2005_Christy_Ring_Cup

2005 Christy Ring Cup
Dates	4 June 2005 - 14 August 2005
Teams	10
Champions	Westmeath (1stth title); John Shaw (captain); Séamus Qualter (manager)
Runners-up	Down; Simon Wilson (captain); John Crossey (manager)
Relegated	Derry
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	104 (4 per match)
Points scored	759 (29.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mattie Dowd (2-39)
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2005 Christy Ring Cup

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The 2005 Christy Ring Cup was the inaugural staging of the Christy Ring Cup, the Gaelic Athletic Association's second-tier hurling championship. Competing teams, from Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster were divided into two groups of five, in which teams played each other only once, meaning two home games and two away games per team. The top two teams of each group qualified for the knock-out stages.

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On 14 August 2005, Westmeath won the Christy Ring Cup following a 1-23 to 2-18 defeat of Down in the final.^[1]

Kildare's Mattie Dowd was the Christy Ring Cup top scorer with 2-39.

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"Westmeath book place in the big time". Irish Examiner. 14 August 2005. Retrieved 26 March 2018.

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County	Last Provincial title	Last All-Ireland title	Position in 2004 Championship	Appearance
Carlow	—	—	Leinster preliminary round	1st
Derry	2001	—	Ulster semi-final	1st
Down	1997	—	Qualifiers round 1	1st
Kerry	1891	1891	Munster quarter-final	1st
Kildare	—	—	Leinster first round	1st
Mayo	1909	—	All Ireland senior b Runners-up	1st
Meath	—	—	Leinster first round	1st
Roscommon	1913	—	—	1st
Westmeath	—	—	Leinster quarter-final	1st
Wicklow	—	—	Leinster preliminary round	1st

County	Manager	Captain(s)	Sponsor
Carlow
Derry
Down
Kerry
Kildare
Mayo
Meath
Roscommon
Westmeath
Wicklow

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Westmeath	4	3	0	1	10-64	8-49	+21	6	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Down	4	3	0	1	14-72	9-57	+30	6	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Meath	4	2	1	1	9-67	7-52	+21	5
4	Roscommon	4	1	0	3	4-46	13-83	-64	2	Advance to Relegation Playoffs
5	Derry	4	0	1	3	7-49	7-57	-8	1	Advance to Relegation Playoffs

11 June 2005 Round 1	Derry	3-14 - 3-17	Down	Lavey Sportsfield
		Report

11 June 2005 Round 1	Westmeath	4-19 - 0-11	Roscommon	Cusack Park
	A Mitchell 1-7, B Kennedy 1-3, D McNicholas 1-2 (1 sl), J Clarke 1-1, B Connaughton, P Dowdall, B Connaughton, E Loughlin, D McCormack, J Shaw 0-1 each.	Report	M R Mulrey 0-5, D Mulvey 0-3, Connaughton, G Waldron, D Lohan 0-1 each.

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2005 Christy Ring Cup

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18 June 2005 Round 2	Roscommon	1-15 - 1-13	Derry	Athleague Sportsfield
	R Mulry 0-8 (6f), T Reddington 1-0, J Moran, L Murray 0-2 each, M Connaughton, M Brehony, B Hanley 0-1 each.	Report	G Biggs 0-7 (4f), R Convery 1-2 (1f), R Kennedy 0-2, C Quinn, P Quinn 0-1 each.

18 June 2005 Round 2	Meath	3-16 - 2-10	Westmeath	Páirc Tailteann
	J Toole 1-4, P Coone 1-1, N Horan 0-4, N Reilly 1-0, S Clynch, M Cole, D Kirby 0-2 each, P Fagan 0-1.	Report	D McNicholas 1-3, A Mitchell 0-3, N Gavin 1-0, E Loughlin 0-2, B Connaughton, D McCormack 0-1 each.

25 June 2005 Round 3	Down	5-25 - 2-8	Roscommon	McKenna Park
	M Coulter 1-6, S Clarke 1-2, P Braniff 1-3, A Savage 1-1, B McGourty 0-4, G Adair 1-0, G Johnson 0-3, E Clarke 0-2, S Wilson 0-2, G Savage 0-1, C Coulter 0-1.	Report	D Lohan 1-1, J Moran 1-0, D Mulvey 0-3, M Connaughton 0-1, L Murray 0-1, B Hanley 0-1.

2 July 2005 Round 4	Meath	1-14 - 3-16	Down	Páirc Tailteann
	N Horan 0-6, J Toole 0-3, J Waters 1-0, S Clynch 0-3, K Dowd, D Kirby 0-1 each.	Report	G Johnston 1-4, P Braniff 1-3, M Coulter 0-5, S Clarke 1-0, E Clarke 0-2, A Savage, B McGourty, 0-1 each.

2 July 2005 Round 4	Westmeath	1-14 - 2-8	Derry	Cusack Park
	A Mitchell 0-6 (3f, 1 '65'), E Loughlin 0-3, D McNicholas 1-0, B Kennedy 0-2, D McCormack, J Shaw and N Gavin 0-1 each.	Report	F McGuigan 1-2, R Convery 0-4 (2f), J O'Dwyer 1-0, Gregory Biggs 0-1, Gary Biggs 0-1f.	Referee: T Ryan (Tipperary)

16 July 2005 Round 5	Down	3-14 - 3-21	Westmeath	Páirc Esler
			A Mitchell 1-4, B Kennedy 1-3, K Cosgrove 1-2, J Shaw 0-4, J Clarke 0-2, D Curley 0-1, E Loughlin 0-1, B Connaughton 0-1, B Murtagh 0-1, R Whelan 0-1.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Carlow	4	3	0	1	5-50	5-53	-3	6	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Kildare	4	3	0	1	11-54	7-50	+16	6	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Kerry	4	2	1	1	12-59	8-46	+25	5
4	Wicklow	4	1	1	2	8-55	10-49	+0	3	Advance to Relegation Playoffs
5	Mayo	4	0	0	4	7-41	13-61	-38	0	Advance to Relegation Playoffs

4 June 2005 Round 1	Kildare	4-12 - 1-17	Kerry	Sallins Road
	M Dowd (0-6, 3f, 1 ‘65’), A Quinn (2-0), J Dempsey (1-0), B Byrne (1-0), T Carew (0-3, 1f), A McAndrew (0-2), Colm Buggy (0-1).	Report	M Conway (0-12, 11f), E Sheehy (1-0), E Tuohy (0-1), S Sheehan (0-1), JM Dooley (0-1), I McCarthy (0-1), S Brick (0-1).

4 June 2005 Round 1	Carlow	2-13 - 1-13	Wicklow	Dr. Cullen Park
	Pat Coady 0-9, M Brennan 2-1, D Murphy 0-2, R Dunbar 0-1.		J O’Neill 1-4, J Keogh 0-3, D Hyland 0-2, A Tiernan 0-1, C Kavanagh 0-1.	Referee: A Stapleton (Laois)

11 June 2005 Round 2	Wicklow	2-12 - 2-13	Kildare	Pearse Park
	J O'Neill 2-4, D Hyland 0-5, A Tiernan, J Murphy, W O'Gorman 0-1 each	Report	M Dowd 0-9 (4f), A McAndrew, B White 1-0 each, T Carnew 0-2 (2f), C Buggy, J Dempsey.

12 June 2005 Round 2	Carlow	1-12 - 0-13	Mayo	Pearse Stadium
	Des Murphy (1-2), P Coady (0-4, two frees), C English (0-2, frees), D Shaw (0-1), D Roberts (0-1, from a 65), P Kehoe (0-1), B Lawler (0-1).	Report	A Freeman (0-6, three frees), K Higgins (0-3, one free), K Healy (0-1), S Broderick (0-1), D McConn (0-1), K Robinson (0-1).

25 June 2005 Round 3	Kildare	4-17 - 4-4	Mayo	Sallins Road
	M Dowd 1-9 (4 65s, 3f); R Coyle 2-0; J Dempsey 1-0; A McAndrew 0-2; J Brennan, A Quinn, B White, C Buggy, D Harney, T Murphy 0-1 each.	Report	K Higgins 1-2 (1-0 pen 2 frees); K Healy, S Broderick, A Howard 1-0 each; S Lenihan 0-2 (1f).

16 July 2005 Round 5	Wicklow	3-16 - 3-12	Mayo	Pearse Park
	J O'Neill (1-7), D Hyland (1-5), D Moran (1-0), B Rickerby (0-1), T Collins (0-1).	Report	S Duffy (1-1), P Reape (1-1), S Broderick (0-4), A Freeman (0-4), D McConn (1-0), D Kirby (0-2).

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Mattie Dowd	Kildare	2-39	45	5	9.00
2	Martin Coulter	Down	2-35	41	6	6.83
3	Pat Coady	Carlow	0-37	37	5	7.40

9 July 2005 Round 3	Kerry	3-11 - 2-14	Wicklow	Austin Stack Park
	M Conway 0-6 (0-5 frees), J M Dooley 1-3, E Fitzgeerald 1-0, E Touhy 1-0, P Randles 0-2.	Report	W Gorman 2-1, D Hyland 0-4 (0-1 free), J O’Neill 0-4 (0-2 frees), J Murphy 0-2, J Bermingham 0-2, B Rickerby 0-1.

2 July 2005 Round 4	Kerry	5-16 - 0-12	Mayo	Pearse Stadium
	M Conway (2-8, 5f), JM Dooley (3-3), S Brick (0-2), S Sheehan (0-2), P Randles (0-1).	Report	A Freeman (0-6f), G White (0-1), D McConn (0-1f), B Delaney (0-1), K Healy (0-1), S Broderick (0-1), R Campion (0-1).

6 July 2005 Round 4	Carlow	0-17 - 1-12	Kildare	Dr. Cullen Park
	P Coady (0-13, 11 frees, 2, 65's), M Brennan (0-1), R Dunbar (0-1), S McMahon (0-1), D Murphy (0-1),	Report	M Dowd (1-8, 1-5 frees), A (0-2), R Coyle (0-1), C Buggy (0-1).

6 July 2005 Round 5	Kerry	3-15 - 2-8	Carlow	Austin Stack Park
	M Conway 0-8 (0-5 frees), J M Dooley 1-2, D Young and E Tuohy 1-0 each, J Egan and P Lyons 0-2 each, T Flynn 0-1 free.	Report	P Coady 0-6 (0-5 frees), B Lawler 1-1, M Brennan 1-0 R Dunbar 0-1.

30 July 2005 Semi-final	Wicklow	2-27 - 3-22	Derry	Páirc Tailteann
	D Hyland 1-4, J O’Neill 0-6, J Murphy 0-4, W O’Gorman 1-1, L Kennedy 0-2, A Tiernan 0-2, T Collins 0-2, B Rickerby 0-2, G Birmingham 0-1, P Lee 0-1, TJ Byrne 0-1.		Gregory Biggs 0-12, J O’Dwyer 2-0, F McGuigan 1-0, Gary Biggs, R Kennedy, C Quinn, P Quigg 0-2 each, P O’Kane, P Sweeney, K Kelly 0-1 each.

31 July 2005 Semi-final	Roscommon	1-13 - 0-15	Mayo	Athleague Sportsfield
	D Mulvey 0-6, G Waldron 1-0, M Connaughton 0-2, C Kelly 0-2, R Mulvey 0-1, J Moran 0-1, D Lohan 0-1.		A Freeman 0-9, S Broderick 0-4, S Coyne, A Hession 0-1.

13 August 2005 Final	Mayo	4-14 - 1-10	Derry	Markievicz Park
	K Higgins 2-3, K Healy 2-2, S Leneghan 0-2, A Freeman 0-4 (all frees), S Broderick 0-2, G White 0-1.	Report	J O'Dwyer 1-3, G Biggs 0-3 (2 f '65'), P Convery 0-2, S McBride, C Quinn 0-1 each.	Referee: A Heagney (Clare)

Semi-Finals			Final

1A	Westmeath	7-14

2B	Kildare	1-12
			1A	Westmeath	1-23

			1B	Down	2-18
1B	Carlow	1-11

2A	Down	4-23

30 July 2005 Semi-final	Westmeath	7-14 - 1-12	Kildare	Páirc Tailteann
	J Shaw 3-2, A Mitchell 0-5, K Cosgrove, R Wheelan, J Clarke 1-1 each, D Carty 1-0, E Loughlin, B Kennedy, D McNicholas, D Devine 0-1 each.	Report	M Dowd 0-7, A McAndrew 0-3, J Dempsey 1-0, T Carew, D Harney 0-1 each.	Referee: D Connolly (Kilkenny)

31 July 2005 Semi-final	Down	4-23 - 1-11	Carlow	Parnell Park
	M Coulter 1-7 (1-6f), P Braniff 2-4, G Johnson 1-3, S Wilson 0-3 (2f), B McGourty 0-2, G Savage, A Savage, S Clarke (f), E Clarke 0-1 each.	Report	P Coady 0-5 (4f), D Murphy 1-1, R Dunbar, D Roberts, K English, M Brennan, R Foley 0-1	Referee: T Ryan (Tipperary)

14 August 2005 Final	Westmeath	1-23 - 2-18	Down	Croke Park
	A Mitchell 0-9 (8f, 0-1 '65'), J Shaw 1-3, E Loughlin 0-4, B Kennedy, K Cosgrove, B Murtagh 0-2 each, R Whelan 0-1.	Report	M Coulter 0-8 (8f), G Johnson 1-3, S Clarke 1-1, B McGourty 0-2, E Clarke, G Adair, A Savage, F Wilson 0-1 each.	Referee: D Richardson (Limerick)