Monaghan Junior Football Championship

Monaghan Junior Football Championship
Current season or competition:
2018 Monaghan Junior Football Championship
Code Gaelic Football
Region Monaghan (GAA)
Trophy Packie Boylan Cup
No. of teams Varies (2018 - 12)
Title holders Currin (th title)
Sponsors Universal Graphics
Official website Monaghan GAA

The Monaghan Junior Football Championship (often referred to as the Monaghan JFC for short or the Universal Graphics Junior Football Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the third-tier championship organised by Monaghan GAA. Each year, the winner of the Championship is promoted, along with the Monaghan Junior Football League (JFL) winners, to the Intermediate ranks and compete in the following year's Monaghan Intermediate Football Championship. There is no relegation from neither the JFC, nor the JFL, as there are 29 clubs in Monaghan, with ten clubs playing in both Senior and Intermediate ranks. [1]

The winners of the Championship receive the Packie Boylan Cup.

The winners of the Championship progress to the Ulster Junior Club Football Championship.

Format

The competition uses a double-elimination format up until the semi-final stage, which is knockout.

Depending on the amount of clubs fielding adult teams, a number of teams drawn into the Preliminary Round and the remaining teams into Round 1A. The winners of the Preliminary Round game play each other in Round 1A, making up eight teams to play in that round. The four winners in Round 1A then progress to Round 2A. At this stage, the four teams are drawn in two matches, with the two winners progressing to the Semi-Final stage.

The losers enter the 'back-door' route, with the two Preliminary Round losers, and three of the four Round 1A losers entering Round 1B. As five teams are eligible for Round 1B, one team receives a bye to Round 2B, with the remaining four teams drawn in two matches. The two winners of the Round 1B games progress to Round 2B, and joining them in Round 2B is the loser of the Round 1A clash involving the Preliminary Round winners. At this stage, again, the four teams are drawn in two matches with the two winners progressing to Round 3, where they face the losers of the Round 2A games. In Round 3, the four teams are drawn in two matches, with the two winners progressing to the Semi-Final stage.

Roll of Honour

Team Winners Years Runner-up Years

List of Finals

Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue

References

  1. ↑ "REGULATIONS FOR LEAGUE AND CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITIONS 2018" (PDF). www.monaghangaa.ie. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
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