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Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship

The Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Ulster GAA Hurling Senior Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the champion hurling teams in the province of Ulster in Ireland. It is the most prestigious club competition in Ulster hurling.

Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship
Current season or competition:
2023 Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship
IrishCraobh Iomána Uladh
CodeHurling
Founded1970; 54 years ago (1970)
RegionUlster (GAA)
TrophyFour Seasons Cup
No. of teams3
Title holders Ruairí Óg Cushendall (12th title)
Most titles Ruairí Óg Cushendall (12 titles)
SponsorsAllied Irish Banks
TV partner(s)TG4
MottoThe toughest of them all
Official websiteUlster GAA

Introduced in 1970, it was initially a straight knockout tournament open to the nine county club champion teams in Ulster. The competition currently retains the knockout format but features just four teams who represent the strongest hurling counties in Ulster.

In its current format, the Ulster Club Championship begins in October with the semi-finals. Entrants are not seeded. The two semi-final winners proceed to the final which is currently played in late October or early November. The winner of the Ulster Club Championship, as well as being presented with the Four Seasons Cup, qualifies for the subsequent All-Ireland Club Championship.

The competition has been won by 10 teams, 8 of which have won it more than once. Ruairí Óg, Cushendall is the most successful team in the tournament's history, having won it 11 times. Dunloy are the reigning champions, having beaten Slaughtneil by 2-12 to 0-16 in the final.[1]

Teams edit

Qualification edit

County Championship Qualifying team
  Antrim Antrim Senior Hurling Championship Champions
  Derry Derry Senior Hurling Championship Champions
  Down Down Senior Hurling Championship Champions

List of finals edit

Year Winners Runners-up
County Club Score County Club Score
2023   ANT   Cushendall 0-20   DER   Slaughtneil 2-10
2022[2]   ANT   Dunloy 2-12   DER   Slaughtneil 0-16
2021   DER   Slaughtneil 1-14   DOW   Ballycran 0-10
2020 Cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games
2019   DER   Slaughtneil 1-15   ANT   Dunloy 0-10
2018   ANT   Cushendall 1-15   DOW   Ballycran 0-10
2017[3]   DER   Slaughtneil 2-21   DOW   Ballygalget 1-12
2016[4]   DER   Slaughtneil 2-14   ANT   Loughgiel Shamrocks 1-13
2015   ANT   Cushendall 1-24 (aet)   DER   Slaughtneil 3-17 (aet)
2014[5][6]   DOW   Portaferry 1-16   ANT   Cushendall 0-10
2013/14[7]   ANT   Loughgiel Shamrocks 3-14   DER   Slaughtneil 1-15
2012/13[8]   ANT   Loughgiel Shamrocks 2-25   DOW   Portaferry 0-12
2011/12   ANT   Loughgiel Shamrocks 2-18   DOW   Ballycran 0-08
2010/11   ANT   Loughgiel Shamrocks 2-24   ARM   Keady Lamh Dhearg 0-06
2009/10   ANT   Dunloy 2-16   DOW   Ballycran 2-11
2008/09   ANT   Cushendall 1-14   DOW   Ballygalget 1-13
2007/08   ANT   Dunloy 2-14   DER   Kevin Lynch's 2-08
2006/07   ANT   Cushendall 1-13; 1-15 (R)   DER   Kevin Lynch's 2-10; 1-07 (R)
2005/06   DOW   Ballygalget 1-18   ANT   Cushendall 3-08
2004/05   ANT   O'Donovan Rossa 0-16   DOW   Ballygalget 0-14
2003/04   ANT   Dunloy 3-19   DER   Kevin Lynch's 0-09
2002/03   ANT   Dunloy 0-12   DOW   Portaferry 1-06
2001/02   ANT   Dunloy 3-11   DER   Lavey 1-07
2000/01   ANT   Dunloy 4-11   DER   Slaughtneil 0-09
1999/00   ANT   Cushendall 1-12   DOW   Ballygalget 1-8
1998/99   DOW   Ballygalget 1-13; 1-14 (R)   Antrim   McQuillan Ballycastle 3-07; 1-12 (R)
1997/98   Antrim   Dunloy 3-16   DER   Lavey 4-10
1996/97   Antrim   Cushendall   DOW   Portaferry
1995/96   Antrim   Dunloy 2-18   DOW   Ballycran 0-09
1994/95   Antrim   Dunloy 3-09   DER   Lavey 1-12
1993/94   Down   Ballycran 2-10   Antrim   Cushendall 0-12
1992/93   Antrim   Cushendall 2-12   Down   Ballygalget 1-10
1991/92   Antrim   Cushendall 1-16   Down   Portaferry 0-05
1990/91   Antrim   Dunloy 0-17   Down   Ballygalget 2-04
1989/90   Antrim   Loughgiel Shamrocks 1-14   Down   Portaferry 2-09
1988/89   Antrim   O'Donovan Rossa 0-13   Derry   Lavey 0-11
1987/88   Antrim   Cushendall 3-10   Down   Ballycran 1-06
1986/87   Antrim   McQuillan Ballycastle 1-13   Derry   Lavey 1-08
1985/86   Antrim   Cushendall 0-19   Down   Ballycran 0-10
1984/85   Antrim   McQuillan Ballycastle 1-14   Down   Ballycran 1-03
1983/84   Antrim   McQuillan Ballycastle 4-12   Down   Ballygalget 2-03
1982/83   Antrim   Loughgiel Shamrocks 1-09   Down   Ballygalget 0-09
1981/82   Antrim   Cushendall 4-17   Down   Portaferry 0-09
1980/81   Antrim   McQuillan Ballycastle 1-20   Down   Ballycran 0-13
1979/80   Antrim   McQuillan Ballycastle 0-11   Down   Ballycran 0-08
1978/79   Antrim   McQuillan Ballycastle 2-14   Down   Portaferry 2-07
1977/78   Antrim   O'Donovan Rossa 1-13   Down   Ballycran 2-06
1976/77   Down   Ballycran 0-08   Antrim   O'Donovan Rossa 0-07
1975/76   Down   Ballygalget 4-06   Antrim   McQuillan Ballycastle 1-09
1974/75   Down   Ballycran 3-05   Antrim   Patrick Sarsfields 3-02
1973/74   Antrim   St. John's w/o   Derry   Kevin Lynch's scr.
1972/73   Antrim   O'Donovan Rossa 2-08   Down   Ballycran 3-02
1971/72   Antrim   Loughgiel Shamrocks 3-08   Down   Portaferry 1-12
1970/71   Antrim   Loughgiel Shamrocks 6-14   Down   Ballygalget 2-05

Roll of honour edit

By county edit

County Titles Runners-up Total
  Antrim 42 9 51
  Down 7 29 38
  Derry 4 14 18
  Armagh 0 1 1

By club edit

Club Titles Years won
  Ruairí Óg Cushendall 12 1981, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2018, 2023
  Cuchullians Dunloy 11 1990, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2022
  Loughgiel Shamrocks 8 1970, 1971, 1982, 1989, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
  McQuillan GAC Ballycastle 6 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986
  O'Donovan Rossa 4 1972, 1977, 1988, 2004
  Slaughtneil 4 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021
  Ballycran 3 1974, 1976, 1993
  Ballygalget 3 1975, 1998, 2005
  St John's 1 1973
  Portaferry 1 2014

Records and statistics edit

Teams edit

By decade edit

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

Gaps edit

Top five longest gaps between successive championship titles:

Top scorers edit

By year edit

Year Top scorer Team Score Total
2006 Geoffrey McGonagle Kevin Lynch's 4-07 19
2007 Gregory O'Kane Dunloy 0-21 21
2008 Martin Óg Coulter Ballygalget 2-11 17
2009 Simon Wilson Ballycran 1-14 17
2010 Liam Watson Loughgiel Shamrocks 1-13 16
2011 Liam Watson Loughgiel Shamrocks 1-07 10
2012 Paul Braniff Portaferry 0-18 18
2013 Liam Watson Loughgiel Shamrocks 0-13 13
2014 Neil McManus Ruairí Óg 1-19 22
2015 Cormac O'Doherty Slaughtneil 1-16 19
2016 Cormac O'Doherty Slaughtneil 1-16 19
2017 Cormac O'Doherty Slaughtneil 1-21 24
2018 Scott Nicholason Ballycran 0-09 9
Neil McManus Ruairí Óg
Colum McManus Ballycran
2019 Cormac O'Doherty Slaughtneil 1-15 18

In finals edit

Final Top scorer Team Score Total
1999 Jackie Carson Ruairí Óg, Cushendall 1-04 7
2000 Séamus McMullan Dunloy 1-03 6
2001 Paddy Richmond Dunloy 2-03 9
2002 Gregory O'Kane Dunloy 0-07 7
2003 Geoffrey McGonigle Kevin Lynch's 0-08 8
2004 Johnny McGrattan Ballygalget 0-07 7
2005 Johnny McGrattan Ballygalget 1-08 11
2006 Geoffrey McGonigle Kevin Lynch's 2-04 10
2007 Gregory O'Kane Dunloy 0-07 7
2008 Martin Óg Coulter Ballygalget 0-10 10
2009 Simon Wilson Ballycran 1-06 9
2010 Eddie McCloskey Loughgiel Shamrocks 0-07 7
2011 Eddie McCloskey Loughgiel Shamrocks 1-02 5
2012 Liam Watson Loughgiel Shamrocks 1-05 8
Eddie McCloskey Loughgiel Shamrocks 0-08
2013 Eddie McCloskey Loughgiel Shamrocks 2-02 8
2014 Eoghan Sands Portaferry 1-03 6
Paul Braniff Portaferry 0-06
2015 Neil McManus Ruairí Óg, Cushendall 0-13 13
2016 Cormac O'Doherty Slaughtneil 1-08 11
2017 Cormac O'Doherty Slaughtneil 1-10 13
2018 Neil McManus Ruairí Óg, Cushendall 0-09 9
2019 Cormac O'Doherty Slaughtneil 1-04 18
Conall Cunning Dunloy 0-07

References edit

  1. ^ "Early goals set Dunloy on way to Ulster hurling triumph over Slaughtneil". RTÉ. 4 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Early goals set Dunloy on way to Ulster hurling triumph over Slaughtneil". RTÉ. 4 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Slaughtneil claim Ulster hurling double". Irish Independent. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Slaughtneil become first Derry team to win Ulster Club Hurling title". BBC Sport. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Sands the man as Portaferry sink Cushendall". www.rte.ie. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Ulster club SHC final: Portaferry shock 'Dall". Hogan Stand. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Loughgiel secure title". Irish Examiner. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  8. ^ "McCloskey keeps Loughgiel on track". Irish Independent. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
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