Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship

Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship
Current season or competition: 2024 Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship
Code	Hurling
Founded	1937
Region	Antrim (GAA)
No. of teams	11
Title holders	Carey Faughs (4th title)
Most titles	Carey Faughs (4 titles)
Sponsors	Andersonstown Social Club [1]

The Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition, organised by Antrim GAA.

The championship forms the second-tier of Hurling in Antrim. It is contested by the eleven clubs ranked 9–19 in the Antrim championship system. Each year, the champions are promoted to the Senior Championship and lowest finishing team is relegated to the Junior A Championship.

Carey Faughs GAC are the title holders, defeating Oisin's Glenariffe in the 2024 final.

Format

Group stage

The 10 teams are divided into two groups of five. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed at least four group games. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record. The top three teams in each group qualify for the knock-out stage.

Knockout stage

Following the completion of the group stage, the top two teams from each group receive byes to separate semi-finals.

Quarter-finals: Teams that finished 2nd and 3rd in the group stage contest this round. The two 2nd placed teams play the 3rd placed teams from the opposite group. The two winners from these two games advance to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals: The two quarter-final winners and the two group winners contest this round. The two winners from these two games advance to the final.

Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final. The winning team are declared champions.

Promotion

The winners of the Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship are promoted to the Antrim Senior Hurling Championship.

Relegation

At the end of the championship, two 5th-placed teams from the group stage take play-off, with the losing team being relegated to the Antrim Junior A Hurling Championship.

Qualification

The winners of the Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship progress to the Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

History

Sambo won the title in 2019. ^{[5] [6]} He was in charge of Naomh Éanna at the time. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

Teams

2024 teams

The 11 teams competing in the 2024 Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship are:

Club	Location	Colours	Position in 2024	Championship titles	Last championship title
Carey Faughs	Ballyvoy	Green and white	Champions	4	2024
Clooney Gaels	Ahoghill	Red and black	Semi-finals	2	2022
Con Magee's	Glenravel	Green and white	Group stage	1	2001
Oisin's Glenariff	Glenariff	Green, white and gold	Runners-up	0	—
Patrick Sarsfields	Belfast	Green and black	Group stage	2	2017
Robert Emmets	Cushendun	Black and green	Group stage	3	2007
Shane O'Neill's	Glenarm	Blue and navy	Group stage	0	—
St Brigid's Cloughmills	Cloughmills	Orange and black	Group stage	2	2016
St Gall's	Milltown	Blue, white and yellow	Group stage	3	2018
St Paul's	Belfast	Red and white	Group stage	0	—
Tír na nÓg	Randalstown	Blue and white	Semi-finals	1	2020

Qualification for subsequent competitions

The Antrim Intermediate Championship winners qualify for the subsequent Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship.

Sponsorship

Andersonstown Social Club have been the title sponsor of the Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship.

Roll of honour

By club

#	Club	Titles	Runners-up	Championships won	Championships runner-up
1	Carey Faughs	4	8	1990, 2002, 2021, 2024	1984 2000 2006 2010 2013 2015 2017, 2019
	Gort na Móna	4	0	1989, 1996, 2006, 2008	—
3	Robert Emmets	3	1	1973, 1992, 2007	2022
	St Gall's	3	0	1997, 2009, 2018	—
5	Kickham's Creggan	2	2	2015, 2023	2018, 2021
	St Brigids Cloughmills	2	1	2012, 2016	2011
	Clooney Gaels	2	1	2013, 2022	2020
	Éire Óg Derriaghy	2	0	1937, 1952	—
	Patrick Sarsfields	2	1	1972, 2017	2023
10	Naomh Éanna	1	1	2019	2016
	Con Magees Glenravel	1	0	2001	—
	St John's	1	0	2010	—
	Lámh Dhearg	1	0	2011	—
	O'Donovan Rossa	1	0	2014	—
	Tír na nÓg	1	0	2020	—
16	St Paul's	0	1	—	2012
	Cuchulainns	0	1	—	2013
	Oisin's, Glenariffe	0	1	—	2024

List of finals

List of Antrim IHC finals

Year	Winners		Runners-up		#
	Club	Score	Club	Score
2024	Carey Faughs	1–19	Oisin's, Glenariffe	0–15	[10]
2023	Kickhams Creggan	1–16	Patrick Sarsfields	0–14	[11]
2022	Clooney Gaels	1–19	Robert Emmets	1–15	[12]
2021 [13]	Carey Faughs	3–17	Kickham's Creggan	1–15
2020 [14]	Tír na nÓg	1–19	Clooney Gaels	0–17
2019 [15]	Naomh Éanna	3–14	Carey Faughs	1–17
2018 [16]	St Gall's	1–16	Kickham's Creggan	0–17
2017 [17]	Patrick Sarsfields	0–16	Carey Faughs	0–07
2016	St Brigids Cloughmills	2–17	Naomh Éanna	1–16
2015	Kickhams Creggan		Carey Faughs
2014	O'Donovan Rossa		Glen Rovers Armoy
2013 [18]	Clooney Gaels	1–16	Carey Faughs	1–14
2012 [19]	St Brigid's Cloughmills	1–12	St Paul's	1–11
2011 [20]	Lámh Dhearg	2–09	St Brigid's Cloughmills	1–09
2010	St John's		Carey Faughs
2009	St Gall's
2008	Gort na Móna
2007	Robert Emmets
2006	Gort na Móna
2003–06
2002	Carey Faughs
2001	Con Magees Glenravel
1998–2000
1997	St Gall's
1996	Gort na Móna		Carey Faughs
1993–1996
1992	Robert Emmets
1991
1990	Carey Faughs
1989	Gort na Móna
1974–1989
1973	Robert Emmets
1972	Patrick Sarsfields
1953–1971
1952	Éire Óg Derriaghy
1938–1951
1937	Éire Óg Derriaghy

Records and statistics

Teams

By decade

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

• 1930s: 1 for Éire Óg Derriaghy (1937)
• 1950s: 1 for Éire Óg Derriaghy (1952)
• 1970s: 1 for Patrick Sarsfields (1972)
• 1990s: 1 for St Gall's (1997)
• 2000s: 1 each for Con Magees Glenravel (2001) and St Gall's (2009)
• 2010s: 2 for St Brigid's Cloughmills (2012-16)
• 2020s: 2 for Carey Faughs (2021-24)

See also

• Antrim Senior Hurling Championship (Tier 1)
• Antrim Junior A Hurling Championship (Tier 3)
• Antrim Junior B Hurling Championship (Tier 4)
• Antrim Reserve Hurling Cup (Tier 5)
• Antrim Reserve Hurling Shield (Tier 6)

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