Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship Explained

Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship
Currentlyrunning:2023 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship
Irish:Craobh Sinsear Iomána na hIarmhí
Code:Hurling
Region: Westmeath
Trophy:Westmeath Examiner Cup
Teams:6
Title Holders: Raharney
Currentordinal:15
Super:th
Most Titles: Clonkill
Mostordinal:17
Sponsors:Slevin Coaches
Tv:Iarmhí TV
Website:Westmeath GAA

The Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Slevin Coaches Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Westmeath SHC) is an annual hurling competition organized by the Westmeath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the top-ranking senior clubs in the county of Westmeath in Ireland. It is the most prestigious competition in Westmeath hurling.

The competition has been won by 19 teams, 14 of which have won it more than once. Clonkill is the most successful team in the championship's history, having won it 17 times. Raharney are the reigning champions, defeating Lough Lenes Gaels by 2–19 to 2–17 in the 2023 Westmeath SHC final.

Current senior teams

The 12 clubs that will compete in Senior hurling for 2024 are:

Castlepollard, Castletown Geoghegan (x2), Clonkill, Crookedwood, Cullion, Delvin, Fr. Daltons, Lough Lene Gaels, Raharney, Ringtown, and St Oliver Plunkett's.

Senior hurling in Westmeath is divided into two separate groups: the Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship (Group A), and the Westmeath Senior B Hurling Championship (Group B).

Group A; Castlepollard, Castletown Geoghegan, Clonkill, Lough Lene Gaels, Raharney, and St Oliver Plunkett's.

Group B; Castletown Geoghegan, Crookedwood, Cullion,, Delvin, Fr. Dalton's, and Ringtown.

The team finishing lowest in Group A is relegated to Group B, the team finishing lowest in Group B is relegated to the Westmeath Intermediate Hurling Championship for the following season.

Top winners

TeamWinsYears won
1
Clonkill171929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1969, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020
2Brownstown151938, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993
Raharney151913, 1914, 1919, 1967, 1973, 1984, 1992, 1994, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2021, 2023
4Castlepollard141925, 1928, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2005
Castletown Geoghegan141923, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1964, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2004, 2013, 2017, 2022
6Ringtown91906, 1908, 1910, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1942, 1980, 1987
7Lough Lene Gaels71975, 1976, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002
8St Brigid's41968, 1970, 1971, 1972
Athlone41905, 1907, 1911, 1912
Delvin41949, 1950, 1951, 1953
Mullingar Shamrocks41903, 1904, 1935, 1944
12Rickardstown31954, 1959, 1963
13Athlone Military21926, 1927
Drumraney21918, 1921
15Riverstown11909
Mental Hospital11924
Collinstown11955
Columb Rovers11945
Pearses11962

Roll of honour

YearWinnersRunners-up
YearClubScoreClubScore
2023[1] Raharney2-19Lough Lene Gaels2-17
2022[2] Castletown Geoghegan0–22Clonkill1-14
2021Raharney0–21Castletown Geoghegan0–18
2020[3] Clonkill3–16 (AET)Castletown Geoghegan2–16
2019Clonkill2–16Castletown Geoghegan1–16
2018Clonkill1–13Raharney2-09
2017[4] Castletown Geoghegan1–18Raharney1–16
2016[5] Raharney2–18Clonkill1–13
2015[6] Clonkill1–14Raharney1–10
2014[7] Raharney2–12Castlepollard1–09
2013[8] Castletown Geoghegan1–12St Oliver Plunkett's0–11
2012[9] Clonkill2–16Raharney2–11
2011[10] Clonkill1–13Castletown Geoghegan0–14
2010[11] Raharney2–14Clonkill1–16
2009[12] Clonkill1–16Lough Lene Gaels2-09
2008[13] Raharney0–15Clonkill2-06
2007[14] Clonkill1–15Lough Lene Gaels0–05
2006[15] Raharney1–09, 4–05 (R)Castletown Geoghegan1–09, 2–05 (R)
2005[16] Castlepollard2-09Lough Lene Gaels0–04
2004[17] Castletown Geoghegan0–13Lough Lene Gaels1–09
2003[18] Castlepollard1–10Clonkill1–09
2002[19] [20] Lough Lene Gaels1–08, 4–11 (R)Castletown Geoghegan0–11, 2–12 (R)
2001[21] Clonkill2–11Cullion2–05
2000Lough Lene Gaels3-08Castlepollard0–14
1999Lough Lene Gaels1–13Castlepollard1–11
1998Lough Lene Gaels1–10Clonkill0–09
1997Castlepollard2-07, 2–11 (R)Lough Lene Gaels0–13, 2–08 (R)
1996Lough Lene Gaels2-07Castletown Geoghegan0–09
1995Castlepollard1–10Raharney2–06
1994Raharney1–14Castlepollard1–10
1993Brownstown2-06Castletown Geoghegan1–08
1992Raharney2-06Lough Lene Gaels1–06
1991Brownstown4-06Castlepollard3-03
1990Castletown Geoghegan1–08Raharney1–07
1989Brownstown2-09Castletown Geoghegan2-03
1988Brownstown1–11Raharney1–09
1987Ringtown1–10Brownstown1–09
1986Castletown Geoghegan1–13Brownstown1–08
1985Brownstown1–09Lough Lene Gaels1–06
1984Raharney2–14Castletown Geoghegan2–12
1983Brownstown2–13Castlepollard0–07
1982Castletown Geoghegan0–14Brownstown1–06
1981Brownstown1–13Raharney0–05
1980Ringtown1–10Brownstown0–09
1979Castletown Geoghegan0–13Raharney2–04
1978Brownstown2–16Castlepollard1–06
1977Brownstown1–19Castletown Geoghegan1–09
1976Lough Lene Gaels2-07Raharney3-03
1975Lough Lene Gaels2-09Raharney1–05
1974Castlepollard1–08Raharney1–04
1973Raharney2–11Castlepollard3-06
1972St Brigid's3–10Castlepollard1–08
1971St Brigid's4-07Raharney1–07
1970St Brigid's1–08Castletown Geoghegan1–07
1969Clonkill2–11Devlin1–08
1968St Brigid's3-06Castletown Geoghegan1–06
1967Raharney4–12Pearses1–08
1966Castlepollard2-07Pearses2-04
1965Castlepollard4-02Castletown Geoghegan2-06
1964Castletown Geoghegan2–13Raharney1–07
1963Rickardstown6-05Castlepollard0–09
1962Pearses2-09Raharney3-05
1961Castlepollard2-09St Patrick's1–04
1960Castletown Geoghegan2-06Castlepollard0–08
1959Rickardstown6-07Castletown Geoghegan3-03
1958Castletown Geoghegan4-04Castlepollard1–02
1957Castletown Geoghegan2–10Collinstown4-03
1956Castletown Geoghegan3-09Rickardstown2-03
1955Collinstown8-05Castletown Geoghegan4-03
1954Rickardstown1–12, 3–05 (R)Collinstown3–06, 2–07 (R)
1953Delvin4–06, 2–06 (R)Collinstown5–03, 1–08 (R)
1952Brownstown4-05Rickardstown3-07
1951Delvin4-06Collinstown2-08
1950Delvin3-03Collinstown2-03
1949DelvinRingtown
1948BrownstownCollinstown
1947BrownstownRickardstown
1946BrownstownClonkill
1945Columb RoversRingtown
1944Mullingar ShamrocksRingtown
1943BrownstownCastlepollard
1942RingtownClonkill
1941ClonkillBrownstown
1940ClonkillCastlepollard
1939ClonkillBrownstown
1938BrownstownClonkill
1937Castlepollard7-05Ardnurcher5-03
1936Castlepollard5-02Clonkill4-00
1935Mullingar Shamrocks3-03Castletown Geoghegan3-01
1934Castlepollard7-04Castletown Geoghegan1–01
1933Castlepollard4-04Clonkill0–02
1932ClonkillDelvin
1931ClonkillCastlepollard
1930ClonkillCastlepollard
1929ClonkillRingtown
1928Castlepollard(awarded)None
1927Athlone MilitaryKilladoran
1926Athlone MilitaryCollinstown
1925Castlepollard6-02Raharney2-00
1924Mental Hospital2-05Castletown Geoghegan1–04
1923Castletown Geoghegan7-00Castlepollard1-00
1922No Championship
1921Drumraney3-04Raharney2-02
1920No Championship
1919RaharneyDrumraney
1918DrumraneyRaharney
1917Ringtown4-01Drumraney3-00
1916RingtownDrumraney
1915RingtownSimonstown
1914Raharney Rovers5-01Castlepollard0–00
1913Raharney Rovers3-04Crookedwood1–00
1912AthloneRingtown
1911AthloneRingtown
1910RingtownRiverstown Emmets
1909Riverstown Emmets5-04Athlone St Ciaran's2-02
1908RingtownRiverstown Emmets
1907AthloneDrumraney
1906RingtownRaharney
1905Athlone St Ciaran'sMullingar Shamrocks
1904[22] Mullingar Shamrocks2-02Ringtown Myles O'Reillys0–04
1903Mullingar ShamrocksAthlone

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Doyle's late goal seals 15th Westmeath SHC crown for Raharney - HoganStand. hoganstand.com.
  2. Web site: Castletown-Geoghegan triumph to 14th Westmeath SHC crown . 2 October 2022 . . 2 October 2022.
  3. Web site: Westmeath SHC Final: Clonkill win three-in-a-row.
  4. News: Westmeath SHC final: Castletown Geoghegan upset the odds . 3 October 2017 . . 1 October 2017.
  5. Web site: Westmeath SHC final: Raharney's second-half comeback stuns holders . 25 October 2016 . . 23 October 2016.
  6. Web site: Price seals deal for Clonkill. 20 October 2015. Irish Independent. 19 October 2015.
  7. Web site: Favourites Raharney reclaim Westmeath hurling crown. 20 October 2014. Irish Independent. 20 October 2014.
  8. News: Clarke goal crucial for Castletown-Geoghegan . 21 October 2013 . . 21 October 2013.
  9. Web site: Westmeath SHC final: Clonkill retain crown . 16 October 2012 . . 15 October 2012.
  10. Web site: Westmeath SHC: Clonkill comeback downs Castletown . 5 September 2012 . . 16 October 2011.
  11. Web site: Westmeath SHC: Connaughton wins crown for Raharney . 5 September 2012 . . 18 October 2010.
  12. Web site: Westmeath SHC: Clonkill take title number 11 . 5 September 2012 . . 28 September 2009.
  13. Web site: Westmeath SHC final: Raharney dethrone holders . 5 September 2012 . . 6 October 2008.
  14. Web site: Clonkill ease to Westmeath SHC success . 5 September 2012 . . 15 October 2007.
  15. Web site: Raharney bridge 12 year gap . 5 September 2012 . . 28 February 2007.
  16. Web site: 'Pollard win replay in a canter . 5 September 2012 . . 3 November 2005.
  17. Web site: Castletown end long wait in Westmeath . 5 September 2012 . . 20 September 2004.
  18. Web site: McCormack the goal hero . 5 September 2012 . . 8 September 2003.
  19. Web site: Carty point denies Castlepollard . 5 September 2012 . . 17 October 2005.
  20. Web site: Gaels perform Houdini act . 5 September 2012 . . 30 May 2003.
  21. Web site: Clonkill bridge 32-year gap . 5 September 2012 . . 17 September 2001.
  22. Evening Herald 1891–current, Saturday, 13 August 1904; Page: 7

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