2016 Offaly Senior Football Championship

May 2020 May 2020 May 2020 Offaly S.F.C. 2016 Rhode (27th S.F.C. Title) Ballycumber Leinster SCFC ??? All Ireland SCFC n/a Winning Captain ??? Man of the Match ??? 56 2015 2017 The 2016 Offaly Senior Football Championship was the 119th edition of Offaly GAA's premier Gaelic football competition for senior graded clubs in County Offaly, Ireland. Eight teams compete, with the winner representing Offaly in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with two groups of four teams and progresses to a knockout stage. Edenderry were the defending champions after they defeated Rhode in the previous years final, however they failed to qualify for the knock-out stages this season. This was Ballycumber's return to the senior grade after claiming the 2015 Offaly Senior B Football Championship title. They made the straight bounce back to the top flight after being relegated in 2014 to the Senior B championship due to the changing format of the championships, where the number of teams in the senior grade was reduced from 12 to 8. However, Ballycumber were relegated back to the Senior B Championship at the end of the season. On 16 October 2016, Rhode claimed their 27th S.F.C. title when defeating Ferbane 1-14 to 0-9 in the final at O'Connor Park. Team changes http://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA.Edu/Default.aspx#panel=document Offaly Express Archives 16 January 2018 Irishnewsarchive.com 16 January 2018 17 May 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200517081432/https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/#panel=document dead The following teams have changed division since the 2015 championship season. To S.F.C. Promoted from 2015 Offaly Senior B Football Championship Ballycumber – (Intermediate Champions) From S.F.C. Relegated to 2016 Offaly Senior B Football Championship St Brigid's Group stage There are 2 groups called Group A and B. The top two finishers in each group qualified for the semi-finals. The bottom finishers of each group qualified for the Relegation Final. Group A Team Pld Played W Won L Lost D Draw PF Points For PA Points Against PD Point Difference Pts Points Rhode33007844+346Tullamore31114346-33Edenderry31114352-93Clara30304163-220 Round 1 Rhode 0-20, 1-11 Tullamore, 23/7/2016, Edenderry 1-12, 0-13 Clara, 23/7/2016, Round 2 Rhode 2-18, 2-7 Edenderry, 6/8/2016, Tullamore 1-11, 0-11 Clara, 6/8/2016, Round 3 Edenderry 0-15, 2-9 Tullamore, 26/8/2016, Rhode 6-16, 0-17 Clara, 27/8/2016, Group B Team Pld Played W Won L Lost D Draw PF Points For PA Points Against PD Point Difference Pts Points Ferbane33005728+296Gracefield32104848+04St Rynagh's31203844-62Ballycumber30303255-230 Round 1 Gracefield 2-12, 1-9 St Rynagh's, 24/7/2016, Ferbane 1-16, 0-8 Ballycumber, 24/7/2016, Round 2 Ferbane 3-10, 1-4 Gracefield, 7/8/2016, St Rynagh's 2-7, 0-7 Ballycumber, 7/8/2016, Round 3 Gracefield 2-17, 2-11 Ballycumber, 28/8/2016, Ferbane 3-10, 1-10 St Rynagh's, 28/8/2016, Knock-out Stage Last Four The winners and runners up of each group qualified for the quarter-finals. Semi-Finals Final 35 Rhode 1-11 Gracefield 1-7 Ferbane 3-10 Tullamore 1-10 Rhode 1-14 Ferbane 0-9 Semi-finals 25 September 2016 14:00 Semi-Final Rhode 1-11 – 1-7 Gracefield Stephen Hannon 1-1 (0-1f), Niall McNamee 0-4 (0-1f), Ruairi McNamme 0-2, Pauric Sullivan, Paul McPadden, Anton Sullivan, Conor McNamee 0-1 each Stephen Flanagan 1-6 (0-5f, 0-1 45’), Jack Walsh 0-1 O'Connor Park, Offaly Chris Dwyer http://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/home/217234/rhode-hold-off-gracefield-to-book-place-in-fifth-consecutive-offaly-senior-football-final.html 25 September 2016 16:00 Semi-Final Ferbane 3-10 – 1-10 Tullamore Shane Nally 1-2 (0-1f), David Cox 1-2, Jack Clancy 1-2, Oisín Kelly and Joseph Maher (0-1f) 0-2 each Shane Dooley 0-5 (0-1f, 0-1 45’), Adam Shelly 1-1, Michael Brazil and John Kavanagh 0-2 each O'Connor Park, Offaly Fergal Smyth http://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/home/217240/ferbane-reach-offaly-senior-football-final-with-impressive-win-over-tullamore.html Final 16 October 2016 15:00 Final Rhode 1-14 – 0-9 Ferbane Niall McNamee 0-6, Paul McPadden 1-1, Anton Sullivan 0-3, Stephen Hannon, Ruairi McNamee, Niall Darby, Conor McNamee 0-1 each Shane Nally 0-6f, Joseph Maher, Kevin Nugent, Aaron McDonagh 0-1 each O'Connor Park, Offaly Fergal Smyth (Kilclonfert) Report 5,519 Relegation Play Off The bottom team from each group play off in the relegation final with the loser relegated to the 2017 Senior B Championship. Clara 3-13, 0-5 Ballycumber, Tubber, 9/9/2016 Leinster Senior Club Football Championship 2016–17 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship References Offaly Senior Football Championship Category:Offaly Senior Football Championship