| 2020 Cork Intermediate A Hurling Championship | |
| Dates: | 1 August 2020 - 7 August 2021 |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Sponsor: | Co-Op Superstores |
| Champions: | Éire Óg |
| Count: | 3 |
| Champions Captain: | Kevin Hallissey (captain) Jerome Kelleher |
| Runners-Up: | Aghabullogue |
| Runners-Up Captain: | Ian Barry-Murphy |
| Relegated: | Argideen Rangers |
| Matches: | 25 |
| Goals: | 55 |
| Points: | 842 |
| Top Scorer: | Cormac Duggan (4-35) |
| Previous Year: | 2019 (Intermediate) |
| Previous Tournament: | 2019 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
| Next Tournament: | 2021 Cork Intermediate A Hurling Championship |
The 2020 Cork Intermediate A Hurling Championship was the inaugural staging of the Cork Intermediate A Hurling Championship and the 111th staging overall of a championship for middle-ranking intermediate hurling teams in Cork. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 19 November 2019.[1] The championship was scheduled to begin in April 2020, however, it was postponed indefinitely due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.[2] The championship eventually began on 1 August 2020 and, after being suspended once again on 5 October 2020, ended on 7 August 2021.[3] [4] [5]
On 7 August 2021, Éire Óg won the championship after a 2-16 to 1-17 defeat of Aghabullogue in the final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.[6] It was their third championship title overall and their first title since 1985.
Cormac Duggan was the championship's top scorer with 4-35.
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, straight relegation, and one team from the divisions/colleges section to enter at the preliminary quarter-final stage.[7] 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.[8]
Promoted to the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
Regraded to the Cork Lower Intermediate Hurling Championship
Regraded to the South East Junior A Hurling Championship
Regraded to the City Junior A Hurling Championship
The club rankings were based on a championship performance 'points' system over the previous four seasons.[9]
| Team | Location | Colours | Seeding | Ranking | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Éire Óg | Ovens | Red and yellow | A | 1 | |
| Kildorrery | Kildorrery | Blue and white | A | 2 | |
| Cloughduv | Cloughduv | Green and yellow | A | 3 | |
| Sarsfields | Glanmire | Blue, white and black | B | 4 | |
| Mayfield | Mayfield | Red and white | B | 5 | |
| Aghabullogue | Coachford | Green and white | B | 6 | |
| Glen Rovers | Blackpool | Red and yellow | C | 7 | |
| Dungourney | Dungourney | Yellow and green | C | 8 | |
| Meelin | Meelin | Green and yellow | C | 9 | |
| Douglas | Douglas | Green, black and white | D | 10 | |
| Midleton | Midleton | Black and white | D | 11 | |
| Argideen Rangers | Timoleague | Maroon and white | D | 12 |
| Team | Matches | Score | Pts | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=45 | For | width=45 | Against | width=30 | Diff |
| Kildorrery | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5-64 | 4-43 | 24 | 6 | |||||
| Mayfield | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3-47 | 1-50 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Dungourney | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1-50 | 5-49 | -11 | 2 | |||||
| Argideen Rangers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-41 | 1-60 | -16 | 0 | |||||
| Team | Matches | Score | Pts | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=45 | For | width=45 | Against | width=30 | Diff |
| Éire Óg | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5-69 | 2-33 | 45 | 6 | |||||
| Sarsfields | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7-57 | 2-46 | 26 | 4 | |||||
| Douglas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3-36 | 7-58 | -34 | 2 | |||||
| Meelin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0-46 | 4-71 | -37 | 0 | |||||
| Team | Matches | Score | Pts | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=45 | For | width=45 | Against | width=30 | Diff |
| Aghabullogue | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2-62 | 4-39 | 17 | 6 | |||||
| Cloughduv | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6-49 | 4-55 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Midleton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2-50 | 1-53 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Glen Rovers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-45 | 4-59 | -14 | 0 | |||||
| Team | Matches | Score | Pts | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=45 | For | width=45 | Against | width=30 | Diff |
| Meelin | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5-25 | 2-28 | 6 | 3 | |||||
| Glen Rovers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-31 | 3-25 | 6 | 3 | |||||
| Argideen Rangers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-25 | 4-28 | -12 | 0 | |||||
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cormac Duggan | Sarsfields | 4-35 | 47 | 5 | 9.40 | |
| 2 | Shane Tarrant | Aghabullogue | 0-44 | 44 | 6 | 7.33 | |
| 3 | James Forrest | Meelin | 0-43 | 43 | 6 | 7.16 | |
| 4 | Peter O'Brien | Kildorrery | 1-38 | 41 | 4 | 10.25 | |
| 5 | Evan O'Connell | Glen Rovers | 2-29 | 35 | 5 | 7.00 | |
| 6 | Matthew Bradley | Aghabullogue | 1-31 | 34 | 6 | 5.66 | |
| Aaron Mulcahy | Midleton | 1-31 | 34 | 3 | 11.33 | ||
| 8 | Brian Verling | Cloughduv | 1-28 | 31 | 4 | 7.75 | |
| 9 | John M. O'Callaghan | Argideen Rangers | 1-26 | 29 | 4 | 7.25 | |
| 10 | Kevin Hallissey | Éire Óg | 0-27 | 27 | 4 | 6.75 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cormac Duggan | Sarsfields | 3-09 | 18 | Douglas |
| 2 | Mark Verling | Cloughduv | 4-05 | 17 | Glen Rovers |
| 3 | Peter O'Brien | Kildorrery | 1-10 | 13 | Argideen Rangers |
| Cormac Duggan | Sarsfields | 1-10 | 13 | Éire Óg | |
| Aaron Mulcahy | Midleton | 0-13 | 13 | Aghabullogue | |
| 6 | John M. O'Callaghan | Argideen Rangers | 1-09 | 12 | Kildorrery |
| Aaron Mulcahy | Midleton | 0-12 | 12 | Glen Rovers | |
| 8 | Lar Considine | Éire Óg | 2-05 | 11 | Douglas |
| Evan O'Connell | Glen Rovers | 1-08 | 11 | Cloughduv | |
| David O'Neill | Mayfield | 0-11 | 11 | Kildorrery | |
| Evan O'Connell | Glen Rovers | 0-11 | 11 | Aghabullogue | |
| James Forrest | Meelin | 0-11 | 11 | Douglas |