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The All Ireland Schoolboys Hockey Championship is an annual competition involving the strongest schools affiliated to Hockey Ireland. The competition is held in the Autumn term of each school year.

Banbridge Academy, Down, are the current champions, having defeated The High School, Dublin in the 2022 final in The Maradyke, Cork

Venues

The venue of the competition is on a three-year rota between Munster Leinster and Ulster

History

The competition began in the 1982 school year. It was initially dominated by schools from Ulster, with the first fourteen winners coming from that province. The monopoly was finally broken in 1996-97 15th tournament, when Newpark School from Dublin became the first winners from Leinster. Ashton were the first school from Munster to win the All Ireland tournament. In 2019 all four semifinalists hailed from Leinster, with eventual winners, The High School, defeating King’s Hospital 1-0 to reach their first ever final. The same scoreline stood in the other semi, where Wesley College were beaten by tournament runners-up St. Andrew’s College.

Format

Sixteen teams compete in the finals. The teams are drawn into four pools with four teams each. Each team plays the other three teams in their group once. Each group winner then play one of the other group winners in a semi-final match. The two semi-final winners then play each other in the final. The winner of the final is presented with the Tasmanian Shield.

Performance table

School Winners Runner-up Total Finals Year of last win
Royal Belfast Academical Institution 7 5 12 2013-14
St. Andrew's College, Dublin 7 1 8 2017-18
Banbridge Academy 6 4 9 2022
Wesley College Dublin 3 9 12 2009-10
Newry High School 3 0 3 1984-85
Bandon Grammar School 2 2 4 2021-22
Ashton School 2 2 4 2000-01
Bangor Grammar School 2 0 2 1997-98
Wallace High School, Lisburn 1 6 7 1987-88
Cookstown High School 1 2 3 2007-08
Methodist College Belfast 1 2 3 1985-86
Newpark Comprehensive School 1 1 2 1996-97
The High School 1 1 2 2019
Kilkenny College 1 0 1 1999-00
Wellington College Belfast 1 0 1 1993-94
Newtown School Waterford 1 0 1 2018
Friends School Lisburn 0 1 1

Finals

1982-1988

Year Venue Winner Runner-up Notes
1982 Bangor Newry High School Banbridge Academy
1983 Dublin Newry High School Wallace High School, Lisburn
1984 Cork Newry High School Wallace High School, Lisburn
1985 Cookstown Methodist College Belfast Wallace High School, Lisburn
1986 Kilkenny Royal Belfast Academical Institution Bandon Grammar School
1987 Limerick Wallace High School, Lisburn Methodist College Belfast
1988 Lisburn Royal Belfast Academical Institution Banbridge Academy

1989-1998

Year Venue Winner Runner-up Notes
1989 Dublin Bangor Grammar School Royal Belfast Academical Institution
1990 Waterford Royal Belfast Academical Institution Newpark Comprehensive School
1991 Cookstown Royal Belfast Academical Institution Wesley College, Dublin
1992 Dublin Banbridge Academy Royal Belfast Academical Institution
1993 Cork Wellington College Belfast Friends School Lisburn
1994 Belfast Royal Belfast Academical Institution Cookstown High School
1995 Dublin Royal Belfast Academical Institution Methodist College Belfast
1996 Cork Newpark Comprehensive School Wesley College, Dublin
1997 Bangor Bangor Grammar School Ashton School
1998 Dublin Ashton School Wesley College, Dublin

1999-2008

Year Venue Winner Runner-up Notes
1999 Cork Kilkenny College Ashton School penalty strokes
2000 Bangor Ashton School Wesley College, Dublin
2001 Dublin St. Andrew's College, Dublin 1 0 Wesley College Dublin
2002 Cork Wesley College, Dublin Royal Belfast Academical Institution
2003 Banbridge Royal Belfast Academical Institution Bandon Grammar School
2004 Dublin Wesley College, Dublin Bandon Grammar School
2005 Cork Bandon Grammar School 4 3 Royal Belfast Academical Institution extra time
2006 Belfast Banbridge Academy 5 4 Royal Belfast Academical Institution extra time - golden goal
2007 Dublin Cookstown High School 4 2 Banbridge Academy [1]
2008 Limerick St. Andrew's College, Dublin 2 1 Wesley College, Dublin [2]

2009-

Year Venue Winner Runner-up Notes
2009 Belfast Wesley College Dublin 3 2 Wallace High School, Lisburn Extra time - Silver goal[3]
2010 Dublin Banbridge Academy 4 2 St. Andrew's College, Dublin [4]
2011 Cork Banbridge Academy 2 1 Cookstown High School [5]
2012 Belfast St. Andrew's College, Dublin 3 1 Wesley College Dublin [6]
2013 Dublin St. Andrew's College, Dublin 6 1 Wesley College Dublin [7]
2014 Cork St. Andrew's College, Dublin 3 1 Wallace High School, Lisburn [8]
2015 Belfast Banbridge Academy 3 2 Wesley College Dublin [9]
2016 Dublin St. Andrew's College, Dublin 3 2 Banbridge Academy [10]
2017 Cork St. Andrew's College, Dublin 1 (4) 1 (1) Wesley College Dublin Penalty Strokes[11]
2018 Belfast Newtown School Waterford 1 0 Banbridge Academy
2019 Dublin The High School, Dublin 2 (7) 2 (6) St. Andrew's College Penalty Strokes [12]

2020-

Year Venue Winner Runner-up Notes
2020 Belfast No Competition 0 0 No Competition
2021-2022 Dublin Bandon Grammar School 2 (3) 2 (1) Banbridge Academy Shuttles [13]
2022 Cork Banbridge Academy 2 (3) 2 (1) The High School Shuttles[citation needed]

Sources

  1. ^ "Belfast Newsletter Final Report 2007-08". Retrieved 2007-10-27.
  2. ^ "Irish Times Final Report 2008-09". The Irish Times. 2008-10-10. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
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  4. ^ "Irish Independent Final Report 2010-11". 2010-10-23. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
  5. ^ "Bann win back-to-back Schoolboys champs". Archived from the original on November 7, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-01.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "St Andrew's defeat Wesley to clinch All-Ireland honours". Irish Times. 2012-10-27. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
  7. ^ "St Andrew's celebrate six of the best". Hook Hockey. 2013-10-25. Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. Retrieved 2013-10-25.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  9. ^ "Rowe lines up trio of drag-flicks to propel Bann win". Hook Hockey. 2015-10-23. Archived from the original on May 28, 2017. Retrieved 2015-10-23.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ "Andrew's in a Walker wonderland as Saints eventually see off Bann in All-Ireland final". Hook Hockey. 2016-10-28. Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. Retrieved 2016-10-28.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^ "Stroke Judge-ment works for Andrew's to land seventh All-Ireland title". Hook Hockey. 2017-10-28. Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. Retrieved 2017-10-28.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. ^ "High School complete amazing rise from obscurity to All Ireland Champions". Hook Hockey. 2019-10-25. Archived from the original on October 28, 2019.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. ^ Ireland Hockey. "Bandon GS leave it late to end 17-year All-Ireland wait – Hockey Ireland". Retrieved 2022-11-10.

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