Английская Википедия:Cork Senior A Football Championship

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Hiberno-English Шаблон:Infobox GAA tournament The Cork Senior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as McCarthy Insurance Group Cork County Senior A Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork SAFC) is an annual club Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association from 2020 for the second tier senior Gaelic football teams in the county of Cork in Ireland.

In its current format, the Cork Senior A Championship begins in early autumn. The 12 participating club teams are divided into three groups of four teams and play each other in a round-robin system. The three group winners and the three runners-up proceed to the knockout phase that culminates with the final match at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Newcestown are the title holders after beating Dohenys by 0-13 to 0-08 in the 2023 final.

History

Development

On 26 March 2019, three championship proposals were circulated to Cork club delegates after an expensive review process of the entire Cork championship system. A core element running through all three proposals, put together by the Cork GAA games workgroup, was that there be a group stage of 12 teams, as well as straight relegation and promotion. On 2 April 2019, a majority of 136 club delegates voted for Option A which provided for one round of games played in April and two more in August – all with inter-county players available. The decision meant that, for the first time since 1887, the top tier of Cork football was split in two into the Cork Premier Senior Championship and the Cork Senior A Championship.

Beginnings

The inaugural championship was scheduled to begin in April 2020, however, it was postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic in Ireland. When the championship resumed, time constraints led to a revision of the format, with the play-offs for the second best and third best third placed teams being abolished. The knockout stage was further reduced, with the two best-ranking teams from the group stage receiving byes to the semi-finals and the other four qualifying teams contesting two lone quarter-finals. The very first match eventually took place on 24 July 2020, with Bandon claiming a 1-12 to 0-06 victory over Clyda Rovers. Bandon's Mark O'Regan scored the very first championship point before later scoring the championship's very first goal.

Regular format

Group stage

The 12 teams are divided into three groups of four. Over the course of the group stage, which features one game in April and two games in August, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed at least three games. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record. The top two teams in each group qualify for the knock-out stage.

Knockout stage

Play-off: The second best and third best third placed teams from the group stage play off for last quarter-final place.

Quarter-finals: The play-off winner and the seven top-ranking teams from the group stage contest this round. The four winners from these four games advance to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals: The four quarter-final winners contest this round. The two winners from these four games advance to the semi-finals.

Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final. The winning team are declared champions.

Promotion and relegation

At the end of the championship, the winning team is automatically promoted to the Cork Premier Senior Championship for the following season. The three bottom-placed teams from the group stage take part in a series of play-offs, with the losing team being relegated to the Cork Premier Intermediate Championship.

Teams

2024 Teams

Team	Location	Division	Colours	In championship since	Cork SFC Titles	Last Cork SFC Title
Border Béal Átha'n Ghaorthaidh	Ballingeary	Muskerry	Black and red	2020	0	—
Border Bishopstown	Bishopstown	Seandun	Maroon and white	2021	0	—
Carrigaline	Carrigaline	Carrigdhoun	Blue and yellow	2024	0	—
Cill Na Martra	Kilnamartyra	Muskerry	Blue and white	2024	0	—
Border Clyda Rovers	Mourne Abbey	Avondhu	Black and yellow	2020	0	—
Border Dohenys	Dunmanway	Carbery	Green and white	2020	1	1897
Border Fermoy	Fermoy	Avondhu	Black and yellow	2020	7	1945
Border Kanturk	Kanturk	Duhallow	Green and white	2023	0	—
Border Kiskeam	Kiskeam	Duhallow	Black and white	2020	0	—
Border Knocknagree	Knocknagree	Duhallow	Blue and white	2021	0	—
Border Newmarket	Newmarket	Duhallow	Red and black	2022	0	—
Border O'Donovan Rossa	Skibbereen	Carbery	Red and white	2020	1	1992

Sponsorship

In July 2020, Bon Secours Hospital were unveiled as the title sponsor of the Cork Senior A Championship. McCarthy Insurance Group became the new title sponsor in December 2023.

Trophy and medals

The Kevin McTernan Cup is the current prize for winning the championship. It was donated in June 2021 to honour Kevin McTernan who served as a St Finbarr's player and selector. Daniel Goulding of Éire Óg was the first recipient of the cup when it was presented to him after the 2020 final.

Traditionally, at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, the victory presentation takes place at a special rostrum in the main grandstand. The cup is decorated with ribbons in the colours of the winning team. During the game the cup actually has both teams' sets of ribbons attached and the runners-up ribbons are removed before the presentation. The winning captain accepts the cup on behalf of his team before giving a short speech. Individual members of the winning team then have an opportunity to come to the rostrum to lift the cup, which is held by the winning team until the following year's final.

In accordance with GAA rules, the County Board awards a set of gold medals to the championship winners. The medals depict a stylised version of the Cork GAA crest.

List of finals

Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Score	Winning captain(s)	Venue
2023	Newcestown	0-13	Dohenys	0-08	Luke Meade	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
2022	St. Michael's	2-07	Knocknagree	0-06	Seán Keating Tom Lenihan	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
2021	Mallow	2-12	St. Michael's	0-15	Eoin Stanton	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
2020	Éire Óg	2-13	Mallow	1-07	Daniel Goulding	Páirc Uí Chaoimh

Roll of honour

#	Team	Titles	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
1	Border Mallow	1	1	2021	2020
	Border St. Michael's	1	1	2022	2021
	Border Éire Óg	1	0	2020	—
	Border Newcestown	1	0	2023	—
5	Border Knocknagree	0	1	—	2022
	Border Dohenys	0	1	—	2023

By Division

#	Team	Wins	Runners-Up	Total	Last year won
1	Border Carbery	1	1	2	2023
	Border Avondhu	1	1	2	2021
	Border Seandun	1	1	2	2022
	Border Muskerry	1	0	1	2020
5	Border Duhallow	0	1	1	—

Records and statistics

Top scorers

All time

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Ben Seartan	Béal Átha'n Ghaorthaidh	4-57	69	15	4.60
2	Kevin Davis	O'Donovan Rossa	1-65	68	12	5.66
3	Mark Buckley	Dohenys	4-50	62	14	4.42
4	Fintan O'Connor	Knocknagree	4-37	49	10	4.90
5	Arthur Coakley	Bantry Blues	2-35	41	8	5.12
6	Daniel Goulding	Éire Óg	2-34	40	6	6.66
7	Adam Hennessy	St. Michael's	5-24	39	13	3.00
	Barry Collins	Bandon	2-33	39	9	4.33
9	Seán O'Sullivan	Kiskeam	1-35	38	11	3.45
10	Keith White	Dohenys	1-33	36	14	2.57

By year

Year	Top scorer	Team	Score	Total
2020	Daniel Goulding	Éire Óg	2-34	40
2021	Mark Buckley	Dohenys	1-24	27
2022	Kevin Davis	O'Donovan Rossa	0-31	31
2023	David Buckley	Newcestown	0-37	37

In a single game

Year	Top scorer	Team	Score	Total
2020	Daniel Goulding	Éire Óg	2-07	13
2021	Mark Buckley	Dohenys	0-10	10
2022	Ryan O'Keeffe	Newmarket	4-03	15
2023	Anthony O'Connor	Knocknagree	1-08	11

In finals

Final	Top scorer	Team	Score	Total
2020	Joe Cooper	Éire Óg	1-02	5
	Dylan Foley	Éire Óg
2021	Tadhg Deasy	St. Michael's	0-08	8
2022	Adam Hennessy	St. Michael's	2-01	7
2023	David Buckley	Newcestown	0-09	9