2022 Down Senior Football Championship

The 2022 Down Senior Football Championship was the 114th official edition of Down GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Down. 16 teams competed, with the winning team 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 at the quarter-final stage.

2022 Down Senior Football Championship

Tournament details
County	Down
Province	Ulster
Year	2022
Trophy	Frank O'Hare Cup
Sponsor	Morgan Fuels
Teams	16
Defending champions	Kilcoo
Winners
Champions	Kilcoo (20th win)
Qualify for	2022 Ulster Club SFC
Runners-up
Runners-up	Warrenpoint
← 2021 2023 →

Kilcoo came into the competition as defending Down, Ulster and All-Ireland champions.

Team changes

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The following teams have changed division since the 2021 championship season.

To S.F.C. Promoted from 2021 Down I.F.C. An Riocht (2021 Down Intermediate Football Champions)

From S.F.C. Relegated to 2022 Down I.F.C. Rostrevor (Lost 2021 Relegation Play Off)

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Participating teams

The following teams take part in the 2022 edition of the Down Senior Football Championship.^[4]

Division One   Ballyholland Harps (Round 3)   Bryansford (Round 2B)   Burren (quarter-final)   Carryduff (quarter-final)   Castlewellan (quarter-final)   Clonduff (quarter-final)   Kilcoo (champions)   Loughinisland (semi-final)   Mayobridge (semi-final)   RGU Downpatrick (Round 3)   Warrenpoint (final)

Division Two   An Riocht (Round 2B)   Bredagh (Round 2B)   Glenn (Round 3)   Longstone (Round 2B)   Saul (Round 3)

Round 1

The 16 participating teams were placed into an open draw. The winning teams advance to Round 2A, while losing sides proceed to Round 2B.

Glenn   v   Bredagh

25 August 2022 Round 1	Glenn	3–13 – 1–11	Bredagh	Liatroim
19:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Fontenoy Park
				Referee: Peter Owens

Loughinisland   v   Castlewellan

25 August 2022 Round 1	Loughinisland	1–12 – 1–09	Castlewellan	Darragh Cross
19:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: St Mochai's Park
				Referee: Adrian Sharvin

Kilcoo   v   Clonduff

26 August 2022 Round 1	Kilcoo	2–12 – 0–04	Clonduff	Newry
19:30 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Páirc Esler
				Referee: Colm Gribben

RGU Downpatrick   v   An Riocht

27 August 2022 Round 1	RGU Downpatrick	2–15 – 2–08	An Riocht	Drumnaquoile
17:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Pairc Naomh Eoin
				Referee: Brendan Rice

Ballyholland Harps   v   Longstone

28 August 2022 Round 1	Ballyholland Harps	1–12 – 0–13	Longstone	Kilkeel
15:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: An Ríocht GAC
				Referee: Brian Higgins

Carryduff   v   Bryansford

28 August 2022 Round 1	Carryduff	1–12 – 0–06	Bryansford	Downpatrick
18:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Páirc Tomás Ruséil
				Referee: Conor Curran

Warrenpoint   v   Saul

28 August 2022 Round 1	Warrenpoint	1–11 – 0–05	Saul	Hilltown
18:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Clonduff Park
				Referee: Ronan Barry

Burren   v   Mayobridge

29 August 2022 Round 1	Burren	2–13 – 1–12 (a.e.t.)	Mayobridge	Newry
19:30 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Páirc Esler
				Referee: Paul Faloon

Round 2

Round 2A

Round 2A will feature the eight winning teams from Round 1, with an open draw to determine the fixtures. The winning teams progress directly to the quarter-finals, with the losing teams proceeding to Round 3.

Loughinisland   v   Warrenpoint

9 September 2022 Round 2A	Loughinisland	0–14 – 0–11	Warrenpoint	Kilcoo
19:30 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Páirc Eoghan Rua
				Referee: Conor Curran

Glenn   v   Carryduff

10 September 2022 Round 2A	Glenn	0–08 – 3–09	Carryduff	Downpatrick
14:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Páirc Tomás Ruséil
				Referee: Christopher Morgan

Burren   v   RGU Downpatrick

11 September 2022 Round 2A	Burren	2–03 – 0–02	RGU Downpatrick	Newcastle
17:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: St Patrick's Park
				Referee: Colm Gribben

Kilcoo   v   Ballyholland Harps

12 September 2022 Round 2A	Kilcoo	3–10 – 0–08	Ballyholland Harps	Newry
19:30 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Páirc Esler
				Referee: Brendan Rice

Round 2B

Round 2B sees the eight losing teams from Round 1 compete for a place in Round 3. The losing teams from this round will be eliminated from the competition.

Longstone   v   Mayobridge

8 September 2022 Round 2B	Longstone	0–06 – 0–12	Mayobridge	Newry
19:30 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Páirc Esler
				Referee: Micheal Moore

Saul   v   An Riocht

8 September 2022 Round 2B	Saul	3–07 – 0–09	An Riocht	Ballymartin
19:30 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Páirc Cois na Farraige
				Referee: Brian Higgins

Bryansford   v   Clonduff

9 September 2022 Round 2B	Bryansford	0–08 – 0–12	Clonduff	Newry
19:30 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Páirc Esler
				Referee: Ronan Barry

Bredagh   v   Castlewellan

11 September 2022 Round 2B	Bredagh	1–03 – 2–07	Castlewellan	Mayobridge
15:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: St Patrick's Park
				Referee: Darren O Hare

Relegation Semi-finals

The 4 losers of Round 2B play each other in the Relegation Semi-finals. The 2 winners will secure their Senior status for 2023, while the 2 losers will face-off in the Relegation Final.

An Riocht   v   Bredagh

18 September 2022 Relegation Play-Off Semi-final	An Riocht	0–10 – 4–15	Bredagh	Drumaness
13:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: St Colman's Park
				Referee: Peter Owens

Longstone   v   Bryansford

18 September 2022 Relegation Play-Off Semi-final	Longstone	0–06 – 0–10	Bryansford	Atticall
13:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Holy Cross Park
				Referee: Adrian Sharvin

Relegation Final

The winner of the Relegation Final will maintain their Senior status into 2023, while the loser will be relegated to the 2023 Down I.F.C.

An Riocht   v   Longstone

25 September 2022 Relegation Play-Off Final	An Riocht	0–06 – 2–08	Longstone	Atticall
13:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Holy Cross Park
				Referee: Brendan Rice

An Riocht relegated to 2023 Down Intermediate Football Championship

Round 3

Round 3 is a supplementary round for teams to have a second chance at reaching the quarter-finals. This round features teams that have lost once so far in this year's competition, either winning in Round 1 and losing in Round 2A, or losing in Round 1 but winning their Round 2B fixture. The losing teams in this round are eliminated from this year's competition.

This round is seeded, meaning that in each fixture a Round 2A losing team will face a Round 2B winning team.

Glenn   v   Castlewellan

16 September 2022 Round 3	Glenn	0–09 – 3–08	Castlewellan	Ballymartin
19:30 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Páirc Cois na Farraige
				Referee: Brian Higgins

RGU Downpatrick   v   Mayobridge

18 September 2022 Round 3	RGU Downpatrick	0–06 – 2–05	Mayobridge	Liatroim
15:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Fontenoy Park
				Referee: Brendan Rice

Ballyholland Harps   v   Clonduff

18 September 2022 Round 3	Ballyholland Harps	1–12 – 1–13	Clonduff	Newry
17:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Páirc Esler
				Referee: Paul Faloon

Warrenpoint   v   Saul

19 September 2022 Round 3	Warrenpoint	1–11 – 0–07	Saul	Newry
19:30 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Páirc Esler
				Referee: Darren O Hare

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals see the two brackets rejoin, with the earlier Round 2A winners facing a Round 3 winner for a semi-final spot.

Castlewellan   v   Loughinisland

23 September 2022 Quarter-final	Castlewellan	0–05 – 1–10	Loughinisland	Liatroim
19:30 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Fontenoy Park
		Report		Referee: Micheal Moore

Mayobridge   v   Carryduff

24 September 2022 Quarter-final	Mayobridge	0–09 – 0–07	Carryduff	Castlewellan
16:30 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: St Malachy's Park
				Referee: Colm Gribben

Clonduff   v   Kilcoo

25 September 2022 Quarter-final	Clonduff	1–08 – 0–11 (a.e.t.) (3–4 pen)	Kilcoo	Newry
18:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Páirc Esler
		Report		Referee: Brian Higgins
		Penalty shootout

Warrenpoint   v   Burren

26 September 2022 Quarter-final	Warrenpoint	3–07 – 2–10 (a.e.t.) (5–4 pen)	Burren	Newry
19:15 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Páirc Esler
		Report		Referee: Paul Faloon
		Penalty shootout

Semi-finals

The semi-finals will see the four winning sides face off for a place in this year's final. This round is an open draw from the four quarter-final winners.

Warrenpoint   v   Loughinisland

2 October 2022 Semi-final	Warrenpoint	0–12 – 0–12 (a.e.t.) (8–7 pen)	Loughinisland	Newry
15:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Páirc Esler
		Report		Referee: Adrian Sharvin
		Penalty shootout

Mayobridge   v   Kilcoo

2 October 2022 Semi-final	Mayobridge	0–04 – 1–09	Kilcoo	Newry
19:15 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Páirc Esler
		Report		Referee: Paul Faloon

Final

The final will be played between the two semi-final winning teams, and will take place at Páirc Esler, Newry.

Warrenpoint   v   Kilcoo

16 October 2022 Final	Warrenpoint	0–15 – 1–13 (a.e.t.)	Kilcoo	Newry
16:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Páirc Esler
		Report		Referee: Darren O Hare

See also

• 2022 Down Intermediate Football Championship

References

1. "Down Recorder Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
2. "Down HoganStand". Hoganstand.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
3. "2020 Down GAA Senior Football Championship". downgaa.net. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
4. "2020 Down GAA Senior Football Championship". downgaa.net. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

External links

• Down GAA