2016 Christy Ring Cup

Dates

23 April 2016 – 4 June 2016

Teams

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The 2016 Christy Ring Cup will be the 12th staging of the Christy Ring Cup hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005. The competition began on Saturday 23 April 2016 and ends on Saturday 4 June 2016.

Kerry were the 2015 champions and were promoted to the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.^[1] They compete in the qualifier group of the Leinster Hurling Championship.

Format

The 2016 Christy Ring Cup is played in a double-elimination format. For clarity, the draw details are detailed in each round below.

Round 1

All eight teams play in Round 1.

23 April 2016 Round 1	Antrim	3-20 - 0-17	Kildare	Parnell Park, Dublin
	C Clarke 2-10, J Dillon 1-0, C Carson, N McKenna, J Connolly 0-2 each, C Johnson, C McKinley, M Dudley, R McCambridge 0-1 each.		G Keegan 0-11, M Fitzgerald 0-2, M Grace, P Divilly, N Ó Muineacháin, B Byrne 0-1 each.

23 April 2016 Round 1	Down	2-12 - 2-17	London	McKenna Park, Ballycran
	C Egan 2-0, D Toner 0-3fs, P Sheehan, C Woods (2fs) 0-2 each, C Taggart, J McGrath, S Nicholson, D Hughes, S Dineen 0-1 each.	Report	K O'Loughlin 1-7 (0-6fs), S O'Donnell 1-1, G Mahon, M Duggan 0-3, B Walsh, K Reid, D Roberts 0-1 each.	Referee: G McGrath (Wexford)

23 April 2016 Round 1	Meath	3-18 - 2-12	Wicklow	St. Loman's Park, Trim
	G McGowan (2-2), N Heffernan (1-3), A Gannon (0-5, 2fs), S Morris (0-4), J Toher (0-3, 1f), M O'Grady (0-1).	Report	J Henderson (1-0), P Doran (1-0), D Staunton (0-3), M Lee (0-3, 2fs), C Moorhouse (0-2, 1f 1 65), D Masterson (0-2. 1f 1 65), E Kearns (0-1), G Weir (0-1).	Referee: J O'Brien (Tipperary)

23 April 2016 Round 1	Roscommon	2-20 - 0-15	Derry	Athleague Sportsfield
	J Fallon 0-7 (4f, 1 sideline), C Egan 1-3 (1-2f), J Lawlor 1-0, T Featherston 0-3, A Moore, M Kelly, C Dolan, A Murphy, E Flanagan, T Seale, N Connaughton 0-1 each.	Report	R Convery 0-7 (6f), B Quigley, A Grant, S Farren 0-2 each, T McCloskey, M McGuigan 0-1 each.	Referee: J Keane (Galway)

Round 2A

Contested by the four winners of Round 1.

30 April 2016 Round 2A	Antrim	2-14 - 1-12	Roscommon	Pearse Park, Dunloy
	C Clarke 0-7 (4fs), J Connolly 0-4, C Carson, N Elliott 1-0 each, E McCloskey, N McKenna, J Dillon 0-1 each.	Report	C Egan, J Fallon (3fs) 0-4 each, J Lawlor 1-0, C Dolan 0-3, M Kelly 0-1.	Referee: J Keane (Galway)

31 April 2016 Round 2A	London	1-16 - 2-17	Meath	Emerald GAA Grounds, Ruislip
	K O'Loughlin 0-6 (5fs), M Duggan 1-2, K Reid 0-4, M O'Dywer 0-2, D Roberts, P Phelan 0-1 each.	Report	A Gannon 1-5 (0-3fs), G McGowan 1-1, N Heffernan, J Toher (1f) 0-2 each, S Quigley, S Heavey, S McGann (f), S Brennan, D Healy, R Sherlock, K Keena 0-1 each.	Referee: D Hughes (Carlow)

Round 2B

Contested by the four losers of Round 1.

30 April 2016 Round 2B	Wicklow	0-9 - 0-17	Kildare	Pearse Park, Arklow
	C Moorhouse 0-8 (7fs), S Kelly 0-1 ('65').	Report	G Keegan 0-10 (9fs), M Moloney, M Fitzgerald 0-2 each, S Gainey, R Bergin, N O'Muineacháin 0-1 each.	Referee: G McGrath (Wexford)

30 April 2016 Round 2B	Derry	1-15 - 1-18	Down	Owenbeg
	S Farren 0-8 (4fs), O McCloskey 1-0, R Convery 0-3 (2fs), Se McGuigan 0-2 , T McCloskey, P Cleary 0-1.	Report	B Byers 1-1, D Toner (2fs), O McManus 0-4 eachA O'Prey 0-3, F Conway, J McGrath, C Woods (f), S Nicholson, P Sheehan (f), C O'Prey 0-1 each.	Referee: C Cunning (Antrim)

Quarter-finals

The two losers of round 2A (who won a match and lost a match) play the two winners of round 2B (who lost a match and won a match). These two matches are referred to as quarter-finals.

07 May 2016 Quarter-final	Kildare	v	London	St. Conleth's Park
14:00

07 May 2016 Quarter-final	Down	v	Roscommon	McKenna Park, Ballycran
14:00

Semi-finals

The winners of round 2A play the winners of the two quarter-finals.

21 May 2016 Semi-final	Kildare	v	Quarter Final Winner

21 May 2016 Semi-final	Meath	v	Quarter Final Winnner

Final

The winners of this year's Christy Ring Final are automatically promoted to play in the qualifier group of next year's Leinster Championship.^[2]

Christy Ring/Nicky Rackard Relegation/Promotion

Bottom play-off

Contested by the two losers from round 2B.

21 May 2016 Bottom play-off	Wicklow	v	Derry
TBC

Relegation/Promotion play-off

The bottom team in this year's Christy Ring Cup plays the winner of this year's Nicky Rackard Cup.

04 June 2016 Play-off	Relegation Playoff Loser	v	Nicky Rackard Cup Winner

Scoring statistics

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Ciarán Clarke	Antrim	2-17	23	2	11.50
2	Gerry Keegan	Kildare	0-21	21	2	10.50
3	Kevin O'Loughlin	London	1-13	16	2	8.00
4	Adam Gannon	Meath	1-10	13	2	6.50
5	Jerry Fallon	Roscommon	0-11	11	2	5.50
6	Christy Moorhouse	Wicklow	0-10	10	2	5.00
6	Seán Farren	Derry	0-10	10	2	5.00

Top scorer in a single game

Rank	Player	Team	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Ciarán Clarke	Antrim	2-10	16	Kildare
2	Gerry Keegan	Kildare	0-11	11	Antrim
3	Kevin O'Loughlin	London	1-7	10	Down
3	Gerry Keegan	Kildare	0-10	10	Wicklow
5	Gavin McGowan	Meath	2-2	8	Wicklow
	Adam Gannon	Meath	1-5	8	London
	Christy Moorhouse	Wicklow	0-8	8	Kildare
	Seán Farren	Derry	0-8	8	Down
9	Jerry Fallon	Roscommon	0-7	7	Derry
	Ruairí Convery	Derry	0-7	7	Roscommon
	Ciarán Clarke	Antrim	0-7	7	Roscommon

References

↑ "Nolan inspires Kingdom to Ring Cup final win over Derry". GAA.ie. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
↑ See motion 24 passed at 2015 GAA Annual Congress 28th February 2015

Christy Ring Cup

Participants	Antrim Derry Down London Kildare Meath Roscommon Wicklow

Seasons	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Finals	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Liam McCarthy Cup (Tier 1) Christy Ring Cup (Tier 2) Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 3) Lory Meagher Cup (Tier 4)

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