0-2 f, J Mannix, S O’Connor, W Finnegan, R O’Connell, K Kearney, M Collins, J Ahern 0-1 each.

6 August 2022 Round 2	Carrigtwohill	1-16 - 0-12	Ballymartle	Páirc Uí Rinn
	S Rohan 1-3, L Gosnell 0-6 (0-4 f), S Walsh 0-4, J McCarthy 0-2, J Oke 0-1.	Report	D McCarthy (0-1 f), E Healy (f) 0-3 each, D Desmond, B Corry, L Corry, P Dorney, S Corry, S Cummins 0-1 each.	Referee: M Maher (St. Finbarr's)

7 August 2022 Round 2	Bride Rovers	1-17 - 2-14	Ballyhea	Kildorrery Grounds
	A Walsh 0-7 (0-4 f), C Tobin 1-2, W Finnegan 0-5 f, C O’Connor, K Kearney, P O’Flynn 0-1 each.	Report	P O’Callaghan 2-10 (0-9 f), M O’Sullivan 0-2, D Curtin, J Morrissey 0-1 each.	Referee: N Wall (Carrigaline)

27 August 2022 Round 3	Bride Rovers	0-21 - 1-13	Ballymartle	Riverstown Sportsfield
	A Walsh 0-7 (0-6 f), B Roche 0-6, R O’Connell, C Tobin 0-2 each, P O’Flynn 0-2 f, M Collins 0-1.	Report	D McCarthy 0-8 (0-5 f, 0-1 65, 0-1 sl), K Fitzpatrick 1-1, K O’Callaghan 0-2, B Corry and L O’Callaghan 0-1 each.	Referee: I McCarthy (Bandon)

27 August 2022 Round 3	Carrigtwohill	0-18 - 0-18	Ballyhea	Ballyanley Grounds
	S Walsh 0-6 (0-1 65), L Gosnell 0-4 f, P Hogan 0-3, S Devlin (f), S Rohan 0-2 each, J Mulcahy 0-1.	Report	P O’Callaghan 0-9 (0-6 f), Jack Morrissey, M O’Sullivan 0-2 each, Tiernan Hanley, John Morrissey, D Curtin, E O’Leary, C Hanley 0-1 each.	Referee: A O'Connor (Ballygarvan)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-Finals		Semi-Finals		Final

Bride Rovers (Imokilly)	4-24

Cloyne (Imokilly)	2-11
		Fr. O'Neill's (Imokilly)	1-24

		Bride Rovers (Imokilly)	0-16



				Fr. O'Neill's (Imokilly)	0-20

				Courcey Rovers (Carrigdhoun)	2-12
Ballyhea (Avondhu)	0-16

Courcey Rovers (Carrigdhoun)	0-17
		Fermoy (Avondhu)	0-14

		Courcey Rovers (Carrigdhoun)	5-14

Relegation playoff

10 September 2022 Playoff	Ballymartle	0-13 - 1-16	Killeagh	Church Road
	D McCarthy 0-7 f, P Dorney, K Fitzpatrick, S Dorney, B Corry, J Dwyer, D Desmond 0-1 each.	Report	E Keniry 0-14 (0-8 f, 0-2 65), R McCarthy 1-0, A Walsh, D Kelleher 0-1 each.	Referee: D Copps (Ballyhea)

Quarter-finals

10 September 2022 Quarter-final	Bride Rovers	4-24 - 2-11	Cloyne	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	A Walsh 1-5, 5f, B Roche 2-1, C Tobin 1-2, C Ryan 0-4, 1 sideline, W Finnegan and K Kearney 0-3 each, P O’Flynn and R O’Connell 0-2 each, S O’Connor and C Barry 0-1 each.	Report	B O’Shea 0-7, 5f, M Cahill 2-0, B Walsh 0-2, B Minihane and K Dennehy 0-1 each.	Referee: S Scanlon (Newcestown)

10 September 2022 Quarter-final	Ballyhea	0-16 - 0-17	Courcey Rovers	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	P O’Callaghan 0-8 (0-6 f, 0-1 sl, 0-1 65), M O’Sullivan 0-2, D Curtin, Tom Hanley, D Copps, G Morrissey, E O’Leary, John Morrissey 0-1 each.	Report	R Sweetnam 0-12 (0-11 f, 0-1 65), S Nyhan 0-2 f, B Ryan, S Twomey, O Crowley, 0-1 each.	Referee: I McCarthy (Bandon)

Semi-finals

23 September 2022 Semi-final	Fermoy	0-14 - 5-14	Courcey Rovers	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	L Coleman 0-9 (0-7 f, 0-2 65), S Aherne 0-2, J Carr, B Twomey, M Brennan 0-1 each.	Report	S Twomey 4-0, R Nyhan 1-1, R Sweetnam 0-7 (0-3 f), S Nyhan 0-2 f, O Crowley, J O’Neill, T O’Sullivan, B Ryan 0-1 each.	Referee: N Wall (Ballincollig)

24 September 2022 Semi-final	Fr. O'Neill's	1-24 - 0-16	Bride Rovers	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	D Dalton 0-11 (0-10 f); B Dunne 1-2; T Millerick 0-3; J Hankard 0-2; P McMahon, D Harrington, K O’Sullivan, John Millerick, Joe Millerick E Conway 0-1 each.	Report	W Finnegan 0-4 (0-1 f); P O’Flynn, A Walsh (0-1 65, 0-1 f), S O’Connor 0-2 each; E Roche, K Kearney, D Dooley, R O’Connell, B Roche, C Ryan 0-1 each.	Referee: M Maher (St. Finbarr's)

Final

9 October 2022 Final	Courcey Rovers	2-12 - 0-20	Fr. O'Neill's	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	R Sweetnam 0-5 (0-3 f), R Nyhan, S Nyhan (f) 1-1 each, DJ Twomey, O Crowley 0-2 each, C Roche 0-1.	Report	D Dalton 0-7 (0-3 f, 0-1 65), B Dunne 0-4, Joe Millerick, John Millerick 0-3 each, T Millerick 0-2, K O’Sullivan 0-1.	Referee: C O'Regan (Ballyhea)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Declan Dalton	Fr. O'Neill's	1-50	53	5	10.60
2	Eoghan Keniry	Killeagh	2-42	48	4	12.00
3	Pa O'Callaghan	Ballyhea	3-38	47	4	11.75
4	Brian O'Shea	Cloyne	0-43	43	4	10.75
5	Richard Sweetnam	Courcey Rovers	0-34	34	6	5.66
6	Adam Walsh	Bride Rovers	2-24	30	5	6.00
7	Billy Dunne	Fr. O'Neill's	5-14	29	5	5.80
8	Mark Coleman	Blarney	0-28	28	3	9.33
9	Edmund Kenneally	Newcestown	1-24	27	3	9.00
10	Brian Roche	Bride Rovers	4-11	23	5	4.60
	Mark Tobin	Mallow	1-20	23	3	7.66
	Tadhg O'Sullivan	Courcey Rovers	0-23	23	6	3.83

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Pa O'Callaghan	Ballyhea	2-10	16	Bride Rovers
2	Brian O'Shea	Cloyne	0-15	15	Newcestown
3	Pa O'Callaghan	Ballyhea	1-11	14	Ballymartle
	Tadhg O'Sullivan	Courcey Rovers	0-14	14	Fr. O'Neill's
	Mark Coleman	Blarney	0-14	14	Killeagh
	Eoghan Keniry	Killeagh	0-14	14	Ballymartle
7	Eoghan Keniry	Killeagh	2-07	13	Courcey Rovers
	Edmund Kenneally	Newcestown	1-10	13	Fermoy
	Declan Dalton	Fr. O'Neill's	1-10	13	Blarney
	Eoghan Keniry	Killeagh	0-13	13	Blarney

Miscellaneous

Fr. O'Neill's win their first Senior A title, having lost previous two finals.

References

^ Hurley, Denis (8 February 2022). "Sars, Rockies, Barrs and Charleville set for tough battle in 2022 Premier SHC". Echo Live. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
^ Hurley, Denis (9 October 2022). "Fr O'Neills heading for Premier Senior after win over Courcey Rovers". Echo Live. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
^ O'Callaghan, Therese (23 October 2021). "PSHC: Charleville relegate Carrigtwohill on penalties after an epic clash". Echo Live. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
^ Hurley, Denis (27 November 2021). "Stirring Courcey Rovers fightback secures PIHC final victory". Echo Live. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
^ "Colin Walsh fires Kanturk to county senior A hurling glory with hat-trick". Echo Live. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
^ "SAHC: Mikey Cahill hat-trick key as Cloyne relegate Bandon". Echo Live. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

External links

Cork GAA website

[1] Hurley, Denis (8 February 2022). "Sars, Rockies, Barrs and Charleville set for tough battle in 2022 Premier SHC". Echo Live. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

[2] Hurley, Denis (9 October 2022). "Fr O'Neills heading for Premier Senior after win over Courcey Rovers". Echo Live. Retrieved 9 October 2022.

[3] O'Callaghan, Therese (23 October 2021). "PSHC: Charleville relegate Carrigtwohill on penalties after an epic clash". Echo Live. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

[4] Hurley, Denis (27 November 2021). "Stirring Courcey Rovers fightback secures PIHC final victory". Echo Live. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

[5] "Colin Walsh fires Kanturk to county senior A hurling glory with hat-trick". Echo Live. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

[6] "SAHC: Mikey Cahill hat-trick key as Cloyne relegate Bandon". Echo Live. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

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