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The Christy Ring Cup (often referred to as the Ring Cup) is the second-highest senior championship overall in hurling after the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. Each year, the champion team in the Christy Ring Cup is promoted to the All-Ireland Championship, and the lowest finishing team enters a play-off with possible relegation to the Nicky Rackard Cup. The Christy Ring Cup, which was introduced for the 2005 season, was the latest initiative in providing a meaningful championship for second tier teams deemed "too weak" for the provincial and All-Ireland series of games. It replaced the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship (1974-2004). The winners of the championship receive the Christy Ring Cup, named after former Cork hurler Christy Ring who many regard as the greatest hurler of all time. In the 2005 season, Kerry were the Christy Ring Cup champions, Derry were the runners up, and Mayo were relegated. ==History== :''For history before 2004, see All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship'' In 2003 the Hurling Development Committee (HDC} was charged with restructuring the entire hurling championship. The committee was composed of chairman Pat Dunny (Kildare), Liam Griffin (Wexford), P. J. O'Grady (Limerick), Ger Loughnane (Clare), Cyril Farrell (Galway), Jimmy O'Reilly (Down), Willie Ring (Cork), Pat Daly (GAA Games Development Officer) and Nicky English (Tipperary). Over the course of three months they held discussions with managers, players and officials, while also taking a submission from the Gaelic Players Association. The basic tenet of the proposals was to structure the hurling championship into three tiers in accordance with 2004 National Hurling League status. The top tier was confined to 12 teams, while the next ten teams would contest the second tier which was to be known as the Christy Ring Cup. There would also be promotion-relegation play-offs between the three championship tiers. The HDC also suggested that these games would be played as curtain raisers to All-Ireland quarter-finals and semi-finals. The proposal were accepted at the 2005 GAA Congress. The Christy Ring Cup and the Nicky Rackard Cup competitions were launched at Croke Park on 8 December 2004. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christy Ring Cup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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