2011 Christy Ring Cup

2011 Christy Ring Cup
Dates 23 April
– 4 June 2011
Teams 8
Champions Kerry (1st title)
Mikey Boyle (captain)
John Meyler (manager)
Runners-up Wicklow
Casey O'Brien (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 13
Goals scored 39 (3 per match)
Points scored 413 (31.77 per match)
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The 2011 Christy Ring Cup was the seventh 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 2010 Christy Ring Cup and one promoted team from the 2010 Nicky Rackard Cup.

Both Derry and Mayo failed to win any of their games in the 2010 Christy Ring Cup and qualified for the relegation play-off. No match took place and both teams preserved their status for the 2011 season. 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. Derry joined the Christy Ring Cup in 2007 having won the previous year's Nicky Rackard Cup.

2010 Nicky Rackard Cup champions Armagh 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
Armagh Armagh Athletic Grounds 19,500
Derry Banagher Fr. McNally Park 5,000
Down Ballycran McKenna Park 5,000
Kerry Tralee Austin Stack Park 18,000
Kildare Newbridge St. Conleth's Park 13,000
Mayo Castlebar McHale Park 49,000
Meath Páirc Tailteann Navan 20,000
Wicklow Aughrim O'Byrne Park 4,000

Personnel and kits

Team Colours Sponsor Manager Captain
Armagh Orange and white Morgan Fuels Johnston, MichaelMichael Johnston
Derry Red and white Ladbrokes.com Rogan, GerGer Rogan
Down Red and black Canal Court Hotel Monan, GerardGerard Monan
Kerry Green and yellow Kerry Group Meyler, JohnJohn Meyler Boyle, MikeyMikey Boyle
Kildare White kildareataclick.ie O'Riordan, MichaelMichael O'Riordan
Mayo Green and red Elverys Connolly, MurtMurt Connolly Connolly, AidenAiden Connolly
Meath Green and yellow Martin Donnelly & Co. Ltd Farrell, CillianCillian Farrell
Wicklow Blue and white Brennan Hotels.com O'Brien, CaseyCasey O'Brien

Structure

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

Fixtures

Round 1

23 April 2011
Kildare 1-21 - 1-25 Kerry
M Fitzgerald 0-5 (4fs), T Murphy 1-2, L Quinn, D Harney 0-3 each, K Divilly, C Kelly, M Moloney 0-2 each, N Ó Muineacháin, B White 0-1 each. (report) D O’Connell 0-10 (4fs, 2 65s), S Nolan 0-7, J Egan 1-2, J Flaherty 0-2, J Casey, M Conway, L Boyle, D Dineen 0-1 each.
St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
Referee: E. Hasson (Derry)

23 April 2011
Down 1-13 - 2-17 Derry
J Coyle 0-11 (6f), G Johnson 1-0, C O'Prey, S Nicholson 0-1 each. (report) A Grant 1-3, R Convery 0-6 (6f), O Doherty 1-0, P Henry 0-3, O McCloskey 0-2, M Kirkpatrick, B Quigley, P McCloskey 0-1 each.
McKenna Park, Ballycran
Referee: P. Murphy (Carlow)

23 April 2011
Mayo 1-17 - 1-19 Wicklow
S Broderick (0-7, 5fs), R Cullinane (1-0), N Murphy (0-3), E Madigan (0-2), C Freeman (0-1), G Henry (0-1), K Higgins (0-1, ‘65); K Feeney (0-1), (report) J O’Neill (0-10, 9fs), E Glynn (1-2), S Kelly (0-2), D Hyland (0-2), E Kearns (0-1), R Keddy (0-1), A O’Brien (0-1).
McHale Park, Castlebar
Referee: C. Browne (Galway)

23 April 2011
Armagh 1-17 - 2-21 Meath
D Coulter 1-7 (1-0 pen, 0-3f, 0-1 '65') C Carvill 0-6, P McCormack 0-2, P Heaney, M Maguire 0-1 each. (report) N Horan (1-5f), P Durnin 1-6 each, N Kirby 0-3, M Cole, D Doran 0-2 each, J Keenagh, G O'Neill 0-1 each.
Athletic Grounds, Armagh
Referee: G. Duffy

Round 2A

30 April 2011
Kerry 1-20 - 1-17 Meath
D O'Connell 0-7 (6f), J Egan 1-1, S Nolan 0-4, D Dineen, M Boyle, J Flaherty 0-2 each, G O'Brien, A Boyle 0-1 each Report N Horan 0-7 (6f, 1 '65'), M Cole 1-1, J Keena, P Durnin 0-3 each, G O'Neill, N Kirby, S O'Donoghue 0-1 each
Austin Stack Park, Tralee
Referee: C. Lyons (Cork)

30 April 2011
Wicklow 3-16 - 2-11 Derry
A O'Brien 2-2, J O'Neill 0-8 (5f, '65'), R Keddy 1-2, L Glynn, E Glynn, S Kelly, D Hyland 0-1 each Report P McCloskey, S Farren 1-0 each, A Grant 0-5 (1f), R Convery, M Craig 0-2 each, O Doherty, D McCloskey 0-1 each.
O'Byrne Park, Aughrim
Referee: S. Whelan (Wexford)

Round 2B

30 April 2011
Mayo 2-10 - 1-20 Kildare
C Freeman 2-2 (2f), E Madigan, P Connell (2 '65') 0-3 each, N Murphy 0-2 Report B White 0-8 (4f, 1 '65'), D Harney 1-1, M Moloney 0-4, M Fitzgerald (2f), T Murphy 0-2 each, C Kenny, K Divilly, J Byrne 0-1 each
McHale Park, Castlebar
Referee: J. O'Mahoney (Limerick)

30 April 2011
Down 1-20 - 0-06 Armagh
B Ennis 1-3, G Johnson 0-8 (4f), S Clarke 0-6, C O'Prey, J Coyle, D Hughes 0-1 each Report R McGrattan 0-3 (3 '65'), P McCormack 0-2, M Moen 0-1
McKenna Park, Ballycran
Referee: R. Matthews (Antrim)

Quarter finals

7 May 2011
Down 1-18 - 1-7 Meath
P Braniff 1-1, G Johnson, B Ennis 0-5 each, J Coyle 0-4, S Clarke, E Clarke, C O'Prey 0-1 each. (report) . M Cole 1-0, N Kirby 0-4, D Kirby, N Horan, J Keena 0-1 each.
McKenna Park, Ballycran
Referee: E. Hasson (Derry)

7 May 2011
Derry 1-13 - 4-18 Kildare
M Kirkpatrick 0-6 (4f), C McKeever 1-1, O McCloskey 0-4 (2f), O Doherty 0-2. (report) M Fitzgerald 2-4, T Murphy 1-2, D Harney 1-1, L Quinn 0-4, C Kenny 0-3, D Kennedy 0-2, M Moloney, T Byrne 0-1 each.
Fr. McNally Park, Banagher
Referee: G. Duffy (Antrim)

Semi finals

21 May 2011
Kerry 1-18 - 1-17 Down
G O'Brien 1-0, D O'Connell 0-7 (7f), M Boyle, S Nolan (1f) 0-4 each, J Egan, M Conway, D Dinneen 0-1 each Report B Ennis 1-2, P Braniff 0-7 (5f), G Johnson 0-3 (3f), S Nicholson 0-2, C Woods (1f), A Savage, S Clarke 0-1 each
Páirc Esler, Newry
Referee: S Whelan (Wexford)

21 May 2011
Wicklow 3-11 - 2-11 Kildare
J O'Neill 0-7, E Glynn 1-1, G Bermingham 1-0, D Hyland 1-0, R Keddy 0-1, L Glynn 0-1. Report B White 1-6, D Harney 1-0, T Murphy 0-3, L Quinn 0-1, K Divilly 0-1.
O'Byrne Park, Aughrim
Referee: D O'Driscoll

Final

4 June 2011
Kerry 2-21 - 2-8 Wicklow
D O'Connell 1-9 (0-5f), J Egan 1-1, S Nolan 0-5, M Conway 0-2, M Boyle, J Griffin, J Flaherty, G O'Brien 0-1 each. Report J O'Neill 1-5 (0-4f, 0-1 '65), J Quirke 1-0, A O'Brien 0-2, R Keddy 0-1.
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: G Duffy
Round 1
Round 2B		 Round 2A
Quarter Finals		 Semi Finals Final
 Derry 2-17  
 Down 1-13      Derry 2-11  
 Wicklow 1-19      Wicklow 3-16  
 Mayo 1-17        Wicklow 3-11  
            Kildare 2-11  
          Derry 1-13  
 Kildare 1-20      Kildare 4-18  
 Armagh 2-10        Wicklow 2-8
 Mayo 0-06        Kerry 2-21
 Down 1-20      Down 1-18  
          Meath 1-07  
            Down 1-17  
 Kildare 1-21        Kerry 1-18  
 Kerry 1-25      Kerry 1-20       
 Meath 2-21      Meath 1-17       
 Armagh 1-17  

Scoring

Top scorers

Season

Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 Darragh O'Connell Kerry 1-33 36 4 9.00
2 Jonathan O'Neill Wicklow 1-30 33 4 8.25
3 Billy White Kildare 1-15 18 3 6.00

Single game

Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition
1 Darragh O'Connell Kerry 1-9 12 Wicklow
2 James Coyle Down 0-11 11 Derry
3 Martin Fitzgerald Kildare 2-4 10 Derry
Declan Coulter Armagh 1-7 10 Meath
Jonathan O'Neill Wicklow 0-10 10 Mayo
Darragh O'Connell Kerry 0-10 10 Kildare
7 Billy White Kildare 1-6 9 Wicklow
Nicky Horan Meath 1-6 9 Armagh
Peter Durnin Meath 1-6 9 Armagh
10 Andy O'Brien Wicklow 2-2 8 Derry
Cathal Freeman Mayo 2-2 8 Kildare
Jonathan O'Neill Wicklow 1-5 8 Kerry
Jonathan O'Neill Wicklow 0-8 8 Derry
Billy White Kildare 0-8 8 Mayo
Gareth Johnson Down 0-8 8 Armagh

See also

External links

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