Kildare Senior B Hurling Championship

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Kildare Senior B Hurling Championship
Irish Craobh Iomáint Shinsir B Chill Dara
Code Hurling
Founded2022;2 years ago (2022)
Region Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare (GAA)
No. of teams6
Title holders Colours of Galway.svg Leixlip (1st title)
SponsorsUPMC
Official website Kildare GAA

The Kildare Senior B Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the UPMC Kildare Senior B Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kildare SBHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kildare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association for the second tier hurling teams in County Kildare in Ireland.

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In its current format, the Kildare Senior B Championship begins with a group stage. The six participating teams play each other in a round-robin system. This is followed by a knockout phase that culminates with the final match at St Conleth's Park. The winner of the Kildare Senior B Championship qualifies for the subsequent Leinster Intermediate Club Championship.

Leixlip are the title holders after defeating Naas by 1–16 to 2–08 in the 2023 final. [1]

Format

Group stage

Over the course of the six-team group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed at least five 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 four teams from the group stage proceed to the knockout stage. [2]

Knockout stage

Semi-finals: The top four teams from the group stage contest this round (1st v 4th and 2nd v 3rd). The two winners advance to the final.

Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final.

Promotion and relegation

At the end of the championship, the winning team is automatically promoted to the Kildare Senior Championship for the following season. [3] The bottom-placed team from the group stage is automatically relegated to the Kildare Intermediate Championship.

Teams

2024 teams

TeamLocationColoursIn championship sinceChampionship titlesLast championship title
Colours of Kildare.svg Clane Clane White20240
Colours of Galway.svg Broadford Allenwood Maroon and white0
Colours of Laois.svg Celbridge Celbridge Blue and white0
Colours of Kerry.svg Kilcock Kilcock Green and gold0
Colours of Limerick.svg Moorefield Newbridge Green and white0
Colours of Laois.svg Naas Naas Blue and white0

Qualification for subsequent competitions

At the end of the championship, the winning team qualify to the subsequent Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship.

List of finals

YearWinnersRunners-upVenue#
ClubScoreClubScore
2023 Leixlip 1-16 Naas 2-08 Manguard Park
2022 Éire Óg-Corrachoill 3-16 Naas 1-11 St Conleth's Park [4]

Roll of honour

#TeamTitlesRunners-upYears wonYears runners-up
1 Jersey Maroon Yellow Maroon.svg Éire Óg-Corrachoill 102022
Colours of Galway.svg Leixlip 102023
3 Colours of Laois.svg Naas 022022, 2023

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References

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