Pre-season hurling tournaments 2015 - Waterford Crystal Cup, Walsh & Kehoe Cup

dastardly00

Might as well open a thread on this as Tipperary kicked-off the 2015 inter-county hurling season by beating Mary I in a preliminary round Waterford Crystal Cup match last night. Seamus Callanan continued his scoring spree from last season by notching 3-7.

• Waterford Crystal Cup

Tipperary (holders), Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford, UL, LIT, UCC, Mary I and CIT

Fixtures:

Preliminary Round (A) Cork 1-18 UL 1-15 - Jan 10, CIT GAA Grounds
Preliminary Round (B) Waterford vs LIT - 2pm Jan 11, Carriganore
Preliminary Round (C) Tipperary 4-16 Mary I 1-16 - Jan 9 ,Dr Morris Park, Thurles

Quarter-Final (D) Clare vs Tipperary - Jan 18/19, Clare venue
Quarter-Final (E) Cork vs CIT - Jan 18/19, CIT GAA Grounds
Quarter-Final (F) Limerick vs Winners of B - Jan 18/19
Quarter-Final (G) Kerry vs UCC - Jan 18/19, Kerry venue

Semi-Final (H) Winner of D vs Winner of E - Jan 25/26
Semi-Final (I) Winner of F vs Winner of F - Jan 25/26
Final Winner of H vs Winner of I - Feb 1/2

• The Bord Na Mona Leinster Walsh & Kehoe Cups

Walsh Cup: Kilkenny (holders); Dublin; Wexford; Galway; Carlow; Antrim; Laois; Offaly; N.U.I. Galway; D.I.T.; U.C.D.; and Westmeath

Fixtures (Walsh Cup):

Group 1

Carlow vs N.U.I. Galway - 12.30pm Jan 11, Carlow
Kilkenny vs N.U.I. Galway - 7.30pm Jan 18, Ballyraggett
Carlow vs Kilkenny - 2pm Jan 25, Carlow

Group 2

Antrim vs D.I.T. - 2pm Jan 11, St. Pauls GAC Belfast
Dublin vs D.I.T. - 7.30pm Jan 20, Parnell Park
Dublin vs Antrim - 2pm Jan 25, Parnell Park

Group 3

Laois vs U.C.D. - 2pm Jan 11, Abbeyleix
Wexford vs U.C.D. - 2pm Jan 18, Gorey
Laois vs Wexford - 2pm Jan 25, Laois Venue

Group 4
Westmeath vs Offaly - 2pm Jan 11, Mullingar
Westmeath vs Galway - 2pm Jan 18, Mullingar
Offaly vs Galway - 2pm Jan 25, Tullamore

Semi-Finals
A Winners Group 1 vs Winners Group 4, Feb 1
B Winners Group 3 vs Winners Group 2, Feb 1

Final
Winner of A vs Winner of B, Feb 7

Kehoe Cup: Longford; Wicklow; Louth; Fingal; Meath; Kildare; St Pats/Mater Dei.; and Maynooth University

Fixtures (Kehoe Cup):

Group 1

Longford vs Louth - 2pm Jan 18, Longford
Meath vs St. Pats/Mater Dei. - 2pm Jan 18, Ashbourne
Longford vs St. Pats/Mater Dei. - 2pm Jan 25, Longford
Louth vs Meath - 2pm Jan 25, Louth Venue
Meath vs Longford - 2pm Feb 1, Trim
Louth vs St. Pats/Mater Dei. - 2pm Feb 1, Louth Venue

Group 2

Wicklow vs Fingal - 2pm Jan 18, Ballinakill Centre of Excellence
Kildare vs Maynooth - 2pm Jan 18, Newbridge
Fingal vs Maynooth - 2pm Jan 25, Dublin Venue
Kildare vs Wicklow - 2pm Jan 25, Newbridge
Wicklow vs Maynooth - 2pm Feb 1, Ballinakill Centre of Excellence
Louth vs St. Pats/Mater Dei. - 2pm Feb 1, Dublin Venue

Final
Winners of Group 1 vs Winners of Group 2 - 2pm Feb 8

CrabRevolution

There seems to be a pre-league Hurling competition running in Connacht this year too. Involves Mayo, GMIT, Sligo and Leitrim in a group of 4. Dont know if the top 2 go into the final or not.

As you would expect, Mayo have beaten Sligo and Leitrim heavily so far.

homeofhurling

wins for offaly,laois,and Carlow today kilkenny hurl carlow next Offaly and Galway

Fireball07

Well, Cork and Limerick will face each other in the Waterford Crystal Cu final. Cork had a very good win over Clare, winning by 2-21 to 0-18. Limerick bounced back from a late goal by UCC to win 0-22 to 1-17.

Fireball07

Laois beat Wexford 4-18 to 1-19 in the Walsh Cup today. Great result for Laois, wonder what the teams were like.

John Cherry

Dublin 0:28 Antrim 2:12 in the Walsh Cup at Parnell Park.

Fireball07

Any scores from the Walsh Cup games?



Limerick are the Waterford Crystal Cup champions, this year was the first year since 2006 that we had beaten intercounty opposition in the competition. We won it then, when TJ Ryan was captain... now he's the manager. Don't want to read too much into it, but it's nice to win some silverware.


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homeofhurling

Dublin hammer laois today 2-18 to 1-13 Dublin also played with 14 men for much of the second half Micheal Carton the fullback got a straight red

Fireball07

homeofhurling wrote: »

Dublin hammer laois today 2-18 to 1-13 Dublin also played with 14 men for much of the second half Micheal Carton the fullback got a straight red

Good result for Dublin, considering. Laois are a good team too, Dublin might be strong this year... just need to find another couple of forwards capable of getting regular scores from play at the highest level, I think.

Danno

I wouldn't say that Dublin hammered Laois, I was at the game. No doubt that Dublin were the better side throughout but when Dublin got reduced to 14 men Laois piled on the pressure and Dublin coughed up a penalty to allow Laois back to 4pts with a few minutes left. Laois were very unlucky twice not to have a goal after. The Laois keeper made a howler at the end to put the gloss on the Dublin scoreline gifting them their second goal. Laois wasted alot of chances today, especially from frees.