2023 Down Senior Hurling Championship

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2023 Down Senior Hurling Championship
Dates6 August - October 2023
Teams6
SponsorMorgan Fuels
Champions Colours of Tipperary.svg Portaferry (23rd title)
Matt Conlan (captain)
Runners-up Colours of Kilkenny.svg Ballycran
Stephen Keith (captain)
Liam Savage (captain)
Michael Ennis (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored53 (2.94 per match)
Points scored586 (32.56 per match)
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The 2023 Down Senior Hurling Championship was the 115th staging of the Down Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Down County Board in 1903. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 28 June 2023. [1] [2] The championship ran from 6 August to October 2023. [3]

Contents

Portaferry entered the championship as the defending champions. [4]

The final was played on 22 October 2023 at Páirc Esler in Newry, between Portaferry and Ballycran, in what was their sixth consecutive meeting in the final. Portaferry won the match by 0–20 to 0–16 to claim their 23rd championship title overall and a second title in succession. [5]

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Down Intermediate Hurling Championship

Group stage

Group stage table

  Knockout stage

TeamMatchesScorePts
PldWDLForAgainstDiff
Ballycran 5500141776410
Portaferry 540113270628
Ballygalget 530211198136
Liatroim Fontenoys 520310693134
Bredagh 510470143-732
Newry Shamrocks 500561140-790

Group stage results

6 August 2023Round 1 Ballygalget 1-11 - 1-24 Ballycran Mitchell Park
13 August 2023Round 2 Ballycran 3-13 - 1-16 Portaferry McKenna Park
14 August 2023Round 2 Bredagh 0-18 - 0-21 Ballygalget Cherryvale Playing Fields
20 August 2023Round 3 Ballycran 6-19 - 0-13 Bredagh McKenna Park
10 September 2023Round 4 Liatroim Fontenoys 2-13 - 3-21 Ballycran Fontenoy Park
10 September 2023Round 4 Ballygalget 0-16 - 0-22 Portaferry Mitchell Park
23 September 2023Round 5 Ballygalget 2-17 - 2-11 Liatroim Fontenoys Kilclief Grounds
24 September 2023Round 5 Newry Shamrocks 1-09 - 1-22 Ballycran Ballela Grounds
24 September 2023Round 5 Portaferry 4-26 - 1-07 Bredagh Carryduff Grounds

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

8 October 2023Semi-final Portaferry 2-18 - 2-09 Ballygalget St Patrick's Park
Report

Final

22 October 2023Final Portaferry 0-20 - 0-16 Ballycran Páirc Esler
E Sands (0-04, 1 free), T McGrattan (0-04), D Sands (0-04), M Conlan (0-02), P Conlan (0-02, frees), F Turpin (0-02), T Murray and B Trainor (0-01 each) Report P Sheehan (0-04, 2 free, 1 ’65), S Martin (0-04), C Woods (0-3, 1 free), P Savage (0-02); M Hughes, S Nicholsan, C Egan (0-01 each)Referee: P Owens (Liatroim)

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References

  1. ↑ "Championship Draws 2023: JHC, IHC and SHC". Down GAA website. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Down Club Championship draws 2023: Holders Kilcoo pitted against Carryduff". Belfast Live. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  3. ↑ Madden, Jack (4 August 2023). "Ballycran quietly confident as Down SHC gets underway". The Irish News. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Down SHC Final: Portaferry claim win". GAA website. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  5. ↑ Ingram, Elaine (22 October 2023). "Portaferry reclaim Down hurling crown". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "Laitroim Win Intermediate Hurling Championship". Down GAA website. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
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