The 2008 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 120th staging of the

Cork Senior Hurling Championship The Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-Op Superstores Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Cork PSHC) is an annual club hurling competition organised by the Cork County B ...

since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the 2017 fixtures took place at the County Convention in December 2007. The championship began on 3 May 2008 and ended on 28 September 2008. Erin's Own were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by

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in the semi-final. On 16 August 2008, St. Catherine's were relegated from the championship following a 1–10 to 1–12 defeat by

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. On 28 September 2008, Sarsfields won the championship following a 2–14 to 2–13 defeat of Bride Rovers in the final. This was their third championship title overall and their first in 51 championship seasons. Glen Rovers's

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was the championship's top scorer with 1-43.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship *

From Championship

Relegated from the

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Results

Divisional/colleges section

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Relegation play-offs

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Scoring

*Widest winning margin: 19 points ** UCC 3-22 : 1-9 Carbery (Divisional draw) *Most goals in a match: 5 *Most points in a match: 44 ** UCC 2-24 : 1-20

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(Round Three replay) *Most goals by one team in a match: 4 ** Seandún 4-4 : 1-24 CIT (Divisional draw) *Most goals scored by a losing team: 4 ** Seandún 4-4 : 1-24 CIT (Divisional draw) *Most points scored by a losing team: 23 **

1-20 : 2-24 UCC (Round Three replay)

Top scorers

;Top scorers overall ;Top scorers in a single game

Miscellaneous

* Sarsfields won the championship for the first time since

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qualify for the final for the first time.

External links

2008 Cork SHC results

References

{{Cork Senior Hurling Championship

Cork Senior Hurling Championship