Tipperary Senior Football Championshipとは 意味・読み方・使い方

The Tipperary Senior Football Club Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Tipperary Clubs. The winners of the Tipperary Championship winners qualify to represent their county in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship and in turn, advance to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. Over the decades, the championship has been dominated by teams from South Tipperary, with Fethard and Clonmel Commercials leading the roll of honour, though Loughmore-Castleiney from Mid Tipperary strongly challenge in most seasons and were champions in 2004. Kilruane McDonaghs were the last North Tipperary team to be victorious in 1975, while teams from West Tipperary have also figured in the honours list, including Aherlow who won their first championship in 2006. Other teams from the West to have won the championship are Galtee Rovers, the current champions and Arravale Rovers, champions in 1985. The latter were promoted from Intermediate level for 2008, thus providing Tipperary Town with a senior team once again, a welcome development for such a town steeped in the ancient history of the game. Alas, the game's administrators are struggling in Clonmel to keep abreast of population growth where the town has about 20,000 people, yet boasts just one senior club, Commercials with Moyle Rovers located in the outer suburban fringe. However, a second team, Clonmel Og will contest the senior championships in 2009, having won the Intermediate Championship in 2008.