Leinster Junior B Club Hurling Championship

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Leinster Junior B Club Hurling Championship
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Current event clock.svg 2022 Leinster Junior B Club Hurling Championship
Irish Craobh Iomána Sóisear B Laighean
Code Hurling
Founded2006;17 years ago (2006)
Region Leinster (GAA)
TrophyAlfie Hickey Memorial Cup
No. of teams8
Title holders Colours of Limerick.svg Sarsfields (1st title)
Sponsors Killeedy GAA Club

The Leinster Junior B Club Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by Killeedy GAA Club in Limerick since 2006 for the champion junior B hurling teams in the province of Leinster in Ireland. The Antrim and Galway champions are also represented in the competition.

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The series of games are played during the winter months with the Leinster final currently being played in January. The prize for the winning team is the Alfie Hickey Memorial Cup. The championship has always been played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the championship.

The Leinster Championship is an integral part of the wider All-Ireland Junior B Club Hurling Championship. The winners and runners-up of the Leinster final join the winners and runners-up of the Munster final in the semi-final stages of the All-Ireland Championship.

Sarsfields are the title-holders after defeating St. Martin's by 1–14 to 1–05 in the 2022 Leinster final. [1]

History

Provincial club championships for respective junior B champions was the idea of the Killeedy GAA Club who, after winning the Limerick JBHC title in 2005, realised there were no provincial competitions in that grade of hurling. [2] A senior championship had been running in Leinster since 1970, while intermediate and junior competitions had been recently introduced by GAA President Seán Kelly. [3] Members of the Killeedy club approached a supportive Kelly, however, their proposal was rejected by Central Council. [4] In spite of this setback, Killeedy organised their own unofficial Munster Championship for Junior B championship winners in 2005. A corresponding Leinster Championship was first organised in 2006 and received the official support of the Leinster Council. [5]

The championship

Overview

The Leinster Championship is a single elimination tournament. Each team is afforded only one defeat before being eliminated from the championship. Pairings for matches are drawn at random and there is no seeding.

Each match is played as a single leg. If a match is drawn there is a period of extra time, however, if both sides are still level there are penalties. Only the final, if both teams are still level after a period of extra time, goes to a replay.

Competition format

Quarter-finals: Eight teams contest this round. The four winning teams advance directly to the semi-final stage. The four losing teams are eliminated from the championship.

Semi-finals: Four teams contest this round. The two winning teams advance directly to the final. The two losing teams are eliminated from the championship.

Final: The final is contested by the two semi-final winners.

Trophy

At the end of the Leinster final, the winning team is presented with a trophy. The cup, named the Alfie Hickey Memorial Cup in honour of Alfie Hickey, a St. Lachtain's hurler and Kilkenny captain, is held by the winning team until the following year's final. [6] The winning captain accepts the cup on behalf of his team before giving a short speech. Individual members of the winning team then have an opportunity to lift the cup.

Roll of honour

#CountyWinnersRunners-upTotalWinning yearsRunner-up years
1 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny 75122007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 20172006, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2022
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 75122010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 20222011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018
3 Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 2462006, 20182007, 2008, 2016, 2021
4 Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 0112019

List of finals

YearWinnersScoreRunners-upScore
2006 Tara Rocks 0-16 Mullinavat 1-05 [7]
2007 Emeralds 3-10 Oylegate-Glenbrien 2-10
2008 Piltown 4-18 Shamrocks 0-05
2009 St. Martin's w/o
2010 Ballinderreen 0-12 Lisdowney 1-08
2011 Conahy Shamrocks 1-11 Mícheál Breathnach 1-10
2012 Ardrahan 0-11 Kilmacow 0-06
2013 St. Patrick's 2-07 St. Thomas's 0-11
2014 O'Loughlin Gaels 1-11 Clarinbridge 1-09
2015 Tynagh-Abbey/Duniry 1-13 Barrow Rangers 0-13
2016 Kinvara 2-13 Craanford Fr. O'Regan's 0-08
2017 John Locke's 0-14 Kilnadeema–Leitrim 0-13 [8]
2018 Oylegate-Glenbrien 2-09 Ballinderreen 0-08 [9]
2019 Loughrea 1-14 St. Vincent's 0-15
2020No championship
2021 Cappataggle 0-19 Blackwater 0-10 [10]
2022 Sarsfields 1-14 St. Martin's 1-05

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