Ballyduff Upper GAA Club is a GAA club based in the west

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of Ballyduff, Republic of Ireland. The club has won the

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three times, in 1982, 1987 and most recently in 2007. While mainly a

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club, the club has had some success in

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, winning the

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in 1924. Ballyduff won the 2007 Waterford Senior Championship after beating

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on a scoreline of 1–18 to 1–14. Ballyduff are the first West Waterford side to win the county championship since 1993. The title is seen as a great achievement considering Ballyduff only won the Waterford Intermediate Championship in 2005.Ballyduff Upper Club was awarded the 'Club of the Year award' in 2005.

Honours

In addition to being named 'Club of the Year' in 2005, achievements by Ballyduff Upper have included: *

s (3): 1982, 1987, 2007 *

Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship The Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the JJ Kavanagh & Sons Intermediate Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Waterford IHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Waterford County ...

s (4): 1964, 1975, 2005, 2020 *

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s (2): 1953, 1971 *

s (1): 1924 *

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s (2): 1973, 1981, 2013 *

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, inter-county hurler and 1980 All-Star *

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, 2010

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winning captain. 2007 All-Star *

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, inter-county hurler *

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, inter-county hurler * Adrian Power, football and inter-county hurler *

Paudie Prendergast Paudie Prendergast (born 26 September 1960 in Lismore, County Waterford) is an Irish former hurler who played for the Ballyduff Upper club and at senior level for the Waterford county team. Prendergast played at midfield. The closest he c ...

, inter-county hurler * Johnny Quirke, inter-county hurler

References

External links

Official website
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