2006–07 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Explained

Type:Senior Club
Year:2006–07
Dates:22 October – 17 March
Teams:20
Connacht:Loughrea
Munster:Toomevara
Leinster:Ballyhale Shamrocks
Ulster:Ruairí Óg, Cushendall
Ulsterlink:Ruairí Óg GAC
Team:Ballyhale Shamrocks
Titles:4th
Captain:Tom Coogan
Manager:Maurice Aylward
Team2:Loughrea
Captain2:Damien McClearn
Manager2:Pat O'Connor
Matches:20
Previous:2005–06
Next:2007–08

The 2006–07 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 37th club hurling competition since its establishment in 1970–71. The first matches of the season were played on 22 October 2006 and the championship ended on 17 March 2007. Portumna went into the 2006–07 championship as defending champions, having won their first All-Ireland title the previous year.

The championship culminated with the All-Ireland final, held at Croke Park, Dublin. The match was contested by Ballyhale Shamrocks and Loughrea. It was their first meeting in the final. Ballyhale won the game by 3–12 to 2–8. It was their fourth All-Ireland title ever.

Format

The 2006–07 club championship was played on a straight knock-out basis. Each of the twenty participating counties enter their respective club champions. The format of the competition was as follows:

20 county club champions participated in the 2008–09 championship. These counties were as follows:

Provincial ChampionshipsThe Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster championships were played as usual on a straight knock-out basis. The four respective champions from these provinces advanced directly to the All-Ireland semi-finals.
All-Ireland SeriesSemi-finals: (2 matches) The Munster champions played the Leinster champions while the Connacht champions played the Ulster champions. The two winners contested the All-Ireland final.

Participating clubs

TeamCountyMost recent success
All-IrelandProvincialCounty
AthleagueRoscommon2003
BallyduffKerry1995
Ballyhale ShamrocksKilkenny199019891991
BallyhaunisMayo
BirrOffaly200320022005
BrureeLimerick
Craobh ChiaráinDublin2003
Erin's OwnCork1992
Kevin Lynch’sDerry1998
LoughreaGalway1941
Mount Leinster RangersCarlow
Mount SionWaterford20032004
PortaferryDown2003
Rathdowney-ErrillLaois1941
RathnureWexford19982003
Ruairí Óg, CushendallAntrim20001999
St. Mary'sLeitrim2005
ToomevaraTipperary20042004
TubbercurrySligo2004
Wolfe Tones na SionnaClare19971996

Results

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

Top scorers

Overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Henry ShefflinBallyhale Shamrocks2-192546.25
2Ken DunneToomevara1-192245.50
3Geoffrey McGonagleKevin Lynch's4-071936.33
4T. J. ReidBallyhale Shamrocks2-121844.50
5John MaherLoughrea1-141735.66
6Patrick ReidBallyhale Shamrocks3-071644.00
7Brendan BoyleAthleague3-061535.00
8Mervyn ConnaughtonAthleague1-111434.66
9Alan McCrabbeCraobh Chiaráin1-101326.50
Clement CunniffeSt. Mary's0-131326.50
Single game
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1Geoffrey McGonagleKevin Lynch's2-410Ruairí Óg
2Geoffrey McGonagleKevin Lynch's1-69Portaferry
3T. J. ReidBallyhale Shamrocks2-28Loughrea
Alan McCrabbeCraobh Chiaráin1-58Birr
Henry ShefflinBallyhale Shamrocks1-58Birr
Seán Michael MurphyMount Leinster Rangers0-88Craobh Chiaráin
Henry ShefflinBallyhale Shamrocks0-88Toomevara
4Seán O'NeillRathnure2-17Rathdowney-Errill
Willie RyanToomevara2-17Ballyduff
Bobby O'SullivanBallyduff1-47Toomevara
Ken DunneToomevara1-47Erin's Own
Paddy O'BrienToomevara1-47Ballyhale Shamrocks
James FitzpatrickBallyhale Shamrocks1-47Toomevara
Clement CunniffeSt. Mary's0-77Tubbercurry
Ken DunneToomevara0-77Ballyduff
Ken McGrathMount Sion0-77Toomevara
John MaherLoughrea0-77Ruairí Óg