2001 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship

2001 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship
Dates	29 September – 11 November 2001
Teams	7
Sponsor	TSB Bank
Champions	Courcey Rovers (1st title); Denis Twomey (captain)
Runners-up	Charleville
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	17 (2.83 per match)
Points scored	129 (21.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	John Quinlan (2-15)
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The 2001 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship was the 104th staging of the Cork Junior A Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1895. The championship ran from 30 September 2001 to 11 November 2001.

The final was played on 11 November 2001 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Courcey Rovers and Charleville, in what was their first ever meeting in the final.^[1] Courcey Rovers won the match by 3-09 to 3-07 to claim their first ever championship title.^[2]^[3]

Charleville's John Quinlan was the championship's top scorer with 2-15.

Qualification

Division	Championship	Champions
Avondhu	North Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	Charleville
Carbery	West Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's
Carrigdhoun	South East Junior A Hurling Championship	Courcey Rovers
Duhallow	Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship	Freemount
Imokilly	East Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	Fr. O'Neill's
Muskerry	Mid Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	Grenagh
Seandún	City Junior A Hurling Championship	Glen Rovers

Results

First round

29 September 2001 First round	Charleville	0-13 - 2-06	Glen Rovers	Bride Rovers Park
	J Quinlan 0-6, M Gammell 0-3, T Fitzgibbon 0-2, M Aherne 0-1, P Gammell 0-1.		C Buckley 1-1, Derek Goggin 1-0, J Coughlan 0-1, D Cooper 0-1, M O'Connell 0-1, P O'Brien 0-1, R Kelleher 0-1.

30 September 2001 First round	Courcey Rovers	6-17 - 2-07	Grenagh	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	M O'Donovan 2-3, J Murphy 1-4, B Hayes 1-3, D Twomey 1-1, S Hayes 1-0, N Murphy 0-3, D Murphy 0-1, V Hurley 0-1, D Hayes 0-1.		D O'Riordan 2-0, D Dorgan 0-3, S Coleman 0-2, T Kenny 0-1, John Russell 0-1.

14 October 2001 First round	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	0-16 - 0-15	Fr. O'Neill's	Páirc Uí Rinn
	JP O'Callaghan 0-11, S Coughlan 0-2, G McCarthy 0-1, C O'Leary 0-1, J Nyhan 0-1.		L Swyane 0-6, E Conway 0-4, E Holland 0-2, A Brett 0-2, M Broderick 0-1.

Semi-finals

7 October 2001 Semi-final	Charleville	0-14 - 1-08	Freemount	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	J Quinlan 0-5, M Gammell 0-4, J Collins 0-2, T Fitzgibbon 0-1, S McSweeney 0-1, M Aherne 0-1.		M Enright 1-0, D Broderick 0-3, B Broderick 0-2, J O'Flynn 0-2, B Murphy 0-1.

21 October 2001 Semi-final	Courcey Rovers	1-09 - 0-08	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	Riverstick
	N Murphy 0-5, M O'Donovan 1-1, J Murphy 0-1, D Hayes 0-1, B Hayes 0-1.		JP O'Callaghan 0-6, D Nyhan 0-1, D Collins 0-1.

Final

11 November 2001 Final	Courcey Rovers	3-09 - 3-07	Charleville	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	M O'Donovan 2-0, J Murphy 1-1, N Murphy 0-4, B Hayes 0-2, S Hayes 0-1, J Murphy 0-1.		J Quinlan 2-4, J Collins 1-0, M Gammell 0-2, M Aherne 0-1.

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	John Quinlan	Charleville	2-15	21	3	7.00
2	Michael O'Donovan	Courcey Rovers	5-04	19	3	6.33
3	John Paul O'Callaghan	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	0-17	17	2	8.50
4	John Murphy	Courcey Rovers	2-06	12	3	4.00
4	Niall Murphy	Courcey Rovers	0-12	12	3	4.00

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	John Paul O'Callaghan	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	0-11	11	Fr. O'Neill's
2	John Quinlan	Charleville	2-04	10	Courcey Rovers
3	Michael O'Donovan	Courcey Rovers	2-03	9	Grenagh
4	John Murphy	Courcey Rovers	1-04	7	Grenagh
5	Dan O'Riordan	Grenagh	2-00	6	Courcey Rovers
	Brian Hayes	Courcey Rovers	1-03	6	Grenagh
	John Quinlan	Charleville	0-06	6	Glen Rovers
	Luke Swayne	Fr. O'Neill's	0-06	6	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's
	John Paul O'Callaghan	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	0-06	6	Courcey Rovers

Miscellaneous

Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's qualified for the championship for the very first time in their history.^[4]

References

^ "Junior A County Hurling Finals 1971 - present". Cork GAA Finals website. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
^ "Courcey win JHC final". Hogan Stand. 19 November 2001. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
^ "History in brief". Courcey Rovers GAA website. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
^ "History". Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's GAA website. Retrieved 16 October 2022.

[1] "Junior A County Hurling Finals 1971 - present". Cork GAA Finals website. Retrieved 7 March 2021.

[2] "Courcey win JHC final". Hogan Stand. 19 November 2001. Retrieved 16 October 2022.

[3] "History in brief". Courcey Rovers GAA website. Retrieved 16 October 2022.

[4] "History". Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's GAA website. Retrieved 16 October 2022.

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