Waterford Senior Hurling Championship Explained

Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
Currentlyrunning:2024 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
Code:Hurling
Region: Waterford
Teams:12
Title Holders:Ballygunner
Currentordinal:23
Super:nd
Most Titles:Mount Sion
Mostordinal:35
Sponsors:JJ Kavanagh & Sons
Tv:TG4 (final only)
Website:http://www.waterfordgaa.ie/

The Waterford Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the JJ Kavanagh & Sons Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Waterford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1897 for the top hurling teams in the county of Waterford in Ireland.

The series of games are played during the spring, summer and autumn months with the county final currently being played at Walsh Park in October. Initially played as a knock-out competition, the championship currently features a group stage followed by a knock-out stage. The Waterford County Championship is an integral part of the wider Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship. The winners of the Waterford county final join the champions of the other hurling counties to contest the provincial championship. Twelve teams currently participate in the Waterford County Championship. The title has been won at least once by 23 different teams. The all-time record-holders are Mount Sion, who have won a total of 35 titles. Ballygunner are the title-holders after defeating Abbeyside by 2–28 to 2–10 in the 2024 championship final.[1]

Format

Current format

Group stage: The 12 teams are divided into four groups of three. Each team plays each other once. The top team in each group advance to the quarter final stage and are seeded. The second placed teams from each group are drawn against third placed teams in each group in a preliminary quarter final. The winners advance to the quarter finals whilst the losers are summoned to relegation semi-finals and finals, with one team being relegated to the premier intermediate grade.

Preliminary quarter-finals: 8 teams contest this round. The 4 winning teams advance to the Quarter-finals. The 4 losing teams advance to the relegation play-offs.

Relegation play-off: 4 teams contest this round. The losing team are relegated to the Waterford Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship.

Quarter-finals: 8 teams contest this round. The 4 winning teams advance to the Semi-finals. The 4 losing teams are eliminated from the championship.

Semi-finals: 4 teams contest this round. The 2 winning teams advance to the Semi-finals. The 2 losing teams are eliminated from the championship.

Final: The final is contested by the two semi-final winners.

Teams

2025 teams

The following 12 teams will contest the 2025 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship:

TeamLocationColoursDivisionPosition in 2024In championship sinceChampionship titlesLast championship title
AbbeysideAbbeysideBlue and orangeWestRunners-up20040—
BallygunnerBallygunnerRed and blackEastChampions?232024
Brickey RangersDungarvanAmber and blackWestWaterford PIHC winners20250—
CloneaRathgormackRed and greenEastRelegation playoff winners201951952
De La SalleWaterfordRed and whiteEastQuarter-finals?32012
DungarvanDungarvanBlue and whiteWestQuarter-finals201061941
FerrybankFerrybankGreen and whiteEastQuarter-finals202431919
FourmilewaterBallymacarbryBlue and whiteWestPreliminary quarter-finals20020—
LismoreLismoreYellow and blackWestPreliminary quarter-finals201731993
Mount SionWaterfordBlue and whiteEastSemi-finals?352006
PassagePassage EastRed and whiteEastSemi-finals?12013
RoanmoreWaterfordBlue and whiteEastQuarter-finals201121990

Qualification for subsequent competitions

The Waterford Senior Hurling Championship winners qualify for the subsequent Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship.

Managers

Managers in the Waterford Championship are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and sourcing of players. Their influence varies from club-to-club and is related to the individual club committees. The manager is assisted by a team of two or three selectors and a backroom team consisting of various coaches.

+ Winning managers (1999–present)
ManagerTeamWinsWinning years
Jim GreeneMount Sion32002, 2003, 2004
Fergal HartleyBallygunner32014, 2017, 2018
Darragh O'SullivanBallygunner32019 (j), 2020 (j), 2021
Denis WalshBallygunner22015, 2016
David FranksBallygunner22019 (j), 2020 (j)
Michael GaffneyBallygunner11999
Kevin RyanMount Sion12000
Gordon RyanBallygunner12001
John FitzpatrickBallygunner12005
Páraic FanningMount Sion12006
Morris GearyBallyduff Upper12007
Owen DunphyDe La Salle12008
Ger CunninghamBallygunner12009
Michael RyanDe La Salle12010
Niall O'DonnellBallygunner12011
Derek McGrathDe La Salle12012
Peter QueallyPassage12013

List of finals

Legend

List of Waterford SHC finals

YearWinnersRunners-up
ClubScoreClubScore
2024bgcolor=silver Ballygunner2-28Abbeyside2-10
2023bgcolor=gold Ballygunner2-26De La Salle0-21
2022bgcolor=gold Ballygunner2-11Mount Sion0-08
2021bgcolor=gold Ballygunner2-27Roanmore0-13
2020[2] Ballygunner1-23Passage0-09
2019[3] bgcolor=silver Ballygunner1-24De La Salle1-15
2018[4] bgcolor=gold Ballygunner2-19Abbeyside0-13
2017[5] bgcolor=silver Ballygunner2-18De La Salle0-16
2016[6] Ballygunner4-20Passage1-12
2015[7] bgcolor=silver Ballygunner0-16Tallow0-12
2014[8] Ballygunner2-16Mount Sion0-09
2013[9] Passage3-16Ballygunner3-13
2012[10] bgcolor=silver De La Salle1-21Dungarvan0-12
2011Ballygunner1-19Tallow0-06
2010[11] bgcolor=gold De La Salle3-13 Ballygunner1-11
2009bgcolor=silver Ballygunner(4-12) 1-17Lismore(2-18) 0-19
2008bgcolor=gold De La Salle0-11Abbeyside0-09
2007Ballyduff Upper1-18Ballygunner1-14
2006Mount Sion2-13Ballygunner0-12
2005bgcolor=silver Ballygunner2-10De La Salle1-12
2004bgcolor=silver Mount Sion4-14Ballygunner4-07
2003Mount Sion1-14Ballygunner1-10
2002bgcolor=gold Mount Sion1-19Ballygunner2-14
2001bgcolor=gold Ballygunner4-12Lismore1-16
2000bgcolor=silver Mount Sion1-20Ballygunner0-09
1999bgcolor=silver Ballygunner1-18Mount Sion2-10
1998Mount Sion3-19Ballyduff Upper0-10
1997Ballygunner2-17Passage1-14
1996bgcolor=silver Ballygunner3-13Lismore1-12
1995Ballygunner(1-08) 3-13 (R)Mount Sion(1-08) 1-17 (R)
1994Mount Sion2-13Passage1-11
1993Lismore0-08Passage0-07
1992Ballygunner1-12Mount Sion2-07
1991Lismore5-07Mount Sion1-05
1990Roanmore3-13Ballyduff Upper2-06
1989Roanmore3-08Ballyduff Upper2-07
1988bgcolor=silver Mount Sion2-15Ballygunner3-08
1987Ballyduff Upper4-07Roanmore2-11
1986Mount Sion0-16Lismore0-10
1985Tallow3-08Ballyduff Upper2-08
1984Tallow2-12Portlaw2-01
1983Mount Sion5-11Ballyduff Upper2-06
1982Ballyduff Upper0-20Dunhill1-11
1981bgcolor=gold Mount Sion4-13Dunhill1-14
1980Tallow1-07Dunhill1-06
1979bgcolor=silver Dunhill2-17Ballyduff Upper2-08
1978Dunhill2-16Mount Sion4-08
1977Portlaw4-10Ballyduff Upper2-10
1976Portlaw7-12Tallow1-05
1975bgcolor=silver Mount Sion6-04Portlaw2-07
1974Mount Sion3-08Portlaw2-10
1973Portlaw2-11Mount Sion2-07
1972Mount Sion2-10Dunhill2-08
1971Portlaw1-13St. Mollerans2-08
1970Ballyduff Lower/Portlaw (awarded title)
1969Mount Sion7-11Abbeyside2-13
1968bgcolor=silver Ballygunner2-10Mount Sion3-02
1967Ballygunner2-10Ballyduff Lower/Portlaw3-05
1966bgcolor=silver Ballygunner2-06Mount Sion2-03
1965bgcolor=silver Mount Sion3-02Ballygunner2-04
1964bgcolor=silver Mount Sion3-06Abbeyside1-06
1963Mount Sion4-06Ballygunner3-04
1962Erin's Own5-07Mount Sion1-04
1961Mount Sion2-14Erin's Own2-04
1960Mount Sion5-09Erin's Own2-05
1959Mount Sion5-05Erin's Own5-04
1958Mount Sion6-10Faughs1-08
1957Mount Sion2-10Abbeyside1-02
1956Mount Sion7-07Cappoquin2-06
1955Mount Sion2-10Abbeyside3-04
1954Mount Sion3-14Erin's Own5-02
1953Mount Sion7-11Tourin1-01
1952Clonea1-10T. F. Meaghers2-01
1951Mount Sion7-08Dungarvan0-09
1950Tourin3-07Mount Sion2-05
1949Mount Sion4-08Clonea0-06
1948Mount Sion4-08Avonmore0-08
1947Erin's Own3-04Clonea3-01
1946Erin's Own5-07Brickey Rangers2-04
1945Mount Sion3-08Dungarvan2-05
19443rd Battalion4-03Portlaw2-07
1943Mount Sion3-08Tallow1-05
1942Erin's Own2-05Lismore2-03
1941Dungarvan2-06Mount Sion1-05
1940Mount Sion6-05Dungarvan3-02
1939Mount Sion2-04Erin's Own2-02
1938Mount Sion4-03Erin's Own3-04
1937Portlaw3-01Dungarvan0-03
1936Mount Sion2-06Tallow1-05 (Tallow won on objection)
1935Erin's Own4-07Tallow2-04
1934Erin's Own6-04Tallow0-02
1933Erin's Own7-06Dunhill1-03
1932Erin's Own2-02Tallow0-02
1931Erin's Own4-07Tallow0-03
1930Erin's Own6-04Dungarvan0-01
1929Erin's Own10-04Lismore1-01
1928Erin's Own5-06Tallow2-00
1927Erin's Own8-02Dungarvan0-05
1926Dungarvan5-02Lismore2-03
1925Lismore4-02Erin's Own2-03
1924T. F. Meaghers11-05Dungarvan1-02
1923Dungarvan
1922T. F. Meaghers
1921No Championship
1920Dungarvan9-02Ferrybank1-00
1919Ferrybank
1918Clonea4-03Ferrybank2-01
1917Dungarvan
1916Young Irelands6-02Ferrybank2-00
1915
1914St Stephens De La Salle
1913St Stephens De La Salle5-04Ballyduff Upper0-02
1912T. F. Meagher's4-02Clonea1-00
1911T. F. Meaghers
1910T. F. Meaghers4-04Dungarvan1-02
1909T. F. Meaghers
1908Dungarvan14 PointsDunhill1 Goal
1907Clonea
1906De La Salle5-05Ballyduff Lower0-05
1905Clonea6-10Ballyduff Upper3-05
1904GracedieuClonea
1903CloneaDe La Salle
1902CloneaShanacool Durrow
1901
1900
1899BallydurnBlackwater Ramblers
1898
1897Ballytruckle

Roll of honour

ClubTitlesChampionships won
1Mount Sion351938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
2Ballygunner231966, 1967, 1968, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
3Erin's Own131927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1942, 1946, 1947,1962
4T.F. Meaghers61909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1922, 1924
Dungarvan61908, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1926, 1941
Portlaw51937, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977
7Clonea51902, 1903, 1905, 1907, 1952
8Tallow41936, 1980, 1984, 1985
9Ferrybank31915, 1916, 1919
Lismore31925, 1991, 1993
Ballyduff Upper31983, 1987, 2007
De La Salle32008, 2010, 2012
13St Stephens De La Salle21913, 1914
Ballyduff Lower21906, 1970 (awarded title)
Dunhill21978, 1979
Roanmore21989, 1990
17Ballytruckle11897
Ballydurn11899
Gracedieu11904
Young Irelands11918
3rd Battalion11944
Tourin11950
Passage12013

Records and statistics

Teams

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Waterford Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:

Gaps

Top five longest gaps between successive championship titles:

Top scorers

In finals

+
FinalTop scorerTeamScoreTotal
1995 1-05 8
1996 2-04 10
1997 1-08 11
1998 1-04 7
1999 1-08 11
2000 1-07 7
2001 0-10 10
2002 0-11 11
2003 0-06 6
2004 1-03 6
2005 0-09 9
2006 0-07 7
2007 1-06 9
0-09 9
2008 0-03 3
0-03 3
2009 1-09 12
2010 0-09 9
2011 0-11 11
2012 0-09 9
2013 1-07 10
1-07 10
2014 0-10 10
2015 0-10 10
2016 1-11 14
2017 0-09 9
2018 0-13 13
2019 0-12 12
2020 0-08 8

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ballygunner make it 11 on the trot with comprehensive win in Waterford final. 1 September 2024. Irish Examiner. 1 September 2024.
  2. Web site: Club GAA: Ballygunner and Mount Leinster claim county titles, Ballyboden survive scare in Dublin. 30 August 2020. RTE . 30 August 2020.
  3. Web site: Waterford SHC final: Mahony shoots Gunners to six-in-a-row. 15 October 2019 . . 13 October 2019.
  4. News: Ballygunner make it five in a row beating Abbeyside. 7 October 2018 . . 24 October 2018.
  5. Web site: Four-in-a-row for brilliant Ballygunner . 25 October 2017 . . 23 October 2017.
  6. News: Pauric Mahony’s magic drives Ballygunner as Pat Flynn is honoured . 24 October 2016 . . 24 October 2016.
  7. News: Ballygunner edge tough battle for poignant 14th title win . 19 October 2015 . . 19 October 2015.
  8. Web site: Redemption for gallant Gunners . 6 October 2014. Irish Examiner. 6 October 2014.
  9. Web site: Passage dream comes true. 14 October 2013. Irish Examiner. 14 October 2013.
  10. Web site: Bigger tests loom for rampant De La Salle. 2012-10-15. Irish Examiner. 2012-10-15.
  11. Web site: Mullane magic helps shoot down 'Gunner. 2010-10-26. Irish Independent. 2010-10-26.

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