2025 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship

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2025 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship
Colours of Westmeath.svg
DatesJul 18 - Oct 27 2025
Teams6
SponsorSlevin's Coaches
Champions Colours of Kilkenny.svg Castletown Geoghegan (16th title)
Aonghus Clarke (captain)
Alan Mangan (manager)
Runners-up Colours of Wexford.svg Lough Lene Gaels
Tommy Doyle (captain)
Joey Williams (manager)
Relegated Colours of Tipperary.svg Castlepollard
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored59 (3.28 per match)
Points scored784 (43.56 per match)
Top scorer(s) Colours of Kilkenny.svg Niall O'Brien (8-71)
2024 (Previous)(Next) 2026


The 2025 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship was the 121th staging of the Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship. [1]

Contents

A total of six teams contested the Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship. [2] All six teams enter the round-robin stage, playing each other once, guaranteeing at least five championship games. [3] The first round draws of games were streamed live via YouTube [4] on April 3, with the full schedule released on Facebook. [5]

Fr Daltons were promoted to the championship as last year's Senior B winners, [6] [7] replacing St Oliver Plunkett's GAA who were relegated last year. [8]

Castletown Geoghegan enter the championship as defending champions, defeating Lough Lene Gaels 1-27 - 2-17 last year's final. [9] [10] [11] Castlepollard. Clonkill, and Raharney round out the field.

Castlepollard were relegated to Senior B, assuring Fr Daltons became the first promoted Senior B team to avoid immediate relegation since its inception.

The final was be played at Cusack Park in Mullingar between defending champions Castletown Geoghegan [12] and Lough Lene Gaels [13] [14] in a rematch of last year's final. Castletown Geoghegan won the contest 3-15 - 2-9 after a replay [15] [16] to retain their championship for the first time since 1958, their third in four years, and sixteenth overall. [17] [18] [19] [20]


Group stage

  Advance to final  Advance to semi-finals  Relegated to Senior 'B'

TeamMatchesScorePts
PldWDLForAgainstDiff
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Castletown Geoghegan 5500163828110
Colours of Wexford.svg Lough Lene Gaels 540112695318
Colours of Laois.svg Raharney 530210689176
Colours of Kerry.svg Clonkill 511391122-313
Colours of Kerry.svg Fr Dalton's 5113114151-373
Colours of Tipperary.svg Castlepollard 500570130-600


Fixtures

Jul 18Round 1 Colours of Kerry.svg Clonkill 1-19 - 2-09 Colours of Tipperary.svg Castlepollard Kinnegad
Robert Cleary (0-6), Niall Mitchell (0-6), Oisin Murray (1-2), Luke Loughlin (0-3), Jordy Smyth (0-2) Report Danny McCormack (0-7), Joe Rabbit (1-0), Colm Dermody (1-0), D O'Leary (0-2)Referee: Ken Gunning
Jul 18Round 1 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Castletown Geoghegan 0-28 - 3-17 Colours of Wexford.svg Lough Lene Gaels TEG Cusack Park
Niall O'Brien (0-12), David O'Reilly (0-5), Aonghus Clarke (0-4), Dean Slevin (0-2), Liam Varley (0-2), Peter Clarke (0-1), Jack Gallagher (0-1), Peter Murphy (0-1) Report David Williams (0-8), Brendan Boyle (1-1), Tommy Doyle (1-1), Jordan Williams (1-1), Derek McNicholas (0-2), Shane Williams (0-2), John Egan (0-1)Referee: Barry Kelly
Jul 18Round 1 Colours of Kerry.svg Fr Dalton's 2-07 - 2-26 Colours of Laois.svg Raharney Shandonagh GAA
Owen McCabe (1-2), Jack Duncan (1-0), Ciaran Clear (0-1), Conair Martin (0-1), Ronan McLoughlin(0-1), Eoin Nally (0-1) Report Killian Doyle (1-10), Eoin Keyes (1-5), Eamon Cunneen (0-4), Eoghan Ahearne (0-3), Rory Keyes (0-2), Joey Boyle (0-1), Conor McKeogh (0-1)Referee: Sean Carroll
Aug 2Round 2 Colours of Tipperary.svg Castlepollard 0-13 - 3-27 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Castletown Geoghegan TEG Cusack Park
Darragh McCormack (0-7), Eoin English (0-2), Conor Gaffney (0-2), Conor Sheridan (0-2) Report Niall O'Brien (2-9), Dean Slevin (1-1), Aonghus Clarke (0-3), Peter Clarke (0-3), Jack Gallagher (0-3), Peter Murphy (0-3), Liam Varley (0-2), Morgan Gavigan (0-1), Odhran Gavigan (0-1), Jack Murphy (0-1)Referee: James McGrath
Aug 3Round 2 Colours of Wexford.svg Lough Lene Gaels 1-23 - 1-14 Colours of Kerry.svg Fr Dalton's TEG Cusack Park
David Williams (0-8), Marcus Kennedy (0-5), Aaron Kennedy 1-2, Eoin Daly (0-3), Derek McNicholas (0-2), Shane Williams (0-2), John Egan (0-1) Report Owen McCabe (0-9), Chris Martin (1-2), Jack Kearney (0-1), Patrick Kiernan (0-1), Eoin Nally (0-1)Referee: Barry Nea
Aug 3Round 2 Colours of Laois.svg Raharney 1-17 - 1-12 Colours of Kerry.svg Clonkill TEG Cusack Park
Killian Doyle (1-5), Eoghan Ahern (0-4), Joey Boyle (0-2), , Cormac Boyle (0-1), Eamonn Cunneen (0-1), Gary Greville (0-1), Callum McKeogh (0-1), Joe Mulvaney (0-1) Report Luke Loughlin (1-3), Peader Scally (0-5), Robert Cleary (0-1), Brian Gaffney (0-1), Andrew Shaw (0-1), Jordy Smyth (0-1)Referee: Barry Kelly
Aug 16Round 3 Colours of Wexford.svg Lough Lene Gaels 2-19 - 1-14 Colours of Laois.svg Raharney TEG Cusack Park
David Williams (0-10), Aaron Kennedy (1-2), Marcus Kennedy (1-1), Jason Malone, Shane Williams (0-2), Eoin Daly (0-1), John Egan (0-1) Report Killian Doyle (0-8), Conor McKeogh (1-0), Joey Boyle (0-1), Darren Finn (0-1), David Hickey (0-1), Eoin Keyes (0-1), Rory Keyes (0-1)Referee: Alfie Devine
Aug 17Round 3 Colours of Tipperary.svg Castlepollard 1-14 - 3-14 Colours of Kerry.svg Fr Dalton's TEG Cusack Park
Allan Devine (1-4), Andrew Dermody (0-3), Eoin English (0-1), Conor Gaffney (0-1), Darragh McCormack (0-1), Dylan O'Leary (0-1), Joe Rabitt (0-1), Darragh Tierney (0-1) Report Owen McCabe (1-6_, John Gillgian (1-2), Jack Duncan (1-1), Colm O'Roarke (0-2), Brian McCabe (0-1), Jack Kearney (0-1), Ronan McLoughlin (0-1)Referee: Barry Nea
Aug 17Round 3 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Castletown Geoghegan 6-26 - 0-11 Colours of Kerry.svg Clonkill TEG Cusack Park
Niall O'Brien (3-11), David O'Reilly, Aonghus Clarke (0-5), Peter Clarke (1-2), Liam Varley (0-2), Shane Clavin (0-1), Jack Gallagher (0-1), Dean Slevin (0-1) Luke Loughlin (0-4), Robert Cleary (0-1), Andrew Shaw (0-1), Jordy Smyth (0-1)Referee: James McGrath
Aug 30Round 4 Colours of Kerry.svg Fr Dalton's 0-15 - 2-24 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Castletown Geoghegan Killucan GAA
Referee: Jimmy Greville
Aug 31Round 4 Colours of Laois.svg Raharney 2-14 - 0-11 Colours of Tipperary.svg Castlepollard TEG Cusack Park
Ciaran Doyle (1-3), Killian Doyle (0-5), Eoin Keyes (1-0), Callum McKeogh (0-3), Eamonn Cunneen (0-2), Rory Keyes (0-1) Report D McCormack (0-4), Allan Devine (0-4), Darragh Tierney (0-2), Andrew Dermody (0-1)Referee: Barry Nea
Aug 31Round 4 Colours of Kerry.svg Clonkill 1-16 - 0-20 Colours of Wexford.svg Lough Lene Gaels TEG Cusack Park
Peader Scally (1-6), Luke Loughlin (0-5), Oisin Murray (0-4), Brian Gaffney (0-1) Report David Williams (0-12), Shane Williams (0-4), Aaron Kennedy (0-2), Tommy Doyle (0-1), Derek McNicholas (0-1)Referee: James McGrath
Sep 14Round 5 Colours of Kerry.svg Clonkill 2-17 - 3-14 Colours of Kerry.svg Fr Dalton's Kinnegad GAA
Peader Scally (2-9), Oisin Murray (0-3), Andrew Shaw (0-2), Micheal McGrath (0-1), Luke Loughlin (0-1), Ciaran Nolam (0-1)Owen McCabe (0-8), John Gilligan (1-3), Jack Duncan (0-1), Ronan Hanley (0-1), Colm O'Roarke (0-1)Referee: Kenneth Gunning
Sep 14Round 5 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Castletown Geoghegan 3-16 - 0-17 Colours of Laois.svg Raharney TEG Cusack Park
Niall O'Brien (1-8), Liam Varley (0-4), Johnny Bermingham (1-0), Connor Murphy (1-0), Aonghus Clarke (0-2), Shane Clavin (0-1), Jack Gallagher (0-1) Killian Doyle (0-7), Eamonn Cunneen (0-3), Eoin Keyes (0-2), Callum McKeogh (0-2), Darren Finn (0-1), Rory Keyes (0-1), Brian McGrath (0-1)Referee: Barry Kelly
Sep 14Round 5 Colours of Tipperary.svg Castlepollard 1-11 - 3-20 Colours of Wexford.svg Lough Lene Gaels Killucan GAA
Darragh Tierney (0-6), Darragh McCormack (1-3), Aaron Dermody (0-1), Joe Rabbitt (0-1) David Williams (0-8), Marcus Kennedy (2-2), Tommy Doyle (1-0), Michael Daly (0-3), Aaron Kennedy (0-2), Shane Williams (0-2), Brendan Boyle (0-1), Thomas Kennedy (0-1), Derek McNicholas (0-1)Referee: Barry Nea

Knockout stage

SemifinalsFinal
1 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Castletown Geoghegan 1-23. 3-15 (R)
2 Colours of Wexford.svg Lough Lene Gaels 2-18 Colours of Wexford.svg Lough Lene Gaels 2-20, 2-9
3 Colours of Laois.svg Raharney 2-17

Fixtures

Oct 5Semi-Final Colours of Wexford.svg Lough Lene Gaels 2-18 - 2-17 Colours of Laois.svg Raharney TEG Cusack Park
David Williams (1-12), Derek McNicolas (1-1), Marcus Kennedy (0-2), Shane Williams (0-1), Tommy Doyle (0-1), Aaron Kennedy (0-1) Killian Doyle (0-11), Eoin Keyes (1-1), Ciaran Boyle (1-0), Eamonn Cuneen (0-2), Devin Hill (0-1), David Hickey (0-1), Rob Coyne (0-1)Referee: Alfie Devine
Oct 19Final Colours of Kilkenny.svg Castletown Geoghegan 1-23 - 2-20 Colours of Wexford.svg Lough Lene Gaels TEG Cusack Park
Niall O'Brien (0-15), David O'Reilly (0-5), Peter Murphy (0-1), Shane Clavin (0-1), Jack Murphy (0-1) Report David Williams (1-12), Tommy Doyle (1-0), Marcus Kennedy (0-3), Eoin Daly (0-2), Micheál Daly (0-1), Brendan Doyle (0-1), Aaron Kennedy (0-1)Referee: Barry Nea
Oct 27Replay Colours of Kilkenny.svg Castletown Geoghegan 3-15 - 2-9 Colours of Wexford.svg Lough Lene Gaels TEG Cusack Park
Niall O'Brien (0-7), Liam Varley (1-1), Shane Clavin (1-0), David O'Reilly (1-0), Peter Clarke (0-3), Aonghus Clarke (0-2), Jack Gallagher (0-2) Report David Williams (2-6), Tommy Doyle (0-1), Shane Williams (0-1), Daragh Qamar (0-1),Referee: Barry Nea

Top scorers

Overall
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalGamesAverage
1 Niall O'Brien Colours of Kilkenny.svg Castletown Geoghegan 8-7195713.57
2 David Williams Colours of Wexford.svg Lough Lene Gaels 4-76768811
3 Killian Doyle Colours of Laois.svg Raharney 2-465268.67
Owen McCabe Colours of Kerry.svg Fr Daltons 2-354148.2
5Darragh McCormack Colours of Tipperary.svg Castlepollard 1-222555

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