The Christy Ring Cup (Irish: Corn Chriostóir Uí Rinn)[1] is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. Originally introduced as a second-tier competition, it is currently the third tier overall in the inter-county hurling championship system. Each year, the champions of the Christy Ring Cup are promoted to the Joe McDonagh Cup, and the lowest finishing team is relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup. Kildare are the 2022 title-holders. The competition is named in honour of Christy Ring, a legendary player from Cork.
The Christy Ring Cup, which was introduced in 2005, replaced the All-Ireland B Hurling Championship (1974-2004). Between 2005 and 2017 the Christy Ring Cup was the second tier hurling championship. With the introduction of the Joe McDonagh cup, the Christy Ring Cup is the highest tier of the championship system without entry to that year's All-Ireland finals series (the top two teams in the Joe McDonagh Cup usually gain entry to preliminary quarter-finals of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship).
At present (2021), Wicklow holds the longest tenure in the Christy Ring Cup. They have appeared in every season of the cup. Down and Kildare had appeared in every season until 2021, when they participated in the Joe McDonagh Cup.
In 2003 the Hurling Development Committee (HDC) was charged with restructuring the entire hurling championship. The committee was composed of chairman Pat Dunny (Kildare), Liam Griffin (Wexford), P. J. O'Grady (Limerick), Ger Loughnane (Clare), Cyril Farrell (Galway), Jimmy O'Reilly (Down), Willie Ring (Cork), Pat Daly (GAA Games Development Officer) and Nicky English (Tipperary). Over the course of three months they held discussions with managers, players and officials, while also taking a submission from the Gaelic Players Association. The basic tenet of the proposals was to structure the hurling championship into three tiers in accordance with 2004 National Hurling League status. The top tier was confined to 12 teams, while the next ten teams would contest the second tier which was to be known as the Christy Ring Cup. There would also be promotion-relegation play-offs between the three championship tiers. The HDC also suggested that these games would be played as curtain raisers to All-Ireland quarter-finals and semi-finals.[2]
The proposal were accepted at the 2004 GAA Congress. The Christy Ring Cup and the Nicky Rackard Cup competitions were launched at Croke Park on 8 December 2004.
Format
2005-2007
The ten participating teams were divided into two groups of five and played in a round-robin format. Each team was guaranteed at least four games each. The eventual group winners and runners-up qualified for the knock-out semi-finals of the competition.
The bottom two teams of both groups were involved in a four-way relegation play-off with the eventual loser being relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup. In 2006 the relegation play-off was limited to just the bottom teams in both groups, while in 2007 there was no relegation.
2008
The competition was expanded to include twelve teams. The participating teams were divided into four groups of three and played in a round-robin format, thus limiting each team to just two games each. The eventual group winners and runners-up qualified for the knock-out quarter-finals of the competition.
The bottom team in each group went into the relegation play-offs. The eventual losers were relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup, however, the relegation play-offs in 2008 were rendered meaningless as all four bottom-placed teams were relegated.
2009-2017
In 2009 a double elimination format was introduced, thus guaranteeing each team at least two games before being eliminated from the competition.
The eight teams play four Round 1 matches.
The winners in Round 1 advance to Round 2A.
The losers in Round 1 go into Round 2B.
There are two Round 2A matches.
The winners in Round 2A advance to the semi-finals.
The losers in Round 2A go into the quarter-finals.
There are two Round 2B matches.
The winners in Round 2B advance to the quarter-finals.
The losers in Round 2B go into the bottom playoff. The losers of this match play a relegation/promotion match with the winners of the Nicky Rackard Cup. If they lose they are relegated to the Nicky Rackard cup for the following year.
There are two quarter-final matches between the Round 2A losers and Round 2B winners.
The winners of the quarter-finals advance to the semi-finals.
The losers of the quarter-finals are eliminated.
There are two semi-final matches between the Round 2A winners and the quarter-final winners.
The winners of the semi-finals advance to the final.
The losers of the semi-finals are eliminated.
The winners of the final (with the exception of Down in 2013, are promoted to the Liam MacCarthy Cup for the following year.
From 2018
2018 saw the reintroduction of a group phase format to all tiers of the hurling Championship structure. The eight participating teams are divided into two groups of four and will play in a round-robin format. Each team will be guaranteed at least three games each. The eventual group winners and runners-up will qualify for the knock-out semi-finals of the championship.
2020 and the coronavirus pandemic
The Coronavirus pandemic in 2020 significantly affected the GAA season, with the Chisty Ring Cup reverting for one season only to the partial double elimination format that existed until 2017.
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^Keys, Colm (10 December 2003). "Hurling evangelists have radical tiers in their eyes". Irish Independent. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
March 18, 2023
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The Christy Ring Cup Irish Corn Chriostoir Ui Rinn 1 is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association Originally introduced as a second tier competition it is currently the third tier overall in the inter county hurling championship system Each year the champions of the Christy Ring Cup are promoted to the Joe McDonagh Cup and the lowest finishing team is relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup Kildare are the 2022 title holders The competition is named in honour of Christy Ring a legendary player from Cork Christy Ring CupFounded2005 presentCountry IrelandNumber of teams6Level on pyramid3Promotion toJoe McDonagh CupRelegation toNicky Rackard CupCurrent championsKildare 2022 Most championshipsKildare 4 titles TV partnersTG4WebsiteOfficial GAA siteCurrent 2023 Christy Ring CupThe Christy Ring Cup which was introduced in 2005 replaced the All Ireland B Hurling Championship 1974 2004 Between 2005 and 2017 the Christy Ring Cup was the second tier hurling championship With the introduction of the Joe McDonagh cup the Christy Ring Cup is the highest tier of the championship system without entry to that year s All Ireland finals series the top two teams in the Joe McDonagh Cup usually gain entry to preliminary quarter finals of the All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship At present 2021 Wicklow holds the longest tenure in the Christy Ring Cup They have appeared in every season of the cup Down and Kildare had appeared in every season until 2021 when they participated in the Joe McDonagh Cup Contents 1 History 2 Format 2 1 2005 2007 2 2 2008 2 3 2009 2017 2 4 From 2018 2 5 2020 and the coronavirus pandemic 3 List of finals and relegated teams 4 Team records and statistics 4 1 Performance by county 4 2 Performance by province 4 3 Year by year 5 Player records 5 1 Top scorers overall 5 2 Top Scorers in the Final 6 See also 7 ReferencesHistory EditFor history before 2004 see All Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship In 2003 the Hurling Development Committee HDC was charged with restructuring the entire hurling championship The committee was composed of chairman Pat Dunny Kildare Liam Griffin Wexford P J O Grady Limerick Ger Loughnane Clare Cyril Farrell Galway Jimmy O Reilly Down Willie Ring Cork Pat Daly GAA Games Development Officer and Nicky English Tipperary Over the course of three months they held discussions with managers players and officials while also taking a submission from the Gaelic Players Association The basic tenet of the proposals was to structure the hurling championship into three tiers in accordance with 2004 National Hurling League status The top tier was confined to 12 teams while the next ten teams would contest the second tier which was to be known as the Christy Ring Cup There would also be promotion relegation play offs between the three championship tiers The HDC also suggested that these games would be played as curtain raisers to All Ireland quarter finals and semi finals 2 The proposal were accepted at the 2004 GAA Congress The Christy Ring Cup and the Nicky Rackard Cup competitions were launched at Croke Park on 8 December 2004 Format Edit2005 2007 Edit The ten participating teams were divided into two groups of five and played in a round robin format Each team was guaranteed at least four games each The eventual group winners and runners up qualified for the knock out semi finals of the competition The bottom two teams of both groups were involved in a four way relegation play off with the eventual loser being relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup In 2006 the relegation play off was limited to just the bottom teams in both groups while in 2007 there was no relegation 2008 Edit The competition was expanded to include twelve teams The participating teams were divided into four groups of three and played in a round robin format thus limiting each team to just two games each The eventual group winners and runners up qualified for the knock out quarter finals of the competition The bottom team in each group went into the relegation play offs The eventual losers were relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup however the relegation play offs in 2008 were rendered meaningless as all four bottom placed teams were relegated 2009 2017 Edit In 2009 a double elimination format was introduced thus guaranteeing each team at least two games before being eliminated from the competition The eight teams play four Round 1 matches The winners in Round 1 advance to Round 2A The losers in Round 1 go into Round 2B There are two Round 2A matches The winners in Round 2A advance to the semi finals The losers in Round 2A go into the quarter finals There are two Round 2B matches The winners in Round 2B advance to the quarter finals The losers in Round 2B go into the bottom playoff The losers of this match play a relegation promotion match with the winners of the Nicky Rackard Cup If they lose they are relegated to the Nicky Rackard cup for the following year There are two quarter final matches between the Round 2A losers and Round 2B winners The winners of the quarter finals advance to the semi finals The losers of the quarter finals are eliminated There are two semi final matches between the Round 2A winners and the quarter final winners The winners of the semi finals advance to the final The losers of the semi finals are eliminated The winners of the final with the exception of Down in 2013 are promoted to the Liam MacCarthy Cup for the following year From 2018 Edit 2018 saw the reintroduction of a group phase format to all tiers of the hurling Championship structure The eight participating teams are divided into two groups of four and will play in a round robin format Each team will be guaranteed at least three games each The eventual group winners and runners up will qualify for the knock out semi finals of the championship 2020 and the coronavirus pandemic Edit The Coronavirus pandemic in 2020 significantly affected the GAA season with the Chisty Ring Cup reverting for one season only to the partial double elimination format that existed until 2017 List of finals and relegated teams EditYear Winners Runners Up Venue Captains Relegated team s County Score County Score Winning captain Losing captain2022 Kildare 2 29 Mayo 0 19 Croke Park Brian Byrne Shane Boland Wicklow2021 Offaly 0 41 Derry 2 14 Croke Park Ben Conneely Cormac O Doherty Roscommon2020 Kildare 3 16 Down 0 22 Croke Park Brian Byrne Stephen Keith 2019 Meath 4 19 Down 2 15 Croke Park Sean Geraghty Stephen Keith Donegal2018 Kildare 3 19 London 1 11 Croke Park Brian Byrne Liam Gavaghan Armagh Mayo2017 Carlow 5 23 Antrim 4 15 Croke Park Marty Kavanagh Conor Carson Roscommon2016 Meath 2 174 21 Antrim 1 205 17 Croke Park James Toher Neal McAuley Derry2015 Kerry 1 20 Derry 0 12 Croke Park John Griffin Sean MacCullagh Mayo2014 Kildare 4 18 Kerry 2 22 Croke Park Niall o Muineachain John Egan 2013 Down 3 16 Kerry 2 17 Croke Park Paul Braniff Paud Costello 2012 London 4 18 Wicklow 1 17 Croke Park Colm Quinn Enan Glynn 2011 Kerry 2 21 Wicklow 2 08 Croke Park Mikey Boyle Jonathan O Neill Armagh2010 Westmeath 2 16 Kerry 1 18 Croke Park Andrew Mitchell Colin Harris 2009 Carlow 1 15 Down 0 14 Croke Park Mark Brennan Graham Clarke 2008 Carlow 3 22 Westmeath 4 16 O Connor Park Edward Coady Brendan Murtagh Armagh London Meath Roscommon2007 Westmeath 2 15 Kildare 0 13 Croke Park Darren McCormack Colm Buggy 2006 Antrim 5 13 Carlow 1 07 Croke Park Karl McKeegan Robbie Foley Roscommon2005 Westmeath 1 23 Down 2 18 Croke Park John Shaw Simon Wilson DerryTeam records and statistics EditMain article Christy Ring Cup records and statistics Performance by county Edit County Titles Runners up Years won Years runner up Kildare 4 1 2014 2018 2020 2022 2007 Westmeath 3 1 2005 2007 2010 2008 Carlow 3 1 2008 2009 2017 2006 Kerry 2 3 2011 2015 2010 2013 2014 Meath 2 0 2016 2019 Down 1 4 2013 2005 2009 2019 2020 Antrim 1 2 2006 2016 2017 London 1 1 2012 2018 Offaly 1 0 2021 Wicklow 0 2 2011 2012 Derry 0 2 2015 2021 Mayo 0 1 2022Performance by province Edit Province Titles Runners up Total Leinster 13 5 18 Ulster 2 8 10 Munster 2 3 5 Britain 1 1 2 Connacht 0 1 1Year by year Edit Team 2005 10 2006 10 2007 10 2008 12 2009 8 2010 8 2011 8 2012 8 2013 8 2014 8 2015 8 2016 8 2017 8 2018 8 2019 8 2020 7 2021 5 2022 6 2023 6 TotalAntrim AI 1st AI AI AI AI AI AI AI AI AI 2nd 2nd JM JM JM AI JM AI 3Armagh NR NR NR GS NR NR R NR NR NR NR 8th NR NR NR NR NR 5Carlow SF 2nd SF 1st 1st AI AI AI AI AI AI AI 1st JM AI JM JM JM JM 6Derry 10th NR GS SF QF 2nd R NR SF SF R2 2nd 3rd 17Donegal NR NR NR NR LM LM LM NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RPO NR NR NR NR 1Down 2nd SF GS QF 2nd 1st GS 2nd 2nd JM JM JM 16Kerry 5th 9th GS QF SF 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 1st AI AI JM JM JM JM JM JM 11Kildare SF SF 2nd QF QF 1st 1st GS 1st JM 1st JM 17London NR 5th GS GS NR NR NR 1st AI AI 2nd RPO 4th 11Mayo 9th 6th GS QF SF R NR 7th NR NR NR 2nd 15Meath 6th 8th SF GS NR 1st AI JM 1st JM JM JM 13Offaly AI AI AI AI AI AI AI AI AI AI AI AI AI AI JM SF 1st JM JM 2Roscommon 8th 10th NR GS NR NR NR NR NR NR NR GS SF SF QF NR NR 9Sligo NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR LM LM LM LM NR R2 SF 5th 4Tyrone 1Westmeath 1st AI 1st 2nd R2 1st AI AI AI AI AI AI AI JM JM JM JM AI AI 5Wicklow 7th 7th GS SF R2 2nd 2nd SF GS R2 SF 6th NR 18Player records EditMain article Christy Ring Cup records and statistics Top scorers overall Edit Season Top scorer Team Score Total2005 Mattie Dowd Kildare 2 39 452006 Paul Braniff Down 6 26 442007 Shane Brick Kerry2008 Brendan Murtagh Westmeath 2 37 432009 Shane Brick Kerry 1 42 452010 Darragh O Connell Kerry 1 38 412011 Darragh O Connell Kerry 1 33 362012 Martin Finn London 5 29 442013 Paul Braniff Down 3 34 432014 Mikey Lee Wicklow 4 38 502015 Shane Nolan Kerry 2 35 412016 Ciaran Clarke Antrim 3 43 522017 Denis Murphy Carlow 0 45 45Top Scorers in the Final Edit Season Top scorer Team Score Total2005 Andrew Mitchell Westmeath 0 9 92006 Johnny McIntosh Antrim 2 4 102007 Billy White Kildare 0 7 72008 Brendan Murtagh Westmeath 2 10 162009 Simon Wilson Down 0 7 72010 Darragh O Connell Kerry 0 8 82011 Darragh O Connell Kerry 1 9 122012 Jonathan Maher London 3 4 132013 Shane Nolan Kerry 1 9 122014 Shane Nolan Kerry 1 4 7Gerry Keegan Kildare 1 4 72015 Shane Nolan Kerry 1 8 112016 James Toher Meath 0 12 122017 Ciaran Clarke Antrim 2 9 152018 James Burke Kildare 0 8 82019 Paul Sheehan Down 1 8 11See also EditChristy Ring Cup records and statisticsReferences Edit Ar gCluichi Ar Laochra 5 Niall o Muineachain gaa ie Keys Colm 10 December 2003 Hurling evangelists have radical tiers in their eyes Irish Independent Retrieved 30 August 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Christy Ring Cup amp oldid 1130297713, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
