2016 Down Senior Football Championship

August 2017 August 2017 Down SFC 2016 Kilcoo 15th Senior Championship Annaclone Rostrevor Ulster SCFC Winning Captain Man of the Match Daryl Branagan (Kilcoo) 2015 2017 The 2016 Down Senior Football Championship was the 108th official edition of Down GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Down. Sixteen teams compete with the winner representing Down in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. The tournament operated a double elimination format for the opening two rounds of the championship, with the winners and early round losers rejoining in the quarter final stage. Kilcoo Owen Roe's were the defending champions after they defeated Castlewellan 3-10 to 0-11 in the 2015 final. On 25 September 2016 they successfully defended their title and claimed a "5 in a row" of Down S.F.C. titles when they defeated Clonduff 3-11 to 0-9 in the final in Pairc Esler.Down SFC: No stopping Kilcoo's drive for five http://www.hoganstand.com/Down/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=261274 www.hoganstand.com Hogan Stand 25 November 2016 Loughinisland and Ballymartin return to the senior grade after claiming the Down IFC and IFL titles respectively. Loughinisland made the straight bounce back to the senior grade after being relegated in 2014. Annaclone and Rostrevor are relegated to the 2017 I.F.C. after finishing outside the top 15 ranked teams in the Down football leagues for 2016. Team changes The following teams have changed division since the 2015 championship season. To S.F.C. Promoted from I.F.C. Loughinisland - (IFC Champions) Ballymartin - (IFL Champions) From S.F.C. Relegated to I.F.C. Clann na Banna (finished 15th in SFL) Liatroim Fontenoys ( finished 16th in SFL) Round 1 All 16 teams enter the competition in this round. The 8 winners progress to Round 2A while the 8 losers progress to Round 2B. Kilcoo 4-16, 0-6 Saval, Clonduff, 28/7/2016, Mayobridge 1-11, 1-10 Rostrevor, Pairc Esler, 29/7/2016, Clonduff 3-10, 1-7 Ballyholland, Pairc Esler, 29/7/2016, Castlewellan 3-14, 2-9 Loughinisland, Downpatrick, 30/7/2016, Report St. Peter's Warrenpoint 1-10, 1-8 Annaclone, Mayobridge, 30/7/2016, Bryansford 1-20, 1-13 Glenn John Martin's, Pairc Esler, 31/7/2016, Burren 1-12, 0-3 Ballymartin, Newcastle, 1/8/2016, Russell Gaelic Union, Downpatrick 2-10, 2-5 Longstone, Castlewellan, 1/8/2016, Round 2 Round 2A The 8 winning teams from Round 1 enter this round. The 4 winners enter the draw for the quarter-finals while the 4 losers play in Round 3. Clonduff 2-15, 0-13 Mayobridge, Pairc Esler, 5/8/2016, Bryansford 1-13, 1-11 Castlewellan, Pairc Esler, 5/8/2016, Burren 2-10, 1-7 Kilcoo, Pairc Esler, 7/8/2016, St. Peter's Warrenpoint 3-8, 3-7 Russell Gaelic Union, Downpatrick, Clonduff, 8/8/2016, Round 2B The 8 losing teams from Round 1 enter this round. The 4 winners go into Round 3 while the 4 losing teams exit the championship. Longstone 1-13, 0-10 Saval, Atticall, 6/8/2016, Loughinisland 2-10, 0-15 Annaclone, Castlewellan, 7/8/2016, Ballyholland 2-11, 1-9 Glenn John Martin's, Pairc Esler, 7/8/2016, Rostrevor 1-13, 0-7 Ballymartin, Burren, 8/8/2016, Round 3 The 4 losers from Round 2A play the 4 winners from Round 2B. The 4 winners go into the draw for the quarter-finals. Mayobridge 2-17, 1-13 Ballyholland, Pairc Esler, 12/8/2016, Russell Gaelic Union, Downpatrick 0-15, 0-13 Rostrevor, Castlewellan, 13/8/2016, Report Castlewellan 3-13, 2-10 Longstone, Pairc Esler, 14/8/2016, Kilcoo 0-18, 0-6 Loughinisland, Newcastle, 14/8/2016, Report Quarter-finals The 4 winners from Round 2A play the 4 winners from Round 3. Bryansford 4-6, 2-10 Russell Gaelic Union, Downpatrick, 27/8/2016, Report Clonduff 2-10, 0-14 Castlewellan, 27/8/2016, Report Kilcoo 2-13, 0-10 St. Peter's Warrenpoint, 28/8/2016, Report Burren 3-15, 1-12 Mayobridge, 28/8/2016, Semi-finals 9 September 2016 Semi-Final Kilcoo 4-7 - 2-8 St. Mary's Burren Darragh O'Hanlon 2-3 (2-0 pen, 0-3f), Jerome Johnston 1-2, Ceilum Doherty 1-0, Eugene Branagan and Paul Devlin 0-1f (0-1 each) Shay McArdle 1-1, Sean Murdock 0-4 (0-3f), Ryan Treanor 1-0, Donal O'Hare 0-2f, Conaill McGovern 0-1 Pairc Esler http://www.thedownrecorder.co.uk/pages/?title=Kilcoo_in_mood_as_Burren_falter 11 September 2016 Semi-Final Clonduff 1-13 - 3-4 Bryansford Stephen McConville 0-5f, Rian Brannigan 1-0, Barry O'Hagan and Patrick O'Hagan 0-2 each, Aidan Carr, Paul Lively, Jason Brown (0-1 '45), Conor Og O'Hagan 0-1 each Peter Brannigan 1-1, Danny Savage 1-0 pen, Aidan Carr 1-0 own goal, Marc Reid (0-1 '45), Philip Bonny, Conor Maginn 0-1 each Pairc Esler http://www.irishnews.com/sport/2016/09/12/news/clonduff-claw-their-way-past-bryansford-into-down-sfc-final-691196 Final 25 September 2016 16:15 Final Kilcoo 3-11 - 0-9 Clonduff Martin Devlin 0-4, Daryl Branagan 1-0, Ceilum Doherty 1-0, Aaron Morgan 1-0, Paul Devlin 0-2 (0-1f), Darragh O'Hanlon (0-1f), James McClean, Ryan Johnston, Conor Laverty, JJ McLoughlin 0-1 each Stephen McConville (0-4f) and Barry O'Hagan 0-4 each, Patrick O'Hagan 0-1 each Pairc Esler Daryl Branagan Neil Cousins (An Riocht) Report Last Eight Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final 35 Burren 3-15 Mayobridge 1-12 Warrenpoint 0-10 Kilcoo 2-13 Bryansford 4-6 Russell Gaelic Union, Downpatrick 2-10 Clonduff 2-10 Castlewellan 0-14 Burren 2-8 Kilcoo 4-7 Bryansford 3-4 Clonduff 1-13 Kilcoo 3-11 Clonduff 0-9 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship 2016–17 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship References Down Senior Football Championship Category:Down Senior Football Championship