Waterford Senior Hurling Championship 2008
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| Winners | De La Salle De La Salle GAA De La Salle Gaelic football and hurling club is based in the western outskirts of Waterford City, Ireland. The club competes in Gaelic games competitions organised by Waterford GAA board. The club has won the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship twice and the Waterford Senior Football... |
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| Captain | Phillip Tortoise | |
| Manager | Eoin Dunphy Eoin Dunphy Eoin Dunphy is an Irish hurler who formerly played with De La Salle GAA at club level and with Waterford GAA at inter-county level. Dunphy won the All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling Championship with Waterford in 1992.-Honours:... |
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| Player of the year | John Mullane John Mullane John Mullane is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club De La Salle and has been a member of the Waterford senior inter-county team since 2001.-Club:... |
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| Relegated | Ardmore Ardmore GAA Ardmore GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the West Waterford town of Ardmore, Ireland. The club plays both hurling and gaelic football, although it is generally thought to focus more, on gaelic football, having won 2 Senior Football Championships in 1965 and 1977... |
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The 2008 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship is the current championship of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship having commenced on 27 April 2008. There are 12 teams in the championship, structured into 3 groups of four teams. From these groups, quarter finals, and semi-finals will be played with a county final being played in either Walsh Park
Walsh Park
Walsh Park is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Waterford, Ireland named after Willie Walsh, a well-known referee and long time campaigner for Gaelic games in Waterford It is the home of the Waterford Gaelic football and hurling teams. The ground currently has a capacity of 17,000...
or Fraher Field
Fraher Field
Fraher Field is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium, located in Dungarvan, County Waterford, owned by the Waterford GAA County Board. It has a total capacity of around 15,000....
. Ballyduff Upper
Ballyduff Upper GAA
Ballyduff Upper GAA Club is a GAA club based in the west County Waterford village of Ballyduff, Republic of Ireland. The club has won the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship three times, in 1982, 1987 and most recently in 2007...
are the defending champions having beaten Ballygunner
Ballygunner GAA
Ballygunner GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the parish of Ballygunner in County Waterford, Ireland. The club is exclusively concerned with hurling.- History :...
in 2007.
De La Salle
De La Salle
De La Salle is the name of several educational institutions affiliated with the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, also known as the Lasallian Brothers, a Roman Catholic religious teaching order founded by French priest Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle:* Lasallian educational...
won their first Waterford Senior Hurling Championship after an 11 points to 8 points win against Abbeyside
Abbeyside/Ballinacourty GAA
Abbeyside/Ballincourty GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Abbeyside, County Waterford, Ireland. The club plays both hurling and gaelic football and competes in both senior codes in County Waterford....
played in very bad condition at Fraher Field
Fraher Field
Fraher Field is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium, located in Dungarvan, County Waterford, owned by the Waterford GAA County Board. It has a total capacity of around 15,000....
, Dungarvan
Dungarvan
Dungarvan is a town and harbour on the south coast of Ireland in the province of Munster. Dungarvan is the county town and administrative centre of County Waterford. The town's Irish name means "Garbhan's fort", referring to Saint Garbhan who founded a church there in the seventh century...
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Final
| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> | ABBEYSIDE GAA: | ||
| 1 | Daryl Ryan | ||
| 2 | Tiernan Murray | ||
| 3 | Patrick Lynch | ||
| 4 | Gavin Breen | ||
| 5 | John Hurney | ||
| 6 | Richie Foley Richie Foley Richard 'Richie' Foley is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Abbeyside, at collegic level with University College Cork and with the Waterford senior inter-county team... |
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| 7 | Eoin Enright | ||
| 8 | John Foley | ||
| 9 | Sean O'Hare | ||
| 10 | Mark Fives | ||
| 11 | John Gorman | ||
| 12 | Patrick Hurney | ||
| 13 | Mark Gorman | ||
| 14 | Gary Hurney Gary Hurney Gary Hurney is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling and gaelic football with his local club Abbeyside/Ballinacourty GAA and with both Waterford senior inter-county teams... |
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| 15 | Declan Fives | ||
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Kevin Moran (hurler)
Kevin Moran is a young Irish hurler who plays for both the Waterford Inter-county hurling team and the De La Salle GAA club.-Club:Kevin has played with his local club, De La Salle from underage upwards...
Brian Phelan
Bryan Phelan is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club De La Salle and with the Waterford senior inter-county team.-Club:...
John Mullane
John Mullane is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club De La Salle and has been a member of the Waterford senior inter-county team since 2001.-Club:...
Top Scorer (up to round 3)
| # | Name | Team | Scores | Games | Average |
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| 1 | Maurice Shanahan Maurice Shanahan Maurice Shanahan is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Lismore and with the Waterford senior inter-county team. Shanahan is the youngest brother of the 2007 Hurler of the Year, Dan Shanahan... |
Lismore Lismore GAA Lismore GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland. The club enters teams in both GAA codes each year, which includes two adult hurling teams and one adult Gaelic football team in the Waterford County Championships.... |
2-27 (33) | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | Brendan Hannon | Ballyduff Upper Ballyduff Upper GAA Ballyduff Upper GAA Club is a GAA club based in the west County Waterford village of Ballyduff, Republic of Ireland. The club has won the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship three times, in 1982, 1987 and most recently in 2007... |
0-30 (30) | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Richard Fenton | Fourmilewater | 0-25 (25) | 3 | 8.33 |
| 4 | James Quirke | De La Salle De La Salle GAA De La Salle Gaelic football and hurling club is based in the western outskirts of Waterford City, Ireland. The club competes in Gaelic games competitions organised by Waterford GAA board. The club has won the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship twice and the Waterford Senior Football... |
1-21 (24) | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Seamus Prendergast Seamus Prendergast Séamus Prendergast is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Ardmore and with the Waterford senior inter-county team. He is a brother of fellow Waterford player Declan Prendergast.-Club:... |
Ardmore Ardmore GAA Ardmore GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the West Waterford town of Ardmore, Ireland. The club plays both hurling and gaelic football, although it is generally thought to focus more, on gaelic football, having won 2 Senior Football Championships in 1965 and 1977... |
1-20 (23) | 3 | 7.67 |
| 6 | John Mullane John Mullane John Mullane is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club De La Salle and has been a member of the Waterford senior inter-county team since 2001.-Club:... |
De La Salle De La Salle GAA De La Salle Gaelic football and hurling club is based in the western outskirts of Waterford City, Ireland. The club competes in Gaelic games competitions organised by Waterford GAA board. The club has won the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship twice and the Waterford Senior Football... |
3-13 (22) | 3 | 7.33 |
| 7 | Mark Gorman | Abbeyside Abbeyside/Ballinacourty GAA Abbeyside/Ballincourty GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Abbeyside, County Waterford, Ireland. The club plays both hurling and gaelic football and competes in both senior codes in County Waterford.... |
1-16 (19) | 3 | 6.33 |
| 8 | Dave Bennett Dave Bennett David Anthony Bennett is an English former Association football player. He is most famous for playing in two FA Cup Finals; 1981 for Manchester City, when he finished on the losing side, and 1987, when he produced a Man of the Match performance as Coventry City beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-2.-Playing... |
Lismore Lismore GAA Lismore GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland. The club enters teams in both GAA codes each year, which includes two adult hurling teams and one adult Gaelic football team in the Waterford County Championships.... |
1-12 (15) | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Eoin Kelly Eoin Kelly Eoin Kelly may refer to:* Eoin Kelly , Tipperary hurler* Eoin Kelly , Waterford hurler... |
Passage Passage GAA (Waterford) Passage GAA is a GAA club based in the East Waterford town of Passage East, Republic of Ireland. While the club has never won a Senior Waterford Title in either Hurling or Football, Passage came close a number of times, losing three Waterford Senior Hurling Finals during the... |
2-8 (14) | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Paul O'Brien | Tallow Tallow GAA Tallow GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Tallow, in west County Waterford, Ireland. The club has won the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship four times, first in 1936 and more recently in 1980, 1984 and 1985... |
2-7 (13) | 3 | 4.33 |