2023 Down Senior Football Championship

The 2023 Down Senior Football Championship is the 115th official edition of Down GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Down. 16 teams competed, with the winning team representing Down in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. The tournament operates a double elimination format for the opening two rounds of the championship, with the winners and early round losers rejoining at the quarter-final stage.

2023 Down Senior Football Championship
Tournament details
CountyDown
ProvinceUlster
Year2023
TrophyFrank O'Hare Cup
SponsorMorgan Fuels
Teams16
Defending champions Kilcoo
Qualify for2023 Ulster Club SFC

Kilcoo come into the competition as defending Down champions.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2022 championship season.

Participating teams

The following teams take part in the 2023 edition of the Down Senior Football Championship.[1]

Division One Division Two
Bredagh Round 2B Ballyholland Harps Quarter Final
Bryansford Round 2B Castlewellan Round 3
Burren Final Glenn Semi Final
Carryduff Quarter Final RGU Downpatrick Quarter Final
Clonduff Semi Final Saul Round 2B
Kilcoo Final Saval Round 2B
Longstone Round 3
Loughinisland Round 3
Mayobridge Quarter Final
Warrenpoint Round 3

Bold denotes a team still active in the competition

Round 1

The 16 participating teams were placed into an open draw. The winning teams advance to Round 2A, while losing sides proceed to Round 2B.

24 August 2023 Round 1 Saul 0–12 – 0–13 RGU Downpatrick Darragh Cross  
19:00 IST (UTC+1) Venue: St Mochai's Park
Report Referee: Brian Higgins


25 August 2023 Round 1 Bredagh 2–06 – 1–14 Clonduff Downpatrick  
19:00 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Páirc Tomás Ruséil
Report Referee: Colm Gribben


25 August 2023 Round 1 Ballyholland Harps 0–13 – 2–15 Loughinisland Castlewellan  
19:30 IST (UTC+1) Venue: St Malachy's Park
Report Referee: Darren O'Hare


26 August 2023 Round 1 Mayobridge 3–10 – 1–04 Bryansford Kilcoo  
17:00 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Páirc Eoghan Rua
Report Referee: Ronan Barry


27 August 2023 Round 1 Glenn 1–11 – 1–09 Saval Burren  
14:00 IST (UTC+1) Venue: St Mary's Park
Report Referee: Micheal Moore


27 August 2023 Round 1 Longstone 2–08 – 1–11
(a.e.t.)
(5–4 pen) 		Castlewellan Newcastle  
16:30 IST (UTC+1) Venue: St Patrick's Park
Report Referee: Kevin McGrath
    Penalty shootout
 
27 August 2023 Round 1 Warrenpoint 1–05 – 0–12 Burren Newry  
19:00 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Páirc Esler
Report Referee: Ciaran Branagan


28 August 2023 Round 1 Carryduff 0–10 – 1–13 Kilcoo Newry  
19:30 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Páirc Esler
Report Referee: Conor Curran


Round 2

Round 2A

Round 2A features the eight winning teams from Round 1, with an open draw to determine the fixtures. The winning teams progress directly to the quarter-finals, with the losing teams proceeding to Round 3.

2 September 2023 Round 2A Burren 4–10 – 0–10 Loughinisland Newry  
19:00 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Páirc Esler
Referee: Colm Gribben


3 September 2023 Round 2A Longstone 2–08 – 1–17 Glenn Rostrevor  
14:30 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Pettit Park
Referee: Brian Higgins


3 September 2023 Round 2A Kilcoo 1–10 – 0–05 Mayobridge Newry  
19:15 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Páirc Esler
Referee: Darren O Hare


4 September 2023 Round 2A Clonduff 2–12 – 0–11 RGU Downpatrick Newry  
19:15 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Páirc Esler
Referee: Micheal Moore


Round 2B

Round 2B sees the eight losing teams from Round 1 compete for a place in Round 3. The losing teams from this round will be eliminated from the competition.

2 September 2023 Round 2B Warrenpoint 1–10 – 1–10
(a.e.t.)
(6–5 pen) 		Bryansford Ballymartin  
17:00 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Páirc Cois na Farraige
Referee: Gavin Finnegan
    Penalty shootout
 
2 September 2023 Round 2B Castlewellan 1–08 – 0–08 Bredagh Tullylish  
19:00 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Páirc na nÓg
Referee: Ronan Barry


3 September 2023 Round 2B Ballyholland Harps 4–11 – 0–07 Saval Newcastle  
15:00 IST (UTC+1) Venue: St Patrick's Park
Referee: Conor Curran


4 September 2023 Round 2B Carryduff 1–13 – 0–09 Saul Liatroim  
19:00 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Fontenoy Park
Referee: Ciarán Branagan


Relegation Semi-finals

The 4 losers of Round 2B play each other in the Relegation Semi-finals. The 2 winners will secure their Senior status for 2024, while the 2 losers will face-off in the Relegation Final.

17 September 2023 Relegation Play-Off Semi-final Bryansford 0–17 – 2–12
(a.e.t.) 		Saul Drumnaquoile  
13:00 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Pairc Naomh Eoin
Referee: Ronan Barry


17 September 2023 Relegation Play-Off Semi-final Bredagh 1–13 – 1–08 Saval Tullylish  
13:00 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Páirc na nÓg
Referee: Darren O Hare


Relegation Final

The winner of the Relegation Final will maintain their Senior status into 2024, while the loser will be relegated to the 2024 Down I.F.C.

23 September 2023 Relegation Play-Off Final Bryansford 2–17 – 2–05 Saval Atticall  
16:00 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Holy Cross Park
Referee: Gavin Finnegan


Saval relegated to 2024 Down Intermediate Football Championship

Round 3

Round 3 is a supplementary round for teams to have a second chance at reaching the quarter-finals. This round features teams that have lost once so far in this year's competition, either winning in Round 1 and losing in Round 2A, or losing in Round 1 but winning their Round 2B fixture. The losing teams in this round are eliminated from this year's competition.

This round is seeded, meaning that in each fixture a Round 2A losing team will face a Round 2B winning team.

8 September 2023 Round 3 Longstone 0–06 – 3–08 Ballyholland Harps Kilcoo  
19:15 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Páirc Eoghan Rua
Referee: Micheal Moore


10 September 2023 Round 3 RGU Downpatrick 1–14 – 3–04 Castlewellan Newcastle  
16:45 IST (UTC+1) Venue: St Patrick's Park
Referee: Ronan Barry


10 September 2023 Round 3 Mayobridge 1–11 – 0–10 Warrenpoint Newry  
19:00 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Páirc Esler
Referee: Brian Higgins


11 September 2023 Round 3 Loughinisland 1–09 – 0–13 Carryduff Liatroim  
19:15 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Fontenoy Park
Referee: Darren O Hare


Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals see the two brackets rejoin, with the earlier Round 2A winners facing a Round 3 winner for a semi-final spot.

16 September 2023 Quarter-final Clonduff 1–12 – 0–05 RGU Downpatrick Liatroim  
19:30 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Fontenoy Park
Referee: Colm Gribben


17 September 2023 Quarter-final Kilcoo 0–09 – 0–05 Carryduff Downpatrick  
16:00 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Páirc Tomás Ruséil
Report Referee: Micheal Moore


17 September 2023 Quarter-final Burren 1–09 – 1–03 Ballyholland Harps Newry  
19:00 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Páirc Esler
Report Referee: Gavin Finnegan


18 September 2023 Quarter-final Glenn 1–12 – 0–08 Mayobridge Kilcoo  
19:15 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Páirc Eoghan Rua
Referee: Conor Curran


Semi-finals

The semi-finals will see the four winning sides face off for a place in this year's final. This round is an open draw from the four quarter-final winners.

29 September 2023 Semi-final Burren 2–12 – 0–08 Glenn Newry  
19:30 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Páirc Esler
Referee: Brian Higgins


1 October 2023 Semi-final Kilcoo 2–15 – 1–07 Clonduff Newry  
17:30 IST (UTC+1) Venue: Páirc Esler
Referee: Conor Curran


Final

The final will be played between the two semi-final winning teams, and will take place at Páirc Esler, Newry.

15 October 2023 Final Burren 0-09 – 2-12 Kilcoo Newry  
Venue: Páirc Esler
Report Referee: Brian Higgins


References
  1. "2023 Down GAA Senior Football Championship". downgaa.net. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
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