2017 Wexford Senior Football Championship

The 2017 Wexford Senior Football Championship is the 119th edition of the Wexford GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Wexford, Ireland. The tournament consists of 12 teams, with the winner going on to represent Wexford in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

Wexford S.F.C.

Season	2017
Champions	Starlights (10th title)
Relegated	Horeswood
Leinster SCFC	???
All Ireland SCFC	n/a
Winning Captain	Tom Wall
Man of the Match	Darragh Pepper
← 2016 2018 →

Gusserane O'Rahillys were the defending champions after they defeated Glynn-Barntown in the previous years final.

This was Taghmon-Camross' return to the senior grade after claiming the 2016 Wexford Intermediate Football Championship title.

Horeswood were relegated to the 2018 I.F.C. after 19 years as a senior club when losing the Relegation final to Sarsfields.

Team changes

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

To S.F.C. Promoted from 2016 Wexford Intermediate Football Championship Taghmon/Camross – (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C. Relegated to 2017 Wexford Intermediate Football Championship Adamstown St. Abban's

Group stage

There are 2 groups called Group A and B. The top 4 in each group qualify for the Quarter Finals. The bottom finisher in each group will qualify for the Relegation Final.

Group A

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Shelmaliers 5 4 1 0 75 62 +13 8 Castletown 5 3 2 0 69 53 +16 6 Starlights 5 3 2 0 76 68 +8 6 Glynn-Barntown 5 3 2 0 67 67 0 6 St. Anne's Rathangan 5 2 3 0 57 66 -9 4 Sarsfields 5 0 5 0 58 76 -18 0 Round 1 4/21/17 20:30 Shelmaliers 1-13 – 2-9 Starlights St. Patrick's Park Referee: Kevin Carty (Sarsfields) Eoin Doyle 1-1, Eoghan Nolan 0-3f, Brian Malone, Conor Hearne, Barry O'Connor 0-2 each, Aaron Murphy, Glen Malone, Simon Donohoe 0-1 each Darragh Pepper 2-1, Dillon Redmond 0-3, Liam Ryan, Nick Doyle, Ryan Mahon (0-1f), Alan Tobin, Brendan Kearney (0-1f) 0-1 each 4/22/17 18:45 St. Anne's 1-10 – 1-9 Glynn-Barntown Wexford Park Referee: Sean Whelan (St. Martin's) Sean Kenny 1-1 (0-1f), Redmond Barry 0-4 (0-3f), Jonathan Fogarty 0-2, Sean Gaul (0-1f), Mark Furlong, Andy Kennedy 0-1 each Mark Fanning 0-4 (0-3f), Craig Doyle 1-0, Rioghan Crosbie 0-2, James Stafford, Michael O'Regan (0-1f), Robert Dempsey 0-1 each 4/22/17 14:00 Castletown 2-13 – 0-6 Sarsfields Bellefield Referee: Pat Kehoe (Ratharogue-Cushinstown) Joe Gardiner 1-1, Colin Kennedy 1-0, Robbie Brooks 0-3, Donnacha Holmes, Andy Merrigan, Ben Brosnan (0-2f) 0-2 each, Conor Carty, Jody O'Shaughnessy, Pierce Maxwell 0-1 each Eoin Roche 0-4 (0-3f), John Bridges (0-1f) and Dylan Furlong 0-1 each Round 2 4/28/17 19:00 Castletown 2-13 – 1-8 St. Anne's St. Patrick's Park Referee: Barry Redmond (Clonard) Donnaca Holmes 2-4, Ben Brosnan 0-4 (0-1f), Conor Carty 0-2 (0-1f), Peter Devine, Richard Farrell, Andy Merrigan 0-1 each Andy Kennedy 1-1, Sean Kelly 0-4f, Ben Moore, Redmond Barry, Mark Furlong 0-1 each 4/28/17 20:30 Starlights 2-14 – 4-5 Glynn-Barntown St. Patrick's Park Referee: Fintan O'Reilly (Kilmore) Dillon Redmond 2-4 (2-0 pen, 0-2f), Brendan Kearney 0-4f, Kevin Foley 0-3, Darragh Pepper 0-2, Alan Tobin 0-1 Mark Fanning 2-2 (1-0 pen, 0-2f), Robert Dempsey 1-1, Michael O'Regan 1-0, Nigel Usher and Barry Doyle 0-1 each 4/29/17 17:30 Shelmaliers 2-14 – 2-8 Sarsfields Wexford Park Referee: James Mullally (Gusserane) Eoghan Nolan 0-6 (0-3f), Aaron Murphy and Conor Hearne 1-1, Paraic O'Leary 0-2, Tommy Barron, Brian Murphy, Glen Malone, Brian Malone 0-1 each Lee Chin 2-4 (0-2f), David Mooney 0-3 (0-2f), John Bridges 0-1 Round 3 8/4/17 19:00 Starlights 1-12 – 1-11 St. Anne's Hollymount Referee: Barry Redmond (Clonard) Kevin Foley 0-5, Liam Ryan 1-0, Richard Farrell 0-3 (1 '45), Jack Kelly 0-2, Jason Russell and Killian Lett 0-1 each Report Sean Kelly 0-6 (0-4f), Michael O'Brien 1-0, Jonathan Fogarty 0-2, Diarmuid O'Keeffe, Redmond Barry (0-1f), Francis Simpson 0-1 each 8/4/17 20:30 Glynn-Barntown 2-6 – 1-8 Sarsfields Hollymount Referee: David Jenkins (Gusserane) Robert Dempsey 2-2, Mark Fanning 0-2 (0-1f), Alan Cowman and Rioghan Crosbie (0-1f) 0-1 each Dylan Furlong 1-0, Lee Smith 0-3f, Michael Hanrahan, Eoin Roche, John Bridges (0-1f), Lee Chin (0-1f), David Mooney (0-1f) 8/6/17 12:00 Shelmaliers 2-8 – 0-9 Castletown Wexford Park Referee: John Carton (Monageer-Boolavogue) Andre O'Brien and Conor Hearne 1-1 each, Eoghan Nolan 0-2 (0-1f), Aaron Murphy, Simon Donohoe, Eoin Doyle, Colin Cleary 0-1 each Ben Brosnan 0-6 (0-4f), Conor Carty 0-2 (0-1f), Richard Farrell 0-1 Round 4 8/18/17 19:00 Glynn-Barntown 1-12 – 1-10 Shelmaliers Taghmon Referee: Seán Whelan (St. Martin's) Gary Delaney 0-8 (0-6f, 2 '45), Mark Fanning 1-0, Craig Doyle 0-2, Nigel Usher and James Stafford 0-1 each Report Eoghan Nolan 0-4 (0-3f), Simon Donohoe 1-0, Colin Cleary 0-3f, Jody Donohoe 0-2, Glen Malone 0-1 8/20/17 12:00 Castletown 0-12 – 0-11 Starlights Wexford Park Referee: James Mullally (Gusserane) Ben Brosnan 0-4 (0-2f), Andy Merrigan 0-3, Donnacha Holmes 0-2, Peter Devine, Conor Carty (0-1f), Pierce Maxwell 0-1 each Report Alan Tobin (0-3f) and Dillon Redmond (0-2f, 1 '45) 0-4 each, Nick Doyle, Richard Farrell, Eamonn Furlong 0-1 each 8/20/17 13:30 St. Anne's 0-10 – 0-8 Sarsfields Wexford Park Referee: James Flood (St. Mary's Maudlintown) Liam Rochford and Redmond Barry (0-1f) 0-3 each, Sean Kelly 0-2 (0-1f), Mark Furlong and David Fogarty 0-1 each Report Lee Smith 0-3f, Dylan Furlong and Kevin Gore 0-2 each, John Bridges 0-1 Round 5 9/1/17 20:30 Shelmaliers 0-12 – 0-9 St. Anne's Cushintown Referee: Anthony Tobin (Geraldine O'Hanrahans) Eoghan Nolan 0-4 (0-3f), Simon Donohoe 0-3, Aaron Murphy 0-2, Graham Staples, Conor Hearne, Colin Cleary 0-1 each Report Redmond Barry 0-6 (0-5f), Francis Simpson 0-2, Diarmuid O'Keeffe 0-1 9/1/17 20:30 Glynn-Barntown 1-8 – 1-7 Castletown St. Patrick's Park Referee: David Jenkins (Gusserane) Gary Dealey 1-4 (0-3f, 1 '45), Mark Fanning 0-3, Craig Doyle 0-1 Conor Carty 1-3 (0-2f), Colin Kennedy 0-2, Peter Devine and James Holmes 0-1 each 9/1/17 20:30 Starlights 1-12 – 1-6 Sarsfields Bree Referee: Brendan Holohan (Rathgarogue-Cushinstown) Dillon Redmond 1-3 (1-0 pen), Alan Tobin 0-3 (0-1f), Rory O'Connor, Liam Ryan, Richie Farrell, Eamonn Furlong, Ryan Mahon, Tomas Mahon 0-1 each Report Lee Chin 1-4 (1-0 pen, 0-4f) and David Mooney 0-2

Group B

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts St. Martin's 5 4 0 1 91 44 +47 9 St. James' 5 2 2 1 64 70 -6 5 Taghmon/Camross 5 2 2 1 69 76 -7 5 Gusserane O'Rahilly's 5 2 3 0 68 77 -9 4 St. Mogue's Fethard 5 1 2 2 46 60 -14 4 Horeswood 5 1 3 1 72 83 -11 3 Round 1 4/22/17 17:00 St. Martin's 0-22 – 0-8 Taghmon/Camross Wexford Park Referee: Billy Dodd (Sarsfields) Ciaran Lyng 0-5 (0-2f), Rory O'Connor and Barry O'Connor 0-3 each, Jack O'Connor, Jamie Carty, Edward O'Byrne 0-2, Conor Firman, Aaron Maddock, Jake Firman, Darren Codd, Joe Coleman 0-1 each Seamie McLoughlin 0-6 (0-2f), Michael O'Gorman (0-1f) and Ian Carty 0-1 each 4/23/17 14:00 Gusserane O'Rahillys 0-19 – 1-13 Horeswood O'Kennedy Park Referee: Damien Donovan (Volunteers) Adrian Flynn 0-8 (0-2f), Sean Ryan 0-4, Kenneth Cahill 0-2, Graeme Cullen, Cillian Kehoe, Paraic Conway, Sam Wall, Paul Wall 0-1 each Report PJ Banville 0-5 (0-4f), Eric Banville 1-1, Declan Murphy 0-3 (0-2f), David Larkin 0-2, Sean Stafford and Darren Shannon 0-1 each 4/23/17 15:30 Fethard 0-12 – 1-7 St. James' O'Kennedy Park Referee: David Jenkins (Gusserane) Kevin Rowe 0-6 (0-5f), Ciaran Dwyer 0-2, Daire Barden, Garrett Foley, Joe Sutton, John Tubritt 0-1 each Report Kevin O'Grady 1-4 (1-0 pen, 0-2f), Darragh Lyons, Tommy Walsh, Brian Molloy 0-1 each Round 2 4/29/17 19:15 Fethard 1-7 – 0-10 Taghmon/Camross Wexford Park Referee: James Flood (St. Mary's Maudlintown) John Tubritt 1-4, Ruairi Tubrid, Kevin Rowe (0-1f), Garrett Foley 0-1 each Stephen O'Gorman 0-3, Seamus McLoughlin (0-1f) and Ian Carty (0-2f) 0-2 each, David O'Keefe, Darren Carty, Luke Sinnott 0-1 each 4/30/17 14:00 St. Martin's 2-15 – 1-9 Horeswood O'Kennedy Park Referee: Billy Dodd Jamie Carty (1 '45) and Daithi Waters 1-2 each, Ciaran Lyng 0-4, Jake Firman, Barry O'Connor (0-1f), Joe Coleman 0-2 each, Conor Firman and Patrick O'Connor 0-1 each Eric Banville 1-1, Sean Nolan 0-3, Declan Murphy (0-2f) and PJ Banville (0-1f) 0-2 each, David Larkin 0-1 4/30/17 15:45 Gusserane O'Rahillys 3-6 – 1-13 St. James' O'Kennedy Park Referee: Anthony Tobin (Geraldine O'Hanrahans) Kenneth Cahill, Robbie Corcoran, Paul Wall 1-0 each, Jack Burford 2 '45, Adrian Flynn (0-1f), Mark Rossiter (0-1f), Paraic Conway, Sean Ryan 0-1 each Matthew O'Hanlon 0-4 (2 '45), Adam Parle 1-1, Kevin O'Grady, Brian Molloy, Jamie Myler (0-1f) 0-2 each, David Doyle and Tommy Walsh 0-1 each Round 3 8/5/17 18:00 St. Martin's 1-8 – 0-11 Fethard O'Kennedy Park Referee: Anthony Tobin (Geraldine O'Hanrahans) Joe Coleman 0-4, Patrick O'Connor 1-0, Daithi Waters, Jake Firman, Ciaran Lyng (0-1f), Barry O'Connor 0-1 each Mikie Dwyer 0-3 (0-1f), Kevin Rowe (0-1f) and John Tubritt 0-2 each, Daire Barden, Richie Waters, Garrett Foley, Jesse Foley 0-1 each 8/5/17 19:30 St. James 0-15 – 1-12 Horeswood O'Kennedy Park Referee: Kevin Carty (Sarsfields) Kevin O'Grady 0-6, Jamie Myler 0-5 (0-3f), Brian Molloy 0-2, David Doyle and Tommy Walsh 0-1 each Report Declan Muphy 0-5 (0-2f), David Shannon 1-1 (1-0 pen, 0-1f), Leigh O'Brien 0-3, Sean Nolan 0-2, David Larkin 0-1 8/6/17 13:30 Taghmon/Camross 3-11 – 0-12 Gusserane O'Rahillys Wexford Park Referee: Billy Dodd (Sarsfields) Ian Carty 3-1, Seamus McLoughlin 0-5 (0-1f, 1 '45), Barry O'Gorman 0-2, Stephen Stafford, Darren Carty, Luke Sinnott 0-1 each Report Shane Cullen 0-4 (0-2f), Sam Wall and Mark Rossiter (0-2f) 0-2 each, Adrian Redmond, Paraic Conway, Sean Ryan (1 sl), Kenneth Cahill (0-1 pen) 0-1 each Round 4 8/18/17 20:30 St. Martin's 0-16 – 0-8 St. James' Taghmon Referee: Anthony Tobin (Geraldine O'Hanrahans) Ciaran Lyng 0-8 (0-4f), Darren Codd and Ryan Murphy 0-2 each, Ben Maddock, Daithi Waters, Jake Firman, Joe Coleman 0-1 each Report Jamie Myler 0-4 (0-3f), Brian Molloy 0-2 (0-1f), Graeme Molloy and Shane Murphy 0-1 each 8/19/17 17:30 Gusserane O'Rahillys 1-14 – 0-4 Fethard O'Kennedy Park Referee: Kevin Carty (Sarsfields) Kenneth Cahill 1-2 (1-0 pen), Mark Rossiter (0-2f) and Sean Ryan 0-3 each, Paraic Conway and Sam Wall 0-2 each, Adrian Redmond and Paul Wall 0-1 each Report Mikie Dwyer 0-2 (0-1f), Daire Barden and Mark Wallace 0-1 each 8/19/17 19:00 Taghmon/Camross 3-10 – 2-11 Horeswood O'Kennedy Park Referee: Barry Redmond (Clonard) Anthony Breen, Stephen O'Gorman, Ian Carty 1-1 each, Seamus McLoughlin 0-4f, Chris Cullen, Eoin Doyle, Luke Sinnott 0-1 each Report Sean Nolan 1-2, David Shannon 1-1 (1-0 pen, 0-1f), PJ Banville 0-4 (0-2f), Declan Murphy 0-2, David Larkin and Leigh O'Brien 0-1 each Round 5 9/2/17 18:00 St. Martin's 3-12 – 0-5 Gusserane O'Rahillys Wexford Park Referee: Barry Redmond (Clonard) Ciaran Lyng 1-3 (0-1f), Jamie Carty 1-2 (0-1f), Jack O'Connor 1-0, Ryan Murphy 0-3, Barry O'Connor 0-2 (0-1f), Jake Firman and Daithi Waters 0-1 each Report Sean Ryan 0-4 and Kenneth Cahill 0-1 9/2/17 18:00 Horeswood 2-6 – 1-6 Fethard O'Kennedy Park Referee: Damien Donovan (Volunteers) Sean Nolan 1-1, Paddy Murphy 1-0, Declan Murphy 0-3f, David Larkin and Shane O'Hanlon (0-1f) 0-1 each Joe Sutton 1-0, John Tubritt 0-2, Graham O'Grady, Daire Barden, Kevin Rowe, Ruairi Tubrid 0-1 each 9/2/17 18:00 St. James' 1-12 – 2-6 Taghmon/Camross Bellefield Referee: John Carton (Monageer-Boolavogue) David Doyle 1-0, Matthew O'Hanlon and Jamie Myler (0-1f) 0-3 each, Mark Molloy and Kevin O'Grady 0-2 each, Paul Barron and Brian Molloy 0-1 each Report Michael O'Gorman 1-2, Stephen O'Gorman 1-0, Seamus McLoughlin 0-2f, Darren Carty and Ian Carty 0-1 each

Knock-out Stages

Relegation Final

The bottom finisher from both groups qualify for the Relegation final. The loser will be relegated to the 2018 Intermediate Championship.

• Sarsfields 2-9, 1-8 Horeswood, Cushinstown, 15/9/2017,

Finals Bracket

The top 4 teams from each group qualify for the Quarter-Finals with 1st -vs- 4th and 2nd -vs- 3rd in each case.

Semi-Finals Final Final Starlights 1-14 St. James' 0-10 Starlights 2-12 Castletown 3-15 Castletown 1-12 Taghmon/Camross 1-10 Starlights 0-17 Shelmaliers 1-12 St. Martin's 1-8 Gusserane O'Rahillys 0-11 Shelmaliers 1-10 (2-4 R) St. Martin's 0-18 St. Martin's 0-13 (1-14 R) Glynn/Barntown 2-6 Quarter-Finals 9/16/17 14:00 Starlights 1-14 – 0-10 St. James' Wexford Park Referee: Damien Donovan (Volunteers) Dillon Redmond 1-4 (1-0 pen, 0-3f), Alan Tobin 0-4 (0-2f), Darragh Pepper 0-3, Kevin Foley 0-2, Ryan Mahon 0-1 Report Jamie Myler 0-6 (0-4f), Kevin O'Grady 0-2 (1 '45), David Doyle and Matthew O'Hanlon 0-1 each 9/16/17 15:30 Shelmaliers 1-12 – 0-11 Gusserane O'Rahilly's Wexford Park Referee: Kevin Carty (Sarsfields) Eoghan Nolan 1-6 (0-2f), Glen Malone 0-2, Brian Murphy, Simon Donohoe, Paraic O'Leary, Craig McCabe 0-1 each Report Mark Rossiter 0-4 (0-1f), Shane Cullen (0-2f) and Sean Ryan 0-2 each, Jack Burford (0-1f), Adrian Redmond, Sam Wall 0-1 each 9/16/17 17:45 Castletown 3-15 – 1-10 Taghmon/Camross Bellefield Referee: Barry Redmond (Clonard) Andy Merrigan 1-2 (0-1f), Donnacha Holme 0-4, Robbie Brooks 1-1, Danny Gardiner 1-0, James Holmes, Jody O'Shaughnessy, Ben Brosnan (0-1f) 0-2 each, Conor Carty and Pierce Maxwell 0-1 each Report Seamus McLoughlin 1-3 (0-2f), Stephen O'Gorman 0-3, Ian Carty 0-2, Darren Carty and Barry O'Gorman 0-1 each 9/16/17 19:15 St. Martin's 0-18 – 2-6 Glynn-Barntown Bellefield Referee: Anthony Tobin (Geraldine O'Hanrahans) Barry O'Connor 0-7 (0-4f), Ciaran Lyng 0-6 (0-1f), Jamie Carty 0-2, Conor Firman, Jake Firman, Ryan Murphy 0-1 each Report Gary Delaney 2-1 (2-0 pen, 0-1f), Mark Fanning 0-3 (0-2f), Rioghan Crosbie and Craig Doyle 0-1 each Semi-Finals 10/1/17 14:00 Starlights 2-12 – 1-12 Castletown Wexford Park Referee: Anthony Tobin (Geraldine O'Hanrahans) Report 10/1/17 15:30 Shelmaliers 1-10 – 0-13 St. Martin's Wexford Park Referee: Barry Redmond (Clonard) 10/15/17 15:45 Replay St. Martin's 1-14 – 2-4 Shelmaliers Wexford Park Referee: David Jenkins (Gusserane) Report Final 29 October 2017 3:00 pm Starlights 0-17 – 1-8 St. Martin's Wexford Park Referee: Barry Redmond (Clonard) Man of the Match: Liam Ryan Alan Tobin (0-1f) and Darragh Pepper 0-4 each, Dillon Redmond 0-3f, Rory O'Connor 0-2, Kevin Foley, Liam Ryan, Richard Farrell, Eamonn Furlong 0-1 each Report Ciaran Lyng 1-3 (0-3f), Jack O'Connor and Jake Firman 0-2 each, Rory O'Connor 0-1

Leinster Senior Club Football Championship

References

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