Limerick Senior Hurling Championship 2007

Overview

Championship structure

The Limerick county championship does not operate on a group system; it instead uses a knock-out system with a last chance backdoor system for teams knocked out in the first and second rounds.

The 16 teams are randomly drawn into 8 first round ties. The 8 winners progress to round 2. These 8 teams are drawn in 4 games with the winners of each progressing to the quarter finals.

The 8 teams beaten in round 1 are drawn together into 4 games where the losers go into the relegation playoffs and the winners go on to be drawn against the beaten teams from round 2, the winners of which will take the 4 remaining quarter final positions.

Teams

Sixteen teams will contest the 2007 Limerick County Championship. These teams are:
*City : Claughaun, Na Piarsaigh, Patrickswell.
*East : Ahane, East Geraldines, Doon, Murroe-Boher.
*South: Bruree, Croom, Garryspillane, Kilmallock, Knockainey.
*West : Adare, Granagh-Ballingarry, Tournafulla, Killeedy,

First Round

Second Round

Winners Group

Adare 4-15, East Geraldines 1-14;

Croom 1-12, Ahane 0-14;

Granagh Ballingarry 1-11, Claughaun 0-8;

Murroe Boher 1-14, Kilmallock 0-14;

Losers Group

Patrickswell 3-15, Garryspillane 1-16;

Knockainey 1-18, Doon 1-10;

Bruree 5-11, Tournafulla 1-6;

Na Piarsaigh 2-15, Kileedy 1-10;

Relegation Playoffs

Doon 0-13, Garryspillane 0-13;

Tournafulla 1-17, Killeedy 3-9;

replayGarryspillane 2-9, Doon 1-11;

Third Round

Ahane 2-20, Knockainey 0-7;

East Geraldines 1-22, Na Piarsaigh 1-17;

Kilmallock 2-16, Patrickswell 1-11;

Claughaun 0-10, Bruree 0-8;

Relegation Final

Doon 0-17, Kileedy 1-4.

*"Kileedy relegated to intermediate hurling for 2008. Dromin-Athlacca will take their place as they won the 2007 Limerick Intermediate hurling championship."

Quarter Finals

Adare 1-16, Ahane 1-15.

Murroe-Boher 1-13, Claughaun 0-11.

Kilmallock 3-22, Granagh-Ballingarry 0-15.

Croom 0-20, East Geraldines 1-11.

Semi Finals

Adare 0-24, Murroe Boher 2-08

Croom 1-13, Kilmallock 1-08

Final

Adare 0-14, Croom 0-05

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