2022 Co-Op Superstores Cork Intermediate A Hurling Championship Final Cloughduv v Dungourney

The Co-Op Superstores Cork Intermediate A Hurling Championship Final takes place this Sunday 9th October at 2:00pm in what promises to be a tight encounter. Cloughduv and Dungourney will meet again in the Final, having faced off in Group B of the Cork Intermediate A Hurling Championship at the beginning of August, where Cloughduv ran out winners by 2 points on that occasion.

Three wins out of three in the Group Stage gave Cloughduv the confidence going into the knockout stages, where they faced a Lisgoold side that brought them to the very end but it was Cloughduv who prevailed. This win brought Cloughduv to their first Intermediate A Hurling Final since 2019 when they lost out to Blackrock. Cloughduv have also featured in the Quarter Finals and Semi Finals in 2020 and 2021 respectively, and they will be aiming to go all the way this year.

Since losing to Cloughduv in Round 2 of the Group stages, Dungourney have been gaining significant momentum on their way to the final by beating Midleton and Sarsfields in the Quarter & Semi Finals with some inspired performances by Ryan Denny, Jack Leahy and Shane Hegarty to see them through in both games. Dungourney are featuring in the Final at this grade for the first time, and they will be hoping to make it to the Premier Intermediate grade for 2023.

The Referee for the final will be Pat Lyons (Bishopstown) who will be taking charge of his first county final at adult grades. He has previously refereed county finals at Premier Minor & U21B Hurling grades as well as divisional finals with Seandún and he was also linesman in the County Senior Hurling Final in 2018.

The Standby Referee will be Mark Maher (St Finbarr’s) and the Linesman will be Cathal Nolan (Bishopstown). The Umpires for the game will be Colm Coffey, Frank Hynes, Peter Driscoll & Bernard O’Keeffe (All Bishopstown).

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