2022 Clare Senior Hurling Championship

Canon Hamilton Cup 2022
LeagueClare GAA
SportHurling
Duration23 July - 23 October 2022
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, KillaloeWhitegate
County Championship
WinnersBallyea[3] (4th Title)
  Runners-upÉire Óg, Ennis
Senior B Championship
WinnersClonlara

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

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

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Sixmilebridge440011967+528
Newmarket-on-Fergus42117567+85
Feakle412181101-204
Clonlara41037385-122
Whitegate401374102-281
Newmarket-on-Fergus v Whitegate
30 July 2022Round 2Newmarket-on-Fergus0-18 - 0-09WhitegateDr Daly Park, Tulla
Clonlara v Whitegate
13 August 2022Round 3Clonlara1-20 - 0-19WhitegateCusack Park, Ennis
Sixmilebridge v Whitegate
28 August 2022Round 4Sixmilebridge3-26 - 0-20WhitegateDr Daly Park, Tulla
Clonlara v Sixmilebridge
10 September 2022Round 5Clonlara0-18 - 3-18SixmilebridgeShannon
Feakle v Whitegate
10 September 2022Round 5Feakle1-23 - 1-23WhitegateDr Daly Park, Tulla

Group B

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

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Cratloe430110976+336
Ballyea43018674+126
O'Callaghan's Mills42118587-25
Broadford41036083-232
Clarecastle40135878-201
Ballyea v Broadford
30 July 2022Round 2Ballyea1-22 - 0-13BroadfordShannon
Broadford v Cratloe
13 August 2022Round 3Broadford0-16 - 2-23CratloeCusack Park, Ennis
Ballyea v Clarecastle
14 August 2022Round 3Ballyea0-21 - 1-14ClarecastleCusack Park, Ennis
Ballyea v Cratloe
27 August 2022Round 4Ballyea0-14 - 2-21CratloeCusack Park, Ennis
Broadford v Clarecastle
11 September 2022Round 5Broadford0-13 - 0-09ClarecastleCusack Park, Ennis

Group C

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

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Clooney-Quin32016347+164
Éire Óg, Ennis32017467+74
Kilmaley32016370-74
Scariff30035571-160
Kilmaley v Scariff
28 August 2022Round 3Kilmaley1-21 - 1-17ScariffDr Daly Park, Tulla

Group D

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

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Inagh-Kilnamona32016254+84
Wolfe Tones, Shannon32016357+64
Crusheen31026156+52
Smith O'Brien's, Killaloe31024968-192
Crusheen v Wolfe Tones, Shannon
13 August 2022Round 2Crusheen1-18 - 1-19Wolfe Tones, ShannonDr Daly Park, Tulla

Quarter-finals

  • Played by top two placed teams from each group
Cratloe v Newmarket-on-Fergus
24 September 2022Quarter-FinalCratloe2-23 - 2-16Newmarket-on-FergusCusack Park, Ennis
Ballyea v Clooney-Quin
25 September 2022Quarter-FinalBallyea2-21 - 0-18Clooney-QuinCusack Park, Ennis

Semi-finals

Ballyea v Cratloe
8 October 2022Semi-FinalBallyea0-24 - 1-17CratloeCusack Park, Ennis

County Final

Ballyea v Éire Óg, Ennis
23 October 2022FinalBallyea2-14 - 1-16Éire 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).ReportDanny 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

Senior B Championship

  • Played by four third-placed teams from Groups A-D, and the fourth-placed teams from Groups A and B
Clonlara v Crusheen
22 September 2022B Quarter-FinalClonlara1-25 - 3-13CrusheenClare GAA Centre of Excellence, Caherlohan
Broadford v Kilmaley
25 September 2022B Quarter-FinalBroadford2-23 - 0-14KilmaleyShannon
Broadford v Clonlara
9 October 2022B Semi-FinalBroadford1-16 - 0-20ClonlaraKillaloe
Clonlara v Feakle
21 October 2022B FinalClonlara0-15 - 0-13FeakleO'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge

Relegation Playoffs

  • Played by the four bottom-placed teams from Groups A-D
Clarecastle v Whitegate
24 September 2022Playoff 1AClarecastle0-28 - 1-21WhitegateDr Daly Park, Tulla
Scariff v Smith O'Brien's, Killaloe
25 September 2022Playoff 1BScariff4-22 - 0-09Smith O'Brien's, KillaloeDr Daly Park, Tulla

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