Tipperary board puts cap on senior clubs

TIPPERARY delegates last night voted in a new system for the 2011 county senior hurling championship — with a proposal to cap the number of competing teams at 32.

The new format, which will be reviewed in autumn 2012, was passed after a lengthy period of confusion surrounding voting procedures at the Thurles Sarsfields centre last night.

The motion eventually rubber-stamped was put forward by the county board CCC and explained by county board vice-chairman Sean Nugent, who is also CCC chairman.