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2023 Clare Senior Hurling Championship

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Sports season
Canon Hamilton Cup 2023
LeagueClare GAA
SportHurling
Duration22 July - 22 October 2023
Number of teams17
SponsorTUS Midlands Midwest
Changes From 2022
PromotedSt. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield
RelegatedSmith O'Brien's, Killaloe
Whitegate
Changes For 2024
PromotedCorofin
RelegatedClarecastle
Wolfe Tones, Shannon
County Championship
Winners Clonlara (3rd Title)
  Runners-up Crusheen
Senior B Championship
Winners-

The 2023 TUS Clare Senior Hurling Championship was the 128th staging of the Clare Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Clare County Board in 1887.

The 2022 champions, and holders of the Canon Hamilton Cup are Ballyea, who successfully defended their 2021 crown, to win back-to-back titles and their fourth title in seven years. They defeated Éire Óg, Ennis by a single point in Cusack Park, Ennis in the county final.

The draws for the 2023 Clare club championships took place on 14 June 2023.

Senior Championship Fixtures

Group stage

  • One group of five and three groups of four.
  • 2022 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 Group A move to Senior B Championship
    • The bottom-placed team from each group contest Relegation Playoffs

Group A

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

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Scariff 4 2 2 0 96 82 +14 6
Kilmaley 4 2 1 1 90 83 +7 5
Ballyea 4 2 1 1 82 82 0 5
Inagh-Kilnamona 4 2 0 2 106 87 +19 4
St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield 4 0 0 4 77 117 -40 0
Ballyea v Kilmaley
22 July 2023 Round 1 Ballyea0-14 - 2-20 Kilmaley Cusack Park, Ennis
Doora-Barefield v Scariff
22 July 2023 Round 1 Doora-Barefield1-16 - 3-17 Scariff Dr Daly Park, Tulla
Ballyea v Inagh-Kilnamona
29 July 2023 Round 2 Ballyea 1-16 - 0-15 Inagh-KilnamonaShannon
Doora-Barefield v Kilmaley
29 July 2023 Round 2 Doora-Barefield2-11 - 0-24 Kilmaley Clarecastle
Inagh-Kilnamona v Scariff
11 August 2023 Round 3 Inagh-Kilnamona0-23 - 4-18 Scariff Cusack Park, Ennis
Ballyea v Doora-Barefield
12 August 2023 Round 3 Ballyea 3-21 - 2-16 Doora-BarefieldClarecastle
Ballyea v Scariff
27 August 2023 Round 4 Ballyea 0-19 - 0-19 Scariff Dr Daly Park, Tulla
Inagh-Kilnamona v Kilmaley
27 August 2023 Round 4 Inagh-Kilnamona 3-22 - 1-16 KilmaleyCusack Park, Ennis
Doora-Barefield v Inagh-Kilnamona
9 September 2023 Round 5 Doora-Barefield1-16 - 4-25 Inagh-Kilnamona Cusack Park, Ennis
Kilmaley v Scariff
9 September 2023 Round 5 Kilmaley 0-21 - 1-18 Scariff Cusack Park, Ennis

Group B

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

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Clonlara 3 3 0 0 67 52 +15 4
Crusheen 3 1 0 2 58 62 -4 2
Sixmilebridge 3 1 0 2 67 70 -3 2
O'Callaghan's Mills 3 1 0 2 62 70 -8 2

Crusheen finished above Sixmilebridge and O'Callaghan's Mills by virtue of an update to the GAA rule book as of 2023. In the case where point difference is used to determine placing, only the matches between the relevant teams are used to calculate the point difference.

Rule 6.21(5)(c)(i) of the GAA's official guide states:

The higher Scoring Difference (subtracting the total Scores Against from total Score For) in the ‘Head-to-Head’ games.

Crusheen v Sixmilebridge
29 July 2023 Round 1 Crusheen0-20 - 1-21 Sixmilebridge Clarecastle
Clonlara v O'Callaghan's Mills
29 July 2023 Round 1 Clonlara 2-15 - 1-17 O'Callaghan's MillsO'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
Clonlara v Sixmilebridge
12 August 2023 Round 2 Clonlara 0-24 - 1-16 SixmilebridgeCusack Park, Ennis
Crusheen v O'Callaghan's Mills
12 August 2023 Round 2 Crusheen 3-16 - 0-16 O'Callaghan's MillsDr Daly Park, Tulla
Clonlara v Crusheen
25 August 2023 Round 3 Clonlara 0-22 - 1-10 CrusheenCusack Park, Ennis
O'Callaghan's Mills v Sixmilebridge
25 August 2023 Round 3 O'Callaghan's Mills 3-17 - 1-21 SixmilebridgeClarecastle

Group C

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

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Newmarket-on-Fergus 3 3 0 0 72 52 +20 6
Clooney-Quin 3 2 0 1 71 52 +19 4
Cratloe 3 1 0 2 50 63 -13 2
Wolfe Tones, Shannon 3 0 0 3 47 73 -26 0
Cratloe v Newmarket-on-Fergus
28 July 2023 Round 1 Cratloe0-15 - 3-15 Newmarket-on-Fergus Cusack Park, Ennis
Clooney-Quin v Wolfe Tones, Shannon
29 July 2023 Round 1 Clooney-Quin 1-22 - 2-11 Wolfe Tones, ShannonCusack Park, Ennis
Clooney-Quin v Newmarket-on-Fergus
12 August 2023 Round 2 Clooney-Quin0-19 - 2-16 Newmarket-on-Fergus O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
Cratloe v Wolfe Tones, Shannon
12 August 2023 Round 2 Cratloe 1-19 - 1-09 Wolfe Tones, ShannonO'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
Clooney-Quin v Cratloe
26 August 2023 Round 3 Clooney-Quin 5-12 - 0-13 CratloeO'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
Newmarket-on-Fergus v Wolfe Tones, Shannon
27 August 2023 Round 3 Newmarket-on-Fergus 3-17 - 0-18 Wolfe Tones, ShannonClarecastle

Group D

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

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Feakle 3 3 0 0 61 47 +14 6
Éire Óg, Ennis 3 2 0 1 64 54 +10 4
Broadford 3 1 0 2 54 53 +1 2
Clarecastle 3 0 0 3 48 73 -25 0
Broadford v Clarecastle
29 July 2023 Round 1 Broadford 1-19 - 2-09 ClarecastleO'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
Éire Óg, Ennis v Feakle
29 July 2023 Round 1 Éire Óg, Ennis2-11 - 2-13 Feakle Fr Murphy Park, Newmarket-on-Fergus
Clarecastle v Feakle
12 August 2023 Round 2 Clarecastle0-17 - 1-21 Feakle Shannon
Broadford v Éire Óg, Ennis
13 August 2023 Round 2 Broadford2-13 - 1-17 Éire Óg, Ennis Dr Daly Park, Tulla
Broadford v Feakle
26 August 2023 Round 3 Broadford1-10 - 1-15 Feakle O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
Clarecastle v Éire Óg, Ennis
26 August 2023 Round 3 Clarecastle0-16 - 4-15 Éire Óg, Ennis Cusack Park, Ennis

Quarter-finals

  • Played by top two placed teams from each group
Clooney-Quin v Scariff
23 Sept. 2023 Quarter-Final Clooney-Quin1-22 - 3-19
(AET)
Scariff Cusack Park, Ennis
Feakle v Kilmaley
23 Sept. 2023 Quarter-Final Feakle 1-18 - 2-13 KilmaleyCusack Park, Ennis
Clonlara v Éire Óg, Ennis
24 Sept. 2023 Quarter-Final Clonlara 1-14 - 0-14 Éire Óg, EnnisCusack Park, Ennis
Crusheen v Newmarket-on-Fergus
24 Sept. 2023 Quarter-Final Crusheen 3-07 - 1-07 Newmarket-on-FergusCusack Park, Ennis

Semi-finals

Crusheen v Scariff
7 October 2023 Semi-Final Crusheen 1-24 - 0-19 ScariffCusack Park, Ennis
Clonlara v Feakle
8 October 2023 Semi-Final Clonlara 0-23 - 0-15 FeakleCusack Park, Ennis

County Final

Clonlara v Crusheen
22 October 2023 Final Clonlara 3-18 - 2-16 CrusheenCusack Park, Ennis
14:00 Micheál O’Loughlin 2-9 (7fs), Colm Galvin 1-0, John Conlon, Ian Galvin 0-2 each, Colm O’Meara, Jathan McMahon, Diarmuid Stritch, Dylan McMahon, Aidan Moriarty 0-1 each. Report Oisin O’Donnell 1-4, Breffni Horner 1-3 (2fs), Ross Hayes 0-3 (3fs), Conor O’Donnell, Fergus Kennedy 0-2 each, Diarmuid Mullins, Jamie Fitzgibbon 0-1 each. Attendance: 5,048
Referee: Niall Malone (Éire Óg)
Clonlara Crusheen

Other Fixtures

Senior B Championship

  • Played by four third-placed teams from Groups A-D, and the fourth-placed team from Group A
Broadford v Inagh-Kilnamona
24 Sept. 2023 B Quarter-Final Broadford1-12 - 1-16 Inagh-Kilnamona Dr Daly Park, Tulla
Ballyea v Sixmilebridge
4 October 2023 B Semi-Final Ballyea 3-23 - 1-22 SixmilebridgeO'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
Cratloe v Inagh-Kilnamona
B Semi-Final CratloeCONC - W/O Inagh-Kilnamona
Ballyea v Inagh-Kilnamona
23 October 2023 B Final Ballyea - Inagh-Kilnamona Gurteen

Relegation Playoffs

  • Played by the four bottom-placed teams from Groups A-D
Doora-Barefield v Wolfe Tones, Shannon
23 Sept. 2023 Playoff 1A Doora-Barefield 2-16 - 1-13 Wolfe Tones, ShannonFr Murphy Park, Newmarket-on-Fergus
Clarecastle v O'Callaghan's Mills
24 Sept. 2023 Playoff 1B Clarecastle1-13 - 1-16 O'Callaghan's Mills O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge

References

  1. "The Parish Prevail In Extra-Time Over Tulla To Seal Senior Return". Clare Echo.
  2. "Corofin Claim Intermediate Hurling Title For The Third Time". Clare Echo.
  3. "Ballyea Stun Townies With Another Special Comeback". Irish Examiner.
  4. "Ballyea Bring All Battling Qualities To The Fore To Retain Clare SHC Title". Clare Echo.
  5. "Club Championship Draws Throw Up Spicy Encounter". Clare Echo.

External links

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