The 2020 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 17th staging of the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 2004. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 19 November 2019. The championship was scheduled to begin in April 2020, however, it was postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic in Ireland. The championship began on 1 August 2020 and ended on 3 October 2020.
On 3 October 2020, Blarney won the championship after a 1-20 to 0-15 win over Castlelyons in the final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. This was their second championship title overall and their first title since 2008.
Blarney's Mark Coleman was the championship's top scorer with 1-50.
Format change
On 26 March 2019, three championship proposals were circulated to Cork club delegates. A core element running through all three proposals, put together by the Cork GAA games workgroup, was that there be a group stage of 12 teams and straight relegation and promotion. On 2 April 2019, a majority of 136 club delegates voted for Option A which would see one round of games played in April and two more in August – all with county players available.
Team changes
To Championship Promoted from the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
Blackrock
From Championship Promoted to the Cork Senior A Hurling Championship
Cloyne Fermoy Fr. O'Neill's Kilworth Mallow
Participating teams
The club rankings were based on a championship performance 'points' system over the previous four seasons.
Team Location Colours Seeding RankingInniscarraInniscarraBlue and whiteA1Courcey RoversBallinspittleRed and whiteA2Valley RoversInnishannonGreen and whiteA3BallinhassigBallinhassigBlue and whiteB4CarrigalineCarrigalineBlue and yellowB5BlarneyBlarneyRed and whiteB6CastlelyonsCastlelyonsGreen and yellowC7WatergrasshillWatergrasshillRed and whiteC8AghadaAghadaGreen and whiteC9BallincolligBallincolligGreen and whiteD10YoughalYoughalMaroon and yellowD11BlackrockBlackrockGreen and yellowD12
Fixtures/results Group 1 Table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiffCarrigaline33007-653-52256Courcey Rovers31025-563-5572Youghal31025-478-54-162Aghada31023-476-54-162
Results
Group 2 Table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiffWatergrasshill33003-572-49116Ballincollig31113-471-5033Ballinhassig31112-432-47-43Valley Rovers30030-493-50-100
Results
Group 3 Table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiffCastlelyons33007-582-49246Blarney32014-602-45214Inniscarra31023-475-57-162Blackrock30032-437-57-290
Results
Knock-out stage Bracket
Relegation playoff
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics Top scorers
Overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average1Mark ColemanBlarney1-505368.832Richie SweetnamCourcey Rovers2-4450510.003Eoin O'FarrellBlackrock1-353849.504Brian KelleherCarrigaline0-353548.75Chris O'LearyValley Rovers0-353548.756Cian DorganBallincollig1-313448.507William LeahyAghada1-2831310.8Shane O'ReganWatergrasshill0-303047.509Shane BarrettBlarney2-222864.6610Anthony SpillaneCastlelyons3-172655.20
In a single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1Eoin O'FarrellBlackrock1-1215InniscarraChris O'LearyValley Rovers0-1515Blackrock3Mark ColemanBlarney0-1414Castlelyons4Mark ColemanBlarney0-1313Blackrock5Richie SweetnamCourcey Rovers1-0912YoughalRichie SweetnamCourcey Rovers1-0912AghadaBrett MoloneyYoughal0-1212CarrigalineWilliam LeahyAghada0-1212Youghal9Pádraig PowerBlarney3-0211CarrigalineCian DorganBallincollig1-0811WatergrasshillWilliam LeahyAghada1-0811CarrigalineBrian KelleherCarrigaline0-1111Courcey RoversChris O'LearyValley Rovers0-1111WatergrasshillRichie SweetnamCourcey Rovers0-1111Watergrasshill
Match records
Widest winning margin: 17 points Blarney 4-20 - 1-12 Carrigaline (Semi-final) Most goals in a match: 5 Youghal 3-16 - 2-17 Courcey Rovers (Group Stage Round 2) Carrigaline 5-18 - 0-20 Youghal (Group Stage Round 3) Blarney 4-20 - 1-12 Carrigaline (Semi-final) Most points in a match: 43 Carrigaline 0-26 - 1-17 Courcey Rovers (Group Stage Round 1) Most goals by one team in a match: 5 Carrigaline 5-18 - 0-20 Youghal (Group Stage Round 3) Most goals scored by a losing team: 2 Youghal 2-11 - 1-19 Aghada (Group Stage Round 1) Aghada 2-15 - 2-21 Carrigaline (Group Stage Round 2) Courcey Rovers 2-17 - 3-16 Youghal (Group Stage Round 2) Most points scored by a losing team: 21 Inniscarra 1-21 - 3-18 Castlelyons (Group Stage Round 3)
References
External links Cork GAA website