All Ireland Schoolboys Hockey Championship

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The All Ireland Schoolboys Hockey Championship is an annual competition involving the strongest schools affiliated to Hockey Ireland. The competition is held in the Autumn term of each school year and 16 teams across the island compete.

Contents

Banbridge Academy, Down, are the current champions, having defeated Friends School, Lisburn in the 2024 final at Newpark Comprehensive School, Dublin

Venues

The venue of the competition is on a three-year rota between Munster Leinster and Ulster

History

The competition began in the 1982 school year. It was initially dominated by schools from Ulster, with the first fourteen winners coming from that province. The monopoly was finally broken in 1996-97 15th tournament, when Newpark School from Dublin became the first winners from Leinster. Ashton were the first school from Munster to win the All Ireland tournament. In 2019 all four semifinalists hailed from Leinster, with eventual winners, The High School, defeating King's Hospital 1-0 to reach their first ever final. The same scoreline stood in the other semi, where Wesley College were beaten by tournament runners-up St. Andrew's College.

Format

Sixteen teams compete in the finals. The teams are drawn into four pools with four teams each. Each team plays the other three teams in their group once. Each group winner then play one of the other group winners in a semi-final match. The two semi-final winners then play each other in the final. The winner of the final is presented with the Tasmanian Shield. The four 2nd ranked teams in the Pools qualify to compete for the subsidiary trophy, the Herbie Sharman Trophy.

Performance table

SchoolWinnersRunner-upTotal FinalsYear of last win
Banbridge Academy 76132024
Royal Belfast Academical Institution 75122013-14
St. Andrew's College, Dublin 7292017-18
Wesley College, Dublin 310132009-10
Newry High School 3031984-85
Wallace High School, Lisburn 2571987-88
Bandon Grammar School 2352021-22
Ashton School, Cork 2242000-01
Bangor Grammar School 2021997-98
Cookstown High School 1232007-08
Methodist College Belfast 1231985-86
Newpark Comprehensive School 1121996-97
Newtown School, Waterford 1122018
The High School, Dublin 1122019
Kilkenny College 1011999-00
Wellington College Belfast 1011993-94
Friends School Lisburn 022

Finals

1982-1988

YearVenueWinnerRunner-upNotes
1982 Bangor Newry High School Banbridge Academy
1983 Dublin Newry High School Wallace High School, Lisburn
1984 Cork Newry High SchoolWallace High School, Lisburn
1985 Cookstown Methodist College Belfast Wallace High School, Lisburn
1986 Kilkenny Royal Belfast Academical Institution Bandon Grammar School
1987 Limerick Wallace High School, LisburnMethodist College Belfast
1988 Lisburn Royal Belfast Academical Institution Banbridge Academy

1989-1998

YearVenueWinnerRunner-upNotes
1989 Dublin Bangor Grammar School Royal Belfast Academical Institution
1990 Waterford Royal Belfast Academical Institution Newpark Comprehensive School
1991 Cookstown Royal Belfast Academical Institution Wesley College, Dublin
1992 Dublin Banbridge Academy Royal Belfast Academical Institution
1993 Cork Wellington College Belfast Friends School Lisburn
1994 Belfast Royal Belfast Academical Institution Cookstown High School
1995 Dublin Royal Belfast Academical Institution Methodist College Belfast
1996 Cork Newpark Comprehensive School Wesley College, Dublin
1997 Bangor Bangor Grammar School Ashton School
1998 Dublin Ashton School Wesley College, Dublin

1999-2008

YearVenueWinnerRunner-upNotes
1999 Cork Kilkenny College Ashton School penalty strokes
2000 Bangor Ashton School Wesley College, Dublin
2001 Dublin St. Andrew's College, Dublin 10Wesley College Dublin
2002 Cork Wesley College, Dublin Royal Belfast Academical Institution
2003 Banbridge Royal Belfast Academical Institution Bandon Grammar School
2004 Dublin Wesley College, Dublin Bandon Grammar School
2005 Cork Bandon Grammar School 43 Royal Belfast Academical Institution extra time
2006 Belfast Banbridge Academy 54 Royal Belfast Academical Institution extra time - golden goal
2007 Dublin Cookstown High School 42 Banbridge Academy [1]
2008Limerick St. Andrew's College, Dublin 21 Wesley College, Dublin [2]

2009-

YearVenueWinnerRunner-upNotes
2009Belfast Wesley College, Dublin 32 Wallace High School, Lisburn Extra time - Silver goal [3]
2010Dublin Banbridge Academy 42 St. Andrew's College, Dublin [4]
2011Cork Banbridge Academy 21 Cookstown High School [5]
2012Belfast St. Andrew's College, Dublin 31 Wesley College, Dublin [6]
2013Dublin St. Andrew's College, Dublin 61 Wesley College, Dublin [7]
2014Cork St. Andrew's College, Dublin 31 Wallace High School, Lisburn [8]
2015Belfast Banbridge Academy 32 Wesley College, Dublin [9]
2016Dublin St. Andrew's College, Dublin 32 Banbridge Academy [10]
2017Cork St. Andrew's College, Dublin 1 (4)1 (1) Wesley College, Dublin Penalty Strokes [11]
2018Belfast Newtown School Waterford 10 Banbridge Academy
2019Dublin The High School, Dublin 2 (7)2 (6) St. Andrew's College, Dublin Penalty Strokes [12]

2020-

YearVenueWinnerRunner-upNotes
2020Belfast No Competition 00 No Competition
2021Dublin Bandon Grammar School 2 (3)2 (1) Banbridge Academy Shuttles [13]
2022Cork Banbridge Academy 2 (3)2 (1) The High School Shuttles[ citation needed ]
2023Banbridge Wallace High School, Lisburn 1 (4)1 (3) Newtown School Shuttles [14]
2024Dublin Banbridge Academy 10 Friends School Lisburn [15]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Belfast Newsletter Final Report 2007-08" . Retrieved 2007-10-27.
  2. ↑ "Irish Times Final Report 2008-09". The Irish Times. 2008-10-10. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
  3. ↑ "Chadwick's silver goal strikes gold for Wesley". Hook Hockey. 2009-10-23. Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
  4. ↑ "Irish Independent Final Report 2010-11". 2010-10-23. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
  5. ↑ "Bann win back-to-back Schoolboys champs". Archived from the original on November 7, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  6. ↑ "St Andrew's defeat Wesley to clinch All-Ireland honours". Irish Times. 2012-10-27. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
  7. ↑ "St Andrew's celebrate six of the best". Hook Hockey. 2013-10-25. Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
  8. ↑ "Andrew's join illustrious company with third successive All-Ireland Schoolboys victory". Hook Hockey. 2014-10-24. Archived from the original on May 28, 2017. Retrieved 2014-10-24.
  9. ↑ "Rowe lines up trio of drag-flicks to propel Bann win". Hook Hockey. 2015-10-23. Archived from the original on May 28, 2017. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
  10. ↑ "Andrew's in a Walker wonderland as Saints eventually see off Bann in All-Ireland final". Hook Hockey. 2016-10-28. Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
  11. ↑ "Stroke Judge-ment works for Andrew's to land seventh All-Ireland title". Hook Hockey. 2017-10-28. Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
  12. ↑ "High School complete amazing rise from obscurity to All Ireland Champions". Hook Hockey. 2019-10-25. Archived from the original on October 28, 2019.
  13. ↑ Ireland Hockey. "Bandon GS leave it late to end 17-year All-Ireland wait – Hockey Ireland" . Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  14. ↑ "ALL IRELAND SCHOOLS BOYS' CHAMPIONSHIPS FINAL 2023 – Hockey Ireland". 27 October 2023.
  15. ↑ "All Ireland Schoolboys Hockey Championship Finals 2024 – Hockey Ireland". 24 October 2023.
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