Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship

The Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Ulster GAA Hurling Senior Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the champion hurling teams in the province of Ulster in Ireland. It is the most prestigious club competition in Ulster hurling.

Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship
Current season or competition:
2019 Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship
IrishCraobh Iomána Uladh
CodeHurling
Founded1970 (1970)
RegionUlster (GAA)
TrophyFour Seasons Cup
No. of teams4
Title holders Slaughtneil (3rd title)
Most titles Ruairí Óg, Cushendall (11 titles)
SponsorsAllied Irish Banks
TV partner(s)TG4
MottoThe toughest of them all
Official websiteUlster GAA

Introduced in 1970, it was initially a straight knockout tournament open to the nine county club champion teams in Ulster. The competition currently retains the knockout format but features just four teams who represent the strongest hurling counties in Ulster.

In its current format, the Ulster Club Championship begins in October with the semi-finals. Entrants are not seeded. The two semi-final winners proceed to the final which is currently played in late October or early November. The winner of the Ulster Club Championship, as well as being presented with the Four Seasons Cup, qualifies for the subsequent All-Ireland Club Championship.

The competition has been won by 10 teams, 8 of which have won it more than once. Ruairí Óg, Cushendall is the most successful team in the tournament's history, having won it 11 times. Slaughtneil are the reigning champions, having beaten Dunloy by 1-15 to 0-10 in the 2019 final.[1]

The championship

Qualification
County Championship Qualifying team
Antrim Antrim Senior Hurling Championship Champions
Armagh Antrim Senior Hurling Championship Champions
Derry Derry Senior Hurling Championship Champions
Down Down Senior Hurling Championship Champions

Finals Listed By Year
Year Winner Score County Opponent Score County
2020
Cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games
2019 Slaughtneil 1-15 Derry Dunloy 0-10 Antrim
2018 Cushendall 1-15 Antrim Ballycran 0-10 Down
2017[2] Slaughtneil 2-21 Derry Ballygalget 1-12 Down
2016[3] Slaughtneil 2-14 Derry Loughgiel Shamrocks 1-13 Antrim
2015 Cushendall 1-24 (aet) Antrim Slaughtneil 3-17 (aet) Derry
2014[4][5] Portaferry 1-16 Down Cushendall 0-10 Antrim
2013/14[6] Loughgiel Shamrocks 3-14 Antrim Slaughtneil 1-15 Derry
2012/13[7] Loughgiel Shamrocks 2-25 Antrim Portaferry 0-12 Down
2011/12 Loughgiel Shamrocks 2-18 Antrim Ballycran 0-08 Down
2010/11 Loughgiel Shamrocks 2-24 Antrim Keady Lamh Dhearg 0-06 Armagh
2009/10 Dunloy 2-16 Antrim Ballycran 2-11 Down
2008/09 Cushendall 1-14 Antrim Ballygalget 1-13 Down
2007/08 Dunloy 2-14 Antrim Kevin Lynch's 2-08 Derry
2006/07 Cushendall 1-13; 1-15 (R) Antrim Kevin Lynch's 2-10; 1-07 (R) Derry
2005/06 Ballygalget 1-18 Down Cushendall 3-08 Antrim
2004/05 O'Donovan Rossa 0-16 Antrim Ballygalget 0-14 Down
2003/04 Dunloy 3-19 Antrim Kevin Lynch's 0-09 Derry
2002/03 Dunloy 0-12 Antrim Portaferry 1-06 Down
2001/02 Dunloy 3-11 Antrim Lavey 1-07 Derry
2000/01 Dunloy 4-11 Antrim Slaughtneil 0-09 Derry
1999/00 Cushendall 1-12 Antrim Ballygalget 1-8 Down
1998/99 Ballygalget 1-13; 1-14 (R) Down McQuillan Ballycastle 3-07; 1-12 (R) Antrim
1997/98 Dunloy 3-16 Antrim Lavey 4-10 Derry
1996/97 Cushendall Antrim Portaferry Down
1995/96 Dunloy 2-18 Antrim Ballycran 0-09 Down
1994/95 Dunloy 3-09 Antrim Lavey 1-12 Derry
1993/94 Ballycran 2-10 Down Cushendall 0-12 Antrim
1992/93 Cushendall 2-12 Antrim Ballygalget 1-10 Down
1991/92 Cushendall 1-16 Antrim Portaferry 0-05 Down
1990/91 Dunloy 0-17 Antrim Ballygalget 2-04 Down
1989/90 Loughgiel Shamrocks 1-14 Antrim Portaferry 2-09 Down
1988/89 O'Donovan Rossa 0-13 Antrim Lavey 0-11 Derry
1987/88 Cushendall 3-10 Antrim Ballycran 1-06 Down
1986/87 McQuillan Ballycastle 1-13 Antrim Lavey 1-08 Derry
1985/86 Cushendall 0-19 Antrim Ballycran 0-10 Down
1984/85 McQuillan Ballycastle 1-14 Antrim Ballycran 1-03 Down
1983/84 McQuillan Ballycastle 4-12 Antrim Ballygalget 2-03 Down
1982/83 Loughgiel Shamrocks 1-09 Antrim Ballygalget 0-09 Down
1981/82 Cushendall 4-17 Antrim Portaferry 0-09 Down
1980/81 McQuillan Ballycastle 1-20 Antrim Ballycran 0-13 Down
1979/80 McQuillan Ballycastle 0-11 Antrim Ballycran 0-08 Down
1978/79 McQuillan Ballycastle 2-14 Antrim Portaferry 2-07 Down
1977/78 O'Donovan Rossa 1-13 Antrim Ballycran 2-06 Down
1976/77 Ballycran 0-08 Down O'Donovan Rossa 0-07 Antrim
1975/76 Ballygalget 4-06 Down McQuillan Ballycastle 1-09 Antrim
1974/75 Ballycran 3-05 Down Patrick Sarsfields 3-02 Antrim
1973/74 St. John's w/o Antrim Kevin Lynch's scr. Derry
1972/73 O'Donovan Rossa 2-08 Antrim Ballycran 3-02 Down
1971/72 Loughgiel Shamrocks 3-08 Antrim Portaferry 1-12 Down
1970/71 Loughgiel Shamrocks 6-14 Antrim Ballygalget 2-05 Down

Summary Of Championship Winners

By County
# County Ulster Titles Last Ulster winners
1 Antrim clubs 40 Cushendall (2018)
2 Down clubs 7 Portaferry (2014)
3 Derry clubs 3 Slaughtneil (2019)

By Club
Rank Team Wins Years won Last Losing Final
1
Ruairi Og, Cushendall 11 1981, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2018 2014
2 Cuchullians, Dunloy 10 1990, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009 2019
3 Loughgiel Shamrocks 8 1970, 1971, 1982, 1989, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 2016
4 McQuillan GAC Ballycastle 6 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986 1998
5 O'Donovan Rossa 4 1972, 1977, 1988, 2004 1976
6 Ballygalget 3 1975, 1998, 2005 2008
Ballycran 3 1974, 1976, 1993 2018
Slaughtneil 3 2016, 2017, 2019 2015,
7 St John's 1 1973 N/A
Portaferry 1 2014 2012

Records and statistics

By decade

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

Gaps

Top five longest gaps between successive championship titles:

By year
Year Top scorer Team Score Total
2006 Geoffrey McGonagle Kevin Lynch's 4-07 19
2007 Gregory O'Kane Dunloy 0-21 21
2008 Martin Óg Coulter Ballygalget 2-11 17
2009 Simon Wilson Ballycran 1-14 17
2010 Liam Watson Loughgiel Shamrocks 1-13 16
2011 Liam Watson Loughgiel Shamrocks 1-07 10
2012 Paul Braniff Portaferry 0-18 18
2013 Liam Watson Loughgiel Shamrocks 0-13 13
2014 Neil McManus Ruairí Óg 1-19 22
2015 Cormac O'Doherty Slaughtneil 1-16 19
2016 Cormac O'Doherty Slaughtneil 1-16 19
2017 Cormac O'Doherty Slaughtneil 1-21 24
2018 Scott Nicholason Ballycran 0-09 9
Neil McManus Ruairí Óg
Colum McManus Ballycran
2019 Cormac O'Doherty Slaughtneil 1-15 18

In finals
Final Top scorer Team Score Total
1999 Jackie Carson Ruairí Óg, Cushendall 1-04 7
2000 Séamus McMullan Dunloy 1-03 6
2001 Paddy Richmond Dunloy 2-03 9
2002 Gregory O'Kane Dunloy 0-07 7
2003 Geoffrey McGonigle Kevin Lynch's 0-08 8
2004 Johnny McGrattan Ballygalget 0-07 7
2005 Johnny McGrattan Ballygalget 1-08 11
2006 Geoffrey McGonigle Kevin Lynch's 2-04 10
2007 Gregory O'Kane Dunloy 0-07 7
2008 Martin Óg Coulter Ballygalget 0-10 10
2009 Simon Wilson Ballycran 1-06 9
2010 Eddie McCloskey Loughgiel Shamrocks 0-07 7
2011 Eddie McCloskey Loughgiel Shamrocks 1-02 5
2012 Liam Watson Loughgiel Shamrocks 1-05 8
Eddie McCloskey Loughgiel Shamrocks 0-08
2013 Eddie McCloskey Loughgiel Shamrocks 2-02 8
2014 Eoghan Sands Portaferry 1-03 6
Paul Braniff Portaferry 0-06
2015 Neil McManus Ruairí Óg, Cushendall 0-13 13
2016 Cormac O'Doherty Slaughtneil 1-08 11
2017 Cormac O'Doherty Slaughtneil 1-10 13
2018 Neil McManus Ruairí Óg, Cushendall 0-09 9
2019 Cormac O'Doherty Slaughtneil 1-04 18
Conall Cunning Dunloy 0-07

References
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