2006–07 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship 2006–07
Championship Details
Dates 22 October – 17 March
Teams 20
All Ireland Champions
Winners Ballyhale Shamrocks (4th win)
Captain Tom Coogan
Manager Maurice Aylward
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Loughrea
Captain Damien McClearn
Manager Pat O'Connor
Provincial Champions
Munster Toomevara
Leinster Ballyhale Shamrocks
Ulster Ruairí Óg, Cushendall
Connacht Loughrea
Championship Statistics
Matches Played 20

The 2006–07 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 37th club hurling competition since its establishment in 1970–71. The first matches of the season were played on 22 October 2006 and the championship ended on 17 March 2007. Portumna went into the 2006–07 championship as defending champions, having won their first All-Ireland title the previous year.

The championship culminated with the All-Ireland final, held at Croke Park, Dublin. The match was contested by Ballyhale Shamrocks and Loughrea. It was their first meeting in the final. Ballyhale won the game by 3–12 to 2–8. It was their fourth All-Ireland title ever.

Format

The 2006–07 club championship was played on a straight knock-out basis. Each of the twenty participating counties enter their respective club champions. The format of the competition was as follows:

20 county club champions participated in the 2008–09 championship. These counties were as follows:

Provincial Championships

The Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster championships were played as usual on a straight knock-out basis. The four respective champions from these provinces advanced directly to the All-Ireland semi-finals.

All-Ireland Series

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The Munster champions played the Leinster champions while the Connacht champions played the Ulster champions. The two winners contested the All-Ireland final.

Participating clubs

Team County Most recent success
All-Ireland Provincial County
Athleague Roscommon 2003
Ballyduff Kerry 1995
Ballyhale Shamrocks Kilkenny 1990 1989 1991
Ballyhaunis Mayo
Birr Offaly 2003 2002 2005
Bruree Limerick
Craobh Chiaráin Dublin 2003
Erin's Own Cork 1992
Kevin Lynch’s Derry 1998
Loughrea Galway 1941
Mount Leinster Rangers Carlow
Mount Sion Waterford 2003 2004
Portaferry Down 2003
Rathdowney-Errill Laois 1941
Rathnure Wexford 1998 2003
Ruairí Óg, Cushendall Antrim 2000 1999
St. Mary's Leitrim 2005
Toomevara Tipperary 2004 2004
Tubbercurry Sligo 2004
Wolfe Tones na Sionna Clare 1997 1996

Results

Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship

Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

Top scorers

Overall
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 Henry Shefflin Ballyhale Shamrocks 2-19 25 4 6.25
2 Ken Dunne Toomevara 1-19 22 4 5.50
3 Geoffrey McGonagle Kevin Lynch's 4-7 19 3 6.33
Single game
Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition
1 Geoffrey McGonagle Kevin Lynch's 2-4 10 Ruairí Óg
2 Geoffrey McGonagle Kevin Lynch's 1-6 9 Portaferry
3 T. J. Reid Ballyhale Shamrocks 2-2 8 Loughrea
Alan McCrabbe Craobh Chiaráin 1-5 8 Birr
Henry Shefflin Ballyhale Shamrocks 1-5 8 Birr
Seán Michael Murphy Mount Leinster Rangers 0-8 8 Craobh Chiaráin
Henry Shefflin Ballyhale Shamrocks 0-8 8 Toomevara
8 Seán O'Neill Rathnure 2-1 7 Rathdowney-Errill
Willie Ryan Toomevara 2-1 7 Ballyduff
Bobby O'Sullivan Ballyduff 1-4 7 Toomevara
Ken Dunne Toomevara 1-4 7 Erin's Own
Paddy O'Brien Toomevara 1-4 7 Ballyhale Shamrocks
James Fitzpatrick Ballyhale Shamrocks 1-4 7 Toomevara
Clemet Cunniffe St. Mary's 0-7 7 Tubbercurry
Ken Dunne Toomevara 0-7 7 Ballyduff
Ken McGrath Mount Sion 0-7 7 Toomevara
John Maher Loughrea 0-7 7 Ruairí Óg
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