2018 Wicklow Senior Football Championship

The 2018 Wicklow Senior Football Championship was the 118th edition of the Wicklow GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Wicklow, Ireland. The tournament consisted of 12 teams with the winner going on to represent Wicklow in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship consisted of a group stage before progressing onto a knock-out stage.

Wicklow S.F.C.

Season	2018
Champions	St Patrick's (13th S.F.C. Title)
Relegated	Annacurra
Winning Captain	Dean Healy
Final Man Of The Match	Stephen Duffy
Winning Manager	Casey O’Brien
← 2017 2019 →

Rathnew were the defending champions after they defeated Blessington in the previous years final.

Hollywood made the straight bounce back to the top flight after claiming the previous season's I.F.C. title.

Tomacork (an amalgamation of Intermediate club Carnew Emmets and Junior 'A' side Coolboy) were originally included in the S.F.C. draw on 19 January, however later made the decision to withdraw themselves from the competition before its commencement.

St. Patrick's claimed their 13th S.F.C. title and first in 6 seasons when defeating Rathnew in the final.

Annacurra were relegated to the I.F.C. for 2019. [1] [2]

Team changes

[3] [4]

The following teams have changed division since the 2017 championship season.

To S.F.C. Promoted from 2017 Wicklow I.F.C. Hollywood - (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C. Relegated to 2018 Wicklow I.F.C. Coolkenno Tinahely

Group Stage

There are two groups of six teams called Group A and B. The top finishers enter the Semi-Finals while the 2nd and 3rd placed teams in both groups enter a Quarter-Final. The bottom finishers of each group will qualify for the Relegation Final.

Group A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts St Patrick's 5 4 1 0 90 56 +34 9 Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney 5 3 2 0 101 70 +31 8 Baltinglass 5 3 0 2 92 63 +29 6 Blessington 5 2 1 2 80 78 +2 5 Annacurra 5 0 1 4 66 108 -42 1 Newtown 5 0 1 4 56 110 -54 1

Round 1 Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney 2-14, 0-10 Newtown, 14/7/2018, St Patrick's 2-6, 0-9 Baltinglass, 14/7/2018, Blessington 1-21, 1-11 Annacurra, 14/7/2018, Round 2 Baltinglass 4-17, 0-8 Newtown, 21/7/2018, St Patrick's 0-16, 0-9 Annacurra, 21/7/2018, Blessington 2-12, 1-15 Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney, 5/8/2018, Round 3 Blessington 2-12, 2-6 Newtown, 28/7/2018, Baltinglass 3-15, 2-10 Annacurra, 5/8/2018, St Patrick's 1-13, 3-7 Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney, 25/8/2018, Round 4: Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney 4-6, 1-11 Baltinglass, 11/8/2018, Newtown 0-15, 0-15 Annacurra, 11/8/2018, St Patrick's 3-9, 0-11 Blessington, 9/9/2018, Round 5: Baltinglass 0-16, 1-6 Blessington, 26/8/2018, Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney 4-17, 1-9 Annacurra, 7/9/2018, St Patrick's 3-19, 0-11 Newtown, 5/8/2018,

Group B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Rathnew 5 4 1 0 96 54 +42 9 Hollywood 5 4 1 0 67 39 +28 9 Kiltegan 5 2 1 2 74 70 +4 5 Bray Emmets 5 1 1 3 69 91 -22 3 Avondale 5 1 1 3 67 99 -32 3 Éire Óg Greystones 5 0 1 4 63 83 -20 1

Round 1 Rathnew 5-11, 2-7 Avondale, 20/7/2018, Kiltegan 5-12, 1-11 Bray Emmets, 22/7/2018, Hollywood 1-14, 0-13 Éire Óg Greystones, 22/7/2018, Round 2 Bray Emmets 3-11, 2-11 Éire Óg Greystones, 3/8/2018, Rathnew 0-8, 0-8 Hollywood, 4/8/2018, Kiltegan 2-14, 2-9 Avondale, 5/8/2018, Round 3 Hollywood 1-10, 1-7 Bray Emmets, 11/8/2018, Avondale 2-10, 0-9 Éire Óg Greystones, 11/8/2018, Rathnew 6-9, 0-13 Kiltegan, 12/8/2018, Round 4: Rathnew 2-13, 1-7 Bray Emmets, 25/8/2018, Kiltegan 1-11, 1-11 Éire Óg Greystones, 25/8/2018, Hollywood 3-20, 0-8 Avondale, 25/8/2018, Round 5: Bray Emmets 1-12, 3-6 Avondale, 8/9/2018, Rathnew 0-16, 1-7 Éire Óg Greystones, 8/9/2018, Hollywood w/o, scr Kiltegan,

Knock-out Stages

	Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Final
	Arklow Geraldines Ballymoney		2-15
	Kiltegan		1-11			Arklow Geraldines Ballymoney		1-11
						Rathnew		0-15
											Rathnew		0-13
											St Patrick's		1-10
						Hollywood		1-04
	Baltinglass		0-09			St Patrick's		3-13
	Hollywood		0-10

Keating Trophy

The bottom two teams in each group enter the relegation process known as the Keating Trophy. 5th place from both groups play 6th place in the semi-finals. The winners proceed to the Keating Trophy final while the losers will face-off in the Relegation Final, with the ultimate loser being relegated to the I.F.C. for 2019.

Semi-Finals:

• Eiré Óg Greystones 1-14, 1-4 Annacurra, Bray, 14/9/2018,
• Newtown 2-9, 2-8 Avondale, Dunbar Park, 15/9/2018,

Final:

• Eiré Óg Greystones 0-15, 0-6 Newtown, Roundwood, 28/9/2018,

Relegation Final

• Avondale 0-14, 0-10 Annacurra, Ballinakill, 28/9/2018,

Knock-Out Stages

Quarter-Finals

16/09/2018 3:30PM Quarter-Final	Arklow Geraldines Ballymoney	2-15 - 1-11	Kiltegan	Aughrim Park Referee: ??? Man of the Match: Cormac O'Shea (Arklow)

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23/09/2018 4:30PM Quarter-Final	Hollywood	0-10 - 0-9	Hollywood	Aughrim Park Referee: ???

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Semi-Finals

29/09/2018 4:30PM Semi-Final	Rathnew	0-15 - 1-11	Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney	Aughrim Park Referee: ???

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30/09/2018 Semi-Final	St Patrick's	3-13 - 1-4	Hollywood	Aughrim Park Referee: ???

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Final

14/10/2018 15:00 Final	St Patrick's	1-10 - 0-13	Rathnew	Aughrim Park Referee: ???

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Final Replay

27/10/2018 15:00 Final	St Patrick's	0-10 - 0-8	Rathnew	Aughrim Park Referee: Declan Peppard (Hollywood)

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Leinster Senior Club Football Championship

References

1. "Wicklow Championship Draws 2018". Wicklownews.net. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
2. "Tomacork withdraw from SFC". Independent.ie. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
3. "Wicklow People Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
4. "Bill Hill Wicklow". Billhillwicklow.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

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