Draw made for Waterford Crystal Cup
20/12/2005 - 19:18:27The draw has been made for the inaugural Waterford Crystal Cup - a hurling competition involving every Munster county bar All-Ireland champions Cork.
Five colleges from Munster have also been included - the University of Limerick, UCC, Cork IT, Limerick IT and Waterford IT. The undoubted fixture of the early stages is the preliminary round meeting between the county sides of Waterford and Limerick on January 15.
Kerry's hurlers also make a welcome return to senior competition. The Cup will culminate with the final on February 5, whilst a Waterford Crystal Shield will also be played for. The Shield will be contested by the two preliminary round losers and four Quarter-final losers from the Cup.
2006 WATERFORD CRYSTAL CUP:
(All throw-ins 2.00pm, Extra-time if necessary)
Preliminary round:
Sunday, January 15: 1. Univ of Limerick v Cork IT, venue tbc; 2. Limerick v Waterford, venue tbc
Quarter-finals:
Sunday, January 22: A. 2 v Tipperary, venue tbc; B. Clare v UCC, venue tbc; C. Waterford IT v Kerry, Dungarvan; D. Limerick IT v 1. venue tbc
Semi-finals:
Sunday, January 29: A v B, venue tbc; C v D. venue tbc
Final:
Sunday, February 5: venue tbc
WATERFORD CRYSTAL SHIELD:
Quarter-finals:
Sunday, January 29: 1. Losers UL/Cork IT v Losers Waterford/Limerick, venue tbc; 2. Losers Limerick IT/UL/CIT v Losers Waterford/Limerick/Tipperary. venue tbc
Semi-finals:
Sunday, February 5: 1 v 2, venue tbc; Losers Clare/UCC v Losers Waterford IT/Kerry, venue tbc
Final:
Sunday, February 12: venue tbc
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