2012 Christy Ring Cup

Dates

5 May
– 9 June 2012

Teams

Champions

London
Colm Quinn (captain)
Éamonn Phelan (manager)

Runners-up

Wicklow
Enan Glynn (captain)
Casey O'Brien (manager)

Tournament statistics

Matches played

Goals scored

49 (3.5 per match)

Points scored

455 (32.5 per match)

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The 2012 Christy Ring Cup was the eighth season of the Christy Ring Cup since its establishment in 2005.

Teams

A total of eight teams contested the Christy Ring Cup, including seven sides from the 2011 Christy Ring Cup and London, who were promoted team from the 2011 Nicky Rackard Cup.^[1]

Both Armagh and Mayo failed to win any of their games in the 2011 Christy Ring Cup, however, without a play-off, Armagh were relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup for 2012. From these two teams, Mayo had the longest tenure as a Christy Ring Cup member as the team had competed in every season since the inaugural one in 2005. Armagh joined the Christy Ring Cup in 2011 having won the previous year's Nicky Rackard Cup.^[2]

2011 Nicky Rackard Cup champions London secured direct promotion to the Christy Ring Cup. They last competed in the competition in 2008.

Team summaries

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity
Derry	Derry	Celtic Park (Derry)	7003500000000000000♠5,000
Down	Newry	Páirc Esler	7004200000000000000♠20,000
Kerry	Tralee	Austin Stack Park	7004180000000000000♠18,000
Kildare	Newbridge	St. Conleth's Park	7003400000000000000♠4,000
London	Ruislip	Emerald GAA Grounds	7003500000000000000♠5,000
Mayo	Castlebar	McHale Park	7004490000000000000♠49,000
Meath	Navan	Páirc Tailteann	7004100000000000000♠10,000
Wicklow	Aughrim	O'Byrne Park	7004100000000000000♠10,000

Structure

The tournament has a double elimination format - each team will play at least two games before being knocked out.

The eight teams play four Round 1 matches.
- The winners in Round 1 advance to Round 2A.
- The losers in Round 1 go into to Round 2B.
There are two Round 2A matches.
- The winners in Round 2A advance to the semi-finals.
- The losers in Round 2A go into to the quarter-finals.
There are two Round 2B matches.
- The winners in Round 2B advance to the quarter-finals.
- The losers in Round 2B are eliminated.
There are two quarter-final matches between the Round 2A losers and Round 2B winners.
- The winners of the quarter-finals advance to the semi-finals.
- The losers of the quarter-finals are eliminated.
There are two semi-final matches between the Round 2A winners and the quarter-final winners.
- The winners of the semi-finals advance to the final.
- The losers of the semi-finals are eliminated.
The winners of the final win the Christy Ring Cup for 2012 and are promoted to the Liam MacCarthy Cup 2013.

Fixtures

Round 1

5 May 2012	Wicklow	2-20 - 2-15	Kerry	O'Byrne Park, Aughrim
14:30	J O'Neill 0-11 (8f), A O'Brien 1-5, W O'Gorman 1-0, E Kearns 0-2, R Keddy, C Moorehouse 0-1 each.	Report	S Nolan 1-3, M Boyle 1-1, S Brick (3f), D O'Connell (1f) 0-4 each, W O'Dwyer 0-3.	Referee: D Hughes (Carlow)

5 May 2012	Mayo	0-17 - 0-19	Down	McHale Park, Castlebar
14:30	K Feeney 0-11 (10f), D McTighe 0-2, B Hunt, K Higgins, P Connell, C Freeman 0-1 each.	Report	P Braniff 0-8 (7f, 1 '65), P Sheehan 0-3, D Toner, A O'Prey, C Mageann 0-2 each, M Ennis, M Turley 0-1 each.	Referee: S Hourigan (Limerick)

5 May 2012	Derry	1-22 - 2-18	Kildare	Celtic Park, Derry
14:30	P Henry 0-12fs, O McCloskey 1-1, P Kelly 0-3 (2fs, 1 65), C Gilmore 0-2, K Hinphey, L Hinphey, A Grant, S McGuigan 0-1 each.	Report	P Divilly 2-5 (3fs), M Moloney 0-4, J Enright 0-3 (2fs), R Hoban (65), D Butler, G Tynan, T Murphy, D Harney, C Kenny 0-1 each.	Referee: G Duffy (Antrim)

6 May 2012	Meath	4-8 - 3-10	London	Páirc Tailteann, Navan
13:00	S Clynch 2-2, S Heavey 1-2, P Durnin 1-1, N Kirby 0-3.	Report	M Finn 1-2, J Maher, K Walsh 1-0 each, J Egan 0-3, M Walsh, C Quinn, E Cooney, P Sloane, H Vaughan 0-1 each.	Referee: P Murphy (Carlow)

Round 2A

12 May 2012	Wicklow	1-18 - 2-11	Derry	O'Byrne Park, Aughrim
	J O'Neill 0-8 (6f, 1 '65), J Connors 1-0, A O'Brien 0-3, C Moorehouse 0-2, T Doyle, E Kearns, G Bermingham, S Kelly, E Glynn 0-1 each.	Report	P Henry 0-9 (7f, 1 '65), P McCloskey, B Quigley 1-0 each, A Grant 0-2.

12 May 2012	Down	2-23 - 1-19	Meath	Páirc Esler, Newry
	P Braniff 1-8 (6f), A O'Prey, M Turley 0-3 each, C Mageean 1-0, P Sheehan, F Conway, C Bailie 0-2 each, D Hobbs, C Woods, A Savage 0-1 each.	Report	N Kirby 0-8 (6f), P Durnin 0-5, J Kelly 1-0, S Clynch 0-2, S Heavey, J Togher, S Donoghue, P Conneely 0-1 each.

Round 2B

12 May 2012	Kildare	2-21 - 1-16	Kerry	St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
	M Moloney 2-3, M Fitzgerald 0-6, P Divilly 0-5 (3f), C Kenny 0-2, D Butler, T Murphy, G Keegan, D Harney, J Enright (f) 0-1 each.	Report	S Brick 1-8 (7f, 1-0 pen), W O'Dwyer 0-4, M Boyle 0-2 (1f), D Dineen, D O'Connell (f) 0-1 each.

12 May 2012	London	2-15 - 3-10	Mayo	Emerald GAA Grounds, Ruislip
	M Finn 1-9 (5f), J Maher 1-2, J Egan 0-2, S Ryan, H Vaughan 0-1 each.	Report	B Hunt 2-0, K Feeney 0-5 (5f), C Freeman 1-0 D McDonnell, K Higgins (1f) 0-2 each, D O'Brien 0-1.

Quarter-finals

19 May 2012	Derry	1-15 - 3-11	London	Celtic Park, Derry
14:00	P Henry 1-6 (4fs, 1 65), P McCloskey, A Grant, S Farren 0-2 each, O McCloskey, S McGuigan, P Kelly 0-1 each.	Report	M Finn 1-4 (2fs, 1 65), L Hand 2-0, J Egan 0-4, P Sloane, J Maher, S Egan 0-1 each.	Referee: G Duffy (Antrim)

19 May 2012	Meath	1-16 - 0-16	Kildare	Páirc Tailteann, Navan
14:30	S Clynch (0-7, 5 frees), J Kelly (1-2), N Kirby (0-4, 4 frees), S Morris (0-1), J Toher (0-1), P Durnin (0-1).	Report	P Divilly (0-6, 5 frees), J Enright (0-3, 1 free), C Kenny (0-3), D Harney (0-2), M Moloney (0-2).	Referee: O Elliot (Antrim)

Semi-finals

26 May 2012	Down	1-21 - 1-21 (aet)	London	Páirc Esler, Newry
	P Braniff 0-8 (7fs, 2 65s), M Turley 0-6 (2fs), C Woods 1-1, P Sheehan 0-4, D Hughes, A Savage 0-1 each.	Report	P Sloane 0-7 (6fs), M Finn 0-5fs, T Dunne 1-1, J Maher 0-3, PJ Roe, K Walsh 0-2 each, S Egan 0-1.	Referee: P Murphy (Carlow)

26 May 2012	Wicklow	3-17 - 2-12	Meath	Arklow
	A O’Brien 1-5, J O’Neill 0-9 (3fs, 1 65), C Moorehouse 1-1, W O’Gorman 1-0, Enan Glynn, T Doyle 0-1 each.	Report	S Clinch 1-4 (1f, 2 65s), D Doran 1-3, N Kirby 0-3 (2fs), P Durnin, N Horan 0-1 each.	Referee: T Carroll (Offaly)

2 June 2012 Replay	London	2-16 - 2-13 (aet)	Down	Emerald GAA Grounds, Ruislip
	M Finn 1-4 (4f), K Walsh 0-4, J Maher 0-3, L Hand 1-0, PJ Rowe 0-2, T Dunne, J Egan, T Hogan 0-1 each.	Report	C Woods 1-8 (1-0pen, 6f, 1 ‘65’), M Ennis 1-0, F Conway, E Clarke 0-2 each, P Sheehan 0-1 (1f).	Referee: T Carroll (Offaly)

Final

9 June 2012	Wicklow	1-17 - 4-18	London	Croke Park, Dublin
	J O’Neill 0-11(6fs, 1 45); E Glynn 1-1; E Kearns, A O’Brien 0-2 each; W O’Gorman, E Dunne 0-1 each.	Report	J Maher 3-4; M Finn 1-5(fs); J Egan 0-4; C Quinn 0-2; P Sloane, K Walsh, T Dunne 0-1 each.

Top scorers

Season

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Martin Finn	London	5-29	44	6	7.33
2	Jonathan O'Neill	Wicklow	0-39	39	4	9.75
3	Paddy Henry	Derry	1-27	30	3	10.00
4	Jonathan Maher	London	5-13	28	6	4.66
5	Paul Braniff	Down	1-24	27	3	9.00
6	Stephen Clynch	Meath	3-15	24	4	6.00
7	Paul Divilly	Kildare	2-16	22	3	7.33

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Jonathan Maher	London	3-4	13	Wicklow
2	Martin Finn	London	1-9	12	Mayo
2	Paddy Henry	Derry	0-12	12	Kildare
4	Paul Divilly	Kildare	2-5	11	Derry
	Conor Woods	Down	1-8	11	London
	Paul Braniff	Down	1-8	11	Meath
	Shane Brick	Kerry	1-8	11	Kildare
	Kenny Feeney	Mayo	0-11	11	Down
	Jonathan O'Neill	Wicklow	0-11	11	Kerry
	Jonathan O'Neill	Wicklow	0-11	11	London

References

↑ "London break free in second half". Irish Times. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
↑ "Armagh edge dramatic Nicky Rackard Cup final". Breaking News website. 3 July 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2012.

External links

Christy Ring Cup fixtures

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