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North Cork Junior A Football Championship

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The North Cork Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Synergy Fermoy Credit Union Junior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Avondhu Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1926 for junior Gaelic football teams in the northern part of Cork.

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North Cork Junior A Football Championship
Code	Gaelic football
Founded	1926; 98 years ago (1926)
Region	Avondhu (GAA)
No. of teams	10
Title holders	Killavullen (4th title)
Most titles	Mitchelstown (24 titles)
Sponsors	Synergy Fermoy Credit Union
Official website	Official website

The series of games begin in April, with the championship culminating with the final in the autumn. The championship includes a knock-out stage and a "back door" for teams defeated in the first round.

The North Cork Junior Championship is an integral part of the wider Cork Junior Football Championship. The winners and runners-up of the North Cork championship join their counterparts from the other seven divisions to contest the county championship.

10 clubs currently participate in the North Cork Championship. The title has been won at least once by 17 different clubs. The all-time record-holders are Mitchelstown, who have won a total of 24 titles.

Killavullen are the title-holders, defeating Charleville by 0-14 to 0-06 in the 2023 final.

Format

Group stage

The 10 teams are divided into two groups of three and one group of four. Over the course of the group stage, 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 knockout stage.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals: Two lone quarter-finals featuring the four lowest-placed qualifying teams from the group stage. Two teams qualify for the next round.

Semi-finals: The two quarter-final winners and the top two highest-placed qualifying teams from the group stage contest this round. The two winners from these games advance to the final.

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 enters the Cork Junior A Football Championship and by winning this, they will be promoted to the Cork Premier Junior Football Championship for the following season. There is no relegation to the North Cork Junior B Football Championship.

Teams

2024 teams

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Team	Location	Colours	Position in 2023	Championship Titles	Last Championship Title
Ballyclough	Ballyclough	Green and yellow	Group stage	5	2016
Ballyhooly	Ballyhooly	Blue and yellow	Semi-finals	0	—
Charleville	Charleville	Red and white	Runners-up	2	2020
Clyda Rovers	Mourneabbey	Black and amber	Quarter-finals	5	1989
Fermoy	Fermoy	Black and yellow	Group stage	7	2003
Killavullen	Killavullen	Blue and white	Champions	4	2023
Kilshannig	Glantane	Blue and yellow	Group stage	10	2019
Kilworth	Kilworth	Red and white	Group stage	1	2021
Liscarroll Churchtown Gaels	Churchtown	Green, white and yellow	Semi-finals	0	—
Mallow	Mallow	Red and yellow	Quarter-finals	3	1984

Roll of honour

More information #, Club ...

#	Club	Titles	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
1	Mitchelstown	27	8	1928, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2013	1930, 1931, 1953, 1988, 1991, 2000, 2003, 2012
2	Glanworth	14	11	1942, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1962, 1963, 1971, 2006, 2008, 2009	1933, 1943, 1947, 1951, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1990, 2002
3	Kilshannig	10	8	1959, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1982, 1985, 1996, 2014, 2019	1955, 1958, 1960, 1964, 1977, 1981, 2006, 2010
4	Fermoy	7	8	1926, 1936, 1941, 1974, 1993, 1997, 2003	1928, 1940, 1945, 1946, 1973, 1979, 1999, 2016
5	Grange	5	4	1964, 1966, 1970, 1977, 1979	1962, 1963, 1965, 1976
	Clyda Rovers	5	4	1980, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989	1978, 1983, 1984, 2011
	Ballyclough	5	2	2004, 2005, 2012, 2015, 2016	1980, 2014
8	Kildorrery	4	4	1978, 1990, 1994, 2007	1974, 1975, 1986, 1989
8	Killavullen	4	0	1998, 1999, 2000, 2023	—
10	Mallow	3	13	1929, 1933, 1984	1932, 1935, 1941, 1942, 1948, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1971, 1972, 1987, 1995, 2005
11	Charleville	2	7	2018, 2020	1926, 1934, 1936, 1937, 2015, 2022, 2023
	Deel Rovers	2	6	1981, 1991	1982, 1985, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997,
	Doneraile	2	4	1983, 1992	1944, 1993, 1998, 2001
	Buttevant	2	4	2017, 2022	2013, 2018, 2020, 2021
	Dromtarriffe	2	0	1930, 1932	—
	Sons of Liberty	2	0	1931, 1938	—
17	Kilworth	1	4	2021	2007, 2008, 2017, 2019
17	Newmarket	1	0	1927	—
19	Araglen	0	2	—	1949, 1950
	Abbey Rovers	0	2	—	1959, 1961
	Oldcastletown	0	1	—	1927
	Ballindangan	0	1	—	1938
	Funcheon Vale	0	1	—	1939
	Rathluirc Rovers	0	1	—	2004
	Churchtown	0	1	—	2009

Notes

Runners-up unknown: 1929, 1952

List of finals

More information Year, Winners ...

Year	Winners		Runners-up		#
Year	Club	Score	Club	Score	#
2024
2023	Killavullen	0-14	Charleville	0-06
2022	Buttevant	1-09	Charleville	1-08
2021	Kilworth	4-11	Buttevant	1-15	^[1]
2020	Charleville	2-16	Buttevant	0-10	^[2]
2019	Kilshannig	3-16	Kilworth	0-07	^[3]
2018	Charleville	4-14	Buttevant	1-12	^[4]
2017	Buttevant	2-13	Kilworth	1-09	^[5]
2016	Ballyclough	2-15	Fermoy	1-08	^[6]
2015	Ballyclough	2-11	Charleville	1-12
2014	Kilshannig	2-15	Ballyclough	3-11
2013	Mitchelstown	0-15	Buttevant	0-07
2012	Ballyclough	0-10	Mitchelstown	0-07

Notes:

2021 - The game ended in a draw and extra time was played.

Records

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of North Cork Junior Football Championship titles, is as follows:

1920s: 1 each for Fermoy (1926), Newmarket (1927), Mitchelstown (1928) and Mallow (1929)
1930s: 4 for Mitchelstown (1934-35-37-39)
1940s: 5 for Mitchelstown (1940-43-44-47-48)
1950s: 5 for Mitchelstown (1951-55-56-57-58)
1960s: 3 each for Mitchelstown (1960-61-69) and Kilshannig (1965-67-68)
1970s: 3 each for Grange (1970-77-79) and Mitchelstown (1972-73-75)
1980s: 5 for Clyda Rovers (1980-86-87-88-89)
1990s: 2 each for Kildorrery (1990-94), Fermoy (1993-97) and Killavullen (1998-99)
2000s: 3 for Glanworth (2006-08-09)
2010s: 3 each for Mitchelstown (2010-11-13) and Ballyclough (2012-15-16)

Gaps

Top ten longest gaps between successive championship titles:

51 years: Mallow (1933-1984)
35 years: Glanworth (1971-2006)
33 years: Fermoy (1941-1974)
23 years: Killavullen (2000-2023)
20 years: Mitchelstown (1975-1995)
19 years: Fermoy (1974-1993)
18 years: Kilshannig (1996-2014)
13 years: Kildorrery (1994-2007)
12 years: Kilshannig (1978-1990)
10 years: Fermoy (1926-1936)
10 years: Deel Rovers (1981-1991)

References

[1]
Ryan, Paddy (30 October 2021). "Kilworth lift first Avondhu JAFC title after extra time with Buttevant". Evening Echo. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
[2]
Ryan, Paddy (13 June 2021). "Charleville lift the Avondhu football title for the second time". Evening Echo. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
[3]
Ryan, Paddy (8 September 2019). "Kilshannig land the Avondhu junior football title in style against Kilworth". Evening Echo. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
[4]
"Glory days for Charleville". The Corkman. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
[5]
Ryan, Pat (12 June 2021). "Evenly matched sides in refixed final". The Corkman. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
[6]
Ryan, Pat (17 September 2016). "Stronger Ballyclough prevail against Fermoy to claim JAFC title". The Corkman. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

External links

Avondhu GAA website

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