Tipperary GAA chair backs Congress motion that severs divisional link to county championship

There are 32 senior hurling teams in Tipperary but a motion to Congress proposes a cap of 16

The shortened time frame for club action last summer meant divisional competitions were not tied to the Tipperary SHC, won by Kiladangan, with Joe Kennedy remarking how this allowed fixture-makers “to streamline the county championship”. Photo by Ray McManus/Sportsfile

Tipperary County Board chairman Joe Kennedy is in favour of a Congress motion that will sever the link between the Tipperary SHC and the county’s four divisional championships.

Motion 13 on this weekend’s Congress clár proposes a cap of 16 teams in adult county championships. The motion, put forward by the fixture calendar review task force, applies to senior and intermediate championships only.