2020 Laois Senior Hurling Championship

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2020 Laois Senior Hurling Championship
Dates31 July 2020 - 14 August 2021
Teams8 [1]
SponsorLaois Shopping Centre
Champions Colours of Tipperary.svg Clough–Ballacolla (9th title)
Stephen Maher (captain)
Declan Laffan (manager)
Runners-up Flag of Italy.svg Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton
Colm Stapleton (captain)
Ciaran Comerford (manager)
Relegated Colours of Tipperary.svg Ballinakill
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The 2020 Laois Senior Hurling Championship was the 127th of the Laois Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Laois County Board in 1888. The championship was scheduled to begin in April 2020, however, it was postponed indefinitely due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games. The championship eventually began on 31 July 2020 and, after being suspended once again on 5 October 2020, eventually ended on 14 August 2021.

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Rathdowney–Errill entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they failed to make it out of the group stage. [2] Ballinakill were relegated from the championship after being beaten by Castletown in a playoff. [3]

The final was played on 14 August 2021 at MW Hire O'Moore Park in Port Laoise, between Clough–Ballacolla and Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton, in what was their first ever meeting in a final. Clough–Ballacolla won the match by 1-22 to 1-17 to claim their ninth championship title overall and a first title in five years. [4]

Participating teams

Group AGroup B
Abbeyleix Ballinakill
Castletown Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton
Clough–Ballacolla Camross
Rathdowney–Errill Rosenallis

Results

Final

14 August 2021Final Clough–Ballacolla 1-22 - 1-17 Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton MW Hire O'Moore Park
S Maher 0-13 (0-8 frees and 0-1 & 65), R Phelan 1-3, W Dunphy 0-4, S Bergin and J Walshe 0-1 each.PJ Scully 1-10 (0-7 frees, 0-2 S/L cuts, 1-0 pen) A Dunphy 0-4, M Whelan, N Coss and J Campion 0-1 each.

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References

  1. ↑ "Previewed and Profiled: Contenders line up for a senior hurling championship like none before". Laois Today. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Kavanagh unerring as Rathdowney–Erill win Laois title". RTÉ Sport. 20 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Castletown find form to consign Ballinakill to relegation from Laois SHC". Laois Today. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Maher fires Clough Ballacolla to 2020 Laois SHC title". Irish Examiner. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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