2019 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship

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2019 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship
Colours of Westmeath.svg
Dates20 July - 20 October 2019
Teams10
SponsorSlevin's Coaches
Champions Colours of Kerry.svg Clonkill (16th title)
Runners-up Colours of Kilkenny.svg Castletown Geoghegan
Relegated Colours of Antrim.svg St Brigid's
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
Goals scored62 (2.48 per match)
Points scored1'010 (40.4 per match)
2018 (Previous)(Next) 2020

The 2019 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship was the 115th of the Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Westmeath County Board in 1903.

Contents

Ten teams contest the Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship. [1] Clonkill entered the championship as the defending champions, defeating Raharney. [2]

The final was played at Cusack Park in Mullingar, between Clonkill and Castletown Geoghegan. Clonkill won the match by 2–16 to 1–16 to claim their 16th championship title overall with back-to-back championships. [3] [4]

Results

Group stage

Group 1 table

  Semi-Finalists  Quarter-Finalists

TeamMatchesScorePts
PldWDLForAgainstDiff
Colours of Laois.svg Raharney 44008760178
Colours of Wexford.svg Lough Lene Gaels 4202777344
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Castletown Geoghegan 42029375184
Colours of Kerry.svg Clonkill 41038597-122
Colours of Tipperary.svg Castlepollard 41036097-372

Group 2 table

  Quarter-Finalists  Relegation to Intermediate

TeamMatchesScorePts
PldWDLForAgainstDiff
Colours of Westmeath.svg Delvin 44009255378
Colours of Offaly.svg Crookedwood 43016978-94
Colours of Laois.svg Brownstown 4202898634
Colours of Kerry.svg Fr. Daltons 41038295-132
Colours of Antrim.svg St Brigid's 40047290-180


Knockout stage

Quarter-Finals

15 September 2019Quarter-final Colours of Kerry.svg Clonkill 4-25 - 0-6 Colours of Offaly.svg Crookedwood TEG Cusack Park
Referee: Barry Kelly
15 September 2019Quarter-final Colours of Kilkenny.svg Castletown Geoghegan 4-20 - 1-11 Colours of Westmeath.svg Delvin TEG Cusack Park
Referee: Matt Shaw

Semi-Finals

29 September 2019Semi-final Colours of Kilkenny.svg Castletown Geoghegan 2-22 - 1-10 Colours of Wexford.svg Lough Lene Gaels TEG Cusack Park
Referee: Mick Murtagh
29 September 2019Semi-final Colours of Kerry.svg Clonkill 1-15 - 0-15 Colours of Laois.svg Raharney TEG Cusack Park
Referee: James McGrath

Final

20 October 2019Final Colours of Kerry.svg Clonkill 2-16 - 1-16 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Castletown Geoghegan TEG Cusack Park
Brendan Murtagh (0-6), Jordan Smyth (1-2), Peader Scally (1-0), Luke Loughlin (0-2), Christopher Austin (0-1), Niall Dowdall (0-1), Paddy Dowdall (0-1), Luke Folan (0-1), Anthony Price (0-1), Niall Mitchell (0-1) Aonghus Clarke (0-9), Ciaran O’Brien (1-0), Joe Clarke (0-3), Andrew Corbett (0-1), David Lynch (0-1), Plunkett Maxwell (0-1), Liam Varley (0-1),Referee: Alfie Devine

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References

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  2. "Westmeath SHC final: Clonkill clinch 15th crown - HoganStand". hoganstand.com.
  3. "4.5K views · 89 reactions | Congratulations Clonkill back to back Senior Hurling Champions 2019 #westmeathgaa #gaa #westmeathabu #yopwestmeath | By Westmeathgaaofficial | Facebook" via www.facebook.com.
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