The 2015 Galway Senior Hurling Championship was the 118th staging of the Galway Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment in 1887. Gort were the reigning champions. Cappataggle participated in the senior championship having won the intermediate competition in 2014.
Fixtures and results
Group stage
The Group stage draw was made on 23 February 2015 in the Salthill Hotel and broadcast live on Galway Bay FM. The first round of games took place on the weekend of 25 April 2015.
Group A {| class="wikitable" !width=20| !width=150 style="text-align:left;"|Team !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=40| !width=50| !width=20| !width=20| |-style="background:#98FB98;" |1||align=left| Craughwell ||5||4||0||1||9-90||6-63||36||8 |-style="background:#98FB98;" |2||align=left| Liam Mellows ||5||3||1||1||14-80||5-70||37||7 |- |3||align=left| Castlegar ||5||3||0||2||11-71||7-71||12||6
|4||align=left| Tommy Larkin's ||5||3||0||2||8-81||9-58||20||6
|5||align=left| Kilnadeema-Leitrim ||5||1||1||3||4-69||9-79||-25||3 |- |6||align=left| Carnmore ||5||0||0||5||3-65||13-115||-80||0
Group B {| class="wikitable" !width=20| !width=150 style="text-align:left;"|Team !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=30| !width=30| !width=20| !width=20| |-style="background:#98FB98;" |1||align=left| Gort ||5||4||1||0||9-88||3-62||44||9 |-style="background:#98FB98;" |2||align=left| Pádraig Pearse's ||5||4||0||1||4-86||6-66||14||8
|3||align=left| Clarinbridge ||5||3||0||2||5-78||3-61||23||6 |- |4||align=left| Athenry ||5||2||0||3||1-68||4-79||-20||4 |- |5||align=left| Ardrahan ||5||1||1||3||4-74||8-78||-16||3
|6||align=left| Kiltormer ||5||0||0||5||7-39||6-87||-45||0
Group C {| class="wikitable" !width=20| !width=150 style="text-align:left;"|Team !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=30| !width=30| !width=20| !width=20| |-style="background:#98FB98;" |1||align=left| Portumna ||4||4||0||0||8-71||4-55||28||8 |- style="background:#98FB98;" |2||align=left| St. Thomas' ||4||2||1||1||1-71||5-51||8||5 |- |3||align=left| Turloughmore ||4||2||0||2||4-60||3-68||-5||4
|4||align=left| Killimordaly ||4||0||2||2||4-47||4-59||-12||2 |- |5||align=left| Mullagh ||4||0||1||3||4-56||2-72||-19||1
Group D {| class="wikitable" !width=20| !width=150 style="text-align:left;"|Team !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=30| !width=30| !width=20| !width=20| |- style="background:#98FB98;" |1||align=left| Loughrea ||4||3||1||0||5-62||1-57||20||7 |- style="background:#98FB98;" |2||align=left| Sarsfields ||4||3||0||1||7-55||5-56||5||6 |- |3||align=left| Beagh ||4||1||1||2||1-50||4-55||-14||3 |- |4||align=left| Tynagh-Abbey/Duniry ||4||1||1||2||4-51||6-57||-2||3
|5||align=left| Cappataggle ||4||0||1||3||2-57||2-66||-9||1
Knockout stages
Quarter-finals The top two teams from each group will contest the quarter-finals. All of the quarter-finalists will take part in the Senior A competition in 2016.
Semi-finals
Final
Sarsfields:1 Ciaran Dolan2 Cathal Murray3 Darren Skehill4 Diarmuid Murray5 Niall Quinn6 Ronan Quinn7 Eamon Cleary8 Kevin Hynes9 Ian Fox10 Niall Morrissey11 Joseph Cooney (c)12 Noel Kelly13 Ian Skehill14 Kerril Wade15 Alan WardSubstitutes Used:22 Ivan Kenny for Ian Fox (56 mins)31 Kevin Cooney for Kerril Wade (59 mins)Manager: Cathal MurrayCraughwell:1 Aidan Ryan (c)2 Shane Dolan3 Ian Daniels4 Mark Monaghan5 Mark Horan6 Adrian Cullinane7 John Ryan8 Niall Callanan9 Ger O'Halloran10 Stephen Hynes11 Niall Healy12 Jamie Ryan13 Thomas Monaghan14 Alan Callanan15 Fergal HealySubstitutes Used:20 Keelan Cullinane for Stephen Hynes (48 mins)Manager: Stephen Glennon
Final replay
Sarsfields:1 Ciaran Dolan2 Cathal Murray3 Darren Skehill4 Diarmuid Murray5 Niall Quinn6 Ronan Quinn7 Eamon Cleary8 Kevin Hynes9 Ian Fox10 Niall Morrissey11 Joseph Cooney (c)12 Noel Kelly13 Ian Skehill14 Kerril Wade15 Alan WardSubstitutes Used:21 Kevin Cooney for Diarmuid Murray (20 mins)22 Sean Kelly for Noel Kelly (35 mins)31 Ivan Kenny for Alan Ward (57 mins)Manager: Cathal MurrayCraughwell:1 Aidan Ryan (c)2 Shane Dolan3 Ian Daniels4 Mark Monaghan5 Mark Horan6 Adrian Cullinane7 John Ryan8 Niall Callanan9 Ger O'Halloran10 Fergal Healy11 Stephen Hynes12 Jamie Ryan13 Thomas Monaghan14 Alan Callanan15 Niall HealySubstitutes Used:17 Andrew Greaney for Ger O'Halloran (41 mins)20 Keelan Cullinane for Stephen Hynes (53 mins)Manager: Stephen Glennon
Senior A 2016 Qualifiers The 14 teams who have not qualified for the quarter-finals will be divided into 4 groups - two groups of four and two groups of three.
The 4 group winners will take part in the Senior A competition in 2016. The remaining 10 teams will join the Intermediate finalists in the Senior B competition in 2016.
Qualifier Group A {| class="wikitable" !width=20| !width=150 style="text-align:left;"|Team !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=30| !width=30| !width=20| !width=20| |- style="background:#98FB98;" |1||align=left| Cappataggle ||3||2||1||0||2-48||2-39||9||5
|2||align=left| Beagh ||3||2||0||1||2-46||2-46||0||4
|3||align=left| Killimordaly ||2||0||1||1||1-27||1-29||-2||1
|4||align=left| Tommy Larkin's ||2||0||0||2||1-29||1-36||-7||0
Qualifier Group B {| class="wikitable" !width=20| !width=150 style="text-align:left;"|Team !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=30| !width=30| !width=20| !width=20| |- style="background:#98FB98;" |1||align=left| Castlegar ||3||3||0||0||1-38||2-26||9||6 |- |2||align=left| Kilnadeema-Leitrim ||2||1||0||1||1-41||1-29||12||2
|3||align=left| Mullagh ||2||1||0||1||4-27||0-32||7||2
|4||align=left| Kiltormer ||3||0||0||3||0-23||3-42||-28||0
Qualifier Group C {| class="wikitable" !width=20| !width=150 style="text-align:left;"|Team !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=30| !width=30| !width=20| !width=20| |- style="background:#98FB98;" |1||align=left| Ardrahan ||2||2||0||0||5-26||1-25||13||4 |- |2||align=left| Clarinbridge ||2||1||0||1||1-24||4-25||-10||2
|3||align=left| Tynagh-Abbey/Duniry ||2||0||0||2||2-29||3-29||-3||0
Qualifier Group D {| class="wikitable" !width=20| !width=150 style="text-align:left;"|Team !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=30| !width=30| !width=20| !width=20| |- style="background:#98FB98;" |1||align=left| Turloughmore ||2||2||0||0||3-43||2-26||20||4 |- |2||align=left| Athenry ||2||1||0||1||0-35||2-30||-1||2 |- |3||align=left| Carnmore ||2||0||0||2||2-21||1-43||-19||0
Shield Competition The group winners from the Senior A Qualifiers will contest the shield semi finals.
Shield Semi-finals
Shield Final
Scoring
Top Scorers {| class="wikitable" |- !width=20| !width=150 style="text-align:left;"|Player !width=175 style="text-align:left;"|Team !width=20 style="text-align:left;"|Tally !width=20| !width=20| !width=20 style="text-align:left;"|Total |- |rowspan=1 align=center|1 |Niall Healy |Craughwell |align=center|8-75 |align=center|9 |align=center|11 |align=center|99 |- |rowspan=1 align=center|2 |Tadhg Haran |Liam Mellows |align=center|5-52 |align=center|6 |align=center|11.1 |align=center|67 |- |rowspan=1 align=center|3 |Joe Canning |Portumna |align=center|3-55 |align=center|5 |align=center|12.8 |align=center|64 |- |rowspan=1 align=center|4 |Ger Farragher |Castlegar |align=center|4-37 |align=center|5 |align=center|9.8 |align=center|49 |- |rowspan=1 align=center|5 |Jason Flynn |Tommy Larkin's |align=center|1-45 |align=center|5 |align=center|9.6 |align=center|48
Top Goal Scorers {| class="wikitable" |- !width=20| !width=150 style="text-align:left;"|Player !width=150 style="text-align:left;"|Team !width=20 style="text-align:left;"|Tally !width=20| !width=20| !width=20 style="text-align:left;"|Total |- |rowspan=1 align=center|1 |Niall Healy |Craughwell |align=center|8 |align=center|9 |align=center|0.88 |align=center|8 |- |rowspan=1 align=center|=2 |Aonghus Callanan |Liam Mellows |align=center|5 |align=center|6 |align=center|0.83 |align=center|5 |- |rowspan=1 align=center|=2 |Tadhg Haran |Liam Mellows |align=center|5 |align=center|6 |align=center|0.83 |align=center|5 |- |rowspan=1 align=center|=4 |Enda Concanon |Castlegar |align=center|4 |align=center|5 |align=center|0.8 |align=center|4 |- |rowspan=1 align=center|=4 |Ger Farragher |Castlegar |align=center|4 |align=center|5 |align=center|0.8 |align=center|4
References
External links 2015 Galway Hurling Championship regulations