Ulster Schoolgirls' Senior Cup (field hockey)

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Ulster Senior Schoolgirls' Cup
Sport Field hockey
Founded 1907
No. of teams36
Most recent
champion(s)		 The Royal School, Armagh
Most titles Methodist College Belfast
18 outright and 3 shared
Official website Belfast Telegraph Senior Schools Cup
Notes
Winners qualify for the Kate Russell All-Ireland Cup Finals

The Ulster Senior Schoolgirls' Cup is an annual competition competed for by schools affiliated to the Ulster Hockey Association, a branch of the Irish Hockey Association. The competition has been in existence since 1907 and is currently sponsored by the Belfast Telegraph.

Contents

Since 1980, the winners have qualified to represent Ulster in the Kate Russell All-Ireland Schools Hockey Cup.

The most successful school is Methodist College Belfast with 21 wins (18 outright wins and 3 shared wins). The current holder is The Royal School, Armagh.

Trophy

The trophy is a small silver cup mounted on a plinth on a wooden shield.

Format

The competition is run through an open draw format. The first round is held in November, progressing through to a showpiece final held in early March. The final attracts a crowd of roughly 1000 people, which is large for an attendance at a hockey match in Ulster.

Current season

The Royal School, Armagh, captained by Anna McKew, defeated Strathearn 2–0 in the final played at Stormont. The victory meant The Royal School completed a league and cup double.

Performance table

SchoolOutright TitlesShared TitlesRunners-UpTotal FinalsLast Title
Methodist College Belfast 20312352022
Victoria College, Belfast 1428241973
Belfast Royal Academy 1238232020
St Dominic's High School 767201981
Ballymena Academy 639182001
The Royal School, Armagh 70182023
Lurgan College 507122014
Strathearn School 525121992
Regent House, Newtownards 41271998
Friends School Lisburn 316101999
Portadown College 30251996
Londonderry High School20351954
Foyle and Londonderry College 20242009
Princess Gardens, Finaghy20131971
Sullivan Upper School 11242015
Banbridge Academy 20242018-19
Dalriada School 10561993
Omagh Academy 10342005
Rainey Endowed School, Magherafelt 10232018
Ballyclare High School 10232012
Enniskillen Collegiate10121997
Larne Grammar School 10012000
Royal School Dungannon 10011995
Down High School 10011939
Wallace High School 0022NA
Glenlola Collegiate School 01011980
Ashleigh House School, Belfast0011NA
Belmont Ladies' College0011NA
Bloomfield Collegiate0011NA
Coleraine High School 0011NA
Knock Ladies Collegiate0011NA
Limavady Grammar School 0011NA
Oriel Collegiate School, Larne0011NA

FINALS

1900s

YearWinnerRunner-upNotes
1907 Victoria College, Belfast 21Knock Ladies Collegiate
1908 Methodist College 10Belmont Ladies' College
1909Methodist College

1910s

YearWinnerRunner-upNotes
1910 Victoria College, Belfast 31 Methodist College Replay - Game 1: 0-0
1911Victoria College, Belfast30Oriel Collegiate School, Larne
1912Methodist College20Victoria College, Belfast
1913Methodist College21Victoria College, Belfast [1]
1914Methodist College20Victoria College, Belfast
1915Victoria College, Belfast20Methodist CollegeReplay [2]
1916Methodist College31Victoria College, Belfast [3]
1917Methodist College50Ashleigh House School, Belfast
1918Methodist College10 Belfast Royal Academy 2nd replay - Game 1: 0-0; Game 2: 1-1
1919Methodist College20Belfast Royal Academyreplay - Game 1: 0-0

1920s

YearWinnerRunner-upNotes
1920 Methodist College 20 Belfast Royal Academy
1921Belfast Royal Academy21Methodist College [4]
1922Methodist College21Belfast Royal Academy [5]
1923Methodist College20 Ballymena Academy [6]
1924 Victoria College, Belfast 43Methodist CollegeReplay - Game 1: 2-2 [7] [8]
1925Victoria College, Belfast10Methodist College [9]
1926Victoria College, Belfast30Methodist College [10]
1927Victoria College, Belfast21 St. Dominic's High School After extra time in replay - Game 1:1-1 [11] [12]
1928Victoria College, Belfast30 Friends School Lisburn [13]
1929Belfast Royal Academy10St. Dominic's High School [14]

1930s

YearWinnerRunner-upNotes
1930 Methodist College 20 St. Dominic's High School [15]
1931Methodist College31 Belfast Royal Academy [16]
1932Methodist College &
St. Dominic's High School		00TROPHY SHARED2nd replay, Game 1: 0-0; Game 2: 1-1 [17] [18] [19]
1933Methodist College30 Lurgan College [20]
1934Belfast Royal Academy10Methodist College [21] [22]
1935St. Dominic's High School20Methodist College [23]
1936Methodist College40Lurgan College [24]
1937St. Dominic's High School30Methodist College [25]
1938Methodist College21Londonderry High School [26] [27]
1939 Down High School 10 Victoria College, Belfast [28]

1940s

YearWinnerRunner-upNotes
1940
1941 Belfast Royal Academy 80 Regent House, Newtownards
1942 Victoria College, Belfast 31Belfast Royal Academy
1943Belfast Royal Academy30Londonderry High School
1944Belfast Royal Academy10 Lurgan College [29]
1945Belfast Royal Academy30Victoria College, Belfast
1946Victoria College, Belfast10 St. Dominic's High School
1947St. Dominic's High School &
Victoria College, Belfast		11TROPHY SHAREDthree attempts at a replay were postponed
by bad weather
1948Victoria College, Belfast42 Dalriada School after extra time
1949 Methodist College &
St. Dominic's High School		22TROPHY SHAREDreplay - Game 1: 1-1 [30]

1950s

YearWinnerRunner-upNotes
1950 St. Dominic's High School 30 Belfast Royal Academy [31] [32]
1951 Victoria College, Belfast 21St. Dominic's High SchoolReplay - Game 1: [33] [34]
1952Belfast Royal Academy32Londonderry High School
1953Londonderry High School32St. Dominic's High School
1954Londonderry High School21 Ballymena Academy [35]
1955 Lurgan College 20Ballymena Academy
1956St. Dominic's High School32 Dalriada School
1957Belfast Royal Academy21Lurgan College [36]
1958Belfast Royal Academy21 Friends School Lisburn [37] [38]
1959St. Dominic's High School10Friends School LisburnReplay

1960s

YearWinnerRunner-upNotes
1960 St. Dominic's High School &
Belfast Royal Academy 		00TROPHY SHARED
1961St. Dominic's High School &
Belfast Royal Academy		11TROPHY SHARED [39]
1962St. Dominic's High School &
Strathearn School,Belfast 		00TROPHY SHARED [40]
1963 Portadown College 31Strathearn School, Belfast [41]
1964Portadown College30 Friends School Lisburn [42]
1965
1966Friends School Lisburn31 Methodist College [43]
1967Strathearn School, BelfastBloomfield Collegiate
1968Strathearn School, Belfast &
Belfast Royal Academy		00TROPHY SHARED
1969Princess Gardens, Finaghy10Belfast Royal Academy

1970s

YearWinnerRunner-upNotes
1970 Strathearn School, Belfast 51 Portadown College
1971Princess Gardens, Finaghy30Strathearn School
1972 Victoria College, Belfast 32Strathearn School
1973 Ballymena Academy &
Victoria College, Belfast		00TROPHY SHARED
1974 Belfast Royal Academy 10 Ballymena Academy
1975 St. Dominic's High School 20Victoria College, Belfast [44]
1976Ballymena Academy &
Methodist College		00TROPHY SHARED [45]
1977 Regent House, Newtownards 10 Rainey Endowed School
1978Ballymena Academy10 Coleraine High School
1979 Friends School Lisburn &
Regent House, Newtownards		11TROPHY SHARED

1980s

YearWinnerRunner-upNotes
1980Glenlola Collegiate, Bangor &
Sullivan Upper School 		00TROPHY SHAREDGlenlola proceeded to the All-Ireland
competition after a playoff that was
drawn and a penalty stroke tiebreaker
that took 20 attempts each to
separate the teams.
1981 St. Dominic's High School 21 Strathearn School, Belfast
1982 Foyle & Londonderry College 20 St. Dominic's High School
1983Strathearn School40Limavady Grammar School
1984Strathearn School20 Dalriada School
1985 Regent House, Newtownards 20 Ballymena Academy
1986 Friends School Lisburn 31Ballymena Academy
1987Regent House, Newtownards20Princess Gardens, Finaghy
1988 Methodist College 20Friends School Lisburn
1989Ballymena Academy10Strathearn School

1990s

YearWinnerRunner-upNotes
1990 Ballymena Academy 30 Portadown College
1991Ballymena Academy11 Methodist College Ballymena Academy won 2–1 on pens
1992 Strathearn School, Belfast 10 Dalriada School
1993Dalriada School00Methodist CollegeDalriada School won 4–2 on pens
1994Ballymena Academy00 Regent House Ballymena Academy won 1–0 on pens [46]
1995 Royal School Dungannon 00Ballymena AcademyRoyal School Dungannon won 3–1 on pens [47]
1996Portadown College10 Foyle & Londonderry College [48]
1997Enniskillen Collegiate21Foyle & Londonderry College
1998Regent House, Newtownards00Enniskillen CollegiateRegent House won 3–2 on pens
1999 Friends School Lisburn 10 Omagh Academy

2000s

YearWinnerRunner-upNotes
1999-2000 Larne Grammar School 21 Ballymena Academy
2000-01Ballymena Academy21 Dalriada School
2001-02 Royal School, Armagh Lurgan College
2002-03Lurgan College94Ballymena Academy
2003-04Royal School, Armagh32Lurgan College
2004-05 Omagh Academy 10Royal School, Armagh
2005-06Royal School, Armagh30Omagh Academy
2006-07Royal School, Armagh10 Ballyclare High School [49]
2007-08Royal School, Armagh31 Sullivan Upper School [50]
2008-09 Foyle and Londonderry College 10 Ballymena Academy [51]

2010s

YearWinnerRunner-upNotes
2009-10 Royal School, Armagh 20 Omagh Academy [52]
2010-11 Lurgan College 00 Wallace High School Lurgan College won 4–3 on penalties [53]
2011-12 Ballyclare High School 21Lurgan Collegegolden goal in extra time [54]
2012-13Lurgan College10 Victoria College, Belfast [55]
2013-14Lurgan College10 Rainey Endowed School after extra time [56]
2014-15Sullivan Upper21Banbridge Academy [57] [58]
2015-16 Methodist College Belfast 10Sullivan Upper [59]
2016-17 Banbridge Academy 40 Wallace High School [60]
2017-18 Rainey Endowed School 11 Banbridge Academy Rainey won 3–1 on penalties
2018-19 Banbridge Academy 21 Ballyclare High School [61]

2020s

YearWinnerRunner-upNotes
2019-20 Belfast Royal Academy 42 Friends School Lisburn [62]
2021-22 Methodist College Belfast 10 The Royal School, Armagh [63]
2022-23 The Royal School, Armagh 20 Strathearn School [64]

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