2013 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship

2013 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship

Dates	14 September 2013 – 17 October 2013
Teams	12
Sponsor	St. Canice's Credit Union
Champions	Clara (2nd title)
Runners-up	Carrickshock
Promoted	Rower-Inistioge
Relegated	Graigue-Ballycallan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
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The 2013 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship is the 119th staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment in 1887. The championship began on 14 September 2013 and is scheduled to end on 27 October 2013.

Ballyhale Shamrocks were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the semi-final stage.^[1][2] Clara won the title, following a 1-15 to 2-10 defeat of Carrickshock in the final.^[3]

Teams

Overview

All but one of the twelve teams from the 2012 championship are participating in the top tier of Kilkenny hurling in 2013.

Clara, who defeated St. Patrick's by 1-7 to 0-4 in the final of the intermediate championship in 2012, availed of their right to automatic promotion to the senior championship.^[4]

Similarly, Danesfort defeated Dunnamaggin by a single point in the 2012 relegation play-off, and so Dunnamaggin were relegated to the intermediate grade for 2013.^[5]

Summaries

Team	Colours	Manager[6]	Most recent success
			Senior	Inter.	Junior
Ballyhale Shamrocks	Green and white	Tommy Shefflin	2010	1997	1973
Carrickshock	Green and gold	Maurice Power	1951	2004	1999
Clara	Maroon and white		1986	2012	1977
Danesfort	Black and amber	Liam Dowling		2011	2006
Dicksboro	Maroon and white	Ger Henderson	1993	2010	1919
Erin's Own	Blue and white	David Buggy		2008	1958
Fenians	Blue and white		1977		1968
Graigue-Ballycallan	Light blue and white	Tommy Bawle	2000	1981	1985
James Stephens	Green and red	Mark Tyrrell	2011		2000
O'Loughlin Gaels	Green and white	Aidan Fogarty	2010	1996	1995
St. Martin's	Red and green		1984	2002
Tullaroan	Green and white	Declan Connolly	1994	1988	1983

Fixtures/results

Round one

St. Martin's v Danesfort

14 September Round one	St. Martin's	1-18 - 0-12	Danesfort	Jenkinstown
14:00				Referee: E Ryan

Tullaroan v O'Loughlin Gaels

14 September Round one	Tullaroan	0-14 - 1-11	O'Loughlin Gaels	John Locke Park
16:00				Referee: G Quilty

Erin's Own v Graigue-Ballycallan

14 September Round one	Erin's Own	0-18 - 1-10	Graigue-Ballycallan	St. John's Park
18:00				Referee: E Hayes

Fenians v Dicksboro

14 September Round one	Fenians	1-14 - 1-16	Dicksboro	Freshford
18:00				Referee: É Mansfield

Tullaroan v O'Loughlin Gaels

21 September Round one replay	Tullaroan	0-14 - 3-10	O'Loughlin Gaels	Tom Ryall Park
17:00				Referee: R Dowling

Relegation play-off

Fenians v Graigue-Ballycallan

5 October Relegation play-off	Fenians	0-18 - 1-14	Graigue-Ballycallan	Palmerstown
13:30	K Power (0-11); C Tobin (0-2); P Brennan, C Ryan, J Broderick, PJ Delaney, K Grehan (0-1 each).	Report	N Millea (1-8); E Brennan (0-2); D Walton, J Purcell, C Hoyne, V Teehan (0-1 each).	Referee: T Duggan

Quarter-finals

Clara v Erin's Own

29 September Quarter-final	Clara	0-14 - 0-11	Erin's Own	Freshford
12:30				Referee: G Quilty

James Stephens v St. Martin's

29 September Quarter-final	James Stephens	1-16 - 2-14	St. Martin's	Freshford
14:00				Referee: R Dowling

Carrickshock v Dicksboro

29 September Quarter-final	Carrickshock	0-17 - 1-8	Dicksboro	Nowlan Park
15:45				Referee: E Ryan

Ballyhale Shamrocks v O'Loughlin Gaels

29 September Quarter-final	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-21 - 1-17	O'Loughlin Gaels	Nowlan Park
17:15				Referee: É Mansfield

Semi-finals

St. Martin's v Clara

13 October Semi-final	St. Martin's	1-14 - 1-17	Clara	Nowlan Park
14:00	J Maher (0-8, 0-6 frees); J Mulhall (0-4); C Maher (1-0); R Shore, D Breen (0-1 each).	Report	K Hogan (0-7, 0-5 frees); J Nolan (1-2); L Ryan (0-3); J Langton, C Prendergast (0-2 each); N Prendergast (0-1).	Referee: G Quilty

Ballyhale Shamrocks v Carrickshock

13 October Semi-final	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2-14 - 4-14	Carrickshock	Nowlan Park
15:30	H Shefflin 0-6 (4f); C Fennelly 1-2; TJ Reid 1-2 (0-1f); M Dermody, D Hoyne, M Aylward, J ‘Cha’ Fitzpatrick 0-1 each.	Report	M Rohan 1-3; J Power 1-2; R Power 0-5 (2f), B Donovan, N Rohan 1-0 each; M Rice 0-2; J Cahill, M O’Dwyer 0-1 each.	Referee: P Neary

Final

Clara v Carrickshock

27 October Final	Clara	1-15 - 2-10	Carrickshock	Nowlan Park
15:00	K Hogan (0-10, 7 frees, 2 65s); Lester Ryan (1-1, 1-0 free); J Langton, A Murphy, Liam Ryan, C Bolger (0-1 each).	Report Report]	B Donovan (1-2); John Power (1-1); R Power (0-4, frees); M Rice (0-2); D Walsh (0-1).	Attendance: 8,648 Referee: S Cleere

External links

• 2013 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship fixtures and results

References

1. Fogarty, John (12 November 2012). "Emotional win for Ballyhale's old warriors". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
2. Breheny, Martin (14 October 2013). "Ballyhale pay no penalty for Henry misses". Irish Independent. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
3. Knox, John (28 October 2013). "Ryan the star as Clara enjoy the best of times". Kilkenny People. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
4. "Clara win intermediate title". Kilkenny GAA. November 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
5. "Danesfort: All Star for Paul and senior status retained". Kilkenny Advertiser. 4 November 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
6. Knox, John (18 January 2013). "New managers to rule". Kilkenny People. Retrieved 23 October 2013.