2021 Clare Senior Hurling Championship

Last updated

Canon Hamilton Cup 2021
League Clare GAA
SportHurling
Duration13 August - 14 November 2021
Number of teams17
SponsorPat O’Donnell & Co.
Changes From 2020
Promoted Scarriff [1]
RelegatedN/A
Changes For 2022
Promoted Smith O'Briens, Killaloe [2]
RelegatedN/A
County Championship
Winners Colours of Kilkenny.svg Ballyea (3rd Title)
  Runners-up Yellow Green GAA Flag.png Inagh-Kilnamona
Senior B Championship
Winners Gold Black GAA Flag.png Clonlara

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.

Contents

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

Group A

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

TeamPldWDLFADiffPts
Yellow Green GAA Flag.png Inagh-Kilnamona 43109383+107
Colours of Laois.svg Kilmaley 42118980+95
Gold Black GAA Flag.png Clonlara 42119392+15
Colours of Down.svg Whitegate 411292101-93
Colours of Kerry.svg O'Callaghan's Mills 40048091-110
20 August 2021Round 2 Colours of Laois.svg Kilmaley 1-24 [6] 2-12 Colours of Down.svg Whitegate Cusack Park, Ennis
5 September 2021Round 3 Gold Black GAA Flag.png Clonlara 2-15 [8] 1-22 Yellow Green GAA Flag.png Inagh-Kilnamona Cusack Park, Ennis
18 September 2021Round 4 Gold Black GAA Flag.png Clonlara 4-16 [10] 3-18 Colours of Down.svg Whitegate O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
2 October 2021Round 5 Gold Black GAA Flag.png Clonlara 0-21 [12] 1-18 Colours of Laois.svg Kilmaley Cusack Park, Ennis

Group B

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

TeamPldWDLFADiffPts
Colours of Clare.svg Sixmilebridge 33008552+336
Colours of Limerick.svg Wolfe Tones, Shannon 31026267-52
Colours of Limerick.svg Scariff 31026071-112
Colours of Sligo.svg Clarecastle 31027491-172
1 September 2021Round 2 Colours of Clare.svg Sixmilebridge 3-19 [16] 0-13 Colours of Limerick.svg Wolfe Tones, Shannon Shannon
4 September 2021Round 2 Colours of Sligo.svg Clarecastle 2-21 [17] 2-23 Colours of Limerick.svg Scariff Cusack Park, Ennis
19 September 2021Round 3 Colours of Limerick.svg Scariff 1-17 [19] 2-16 Colours of Clare.svg Sixmilebridge Cusack Park, Ennis

Group C

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

TeamPldWDLFADiffPts
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Ballyea 32106956+135
Colours of Laois.svg Cratloe 32106251+115
Colours of Kerry.svg Broadford 30124348-51
Colours of Cork.svg Crusheen 30124261-191
14 August 2021Round 1 Colours of Laois.svg Cratloe 3-16 [20] 1-15 Colours of Cork.svg Crusheen Cusack Park, Ennis
15 August 2021Round 1 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Ballyea 1-19 [21] 2-15 Colours of Kerry.svg Broadford Cusack Park, Ennis
3 September 2021Round 2 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Ballyea 2-21 [22] 0-15 Colours of Cork.svg Crusheen Cusack Park, Ennis
18 September 2021Round 2 Colours of Kerry.svg Broadford 1-10 [23] 1-14 Colours of Laois.svg Cratloe Shannon
3 October 2021Round 3 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Ballyea 1-17 [24] 1-17 Colours of Laois.svg Cratloe Cusack Park, Ennis
5 October 2021Round 3 Colours of Kerry.svg Broadford 0-09 [25] 0-09 Colours of Cork.svg Crusheen O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge

Group D

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

TeamPldWDLFADiffPts
Colours of Tipperary.svg Newmarket-on-Fergus 32015953+64
Colours of Cork.svg Éire Óg, Ennis 32016860+84
Yellow Green GAA Flag.png Feakle 31115153-23
Colours of Mayo.svg Clooney-Quin 30125769-121
18 September 2021Round 3 Colours of Cork.svg Éire Óg, Ennis 2-16 [31] 0-19 Yellow Green GAA Flag.png Feakle Shannon

Quarter-Finals

17 October 2021Quarter-Final Colours of Kilkenny.svg Ballyea 0-17 [34] 0-16 Colours of Laois.svg Kilmaley Cusack Park, Ennis
17 October 2021Quarter-Final Colours of Laois.svg Cratloe 0-21 [35] 1-22 Yellow Green GAA Flag.png Inagh-Kilnamona Cusack Park, Ennis

Semi-Finals

County Final

14 November 2021Final Colours of Kilkenny.svg Ballyea 1-17 [38] 1-16 Yellow Green GAA Flag.png Inagh-Kilnamona Cusack Park, Ennis

Other Fixtures

Senior B Championship

16 October 2021B Quarter-Final Gold Black GAA Flag.png Clonlara 2-20 - 2-12 Colours of Down.svg Whitegate O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
16 October 2021B Semi-Final Colours of Kerry.svg Broadford 0-10 - 0-16 Yellow Green GAA Flag.png Feakle Shannon
22 October 2021B Semi-Final Gold Black GAA Flag.png Clonlara 1-24 - 2-09 Colours of Limerick.svg Scariff O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
30 October 2021B Final Gold Black GAA Flag.png Clonlara 2-25 - 4-17
(AET)
Yellow Green GAA Flag.png Feakle Broadford

Relegation Playoffs

  Remain in Senior Championship  Relegated to Intermediate

TeamPldWDLFADiffPts
Colours of Mayo.svg Clooney-Quin 32015950+94
Colours of Kerry.svg O'Callaghan's Mills 32015752+54
Colours of Cork.svg Crusheen 32015761-44
Colours of Sligo.svg Clarecastle 30035969-100
17 October 2021Round 1 Colours of Sligo.svg Clarecastle 0-22 [39] 0-25 Colours of Mayo.svg Clooney-Quin Shannon
17 October 2021Round 1 Colours of Cork.svg Crusheen 1-19 - 1-17 Colours of Kerry.svg O'Callaghan's Mills Clonlara
25 October 2021Round 2 Colours of Mayo.svg Clooney-Quin 2-17 - 1-12 Colours of Cork.svg Crusheen Shannon
30 October 2021Round 2 Colours of Sligo.svg Clarecastle 2-13 [40] 3-15 Colours of Kerry.svg O'Callaghan's Mills Meelick
6 November 2021Round 3 Colours of Sligo.svg Clarecastle 1-15 [41] 1-17 Colours of Cork.svg Crusheen Clonlara
6 November 2021Round 3 Colours of Mayo.svg Clooney-Quin 1-08 [42] 0-13 Colours of Kerry.svg O'Callaghan's Mills Meelick

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