2022 Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship

2022 Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship
Dates	25 June - 18 September 2022
Teams	6
Sponsor	Molloy Environmental
Champions	Tullamore (1st title); Ger Crowe (captain)
Runners-up	Clara; John Ledwith (captain)
Relegated	Drumcullen
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
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The 2022 Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship was the fifth staging of the Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Offaly County Board in 2018. The group stage placings were confirmed on 25 April 2022.[1] The championship ran from 25 June to 18 September 2022.

The final was played on 18 September 2022 at Glenisk O'Connor Park in Tullamore, between Tullamore and Clara, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Tullamore won the match by 3–09 to 0–09 to claim their first ever championship title.[2][3]

Team changes

To Championship

Relegated from the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship

Drumcullen

Promoted from the Offaly Intermediate Hurling Championship

Birr

From Championship

Promoted to the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship

Clodiagh Gaels[4]

Relegated to the Offaly Intermediate Hurling Championship

Shinrone

Group stage

Group stage table

Knockout stage Relegation playoff

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Kilcormac–Killoughey	5	3	0	2	111	100	11	6
Clara	5	3	0	2	97	97	0	6
Birr	5	3	0	2	97	97	0	6
Tullamore	5	2	1	2	102	97	5	5
Drumcullen	5	2	1	2	86	83	3	5
Lusmagh	5	1	0	4	92	111	-19	2

Knockout stage

Relegation playoff

4 September 2022 Relegation playoff

Lusmagh

1-19 - 0-18

Drumcullen

St Brendan's Park

Semi-finals

3 September 2022 Semi-final	Clara	0-18 - 1-09	Birr	Glenisk O'Connor Park
	C O'Meara 0-5, J Fleming 0-5, E Cullen 0-2, C Delaney 0-2, C Doyle 0-1, A Gavin 0-1, B Buckley 0-1, L Hiney 0-1.		D Murphy 1-0, M Mulrooney 0-3, S Lonergan 0-2, C Kirwan 0-2, T Bolger 0-1, A Watkins 0-1.

3 September 2022 Semi-final	Tullamore	3-27 - 1-31 (aet)	Kilcormac-Killoughey	St Rynagh's Park
	S Dooley 1-10 (8f and a ‘65), S Kelly 1-4, M Fox 1-3, D Fox 0-3, C Martin 0-2, C Egan, G Treacy, G Mann, C Woodlock and J Houlihan 0-1 each.	Report	D Hand 1-10 (6f and a ‘65), J Gorman 0-7, S Guinan 0-3, C Lowry, D Murray, E Gleeson and S Leonard 0-2 each, C Donoghue, C Quinn, and K Leonard 0-1 each.

Final

18 September 2022 Final	Tullamore	3-09 - 0-09	Clara	Glenisk O'Connor Park
	S Dooley 1-6, S Kelly 1-0, C Egan 1-0, M Fox 0-2, G Mann 0-1.		J Fleming 0-4, L Hiney 0-1, A Gavin 0-1, C Egan 0-1, P Smith 0-1, S Weir 0-1.	Referee: D Cooke

References

"Offaly GAA championship draws made". Offaly Express. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
"Hurling Season Reaching Exciting Conclusion". Offaly GAA website. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
"Goals the difference as Tullamore overcome Clara in Senior B Hurling Final". Offaly Live. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
Corrigan, Kevin (20 November 2021). "Dramatic finish as Offaly Senior B Hurling final settled with brilliant late point". Offaly Live. Retrieved 20 September 2023.

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[1] "Offaly GAA championship draws made". Offaly Express. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.

[2] "Hurling Season Reaching Exciting Conclusion". Offaly GAA website. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2023.

[3] "Goals the difference as Tullamore overcome Clara in Senior B Hurling Final". Offaly Live. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2023.

[4] Corrigan, Kevin (20 November 2021). "Dramatic finish as Offaly Senior B Hurling final settled with brilliant late point". Offaly Live. Retrieved 20 September 2023.