Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship

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Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship
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Current event clock.svg 2025 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship
Colours of Westmeath.svg
Irish Craobh Sinsear Iomána na hIarmhí
Code Hurling
Founded1903;122 years ago (1903)
Region Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath (GAA)
Trophy Westmeath Examiner Cup
No. of teams6
Title holders Colours of Kilkenny.svg Castletown Geoghegan (15th title)
First winner Colours of Limerick.svg Mullingar Shamrocks
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. Castletown Geoghegan are the reigning champions, defeating Lough Lene Gaels 1-27 to 2–17 in the 2024 Westmeath SHC final.

Format

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).

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.

Teams

2025 Teams

The 6 teams competing in the 2025 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship are:

ClubLocationPosition in 2024 Championship titlesLast championship title
Colours of Clare.svg Castlepollard Castlepollard Group stage142005
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Castletown Geoghegan Castletown Geoghegan Champions15 2024
Colours of Kerry.svg Clonkill Clonkill Semi-finals17 2020
Colours of Kerry.svg Fr. Dalton's Ballymore Champions (Westmeath SBHC)0—
Colours of Wexford.svg Lough Lene Gaels Collinstown Runners-up72002
Colours of Laois.svg Raharney Raharney Group stage15 2023

Roll of honour

By club

#ClubTitlesChampionship wins
1 Clonkill 171929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1969, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020
2 Castletown Geoghegan 151923, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1964, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2004, 2013, 2017, 2022, 2024
Raharney 151913, 1914, 1919, 1967, 1973, 1984, 1992, 1994, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2021, 2023
Brownstown 151938, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993
5 Castlepollard 141925, 1928, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2005
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
Mullingar41903, 1904, 1935, 1944
12Rickardstown31954, 1959, 1963
13Athlone Military21926, 1927
Drumraney21918, 1921
15Riverstown11909
Mental Hospital 11924
Collinstown11955
Columb Rovers11945
Pearses11962

List of finals

Legend

List of Westmeath SHC finals

YearWinnersRunners-up
ClubScoreClubScore
2024 [1] Castletown Geoghegan 1-27 Lough Lene Gaels 2-17
2023 [2] Raharney 2-19 Lough Lene Gaels 2-17
2022 [3] Castletown Geoghegan 0–22 Clonkill 1-14
2021 Raharney 0–21 Castletown Geoghegan 0–18
2020 [4] Clonkill 3–16 (AET) Castletown Geoghegan 2–16
2019 Clonkill 2–16 Castletown Geoghegan 1–16
2018 Clonkill 1–13 Raharney 2-09
2017 [5] Castletown Geoghegan 1–18 Raharney 1–16
2016 [6] Raharney 2–18 Clonkill 1–13
2015 [7] Clonkill 1–14 Raharney 1–10
2014 [8] Raharney 2–12 Castlepollard 1–09
2013 [9] Castletown Geoghegan 1–12 St Oliver Plunkett's 0–11
2012 [10] Clonkill 2–16 Raharney 2–11
2011 [11] Clonkill 1–13 Castletown Geoghegan 0–14
2010 [12] Raharney 2–14 Clonkill 1–16
2009 [13] Clonkill 1–16 Lough Lene Gaels 2-09
2008 [14] Raharney 0–15 Clonkill 2-06
2007 [15] Clonkill 1–15 Lough Lene Gaels 0–05
2006 [16] Raharney 1–09, 4–05 (R) Castletown Geoghegan 1–09, 2–05 (R)
2005 [17] Castlepollard 2-09 Lough Lene Gaels 0–04
2004 [18] Castletown Geoghegan 0–13 Lough Lene Gaels 1–09
2003 [19] Castlepollard 1–10 Clonkill 1–09
2002 [20] [21] Lough Lene Gaels 1–08, 4–11 (R) Castletown Geoghegan 0–11, 2–12 (R)
2001 [22] 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
1993 Brownstown 2-06 Castletown Geoghegan 1–08
1992 Raharney 2-06 Lough Lene Gaels 1–06
1991 Brownstown 4-06 Castlepollard 3-03
1990 Castletown Geoghegan 1–08 Raharney 1–07
1989 Brownstown 2-09 Castletown Geoghegan 2-03
1988 Brownstown 1–11 Raharney 1–09
1987 Ringtown 1–10 Brownstown 1–09
1986 Castletown Geoghegan 1–13 Brownstown 1–08
1985 Brownstown 1–09 Lough Lene Gaels 1–06
1984 Raharney 2–14 Castletown Geoghegan 2–12
1983 Brownstown 2–13 Castlepollard 0–07
1982 Castletown Geoghegan 0–14 Brownstown 1–06
1981 Brownstown 1–13 Raharney 0–05
1980 Ringtown 1–10 Brownstown 0–09
1979 Castletown Geoghegan 0–13 Raharney 2–04
1978 Brownstown 2–16 Castlepollard 1–06
1977 Brownstown 1–19 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)
1952 Brownstown 4-05Rickardstown3-07
1951 Delvin4-06Collinstown2-08
1950 Delvin3-03Collinstown2-03
1949Delvin Ringtown
1948 Brownstown Collinstown
1947 Brownstown Rickardstown
1946 Brownstown Clonkill
1945Columb Rovers Ringtown
1944 Mullingar Shamrocks Ringtown
1943 Brownstown Castlepollard
1942 Ringtown Clonkill
1941 Clonkill Brownstown
1940 Clonkill Castlepollard
1939 Clonkill Brownstown
1938 Brownstown 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 [23] Mullingar Shamrocks 2-02Ringtown Myles O'Reillys0–04
1903 Mullingar Shamrocks Athlone

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Clarke goal crucial for Castletown-Geoghegan". Irish Examiner . 2 November 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "Doyle's late goal seals 15th Westmeath SHC crown for Raharney - HoganStand". hoganstand.com.
  3. ↑ "Castletown-Geoghegan triumph to 14th Westmeath SHC crown". Hogan Stand . 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Westmeath SHC Final: Clonkill win three-in-a-row".
  5. ↑ "Westmeath SHC final: Castletown Geoghegan upset the odds". Hogan Stand . 1 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Westmeath SHC final: Raharney's second-half comeback stuns holders". Hogan Stand . 23 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Price seals deal for Clonkill". Irish Independent . 20 October 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Favourites Raharney reclaim Westmeath hurling crown". Irish Independent . 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Clarke goal crucial for Castletown-Geoghegan". Irish Examiner . 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  10. ↑ "Westmeath SHC final: Clonkill retain crown". Hogan Stand . 15 October 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  11. ↑ "Westmeath SHC: Clonkill comeback downs Castletown". Hogan Stand . 16 October 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  12. ↑ "Westmeath SHC: Connaughton wins crown for Raharney". Hogan Stand . 18 October 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  13. ↑ "Westmeath SHC: Clonkill take title number 11". Hogan Stand . 28 September 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  14. ↑ "Westmeath SHC final: Raharney dethrone holders". Hogan Stand . 6 October 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  15. ↑ "Clonkill ease to Westmeath SHC success". Hogan Stand . 15 October 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  16. ↑ "Raharney bridge 12 year gap". Hogan Stand . 28 February 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  17. ↑ "'Pollard win replay in a canter". Hogan Stand . 3 November 2005. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  18. ↑ "Castletown end long wait in Westmeath". Hogan Stand . 20 September 2004. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  19. ↑ "McCormack the goal hero". Hogan Stand . 8 September 2003. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  20. ↑ "Carty point denies Castlepollard". Hogan Stand . 17 October 2005. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  21. ↑ "Gaels perform Houdini act". Hogan Stand . 30 May 2003. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  22. ↑ "Clonkill bridge 32-year gap". Hogan Stand . 17 September 2001. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  23. ↑ Evening Herald 1891–current, Saturday, 13 August 1904; Page: 7
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