2013 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship

The 2013 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship was the 113th staging of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment in 1887. The championship ended on 13 October 2013.

De La Salle were the defending champions, however, they were defeated at the quarter-finals stage.^[1]^[2] Passage won the title, following a 3-16 to 3-13 defeat of Ballygunner in the final.^[3]

Teams

Overview

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

An Rinn, who defeated Portlaw by 1-14 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, Ballyduff Upper defeated Dunhill by 1-20 to 0-18 in the 2012 relegation play-off, and so Dunhill were relegated to the intermediate grade for 2013.

Results

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts
1	De La Salle	5	4	0	1	10-76	5-51	40	8
2	Fourmilewater	5	4	0	1	3-73	3-63	10	8
3	Ballyduff Upper	5	2	1	2	4-71	6-81	-13	5
4	Tallow	5	2	1	2	6-59	6-72	-13	5
5	Lismore	5	2	0	3	16-79	6-74	35	4
6	An Rinn	5	0	0	5	2-62	16-79	-59	0

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts
1	Passage	5	3	1	1	10-70	8-80	6	7
2	Abbeyside	5	3	0	2	11-81	9-68	19	6
3	Ballygunner	5	3	0	2	8-79	4-74	17	6
4	Mount Sion	4	3	0	1	4-66	3-63	6	6
5	Dungarvan	5	1	1	3	7-78	5-73	11	3
6	Roanmore	4	0	0	4	4-52	15-68	-59	0

Quarter-finals

Quarter-final 14 September	Ballygunner	1-21 - 0-15 (AET)	De La Salle	Walsh Park
	Pauric Mahony 0-15 (11fs, 1 65’); B Coughlan 1-0; D O’Sullivan 0-2; JJ Hutchinson, B O’Sullivan, S O’Sullivan, S Power 0-1 each.	Report	J Dillon 0-9 (7fs); D Twomey 0-2; A Farrell, J Keane, J Mullane, K Moran 0-1 each.	Referee: T O'Sullivan

Quarter-final 14 September	Abbeyside	3-16 - 0-6	Fourmilewater	Fraher Field
	M Gorman (0-11, 6fs, 2 65), P Hurney (2-2), D Collins (1- 0, s-l) G Breen, G Hurney, M Ferncombe (0-1 each).	Report	J Barron (0-3, 3fs) Seamus Lawlor (0-2), T O’Gorman (0-1).	Referee: P Casey

Quarter-final 15 September	Passage	1-19 - 0-17	Ballyduff Upper	Fraher Field
	E Kelly 0-7 (6fs), O Connors 1-2, K Fitzgerald 0-3, C Carey, J Whitty 0-2 each, M Baldwin, S Barry, S Mason 0-1 each.	Report	Mikey Kearney 0-11 (6fs, 1 65’), J Kearney 0-2, K Casey, B Kearney, C Leamy, G Feeney 0-1 each.	Referee: M Wadding

Quarter-final 15 September	Mount Sion	2-22 - 1-7	Tallow	Fraher Field
	A Gleeson 0-9 (5fs, 1 65’) S Roche 0-8 (7fs), M ‘F’ O’Neill 1-1, S Ryan 1-0, M Gaffney, I O’Regan (f), R Roche, O Whelan 0-1 each.	Report	P Kearney 0-4 (3fs), W Henley 1-0, W Curley, P O’Brien, T Ryan 0-1 each.	Referee: T O'Sullivan

Semi-finals

Semi-final 29 September	Passage	3-15 - 2-13	Mount Sion	Walsh Park
	C Carey, S Hogan 1-1 each, O Connors 0-4 (3fs), E Kelly 0-3 (2fs, 1 65’), R Walsh 1-0 each, P Walsh, J Whitty 0-2 each, S Mason, K Fitzgerald 0-1 each.	Report	M Gaffney 1-1, A Gleeson (2fs), S Roche (2fs) 0-4 each, R Roche 1-0, R Bresnan, E McGrath, I O’Regan (f), MF O'Neill 0-1 each.	Referee: P Casey

Semi-final 29 September	Ballygunner	1-13 - 0-11	Abbeyside	Walsh Park
	P Mahony 0–8 (7Fs), JJ Hutchinson 1–0, B O'Sullivan 0–2, S O'Sullivan, S Power and H Barnes 0-1 each.	Report	M Gorman 0-4 (Fs), M Ferncombe 0–2, S O’Donovan, G Hurney, D Collins, M Fives and S Enright (pen.) 0–1 each.	Referee: M O'Brien

Final

Final 13 October	Passage	3-16 - 3-13	Ballygunner	Walsh Park
	O Connors 1-7 (0-6 fs, 0-1 65); E Kelly 0-5 (0-4 fs); C Carey, S Hogan 1-0 each; K Fitzgerald 0-2; J Whitty and J Roche 0-1 each.	Report	P Mahony 1-7 (0-5 fs, 0-1 65); S Power 1-2; JJ Hutchinson 1-0; H Barnes 0-2; D O'Sullivan, Brian O'Sullivan 0-1 each.	Referee: T O'Sullivan (Cappoquin)

External links

References

↑ Moynihan, Michael (15 October 2012). "Bigger tests loom for rampant De La Salle". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
↑ McCarthy, Tomas (16 September 2013). "Coughlan wonder goal fires Gunners". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
↑ Moynihan, Michael (14 October 2013). "Passage dream comes true". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
↑ Murphy, John (22 October 2012). "Ó Lionáin-inspired Ring back in senior grade". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 October 2013.

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