2017 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

2017 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
Dates	30 April 2017 – 8 October 2017
Teams	16
Sponsor	Evening Echo
Champions	Kanturk (1st title); Lorcan O'Neill (captain); Donagh Duane (manager)
Runners-up	Mallow; Fionn O'Neill (captain); Joe Buckley (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	77 (2.66 per match)
Points scored	874 (30.14 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Chris O'Leary (3-32)
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The 2017 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 14th staging of the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 2004. The draw for the opening round took place on 11 December 2016. The championship began on 30 April 2017 and ended on 8 October 2017.

On 8 October 2017, Kanturk won the championship following a 0-17 to 1-12 defeat of Mallow in the final.^[1] This was their first championship title in the grade.

Chris O'Leary from the Valley Rovers club was the championship's top scorer with 3-32.

Teams

A total of 16 teams contested the Premier Intermediate Championship, including 15 teams from the 2016 premier intermediate championship and one promoted from the 2016 intermediate championship.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship

Fr. O'Neill's

From Championship

Promoted to the Cork Senior Hurling Championship

Bandon

Results

Round 1

30 April 2017 Round 1	Blarney	1-11 - 0-09	Watergrasshill	Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
	D Cremin 1-2, S Mulcahy 0-3, R Murphy 0-2, M Cremin 0-2, B Hurley 0-1, P Philpott 0-1.	Report	S O'Regan 0-6, D McCarthy 0-1, A Foley 0-1, E Barry 0-1.	Referee: T O'Donovan (Douglas)

30 April 2017 Round 1	Charleville	1-16 - 2-12	Fr. O'Neill's	Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
	M Kavanagh 1-4, D Fitzgibbon 0-6, D Flynn 0-3, G Kelleher 0-1, S Gleeson 0-1, A Cagney 0-1.		D Dalton 1-3, K O'Sullivan 0-4, C Broderick 1-0, B Dunne 0-2, E Conway 0-2, M O'Keeffe 0-1.	Referee: C Lyons (Nemo Rangers)

30 April 2017 Round 1	Fermoy	1-14 - 3-15	Kilworth	Ballyhooly
	L Coleman 0-7 (0-6f), J Hutchings 1-0, T Clancy 0-2, K Morrisson 0-2, B O'Sullivan 0-1, P de Roiste 0-1, M Brennan 0-1.	Report	N McNamara 3-3, W Condon 0-4, D Twomey 0-3f, J Saich 0-2 (0-1 sideline), E McGrath 0-1, B Sheehan 0-1, J McCarthy 0-1.

30 April 2017 Round 1	Castlelyons	1-13 - 3-12	Kanturk	Castletownroche
	A Spillane 0-8, A O'Sullivan 1-0, N O'Leary 0-2, C Spillane 0-1, E Maye 0-1, C McGann 0-1.		L O'Keeffe 1-3, A O'Keeffe 1-1, D Kenneally 1-0, L McLoughlin 0-2, A Nash 0-2, I Walsh 0-2, R Walsh 0-1, L O'Neill 0-1.	Referee: J Murphy (Castletownroche)

5 May 2017 Round 1	Carrigaline	2-15 - 1-17	Valley Rovers	Minane Bridge
	S O'Brien 1-2, R O'Shea 0-5, D Drake 0-5, B Kelleher 1-1, W O'Brien 0-1, C Maguire 0-1.		C O'Leary 1-10, J Walsh 0-3, J Cottrell 0-3, E O'Reilly 0-1.	Referee: S Stokes (Tullylease)

6 May 2017 Round 1	Courcey Rovers	1-09 - 1-12	Mallow	Ovens
	F Lordan 1-7f, T O'Sullivan 0-1; J O'Neill 0-1.	Report	S Hayes 0-8 (7f), C Murphy 1-1, P Herlihy 0-2; A Sheehan 0-1	Referee: D Kirwan (Éire Óg)

13 May 2017 Round 1	Cloyne	4-07 - 0-17 (aet)	Tracton	Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
	C O'Sullivan 2-0, K Dennehy 1-1, C Smith 1-0, P O'Sullivan 0-3, A Walsh 0-1, D Cahill 0-1, C Mullins 0-1.		R Walsh 0-9, J Kingston 0-4, S O'Sullivan 0-3, J Good 0-1.	Referee: J Larkin (Douglas)

28 May 2017 Round 1	Ballinhassig	2-15 - 1-14	Inniscarra	Ovens
	S Coleman 1-4, M Collins 1-1, S McCarthy 0-2, C Tyers 0-2, F O'Leary 0-2, C O'Mahony 0-2, R Lombard 0-1, C Reynolds 0-1.	Report	A O'Mahony 0-6, S O'Donoghue 1-2, T O'Connor 0-2, D O'Connell 0-2, C Buckley 0-1, S Dornan 0-1.	Referee: D Daly (Brian Dillons)

Round 2A

9 June 2017 Round 2A	Cloyne	2-14 - 0-12	Kilworth	Ballynoe
	D Cahill 1-2, K Dennehy 1-1, P O'Sullivan 0-3, B Walsh 0-3, I Cahill 0-2, C O'Sullivan 0-2, D O'Sullivan 0-1.		N McNamara 0-4, D Twomey 0-3, L Whelan 0-2, W Condon 0-1, P Moakley 0-1, J Saich 0-1.	Referee: M Maher (St. Finbarr's)

23 June 2017 Round 2A	Ballinhassig	0-18 - 0-13	Carrigaline	Brinny Sportsfield, Brinny
	F O'Leary 0-5, S Coleman 0-5, C Tyers 0-2, M Collins 0-2, S Sheehan 0-1, P Coomey 0-1, C Desmond 0-1, D O'Sullivan 0-1.		B Kelleher 0-6, R O'Shea 0-2, D Drake 0-2, W O'Brien 0-1, S O'Brien 0-1, P Ronayne 0-1.	Referee: P O'Driscoll (Bride Rovers)

25 June 2017 Round 2A	Blarney	1-21 - 5-18	Mallow	Mourneabbey
	M Coleman 1-8 (1-6f, 1.s/l); C Murphy 0-5, P Philpott 0-2, S Mulcahy 0-2, S Lohan 0-2; D Whyte 0-1, M O'Leary 0-1	Report	S Hayes 1-6 (5f), C Murphy 1-3; P Herlihy 1-2, G Hayes 1-1, D Buckley 1-0, P Lyons 0-3; D Moynihan 0-1, D Relihan 0-1, A Sheehan 0-1.	Referee: J Larkin (Ballinora)

20 August 2017 Round 2A	Charleville	0-21 - 1-22	Kanturk	Fr. Kelleher Park, Kilbrin
	M Kavanagh 0-9 (7 frees, I ’65), D Fitzgibbon 0-7 (2 frees), C Collins (free), J Doyle, J Barry, J Kennedy and A Cagney 0-1 each.	Report	Kanturk: L O’Keeffe 0-7 (frees), L McLoughlin 1-3 (0-2 frees), D Kenneally 0-4, J Browne 0-3, I Walsh 0-2, D Browne, L O’Neil and A Nash (free) 0-1 each.	Referee: D Kirwan (Éire Óg)

Round 2B

17 June 2017 Round 2B	Fermoy	4-22 - 0-07	Tracton	Riverstown
	J Hutchings 2-2, L Coleman 0-8, M Flynn 1-0, P Clancy 1-0, S Aherne 0-3, J Condon 0-2, M Brennan 0-2, K Morrison 0-2, P de Róiste 0-2, T Clancy 0-1.	Report	R Walsh 0-4, D Byrne 0-1, K Lynch 0-1, A Kiely 0-1.	Referee: C McAllister (Aghada)

23 June 2017 Round 2B	Fr. O'Neill's	5-17 - 3-20	Castlelyons	Killeagh
	E Conway 3-3, B Dunne 1-3, D Dalton 0-4, M Motherway 1-0, J Millerick 0-3, K O'Sullivan 0-2, L O'Driscoll 0-1, S O'Connor 0-1.	Report	C McGann 2-0, M Spillane 0-6, A Fenton 1-1, A Spillane 0-4, C Spillane 0-3, A O'Sullivan 0-3, N O'Leary 0-1, E Maye 0-1, J Barry 0-1.	Referee: G Scully (Killeagh)

24 June 2017 Round 2B	Inniscarra	0-12 - 1-21	Valley Rovers	Cloughduv
	A O’Mahony (0-3 frees), T O’Connor and C Casey (0-1 each).	Report	E O’Reilly (0-10, seven frees), C O’Leary (2-3), R Butler (1-0), K Canty (0-3), D Crowley (0-2), W Burke (free) and J Walsh (0-1 each).	Referee: S Stokes (Tullylease)

24 June 2017 Round 2B	Watergrasshill	3-12 - 2-17	Courcey Rovers	Páirc Liam Mhic Cárthaigh, Ballygarvan
	S O'Regan 0-8, K O'Neill 2-1, D McCarthy 1-0, P O'Regan 0-2, S O'Callaghan 0-1.		F Lordan 0-7, T O'Sullivan 1-1, T Collins 1-1, R Nyhan 0-2, B Collins 0-2, M Collins 0-2, D Lordan 0-1, K Moloney 0-1.	Referee: D Farrell (Mitchelstown)

Round 3

16 July 2017 Round 3	Fr. O'Neill's	3-14 - 0-08	Kilworth	Lisgoold
	K O'Sullivan 0-6 (2f, 2 '65'), D Dalton 1-2 (0-1 sideline), E Conway 1-1, E Motherway 1-1, J Millerick 0-1, M Motherway 0-1, C Broderick 0-1, T Millerick 0-1.	Report	D Twomey 0-3f, N McNamara 0-2f, J McCarthy 0-2, W Condon 0-1.	Referee: N Wall (Carrigaline)

19 July 2017 Round 3	Blarney	1-08 - 1-21	Valley Rovers	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
	M Cremin (0-3, 2 frees, 1 sideline), D Cremen (1-0), M Coleman (0-2 frees), C Power, A McEvoy, S Mulcahy (0-1 each).	Report	C O’Leary (0-12, 7 frees), J Walsh (1-3), J Cottrell (0-3), E O’Reilly (0-2), K Canty (0-1).	Attendance: 10,749

5 August 2017 Round 3	Carrigaline	0-15 - 2-13	Fermoy	Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
	R O'Shea 0-10, D Drake 0-2, K Kavanagh 0-1, W O'Brien 0-1, B Kelleher 0-1.	Report	L Colemna 0-6, S Aherne 1-0, P Shanahan 1-0, J Hutchings 0-2, R O'Callaghan 0-1, B O'Sullivan 0-1, M Brennan 0-1, P de Róiste 0-1, M Flynn 0-1.	Referee: M Maher (St. Finbarr's)

26 August 2017 Round 3	Charleville	0-19 - 1-11	Courcey Rovers	Coachford
	M Kavanagh 0-6, D Fitzgibbon 0-4, J Barry 0-4, B Dennehy 0-2, J Callaghan 0-1, C Collins 0-1, J Doyle 0-1.	Report	S Moloney 1-1, T O'Sullivan 0-4, J O'Neill 0-2, F Lordan 0-1, R Nyhan 0-1, G Moloney 0-1, T Collins 0-1.	Referee: F Scully (Killeagh)

Relegation play-offs

26 September 2017 Play-off	Castlelyons	2-18 - 1-15	Tracton	Ovens
	A O'Sullivan 2-3, M Spillane (0-4, 0-3 frees), C McGann (0-3), B Murphy (0-2), J Barry (0-2), A Spillane (0-1), D Lawlor (0-1).	Report	R Walsh 0-6, A Kiely 1-0, J Kingston 0-3, J Good 0-2, C McGuinness 0-2, D O'Flaherty 0-1, E Kingston 0-1.	Referee: S Stokes (Tullylease)

8 October 2017 Play-off	Inniscarra	0-18 - 1-19	Watergrasshill	Mourne Abbey
	S O'Donoghue 0-6, A O'Mahony 0-4, T O'Connor 0-3, Conor Buckley 0-2, D O'Connell 0-2, C Casey 0-1.		S O'Regan 0-7, D O'Farrell 1-2, A Foley 0-3, B Halbert 0-2, D McCarthy 0-1, W Connolly 0-1, K O'Neill 0-1, D O'Riordan 0-1, A Cronin 0-1.

Quarter-finals

19 August 2017 Quarter-final	Ballinhassig	2-17 - 1-16	Fr. O'Neill's	Clonmult Memorial Park, Midleton
	S Coleman (0-6, 2f, 1 ’65); M Collins (1-2); S Sheehan (1-1); F O’Leary (0-3); P Collins (0-2 frees); P Coomey, D O’Sullivan and C Desmond 0-1 each.	Report	D Dalton (1-5, 1-3 frees); K O’Sullivan (0-5, 2f); E Conway (0-2); S O’Connor, C Broderick, G O’Leary and L O’Driscoll (0-1 each).	Referee: S Stokes (Tullylease)

26 August 2017 Quarter-final	Cloyne	2-19 - 2-12	Fermoy	Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
	P O'Sullivan 0-8 (7f), C O'Sullivan 1-3, B Walsh 1-1, K Dennehy 0-3; A Walsh 0-1; D Cahill 0-1, I Cahill 0-1, C Smith 0-1.	Report	L Coleman 1-6 (1-0pen, 0-4f, 0-1.65); J Hutchings 1-1, D Geary 0-3, R O'Sullivan 0-1, R O'Sullivan 0-1.	Referee: M Maher (St. Finbarr's)

26 August 2017 Quarter-final	Mallow	0-21 - 0-17	Valley Rovers	Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
	S Hayes 0-5 (3f), P Herlihy 0-4, D Relihan 0-4; C Murphy 0-3 (1 sl), P Lyons 0-2, K O'Connor 0-1, A Sheehan 0-1, K Sheehan 0-1.	Report	C O'Leary 0-7 (0-5f), E O'Reilly 0-3; A Lyons 0-1, J Cottrell 0-1, J Walsh 0-1, C Desmond 0-1, D Looney 0-1.	Referee: C McAllister (Aghada)

19 September 2017 Quarter-final	Charleville	0-14 - 1-19	Kanturk	Milford Pitch, Milford
	M Kavanagh 0-9 (0-8f. 0-1'65) D Fitzgibbon 0-7 (0-2f) A Cagney 0-1, J Barry 0-1, J Doyle 0-1, J Kennedy 0-1, C Collins 0-1f.	Report	L O'Keeffe 0-9f, L McLoughlan 1-2 (0-1f) D Kenneally 0-4, J Browne 0-3, I Walsh 0-1, L O'Neill 0-1, D Browne 0-1, A Nash 0-1f	Referee: D Kirwan (Éire Óg)

Semi-finals

16 September 2017 Semi-final	Cloyne	1-12 - 1-16	Mallow	Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
	P O'Sullivan 0-7, C O'Sullivan 1-2, K Dennehy 0-1, B Walsh 0-1, D O'Sullivan 0-1.	Report	A Sheehan 1-5, S Hayes 0-5, C Murphy 0-4, P Herlihy 0-1, K Sheehan 0-1.	Referee: S Stokes (Tullylease)

16 September 2017 Semi-final	Ballinhassig	1-14 - 2-14	Kanturk	Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
	S Coleman 0-6 (5f), R Lombard 1-1, F O'Leary 0-3, S McCarthy 0-2; M Collins 0-1, C Desmond 0-1.	Report	L McLoughlin 1-3 (0-2f), R Walsh 0-4; D Kenneally 1-0, L O'Keeffe 0-3 (2f), A Sheehy 0-1, I Walsh 0-1, A Nash 0-1 (f); M Healy 0-1.	Referee: M Maher (St. Finbarr's)

Final

8 October 2017 Final	Kanturk	0-17 - 1-12	Mallow	Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
	L McLoughlin (0-8, 0-4 frees), A Walsh (0-3), I Walsh (0-2), R Walsh, L O’Keeffe (free), D Kenneally and A Sheehy (0-1 each).		G Hayes (1-1), D Relihan (0-4), S Hayes (0-3 frees), K O’Connor (free), P Lyons, C Murphy and K Sheehan (0-1 each).	Referee: C McAllister (Aghada)

Championship statistics

Scoring events

Widest winning margin: 27 points
- Fermoy 4-22 - 0-07 Tracton (Round 2B)
Most goals in a match: 8
- Fr. O'Neill's 5-17 - 3-20 Castlelyons (Round 2B)
Most points in a match: 43
- Kanturk 1-22 - 0-21 Charleville (Round 2A)
Most goals by one team in a match: 5
- Fr. O'Neill's 5-17 - 3-20 Castlelyons (Round 2B)
- Mallow 5-18 - 1-21 Blarney (Round 2A)
Most goals scored by a losing team: 3
- Castlelyons 3-2- - 5-17 Fr. O'Neill's (Round 2B)
Most points scored by a losing team: 21
- Blarney 1-21 - 5-18 Mallow (Round 2A)
- Charleville 0-21 - 1-22 Kanturk (Round 2A)

Top scorers

Top scorer overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Chris O'Leary	Valley Rovers	3-32	41	4	10.25
2	Mark Kavanagh	Charleville	1-28	31	4	7.75
3	Seán Hayes	Mallow	1-27	30	5	6.00
3	Liam Coleman	Fermoy	1-27	30	4	7.50
4	Lorcán McLoughlin	Kanturk	3-18	27	5	5.40
5	Liam O'Keeffe	Kanturk	1-23	26	5	5.20
6	Seán Coleman	Ballinhassig	1-21	24	4	6.00
	Shane O'Regan	Watergrasshill	0-24	24	3	8.00
	Darragh Fitzgibbon	Charleville	0-24	24	4	6.00
7	Declan Dalton	Fr. O'Neill's	3-14	23	4	5.75

Top scorers in a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Chris O'Leary	Valley Rovers	1-10	13	Carrigaline
2	Noel McNamara	Kilworth	3-03	12	Fermoy
	Eoin Conway	Fr. O'Neill's	3-03	12	Castlelyons
	Chris O'Leary	Valley Rovers	1-10	13	Blarney
3	Mark Coleman	Blarney	1-08	11	Mallow
4	Fergus Lordan	Courcey Rovers	1-07	10	Mallow
	Shane O'Regan	Watergrasshill	0-10	10	Inniscarra
	Eoin O'Reilly	Valley Rovers	0-10	10	Inniscarra
	Rob O'Shea	Carrigaline	0-10	10	Fermoy
5	Chris O'Leary	Valley Rovers	2-03	9	Inniscarra
	Aidan O'Sullivan	Castlelyons	2-03	9	Tracton
	Seán Hayes	Mallow	1-06	9	Blarney
	Liam Coleman	Fermoy	1-06	9	Cloyne
	Mark Kavanagh	Charleville	0-09	9	Kanturk
	Ronan Walsh	Tracton	0-09	9	Cloyne
	Mark Kavanagh	Charleville	0-09	9	Kanturk
	Liam O'Keeffe	Kanturk	0-09	9	Charleville

Miscellaneous

On 19 July 2017, Valley Rovers and Blarney contest the first competitive club game at the newly-refurbished Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
Kanturk become the first team from the Duhallow Division to gain promotion to the Cork Senior Hurling Championship.

References

^ O'Callaghan, Therese (9 October 2017). "Kanturk the kingpins after show of fitness and courage". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 21 October 2017.

External links

2017 Cork PIHC results Archived 12 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine

[1] O'Callaghan, Therese (9 October 2017). "Kanturk the kingpins after show of fitness and courage". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 21 October 2017.

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