Waterford_Intermediate_Football_Championship

Waterford Intermediate Football Championship

Waterford Intermediate Football Championship

Annual Gaelic football competition

Waterford Intermediate Football Championship is a second tier Gaelic Athletic Association competition between Gaelic football clubs organised by Waterford GAA. The winning club is eligible to play in the senior grade the following year for the Waterford Senior Football Championship. The winning club also represents Waterford GAA in the Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship. Each of the two divisions of Waterford GAA - East Division and West Division - organises its own competition, with the two winners contesting the county final.

Qualification for subsequent competitions

Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship

The Waterford IFC winners qualify for the Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship. It is the only team from County Waterford to qualify for this competition. The Waterford IFC winners enter the Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship at the __ stage. For example, 2004 winner Gaultier played in the Munster IFC final.

All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship

The Waterford IFC winners — by winning the Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship — may qualify for the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship, at which they would enter at the __ stage.

History

The competition attracted significant[1] national attention in 2020 when a player competed despite awaiting the result of a COVID-19 test, which returned a positive result.[2][3][4][5][6] This led to Dungarvan (that year's competition-winning club) being stripped of the title.[7][8][9]

Roll of honour

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References

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    "Dungarvan GAA should take punishment 'on the chin' says Bernard Flynn". 27 October 2020. The two-time All-Ireland winner and RTE pundit, speaking to Philip Boucher Hayes on this morning's 'Today with Claire Byrne' programme on RTE Radio One, felt that the Waterford County Board 'had to come down with a firm hand' on this matter.
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    Roche, Frank (5 October 2020). "Dungarvan GAA apologise for 'mishandling' Covid-19 case after player features in final while waiting for test result". Irish Independent.
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    "Dungarvan apologise for breaching Covid-19 guidelines". RTÉ. 6 October 2020.
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    Roche, Frank (28 October 2020). "Dungarvan officially stripped of Waterford intermediate football title". Irish Independent.
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    "Dungarvan stripped of title after Covid-19 controversy". RTÉ. 28 October 2020.
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    "Clashmore return to top table despite spirited Mitchels effort". The Munster Express. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
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