2016 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship

Dates

24 September 2016 - October 2016

Teams

Sponsor

St. Canice's Credit Union

Tournament statistics

Matches played

Goals scored

25 (3.13 per match)

Points scored

234 (29.25 per match)

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The 2016 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship is the 122nd staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in 1887. The championship began on 24 September 2016 and is scheduled to end in October 2016.

Clara are the defending champions.^[1]^[2]

Relegation & Promotion in 2015

Eleven of the twelve teams from the 2015 championship are participating in the top tier of Kilkenny hurling in 2016.

Bennettsbridge, who defeated St. Patrick's by 1-16 to 1-14 in a replayed final of the intermediate championship in 2015, availed of their right to automatic promotion to the senior championship.

Similarly, St. Martin's defeated Carrickshock by 2-13 to 0-13 in the 2015 senior relegation play-off, and so Carrickshock were relegated to the intermediate grade for 2016.^[3]

First round

Four of the twelve teams receive byes into the quarter finals. The remaining eight teams play in four matches with the winners progressing into the quarter finals.

24 September 2016 First round	Danesfort	0-13 - 1-10	Rower-Inistioge	Mullinavat GAA Grounds
		Report		Referee: P Burke (Emeralds)

24 September 2016 First round	Clara	1-17 - 2-9	Fenians	Páirc Lachtáin, Freshford

25 September 2016 First round	Erin's Own	1-10 - 2-17	James Stephens	Ballyraggett GAA Grounds

25 September 2016 First round	Mullinavat	3-16 - 4-13	Bennettsbridge	Grennan Pitch, Thomastown

1 October 2016 First round replay	Danesfort	2-16 - 1-21	Rower-Inistioge	Páirc na Seamróg, Ballyhale

1 October 2016 First round replay	Mullinavat	2-15 - 0-15	Bennettsbridge	Páirc na Seamróg, Ballyhale

Relegation play-off

22 October 2016 Relegation play-off	Fenians	v	Danesfort

Quarter-finals

The four teams who received byes in the first round play the four winners from the first round.

8 October 2016 Quarter-final	Ballyhale Shamrocks	3-20 - 1-11	Mullinavat	Grennan Pitch, Thomastown

8 October 2016 Quarter-final	St. Martin's	0-12 - 2-19	Rower-Inistioge	Bennettsbridge Sportsfield

9 October 2016 Quarter-final	O'Loughlin Gaels	v	James Stephens	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny

9 October 2016 Quarter-final	Dicksboro	v	Clara	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny

Semi-finals

Semi-final	Ballyhale Shamrocks	v	Clara

Semi-final	Rower-Inistioge	v	O'Loughlin Gaels

Final

Final		v

References

↑ Breheny, Martin (26 October 2015). "Gaels are outgunned by Clara's power play". Irish Independent. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
↑ McEvoy, Enda (26 October 2015). "Clara's fitting celebration of Johnny Ryan". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
↑ "One of Kilkenny's most successful clubs will be playing intermediate hurling next year". The 42. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championships

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