Introduction

This Tournament commenced in 2005.  Six teams competed in that inaugural year, the winners being Sarsfields.  In 2006 ten teams participated the final was played between Killeagh/Itas and ourselves Midleton.  The Killeagh side were final winners.  This year 2007 sees sixteen teams playing in the competition.  There are two groups of eight teams the top four teams in each group play off in the quarter finals of the cup.  The teams fifth to seventh in each group play in the shield with the teams eight and ninth in each group playing a qualifier game to play in the shield.  This system ensures that the minimum number of games each team play is eight.

The tournament sponsor as in the past two years is Declan Guckian proprietor of Deckey’s Shop Ballyvolane Cork.