The 2024 TUS Clare Senior Hurling Championship was the 129th staging of the Clare Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Clare County Board in 1887.
| Canon Hamilton Cup 2024 | |
|---|---|
| League | Clare GAA |
| Sport | Hurling |
| Duration | 9 August - 28 October 2024 |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Sponsor | TUS Midlands Midwest |
| Changes From 2023 | |
| Promoted | Corofin |
| Relegated | Clarecastle Wolfe Tones Shannon |
| Changes For 2025 | |
| Promoted | Wolfe Tones Shannon[1] |
| Relegated | O'Callaghan's Mills |
| County Championship | |
| Winners | Feakle |
| Runners-up | Sixmilebridge |
The draws for the 2024 Clare club championship group stages took place on 21 May 2024.[2] The championship was contested by 16 teams, reduced by 1 from the 2023 championship.[3] The group stage was in a round-robin format, with each team playing each team in their group once.
The draws for the quarter-finals and relegation playoffs took place on 9 September 2024.[4] The quarter-finals were played between the winners of each group versus the runners up of each group. The relegation playoffs were played between the last-place teams of each group, with the losers of these entering a relegation final to determine the relegated team.
The draws for the semi-finals and relegation final took place on 24 September 2024.[5] The semi-final between Sixmilebridge and Inagh-Kilnamona featured a penalty shoot-out for the first time in the history of the Clare Senior Hurling Championship, with Sixmilebridge winning 4-3 after seven penalties each.[6] Feakle won the other semi-final, bringing them to their first Senior Clare final in 36 years.[7] O'Callaghan's Mills lost the relegation final, demoting them to the Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship for 2025.
The final, originally scheduled for October 20th, was postponed until October 28th due to Storm Ashley.[8] Feakle won the final, attaining their first Clare senior hurling title since 1988.[9]
Senior Championship Fixtures
editGroup stage
edit- Four groups of four.
- Each team plays all the other teams in their group once. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.
- In cases where two or more teams are on equal points, only the matches between the relevant teams are used to calculate the score difference when determining placement in the group.
- The top two teams in each group advance to the Quarter-Finals
- The bottom-placed team from each group contest the Relegation Playoffs
Group 1
editQuarter-Finalist Relegation Playoff
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Éire Óg Inis
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 62 | +6 | 6 |
 Clonlara
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 72 | +17 | 4 |
 Ballyea
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 67 | -8 | 2 |
 Clooney-Quin
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 77 | -15 | 0 |
| 10 August 2024 Round 1 | Éire Óg Inis | 1-20 (23) - 3-13 (22) | Clooney-Quin | Cusack Park, Ennis |
| Referee: Fergal O'Brien |
| 10 August 2024 Round 1 | Clonlara | 1-28 (31) - 1-20 (23) | Ballyea | Cusack Park, Ennis |
| Referee: John Bugler |
| 23 August 2024 Round 2 | Ballyea | 0-19 (19) - 0-17 (17) | Clooney-Quin | O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge |
| Referee: Chris Maguire |
| 25 August 2024 Round 2 | Clonlara | 1-20 (23) - 1-23 (26) | Éire Óg Inis | Páirc an Dálaigh, Tulla |
| Referee: John Bugler |
| 7 September 2024 Round 3 | Ballyea | 0-17 (17) - 0-19 (19) | Éire Óg Inis | Cusack Park, Ennis |
| Referee: Eoghan O'Leary |
| 7 September 2024 Round 3 | Clonlara | 3-26 (35) - 2-17 (23) | Clooney-Quin | O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge |
| Referee: Jarlath Donnellan |
Group 2
editQuarter-Finalist Relegation Playoff
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Feakle
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 55 | +11 | 4 |
 Cratloe
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 62 | +15 | 4 |
| Kilmaley
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 58 | +24 | 4 |
| Corofin
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 97 | -50 | 0 |
| 10 August 2024 Round 1 | Feakle | 0-23 (23) - 1-16 (19) | Cratloe | O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge |
| Referee: Kieran Liddane |
| 10 August 2024 Round 1 | Kilmaley | 6-22 (40) - 1-11 (14) | Corofin | Clarecastle GAA Grounds, Clarecastle |
| Referee: Jarlath Donnellan |
| 25 August 2024 Round 2 | Cratloe | 4-23 (35) - 0-19 (19) | Corofin | Cusack Park, Ennis |
| Referee: Eoghan O'Leary |
| 25 August 2024 Round 2 | Feakle | 0-21 (21) - 0-22 (22) | Kilmaley | Cusack Park, Ennis |
| Referee: Fergal O'Brien |
| 8 September 2024 Round 3 | Cratloe | 1-20 (23) - 1-17 (20) | Kilmaley | Fr Murphy Park, Newmarket-on-Fergus |
| Referee: Aaron Hogg |
| 8 September 2024 Round 3 | Feakle | 3-17 (26) - 1-21 (24) | Corofin | Clarecastle GAA Grounds, Clarecastle |
| Referee: Kevin Corry |
Group 3
editQuarter-Finalist Relegation Playoff
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Scariff
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 61 | +6 | 5 |
| Inagh-Kilnamona
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 49 | +27 | 4 |
 Broadford
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 71 | -11 | 3 |
| O'Callaghan's Mills
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 70 | -22 | 0 |
| 9 August 2024 Round 1 | Broadford | 2-27 (33) - 0-19 (19) | O'Callaghan's Mills | Clonlara GAA Grounds, Clonlara |
| Referee: Joseph Mullins |
| 10 August 2024 Round 1 | Scariff | 0-24 (24) - 0-20 (20) | Inagh-Kilnamona | O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge |
| Referee: Chris Maguire |
| 24 August 2024 Round 2 | Scariff | 1-18 (21) - 2-15 (21) | Broadford | Páirc an Dálaigh, Tulla |
| Referee: Aaron Hogg |
| 25 August 2024 Round 2 | Inagh-Kilnamona | 2-19 (25) - 0-9 (9) | O'Callaghan's Mills | St Joseph's Doora-Barefield GAA Grounds, Gurteen |
| Referee: Kevin Corry |
| 8 September 2024 Round 3 | Inagh-Kilnamona | 4-19 (31) - 0-16 (16) | Broadford | Cusack Park, Ennis |
| Referee: Kieran Liddane |
| 8 September 2024 Round 3 | Scariff | 1-19 (22) - 1-17 (20) | O'Callaghan's Mills | Páirc an Dálaigh, Tulla |
| Referee: Augustine Callaghan |
Group 4
editQuarter-Finalist Relegation Playoff
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sixmilebridge
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 58 | +8 | 5 |
| Crusheen
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 64 | +9 | 4 |
 Newmarket-on-Fergus
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 63 | +1 | 3 |
 St Joseph's Doora-Barefield
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 68 | -18 | 0 |
| 9 August 2024 Round 1 | Sixmilebridge | 1-18 (21) - 1-12 (15) | St Joseph's Doora-Barefield | Fr Murphy Park, Newmarket-on-Fergus |
| Referee: Eoghan O'Leary |
| 10 August 2024 Round 1 | Crusheen | 1-21 (24) - 2-17 (23) | Newmarket-on-Fergus | Gaelic Park, Ruan |
| Referee: Niall Malone |
| 24 August 2024 Round 2 | Crusheen | 2-15 (21) - 1-20 (23) | Sixmilebridge | Clarecastle GAA Grounds, Clarecastle |
| Referee: Augustine Callaghan |
| 24 August 2024 Round 2 | Newmarket-on-Fergus | 2-13 (19) - 1-14 (17) | St Joseph's Doora-Barefield | Páirc an Dálaigh, Tulla |
| Referee: Joseph Mullins |
| 6 September 2024 Round 3 | Newmarket-on-Fergus | 1-19 (22) - 1-19 (22) | Sixmilebridge | Cusack Park, Ennis |
| Referee: John Bugler |
| 6 September 2024 Round 3 | Crusheen | 3-19 (28) - 0-18 (18) | St Joseph's Doora-Barefield | Gaelic Park, Ruan |
| Referee: Fergal O'Brien |
Quarter-finals
edit- Played by the top 2 teams from Groups 1-4
- The first-place team from each group is drawn to play a second-place team each group
| 21 September 2024 Quarter-Final | Scariff | 2-14 (20) - 2-15 (21) | Cratloe | Cusack Park, Ennis |
| P Crotty 0-7, Rodgers 0-4 (2f, 1’65); P Ryan 1-2; E O’Brien 1-1 | Report | C McGrath 0-6; R Considine (2f), C McInerney(1-0 Pen) (1-2 each); D Neville 0-2; D Ryan (f) David Collins, S Neville 0-1 each | Referee: Jarlath Donnellan |
| 21 September 2024 Quarter-Final | Éire Óg Inis | 0-20 (20) - 2-16 (22) | Inagh-Kilnamona | Cusack Park, Ennis |
| D Russell 0-12 (8f, 1’65); D Reidy 0-3 (1f); D O’Brien, O Cahill, D McNamara, R Loftus, M Cleary 0-1 each | Report | A McCarthy 0-7 (5f); Eoghan Foudy, N Mullins 1-0 each; S Rynne, D Fitzgerald, F Hegarty 0-2 each; S Foudy, D Cullinan, C Hegarty 0-1 each | Referee: John Bugler |
| 22 September 2024 Quarter-Final | Feakle | 5-19 (34) - 1-14 (17) | Crusheen | Cusack Park, Ennis |
| S. McGrath (1-14, 8 frees, 1 65); M. Daly, R. Bane, S. Conway, O. O’Connor (1-0 each); O. Donnellan (0-2); E. Tuohy, R. O’Connor, E. Daly (0-1 each). | Report | B. Horner (1-6, 0-4 frees); R. Hayes (0-7, 5 frees, 1 65); O. O’Donnell (0-1). | Referee: Fergal O'Brien |
| 22 September 2024 Quarter-Final | Sixmilebridge | 2-18 (24) - 0-21 (21) | Clonlara | Cusack Park, Ennis |
| A. Morey (0-9, frees); J. Shanahan (1-2); D. Kennedy (1-1); B. Corry (0-3); L. Fitzpatrick, J. Loughnane, A. Mulready (0-1 each). | Report | M. O’Loughlin (0-15, 13 frees); C. O’Connell, C. O’Meara, M. Collins, I. Galvin, A. Moriarty, M. Stritch (0-1 each). | Referee: Eoghan O'Leary |
Semi-finals
edit| 5 October 2024 Semi-Final | Cratloe | 1-15 (18) - 1-17 (20) | Feakle | Cusack Park, Ennis |
| 16:00 |
|
Report |
|
Referee: John Bugler |
| 6 October 2024 Semi-Final | Sixmilebridge | 0-28 (28) - 1-25 (28) (a.e.t.) (4-3 p) | Inagh-Kilnamona | Cusack Park, Ennis |
| 15:30 |
|
Report |
|
Referee: Aaron Hogg |
County Final
edit| 28 October 2024 Final | Feakle | 1-17 (20) - 0-13 (13) | Sixmilebridge | Cusack Park, Ennis |
| 14:30 |
|
Report |
|
Referee: Joseph Mullins |
Relegation Playoffs
edit- Played by the four bottom-placed teams from Groups 1-4
- The loser of each playoff enters the relegation final.
- The loser of the relegation final is relegated to the Intermediate Championship for the 2025 season
| 21 September 2024 Playoff 1 | Corofin | 0-14 (14) - 0-19 (19) | St Joseph's Doora-Barefield | Clarecastle GAA Grounds, Clarecastle |
| Referee: Augustine Callaghan |
| 22 September 2024 Playoff 2 | Clooney-Quin | 3-18 (27) - 1-18 (21) | O'Callaghan's Mills | Páirc an Dálaigh, Tulla |
| Referee: Chris Maguire |
| 6 October 2024 Relegation Final | Corofin | 2-18 (24) - 1-18 (21) | O'Callaghan's Mills | Fr Murphy Park, Newmarket-on-Fergus |
| 16:00 | Referee: Fergal O'Brien |
Championship statistics
editMiscellaneous
editReferences
edit- ^ "Wolfe Tones triumph over Tubber to seal senior return". Clare Echo. 19 October 2024.
- ^ "2024 Club Championship Draws". Clare GAA. 23 May 2024.
- ^ "Fixtures & Results". Clare GAA.
- ^ "Quarter-final draws pave the way for knockout action in Clare senior & intermediate hurling championships". Clare Echo. 9 September 2024.
- ^ "Details Announced For TUS Clare Senior Hurling Semi Finals". Clare FM. 24 September 2024.
- ^ "Shanahan the penalty hero as Sixmilebridge back in the final". Irish Examiner.
- ^ "McGrath masterclass earns Feakle a first Clare final in 36 years". Irish Examiner.
- ^ "Clare SHC final refixed for Bank Holiday Monday". Clare Echo. 21 October 2024.
- ^ "Feakle win first Clare SHC title since 1988". GAA. 28 October 2024.