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2016 Down Senior Football Championship

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Season
  
2016

Champions
  
Kilcoo 15th Senior Championship

Man of the Match
  
Daryl Branagan (Kilcoo)

The 2016 Down Senior Football Championship was the 116th official edition of Down GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Down. Sixteen teams compete with the winner representing Down in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.

Contents

The tournament operated a double elimination format for the opening two rounds of the championship, with the winners and early round losers rejoining in the quarter final stage.

Kilcoo Owen Roe's were the defending champions after they defeated Castlewellan 3-10 to 0-11 in the 2015 final. On 25th September 2016 they successfully defended their title and claimed a "5 in a row" of Down S.F.C. titles when they defeated Clonduff 3-11 to 0-9 in the final in Pairc Esler.

Loughinisland and Ballymartin return to the senior grade after claiming the Down IFC and IFL titles respectively. Loughinisland made the straight bounce back to the senior grade after being relegated in 2014.

  • Loughinisland - (IFC Champions)
  • Ballymartin - (IFL Champions)

    • Relegated from SFC in 2015

  • Clann na Banna (finished 15th in SFL)
  • Liatroim Fontenoys ( finished 16th in SFL)

    • Round 1

    All 16 teams enter the competition in this round. The 8 winners progress to Round 2A while the 8 losers progress to Round 2B.

  • Kilcoo 4-16, 0-6 Saval, Clonduff, 28/7/2016,
  • Mayobridge 1-11, 1-10 Rostrevor, Pairc Esler, 29/7/2016,
  • Clonduff 3-10, 1-7 Ballyholland, Pairc Esler, 29/7/2016,
  • Castlewellan 3-14, 2-9 Loughinisland, Downpatrick, 30/7/2016,
  • St. Peter's Warrenpoint 1-10, 1-8 Annaclone, Mayobridge, 30/7/2016,
  • Bryansford 1-20, 1-13 Glenn John Martin's, Pairc Esler, 31/7/2016,
  • Burren 1-12, 0-3 Ballymartin, Newcastle, 1/8/2016,
  • RGU Downpatrick 2-10, 2-5 Longstone, Castlewellan, 1/8/2016,

    • Round 2A

    The 8 winning teams from Round 1 enter this round. The 4 winners enter the draw for the quarter-finals while the 4 losers play in Round 3.

  • Clonduff 2-15, 0-13 Mayobridge, Pairc Esler, 5/8/2016,
  • Bryansford 1-13, 1-11 Castlewellan, Pairc Esler, 5/8/2016,
  • Burren 2-10, 1-7 Kilcoo, Pairc Esler, 7/8/2016,
  • St. Peter's Warrenpoint 3-8, 3-7 RGU Downpatrick, Clonduff, 8/8/2016,

    • Round 2B

    The 8 losing teams from Round 1 enter this round. The 4 winners go into Round 3 while the 4 losing teams exit the championship.

  • Longstone 1-13, 0-10 Saval, Atticall, 6/8/2016,
  • Loughinisland 2-10, 0-15 Annaclone, Castlewellan, 7/8/2016,
  • Ballyholland 2-11, 1-9 Glenn John Martin's, Pairc Esler, 7/8/2016,
  • Rostrevor 1-13, 0-7 Ballymartin, Burren, 8/8/2016,

    • Round 3

    The 4 losers from Round 2A play the 4 winners from Round 2B. The 4 winners go into the draw for the quarter-finals.

  • Mayobridge 2-17, 1-13 Ballyholland, Pairc Esler, 12/8/2016,
  • RGU Downpatrick 0-15, 0-13 Rostrevor, Castlewellan, 13/8/2016,
  • Castlewellan 3-13, 2-10 Longstone, Pairc Esler, 14/8/2016,
  • Kilcoo 0-18, 0-6 Loughinisland, Newcastle, 14/8/2016,

    • Quarter-Finals

    The 4 winners from Round 2A play the 4 winners from Round 3.

  • Bryansford 4-6, 2-10 RGU Downpatrick, 27/8/2016,
  • Clonduff 2-10, 0-14 Castlewellan, 27/8/2016,
  • Kilcoo 2-13, 0-10 St. Peter's Warrenpoint, 28/8/2016,
  • Burren 3-15, 1-12 Mayobridge, 28/8/2016,

    • Semi-Finals

  • Kilcoo 4-7, 2-8 Burren, Pairc Esler, 9/9/2016,
  • Clonduff 1-13, 3-4 Bryansford, Pairc Esler, 11/9/2016,

    • References

    2016 Down Senior Football Championship Wikipedia
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