Draws made for 2020 Laois hurling championships

Defending Laois SHC champions Rathdowney-Errill have been drawn with neighbours Clough-Ballacolla, Abbeyleix and Castletown in the 2020 Laois SHC.

The draws were made tonight in Laois Shopping Centre – who sponsor the Laois GAA championships.

The other group will see last year’s beaten finalists Borris-Kilcotton in a group alongside 2017 and 2018 champions Camross as well as senior newcomers Rosenallis and Ballinakill

The draw was seeded again so that last year’s finalists Borris-Kilcotton and Rathdowney-Errill were kept apart while the semi-finalists Camross and Clough-Ballacolla were seeded also.

The championship will follow the same format as 2019 with the top team in each group straight through to the semi-finals and second and third into the quarter-finals.

The bottom team in each group will meet in the relegation final.

The same format will apply to the newly named Premier Intermediate championship where relegated Portlaoise have been grouped with Ballyfin, Slieve Bloom and Laois’s newest club Colt-Shanahoe.

The other group sees The Harps, beaten finalists in the last two seasons drawn with Clonaslee, Mountrath and Camross, the only second team in the competition.

And in a change this year, the Intermediate and Junior hurling championships will also revert to a group basis.

The only difference here is that the top two teams in each group will go into the semi finals while the bottom two will head for relegation semi finals.

 

The draws were also made for all the lower grades as well as U-20. Check them out below:

Laois Shopping Centre SHC 

Group A

• Rathdowney-Errill
• Clough-Ballacolla
• Abbeyleix
• Castletown

Group B

• Borris-Kilcotton
• Camross
• Rosenallis
• Ballinakill

Laois Shopping Centre Premier IHC

Group A

• Portlaoise
• Ballyfin
• Colt-Shanahoe
• Slieve Bloom

Group B

• The Harps
• Camross
• Clonaslee
• Mountrath

Laois Shopping Centre IHC

Group A

• Borris-Kilcotton
• Park-Ratheniska/Timahoe
• Clough-Ballacolla
• Mountmellick

Group B

• Ballypickas
• Trumera
• Rathdowney-Errill
• Clonad

Laois Shopping Centre JHC ‘A’

Group A 

• Rathdowney-Errill
• Abbeyleix
• Colt-Shanahoe
• The Harps

Group B

• Castletown
• Borris-Kilcotton
• Portlaoise
• Mountrath

Laois Shopping Centre JHC ‘B’

Group A 

• The Harps
• Park-Ratheniska/Timahoe
• Kyle
• Camross

Group B

• Portlaoise
• Mountmellick
• Ballinakill
• Rathdowney-Errill

Laois Shopping Centre JHC ‘C’

Round 1

Bye to quarter-final – 

Laois Shopping Centre U-20 HC

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

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