Tipperary County Board reveal Club Championship plans
Following the news of progress in opening up the country from the recent Covid-19 lock down, the management committee of Tipperary County Board ratified the revised FBD Insurance County Championship dates in both hurling and football on Wednesday night.
The management committee put this plan in place to facilitate as many games as possible for the clubs. The key changes see the removal of the divisional link in senior & intermediate hurling; no quarter finals in senior and intermediate football, as well as junior 'A' hurling while junior football competitions revert to the divisions.
The action will get under way on the weekend of July 18/19 with the first round of the Senior and Intermediate Football championships.
The following weekend, July 25/26 will see the first round of the Senior, Séamus Ó Riain and Intermediate Hurling championships take place.
Round 2 of the football championships will take place on the weekend of August 1/2.
The hurling championships will then take centre stage for the following weekends, August 8/9 and 15/16 when rounds 2 and 3 will be played.
The weekend of August 22/23 will see round 3 of the football championships going ahead. This then brings to a close all senior group stages in both codes.
The Hurling Quarter-Finals as well as the relegation semi-finals will then take place on the weekend of August 29/30.
To facilitate the possibility of a dual club reaching both hurling and football semi-finals, those games, for now, are scheduled for the weekends of September 5/6 and/or September 12/13.
The Senior Hurling, Séamus Ó Riain and Senior Football Relegation finals will take place on the weekend of September 12/13.
The Senior Hurling, Séamus Ó Riain and Senior Football Finals will take place on the weekend of September 19/20.
The Intermediate Hurling and Football Finals the following weekend, September 26/27.
The Junior Hurling & Football ‘A’ & ‘B’ Championships are being organised by Divisional boards. The divisional hurling finals are fixed for October 3/4, with only winners going forward to county semi-finals, thus quarter finals are removed from Junior ‘A’ hurling.
The Junior Football ‘A’ & ‘B’ County Finals will take place on the weekend of December 5/6. The divisional winners only going forward to county semi-finals.
The U21 and Minor Football County Finals will take place on the weekend of November 21/22.
The Minor Hurling County Finals will be played on the weekend of September 5/6.
As the U21 Football Championship has already commenced, this will have to reach its conclusion before any consideration can be made in relation to the U21 Hurling Championship. With that in mind any decision made in respect to that championship will be at the discretion of County CCC.
Co. CCC will meet early next week to draw the first round pairings for the various hurling championships, however, the first round draws for the football championships already made still stand.