2017 Cavan Senior Football Championship

The 2017 Cavan Senior Football Championship is the 109th edition of Cavan GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Cavan, Ireland. The tournament consists of 14 teams, with the winner representing Cavan in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.

2017 Cavan SFC

Tournament details
County	Cavan
Province	Ulster
Year	2017
Trophy	Oliver Plunkett Cup
Sponsor	Hotel Kilmore
Date	23 July - 8 October 2017
Teams	14
Defending champions	Ramor United
Winners
Champions	Cavan Gaels (14th win)
Manager	Jason O'Reilly
Captain	Micheál Lyng
Qualify for	2017 Ulster Club SFC
Runners-up
Runners-up	Castlerahan
Manager	Donal Keogan
Captain	Ronan Flanagan
Promotion/Relegation
Relegated team(s)	Arva Cúchulainn's Mullahoran
Other
Player of the Year	Seánie Johnston (Cavan Gaels)

Ramor United were the defending champions after they defeated neighbours Castlerahan in the previous years final, however Castlerahan exacted their revenge when dethroning them at the semi final stage.[1]

This was Arva's return the senior grade for the first time since 1990 after claiming the 2016 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship title.

The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 10 April 2017.

Cavan Gaels regained their throne as Cavan kingpins, defeating Castlerahan 0-13 to 0-8 in the final.[2][3][4] This was their 14th win,[5] and also their 10th in 20 years.

Team Changes

[6]

The following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season.

To S.F.C. Promoted from 2016 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship Arva - (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C. Relegated to 2017 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship Ballyhaise Denn Killeshandra

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 8 teams go into a random unseeded draw for the Quarter-Finals while the bottom 6 teams will enter a Relegation Playoff. If teams are level on points and a place in the Quarter-Final is at stake, a Playoff will be conducted to determine who goes through.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PD	Pts
1	Cavan Gaels	4	3	0	1	+29	7
2	Castlerahan	4	3	0	1	+9	7
3	Killygarry	4	3	1	0	+22	6
4	Ramor United	4	3	1	0	+12	6
5	Lavey	4	1	0	3	+1	5
6	Kingscourt Stars (P.O.)	4	2	2	0	+8	4
7	Ballinagh (P.O.)	4	2	2	0	+8	4
8	Cootehill (P.O.)	4	1	1	2	+3	4
9	Crosserlough (P.O.)	4	2	2	0	-2	4
10	Gowna	4	1	2	1	-6	3
11	Lacken	4	1	2	1	-10	3
12	Cúchulainn's	4	1	3	0	-5	2
13	Arva	4	0	3	1	-38	1
14	Mullahoran	4	0	4	0	-31	0

Round 1

Ramor United v Cúchulainn's

28 July 2017 Round 1	Ramor United	1-13 – 1-12	Cúchulainn's	O'Raghallaigh Park
				Referee: Conor Dourneen

Cavan Gaels v Lacken

28 July 2017 Round 1	Cavan Gaels	1-14 – 2-7	Lacken	Breffni Park
				Referee: Kieran McCarville

Lavey v Cootehill

29 July 2017 Round 1	Lavey	2-9 – 1-12	Cootehill	Breffni Park
		Report		Referee: Jim Giblin

Castlerahan v Arva

29 July 2017 Round 1	Castlerahan	0-16 – 0-13	Arva	Breffni Park
		Report		Referee: Noel Mooney

Killygarry v Gowna

30 July 2017 Round 1	Killygarry	2-9 – 0-9	Gowna	Breffni Park
		Report		Referee: John Emmo

Kingscourt Stars v Mullahoran

30 July 2017 Round 1	Kingscourt Stars	1-15 – 0-4	Mullahoran	Breffni Park
		Report		Referee: Martin Sexton

Crosserlough v Ballinagh

30 July 2017 Round 1	Crosserlough	2-13 – 1-13	Ballinagh	Breffni Park
		Report		Referee: Tony Gregory

Round 2

Cavan Gaels v Arva

4 August 2017 Round 2	Cavan Gaels	3-15 – 0-9	Arva	Ballinagh GAA Grounds
				Referee: Conor Dourneen

Castlerahan v Lavey

4 August 2017 Round 2	Castlerahan	2-8 – 2-8	Lavey	Breffni Park
		Report		Referee: Gerry Sheridan

Cúchulainn's v Killygarry

5 August 2017 Round 2	Cúchulainn's	2-12 – 3-14	Killygarry	St. Matthew's Park
				Referee: Harry Conaty

Ramor United v Kingscourt Stars

5 August 2017 Round 2	Ramor United	2-12 – 2-11	Kingscourt Stars	Breffni Park
		Report		Referee: Margaret Farrelly

Crosserlough v Gowna

6 August 2017 Round 2	Crosserlough	0-12 – 2-13	Gowna	Breffni Park
				Referee: Pat Clarke

Mullahoran v Cootehill

6 August 2017 Round 2	Mullahoran	0-8 – 0-13	Cootehill	Breffni Park
				Referee: Michael Lee

Lacken v Ballinagh

6 August 2017 Round 2	Lacken	1-7 – 2-11	Ballinagh	Breffni Park
		Report		Referee: James Clarke

Round 3

Ramor United v Cavan Gaels

11 August 2017 Round 3	Ramor United	1-7 – 2-14	Cavan Gaels	Breffni Park
		Report		Referee: Michael Lee

Killygarry v Lacken

12 August 2017 Round 3	Killygarry	2-8 – 0-15	Lacken	Ballinagh GAA Grounds
				Referee: Conor Dourneen

Cootehill v Cúchulainn's

12 August 2017 Round 3	Cootehill	2-11 – 3-10	Cúchulainn's	O'Raghallaigh Park
				Referee: Padraig Sheridan

Arva v Lavey

12 August 2017 Round 3	Arva	1-11 – 0-14	Lavey	Breffni Park
				Referee: Martin Sexton

Kingscourt Stars v Gowna

13 August 2017 Round 3	Kingscourt Stars	3-16 – 2-12	Gowna	Dolan Park
				Referee: Joey Curley

Ballinagh v Castlerahan

13 August 2017 Round 3	Ballinagh	1-6 – 1-11	Castlerahan	Breffni Park
				Referee: Margaret Farrelly

Crosserlough v Mullahoran

13 August 2017 Round 3	Crosserlough	2-17 – 1-17	Mullahoran	Sheelin Park
				Referee: Ollie Donohoe

Round 4

Cootehill v Cavan Gaels

26 August 2017 Round 4	Cootehill	2-5 – 0-11	Cavan Gaels	P. J. Duke Park
				Referee: Oliver Óg O'Reilly

Arva v Ramor United

26 August 2017 Round 4	Arva	0-11 – 4-19	Ramor United	Sheelin Park
				Referee: Padraig Sheridan

Crosserlough v Castlerahan

26 August 2017 Round 4	Crosserlough	0-14 – 0-15	Castlerahan	St. Matthew's Park
				Referee: Joe McQuillan

Gowna v Lacken

26 August 2017 Round 4	Gowna	0-10 – 0-10	Lacken	Páirc Naomh Fionnán
				Referee: Noel Mooney

Mullahoran v Ballinagh

26 August 2017 Round 4	Mullahoran	0-11 – 1-17	Ballinagh	Packie Devlin Park
				Referee: Stephen McKiernan

Kingscourt Stars v Killygarry

26 August 2017 Round 4	Kingscourt Stars	0-7 – 1-16	Killygarry	St. Anne's Park
				Referee: James Clarke

Lavey v Cúchulainn's

26 August 2017 Round 4	Lavey	2-16 – 1-18	Cúchulainn's	Jim Smith Park
				Referee: Michael Lee

League Play-Offs

Quarter-Final Play-Offs

Cootehill v Ballinagh

2 September 2017 Quarter-final Play-Off	Cootehill	4-10 – 0-22 (a.e.t.)	Ballinagh	Breffni Park
		Report		Referee: John Emmo

Crosserlough v Kingscourt Stars

3 September 2017 Quarter-final Play-Off	Crosserlough	2-12 – 3-12	Kingscourt Stars	Breffni Park
				Referee: Kieran McCarville

Ballinagh v Cootehill

6 September 2017 Quarter-final Play-Off replay	Ballinagh	0-11 – 3-12	Cootehill	Breffni Park
		Report		Referee: Noel Mooney

Quarter-Final/Relegation Play-Off

Ballinagh v Crosserlough

10 September 2017 Quarter-final/Relegation Play-Off	Ballinagh	0-9 – 2-13	Crosserlough	St. Matthew's Park
				Referee: James Clarke

Knock-Out Stage

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	Castlerahan		0-18
	Cootehill		0-12
						Castlerahan		0-10
						Ramor United		0-9
	Ramor United		3-9
	Lavey		1-11
											Castlerahan		0-8
											Cavan Gaels		0-13
	Cavan Gaels		1-14
	Crosserlough		3-6
						Cavan Gaels		2-10
						Kingscourt Stars		0-8
	Killygarry GAA		0-12
	Kingscourt Stars		1-10

Quarter-Finals

Killygarry v Kingscourt Stars

9 September 2017 Quarter-final	Killygarry	0-12 – 1-10	Kingscourt Stars	Breffni Park
		Report		Referee: Martin Sexton

Ramor United v Lavey

10 September 2017 Quarter-final	Ramor United	3-9 – 1-11	Lavey	Breffni Park
		Report		Referee: Conor Dourneen

Castlerahan v Cootehill

16 September 2017 Quarter-final	Castlerahan	0-18 – 0-12	Cootehill	Lavey GAA Grounds
				Referee: Margaret Farrelly

Cavan Gaels v Crosserlough

16 September 2017 Quarter-final	Cavan Gaels	1-14 – 3-6	Crosserlough	Páirc Naomh Fionnán
				Referee: Kieran McCarville

Semi-Finals

Castlerahan v Ramor United

23 September 2017 Semi-final	Castlerahan	0-10 – 0-9	Ramor United	Breffni Park
	C. Mackey 0-6 (0-2f), S. Cooney, C. Daly, C. McEnroe, S. Brady 0-1 each	Report av	S. Monaghan 0-3 (0-1f), C. Maguire, James Brady, A. Cole, Jack Brady, S. Cadden, K. Mulvany 0-1 each	Referee: Michael Lee

Cavan Gaels v Kingscourt Stars

24 September 2017 Semi-final	Cavan Gaels	2-10 – 0-8	Kingscourt Stars	Breffni Park
	P. O'Connor 2-0, S. Johnston 0-4 (0-1f), M. Dunne 0-3 (0-1f, 0-1 '45), M. Lyng 0-2, N. Smith 0-1	Report av	B. Reilly 0-4 (0-4f), P. Faulkner, A. Clarke (0-1f), P. Tinnelly, C. McArdle 0-1 each	Referee: Margaret Farrelly

Final

Castlerahan v Cavan Gaels

8 October 2017 Final	Castlerahan	0-8 – 0-13	Cavan Gaels	Breffni Park
	O. Kiernan 0-2 (1 '45), P. Smith, C. Daly, S. Brady, C. Mackey (0-1f), O. O'Connell, C. McEnroe (0-1f) 0-1 each	Report av av	S. Johnston 0-5 (0-2f), R. Maloney-Derham, N. Smith, M. Dunne (0-1f) 0-2 each, B. Fortune, D. Meehan 0-1 each	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Gerry Sheridan Man of the Match: Seánie Johnston (Cavan Gaels)

Relegation Play-Offs

The 6 bottom placed teams the league phase will play off against each other. The 3 winners will maintain their senior status for 2018 while the 3 losers will be relegated to the 2018 I.F.C.

Gowna v Arva

10 September 2017 Relegtion Play-off	Gowna	2-8 – 0-7	Arva	Joe Crowe Park
				Referee: Kieran McCarville

Lacken v Cúchulainn's

16 September 2017 Relegtion Play-off	Lacken	3-15 – 1-10	Cúchulainn's	St. Matthew's Park
				Referee: Brendan Sweeney

Ballinagh v Mullahoran

23 September 2017 Relegtion Play-off	Ballinagh	2-14 – 1-14 (a.e.t.)	Mullahoran	Gowna GAA Grounds
				Referee: James Clarke

References

1. "SFC: Mackey's late free dethrones Ramor". Hogan Stand. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
2. "Gaels force too much for Castlerahan in Cavan". Irish Times. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
3. "More woe for Castlerahan as Cavan Gaels regain title". RTE.ie. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
4. "Gaels regain SFC crown". Anglo Celt. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
5. "Cavan SFC final: Johnston inspires Gaels to 14th crown". Hogan Stand. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
6. "The Anglo Celt Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

External links

• Cavan at ClubGAA
• Official Cavan GAA Website