2009 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
Introduction The '''2009 Cork Senior Hurling Championship''' was the 121st staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887.The draw for the 2009 opening round fixtures took place at the County Convention in December 2008.The championship began on 2 May 2009 and ended on 11 October 2009.Sarsfields were the defending champions.On 4 September 2009, Castlelyons were relegated from the championship following a 3–9 to 3–12 defeat by Carrigtwohill.On 11 October 2009, Newtownshandrum won the championship following a 3–22 to 1–12 defeat of Sarsfields. This was their fourth championship title overall and their first in four championship seasons.Carrigtwohill's Niall McCarthy was the championship's top scorer with 4-27.
Results ===Round 1======Round 2======Round 3======Relegation play-offs======Quarter-finals======Semi-finals======Final===
Championship statistics
Top scorers  Rank Player County Tally Total1Niall McCarthyCarrigtwohill4-27392Adrian MannixCIT1-3538Ben O'ConnorNewtownshandrum3-29384Pat RyanSarsfield's1-31345Eoghan MurphyErin's Own1-26296Declan O'SullivanBallinhassig0-28287Patrick HorganGlen Rovers0-25258Colin MurphyBlarney1-20239Diarmuid O'SullivanCloyne3-1322Michael CussenSarsfield's2-1622===Miscellaneous===* Sarsfield's qualify for back to back finals for the first time. * Blarney return to the senior championship for the first time since 1939
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