Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship

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Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship
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Current event clock.svg 2023 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship
Colours of Westmeath.svg
Irish Craobh Sinsear Iomána na hIarmhí
Code Hurling
Founded1903;121 years ago (1903)
Region Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath (GAA)
Trophy Westmeath Examiner Cup
No. of teams6
Title holders Colours of Laois.svg Raharney (15th title)
Most titles Colours of Kerry.svg Clonkill (17 titles)
SponsorsSlevin Coaches
TV partner(s)Iarmhí TV
Official website Westmeath GAA

The Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Slevin Coaches Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Westmeath SHC) is an annual hurling competition organized by the Westmeath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the top-ranking senior clubs in the county of Westmeath in Ireland. It is the most prestigious competition in Westmeath hurling.

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The competition has been won by 19 teams, 14 of which have won it more than once. Clonkill is the most successful team in the championship's history, having won it 17 times. Raharney are the reigning champions, defeating Lough Lenes Gaels by 2–19 to 2–17 in the 2023 Westmeath SHC final.

Current senior teams

The 12 clubs that will compete in Senior hurling for 2024 are:

Castlepollard, Castletown Geoghegan (x2), Clonkill, Crookedwood, Cullion, Delvin, Fr. Daltons, Lough Lene Gaels, Raharney, Ringtown, and St Oliver Plunkett's.

Senior hurling in Westmeath is divided into two separate groups: the Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship (Group A), and the Westmeath Senior B Hurling Championship (Group B).

Group A; Castlepollard, Castletown Geoghegan, Clonkill, Lough Lene Gaels, Raharney, and St Oliver Plunkett's.

Group B; Castletown Geoghegan, Crookedwood, Cullion, , Delvin, Fr. Dalton's, and Ringtown.

The team finishing lowest in Group A is relegated to Group B, the team finishing lowest in Group B is relegated to the Westmeath Intermediate Hurling Championship for the following season.

Top winners

#TeamWinsYears won
1
Clonkill 171929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1969, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020
2Brownstown151938, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993
Raharney 151913, 1914, 1919, 1967, 1973, 1984, 1992, 1994, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2021, 2023
4 Castlepollard 141925, 1928, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2005
Castletown Geoghegan 141923, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1964, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2004, 2013, 2017, 2022
6 Ringtown 91906, 1908, 1910, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1942, 1980, 1987
7 Lough Lene Gaels 71975, 1976, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002
8 St Brigid's 41968, 1970, 1971, 1972
Athlone41905, 1907, 1911, 1912
Delvin41949, 1950, 1951, 1953
Mullingar Shamrocks 41903, 1904, 1935, 1944
12Rickardstown31954, 1959, 1963
13Athlone Military21926, 1927
Drumraney21918, 1921
15Riverstown11909
Mental Hospital 11924
Collinstown11955
Columb Rovers11945
Pearses11962

Roll of honour

YearWinnersRunners-up
YearClubScoreClubScore
2023 [1] Raharney 2-19 Lough Lene Gaels 2-17
2022 [2] Castletown Geoghegan 0–22 Clonkill 1-14
2021 Raharney 0–21 Castletown Geoghegan 0–18
2020 [3] Clonkill 3–16 (AET) Castletown Geoghegan 2–16
2019 Clonkill 2–16 Castletown Geoghegan 1–16
2018 Clonkill 1–13 Raharney 2-09
2017 [4] Castletown Geoghegan 1–18 Raharney 1–16
2016 [5] Raharney 2–18 Clonkill 1–13
2015 [6] Clonkill 1–14 Raharney 1–10
2014 [7] Raharney 2–12 Castlepollard 1–09
2013 [8] Castletown Geoghegan 1–12 St Oliver Plunkett's 0–11
2012 [9] Clonkill 2–16 Raharney 2–11
2011 [10] Clonkill 1–13 Castletown Geoghegan 0–14
2010 [11] Raharney 2–14 Clonkill 1–16
2009 [12] Clonkill 1–16 Lough Lene Gaels 2-09
2008 [13] Raharney 0–15 Clonkill 2-06
2007 [14] Clonkill 1–15 Lough Lene Gaels 0–05
2006 [15] Raharney 1–09, 4–05 (R) Castletown Geoghegan 1–09, 2–05 (R)
2005 [16] Castlepollard 2-09 Lough Lene Gaels 0–04
2004 [17] Castletown Geoghegan 0–13 Lough Lene Gaels 1–09
2003 [18] Castlepollard 1–10 Clonkill 1–09
2002 [19] [20] Lough Lene Gaels 1–08, 4–11 (R) Castletown Geoghegan 0–11, 2–12 (R)
2001 [21] Clonkill 2–11Cullion2–05
2000 Lough Lene Gaels 3-08 Castlepollard 0–14
1999 Lough Lene Gaels 1–13 Castlepollard 1–11
1998 Lough Lene Gaels 1–10 Clonkill 0–09
1997 Castlepollard 2-07, 2–11 (R) Lough Lene Gaels 0–13, 2–08 (R)
1996 Lough Lene Gaels 2-07 Castletown Geoghegan 0–09
1995 Castlepollard 1–10 Raharney 2–06
1994 Raharney 1–14 Castlepollard 1–10
1993Brownstown2-06 Castletown Geoghegan 1–08
1992 Raharney 2-06 Lough Lene Gaels 1–06
1991Brownstown4-06 Castlepollard 3-03
1990 Castletown Geoghegan 1–08 Raharney 1–07
1989Brownstown2-09 Castletown Geoghegan 2-03
1988Brownstown1–11 Raharney 1–09
1987 Ringtown 1–10Brownstown1–09
1986 Castletown Geoghegan 1–13Brownstown1–08
1985Brownstown1–09 Lough Lene Gaels 1–06
1984 Raharney 2–14 Castletown Geoghegan 2–12
1983Brownstown2–13 Castlepollard 0–07
1982 Castletown Geoghegan 0–14Brownstown1–06
1981Brownstown1–13 Raharney 0–05
1980 Ringtown 1–10Brownstown0–09
1979 Castletown Geoghegan 0–13 Raharney 2–04
1978Brownstown2–16 Castlepollard 1–06
1977Brownstown1–19 Castletown Geoghegan 1–09
1976 Lough Lene Gaels 2-07 Raharney 3-03
1975 Lough Lene Gaels 2-09 Raharney 1–05
1974 Castlepollard 1–08Raharney1–04
1973 Raharney 2–11 Castlepollard 3-06
1972 St Brigid's 3–10 Castlepollard 1–08
1971 St Brigid's 4-07 Raharney 1–07
1970 St Brigid's 1–08 Castletown Geoghegan 1–07
1969 Clonkill 2–11Devlin1–08
1968 St Brigid's 3-06 Castletown Geoghegan 1–06
1967 Raharney 4–12Pearses1–08
1966 Castlepollard 2-07Pearses2-04
1965 Castlepollard 4-02 Castletown Geoghegan 2-06
1964 Castletown Geoghegan 2–13 Raharney 1–07
1963Rickardstown6-05 Castlepollard 0–09
1962Pearses2-09 Raharney 3-05
1961 Castlepollard 2-09St Patrick's1–04
1960 Castletown Geoghegan 2-06 Castlepollard 0–08
1959Rickardstown6-07 Castletown Geoghegan 3-03
1958 Castletown Geoghegan 4-04 Castlepollard 1–02
1957 Castletown Geoghegan 2–10Collinstown4-03
1956 Castletown Geoghegan 3-09Rickardstown2-03
1955Collinstown8-05 Castletown Geoghegan 4-03
1954Rickardstown1–12, 3–05 (R)Collinstown3–06, 2–07 (R)
1953Delvin4–06, 2–06 (R)Collinstown5–03, 1–08 (R)
1952Brownstown4-05Rickardstown3-07
1951Delvin4-06Collinstown2-08
1950Delvin3-03Collinstown2-03
1949Delvin Ringtown
1948BrownstownCollinstown
1947BrownstownRickardstown
1946Brownstown Clonkill
1945Columb Rovers Ringtown
1944 Mullingar Shamrocks Ringtown
1943Brownstown Castlepollard
1942 Ringtown Clonkill
1941 Clonkill Brownstown
1940 Clonkill Castlepollard
1939 Clonkill Brownstown
1938Brownstown Clonkill
1937 Castlepollard 7-05Ardnurcher5-03
1936 Castlepollard 5-02 Clonkill 4-00
1935 Mullingar Shamrocks 3-03 Castletown Geoghegan 3-01
1934 Castlepollard 7-04 Castletown Geoghegan 1–01
1933 Castlepollard 4-04 Clonkill 0–02
1932 Clonkill Delvin
1931 Clonkill Castlepollard
1930 Clonkill Castlepollard
1929 Clonkill Ringtown
1928 Castlepollard (awarded)None
1927Athlone MilitaryKilladoran
1926Athlone MilitaryCollinstown
1925 Castlepollard 6-02 Raharney 2-00
1924 Mental Hospital 2-05Castletown Geoghegan1–04
1923 Castletown Geoghegan 7-00 Castlepollard 1-00
1922No Championship
1921Drumraney3-04 Raharney 2-02
1920No Championship
1919 Raharney Drumraney
1918Drumraney Raharney
1917 Ringtown 4-01Drumraney3-00
1916 Ringtown Drumraney
1915 Ringtown Simonstown
1914 Raharney Rovers 5-01 Castlepollard 0–00
1913 Raharney Rovers 3-04Crookedwood1–00
1912Athlone Ringtown
1911Athlone Ringtown
1910 Ringtown Riverstown Emmets
1909Riverstown Emmets5-04Athlone St Ciaran's2-02
1908 Ringtown Riverstown Emmets
1907AthloneDrumraney
1906 Ringtown Raharney
1905Athlone St Ciaran's Mullingar Shamrocks
1904 [22] Mullingar Shamrocks 2-02Ringtown Myles O'Reillys0–04
1903 Mullingar Shamrocks Athlone

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