The Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship is an annual club competition between the top Tipperary clubs. The winners of the Tipperary Championship qualify to represent their county in the Munster Club Championship, the winners of which go on to the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship.

The Tipperary County Champions in 2006 were Toomevara who became champions with a win over Nenagh Éire Óg. The Tipperary senior hurling championship is probably the most complicated system in Ireland as it strives to accommodate 25 teams. A knockout divisional system and group backdoor system has been introduced to accommodate these teams. Before the new system, the county championship was run on a divisional basis with the teams in the divisional finals going into the county quarter-finals and proceeding from there. It may not be long before this system is re-introduced because of the complexity of the current championship.

2006 Divisional Championship

North Tipperary

The North Tipperary Championship is contested by nine teams: Borris-Ileigh, Burgess, Kildangan, Kilruane McDonaghs, Moneygall, Nenagh Éire Óg, Portroe, Roscrea, Toomevara. The championship is a knockout competition with the losers apart from the semifinal runner-up entering the County Championship. The winners of the North Championship advance to the quarter-final of the County Championship.

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Report
North Tipperary SHC
Preliminary round		 7 May Nenagh   Burgess   3-14   Kilruane McDonaghs   1-15
North Tipperary SHC
Quarter-final		 27 May Nenagh   Toomevara   2-18   Burgess   3-10
North Tipperary SHC
Quarter-final		 27 May Cloughjordan   Borris-Ileigh   0-17   Nenagh Eire Og   0-14
North Tipperary SHC
Quarter-final		 26 May Nenagh   Kildangan   2-19   Moneygall   2-12
North Tipperary SHC
Quarter-final		 20 May Toomevara   Roscrea   0-19   Portroe   1-9 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
North Tipperary SHC
Semifinal		 9 July Cloughjordan   Toomevara   1-17   Borris-Ileigh   0-14 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
North Tipperary SHC
Semifinal		 2 July Nenagh   Kildangan   2-13   Roscrea   1-7
North Tipperary SHC
Final		 30 July Nenagh   Toomevara   1-15   Kildangan   0-12

Mid Tipperary

The Mid Tipperary Championship is contested by seven teams: Boherlahan-Dualla, Drom-Inch, Holycross-Ballycahill, J.K. Bracken's, Loughmore-Castleiney, Thurles Sarsfields and Upperchurch-Drombane. The championship is a knockout competition with the losers apart from the one semifinal runner-up (Upperchurch-Drombane in 2006) entering the County Championship. The winners of the Mid Championship advance to the county quarter final. Drom-Inch receive a bye to the semifinal.

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Report
Mid Tipperary SHC
Quarter-final		 30 April The Ragg   Loughmore-Castleiney   1-18   J.K. Bracken's   0-15
Mid Tipperary SHC
Quarter-final		 13 May The Ragg   Boherlahan-Dualla   3-12   Holycross-Ballycahill   2-11
Mid Tipperary SHC
Quarter-final		 20 May Boherlahan   Thurles Sarsfields   0-15   Upperchurch-Drombane   0-17
North Tipperary SHC
Semifinal		 14 June Templemore   Drom-Inch   1-15   Loughmore-Castleiney   0-10
Mid Tipperary SHC
Semifinal		 18 June Holycross   Boherlahan-Dualla   2-15   Upperchurch-Drombane   1-14
Mid Tipperary SHC
Final		 30 July Holycross   Drom-Inch   3-13   Boherlahan-Dualla   0-16

West Tipperary

The West Tipperary Championship is contested by five teams: Cappawhite, Cashel King Cormacs, Clonoulty-Rossmore, Éire Óg Annacarty and Knockavilla-Donaskeigh Kickhams. The championship is a knockout competition with the winners advancing to the quarter-final of the County Championship. The other four contestants also play in the first phase of the County Championship (group stage).

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Report
West Tipperary SHC
Quarter-final		 30 April Cappawhite   Clonoulty-Rossmore   0-14   Cashel King Cormacs   0-7
West Tipperary SHC
Semifinal		 20 May Tipperary Town   Knockavilla-Donaskeigh Kickhams   4-10   Galtee Rovers   0-11
West Tipperary SHC
Semifinal		 27 May Dundrum   Clonoulty-Rossmore   3-12   Cappawhite   3-10
West Tipperary SHC
Final		 9 July Golden   Knockavilla-Donaskeigh Kickhams   1-14   Clonoulty-Rossmore   0-12

South Tipperary

The South Tipperary Championship is contested by four teams: Ballingarry, Carrick Swans, Killenaule and Mullinahone. The championship is a 'knockout' competition. However, the three semifinalists losers going into the County Championship. The winners of the South Championship advance directly to the quarter-final of the County championship, while the other three divisional semifinalists also play in the first phase of the County Championship (group stage).

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Report
South Tipperary SHC
Semifinal		 10 June Clonmel   Mullinahone   0-20   Ballingarry   1-10
South Tipperary SHC
Semifinal		 28 May Clonmel   Killenaule   3-13   Carrick Swans   1-8
South Tipperary SHC
Final		 30 July Clonmel   Mullinahone   2-14   Killenaule   1-16

2006 Tipperary County Championship

The 14 teams defeated in their divisional championship are divided into groups of 4 with the winner of each group going into the next round. The teams that finish bottom in these groups go through to the relegation playoffs.

Group 1

Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Report
30 June Boherlahan   Thurles Sarsfields   4-13   Cashel King Cormacs   1-14
14 July Nenagh   Thurles Sarsfields   1-18   Burgess   3-15
30 July Templemore   Burgess   5-19   Cashel King Cormacs   3-10
Team P W D L F A Pts. Score Dif.
Burgess 2 2 0 0 8-34 4-28 4 +18
Thurles Sarsfields 2 1 0 1 5-31 4-29 2 +5
Cashel King Cormacs 2 0 0 2 4-24 9-32 0 -23

Group 2

Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Report
30 June Cashel   Ballingarry   2-15   Holycross-Ballycahill   2-15
3 July The Ragg   Nenagh Eire Og   1-13   Galtee Rovers   1-7
9 July Cashel   Ballingarry   0-16   Galtee Rovers   1-10
14 July Templemore   Nenagh Eire Og   1-17   Holycross-Ballycahill   1-11
26 July Cashel   Holycross-Ballycahill   2-18   Galtee Rovers   2-13
28 July Holycross   Nenagh Eire Og   3-18   Ballingarry   4-15
Team P W D L F A Pts. Score Dif.
Nenagh Eire Og 3 2 1 0 5-48 6-33 5 +12
Ballingarry 3 1 2 0 6-46 6-43 4 +3
Holycross-Ballycahill 3 1 1 1 5-44 5-45 3 -1
Galtee Rovers 3 0 0 3 4-30 3-47 0 -14

Group 3

Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Report
2 July Dolla   Kilruane McDonaghs   1-16   Portroe   1-13 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
8 July Toomevara   Loughmore-Castleiney   1-16   Portroe   2-9
1 August Moneygall   Loughmore-Castleiney   3-16   Kilruna McDonaghs   2-10 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
Team P W D L F A Pts. Score Dif.
Loughmore-Castleiney 2 2 0 0 4-32 4-19 4 +13
Kilrune McDonaghs 2 1 0 1 3-26 4-29 2 -6
Portroe 2 0 0 2 3-22 2-32 0 -7

Group 4

Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Report
30 June Littleton   Moneygall   1-20   Carrick Swans   2-13
3 July Drombane   Cappawhite   0-10   J.K. Bracken's   1-14
8 July The Ragg   Moneygall   1-9   Cappawhite   0-8
9 July Fethard   J.K. Bracken's   2-16   Carrick Swans   2-10
29 July Clonmel   Cappawhite   0-18   Carrick Swans   1-11
2 August Roscrea   Moneygall   4-11   J.K. Bracken's   2-10
Team P W D L F A Pts. Score Dif.
Moneygall 3 3 0 0 6-40 4-31 6 +15
J.K. Bracken's 3 2 0 1 5-40 6-31 4 +6
Cappawhite 3 1 0 2 0-36 3-34 2 -7
Carrick Swans 3 0 0 3 5-34 3-54 0 -14

Relegation

The bottom teams in the groups fight out relegation playoffs with the loser going to intermediate status next year. The four teams are Portroe, Galtee Rovers, Carrick Swans and Cashel King Cormacs.

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Report
Relegation Semifinal 12 August The Ragg   Portroe   3-12   Cashel King Cormacs   0-13
Relegation Semifinal 12 August Cashel   Carrick Swans   2-8   Galtee Rovers   0-7
Relegation Final 26 August Golden   Cashel King Cormacs   1-12   Galtee Rovers   0-9

Galtee Rovers are relegated to intermediate status.

Round 2

In this round the three defeated divisional semifinalists not in the group stages namely Roscrea, Borris-Ileigh, Upperchurch-Drombane meet the group winners namely Burgess, Loughmore-Castleiney, Nenagh Éire Óg and Nenagh Éire Óg received a bye to round 3.In round 3 the winners of round 2 will meet the divisional runners-up.

Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Report
5 August Dolla   Burgess   0-16   Borris-Ileigh   2-12 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
6 August Templemore   Loughmore-Castleliney   1-10   Roscrea   0-8
12 August AET Dolla   Moneygall   2-19   Upperchurch-Drombane   2-19
20 August Templemore   Moneygall   4-10   Upperchurch-Drombane   2-8

Round 3

In this round the four defeated divisional finalists not in the group stages namely Kildangan, Boherlahan-Dualla, Clonoulty-Rossmore and Killenaule meet the winners of round 2.Nenagh Éire Óg received a bye to this round.

Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Report
26 August Nenagh   Kildangan   0-16   Moneygall   0-15
27 August The Ragg   Boherlahan-Dualla   2-8   Loughmore-Castleliney   2-18
27 August The Ragg   Clonoulty-Rossmore   1-6   Borris-Ileigh   3-17
27 August Templemore   Killenaule   2-14   Nenagh Eire Og   2-15

Quarter-finals

In this round the four divisional winners namely Toomevara, Drom-Inch, Mullinahone and Knockavilla-Donaskeigh Kickhams meet the winners of round 3.

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Report
Quarter-final 23 September Templemore   Knockavilla-Donaskeigh Kickhams   1-11   Nenagh Eire Og   1-17 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
Quarter-final 23 September Templemore   Mullinahone   1-14   Kildangan   1-12
Quarter-final 24 September Nenagh   Toomevara   2-17   Loughmore-Castleiney   2-14
Quarter-final 24 September Nenagh   Drom-Inch   2-9   Borris-Ileigh   1-11

Semifinals

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Report
Semifinal 8 October Semple Stadium   Drom-Inch   1-13   Nenagh Eire Og   2-14
Semifinal 8 October Semple Stadium   Toomevara   3-10   Mullinahone   0-18

Final

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Report Report
Final 22 October Semple Stadium Toomevara 1-21 Nenagh Eire Og 2-14
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