Clare Senior Hurling Championship

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The Clare Senior Hurling Championship (abbreviated to Clare SHC) is an annual GAA club competition organised by the Clare County Board for the top sixteen hurling clubs in County Clare, Ireland. It is the most prestigious competition in Clare hurling. The Clare SHC final is usually held in the month of October at Cusack Park in Ennis. The Clare SHC and Clare SFC begin once both the Clare hurling team and Clare football team have concluded their respective inter-county campaigns. Both championships run concurrently on opposite weekends to cater for dual clubs competing in both codes. In 2012 the Clare County Board decided that from 2014 onwards the Clare SHC would become a sixteen-team competition. This meant that five clubs would lose their senior status and be relegated down to the second-tier intermediate level. However, due to the overwhelming success of both the Clare Senior and Under-21 inter-county squads in 2013, this decision was postponed for twelve months. 2014 saw the relegation...

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