Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
Team Location Colours
Ballyhale Shamrocks Ballyhale White and green
Bennettsbridge Bennettsbridge Green and yellow
Clara Clara Maroon and white
Danesfort Danesfort Black and amber
Dicksboro Palmerstown Maroon and white
Erin 's Own Castlecomer Blue and white
James Stephens Larchfield Green and red
Mullinavat Mullinavat Black and white
O'Loughlin Gaels St. John 's Parish Green and white
Rower-Inistioge Inistioge Green and red
Graigue-Ballycallan Kilmanagh Blue and white
Tullaroan Tullaroan Green and White
The championship -- Participating teams
The following 12 teams will be participating in the 2020 championship :
The Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the St. Canice's Credit Union Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kilkenny SHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the top-ranking senior clubs in the county of Kilkenny in Ireland. It is the most prestigious competition in Kilkenny hurling. Introduced in 1887 as the Kilkenny Hurling Championship, it was initially a straight knockout tournament open only to senior-ranking club teams. The championship has gone through a number of changes throughout the years, including the use of a round robin, before reverting to a straight knockout format. In its current format, the Kilkenny Senior Championship begins in September with a first round series of games comprising eight teams, while the four remaining teams receive byes to the quarter-final stage. A team's finishing position in the Kilkenny Senior Hurling League determines at what stage they enter the championship. Four rounds of games are played, culminating with the final match at Nowlan Park in October. The winner of the Kilkenny Senior Championship, as well as being presented with the Tom Walsh Cup, qualifies for the subsequent Leinster Club Championship. The competition has been won by 26 teams, 18 of which have won it more than once. Tullaroan is the most successful team in the tournament's history, having won it 20 times. Ballyhale Shamrocks are the reigning champions, having beaten James Stephens by 2-21 to 1-15 in the 2019 final.