2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship

January 2018 August 2017 August 2017 Kerry SFC 2016 Dr. Crokes (11th S.F.C. Title) Milltown/Castlemaine Munster SCFC ??? All Ireland SCFC ??? Winning Captain Johnny Buckley Man of the Match Colm Cooper ??? 2015 2017 The 2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 115th edition of Kerry GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior teams in County Kerry, Ireland. The tournament consists of 17 teams (8 club teams and 9 divisional teams), with the winners representing Kerry in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship if they are a club team. If the winners are a divisional team the winners of the Kerry Club Football Championship represent the county. The championship has a back-door format for the first two rounds before proceeding to a knock-out format. Generally, any team to lose two matches will be knocked out of the championship. On 16 October 2016, Dr. Crokes won their 16th senior football championship when defeating Kenmare District in the final at Fitzgerald Stadium on a scoreline of 2-16 to 1-12. South Kerry were the defending champions after they defeated Killarney Legion after extra time and a replay in the 2015 final. Austin Stacks won the 2016 senior club championship having defeated Dr. Crokes in the final. Milltown/Castlemaine were relegated on 1 October 2016 when losing the relegation final to Kilcummin. This ended their 5-year stay at senior level while Kilcummin preserved their top flight status which spans 19 season to 1998. Format Structure Change This year only 8 club teams are taking part in the championship instead of 11 as in previous years. This leaves a total of 8 clubs and 9 divisional team (17 in total). It was decided that only 8 divisional sides would take part so the 2 lowest ranked divisional sides from the previous 5 years would play off in a qualification match with the winner entering the draw for the 2016 County Championship proper. Relegation (See below): The club team to be relegated from the Senior County Championship will be the same team to be relegated from the Senior Club Championship (The 8 senior clubs play off against each other in Round 1 of the Club Championship. The 4 losers enter a relegation playoff with the losers entering a relegation final. This loser will be relegated to the I.F.C. for 2017. Should a club reach the final of the County championship they will be exempt from the Relegation process in the Club championship). The winner of the 2016 I.F.C. will be promoted to the 2017 Senior County and Club Championships. Promoted to SFC from IFC in 2015 None Relegated from SFC to IFC in 2015 Ardfert Laune Rangers St. Michael's/Foilmore Participating teams The teams taking part in the 2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship are: Team Team Location Club/Divisional Club's Divisional SideAustin StacksTraleeClubSt. Brendan'sDingleDingleClubWest KerryDr. CrokesKillarneyClubEast KerryEast Kerry xDivisional (Firies, Fossa, Glenflesk, Gneevguilla, Listry, Spa) xFeale Rangers x Divisional (Clounmacon, Duagh, Finuge, Listowel Emmets, Moyvane, St. Senan's) xKenmare District xDivisional (Templenoe, Kenmare Shamrocks, Tousist, Kilgarvan) xKerins O'RahillysTraleeClubSt. Brendan'sKillarney LegionKillarneyClubEast KerryKilcumminKilcumminClubEast KerryMid Kerry xDivisional (Beaufort, Cromane, Glenbeigh-Glencar, Keel, Laune Rangers) xMilltown/CastlemaineMilltownClubMid KerryRathmoreRathmoreClubEast KerryShannon Rangers xDivisional (Asdee, Ballydonoghue, Ballyduff, Ballylongford, Beale, Tarbert) xSouth Kerry xDivisional (Derrynane, Dromid Pearses, Renard, Skellig Rangers, Sneem, St. Mary's, St. Michael's/Foilmore, Valentia Young Islanders, Waterville) xSt. Brendan's xDivisional (Ardfert, Churchill, John Mitchell's, Na Gaeil, St. Patrick's Blennerville) xSt. Kieran's xDivisional (Ballymacelligott, Brosna, Castleisland Desmonds, Cordal, Currow, Knocknagoshel, Scartaglin) xWest Kerry xDivisional (An Ghaeltacht, Annascaul, Castlegregory, Lispole) x Qualification It had been decided that only 8 of the 9 Divisional Teams would play in the Senior Championship. To decide which team would be excluded, all divisional teams were ranked on their performances in the County Championship over the most recent 5-year period (2011-2015 inclusive). These rankings were based on a win counting for 2 points and a draw counting for 1 point. The 2 lowest placed sides were St. Brendan's and Shannon Rangers. These sides then met in a qualifier to decide who would make it into the championship proper. The loser of this qualifier will play the lowest ranked team on completion of the 2016 Championship, to decide the 8 group teams for the 2017 Championship, except in the event of more than one team giving a walk over in this year’s Championship. In that case the teams that conceded walkovers would play in the 2017 Championship Qualifier. 25 March 2016 Qualification St. Brendan's 3-14 - 3-5 Shannon Rangers Austin Stack Park Report Group stage Round 1 The Qualification winner and the remaining 15 teams play in eight matches. The winners proceed to Round 2A while the losers play in Round 2B. 14 May 2016 Round 1 Austin Stacks 1-16 - 2-8 East Kerry Lewis Road Report 14 May 2016 Round 1 Dr. Crokes 5-19 - 1-9 West Kerry Lewis Road Report 15 May 2016 Round 1 Killarney Legion 5-11 - 0-7 Milltown/Castlemaine Killorglin Report 15 May 2016 Round 1 South Kerry 3-10 - 1-15 Kerins O'Rahilly's Austin Stack Park Report 15 May 2016 Round 1 Mid Kerry 3-12 - 1-13 Kilcummin Killorglin Report 15 May 2016 Round 1 St. Kieran's 1-17 - 1-15 Feale Rangers Cordal Report 15 May 2016 Round 1 Dingle 1-16 - 2-8 Rathmore Rathbeg Report 15 May 2016 Round 1 Kenmare District 1-16 - 1-10 St. Brendan's Austin Stack Park Report Round 2 Round 2A The 8 winners from Round 1 play each other in this round. The winners proceed to the quarter-finals while the losers play in Round 3. 21 May 2016 6:30 Round 2A Dr. Crokes 2-16 - 3-12 St. Kieran's Cordal Report 21 May 2016 6:30 Round 2A Kenmare District 1-11 - 0-10 Killarney Legion Kenmare Report 22 May 2016 2:30 Round 2A South Kerry 1-13 - 1-13 yes Austin Stacks Chaerciveen Report 22 May 2016 3:30 Round 2A Mid Kerry 3-14 - 2-15 Dingle Killorglin Report 28 May 2016 6:30 Round 2A Replay South Kerry 2-10 - 0-8 Austin Stacks Connolly Park, Tralee Report Round 2B The 8 losers from Round 1 play each other in this round. The winners proceed to Round 3 while the losers exit the championship. 21 May 2016 4:00 Round 2B Rathmore 3-14 - 1-16 St. Brendan's Austin Stack Park Report 21 May 2016 5:45 Round 2B Kerins O'Rahilly's 3-11 - 1-11 Feale Rangers Austin Stack Park Report 21 May 2016 6:30 Round 2B West Kerry 1-15 - 1-10 Kilcummin Kilcummin Report 22 May 2016 2:00 Round 2B Milltown/Castlemaine 1-15 - 1-14 yes East Kerry Killorglin Report Round 3 The four Round 2A losers play the four Round 2B winners in this round. The four winners progress to the quarter-finals while the losers exit the championship. 10 July 2016 5:00pm Round 3 Dingle 2-13 - 1-11 Milltown/Castlemaine Austin Stack Park Report 10 July 2016 6:45pm Round 3 Austin Stacks 0-21 - 1-13 West Kerry Austin Stack Park Report 10 July 2016 2:00pm Round 3 Rathmore 1-18 - 0-20 yes St. Kieran's Fitzgerald Stadium Report 10 July 2016 3:30pm Round 3 Kerins O'Rahilly's 3-12 - 2-12 Killarney Legion Fitzgerald Stadium Report Knock-Out Stage Quarter-finals The 4 Round 2A winners play the 4 Round 3 winners.http://www.the42.ie/kerry-club-football-2881331-Jul2016/ Here's this year's Kerry senior football quarter-final draw O'Toole Fintan 2016-07-17 1 October 2016 3:00pm Dr. Crokes Kerins O'Rahillys Quarter-Final 1-16 - 0-14 Report Austin Stack Park 1 October 2016 4:45pm Dingle South Kerry Quarter-Final 0-12 - 0-11 Report Austin Stack Park 2 October 2016 Rathmore Mid Kerry 2:00pm Quarter-Final 1-12 - 0-13 Report Fitzgerald Stadium 2 October 2016 Kenmare District Austin Stacks 4:00pm Quarter-Final 0-15 - 0-12 Report Fitzgerald Stadium Semi-finals 9 October 2016 Dr. Crokes Dingle 2:00pm Semi-Final 1-15 - 0-15 Colm Cooper 0-4 (0-1f), Brian Looney 0-3, Daithí Casey 0-2, Gavin White, Ambrose O’Donovan, Kieran O’Leary, Tony Brosnan, Shane Murphy (0-1f) and Micheál Burns 0-1 each Report Conor Geaney 0-5 (0-4f), Paul Geaney 0-3 (0-1f), Tom O’Sullivan and Cathal Bambury 0-2 each, Aidan O’Connor, Michael Geaney (0-1f), Breándan Kelliher 0-1 each Fitzgerald Stadium Sean Joy 9 October 2016 Kenmare District Rathmore 3:30pm Semi-Final 0-20 - 0-19 Paul O’Connor 0-7 (0-3f), Adrian Spillane 0-3, Sean O’Shea, Killian Spillane, Patrick Clifford 0-2 each, John Spillane, Tadhg Morley, Peter O’Shea, and Stephen O’Brien 0-1 each Report Brendan O’Keeffe 0-7 (0-6f), Shane Ryan and Mark Reen (0-3f) 0-3 each, Paul Murphy and John Moynihan 0-2 each, Aidan O’Mahony and Mark Ryan 0-1 each Fitzgerald Stadium Brendan Griffin Final 16 October 2016 3:30 pm Final Dr. Crokes 2-16 - 1-12 Report Kenmare District Colm Cooper, Brian Looney 0-4, Kieran O’Leary 1-1, Johnny Buckley 1-0, Shane Murphy (0-1 ’45), Ambrose O’Donovan, Jordan Kiely, Micheál Burns 0-1 each Paul O’Connor 0-8 (0-7f), Teddy Doyle 1-0, Adrian Spillane and Killian Spillane 0-2 each Fitzgerald Stadium Killarney Brendan Grifin yes Relegation The club team to be relegated from the Senior County Championship will be the same team to be relegated from the Senior Club Championship. The 8 senior clubs play off against each other in Round 1 of the Club Championship. The 4 losers enter a relegation playoff with the losers entering a relegation final. This loser will be relegated to the I.F.C. for 2017. Should a club reach the final of the County championship they will be exempt from the Relegation process in the Club championship. 1 October 2016 5:00pm Relegation Final Kilcummin 1-15 - 0-15 Milltown/Castlemaine Castleisland Championship statistics Miscellaneous Kenmare District qualify for the final for the first time since 1987. Dr Crokes overtake Laune Rangers and John Mitchels to go second in the roll of honor with a 10th title. Despite winning the 2015 Intermediate Championship St Mary's Cahersiveen don't move up to senior. References External links Kerry Senior Football Championship Category:Kerry Senior Football Championship