2005 Christy Ring Cup

2005 Christy Ring Cup
Dates	4 June 2005 - 14 August 2005
Teams	10
Champions	Westmeath (1stth title); John Shaw (captain); Séamus Qualter (manager)
Runners-up	Down; Simon Wilson (captain); John Crossey (manager)
Relegated	Derry
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	104 (4 per match)
Points scored	759 (29.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mattie Dowd (2-39)
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The 2005 Christy Ring Cup is the inaugural edition of the Christy Ring Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association and is the second-tier of Hurling for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is the first-tier trophy). It is contested by ten GAA county teams ranked 13–22 in the 2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

Competing teams, from Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster were divided into two groups of five, in which teams played each other only once, meaning two home games and two away games per team. The top two teams of each group qualified for the knock-out stages.

On 14 August 2005, Westmeath won the Christy Ring Cup following a 1-23 to 2-18 defeat of Down in the final.^[1]

Kildare's Mattie Dowd was the Christy Ring Cup top scorer with 2-39.

Team changes

To Championship

Relegated from the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Relegated from the Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Kerry

Relegated from the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship (Continued to compete in Ulster)

Derry
Down

Promoted from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

Teams

General Information

County	Last Provincial title	Last All-Ireland title	Position in 2004 Championship	Appearance
Carlow	—	—	Leinster preliminary round	1st
Derry	2001	—	Ulster semi-final	1st
Down	1997	—	Qualifiers round 1	1st
Kerry	1891	1891	Munster quarter-final	1st
Kildare	—	—	Leinster first round	1st
Mayo	1909	—	All Ireland senior b Runners-up	1st
Meath	—	—	Leinster first round	1st
Roscommon	1913	—	—	1st
Westmeath	—	—	Leinster quarter-final	1st
Wicklow	—	—	Leinster preliminary round	1st

Personnel and kits

County	Manager	Captain(s)	Sponsor
Carlow
Derry
Down
Kerry
Kildare
Mayo
Meath
Roscommon
Westmeath
Wicklow

Group A

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Westmeath	4	3	0	1	10-64	8-49	+21	6	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Down	4	3	0	1	14-72	9-57	+30	6	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Meath	4	2	1	1	9-67	7-52	+21	5
4	Roscommon	4	1	0	3	4-46	13-83	-64	2	Advance to Relegation Playoffs
5	Derry	4	0	1	3	7-49	7-57	-8	1	Advance to Relegation Playoffs

Round 1

11 June 2005 Round 1	Derry	3-14 - 3-17	Down	Lavey Sportsfield
		Report

11 June 2005 Round 1	Westmeath	4-19 - 0-11	Roscommon	Cusack Park
	A Mitchell 1-7, B Kennedy 1-3, D McNicholas 1-2 (1 sl), J Clarke 1-1, B Connaughton, P Dowdall, B Connaughton, E Loughlin, D McCormack, J Shaw 0-1 each.	Report	M R Mulrey 0-5, D Mulvey 0-3, Connaughton, G Waldron, D Lohan 0-1 each.

Round 2

18 June 2005 Round 2	Roscommon	1-15 - 1-13	Derry	Athleague Sportsfield
	R Mulry 0-8 (6f), T Reddington 1-0, J Moran, L Murray 0-2 each, M Connaughton, M Brehony, B Hanley 0-1 each.	Report	G Biggs 0-7 (4f), R Convery 1-2 (1f), R Kennedy 0-2, C Quinn, P Quinn 0-1 each.

18 June 2005 Round 2	Meath	3-16 - 2-10	Westmeath	Páirc Tailteann
	J Toole 1-4, P Coone 1-1, N Horan 0-4, N Reilly 1-0, S Clynch, M Cole, D Kirby 0-2 each, P Fagan 0-1.	Report	D McNicholas 1-3, A Mitchell 0-3, N Gavin 1-0, E Loughlin 0-2, B Connaughton, D McCormack 0-1 each.

Round 3

25 June 2005 Round 3

Derry

1-14 - 2-11

Meath

Dean McGlinchey Park

25 June 2005 Round 3	Down	5-25 - 2-8	Roscommon	McKenna Park
	M Coulter 1-6, S Clarke 1-2, P Braniff 1-3, A Savage 1-1, B McGourty 0-4, G Adair 1-0, G Johnson 0-3, E Clarke 0-2, S Wilson 0-2, G Savage 0-1, C Coulter 0-1.	Report	D Lohan 1-1, J Moran 1-0, D Mulvey 0-3, M Connaughton 0-1, L Murray 0-1, B Hanley 0-1.

Round 4

2 July 2005 Round 4	Meath	1-14 - 3-16	Down	Páirc Tailteann
	N Horan 0-6, J Toole 0-3, J Waters 1-0, S Clynch 0-3, K Dowd, D Kirby 0-1 each.	Report	G Johnston 1-4, P Braniff 1-3, M Coulter 0-5, S Clarke 1-0, E Clarke 0-2, A Savage, B McGourty, 0-1 each.

2 July 2005 Round 4	Westmeath	1-14 - 2-8	Derry	Cusack Park
	A Mitchell 0-6 (3f, 1 '65'), E Loughlin 0-3, D McNicholas 1-0, B Kennedy 0-2, D McCormack, J Shaw and N Gavin 0-1 each.	Report	F McGuigan 1-2, R Convery 0-4 (2f), J O'Dwyer 1-0, Gregory Biggs 0-1, Gary Biggs 0-1f.	Referee: T Ryan (Tipperary)

Round 5

16 July 2005 Round 5	Down	3-14 - 3-21	Westmeath	Páirc Esler
			A Mitchell 1-4, B Kennedy 1-3, K Cosgrove 1-2, J Shaw 0-4, J Clarke 0-2, D Curley 0-1, E Loughlin 0-1, B Connaughton 0-1, B Murtagh 0-1, R Whelan 0-1.

16 July 2005 Round 5

Roscommon

1-12 - 3-26

Meath

Athleague Sportsfield

Group B

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Carlow	4	3	0	1	5-50	5-53	-3	6	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Kildare	4	3	0	1	11-54	7-50	+16	6	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Kerry	4	2	1	1	12-59	8-46	+25	5
4	Wicklow	4	1	1	2	8-55	10-49	+0	3	Advance to Relegation Playoffs
5	Mayo	4	0	0	4	7-41	13-61	-38	0	Advance to Relegation Playoffs

Round 1

4 June 2005 Round 1	Kildare	4-12 - 1-17	Kerry	Sallins Road
	M Dowd (0-6, 3f, 1 ‘65’), A Quinn (2-0), J Dempsey (1-0), B Byrne (1-0), T Carew (0-3, 1f), A McAndrew (0-2), Colm Buggy (0-1).	Report	M Conway (0-12, 11f), E Sheehy (1-0), E Tuohy (0-1), S Sheehan (0-1), JM Dooley (0-1), I McCarthy (0-1), S Brick (0-1).

4 June 2005 Round 1	Carlow	2-13 - 1-13	Wicklow	Dr. Cullen Park
	Pat Coady 0-9, M Brennan 2-1, D Murphy 0-2, R Dunbar 0-1.		J O’Neill 1-4, J Keogh 0-3, D Hyland 0-2, A Tiernan 0-1, C Kavanagh 0-1.	Referee: A Stapleton (Laois)

Round 2

11 June 2005 Round 2	Wicklow	2-12 - 2-13	Kildare	Pearse Park
	J O'Neill 2-4, D Hyland 0-5, A Tiernan, J Murphy, W O'Gorman 0-1 each	Report	M Dowd 0-9 (4f), A McAndrew, B White 1-0 each, T Carnew 0-2 (2f), C Buggy, J Dempsey.

12 June 2005 Round 2	Carlow	1-12 - 0-13	Mayo	Pearse Stadium
	Des Murphy (1-2), P Coady (0-4, two frees), C English (0-2, frees), D Shaw (0-1), D Roberts (0-1, from a 65), P Kehoe (0-1), B Lawler (0-1).	Report	A Freeman (0-6, three frees), K Higgins (0-3, one free), K Healy (0-1), S Broderick (0-1), D McConn (0-1), K Robinson (0-1).

Round 3

25 June 2005 Round 3	Kildare	4-17 - 4-4	Mayo	Sallins Road
	M Dowd 1-9 (4 65s, 3f); R Coyle 2-0; J Dempsey 1-0; A McAndrew 0-2; J Brennan, A Quinn, B White, C Buggy, D Harney, T Murphy 0-1 each.	Report	K Higgins 1-2 (1-0 pen 2 frees); K Healy, S Broderick, A Howard 1-0 each; S Lenihan 0-2 (1f).

9 July 2005 Round 3	Kerry	3-11 - 2-14	Wicklow	Austin Stack Park
	M Conway 0-6 (0-5 frees), J M Dooley 1-3, E Fitzgeerald 1-0, E Touhy 1-0, P Randles 0-2.	Report	W Gorman 2-1, D Hyland 0-4 (0-1 free), J O’Neill 0-4 (0-2 frees), J Murphy 0-2, J Bermingham 0-2, B Rickerby 0-1.

Round 4

2 July 2005 Round 4	Kerry	5-16 - 0-12	Mayo	Pearse Stadium
	M Conway (2-8, 5f), JM Dooley (3-3), S Brick (0-2), S Sheehan (0-2), P Randles (0-1).	Report	A Freeman (0-6f), G White (0-1), D McConn (0-1f), B Delaney (0-1), K Healy (0-1), S Broderick (0-1), R Campion (0-1).

6 July 2005 Round 4	Carlow	0-17 - 1-12	Kildare	Dr. Cullen Park
	P Coady (0-13, 11 frees, 2, 65's), M Brennan (0-1), R Dunbar (0-1), S McMahon (0-1), D Murphy (0-1),	Report	M Dowd (1-8, 1-5 frees), A (0-2), R Coyle (0-1), C Buggy (0-1).

Round 5

6 July 2005 Round 5	Kerry	3-15 - 2-8	Carlow	Austin Stack Park
	M Conway 0-8 (0-5 frees), J M Dooley 1-2, D Young and E Tuohy 1-0 each, J Egan and P Lyons 0-2 each, T Flynn 0-1 free.	Report	P Coady 0-6 (0-5 frees), B Lawler 1-1, M Brennan 1-0 R Dunbar 0-1.

16 July 2005 Round 5	Wicklow	3-16 - 3-12	Mayo	Pearse Park
	J O'Neill (1-7), D Hyland (1-5), D Moran (1-0), B Rickerby (0-1), T Collins (0-1).	Report	S Duffy (1-1), P Reape (1-1), S Broderick (0-4), A Freeman (0-4), D McConn (1-0), D Kirby (0-2).

Relegation Playoffs

30 July 2005 Semi-final	Wicklow	2-27 - 3-22	Derry	Páirc Tailteann
	D Hyland 1-4, J O’Neill 0-6, J Murphy 0-4, W O’Gorman 1-1, L Kennedy 0-2, A Tiernan 0-2, T Collins 0-2, B Rickerby 0-2, G Birmingham 0-1, P Lee 0-1, TJ Byrne 0-1.		Gregory Biggs 0-12, J O’Dwyer 2-0, F McGuigan 1-0, Gary Biggs, R Kennedy, C Quinn, P Quigg 0-2 each, P O’Kane, P Sweeney, K Kelly 0-1 each.

31 July 2005 Semi-final	Roscommon	1-13 - 0-15	Mayo	Athleague Sportsfield
	D Mulvey 0-6, G Waldron 1-0, M Connaughton 0-2, C Kelly 0-2, R Mulvey 0-1, J Moran 0-1, D Lohan 0-1.		A Freeman 0-9, S Broderick 0-4, S Coyne, A Hession 0-1.

13 August 2005 Final	Mayo	4-14 - 1-10	Derry	Markievicz Park
	K Higgins 2-3, K Healy 2-2, S Leneghan 0-2, A Freeman 0-4 (all frees), S Broderick 0-2, G White 0-1.	Report	J O'Dwyer 1-3, G Biggs 0-3 (2 f '65'), P Convery 0-2, S McBride, C Quinn 0-1 each.	Referee: A Heagney (Clare)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-Finals			Final

1A	Westmeath	7-14

2B	Kildare	1-12
			1A	Westmeath	1-23

			1B	Down	2-18
1B	Carlow	1-11

2A	Down	4-23

Semi-finals

30 July 2005 Semi-final	Westmeath	7-14 - 1-12	Kildare	Páirc Tailteann
	J Shaw 3-2, A Mitchell 0-5, K Cosgrove, R Wheelan, J Clarke 1-1 each, D Carty 1-0, E Loughlin, B Kennedy, D McNicholas, D Devine 0-1 each.	Report	M Dowd 0-7, A McAndrew 0-3, J Dempsey 1-0, T Carew, D Harney 0-1 each.	Referee: D Connolly (Kilkenny)

31 July 2005 Semi-final	Down	4-23 - 1-11	Carlow	Parnell Park
	M Coulter 1-7 (1-6f), P Braniff 2-4, G Johnson 1-3, S Wilson 0-3 (2f), B McGourty 0-2, G Savage, A Savage, S Clarke (f), E Clarke 0-1 each.	Report	P Coady 0-5 (4f), D Murphy 1-1, R Dunbar, D Roberts, K English, M Brennan, R Foley 0-1	Referee: T Ryan (Tipperary)

Christy Ring Cup Final

14 August 2005 Final	Westmeath	1-23 - 2-18	Down	Croke Park
	A Mitchell 0-9 (8f, 0-1 '65'), J Shaw 1-3, E Loughlin 0-4, B Kennedy, K Cosgrove, B Murtagh 0-2 each, R Whelan 0-1.	Report	M Coulter 0-8 (8f), G Johnson 1-3, S Clarke 1-1, B McGourty 0-2, E Clarke, G Adair, A Savage, F Wilson 0-1 each.	Referee: D Richardson (Limerick)

Stadia and locations

County	Location	Province	Stadium(s)	Capacity
Neutral venue	Dublin	Leinster	Croke Park	82,300
Carlow	Carlow	Leinster	Dr Cullen Park	11,000
Derry	Derry	Ulster	Celtic Park	22,000
Down	Newry	Ulster	Páirc Esler	20,000
Kerry	Tralee	Munster	Austin Stack Park	12,000
Kildare	Newbridge	Leinster	St Conleth's Park	8,200
Mayo	Castlebar	Connacht	MacHale Park	25,369
Meath	Navan	Leinster	Páirc Tailteann	11,000
Roscommon	Roscommon	Connacht	Dr Hyde Park	25,000
Westmeath	Mullingar	Leinster	Cusack Park	11,000
Wicklow	Aughrim	Leinster	Aughrim County Ground	7,000

Championship Statistics

Top Scorers Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Mattie Dowd	Kildare	2-39	45	5	9.00
2	Martin Coulter	Down	2-35	41	6	6.83
3	Pat Coady	Carlow	0-37	37	5	7.40

Scoring events

Widest winning margin: 26 points
- Down 5-25 - 2-08 Roscommon (Round 3)
Most goals in a match: 8
- Kildare 4-17 - 4-04 Mayo (Round 3)
- Westmeath 7-14 - 1-12 Kildare (Semi-finals)
Most points in a match: 49
- Wicklow 2-27 - 3-22 Derry (Relegation playoff semi-final)
Most goals by one team in a match: 7
- Westmeath 7-14 - 1-12 Kildare (Semi-finals)
Most points by one team in a match: 27
- Wicklow 2-27 - 3-22 Derry (Relegation playoff semi-final)
Highest aggregate score: 64 points
- Wicklow 2-27 - 3-22 Derry (Relegation playoff semi-final)
Lowest aggregate score: 28 points
- Carlow 1-12 - 0-13 Mayo (Round 2)

Miscellaneous

Westmeath won their 1st championship in 14 years, winning the 1991 All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship.
Westmeath became the first county to win the Christy Ring Cup.

References

^ "Westmeath book place in the big time". Irish Examiner. 14 August 2005. Retrieved 26 March 2018.

[1] "Westmeath book place in the big time". Irish Examiner. 14 August 2005. Retrieved 26 March 2018.

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2005 Christy Ring Cup

Team changes

To Championship

Teams

General Information

Personnel and kits

Group A

Table

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Group B

Table

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Relegation Playoffs

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

Christy Ring Cup Final

Stadia and locations

Championship Statistics

Top Scorers Overall

Scoring events

Miscellaneous

See also

References