2022 Clare Senior Hurling Championship Explained

Canon Hamilton Cup 2022
Color:	BFD7FF
League:	Clare GAA
Sport:	Hurling
Duration:	23 July - 23 October 2022
No Of Teams:	18 Child: yes Headerstyle: background:#BFD7FF Label1: Sponsor Data1: Pat O’Donnell & Co. Header2: Changes From 2021 Label3: Promoted Data3: Smith O'Briens, Killaloe^[1] Label4: Relegated Data4: N/A Header5: Changes For 2023 Label6: Promoted Data6: St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield^[2] Label7: Relegated Data7: Smith O'Brien's, Killaloe Whitegate
Season:	County Championship
Season Champs:	Ballyea^[3] (4th Title)
Season Champ Name:	Winners
Second Place:	Éire Óg, Ennis
Season2:	Senior B Championship
Season Champs2:	Clonlara
Season Champ2 Name:	Winners

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.

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

Group stage

• 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

width=175	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Diff	width=20	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

Group B

width=175	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Diff	width=20	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

Group C

width=175	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Diff	width=20	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

Group D

width=175	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Diff	width=20	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

Quarter-finals

• Played by top two placed teams from each group

Semi-finals

County Final

Other Fixtures

Senior B Championship

• Played by four third-placed teams from Groups A-D, and the fourth-placed teams from Groups A and B

Relegation Playoffs

• Played by the four bottom-placed teams from Groups A-D
  • Loser of each playoff relegated to Intermediate for 2023

Notes and References

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