2009 Christy Ring Cup

The 2009 Christy Ring Cup is the 5th annual second-tier hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. Eight county teams participate in the competition. The teams are Carlow, Derry, Down, Kerry, Mayo, Kildare, Westmeath and Wicklow.

The winning team was promoted to the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2010 and played for the Liam MacCarthy Cup.

On 11 July, Carlow retained the cup with a 1-15 to 0-14 victory over Down at Croke Park.^[1]

Structure

The tournament has a double elimination format - each team will play at least two games before being knocked out.

The eight teams play four Round 1 matches.
- The winners in Round 1 advance to Round 2A.
- The losers in Round 1 go into to 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 to 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 relegation playoff.
  - The losers of the relegation playoff are relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup 2010.
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 win the Christy Ring Cup for 2009.

Knockout phase

Match	Date	Venue	Team	Score	Team	Score
Round 1	May 9	Aughrim Park	Wicklow	3-9	Carlow	4-16
Round 1	May 9	Páirc Esler	Down	3-20	Derry	1-22
Round 1	May 9	Tralee	Kerry	3-11	Mayo	1-16
Round 1	May 9	Cusack Park	Westmeath	2-21	Kildare	3-19
Round 2A	May 16	Tralee	Kerry	2-10	Down	3-11
Round 2A	May 16	Newbridge	Kildare	1-13	Carlow	1-16
Round 2B	May 16	Crossmolina	Mayo	2-20	Westmeath	0-15
Round 2B	May 16	Swatragh	Derry	2-15	Wicklow	0-9
Quarter-final	May 23	Mullingar	Kerry	4-21	Derry	2-12
Quarter-final	May 23	Athleague	Kildare	1-10	Mayo	1-16
Semi-final	June 6	Dr Cullen Park	Carlow	1-15	Kerry	2-12
Semi-final	June 6	Páirc Esler	Down	4-21	Mayo	0-14
Semi-final replay	June 13	Tralee	Kerry	2-11	Carlow	6-10
Final	July 11	Croke Park	Down	0-14	Carlow	1-15

Date	Venue	Team	Score	Team	Score
May 23	Clane	Westmeath	3-36	Wicklow	1-6

Wicklow are relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup 2010 competition.

Fixtures

Round 1

Wicklow v Carlow

9 May 2009
Round 1

Wicklow	3-9 - 4-16	Carlow
J Murphy (1-5), E Dunne (1-0), A O'Brien (1-0), G Bermingham, C Moorehouse (0-2 each).	Report	P Kehoe (2-4), C Doyle (1-3), D Roberts (1-2), J Hickey (0-4), M Brennan (0-2), E Coady (0-1).

Aughrim Park, Aughrim
Referee: P. Devereux (Kildare)

Down v Derry

9 May 2009
Round 1

Down	3-20 - 1-22	Derry
G Johnston (2-3), P Branniff (0-7, 0-4 frees), E Clarke (1-1), J Coyle (0-3), S Wilson (0-3, 0-2 frees), C Woods (0-1), F Conway (0-1), R McGrattan (0-1).	Report	S Dodds 0-17, C Quinn 1-0, K Hinphey 0-2, B Dodds 0-2, S McNicholl 0-1.

Páirc Esler, Newry

Kerry v Mayo

9 May 2009
Round 1

Kerry	3-11 - 1-16	Mayo
S Brick 0-6, E McSweeney 0-3, S Young 1-2, J McCarthy 1-0, JM Dooley 1-0.		K Higgins 0-4, A Freeman 0-4, E Madigan 1-0, D Dowling 0-2, D McConn 0-2, D McDonnell 0-2, C Ryan 0-1, S Broderick 0-1.

Austin Stack Park, Tralee

Westmeath v Kildare

9 May 2009
Round 1

Westmeath	2-21 - 3-19	Kildare
B Murtagh 1-10, A Devine 1-1, A Mitchell 0-3, D McNicholas 0-3, B Connaughton 0-2, K Cosgrove 0-1, D Carty 0-1.		D Harney 0-11, T Murphy 2-1, D Carter 1-0, A McAndrew 0-3, R Hoban 0-1, D Cafferty 0-1, M mOloney 0-1 N Ó Muineacháin 0-1.

Cusack Park, Mullingar

Round 2A

Kerry v Down

9 May 2009
Round 2A

Kerry	2-10 - 3-11	Down
S Brick (0-9, eight frees), J McCarthy (2-0), JM Dooley (0-1).	Report	S Wilson (0-7, five frees), G Johnson (2-0), J Coyle (1-0), P Braniff (0-2), C Woods (0-1), M Óg Coulter (0-1).

Austin Stack Park, Tralee

Kildare v Carlow

9 May 2009
Round 2A

Kildare	1-13 - 1-16	Carlow
D Harney (1-5, 1-4 frees), T Murphy (0-5), A McAndrew (0-2), M Moloney (0-1).	Report	P Kehoe (0-8, five frees), C Doyle (1-2), A Gaule (0-3), M Brennan (0-1), D Roberts (0-1), J Hickey (0-1).

St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge

Round 2B

Mayo v Westmeath

16 May 2009
Round 2B

Mayo	2-20 - 0-15	Westmeath
A Freeman (0-7, four frees), M Devaney (1-2), Keith Higgins (0-5, three frees), D McDonnell (1-0), S Broderick (0-2), B Higgins (0-1), P Higgins (0-1), E Madigan (0-1), Derek McConn (0-1).	Report	A Mitchell (0-6, frees), D McNicholas (0-3), R Jackson (0-2); C Jordan (0-1), B Murtagh (0-1, free), C Curley (0-1), D Kilcoyne (0-1).

Westport
Referee: T. Carroll (Offaly)

Derry v Wicklow

16 May 2009
Round 2B

Derry	2-15 - 0-9	Wicklow
R Convery 1-5 (0-1f, 0-1pen), A Kelly 1-2, S Dodds 0-3 (0-2f), O McCloskey 0-2, M Craig, P McCloskey, and E McGuckin 0-1 each.	Report	A Driver 0-4, J Murphy 0-3 (0-3f), G Bermingham and J Keogh 0-1 each.

Swatragh
Referee: T. McIntyre (Antrim)

Quarter-finals

Mayo v Kildare

23 May 2009
Quarter-final

Mayo	1-16 - 1-10	Kildare
C Freeman 0-5, D Dowling 1-1, K Higgins 0-4f, D McDonnell 0-3, A Freeman 0-2f, C Ryan 0-1.	Report	D Harney 0-6 (4f), P Divilly 1-0, D Kennedy (‘65), T Murphy, A McAndrew, M Maloney 0-1 each.

Athleague
Referee: T. Ryan (Tipperary)

Kerry v Derry

23 May 2009
Quarter-final

Kerry	4-21 - 2-12	Derry
S Brick (0-15, 6f, 1 ‘65’), J Dooley (4-0), E Sweeney (0-4), J Fitzgerald (0-1), J Casey (0-1).	Report	R Convery (1-7, 0-6f), O McCloskey (0-5, 2f , 3 ‘65’), M Scullen (1-0).

Cusack Park, Mullingar
Referee: S. Whelan (Wexford)

Semi-finals

Down v Mayo

6 June 2009
Semi-final

Down	4-21 - 0-14	Mayo
G Johnston 1-5 (0-1f), S Wilson 0-7 (0-3f, 0-1 '65', 0-1 pen), J Coyle 1-3, P Braniff 1-2 (0-1f), E Clarke, 1-1, C Woods 0-2, M Ennis 0-1.	Report	A Freeman (0-4f), K Higgins (0-3f, 0-1 pen) 0-6 each, D McConn, E Madigan 0-1 each.

Páirc Esler, Newry
Referee: A. Stapleton (Laois)

Carlow v Kerry

6 June 2009
Semi-final

Carlow	1-15 - 2-12	Kerry
Paudie Kehoe 1-6 (0-6fs), J Hickey 0-4 (1 sideline), R Foley 0-2, S Kavanagh 0-2 (65s), M Brennan 0-1.	Report	S Brick 1-5 (1-0 pen, 0-3fs), JM Dooley 1-3, E Sweeney 0-2, B Brick 0-1, G O’Brien 0-1.

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Referee: T. Carroll (Offaly)

Kerry v Carlow

13 June 2009
Semi-final
Replay

Kerry	2-11 - 6-10	Carlow
S Brick (0-7, six frees), JM Dooley (1-1), J McCarthy (1-0), E Sweeney (0-1), B Brick (0-1); G O’Brien (0-1).	Report	R Foley (2-2), C Doyle (2-1), P Kehoe (1-2, 1-0 pen, 0-1 free), A Gaule (1-1), R Dunbar (0-1), M Brennan (0-1), E Byrne (0-1), S Kavanagh (0-1, 65).

Austin Stack Park, Tralee
Referee: D. O'Driscoll (Limerick)

Final

Carlow v Down

11 July 2009
Final

Carlow	1-15 - 0-14	Down
R Foley 1-03, P Kehoe 0-05 (0-04f), C Doyle 0-02 (0-01f), S Kavanagh (0-01 '65'), A Gaule, E Coady, E Byrne, J Coady 0-01 each.	Report	S Wilson 0-07 (0-07f), P Braniff 0-04, C O'Prey, J Coyle, A Higgins 0-01 each.

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: T. Ryan (Tipperary)

Round 1
Round 2B

Round 2A
Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Final

Derry

2-15

Wicklow

0-09

Kerry

4-21

Wicklow

3-09

Derry

2-12

Carlow

4-16

Kerry

2-11

Carlow (R)

6-10

Carlow

1-16

Westmeath

2-21

Kildare

1-13

Kildare

3-19

Carlow

1-15

2-20

0-14

0-15

1-10

Mayo

1-16

Mayo

0-14

Relegation Playoff

Mayo

1-16

Down

4-21

Kerry

3-11

Kerry

2-10

Westmeath

3-36

Down

3-20

Down

3-11

Wicklow

1-06

Derry

1-22

References

↑ "Carlow retain Christy Ring Cup". RTÉ Sport. 2009-07-11. Archived from the original on 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2009-07-11.

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 2017
Finals	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
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