Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship is a second-tier

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competition organised by the Waterford Board of the

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. The winning club progresses to the senior grade the following year for the

Waterford Senior Hurling Championship The Waterford Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the JJ Kavanagh & Sons Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Waterford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 18 ...

. The winning club also represents Waterford GAA in the

Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship The Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Hurling Intermediate Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association ...

. Each of the two divisions of Waterford GAA - East Division and West Division - organises its own competition, with the two winners contesting the county final.

Qualification for subsequent competitions

Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship

The Waterford IHC winners qualify for the Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship. It is the only team from County Waterford to qualify for this competition. The Waterford IHC winners enter the Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship at the __ stage. For example, 2014 winner

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won the Munster IHC, as did 2016 winner Lismore.

All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship

The Waterford IHC winners — by winning the Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship — may qualify for the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship, at which they would enter at the __ stage. For example, 2016 Waterford IHC winner Lismore contested the All-Ireland Championship and, in a game played at

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(neutral territory), were unexpectedly knocked out by eventual champions Ahascragh-Fohenagh (featuring

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and

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, who won the

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling competition i ...

with

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Roll of honour

References

External links

* http://www.waterford-news.ie/2013/10/15/prendergast-points-ardmore-back-senior-ranks/ * http://www.munster-express.ie/sports/gaa-hurling/dunhill-return-to-top-grade-by-slenderest-of-margins/ * http://www.roanmoregaaclub.com/gallery_185530.html * http://www.munster-express.ie/community-notes/dungarvan/county-intermediate-hurling-final/ * http://www.waterfordgaa.ie/gallery/6304/Co_Intermediate_Hurling_Final_Dungarvan_V_Clonea * http://www.munster-express.ie/page/5/?s=molleran * http://www.munster-express.ie/sports/gaa-hurling/passage-the-victors-in-epic-intermediate-final/ * http://archive.bebo.com/Blog.jsp?MemberId=4954983189 * http://munster.gaa.ie/2012/11/10/aib-munster-gaa-hurling-intermediate-club-championship-semi-final-ballyduff-or-lixnaw-kerry-v-winners-of-cork-v-limerick-representatives/ * http://www.munster-express.ie/sports/gaa-hurling/eastern-intermediate-hurling-championship/ * http://www.munster-express.ie/sports/gaa-hurling/abbeyside-may-be-team-to-beat/ * http://www.ardmoregaa.org/about-us/our-history/126-the-roots-of-st-declans-gaa-club-ardmore * http://www.munster-express.ie/sports/gaa-hurling/senior-hurling-championship-reconvenes/ * http://www.waterford-news.ie/2014/10/14/cappoquin-end-24-year-wait-senior-return/ {{Waterford GAA, state=expanded Intermediate hurling county championships 2