All Ireland Schoolboys Hockey Championship

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.

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The High School, Rathgar, are the current champions, having defeated St Andrew’s College in the 2019 final.

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
SchoolWinnersRunner-UpTotal FinalsYear of last win
Royal Belfast Academical Institution75122003-04
St. Andrew's College, Dublin7182017-18
Banbridge Academy5492015-16
Wesley College Dublin39122009-10
Newry High School3031984-85
Ashton School2242000-01
Bangor Grammar School2021997-98
Wallace High School, Lisburn1671987-88
Bandon Grammar School1342005-06
Cookstown High School1232007-08
Methodist College Belfast1231985-86
Newpark Comprehensive School1121996-97
Kilkenny College1011999-00
Wellington College Belfast1011993-94
Friends School Lisburn011
Newtown School Waterford1 012018

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]

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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