# 2017 Tyrone Senior Football Championship

The 2017 Tyrone Senior Football Championship is the 112th edition of Tyrone GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for clubs in Tyrone Senior Football League Division 1. Sixteen teams compete with the winners receiving the O'Neill Cup and representing Tyrone in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.
Killyclogher were the defending champions after they defeated Coalisland after a replay in the 2016 final. However the defence of their title came undone at the first hurdle when losing to newly promoted Pomeroy Plunkett's in Round 1.
Pomeroy Plunkett's, Urney St. Columba's and Donaghmore St. Patrick's returned to senior championship football in 2017.
This year marked the first time a Tyrone championship game was played outside the county. Omagh St. Enda's defeated Ardboe O'Donovan Rossa in a first round re-fixture tie in the Athletic Grounds, Armagh. Healy Park was ruled out due to Omagh's involvement and no neutral floodlit venue was available.
Greencastle St. Patrick's made the drop back down to the Intermediate ranks when finishing bottom of the 2017 S.F.L. They were followed by Strabane Sigersons who lost their S.F.L. Relegation Playoff to Urney St. Columba's, who in turn then lost their SFL/IFL promotion/relegation playoff to Aghyaran St. Davog's. I.F.C. champions Moy Tír na nÓg and I.F.L. champions Derrylaughan Kevin Barry's will also replace these relegated teams in 2018.
On 15 October 2017, Omagh St. Enda's claimed their 9th S.F.C. crown and first in three years when defeating Errigal Ciarán by 0-10 to 0-8 at Healy Park.

## Format

The championship has a straight knock out structure. The 16 teams that take part in the championship are the 16 teams in the Senior Football League (SFL).
Relegation from SFC:
Either two or three teams are relegated each year from the SFC and SFL. The 16th placed team in the SFL is automatically relegated to the IFL. The 15th and 14th placed teams then play a SFL relegation playoff with the loser being relegated. The winner plays the winner of the IFL promotion playoffs - if they win, they remain in the SFC and SFL - if they lose they are relegated to the IFC and IFL. (The winner of the SFC can't be relegated. If the championship winner finishes in the bottom 3 in the league, the 13th placed team enters the relegation scenario.)
Promotion to SFC:
Either two or three teams are promoted to the SFC each year. The IFC champions and the IFL champions are automatically promoted to the senior grade (If a team wins the IFC and IFL, the 2nd placed team in the IFL are automatically promoted). 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th place in the IFL enter the IFL promotion semi-finals (If the IFC champions are placed in the top 5 the 6th placed team enter the IFL promotion semi-finals) with the eventual winner of the final earning the right to play the loser of the SFL relegation playoff in a relegation/promotion playoff.

## Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season.

## First round

| 8 September 2017 8:30 pm First round | Trillick | 3-17 - 0-6 | Strabane | Healy Park Referee: Martin Conroy (Moy) Man of the Match: James Garrity |
| 8 September 2017 8:30 pm First round | Lee Brennan 0-8 (0-6f), James Garrity 2-1, Rory Brennan 1-0, Ryan Gray, Mattie Donnelly, Daire Gallagher 0-2 each, Niall Donnelly and Richard Donnelly 0-1 each | av | Warner Mullen 0-4f, Ruairi Gormley and Michael Etherson 0-1 each | Healy Park Referee: Martin Conroy (Moy) Man of the Match: James Garrity |
| 9 September 2017 2:00 pm First round | Coalisland | 3-11 - 1-11 | Galbally | Edendork Referee: Martin Sludden (Dromore) Man of the Match: Peter Heron |
| 9 September 2017 2:00 pm First round | Stephen McNally 2-1, Paddy McNiece 1-4 (0-2f), Dermot Thornton 0-4 (0-2f), Plunkett Kane and Cathaoir Quinn 0-1 each | | Sean Murphy 1-2 (0-2f), Conor Donnelly and Damian McCrory 0-2 each, Conor Quinn, Paul Rafferty, Mark Donnelly, Ronan Nugent, Conor Donaghy 0-1 each | Edendork Referee: Martin Sludden (Dromore) Man of the Match: Peter Heron |
| 9 September 2017 5:30 pm First round | Killyclogher | 0-7 - 1-9 | Pomeroy | Errigal Ciaran Referee: Stephen Campbell (Stewartstown) |
| 9 September 2017 5:30 pm First round | Simon O'Neill 0-3 (0-1f), Mark Bradley 0-2 (0-1f), James Carlin and Fergal Meenagh 0-1 each | | John Loughran 1-3, Frank Burns 0-3 (0-1f), Aidan Woods 0-2, Kieran McGeary 0-1 | Errigal Ciaran Referee: Stephen Campbell (Stewartstown) |
| 10 September 2017 6:00 pm First round | Clonoe | 1-10 - 0-12 | Dromore | Carrickmore |
| 10 September 2017 6:00 pm First round | Declan McClure 0-7 (0-6f), Patrick Doris 1-0, Dwayne Quinn 0-2, Dan McNulty 0-1f | av | Ruairi Sludden 0-4 (0-2f), Emmet McNabb 0-3f, Ronan McNabb 0-2, Cathal McCarron, Sean McNabb, Eoin McCusker 0-1 each | Carrickmore |
| 15 September 2017 8:30 pm First round | Donaghmore | 1-7 - 0-14 | Greencastle | Healy Park Referee: Kevin Bogle (Urney) Man of the Match: Christopher Gillen |
| 15 September 2017 8:30 pm First round | Niall McKenna 1-1, Cormac McCann and Tiarnan Drayne 0-2 each, Daniel Toner and Deasun Quinn 0-1 each | | Mark Carson 0-7 (0-4f), Cahir McCullagh 0-3 (0-2f), Peter Teague 0-2, Sean Fox and Gavin Slane 0-1 each | Healy Park Referee: Kevin Bogle (Urney) Man of the Match: Christopher Gillen |
| 16 September 2017 1:30 pm First round | Carrickmore | 1-10 - 1-8 | Edendork | Pomeroy Referee: Brian McCallion (Castlederg) Man of the Match: Conan McElduff |
| 16 September 2017 1:30 pm First round | Barry Daly 0-5 (0-1f), Martin Penrose 1-1, Conan McElduff 0-2, Brendan McLaughlin and Michael Donaghy 0-1 each | | Niall Morgan 1-3 (1 '45), Paul Donaghy 0-3, Darren McCurry (0-1f) and Harry Og Conlon 0-1 each | Pomeroy Referee: Brian McCallion (Castlederg) Man of the Match: Conan McElduff |
| 16 September 2017 4:30 pm First round | Errigal Ciarán | 2-11 - 0-7 | Urney | Loughmacrory Referee: Shane Dorrity (Coalisland) Man of the Match: Fergal McNulty |
| 16 September 2017 4:30 pm First round | Davy Harte 1-3 (0-2f), Peter Harte 0-5 (0-3f, 2 '45), Peter Og McCartan 1-0, Pauric McAnenly 0-2, Mark Kavanagh 0-1 | | Fergal McNulty 0-3, Marty Owens, Chris Bogle, Plunkett Langan (0-1f), Stephen Lafferty 0-1 each | Loughmacrory Referee: Shane Dorrity (Coalisland) Man of the Match: Fergal McNulty |
| 21 September 2017 8:15 pm First round | Omagh | 1-16 - 1-11 | Ardboe | Athletic Grounds, Armagh Referee: Eamon McHugh (Aghyaran) Man of the Match: Connor O'Donnell |
| 21 September 2017 8:15 pm First round | Connor O'Donnell 0-7 (0-2f), Conan Grugan 1-3 (0-1f), Hugh Gallagher, Joe McMahon (1 '45), Conor Clarke, Michael Gallagher, Ronan O'Neill, Cormac O'Neill, 0-1 each | | Shay McGuigan (0-1f) and Michael O'Neill 0-3 each, Anthony Devlin 1-0, Michael Cassidy, Mattie Bell, David Mulgrew, Kyle Coney (0-1f), Caolan Mallaghan 0-1 each | Athletic Grounds, Armagh Referee: Eamon McHugh (Aghyaran) Man of the Match: Connor O'Donnell |

## Quarter-finals

| 22 September 2017 8:30 pm Quarter-Final | Trillick | 0-13 - 1-10 | Coalisland | Omagh Referee: Fergal Ward (Errigal Ciaran) Man of the Match: Stephen McNally |
| 22 September 2017 8:30 pm Quarter-Final | Lee Brennan 0-6 (0-5f), Niall Gormley 0-3, Ryan Gray 0-2, Daniel McDonnell and Gavin McCarron 0-1 each | av | Paddy McNiece 1-0, Peter Herron 0-3, Stephen McNally, Dermot Thornton, Cormac O'Hagan (0-2f) 0-2 each, Cathaoir Quinn 0-1 | Omagh Referee: Fergal Ward (Errigal Ciaran) Man of the Match: Stephen McNally |
| 23 September 2017 5:30 pm Quarter-Final | Clonoe | 0-13 - 0-13 | Pomeroy | Edendork Referee: Kieran Eannetta (Omagh) Man of the Match: Ciaran McKenna |
| 23 September 2017 5:30 pm Quarter-Final | Declan McClure (0-3f) and Daniel McNulty (1 '45) 0-3 each, PJ Lavery and Colm Doris 0-2 each, Dwayne Quinn, Paul Coney, Conor McLaughlin 0-1 each | av | Frank Burns 0-3 (0-1f), Brendan Burns, John Loughran, Jude Campbell 0-2 each, Aidan Woods, Ryan Loughran, Kevin Armstrong, Ollie McCreesh 0-1 each | Edendork Referee: Kieran Eannetta (Omagh) Man of the Match: Ciaran McKenna |
| 24 September 2017 2:30 pm Quarter-Final | Omagh | 1-16 – 0-7 | Greencastle | Killyclogher Referee: Shane Dorrity (Coalisland) Man of the Match: Conor Meyler |
| 24 September 2017 2:30 pm Quarter-Final | Conor O'Donnell 0-5 (0-1f), Barry Tierney 1-1, Conan Grugan 0-3 (0-1f), Joe McMahon (1 '45) and Ronan O'Neill 0-2, Ciaran McLaughlin, Conor Meyler, Jason McAnulla 0-1 each | av | Mark Carson 0-4 (0-2f, 1 '45), Cahir McCullagh (0-1f), Christopher Gillen, Sean Fox 0-1 each | Killyclogher Referee: Shane Dorrity (Coalisland) Man of the Match: Conor Meyler |
| 24 September 2017 5:30 pm Quarter-Final | Errigal Ciarán | 0-11 - 0-8 | Carrickmore | Pomeroy Referee: Martin Sludden (Dromore) Man of the Match: Mark Kavanagh |
| 24 September 2017 5:30 pm Quarter-Final | Mark Kavanagh 0-4, Padraig McGirr 0-2, Cathal McRory, Ben McDonnell, Davy Harte (0-1f), Peter Og McCartan, Thomas Canavan 0-1 each | av | Martin Penrose 0-4f, Conor Gormley 0-2, Paul McAleer and Ruairi Loughran 0-1 each | Pomeroy Referee: Martin Sludden (Dromore) Man of the Match: Mark Kavanagh |
| 25 September 2017 8:00 pm Quarter-Final Replay | Trillick | 1-12 - 0-12 | Coalisland | Omagh |
| 25 September 2017 8:00 pm Quarter-Final Replay | | av av | | Omagh |
| 26 September 2017 8:00 pm Quarter-Final Replay | Pomeroy | 2-10 - 1-11 | Clonoe | Athletic Grounds |

## Final

| 15 October 2017 4:00 pm Final | Omagh | 0-10 - 0-8 | Errigal Ciarán | Healy Park, Omagh Attendance: 7,375 Referee: Shane Dorrity (Coalisland) Man of the Match: Conan Grugan |
| 15 October 2017 4:00 pm Final | Conan Grugan (0-1f), Ronan O’Neill (0-2f), Connor O’Donnell (0-1f) 0-3 each, Joe McMahon 0-1 | Report av av | Peter Harte 0-5 (0-3f), Peter Og McCartan, Darren Canavan, Ryan Lynch (0-1f) 0-1 each | Healy Park, Omagh Attendance: 7,375 Referee: Shane Dorrity (Coalisland) Man of the Match: Conan Grugan |