Ulster Schoolgirls' Senior Cup (field hockey) explained

Ulster Senior Schoolgirls' Cup
Sport:Field hockey
Founded:1907
Teams:36
Champion:The Royal School, Armagh
Most Champs:Methodist College Belfast
18 outright and 3 shared
Website:Belfast Telegraph Senior Schools Cup
Footnotes:Winners qualify for the Kate Russell All-Ireland Cup Finals

The Ulster Senior Schoolgirls' Cup is an annual competition competed for by schools affiliated to the Ulster Hockey Association, a branch of the Irish Hockey Association. The competition has been in existence since 1907 and is currently sponsored by the Belfast Telegraph.

Since 1980, the winners have qualified to represent Ulster in the Kate Russell All-Ireland Schools Hockey Cup.

The most successful school is Methodist College Belfast with 21 wins (18 outright wins and 3 shared wins). The current holder is The Royal School, Armagh.

Trophy

The trophy is a small silver cup mounted on a plinth on a wooden shield.

Format

The competition is run through an open draw format. The first round is held in November, progressing through to a showpiece final held in early March. The final attracts a crowd of roughly 1000 people, which is large for an attendance at a hockey match in Ulster.

Current season

The Royal School, Armagh, captained by Anna McKew, defeated Strathearn 2–0 in the final played at Stormont. The victory meant The Royal School completed a league and cup double.

Performance table

SchoolOutright TitlesShared TitlesRunners-UpTotal FinalsLast Title
Methodist College Belfast20312352022
Victoria College, Belfast1428241973
Belfast Royal Academy1238232020
St Dominic's High School767201981
Ballymena Academy639182001
The Royal School, Armagh70182023
Lurgan College50 7122014
Strathearn School525 12 1992
Regent House, Newtownards41271998
Friends School Lisburn316101999
Portadown College30251996
Londonderry High School20351954
Foyle and Londonderry College20242009
Princess Gardens, Finaghy20131971
Sullivan Upper School11242015
Banbridge Academy20242018-19
Dalriada School10561993
Omagh Academy10342005
Rainey Endowed School, Magherafelt10232018
Ballyclare High School10232012
Enniskillen Collegiate10121997
Larne Grammar School10012000
Royal School Dungannon10011995
Down High School10011939
Wallace High School0022NA
Glenlola Collegiate School01011980
Ashleigh House School, Belfast0011NA
Belmont Ladies' College0011NA
Bloomfield Collegiate0011NA
Coleraine High School0011NA
Knock Ladies Collegiate0011NA
Limavady Grammar School0011NA
Oriel Collegiate School, Larne0011NA

FINALS

1900s

YearWinnerRunner-upNotes
1907Victoria College, Belfast21Knock Ladies Collegiate
1908Methodist College10Belmont Ladies' College
1909Methodist College

1910s

YearWinnerRunner-upNotes
1910Victoria College, Belfast31Methodist CollegeReplay - Game 1: 0-0
1911Victoria College, Belfast30Oriel Collegiate School, Larne
1912Methodist College20Victoria College, Belfast
1913Methodist College21Victoria College, Belfast[1]
1914Methodist College20Victoria College, Belfast
1915Victoria College, Belfast20Methodist CollegeReplay[2]
1916Methodist College31Victoria College, Belfast[3]
1917Methodist College50Ashleigh House School, Belfast
1918Methodist College10Belfast Royal Academy2nd replay - Game 1: 0-0; Game 2: 1-1
1919Methodist College20Belfast Royal Academyreplay - Game 1: 0-0

1920s

YearWinnerRunner-upNotes
1920Methodist College20Belfast Royal Academy
1921Belfast Royal Academy21Methodist College[4]
1922Methodist College21Belfast Royal Academy[5]
1923Methodist College20Ballymena Academy[6]
1924Victoria College, Belfast43Methodist CollegeReplay - Game 1: 2-2[7] [8]
1925Victoria College, Belfast10Methodist College[9]
1926Victoria College, Belfast30Methodist College[10]
1927Victoria College, Belfast21St. Dominic's High SchoolAfter extra time in replay - Game 1:1-1[11] [12]
1928Victoria College, Belfast30Friends School Lisburn[13]
1929Belfast Royal Academy10St. Dominic's High School[14]

1930s

YearWinnerRunner-upNotes
1930Methodist College20St. Dominic's High School[15]
1931Methodist College31Belfast Royal Academy[16]
1932Methodist College &<Br />St. Dominic's High School00TROPHY SHARED2nd replay, Game 1: 0-0; Game 2: 1-1[17] [18] [19]
1933Methodist College30Lurgan College[20]
1934Belfast Royal Academy10Methodist College[21] [22]
1935St. Dominic's High School20Methodist College[23]
1936Methodist College40Lurgan College[24]
1937St. Dominic's High School30Methodist College[25]
1938Methodist College21Londonderry High School[26] [27]
1939Down High School10Victoria College, Belfast[28]

1940s

YearWinnerRunner-upNotes
1940
1941Belfast Royal Academy80Regent House, Newtownards
1942Victoria College, Belfast31Belfast Royal Academy
1943Belfast Royal Academy30Londonderry High School
1944Belfast Royal Academy10Lurgan College[29]
1945Belfast Royal Academy30Victoria College, Belfast
1946Victoria College, Belfast10St. Dominic's High School
1947St. Dominic's High School &<Br />Victoria College, Belfast11TROPHY SHAREDthree attempts at a replay were postponed
by bad weather
1948Victoria College, Belfast42Dalriada Schoolafter extra time
1949Methodist College &<Br />St. Dominic's High School22TROPHY SHAREDreplay - Game 1: 1-1[30]

1950s

YearWinnerRunner-upNotes
1950St. Dominic's High School30Belfast Royal Academy[31] [32]
1951Victoria College, Belfast21St. Dominic's High SchoolReplay - Game 1:[33] [34]
1952Belfast Royal Academy32Londonderry High School
1953Londonderry High School32St. Dominic's High School
1954Londonderry High School21Ballymena Academy[35]
1955Lurgan College20Ballymena Academy
1956St. Dominic's High School32Dalriada School
1957Belfast Royal Academy21Lurgan College[36]
1958Belfast Royal Academy21Friends School Lisburn[37] [38]
1959St. Dominic's High School10Friends School LisburnReplay

1960s

YearWinnerRunner-upNotes
1960St. Dominic's High School &<Br />Belfast Royal Academy00TROPHY SHARED
1961St. Dominic's High School &<Br />Belfast Royal Academy11TROPHY SHARED[39]
1962St. Dominic's High School &<Br />Strathearn School,Belfast00TROPHY SHARED[40]
1963Portadown College31Strathearn School, Belfast[41]
1964Portadown College30Friends School Lisburn[42]
1965
1966Friends School Lisburn31Methodist College[43]
1967Strathearn School, BelfastBloomfield Collegiate
1968Strathearn School, Belfast &<Br />Belfast Royal Academy00TROPHY SHARED
1969Princess Gardens, Finaghy10Belfast Royal Academy

1970s

YearWinnerRunner-upNotes
1970Strathearn School, Belfast51Portadown College
1971Princess Gardens, Finaghy30Strathearn School
1972Victoria College, Belfast32Strathearn School
1973Ballymena Academy &<Br />Victoria College, Belfast00TROPHY SHARED
1974Belfast Royal Academy10Ballymena Academy
1975St. Dominic's High School20Victoria College, Belfast[44]
1976Ballymena Academy &<Br />Methodist College00TROPHY SHARED[45]
1977Regent House, Newtownards10Rainey Endowed School
1978Ballymena Academy10Coleraine High School
1979Friends School Lisburn &<Br />Regent House, Newtownards11TROPHY SHARED

1980s

YearWinnerRunner-upNotes
1980Glenlola Collegiate, Bangor &<Br />Sullivan Upper School00TROPHY SHAREDGlenlola proceeded to the All-Ireland
competition after a playoff that was
drawn and a penalty stroke tiebreaker
that took 20 attempts each to
separate the teams.
1981St. Dominic's High School21Strathearn School, Belfast
1982Foyle & Londonderry College20St. Dominic's High School
1983Strathearn School40Limavady Grammar School
1984Strathearn School20Dalriada School
1985Regent House, Newtownards20Ballymena Academy
1986Friends School Lisburn31Ballymena Academy
1987Regent House, Newtownards20Princess Gardens, Finaghy
1988Methodist College20Friends School Lisburn
1989Ballymena Academy10Strathearn School

1990s

YearWinnerRunner-upNotes
1990Ballymena Academy30Portadown College
1991Ballymena Academy11Methodist CollegeBallymena Academy won 2–1 on pens
1992Strathearn School, Belfast10Dalriada School
1993Dalriada School00Methodist CollegeDalriada School won 4–2 on pens
1994Ballymena Academy00Regent HouseBallymena Academy won 1–0 on pens[46]
1995Royal School Dungannon00Ballymena AcademyRoyal School Dungannon won 3–1 on pens[47]
1996Portadown College10Foyle & Londonderry College[48]
1997Enniskillen Collegiate21Foyle & Londonderry College
1998Regent House, Newtownards00Enniskillen CollegiateRegent House won 3–2 on pens
1999Friends School Lisburn10Omagh Academy

2000s

YearWinnerRunner-upNotes
1999-2000Larne Grammar School21Ballymena Academy
2000-01Ballymena Academy21Dalriada School
2001-02Royal School, ArmaghLurgan College
2002-03Lurgan College94Ballymena Academy
2003-04Royal School, Armagh32Lurgan College
2004-05Omagh Academy10Royal School, Armagh
2005-06Royal School, Armagh30Omagh Academy
2006-07Royal School, Armagh10Ballyclare High School[49]
2007-08Royal School, Armagh31Sullivan Upper School[50]
2008-09Foyle and Londonderry College10Ballymena Academy[51]

2010s

YearWinnerRunner-upNotes
2009-10Royal School, Armagh20Omagh Academy[52]
2010-11Lurgan College00Wallace High SchoolLurgan College won 4–3 on penalties[53]
2011-12Ballyclare High School21Lurgan Collegegolden goal in extra time[54]
2012-13Lurgan College10Victoria College, Belfast[55]
2013-14Lurgan College10Rainey Endowed Schoolafter extra time[56]
2014-15Sullivan Upper21Banbridge Academy[57] [58]
2015-16Methodist College Belfast10Sullivan Upper[59]
2016-17Banbridge Academy40Wallace High School[60]
2017-18Rainey Endowed School11Banbridge AcademyRainey won 3–1 on penalties
2018-19Banbridge Academy21Ballyclare High School[61]

2020s

YearWinnerRunner-upNotes
2019-20Belfast Royal Academy42Friends School Lisburn[62]
2021-22Methodist College Belfast10The Royal School, Armagh[63]
2022-23The Royal School, Armagh20Strathearn School[64]

Notes and References

  1. News: Ladies' Schools Cup (Final). 3. 14 March 1913. Belfast Newsletter.
  2. News: Schools Cup Final (Ladies) Methodist College v Victoria College. 3. 25 March 1915. Belfast Newsletter.
  3. News: Schools Cup Final Methodist College v Victoria College. 3. 17 March 1916. Belfast Newsletter.
  4. News: 2. 17 March 1921. Belfast Newsletter.
  5. News: 2. 16 March 1922. Belfast Newsletter.
  6. News: 2. 15 March 1923. Belfast Newsletter.
  7. News: 11. 13 March 1924. Belfast Newsletter.
  8. News: 3. 24 March 1924. Belfast Newsletter.
  9. News: 5. 2 April 1925. Belfast Newsletter.
  10. News: 11. 11 March 1926. Belfast Newsletter.
  11. News: 2. 31 March 1927. Belfast Newsletter.
  12. News: 5. 7 April 1927. Belfast Newsletter.
  13. News: 13. 22 March 1928. Belfast Newsletter.
  14. News: 2. 21 March 1929. Belfast Newsletter.
  15. News: 2. 10 April 1930. Belfast Newsletter.
  16. News: 2. 26 March 1931. Belfast Newsletter.
  17. News: 2. 17 March 1932. Belfast Newsletter.
  18. News: 8. 22 March 1932. Belfast Newsletter.
  19. News: 3. 23 March 1932. Belfast Newsletter.
  20. News: 14. 16 March 1933. Belfast Newsletter.
  21. News: 2. 21 March 1934. Belfast Newsletter.
  22. News: 14. 21 March 1934. Northern Whig.
  23. News: 14. 21 March 1935. Belfast Newsletter.
  24. News: 2. 12 March 1936. Belfast Newsletter.
  25. News: 2. 23 March 1937. Belfast Newsletter.
  26. News: 2. 10 March 1938. Belfast Newsletter.
  27. News: 14. 10 March 1938. Northern Whig.
  28. News: 2. 16 March 1939. Belfast Newsletter.
  29. News: 4. 29 March 1944. Northern Whig.
  30. News: 3. 31 March 1949. Northern Whig.
  31. News: 7. 16 March 1950. Belfast Newsletter.
  32. News: 5. 16 March 1950. Northern Whig.
  33. News: 2. 15 March 1951. Northern Whig.
  34. News: 5. 20 March 1951. Northern Whig.
  35. News: 7. 8 April 1954. Belfast Newsletter.
  36. News: 2. 30 March 1957. Ireland's Saturday Night.
  37. News: 5. 25 March 1958. Northern Whig.
  38. News: 3. 29 March 1958. Ireland's Saturday Night.
  39. News: 9. 25 March 1961. Belfast Newsletter.
  40. News: 10. 22 March 1962. Belfast Newsletter.
  41. News: 9. 2 April 1963. Belfast Newsletter.
  42. News: 10. 24 March 1964. Belfast Newsletter.
  43. News: 11. 23 March 1966. Belfast Newsletter.
  44. News: St Dominic's lift schools cup. 16. 20 March 1975. Belfast Newsletter.
  45. News: 18. 19 March 1976. Belfast Newsletter.
  46. News: 34. 2 March 1994. Belfast Newsletter.
  47. News: 38. 9 March 1995. Belfast Newsletter.
  48. News: 34. 7 March 1996. Belfast Newsletter.
  49. Web site: Right Royal win for girls. Belfast Newsletter. 8 March 2007. 8 March 2007.
  50. Web site: Armagh retain schoolgirls title. BBC Sport. 27 February 2008. 26 February 2008.
  51. Web site: Megan has magic touch. Belfast Telegraph. 4 March 2009. 13 March 2009.
  52. Web site: Royal girls reign in Ulster again. Belfast Telegraph. 5 March 2010. 4 March 2010.
  53. Web site: Tragedy inspires Lurgan girls to cup final glory. Belfast Telegraph. 3 March 2011. 3 March 2011.
  54. Web site: Ballyclare on a high after cup success. Belfast Newsletter. 1 March 2012. 1 March 2012.
  55. Web site: Supersub Gemma seals it for Lurgan. Belfast Newsletter. 6 March 2013. 7 March 2013.
  56. Web site: Lurgan College girls are Ulster Senior Hockey champions again. Belfast News Letter. 5 March 2014. 17 March 2014.
  57. Web site: Sullivan Upper beat Banbridge Academy in schools hockey final. BBC Sport. 4 March 2015. 10 February 2016.
  58. Web site: Schools Cup Live: Sullivan Upper beat Banbridge Academy 2-1. Belfast Telegraph. 4 March 2015. 10 February 2016.
  59. Web site: Methody revel in Schools' Cup triumph after 28-year wait. 3 March 2016. Belfast Telegraph. 4 March 2016.
  60. http://www.ulsterhockey.com/Latest-News/Belfast-Telegraph-Final-Review-6562-79139.html Ulster Hockey
  61. https://ulsterhockey.com/banbridge-secure-second-schools-cup-title/ Ulster Hockey
  62. Web site: Classy BRA win first title since 1974. Belfast Telegraph. 4 March 2020. 8 March 2020.
  63. News: Schools' Cup hockey final: Amy Hunter goal gives Methody the win over Royal School Armagh as heroics 'up there' with cricket world record . Belfasttelegraph .
  64. https://ulsterhockey.com/royal-school-armagh-are-the-2023-belfast-telegraph-girls-senior-cup-champions/ Ulster Hockey

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