2018 Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship
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| Dates | 1 April - 6 October 2018 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 8 | ||
| Sponsor | Molloy Environmental | ||
| Champions | Border Ballinamere (1st title) Ken Molloy (captain) Shane Hand (manager) | ||
| Runners-up | Border Shamrocks Dan Heffernan (captain) | ||
| Relegated | Border Brosna Gaels | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 34 | ||
| Goals scored | 89 (2.62 per match) | ||
| Points scored | 1044 (30.71 per match) | ||
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The 2018 Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship was the first staging of the Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Offaly County Board. The championship ran from 1 April to 6 October 2018.
The final was played on 6 October 2018 at Bord na Móna O'Connor Park in Tullamore, between Ballinamere and Shamrocks, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Ballinamere won the match by 2–16 to 3–10 to claim their first ever championship title.[1][2]
Team changes
[edit | edit source]Relegated from the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship
Promoted from the Offaly Intermediate Hurling Championship
Group stage
[edit | edit source]Group stage table
[edit | edit source]Semi-finalists Quarter-finalists Relegation playoff
| Team | Matches | Score | Pts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | ||
| Tullamore | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 154 | 126 | 28 | 10 |
| Ballinamere | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 157 | 118 | 39 | 9 |
| Lusmagh | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 142 | 127 | 15 | 8 |
| Shamrocks | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 137 | 135 | 2 | 8 |
| Drumcullen | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 117 | 125 | -8 | 8 |
| Clodiagh Gaels | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 150 | 153 | -3 | 7 |
| Carrig-Riverstown | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 123 | 146 | -23 | 4 |
| Brosna Gaels | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 104 | 154 | -50 | 2 |
Knockout stage
[edit | edit source]Relegation playoff
[edit | edit source]| 9 September 2018 Playoff | Brosna Gaels | 0-15 - 1-18 | Carrig-Riverstown | Drumcullen Grounds |
Quarter-finals
[edit | edit source]| 8 September 2018 Quarter-final | Shamrocks | 0-25 - 1-21 | Drumcullen | St Brendan's Park |
| 9 September 2018 Quarter-final | Lusmagh | 1-13 - 0-20 | Clodiagh Gaels | Bord na Móna O'Connor Park |
Semi-finals
[edit | edit source]| 23 September 2018 Semi-final | Tullamore | 0-12 - 2-11 | Shamrocks | Bord na Móna O'Connor Park |
| 23 September 2018 Semi-final | Ballinamere | 0-19 - 2-11 | Clodiagh Gaels | Bord na Móna O'Connor Park |
Final
[edit | edit source]| 6 October 2018 Final | Ballinamere | 2-16 - 3-10 | Shamrocks | Bord na Móna O'Connor Park |
| B Duignan 0-8, J Murphy 1-2, A Maher 1-1, P Murphy 0-2, D Magner 0-1, A Spollen 0-1, D Wyer 0-1. | N Dunne 1-1, J O'Toole-Greene 0-4, B Tyrrell 1-1, B Kearney 1-0, G Mooney 0-2, C O'Brien 0-1, W Mooney 0-1. |