2022 Clare Senior Hurling Championship

The 2022 Clare Senior Hurling Championship was a competition in hurling that was the 127th staging of the Clare Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Clare County Board in 1887.

Canon Hamilton Cup 2022
LeagueClare GAA
SportHurling
Duration23 July - 23 October 2022
Number of teams18
SponsorPat O’Donnell & Co.
Changes From 2021
PromotedSmith O'Briens, Killaloe[1]
RelegatedN/A
Changes For 2023
PromotedSt. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield[2]
RelegatedSmith O'Brien's, Killaloe
Whitegate
County Championship
Winners Ballyea[3] (4th Title)
  Runners-up Éire Óg, Ennis
Senior B Championship
Winners Clonlara

The 2021 champions, and holders of the Canon Hamilton Cup are Ballyea who won their third title in six years, following on from their maiden success in 2016 and another in 2018. They defeated Inagh-Kilnamona by a single point in Cusack Park, Ennis in the county final.[4]

The draws for the 2022 Clare club championships took place in April 2022.[5]

Senior Championship Fixtures edit

Group stage edit

  • Two groups of five and two groups of four.
  • 2021 semi-finalists are seeded and kept separate.
  • Each team plays all the other teams in their group once. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.
    • The top two teams in each group advance to Quarter-Finals
    • The third-placed teams in each group and the fourth-placed team in Groups A and B move to Senior B Championship
    • The bottom-placed team from each group contest Relegation Playoffs

Group A edit

  Quarter-Final, Seeded   Quarter-Final, Unseeded   Senior B Championship   Relegation Playoff

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
  Sixmilebridge 4 4 0 0 119 67 +52 8
  Newmarket-on-Fergus 4 2 1 1 75 67 +8 5
  Feakle 4 1 2 1 81 101 -20 4
  Clonlara 4 1 0 3 73 85 -12 2
  Whitegate 4 0 1 3 74 102 -28 1
23 July 2022 Round 1  Clonlara1-16 - 1-17   Feakle O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
30 July 2022 Round 2   Newmarket-on-Fergus 0-18 - 0-09  WhitegateDr Daly Park, Tulla
31 July 2022 Round 2  Feakle0-13 - 1-31   Sixmilebridge Cusack Park, Ennis
13 August 2022 Round 3   Clonlara 1-20 - 0-19  WhitegateCusack Park, Ennis
28 August 2022 Round 4   Sixmilebridge 3-26 - 0-20  WhitegateDr Daly Park, Tulla
10 September 2022 Round 5  Clonlara0-18 - 3-18   Sixmilebridge Shannon
10 September 2022 Round 5   Feakle 1-23 - 1-23   Whitegate Dr Daly Park, Tulla

Group B edit

  Quarter-Final, Seeded   Quarter-Final, Unseeded   Senior B Championship   Relegation Playoff

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
  Cratloe 4 3 0 1 109 76 +33 6
  Ballyea 4 3 0 1 86 74 +12 6
  O'Callaghan's Mills 4 2 1 1 85 87 -2 5
  Broadford 4 1 0 3 60 83 -23 2
  Clarecastle 4 0 1 3 58 78 -20 1
30 July 2022 Round 2   Ballyea 1-22 - 0-13  BroadfordShannon
13 August 2022 Round 3  Broadford0-16 - 2-23   Cratloe Cusack Park, Ennis
14 August 2022 Round 3   Ballyea 0-21 - 1-14  ClarecastleCusack Park, Ennis
27 August 2022 Round 4  Ballyea0-14 - 2-21   Cratloe Cusack Park, Ennis
11 September 2022 Round 5   Broadford 0-13 - 0-09  ClarecastleCusack Park, Ennis

Group C edit

  Quarter-Final, Seeded   Quarter-Final, Unseeded   Senior B Championship   Relegation Playoff

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
  Clooney-Quin 3 2 0 1 63 47 +16 4
  Éire Óg, Ennis 3 2 0 1 74 67 +7 4
  Kilmaley 3 2 0 1 63 70 -7 4
  Scariff 3 0 0 3 55 71 -16 0
14 August 2022 Round 2   Clooney-Quin 0-26 - 1-09  KilmaleyCusack Park, Ennis
28 August 2022 Round 3   Kilmaley 1-21 - 1-17  ScariffDr Daly Park, Tulla

Group D edit

  Quarter-Final, Seeded   Quarter-Final, Unseeded   Senior B Championship   Relegation Playoff

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
  Inagh-Kilnamona 3 2 0 1 62 54 +8 4
  Wolfe Tones, Shannon 3 2 0 1 63 57 +6 4
  Crusheen 3 1 0 2 61 56 +5 2
  Smith O'Brien's, Killaloe 3 1 0 2 49 68 -19 2
13 August 2022 Round 2  Crusheen1-18 - 1-19   Wolfe Tones, Shannon Dr Daly Park, Tulla

Quarter-finals edit

  • Played by top two placed teams from each group
24 September 2022 Quarter-Final   Cratloe 2-23 - 2-16  Newmarket-on-FergusCusack Park, Ennis
25 September 2022 Quarter-Final   Ballyea 2-21 - 0-18  Clooney-QuinCusack Park, Ennis

Semi-finals edit

8 October 2022 Semi-Final   Ballyea 0-24 - 1-17  CratloeCusack Park, Ennis

County Final edit

23 October 2022 Final   Ballyea 2-14 - 1-16  Éire Óg, EnnisCusack Park, Ennis
Niall Deasy (1-06, 6f), Tony Kelly (0-04, 1’65), Aaron Griffin (1-01), Cathal O’Connor (0-02), Martin O’Leary (0-01). Report Danny Russell (0-11, 9f, 1’65), David Reidy (1-00), Darren O’Brien (0-02), Oran Cahill (0-01), Michael Moloney (0-01), Gavin Cooney (0-01) Referee: Jarlath Donnellan (Wolfe Tones, Shannon)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Other Fixtures edit

Senior B Championship edit

  • Played by four third-placed teams from Groups A-D, and the fourth-placed teams from Groups A and B
22 September 2022 B Quarter-Final   Clonlara 1-25 - 3-13  CrusheenClare GAA Centre of Excellence, Caherlohan
25 September 2022 B Quarter-Final   Broadford 2-23 - 0-14  KilmaleyShannon
9 October 2022 B Semi-Final  Broadford1-16 - 0-20   Clonlara Killaloe
21 October 2022 B Final   Clonlara 0-15 - 0-13  FeakleO'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge

Relegation Playoffs edit

  • Played by the four bottom-placed teams from Groups A-D
24 September 2022 Playoff 1A   Clarecastle 0-28 - 1-21  WhitegateDr Daly Park, Tulla
25 September 2022 Playoff 1B   Scariff 4-22 - 0-09  Smith O'Brien's, KillaloeDr Daly Park, Tulla

References edit

  1. ^ "Smith O'Brien's Climb Back To Clare Senior Ranks". Irish Examiner.
  2. ^ "The Parish Prevail In Extra-Time Over Tulla To Seal Senior Return". Clare Echo.
  3. ^ "Ballyea Stun Townies With Another Special Comeback". Irish Examiner.
  4. ^ "Ballyea Deny Final Debutants Inagh-Kilnamona To Secure Clare Hurling Crown". The Irish Times.
  5. ^ "Clare Club Championship Draws 2022". Clare GAA.

External links edit