Kildare Senior B Hurling Championship

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Kildare Senior B Hurling Championship
Irish Craobh Iomáint Shinsir B Chill Dara
Code Hurling
Founded2022;3 years ago (2022)
Region Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare (GAA)
No. of teams6
Title holders Colours of Kildare.svg Clane (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.

Contents

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 Junior Club Championship.

Clane are the title holders after defeating Leixlip by 1–18 to 1–17 in the 2025 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

2025 teams

TeamLocationColoursIn championship sinceChampionship titlesLast championship title
Colours of Galway.svg Broadford Allenwood Maroon and white0—
Colours of Kildare.svg Clane Clane White20240—
Colours of Kerry.svg Kilcock Kilcock Green and gold0—
Leixlip Leixlip Maroon and white202512023
Colours of Laois.svg Naas Naas Blue and white0—
St Laurence's Narraghmore Amber and red20250—

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

List of Kildare SBHC finals

YearWinnersRunners-upVenue#
ClubScoreClubScore
2025 Clane 1–18 Leixlip 1-17 St. Conleths Park
2024 Naas 1–21 Moorefield 0-17 Manguard Park
2023 Leixlip 1–16 Naas 2-08 Manguard Park [4]
2022 Éire Óg-Corrachoill 3–16 Naas 1–11 St Conleth's Park [5]

Roll of honour

By club

#TeamTitlesRunners-upChampionships wonChampionships runners-up
1 Colours of Laois.svg Naas 1220242022, 2023
Colours of Kildare.svg Clane 102025—
Jersey Maroon Yellow Maroon.svg Éire Óg-Corrachoill 102022—
Colours of Galway.svg Leixlip 102023—
4 Colours of Limerick.svg Moorefield 01—2024

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Clane win Kildare Senior B Hurling Championship in absolute cracker". Kildare Nationalist. 30 September 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "It's a knockout in the Kildare hurling and football championships". Kildare Nationalist. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Both Naas and Leixlip look to overcome the disappointment of "22 in senior hurling "B" final". Kildare Nationalist. 13 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Leixlip 'B' title adds icing to the cake with Senior B Championship win". Kildare Live. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Éire Óg Corra Choill in control in Kildare SHC 'B' final win over Naas". Kildare Live. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
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