2021 Clare Senior Hurling Championship Explained
Canon Hamilton Cup 2021 |
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League: | Clare GAA |
Sport: | Hurling |
Duration: | 13 August - 14 November 2021 |
No Of Teams: | 17Child: | yes | Headerstyle: | background:#BFD7FF | Label1: | Sponsor | Data1: | Pat O’Donnell & Co. | Header2: | Changes From 2020 | Label3: | Promoted | Data3: | Scarriff[1] | Label4: | Relegated | Data4: | N/A | Header5: | Changes For 2022 | Label6: | Promoted | Data6: | Smith O'Briens, Killaloe[2] | Label7: | Relegated | Data7: | N/A |
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Season: | County Championship |
Season Champs: | Ballyea (3rd Title) |
Season Champ Name: | Winners |
Second Place: | Inagh-Kilnamona |
Season2: | Senior B Championship |
Season Champs2: | Clonlara |
Season Champ2 Name: | Winners |
The 2021 Clare Senior Hurling Championship was a competition in hurling that was the 126th staging of the Clare Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Clare County Board in 1887.
With Sixmilebridge having won back-to-back titles in 2019 and 2020, they are looking to be the first Clare club team to win a three-in-a-row since Newmarket-on-Fergus in 1973. They defeated near-neighbours O'Callaghan's Mills in the 2020 final who were contesting their first final since 1993 which they ironically also lost to Sixmilebridge.[3]
The 2021 Championship changed from the regular layout in adopting a group stage format. In 2020 a decision was made to not relegate any team from any championship in Clare due to the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Senior Championship Fixtures
Group stage
- One group of five and three groups of four.
- 2020 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 four bottom-placed teams in each group contest Relegation Playoffs
Group A
Group B
Group C
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Ballyea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 56 | | +13 | 5 |
Cratloe | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 51 | +11 | 5 |
Broadford | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 48 | -5 | 1 |
Crusheen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 61 | -19 | 1 | |
Group D
Quarter-finals
- Played by top two placed teams from Groups A-D
Semi-finals
County Final
Other Fixtures
Senior B Championship
- Played by four third-placed teams from Groups A-D, and the fourth-placed team from Group A
Relegation Playoffs
- Played by the four bottom-placed teams from Groups A-D
- Top two teams remain in Senior Championship for 2022
- Bottom two teams relegated to Intermediate for 2022
Notes and References
- Web site: Scariff are crowned intermediate champions for 2020. The Clare Echo.
- Web site: Smith O’Brien's Climb Back To Clare Senior Ranks. Irish Examiner.
- Web site: Sixmilebridge Make Some History And Look To The Future After Retaining Clare SHC Title. Irish Examiner.