Wexford Senior Hurling Championship
| Wexford Senior Hurling Championship | |
|---|---|
Current season or competition: 2019 Wexford Senior Hurling Championship | |
| Irish | Craobh Iomána Sinsearach Loch Garman |
| Code | Hurling |
| Founded | 1889 |
| Region |  Wexford (GAA) |
| Trophy | Dr. R. J. Bowe Cup |
| No. of teams | 12 |
| Title holders |  Naomh Éanna (1st title) |
| Most titles |  Rathnure (20 titles) |
| Sponsors | Pettitt's SuperValu |
| TV partner(s) | TG4 |
| Official website | Wexford GAA |
The Wexford Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Pettitt's SuperValu Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Wexford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1889 for the top hurling teams in the county of Wexford in Ireland.
The series of games are played during the spring and autumn months with the county final currently being played at Innovate Wexford Park in October. The prize for the winning team is the Dr. R. J. Bowe Cup. Initially played as a knock-out competition, the championship currently uses a round robin format followed by a knock-out stage.
The Wexford County Championship is an integral part of the wider Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship. The winners of the Wexford county final join the champions of the other hurling counties to contest the provincial championship.
12 teams currently participate in the Wexford County Championship. The title has been won at least once by 28 different teams. The all-time record-holders are Rathnure who have won a total of 20 titles.
Naomh Éanna are the title-holders (2018) after defeating St. Martin's by 2-11 to 0-13 in the final.
The championship
Overview
The Wexford County Championship features a group stage followed by a knock-out stage. Each team in the championship is guaranteed at least five games. Relegation and promotion also takes place with the second tier Wexford Intermediate Hurling Championship.
Format
Group stage
For the group stage there are two groups of six teams. Teams play the other five teams in the group once, and match points are awarded depending on the result of each game, with teams receiving two points for a win, and one for a draw.
Following the completion of the group stage, the top four-ranking teams in each group qualify for the knock-out stage of the championship. The bottom-placed team in each group contest the relegation play-off.
Knock-out stage
The four quarter-finals consist of the top four teams from Group 1 and Group 2. The winners of the quarter-finals advance to the semi-finals with the two winners of these games contesting the final.
Sponsorship
Since 1994 the Wexford County Championship has been sponsored by Wexford-based supermarket Pettitt's SuperValu. It is one of the longest sponsorship deals of any county championship in Ireland.[1]
Qualification for subsequent competitions
The Wexford Senior Hurling Championship winners qualify for the subsequent Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship. A team representing Wexford has won the provincial title on 10 occasions.
Managers
Managers in the Wexford 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.
| Manager | Team | Wins | Winning years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Séamus Murphy | Rathnure | 1 | 1996, 2002, 2003 |
| Willie Sunderland | Oulart-the Ballagh | 1 | 2004, 2005 |
| Liam Dunne | Oulart-the Ballagh | 1 | 2009, 2010 |
| Frank Flannery | Oulart-the Ballagh | 1 | 2015, 2016 |
| Tony Walsh | Faythe Harriers | 1 | 2001 |
| Teddy O'Connor | Rathnure | 1 | 2006 |
| Kevin Ryan | Oulart-the Ballagh | 1 | 2007 |
| Roy Coleman | St. Martin's | 1 | 2008 |
| Brendan O'Connor | Oulart-the Ballagh | 1 | 2011 |
| Pat Herbert | Oulart-the Ballagh | 1 | 2012 |
| Martin Storey | Oulart-the Ballagh | 1 | 2013 |
| Vinny Parker | Shelmaliers | 1 | 2014 |
| Tomás Codd | St. Martin's | 2 | 2017, 2019 |
| Louis Cullen | Naomh Éanna | 1 | 2018 |
Trophy
The winning team is presented with the Dr. R. J. Bowe Cup. A native of Enniscorthy, Bowe served as team doctor to the Wexford senior hurling team for a period of 25 years from the 1960s until the late 1980s.[2]
Roll of honour
| # | Team | Wins | Winning Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rathnure | 20 | 1948, 1950, 1955, 1961, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2006 |
| 2 | Oulart the Ballagh | 13 | 1994, 1995, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 |
| 3 | Buffer's Alley | 12 | 1968, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992 |
| 4 | Adamstown | 11 | 1926, 1927, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937 1940, 1941, 1942 |
| 5 | St. Aidan's, Enniscorthy | 9 | 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 |
| 6 | Faythe Harriers | 5 | 1960, 1962, 1965, 1981, 2001 |
| 7 | Geraldine O'Hanrahans | 4 | 1943, 1944, 1945,1966 |
| St. Martin's | 4 | 1999, 2008, 2017, 2019 | |
| 8 | Blackwater | 3 | 1889, 1890, 1898 |
| Cloughbawn | 3 | 1949, 1951, 1993 | |
| Castlebridge | 3 | 1904, 1910, 1919 | |
| 9 | Blenbrien | 2 | 1915, 1916 |
| St. Anne's Rathangan | 2 | 1924, 2000 | |
| Sally Beachers | 2 | 1928, 1930 | |
| St. Fintan's | 2 | 1929, 1934 | |
| Shamrocks | 2 | 1964, 1969 | |
| 10 | Slaney Harriers | 1 | 1903 |
| Rathgarogue | 1 | 1905 | |
| Ross/Rathgarogue | 1 | 1912 | |
| New Ross | 1 | 1913 | |
| Red Rapparees | 1 | 1914 | |
| Ballymurn | 1 | 1911 | |
| Crossabeg | 1 | 1918 | |
| O'Hanrahan's, New Ross | 1 | 1939 | |
| Oylegate-Glenbrien | 1 | 1963 | |
| Rapparees | 1 | 1978 | |
| Shelmaliers | 1 | 2014 | |
| Naomh Éanna | 1 | 2018 |
Finals listed by year
| Year | Winner | Opponent | Date | Location | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018[3] | Naomh Éanna 2-11 | St. Martin's 0-13 | 21 October 2018 | Wexford Park | |
| 2017[4] | St. Martin's 2-16 | Oulart-the-Ballagh 1-09 | 22 October 2017 | Wexford Park | L White; W Devereux, P O’Connor, C Firman; D Waters (0-1), A Maddock, P Kelly (0-1); H O’Connor, M Maloney; J Firman (0-2), Joe O’Connor (1-1), Jack O’Connor (0-1); C Lyng (1-2), R O’Connor (0-5, 4frees), D Codd. |
| 2016[5] | Oulart-the-Ballagh | Cloughbawn | 16 October 2016 | Wexford Park | |
| 2015[6] | Oulart-the-Ballagh 2-15 | St. Martin's 0-13 | 25 October | Wexford Park | |
| 2014[7][8] | Shelmaliers 3-08 | St Anne's 1-11 | 26 Oct | Wexford Park | |
| 2013[9][10] | Oulart-the-Ballagh 3-12 | Ferns St. Aidan's 1-16 | 20 Oct | Wexford Park | |
| 2012[11] | Oulart-the-Ballagh 2-12 | Faythe Harriers 0-13 | 14 Oct | Oulart the Ballagh - Keith Rossiter (Capitain) | |
| 2011 | Oulart-the-Ballagh 1-10 | Rathnure 0-11 | |||
| 2010 | Oulart-the-Ballagh 1-14 | St. Martin's 0-06 | Oulart the Ballagh - Keith Rossiter (Capitain) | ||
| 2009 | Oulart-the-Ballagh 3-12 | Buffer's Alley 1-13 | |||
| 2008 | St. Martin's 1-13 | Oulart-the-Ballagh 1-8 | |||
| 2007 | Oulart-the-Ballagh 4-14 | Buffer's Alley 2-6 | |||
| 2006 | Rathnure 1-12 | Oulart-the-Ballagh 0-9 (replay) | |||
| Rathnure 0-16 | Oulart-the-Ballagh 1-13 (draw) | ||||
| 2005 | Oulart-the-Ballagh 1-15 | St. Martin's 1-09 | |||
| 2004 | Oulart-the-Ballagh 1-17 | Rathnure 1-10 | |||
| 2003 | Rathnure 3-09 | Glynn-Barntown 1-13 | |||
| 2002 | Rathnure 1-10 | Cloughbawn 2-05 | |||
| 2001 | Faythe Harriers 0-13 | Rapparees 0-09 | |||
| 2000 | St Anne's 2-12 | Oulart-the-Ballagh 2-10 | |||
| 1999 | St. Martin's 1-11 | Rathnure 1-09 | |||
| 1998 | Rathnure 0-13 | Rapparees 0-12 | |||
| 1997 | Oulart-the-Ballagh 2-11 | Glynn-Barntown 0-14 | |||
| 1996 | Rathnure 1-12 | Rapparees 0-07 | |||
| 1995 | Oulart-the-Ballagh 2-15 | Glynn-Barntown 2-09 | |||
| 1994 | Oulart-the-Ballagh 1-14 | St. Martin's 0-16 | |||
| 1993 | Cloughbawn | Rapparees | |||
| 1992 | Buffer's Alley 1-12 | Oulart-the-Ballagh 1-05 | |||
| 1991 | Buffer's Alley | Faythe Harriers | |||
| 1990 | Rathnure | Cloughbawn | |||
| 1989 | Buffer's Alley | Oulart-the-Ballagh | |||
| 1988 | Buffer's Alley | Rathnure | |||
| 1987 | Rathnure 2-06 | Cloughbawn 0-09 | |||
| 1986 | Rathnure 2-16 | Buffer's Alley 1-14 | |||
| 1985 | Buffer's Alley | Faythe Harriers | |||
| 1984 | Buffer's Alley | Faythe Harriers | |||
| 1983 | Buffer's Alley | St. Martin's | |||
| 1982 | Buffer's Alley | Oulart-the-Ballagh | |||
| 1981 | Faythe Harriers | Buffer's Alley | |||
| 1980 | Rathnure | Buffer's Alley | |||
| 1979 | Rathnure | Faythe Harriers | |||
| 1978 | Rapparees | Rathnure | |||
| 1977 | Rathnure | Buffer's Alley | |||
| 1976 | Buffer's Alley | Rapparees | |||
| 1975 | Buffer's Alley | Oulart-the-Ballagh | |||
| 1974 | Rathnure | Oulart-the-Ballagh | |||
| 1973 | Rathnure | Buffer's Alley | |||
| 1972 | Rathnure | Rapparees | |||
| 1971 | Rathnure | Enniscorthy District | |||
| 1970 | Buffer's Alley | ||||
| 1969 | Shamrocks | Ferns St. Aidan's | |||
| 1968 | Buffer's Alley | Faythe Harriers | |||
| 1967 | Rathnure | ||||
| 1966 | Geraldine O'Hanrahans | Enniscorthy Shamrocks | |||
| 1965 | Faythe Harriers | Rathnure | |||
| 1964 | Enniscorthy Shamrocks | Faythe Harriers | |||
| 1963 | Oylegate-Glenbrien | Horeswood | |||
| 1962 | Faythe Harriers | ||||
| 1961 | Rathnure | St. Aidan's, Enniscorthy | |||
| 1960 | Faythe Harriers | ||||
| 1959 | St. Aidan's, Enniscorthy | Faythe Harriers | |||
| 1958 | St. Aidan's, Enniscorthy | ||||
| 1957 | St. Aidan's, Enniscorthy 5-10 | Rathnure 2-05 | |||
| 1956 | St. Aidan's (Enniscorthy) | ||||
| 1955 | Rathnure 2-09 | St. Aidan's, Enniscorthy 2-05 | |||
| 1954 | St. Aidan's, Enniscorthy | Horeswood | |||
| 1953 | St. Aidan's, Enniscorthy | Geraldine O'Hanrahans | |||
| 1952 | St. Aidan's, Enniscorthy | Horeswood | |||
| 1951 | Cloughbawn | Horeswood | |||
| 1950 | Rathnure 5-10 | St. Aidan's, Enniscorthy 2-06 | |||
| 1949 | Cloughbawn | Rathnure | |||
| 1948 | Rathnure 3-05 | St. Aidan's, Enniscorthy 0-02 | |||
| 1947 | St. Aidan's, Enniscorthy | ||||
| 1946 | St. Aidan's, Enniscorthy | ||||
| 1945 | New Ross United | St. Martin's/St. Fintan's | |||
| 1944 | New Ross United | Enniscorthy District | |||
| 1943 | New Ross United | St. Martin's | |||
| 1942 | Adamstown 6-06 | Rathnure 4-01 | 30 Aug | Barrett's Park | Adamstown - T.Butler, R.Eustace (goal), L.Shannon, J.Shannon, K.Whelan, Tom Foley, John Foley, W.Foley, P.Walshe, M.Foley, Ben Nugent, J.Redmond, M.O'Neill, M.Whelan; Rathnure - A.Somers (goal), J.Morrissey, P.Quigley, J.Murphy, T.Connors, S.Redmond, J.Blackburne, W.Murphy, M.Redmond, P.O'Connor, N.Rackard, Wm.Murphy, M.Holohan, D.Taylor, S.Murphy. |
| 1941 | Adamstown 5-05 | Ferns St. Aidan's 1-02 | 14 Sept | Barrett's Park | Adamstown - D.Eustace (goal), T.Foley, T.Shannon, T.McCabe, M.Whelan, P.Walsh, Tom Butler, Jn.Foley, Thos.Foley, J.Redmond, M.Foley, J.McDonald, B.Nugent, P.O'Neill, W.Walsh; Ferns - D.Doran (goal), E.Kiely, R.Doran, John Gahan, J.Kenny, M.Bernie, James Nolan, Wm.Murphy, Patk.Byrne, Joe Treacy, M.Gahan, A.Kiely, A.Kenny, C.Furlong, M.Kavanagh. |
| 1940 | Adamstown 4-01 | Ferns St. Aidan's 3-01 | 8 Sept | Wexford Park | Adamstown - T.Doyle (capitain), R.Eustace (goal), J.Redmond, M.O'Neill, W.Walsh, M.Foley, B.Nugent, J.McDonald, J.Foley, T.Foley, T.Butler, T.Shannon, M.Whelan, T.Foley, K.Whelan. Subs - Joe Bradley, T.McCabe; Ferns - P.Byrne (capitain), J.Doran (goal), E.Doran, M.Berney, E.Kiely, W.Murphy, J.Foley, J.Kenny, A.Kenny, M.Doyle, M.Gahan, T.Leary, J.Treacy, M.Kavanagh, A.Kiely. |
| 1939 | Geraldine O'Hanrahans | ||||
| 1938 | Unfinished | ||||
| 1937 | Adamstown 6-05 | St. Fintan's 1-01 | 14 Nov | Bellefield | Adamstown - R.Eustace (goal), M.Foley, J.McDonald senr, M.O'Neill, J.McDonald junr, Tom Doyle, J.Redmond, B.Nugent, J.Foley, F.Galway, Tom Butler, Tom Foley, Kevin Whelan, Tom Shannon and Jimmy Doyle; St. Fintan's - P.Sinnott (goal),J.Lynch, W.Boggan, J.Dillon, J.Murphy (capitain), N.Boggan, J.Quirke, E.Roche, P. Boggan, P.Culleton, T.Rowe, M.O'Reilly, J.Furlong, W.Roche, F.Murphy, Sub - J.Devereux. |
| 1936 | Adamstown 0-05 (RP 7-03) | St. Fintan's 1-02 (RP 4-04) | 15 May and RP 11 July | Barrett's Park | Adamstown - R.Eustace, M.Foley, J.McDonald, M.O'Neill, M.Whelan, T.Quigley, M.Redmond, J.Foley, B.Nugent, T.Doyle, T.Butler, T.Foley, J.L.Tector, T.Shannon, T.Furlong. Adamstown (RP) - R.Eustace, M.Foley, J.McDonald, M.O'Neill, M.Whelan, T.Quigley, J.Redmond, J.Foley, B.Nugent, T.Doyle, T.Butler, T.Foley, L.Tector, T.Shannon, J.Doyle. |
| 1935 | Adamstown 1-08 | St. Fintan's 1-01 | 24 Nov | Wexford Park | Adamstown - R.Eustace, M.Foley, J.McDonald (captain), M.O'Neill, M.Galway, T.Quigley, L.Furlong, B.Nugent, J.Doyle, T.Butler, T.Furlong, J.Foley, M.Whelan, T.Foley, J.L.Tector. |
| 1934 | St. Fintan's 2-04 | Adamstown 1-06 | 7 Oct | Wexford Park | Adamstown - R.Eustace (goal), J.Cooney, J.McDonald (captain), M.O'Neill, B.Nugent, T.Quigley, T.Furlong, T.Foley, J.Brennan, T.Butler, J.Morrissey, J.Doyle, J.L.Tector, L.Furlong, J.Foley. |
| 1933 | Adamstown 4-04 | Sally Beachers Castlebridge 1-01 | 18 Sept | Wexford Park | Adamstown - J.McDonald, R.Eustace, J.Doyle, T.Furlong, J.L.Tector, T.Foley, T.Doyle, C.Bradley, B.Nugent, J.Morrissey, P.Moloney, T.Quigley, M.Neill, J.Conney, J.Brennan; Sally Beachers - J.Fogarty, J.Dalton, R.Browne, P.Browne, J.Kinsella, A.Breen, P.Breen, J.Doyle, M.Murphy, E.Roche, J.Murphy, M.Byrne, F.Kinsella, K.Murphy, M.Whelan. |
| 1932 | Adamstown 3-07 | St. Fintan's 3-02 | 30 May | Wexford Park | Adamstowm - R.Eustace (goal), J.Cooney, J.McDonald (captain), J.Brennan, T.Doyle, T.Quigley, M.O'Neill, B.Nugent, B.Bradley, T.Foley, J.Morrissey, J.L.Tector, T.Butler, J.Doyle, J.McDonagh. Subs: P.Doyle, P.Furlong, P.Moloney, M.Whelan. |
| 1931 | Adamstown 5-03 | Sally Beachers 4-02 | 6 Dec | Barrett's Park | Adamstown - R.Eustace (goal), J.Cooney, J.McDonald (captain), M.O'Neill, J.Brennan, T.Quigley, T.Doyle, J.Morrissey, J.McDonagh, J.L.Tector, T.Butler, T.Foley, J.Doyle, B.Nugent, C.Bradley. Sub: N.McDonald. |
| 1930 | Sally Beachers | ||||
| 1929 | St. Fintan's 0-08 | John Street Volunteers 0-06 | |||
| 1928 | Sally Beachers | ||||
| 1927 | Adamstown 5-01 | Sally Beachers 2-06 | 19 Jan | Bellefield | Adamstown - J.Furlong (captain), R.Eustace (goal), J.McGrath, J.McDonald, M.McDonald, M.Byrne, J.Foley, W.Carroll, W.Furlong, J.L.Tector, W.Kelly, T.Doyle, M.Lawlor, P.Lawlor, J.McDonagh. |
| 1926 | Adamstown 8-02 | Castlebridge 4-00 | 10 Apr | Adamstown - J.Furlong (captain), R.Eustace (goal), J.McGrath, J.L.Tector, J.Foley, W.Kelly, M.Byrne, M.McDonald, J.McDonald, W.Carroll, T.O'Brien, J.O'Brien, W.Furlong, P.Lawlor, M.Lawlor. | |
| 1925 | |||||
| 1924 | St Anne's | ||||
| 1923 | |||||
| 1922 | |||||
| 1921 | Screen | ||||
| 1920 | |||||
| 1919 | Crossabeg | ||||
| 1918 | Castlebridge | ||||
| 1917 | |||||
| 1916 | Glenbrien | ||||
| 1915 | Glenbrien | ||||
| 1914 | Enniscorthy Rapparees | ||||
| 1913 | New Ross | ||||
| 1912 | Ross-Rathgarogue | ||||
| 1911 | Ballymurn | ||||
| 1910 | Ballymurn | ||||
| 1909 | Castlebridge | ||||
| 1908 | Castlebridge | ||||
| 1907 | Castlebridge | ||||
| 1906 | |||||
| 1905 | Rathgarogue | ||||
| 1904 | Castlebridge | ||||
| 1903 | Slaney Harriers | ||||
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| 1899 | |||||
| 1898 | Blackwater | ||||
| 1897 | |||||
| 1896 | Castlebridge | ||||
| 1895 | Castlebridge | ||||
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| 1892 | |||||
| 1891 | Crossbeg | ||||
| 1890 | Blackwater | ||||
| 1889 | Blackwater 2-06 | Oulart 0-00 | 16 Sept | Kilthomas | Capitan of Oulart: Murphy |
| 1888 | |||||
| 1887 |
Records and statistics
Teams
By decade
The most successful teams of each decade, judged by number of Wexford Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:
- 1910s: 2 each for Castlebridge (1910-19) and Blenbrien (1915-16)
- 1920s: 2 for Adamstown (1926-27)
- 1930s: 6 for Adamstown (1931-32-33-35-36-37)
- 1940s: 3 for Geraldine O'Hanrahans (1943-44-45)
- 1950s: 7 for St. Aidan's Enniscorthy (1952-53-54-56-57-58-59)
- 1960s: 3 for Faythe Harriers (1960-62-65)
- 1970s: 6 for Rathnure (1971-72-73-74-77-79)
- 1980s: 6 for Buffers Alley (1982-83-84-85-88-89)
- 1990s: 3 each for Rathnure (1990-96-98) and Oulart-the Ballagh (1994-95-97)
- 2000s: 4 for Oulart-the Ballagh (2004-05-07-09)
- 2010s: 6 for Oulart-the Ballagh (2010-11-12-13-15-16)
Gaps
Top five longest gaps between successive championship titles:
- 76 years: St. Anne's Rathangan (1924-2000)
- 42 years: Cloughbawn (1951-1993)
- 21 years: Geraldine O'Hanrahans (1945-1966)
- 20 years: Faythe Harriers (1981-2001)
- 16 years: Faythe Harriers (1965-1981)
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