2017 Wicklow Senior Football Championship


The 2017 Wicklow Senior Football Championship is the 117th edition of the Wicklow GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Wicklow, Ireland. The tournament consists of 13 teams with the winner going on to represent Wicklow in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship consists of a back door system.
Baltinglass were the defending champions after they defeated St. Patrick's in the previous years final.
This was Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney's return to the top flight after claiming last season's I.F.C. title.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season.

To S.F.C.

Promoted from 2016 Wicklow Intermediate Football Championship
  • Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney -

From S.F.C.

Relegated to 2017 Wicklow Intermediate Football Championship

From S.F.C.

Discontinued Amalgamation

Group stage

There are three groups of six teams called Group A, B and C. The 3 top finishers in Group A and 2 finishers in Groups B and C qualify for the quarter-finals. The third placed team in Group B and C will play off for a place in the quarter-finals. The bottom finishers of each group will qualify for the relegation play-off.

Group A

Team
Kiltegan44009046+448
Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney43106560+56
Blessington42208448+364
Tinahely41304786-392
Bray Emmets40404894-460

Round 1Tinahely 2-13, 1-11 Bray Emmets, Aughrim Park, 29/6/2017 Kiltegan 2-13, 2-11 Blessington, Aughrim Park, 2/7/2017
  • Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney - Bye,
Round 2Blessington 6-18, 1-7 Bray Emmets, Aughrim Park, 14/7/2017 Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney 4-8, 1-10 Tinahely, Aughrim Park, 16/7/2017,
  • Kiltegan - Bye,
Round 3Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney 1-12, 1-10 Blessington, Aughrim Park, 29/7/2017, Kiltegan 2-14, 0-7 Bray Emmets, Aughrim Park, 30/7/2017,
Round 4Kiltegan 2-11, 0-11 Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney, Aughrim Park, 12/8/2017,Blessington 1-15, 0-4 Tinahely, Aughrim Park, 12/8/2017,
  • Bray Emmets - Bye,
Round 5Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney 4-7, 2-11 Bray Emmets, Aughrim Park, 25/8/2017,Kiltegan 4-22, 1-8 Tinahely, Baltinglass, 27/8/2017,
  • Blessington - Bye,

Group B

Team
Éire Óg Greystones33005637+196
Avondale31115051-13
Annacurra31204338+52
Newtown30213255-231

Round 1
Round 2Éire Óg Greystones 1-16, 2-10 Avondale, Arklow, 30/7/2017,Annacurra 1-12, 0-7 Newtown, Arklow, 30/7/2017,
Round 3Éire Óg Greystones 1-22, 0-10 Newtown, Ashford, 11/8/2017,Avondale 2-13, 3-8 Annacurra, Aughrim Park, 11/8/2017,

Group C

Team
St Patrick's32014425+195
Baltinglass31024940+94
Rathnew31114343+03
Coolkenno30302957-280

Round 1Rathnew 1-13, 1-8 Coolkenno, Aughrim Park, 1/7/2017,
Round 2St Patrick's 2-7, 0-8 Rathnew, Aughrim Park, 15/7/2017, Baltinglass 3-11, 1-8 Coolkenno, Aughrim Park, 30/7/2017,
Round 3St Patrick's 2-15, 1-4 Coolkenno, Aughrim Park, 4/8/2017,

Keating Trophy/Relegation play-off

The five teams who failed to reach the quarter-finals enter the Keating Trophy. These teams play each other in a round robin basis. The top two finishers proceed to the Keating Trophy final while the two bottom finishers will be relegated to the 2018 I.F.C.
Team
Annacurra43106048+126
Bray Emmets42115050+05
Newtown42205858+04
Tinahely41215256-43
Coolkenno41304145-42

Round 1:Coolkenno 0-12, 1-5 Tinahely, 16/9/2017,Bray Emmets 3-8, 0-12 Newtown, 19/9/2017,
  • Annacurra - Bye,
Round 2:Tinahely 2-12, 1-11 Annacurra, 23/9/2017,Bray Emmets 1-11, 0-10 Coolkenno, 24/9/2017,
  • Newtown - Bye,
Round 3:Newtown 1-13, 0-13 Coolkenno, 6/10/2017,Annacurra 1-14, 0-8 Bray Emmets, 8/10/2017,
Round 4:Annacurra 1-10, 0-11 Newtown, 4/11/2017,
  • Bray Emmets 1-8, 1-8 Tinahely, 4/11/2017,
  • Coolkenno - Bye,
Round 5:Newtown 2-13, 2-9 Tinahely, 28/10/2017,Annacurra 1-13, 1-8 Coolkenno, 28/10/2017,
  • Bray Emmets - Bye.
FinalAnnacurra 1-16, 3-7 Bray Emmets, Arklow, 11/11/2017,