Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
Current season or competition:
2023 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
CodeHurling
Founded1897; 127 years ago (1897)
Region Waterford (GAA)
No. of teams12
Title holdersBallygunner (22nd title)
Most titlesMount Sion (35 titles)
SponsorsJJ Kavanagh & Sons
TV partner(s)TG4 (final only)
Official websitehttp://www.waterfordgaa.ie/

The Waterford Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the JJ Kavanagh & Sons Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Waterford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1897 for the top hurling teams in the county of Waterford in Ireland.

The series of games are played during the spring, summer and autumn months with the county final currently being played at Walsh Park in October. Initially played as a knock-out competition, the championship currently features a group stage followed by a knock-out stage. The Waterford County Championship is an integral part of the wider Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship. The winners of the Waterford county final join the champions of the other hurling counties to contest the provincial championship. Twelve teams currently participate in the Waterford County Championship. The title has been won at least once by 23 different teams. The all-time record-holders are Mount Sion, who have won a total of 35 titles. Ballygunner are the title-holders after defeating Passage by 1–23 to 0–09 in the 2020 championship final.[1]

Format

Current format

Group stage: The 12 teams are divided into four groups of three. Each team plays each other once. The top team in each group advance to the quarter final stage and are seeded. The second placed teams from each group are drawn against third placed teams in each group in a preliminary quarter final. The winners advance to the quarter finals whilst the losers are summoned to relegation semi-finals and finals, with one team being relegated to the premier intermediate grade.

Preliminary quarter-finals: 8 teams contest this round. The 4 winning teams advance to the Quarter-finals. The 4 losing teams advance to the relegation play-offs.

Relegation play-off: 4 teams contest this round. The losing team are relegated to the Waterford Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship.

Quarter-finals: 8 teams contest this round. The 4 winning teams advance to the Semi-finals. The 4 losing teams are eliminated from the championship.

Semi-finals: 4 teams contest this round. The 2 winning teams advance to the Semi-finals. The 2 losing teams are eliminated from the championship.

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

Teams

2024 teams

The following 12 teams will contest the 2024 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship:

Team Location Colours Championship titles Last championship title
Abbeyside Abbeyside Blue and orange 0 —
Ballygunner Ballygunner Red and black 22 2023
Clonea Rathgormack Red and green 5 1952
De La Salle Waterford Red and white 3 2012
Dungarvan Dungarvan Blue and white 6 1941
Ferrybank Ferrybank Green and white 3 1919
Fourmilewater Ballymacarbry Blue and white 0 —
Lismore Lismore Yellow and black 3 1993
Mount Sion Waterford Blue and white 35 2006
Passage Passage East Red and white 1 2013
Roanmore Waterford Blue and white 2 1990
Tallow Tallow Blue and yellow 4 1985

Managers

Managers in the Waterford Championship are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and sourcing of players. Their influence varies from club-to-club and is related to the individual club committees. The manager is assisted by a team of two or three selectors and a backroom team consisting of various coaches.

Winning managers (1999–present)
Manager Team Wins Winning years
Jim Greene Mount Sion 3 2002, 2003, 2004
Fergal Hartley Ballygunner 3 2014, 2017, 2018
Darragh O'Sullivan Ballygunner 3 2019 (j), 2020 (j), 2021
Denis Walsh Ballygunner 2 2015, 2016
David Franks Ballygunner 2 2019 (j), 2020 (j)
Michael Gaffney Ballygunner 1 1999
Kevin Ryan Mount Sion 1 2000
Gordon Ryan Ballygunner 1 2001
John Fitzpatrick Ballygunner 1 2005
Páraic Fanning Mount Sion 1 2006
Morris Geary Ballyduff Upper 1 2007
Owen Dunphy De La Salle 1 2008
Ger Cunningham Ballygunner 1 2009
Michael Ryan De La Salle 1 2010
Niall O'Donnell Ballygunner 1 2011
Derek McGrath De La Salle 1 2012
Peter Queally Passage 1 2013

List of finals

Year Winners Runners-up
Club Score Club Score
2023 Ballygunner 2-26 De La Salle 0-21
2022 Ballygunner 2-11 Mount Sion 0-08
2021 Ballygunner 2-27 Roanmore 0-13
2020[2] Ballygunner 1-23 Passage 0-09
2019[3] Ballygunner 1-24 De La Salle 1-15
2018[4] Ballygunner 2-19 Abbeyside 0-13
2017[5] Ballygunner 2-18 De La Salle 0-16
2016[6] Ballygunner 4-20 Passage 1-12
2015[7] Ballygunner 0-16 Tallow 0-12
2014[8] Ballygunner 2-16 Mount Sion 0-09
2013[9] Passage 3-16 Ballygunner 3-13
2012[10] De La Salle 1-21 Dungarvan 0-12
2011 Ballygunner 1-19 Tallow 0-06
2010[11] De La Salle 3-13 Ballygunner 1-11
2009 Ballygunner (4-12) 1-17 Lismore (2-18) 0-19
2008 De La Salle 0-11 Abbeyside 0-09
2007 Ballyduff Upper 1-18 Ballygunner 1-14
2006 Mount Sion 2-13 Ballygunner 0-12
2005 Ballygunner 2-10 De La Salle 1-12
2004 Mount Sion 4-14 Ballygunner 4-07
2003 Mount Sion 1-14 Ballygunner 1-10
2002 Mount Sion 1-19 Ballygunner 2-14
2001 Ballygunner 4-12 Lismore 1-16
2000 Mount Sion 1-20 Ballygunner 0-09
1999 Ballygunner 1-18 Mount Sion 2-10
1998 Mount Sion 3-19 Ballyduff Upper 0-10
1997 Ballygunner 2-17 Passage 1-14
1996 Ballygunner 3-13 Lismore 1-12
1995 Ballygunner (1-08) 3-13 (R) Mount Sion (1-08) 1-17 (R)
1994 Mount Sion 2-13 Passage 1-11
1993 Lismore 0-08 Passage 0-07
1992 Ballygunner 1-12 Mount Sion 2-07
1991 Lismore 5-07 Mount Sion 1-05
1990 Roanmore 3-13 Ballyduff Upper 2-06
1989 Roanmore 3-08 Ballyduff Upper 2-07
1988 Mount Sion 2-15 Ballygunner 3-08
1987 Ballyduff Upper 4-07 Roanmore 2-11
1986 Mount Sion 0-16 Lismore 0-10
1985 Tallow 3-08 Ballyduff Upper 2-08
1984 Tallow 2-12 Portlaw 2-01
1983 Mount Sion 5-11 Ballyduff Upper 2-06
1982 Ballyduff Upper 0-20 Dunhill 1-11
1981 Mount Sion 4-13 Dunhill 1-14
1980 Tallow 1-07 Dunhill 1-06
1979 Dunhill 2-17 Ballyduff Upper 2-08
1978 Dunhill 2-16 Mount Sion 4-08
1977 Portlaw 4-10 Ballyduff Upper 2-10
1976 Portlaw 7-12 Tallow 1-05
1975 Mount Sion 6-04 Portlaw 2-07
1974 Mount Sion 3-08 Portlaw 2-10
1973 Portlaw 2-11 Mount Sion 2-07
1972 Mount Sion 2-10 Dunhill 2-08
1971 Portlaw 1-13 St. Mollerans 2-08
1970 Ballyduff Lower/Portlaw (awarded title)
1969 Mount Sion 7-11 Abbeyside 2-13
1968 Ballygunner 2-10 Mount Sion 3-02
1967 Ballygunner 2-10 Ballyduff Lower/Portlaw 3-05
1966 Ballygunner 2-06 Mount Sion 2-03
1965 Mount Sion 3-02 Ballygunner 2-04
1964 Mount Sion 3-06 Abbeyside 1-06
1963 Mount Sion 4-06 Ballygunner 3-04
1962 Erin's Own 5-07 Mount Sion 1-04
1961 Mount Sion 2-14 Erin's Own 2-04
1960 Mount Sion 5-09 Erin's Own 2-05
1959 Mount Sion 5-05 Erin's Own 5-04
1958 Mount Sion 6-10 Faughs 1-08
1957 Mount Sion 2-10 Abbeyside 1-02
1956 Mount Sion 7-07 Cappoquin 2-06
1955 Mount Sion 2-10 Abbeyside 3-04
1954 Mount Sion 3-14 Erin's Own 5-02
1953 Mount Sion 7-11 Tourin 1-01
1952 Clonea 1-10 T. F. Meaghers 2-01
1951 Mount Sion 7-08 Dungarvan 0-09
1950 Tourin 3-07 Mount Sion 2-05
1949 Mount Sion 4-08 Clonea 0-06
1948 Mount Sion 4-08 Avonmore 0-08
1947 Erin's Own 3-04 Clonea 3-01
1946 Erin's Own 5-07 Brickey Rangers 2-04
1945 Mount Sion 3-08 Dungarvan 2-05
1944 3rd Battalion 4-03 Portlaw 2-07
1943 Mount Sion 3-08 Tallow 1-05
1942 Erin's Own 2-05 Lismore 2-03
1941 Dungarvan 2-06 Mount Sion 1-05
1940 Mount Sion 6-05 Dungarvan 3-02
1939 Mount Sion 2-04 Erin's Own 2-02
1938 Mount Sion 4-03 Erin's Own 3-04
1937 Portlaw 3-01 Dungarvan 0-03
1936 Mount Sion 2-06 Tallow 1-05 (Tallow won on objection)
1935 Erin's Own 4-07 Tallow 2-04
1934 Erin's Own 6-04 Tallow 0-02
1933 Erin's Own 7-06 Dunhill 1-03
1932 Erin's Own 2-02 Tallow 0-02
1931 Erin's Own 4-07 Tallow 0-03
1930 Erin's Own 6-04 Dungarvan 0-01
1929 Erin's Own 10-04 Lismore 1-01
1928 Erin's Own 5-06 Tallow 2-00
1927 Erin's Own 8-02 Dungarvan 0-05
1926 Dungarvan 5-02 Lismore 2-03
1925 Lismore 4-02 Erin's Own 2-03
1924 T. F. Meaghers 11-05 Dungarvan 1-02
1923 Dungarvan
1922 T. F. Meaghers
1921 No Championship
1920 Dungarvan 9-02 Ferrybank 1-00
1919 Ferrybank
1918 Clonea 4-03 Ferrybank 2-01
1917 Dungarvan
1916 Young Irelands 6-02 Ferrybank 2-00
1915 Ferrybank
1914 St Stephens De La Salle
1913 St Stephens De La Salle 5-04 Ballyduff Upper 0-02
1912 T. F. Meagher's 4-02 Clonea 1-00
1911 T. F. Meaghers
1910 T. F. Meaghers 4-04 Dungarvan 1-02
1909 T. F. Meaghers
1908 Dungarvan 14 Points Dunhill 1 Goal
1907 Clonea
1906 De La Salle 5-05 Ballyduff Lower 0-05
1905 Clonea 6-10 Ballyduff Upper 3-05
1904 Gracedieu Clonea
1903 Clonea De La Salle
1902 Clonea Shanacool Durrow
1901
1900
1899 Ballydurn Blackwater Ramblers
1898
1897 Ballytruckle

Roll of honour

# Club Titles Years won
1 Mount Sion 35 1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
2 Ballygunner 22 1966, 1967, 1968, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
3 Erin's Own 13 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1942, 1946, 1947,1962
4 Dungarvan 6 1908, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1926, 1941
T.F. Meaghers 6 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1922, 1924
Portlaw 5 1937, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977
5 Clonea 5 1902, 1903, 1905, 1907, 1952
6 Tallow 4 1936, 1980, 1984, 1985
7 Ferrybank 3 1915, 1916, 1919
Lismore 3 1925, 1991, 1993
Ballyduff Upper 3 1983, 1987, 2007
De La Salle 3 2008, 2010, 2012
8 St Stephens De La Salle 2 1913, 1914
Dunhill 2 1978, 1979
Roanmore 2 1989, 1990
9 Ballytruckle 1 1897
Ballydurn 1 1899
Gracedieu 1 1904
Ballyduff Lower 2 1906, 1970 (awarded title)
Young Irelands 1 1918
3rd Battalion 1 1944
Tourin 1 1950
Passage 1 2013

Records and statistics

Teams

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Waterford Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:

Gaps

Top five longest gaps between successive championship titles:

Top scorers

In finals

Final Top scorer Team Score Total
1995 Liam Whitty Ballygunner 1-05 8
1996 Michael Mahoney Ballygunner 2-04 10
1997 Paul Flynn Ballygunner 1-08 11
1998 Ken McGrath Mount Sion 1-04 7
1999 Paul Flynn Ballygunner 1-08 11
2000 Tony Browne Mount Sion 1-07 7
2001 Dave Bennett Lismore 0-10 10
2002 Ken McGrath Mount Sion 0-11 11
2003 Paul Flynn Ballygunner 0-06 6
2004 Ken McGrath Mount Sion 1-03 6
2005 James Quirke De La Salle 0-09 9
2006 Ken McGrath Mount Sion 0-07 7
2007 Stephen Power Ballygunner 1-06 9
Brendan Hannon Ballyduff Upper 0-09 9
2008 Páidí Nevin De La Salle 0-03 3
James Quirke De La Salle 0-03 3
2009 Paul Flynn Ballygunner 1-09 12
2010 John Mullane De La Salle 0-09 9
2011 Pauric Mahony Ballygunner 0-11 11
2012 Cormac Curran Dungarvan 0-09 9
2013 Pauric Mahony Ballygunner 1-07 10
Owen Connors Passage 1-07 10
2014 Pauric Mahony Ballygunner 0-10 10
2015 Ryan Grey Tallow 0-10 10
2016 Pauric Mahony Ballygunner 1-11 14
2017 Pauric Mahony Ballygunner 0-09 9
2018 Pauric Mahony Ballygunner 0-13 13
2019 Pauric Mahony Ballygunner 0-12 12
2020 Pauric Mahony Ballygunner 0-08 8

See also

References

  1. ^ "Club GAA: Ballygunner and Mount Leinster claim county titles, Ballyboden survive scare in Dublin". RTE. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Club GAA: Ballygunner and Mount Leinster claim county titles, Ballyboden survive scare in Dublin". RTE. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Waterford SHC final: Mahony shoots Gunners to six-in-a-row". Hogan Stand. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Ballygunner make it five in a row beating Abbeyside". RTÉ. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Four-in-a-row for brilliant Ballygunner". The Irish Examiner. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Pauric Mahony's magic drives Ballygunner as Pat Flynn is honoured". Irish Examiner. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Ballygunner edge tough battle for poignant 14th title win". Irish Examiner. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Redemption for gallant Gunners". Irish Examiner. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  9. ^ "Passage dream comes true". Irish Examiner. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  10. ^ "Bigger tests loom for rampant De La Salle". Irish Examiner. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  11. ^ "Mullane magic helps shoot down 'Gunner". Irish Independent. 26 October 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2010.

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