2024 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship

2024 Kyte Powertech Cavan Intermediate Football Championship
Tournament details
CountyCavan
ProvinceUlster
Year2024
TrophyTommy Gilroy Cup
SponsorKyte Powertech
Date9 August – 13 October 2024
Teams14
Winners
Champions Arva (4th win)
ManagerFinbar O'Reilly[1]
CaptainCiarán Brady
Qualify forUlster Club IFC
Runners-up
Runners-up Butlersbridge
ManagerKeelan Melaniff
CaptainCathal Leddy
Promotion/Relegation
Promoted team(s) Arva
Relegated team(s) Templeport
← 2023
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The 2024 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship is the 60th edition of Cavan GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded clubs in County Cavan, Ireland. The tournament consists of 14 teams, with the winner representing Cavan in the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship. The championship began on 9 August 2024.[2]

Having won the Junior championship in 2023, Arva secured back-to-back championship titles with ten-point win over Butlersbridge in the final.[3]

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2023 championship season.

To Championship

Promoted from 2023 Cavan Junior Football Championship

Relegated from 2023 Cavan Senior Football Championship

  • Lacken (Relegation play-off losers)

From Championship

Promoted to 2024 Cavan Senior Football Championship

Relegated to 2024 Cavan Junior Football Championship

  • Belturbet (Relegation play-off losers)

League stage

All 14 teams enter the competition at this stage. A random draw determines which teams face each other in each of the four rounds. No team can meet each other twice in the group stage. The top eight teams go into the quarter-finals, while the bottom four teams enter the relegation play-offs. The first round draw took place on 13 May 2024.[6]

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Arva 4 4 0 0 98 49 +49 8 Advance to quarter-final
2 Butlersbridge 4 4 0 0 78 56 +22 8
3 Denn 4 3 0 1 68 59 +9 6
4 Cuchulainns 4 3 0 1 60 55 +5 6
5 Cootehill 4 2 1 1 68 65 +3 5
6 Shercock 4 2 1 1 59 58 +1 5
7 Cornafean 4 2 0 2 65 65 0 4[a]
8 Bailieborough Shamrocks 4 2 0 2 55 54 +1 4[a]
9 Drumlane 4 1 1 2 54 64 −10 3
10 Killinkere 4 1 0 3 58 68 −10 2
11 Lacken 4 1 0 3 53 65 −12 2 Advance to relegation play-offs
12 Templeport 4 1 0 3 53 90 −37 2
13 Drumgoon 4 0 1 3 43 51 −8 1
14 Ballymachugh 4 0 0 4 54 67 −13 0
Source: Cavan GAA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Cornafean are ranked ahead of Bailieborough as they won the head-to-head game between the teams.

Round 1

9 August 2024 Round 1 Ballymachugh 1–7 – 1–11 Lacken Dr. Plunkett Memorial Park
19:45 Referee: Noel Mooney
9 August 2024 Round 1 Killinkere 1–14 – 0–9 Templeport Páirc Emmet
19:45 Referee: Martin Sexton
10 August 2024 Round 1 Drumgoon 0–6 – 0–7 Denn Jim Smith Park
18:30 Referee: Pat Clarke
10 August 2024 Round 1 Cornafean 0–18 – 2–9 Shercock Max McGrath Memorial Park
18:30 Referee: John Emmo
10 August 2024 Round 1 Cootehill 2–8 – 1–8 Bailieborough Shamrocks O'Raghallaigh Park
18:30 Referee: Conor Dourneen
11 August 2024 Round 1 Cuchulainns 2–7 – 3–9 Butlersbridge Lavey GAA Grounds
14:00 Referee: Padraig Sheridan
11 August 2024 Round 1 Drumlane 1–10 – 0–15 Arva Kingspan Breffni
16:00 Referee: Ollie Donohoe

Round 2

15 August 2024 Round 2 Butlersbridge 4–10 – 3–10 Ballymachugh Athletic Grounds
19:30 Report Referee: Mark Ferncombe
16 August 2024 Round 2 Cornafean 1–9 – 1–10 Cuchulainns St Bridget's Park
19:30 Referee: Michael Lee
16 August 2024 Round 2 Lacken 1–8 – 2–9 Bailieborough Shamrocks Lavey GAA Grounds
19:30 Referee: Kieran McCarville
17 August 2024 Round 2 Cootehill 1–17 – 4–9 Templeport Max McGrath Memorial Park
18:30 Referee: Daire Donohoe
17 August 2024 Round 2 Arva 0–19 – 1–10 Drumgoon Annalee Park
18:30 Referee: Conor Lyons
17 August 2024 Round 2 Killinkere 1–9 – 0–13 Drumlane St Matthew's Park
18:30 Referee: Barry McMenamin
18 August 2024 Round 2 Denn 2–11 – 1–15 Shercock Dolan Park
16:00 Referee: Paddy Clarke

Round 3

23 August 2024 Round 3 Drumlane 1–6 – 2–12 Butlersbridge St Aidan's Park
20:30 Referee: John Power
25 August 2024 Round 3 Drumgoon 0–9 – 1–6 Shercock St Anne's Park
Referee: Kieran Olwell
25 August 2024 Round 3 Ballymachugh 1–8 – 2–8 Cuchulainns St Matthew's Park
18:30 Report Referee: Jim Giblin
25 August 2024 Round 3 Arva 4–21 – 1–5 Templeport Rory O'Moore Park
14:00 Referee: Kieran McCarville
25 August 2024 Round 3 Denn 2–14 – 0–14 Lacken St Felim's Park
14:00 Referee: Barry McMenamin
25 August 2024 Round 3 Killinkere 1–11 – 0–15 Cootehill Kingspan Breffni
17:00 Report Referee: Ollie Donohoe
25 August 2024 Round 3 Bailieborough Shamrocks 1–10 – 1–11 Cornafean Kingspan Breffni
18:45 Report Referee: James Clarke

Round 4

7 September 2024 Round 4 Shercock 1–14 – 0–14 Ballymachugh St Bartholomew's Park
17:00 Referee: Barry McMenamin
7 September 2024 Round 4 Lacken 0–14 – 3–11 Cuchulainns Dolan Park
17:00 Report Referee: Daire Donohoe
7 September 2024 Round 4 Denn 3–15 – 2–15 Cornafean Athletic Grounds
17:00 Referee: Noel Mooney
7 September 2024 Round 4 Templeport 2–9 – 2–14 Butlersbridge Packie Devlin Park
17:00 Referee: Conor Lyons
7 September 2024 Round 4 Arva 3–22 – 0–15 Templeport Kingspan Breffni
17:00 Referee: Oliver Óg O'Reilly
7 September 2024 Round 4 Drumlane 1–16 – 1–16 Cootehill Max McGrath Memorial Park
17:00 Referee: Conor Dourneen
7 September 2024 Round 4 Drumgoon 3–6 – 1–13 Bailieborough Shamrocks St Bridget's Park
17:00 Referee: Mark Ferncombe

Knock-out stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
Butlersbridge 2–10
Cornafean 1–10
Butlersbridge 0–11
Denn 1–7
Denn 1–13
Shercock 1–10
Butlersbridge 0–11
Arva 3–11
Cuchulainns 2–10
Cootehill 0–9
Cuchulainns 1–10
0–11 (R)
Arva 0–13
0–13 (R)
Arva 1–13
Bailieborough Shamrocks 0–10

Quarter-finals

14 September 2024 Quarter-final Denn 1–13 – 1–10 Shercock Kingspan Breffni
17:00 Referee: Derek Argue
14 September 2024 Quarter-final Arva 1–12 – 1–10 Bailieborough Shamrocks Kingspan Breffni
18:45 Report Referee: Conor Lyons
15 September 2024 Quarter-final Cuchulainns 2–10 – 0–9 Cootehill Kingspan Breffni
14:45 Report Referee: Mark Ferncombe
15 September 2024 Quarter-final Butlersbridge 2–10 – 1–10 Cornafean Kingspan Breffni
18:45 Report Referee: Padraig Sheridan

Semi-finals

27 September 2024 Semi-final Cuchulainns 1–10 – 0–13 Arva Kingspan Breffni
20:00 Referee: Barry McMenamin
29 September 2024 Semi-final Butlersbridge 0–11 – 1–7 Denn Kingspan Breffni
16:00 Referee: Noel Mooney
6 October 2024 Semi-final replay Cuchulainns 0–11 – 0–13 Arva Kingspan Breffni
17:00 Report Referee: Oliver Óg Ó'Reilly

Final

13 October 2024 Final Butlersbridge 0–11 – 3–11 Arva Kingspan Breffni
16:00 Caoimhin O'Reilly 0–4 (0–3f), Fionntán O'Reilly 0–2 (0–2f), Feargal Flanagan 0–2, Killian Leddy 0–1, Patrick McPhillips 0–1, Shane O'Rourke 0–1 Report Jonathan McCabe 1–2, Ciarán Brady 1–1, Barry Donnelly 1–0, Cian O'Hara 0–2 (0–1f, 0–1 '45), Conal Sheridan 0–2, James Morris 0–1, Tristan Noack Hofmann 0–1, Peter Morris 0–1, Kevin Bouchier 0–1 Referee: Brendan Sweeney
Man of the Match: Jonathan McCabe (Arva)

Relegation play-offs

Relegation semi-finals

15 September 2024 Relegation semi-final Lacken 1–9 – 0–12 Ballymachugh Joe Crowe Park
13:00 Referee: Pat Clarke
15 September 2024 Relegation semi-final Templeport 1–11 – 1–11 Drumgoon St Aidan's Park
13:00 Referee: John Emmo
22 September 2024 Relegation semi-final replay Lacken 1–17 – 2–9 Ballymachugh St Felim's Park
13:00 Referee: Jim Giblin
22 September 2024 Relegation semi-final replay Templeport 0–9 – 0–19 Drumgoon Annalee Park
13:00 Referee: Daire Donohoe

Final

29 September 2024 Relegation final Ballymachugh 2–14 – 1–15 Templeport Páirc Naomh Fionnán
13:00 Referee: Margaret Farrelly

References

  1. ^ Donohoe, Damien (10 October 2024). "'They love their football and they love Arva. They are very, very proud Arva people'". The Anglo-Celt. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  2. ^ Fitzpatrick, Paul (9 August 2024). "Wins for Lacken, Redhills and Killinkere". The Anglo-Celt. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  3. ^ Fitzpatrick, Paul (13 October 2024). "Arva make it back-to-back county titles with win over the 'Bridge". The Anglo-Celt. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Brilliant Arva save their best for the big day with fine win". The Anglo-Celt. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  5. ^ Fitzpatrick, Paul (15 October 2023). "Ballyhaise claim Intermediate Championship title". The Anglo-Celt. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  6. ^ McCaffrey, Sean (14 May 2024). "Cavan Club championship draws are made". Shannonside Northern Sound. Retrieved 8 September 2024.