2017 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship

2017 Cavan IFC
Tournament details
County	Cavan
Province	Ulster
Year	2017
Trophy	Tommy Gilroy Cup
Sponsor	Hotel Kilmore
Date	28 July - 1 October 2017
Teams	14
Winners
Champions	Shercock (2nd win)
Manager	Francis McPhillips
Captain	Brian Sankey
Qualify for	2017 Ulster Club IFC
Runners-up
Runners-up	Ballyhaise
Manager	Ciaran O'Malley
Captain	Shane Briody
Promotion/Relegation
Promoted team(s)	Shercock
Relegated team(s)	Drumlane; Killinkere; Denn
Other
Player of the Year	Niall Clerkin (Shercock)
	← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship was the 53rd edition of Cavan GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded clubs in County Cavan, Ireland. The tournament consists of 14 teams, with the winner representing Cavan in the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship.

The championship starts with a league stage and then progresses to a knock out stage. The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 10 April 2017.^[1]

Shercock won the championship by beating Ballyhaise in the final.^[2]

Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season.

To Championship

Promoted from 2016 Cavan Junior Football Championship

Cornafean - (Junior Champions)^[3]

Relegated from 2016 Cavan Senior Football Championship

Ballyhaise - (Relegation Play-off Losers)
Denn - (Relegation Play-off Losers)
Killeshandra - (Relegation Play-off Losers)

From Championship

Promoted to 2017 Cavan Senior Football Championship

Arva - (Intermediate Champions)^[4]

Relegated to 2017 Cavan Junior Football Championship

Drumalee - (Relegation Play-off Losers)
Drung - (Relegation Play-off Losers)
Templeport - (Relegation Play-off Losers)

League Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PD	Pts
1	Laragh United	4	4	0	0	+21	8
2	Drumgoon	4	4	0	0	+16	8
3	Ballyhaise	4	3	1	0	+30	6
4	Belturbet	4	3	1	0	+8	6
5	Bailieborough Shamrocks	4	2	1	1	+1	5
6	Swanlinbar	4	2	1	1	-1	5
7	Denn (P.O.)	4	2	2	0	+12	4
8	Cornafean (P.O.)	4	2	2	0	+7	4
9	Shercock (P.O.)	4	4	2	2	-1	4
10	Drumlane	4	1	2	1	−6	3
11	Killinkere	4	1	3	0	−9	2
12	Butlersbridge	4	0	3	1	−24	1
13	Redhills	4	0	4	0	−25	0
14	Killeshandra	4	0	4	0	−29	0

Round 1

28 July 2017 Round 1	Drumlane	1-15 – 0-10	Redhills	Páirc Emmet
20:00		Report		Referee: Packie Smith

28 July 2017 Round 1	Killeshandra	1-9 – 5-11	Ballyhaise	Our Lady of Lourdes Park
20:00				Referee: Gerry Sheridan

29 July 2017 Round 1	Killinkere	2-11 – 1-15	Belturbet	Athletic Grounds
19:00				Referee: Padraig Sheridan

30 July 2017 Round 1	Swanlinbar	2-10 – 2-20	Drumgoon	Annalee Park
14:00				Referee: James Clarke

30 July 2017 Round 1	Denn	1-10 – 1-14	Bailieborough Shamrocks	Dolan Park
14:00				Referee: Stephen McKiernan

30 July 2017 Round 1	Shercock	0-12 – 2-5	Cornafean	Dolan Park
15:30				Referee: Gerry Sheridan

30 July 2017 Round 1	Butlersbridge	0-13 – 0-16	Laragh United	St. Felim's Park
17:00				Referee: Joey Curley

Round 2

4 August 2017 Round 2	Killinkere	1-10 – 0-10	Killeshandra	Our Lady of Lourdes Park
20:00				Referee: Kieran McCarville

6 August 2017 Round 2	Bailieborough Shamrocks	0-8 – 1-13	Laragh United	Breffni Park
13:30		Report		Referee: Oliver Óg O'Reilly

6 August 2017 Round 2	Cornafean	0-13 – 2-14	Swanlinbar	Terry Coyle Park
14:00				Referee: John Emmo

6 August 2017 Round 2	Drumlane	0-6 – 0-11	Belturbet	Annalee Park
14:00				Referee: Martin Sexton

6 August 2017 Round 2	Shercock	1-7 – 2-8	Drumgoon	O'Raghallaigh Park
14:00				Referee: Tony Gregory

6 August 2017 Round 2	Redhills	2-5 – 2-17	Denn	Athletic Grounds
17:00				Referee: Padraig Sheridan

6 August 2017 Round 2	Butlersbridge	0-9 – 2-20	Ballyhaise	St. Felim's Park
17:00		Report		Referee: Ollie Donohoe

Round 3

11 August 2017 Round 3	Laragh United	0-18 – 0-9	Drumlane	Our Lady of Lourdes Park
20:00				Referee: James Clarke

11 August 2017 Round 3	Redhills	1-15 – 3-11	Swanlinbar	St. Aidan's Park
20:00				Referee: John Power

12 August 2017 Round 3	Drumgoon	1-10 – 0-11	Belturbet	Annalee Park
19:00				Referee: Packie Smith

12 August 2017 Round 3	Bailieborough Shamrocks	0-15 – 0-15	Butlersbridge	P. J. Duke Park
19:00				Referee: Martin Cleary

13 August 2017 Round 3	Cornafean	2-13 – 0-7	Killeshandra	Breffni Park
13:30				Referee: Gerry Sheridan

13 August 2017 Round 3	Denn	1-12 – 2-12	Shercock	Breffni Park
18:30		Report		Referee: Oliver Óg O'Reilly

13 August 2017 Round 3	Ballyhaise	1-16 – 1-10	Killinkere	Breffni Park
20:00		Report		Referee: Chris McCaffrey

Round 4

27 August 2017 Round 4	Drumlane	0-13 – 0-13	Swanlinbar	Corlough GAA Grounds
18:30				Referee: Kieran McCarville

27 August 2017 Round 4	Laragh United	2-9 – 2-8	Shercock	Boyle Park
18:30				Referee: Chris McCaffrey

27 August 2017 Round 4	Denn	0-20 – 1-10	Ballyhaise	Athletic Grounds
18:30				Referee: Ollie Donohoe

27 August 2017 Round 4	Butlersbridge	0-10 – 1-11	Belturbet	St. Aidan's Park
18:30		Report		Referee: Jim Giblin

27 August 2017 Round 4	Cornafean	1-17 – 2-11	Redhills	St. Felim's Park
18:30				Referee: Martin Sexton

27 August 2017 Round 4	Killeshandra	conc – w/o	Drumgoon	Terry Coyle Park
18:30				Referee: Margaret Farrelly

27 August 2017 Round 4	Bailieborough Shamrocks	3-12 – 1-13	Killinkere	Dolan Park
18:30				Referee: Gerry Sheridan

League Play-Offs

1 September 2017 Quarter-final Play-Off	Denn	0-7 – 0-13	Shercock	Breffni Park
20:00		Report		Referee: Noel Mooney

6 September 2017 Quarter-final/Relegation Play-Off	Denn	4-8 – 2-21	Cornafean	Our Lady of Lourdes Park
20:00		Report		Referee: Joe McQuillan

Knock-Out Stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Ballyhaise

5-12

Swanlinbar

1-9

Ballyhaise

1-6
0-14 (R)

Belturbet

0-9
0-13 (R)

Belturbet

2-9

Bailieborough

1-9

Ballyhaise

1-9

Shercock

2-11

Laragh United

2-7

Shercock

2-8

Shercock

2-13

Drumgoon

1-13

Drumgoon

2-10

Cornafean

0-13

Quarter-Finals

8 September 2017 Quarter-final	Belturbet	2-9 – 1-9	Bailieborough Shamrocks	Breffni Park
20:00		Report		Referee: Padraig Sheridan

10 September 2017 Quarter-final	Laragh United	2-7 – 2-8	Shercock	Jim Smith Park
15:00				Referee: Joey Curley

10 September 2017 Quarter-final	Ballyhaise	5-12 – 1-9	Swanlinbar	First Ulster Park
15:00		Report		Referee: Tony Gregory

10 September 2017 Quarter-final	Drumgoon	2-10 – 0-13	Cornafean	Breffni Park
18:00		Report		Referee: Brendan Sweeney

Semi-Finals

16 September 2017 Semi-final	Shercock	2-13 – 1-13	Drumgoon	Breffni Park
18:30		Report		Referee: Gerry Sheridan

16 September 2017 Semi-final	Ballyhaise	1-6 – 0-9	Belturbet	Breffni Park
20:00				Referee: Oliver Óg O'Reilly

22 September 2017 Semi-final replay	Belturbet	0-13 – 0-14	Ballyhaise	St. Aidan's Park
20:15		Report		Referee: Joe McQuillan

Final

1 October 2017

16:00

Final

Ballyhaise	1-9 – 2-11	Shercock
Kevin Tierney 0-7 (0-7f), Colm Reilly 1-0, Martin Conaty 0-2 (0-2f)	Report	Niall Clerkin 1-2, Lee Clarke 1-1, Killian Clarke 0-4 (0-2f, 0-1 pen), Damien McIntyre 0-2, Dean O'Reilly 0-1, John McEnroe 0-1

Breffni Park

Referee: Chris McCaffrey

Relegation Play-Offs

9 September 2017 Relegation Play-off	Drumlane	0-6 – 2-12	Redhills	St. Felim's Park
16:00				Referee: Ollie Donohoe

9 September 2017 Relegation Play-off	Killinkere	0-6 – 2-8	Butlersbridge	Athletic Grounds
16:00				Referee: Oliver Óg O'Reilly

23 September 2017 Relegation Play-off	Denn	1-9 – 1-10	Killeshandra	Joe Crowe Park
15:00				Referee: Martin Sexton

References

^ "Club championship draws". Hogan Stand. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
^ "IFC final: Shercock stun Ballyhaise to bridge 33-year gap". Hogan Stand. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
^ "JFC final: Cornafean cruise to first title in 16 years". Hogan Stand. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
^ "IFC final replay: 33-year wait over for Arva". Hogan Stand. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2020.

External links

Official Cavan GAA Website

[1] "Club championship draws". Hogan Stand. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2022.

[2] "IFC final: Shercock stun Ballyhaise to bridge 33-year gap". Hogan Stand. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2020.

[3] "JFC final: Cornafean cruise to first title in 16 years". Hogan Stand. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2020.

[4] "IFC final replay: 33-year wait over for Arva". Hogan Stand. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2020.

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2017 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship

Contents

Team Changes

To Championship

From Championship

League Stage

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

League Play-Offs

Knock-Out Stage

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

Relegation Play-Offs

References

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