West Cork Junior A Hurling Championship

West Cork Junior A Hurling Championship
Code Hurling
Founded 1925 (1925)
Region Carbery (GAA)
No. of teams 13
Title holders Clonakilty (16th title)
First winner Kilbrittain
Most titles Clonakilty (11 titles)
Sponsors RCM Tarmacadam
Official website Carbery GAA

The West Cork Junior A Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the RCM Tarmacadam West Cork Junior A Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Carbery Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1925 for junior hurling teams in the Barony of Carbery in County Cork, Ireland.

The series of games begin in May, with the championship culminating with the final in September. The championship includes a knock-out stage and a "back door" for teams defeated in the first round.

The West Cork Junior Championship is an integral part of the wider Cork Junior Hurling Championship. The winners and runners-up of the West Cork championship join their counterparts from the other six divisions to contest the county championship.

13 clubs currently participate in the West Cork Championship. The title has been won at least once by 13 different clubs. The all-time record-holders are Clonakilty, who have won a total of 16 titles.

Clonakilty are the title-holders after defeating Ballinascarthy by 2-21 to 1-16 in the 2017 championship final.[1]

The championship

Overview

The West Cork Junior Championship is effectively a knockout tournament with pairings drawn at random — there are no seeds.

Each match is played as a single leg. If a match ends as a draw there is a period of extra time, however, if both sides are still level at the end of extra time a replay takes place and so on until a winner is found.

Participating teams

Team Location Colours
Ballinascarthy Ballinascarthy Red and white
Bandon Bandon Yellow and white
Clonakilty Clonakilty Green and red
Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's Castletown-Kinneigh Blue and gold
Dohenys Dunmanway Green and white
Kilbree Rossmore Blue and white
Kilbrittain Kilbrittain Black and yellow
Newcestown Newcestown Red and yellow
O'Donovan Rossa Skibbereen Red and white
St. Colum's Kealkill Black and orange
St. James's Rosscarbery Green and gold
St. Mary's Enniskean Green and gold
St. Oliver Plunkett's Ahiohill Black and white

Roll of honour

# Team Wins Winning Years
1 Clonakilty 16 1939, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1952, 1961, 1962, 1976, 1977, 1983, 2004, 2012, 2015, 2017
2 Courcey Rovers 15 1947, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1974
3 Bandon 13 1929, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1949, 1960, 1971, 1975, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2009
4 Kilbrittain 12 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1978, 1984, 1985
5 Newcestown 9 1967, 1969, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1988, 1991, 1992, 2014
6 Barryroe 7 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1994, 2006, 2007
7 Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's 5 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2010
8 Dohenys 4 1958, 1959, 1963, 2013
Ballinascarthy 4 1989, 1997, 1998, 2000
9 Skibbereen 3 1931, 1932, 1933
Argideen Rangers 3 1993, 1996, 2003
10 St. Oliver Plunkett's 1 2011
Kilbreen 1 2016

Records

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of West Cork Junior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:

Gaps

Top five longest gaps between successive championship titles:

References

  1. ↑ "Clonakilty crowned South West junior A hurling champions". The Southern Star. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
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