Galway Intermediate Hurling Club Championship
The '''Galway Intermediate Hurling Championship''' is a [[hurling]] competition for [[Gaelic Athletic Association|GAA]] clubs in [[County Galway|Gawlay]] in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. This is a second tier competition with the winners and runners-up being promoted to play in the [[Galway Senior Hurling Championship]] the following year. The winners also represent [[Galway GAA|Galway]] in the [[Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship]]
== History ==
The Intermediate grade was introduced in 1949 with Kilrickle winning the first final. The competition was played for until 1953 when it was suspended. It was introduced again in 1959 and continued to be played until 1967 when it was again suspended until 1970 when it was again introduced. It has been played for each year since. The winners of the Intermediate championship are promoted to Senior but since 2003 the beaten finalists have also been promoted. The only year that this was not the case was in 1998 when Craughwell were promoted. They were the beaten finalists having lost to Athenry but because Athenry already had a senior team so they couldn't have a second one. The Galway Hurling Board decided to leave the competitions as they were but Craughwell objected. Pearses were the team to be relegated so a compromise was struck where Craughwell played Pearses in a promotion/relegation game and the winners were promoted.
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1949 Kilrickle<br />
1950 Oranmore<br />
1951 Killimordaly<br />
1952 Skehana<br />
1953 Maree<br />
1954 -<br />
1955 -<br />
1956 -<br />
1957 -<br />
1958 -<br />
1959 Eyrecourt<br />
1960 Newcastle<br />
1961 Carnmore<br />
1962 Cappataggle<br />
1963 Killimordaly<br />
1964 Moycullen<br />
1965 Ardrahan<br />
1966 Kinvara<br />
1967 -<br />
1968 -<br />
1969 -<br />
1970 Kinvara<br />
1971 Abbeyknockmoy<br />
1972 Mullagh<br />
1973 Meelick/Eyrecourt<br />
1974 Mullagh<br />
1975 Kiltormer<br />
1976 Sarsfields<br />
1977 Rahoon<br />
1978 Kilbeacanty<br />
1979 Pearses<br />
1980 Beagh<br />
1981 Loughrea<br />
1982 Mullagh<br />
1983 Clarenbridge<br />
1984 Killimor<br />
1985 Abbeyknockmoy<br />
1986 Craughwell<br />
1987 Tynagh<br />
1988 Carnmore<br />
1989 Abbey/Duniry<br />
1990 Oranmore/Maree<br />
1991 Pearses<br />
1992 Portumna<br />
1993 Kilconieron<br />
1994 Clarenbridge<br />
1995 Pearses<br />
1996 St. Thomas<br />
1997 Meelick/Eyrecourt<br />
1998 Athenry<br />
1999 Kilnadeema/Leitrim<br />
2000 Ballindereen<br />
2001 Kiltormer<br />
2002 Beagh<br />
2003 Mullagh<br />
2004 St Thomas<br />
2005 Tommy Larkins<br />
2006 Killimordaly<br />
2007 Tommie Larkins<br />
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[[Category:Hurling competitions]]
[[Category:Gaelic Athletic Association competitions]]
[[Category:Sport in County Galway]]
[[Category:GAA County Championships]]
[[Category:Galway GAA club championships]]