City_Junior_A_Hurling_Championship

Cork City Junior A Hurling Championship

Annual hurling competition

The City Junior A Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the BCE Consulting Engineers City Junior A Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Seandún Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1926 for junior-graded hurling teams in Cork, Ireland.

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Quick Facts City Junior A Hurling Championship, Code ...

City Junior A Hurling Championship

Code	Hurling
Founded	1926; 98 years ago (1926)
No. of teams	10
Title holders	Nemo Rangers (15th title)
First winner	College Rovers (1926)
Most titles	Glen Rovers (17 titles)
Sponsors	Sports Turf Solutions

The series of games are usually played during the summer months. The championship uses a double elimination format whereby each team is guaranteed at least two games.

The City Junior Championship is part of the wider Cork Junior A Hurling Championship. The winners of the City Championship join their counterparts from the other six divisions to contest the county championship.

As of 2024, 10 clubs were participating in the City Championship.

Nemo Rangers are the title-holders after defeating Whitechurch by 3-17 to 1-10 in the 2023 final.^{[citation needed]}

Format

Championship

First round: Ten teams contest the five first round matches with one team receiving a bye to the second round. The winners advance to the quarter-finals and the losers advance to the second round.

Second round: The five first round losers join the team given a bye to contest the three second round matches. The winners advance to the quarter-finals and the losers are eliminated from the championship.

Quarter-finals: The three second round winners join the five first round winners to contest the four quarter-final matches. The winners advance to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals: The four quarter-final winners contest the two semi-final matches. The winners advance to the final.

Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final. The winning team are declared champions.

Promotion and relegation

At the end of the championship, the winning team enters the Cork Junior A Hurling Championship and by winning this, they will be promoted to the Cork Premier Junior Hurling Championship for the following season. There is no direct relegation to the Cork City Junior B Hurling Championship.

Teams

2024 teams

More information Team, Location ...

Team	Location	Colours	Position in 2023	Championship Titles	Last Championship Title
Bishopstown	Bishopstown	Maroon and white	Quarter-finals	1	1977
Blackrock	Blackrock	Green and yellow	Round 2	7	2013
Brian Dillons	Montenotte	Blue and white	Round 2	10	2020
Glen Rovers	Blackpool	Green, black and yellow	Semi-finals	17	2008
Na Piarsaigh	Fair Hill	Yellow and black	Quarter-finals	6	1997
Passage West	Passage West	Green and white	Quarter-finals	1	2021
St Finbarr's	Togher	Blue and yellow	Round 2	12	2014
St Vincent's	Gurranabraher	Green and white	Semi-finals	3	1957
White's Cross	Ballinvriskig	Green and white	Quarter-finals	0	—
Whitechurch	Whitechurch	Purple and yellow	Runners-up	0	—

Roll of honour

More information #, Team ...

#	Team	Titles	Years won
1	Glen Rovers	17	1929, 1930, 1934, 1939, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1950, 1958, 1975, 1976, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2008
2	Nemo Rangers	15	1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2007, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023
3	St Finbarr's	12	1927, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1955, 1956, 1972, 1981, 1985, 1990, 2004, 2014
4	Mayfield	11	1935, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1978, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2016
5	Brian Dillons	10	1936, 1937, 1938, 1965, 1968, 2006, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2020
6	Blackrock	7	1931, 1947, 1949, 1970, 1973, 2003, 2013
7	Na Piarsaigh	6	1946, 1953, 1979, 1989, 1995, 1997
8	Delaney Rovers	5	1974, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988
9	Lough Rovers	4	1932, 1948, 1952, 1959
10	St Vincent's	3	1951, 1954, 1957
10	Douglas	3	1966, 1983, 1984
12	College Rovers	1	1926
	St Anne's	1	1928
	St. Mary's	1	1933
	Bishopstown	1	1977
	Passage West	1	2021

List of finals

This section does not cite any sources. (April 2024)

More information Year, Winners ...

Year	Winners		Runners-Up
Year	Club	Score	Club	Score
2024
2023	Nemo Rangers	3-17	Whitechurch	1-10
2022	Nemo Rangers	0-13	Brian Dillons	1-06
2021	Passage West	6–10	St Vincent’s	1–10
2020	Brian Dillons	2–16	Passage West	1–17
2019	Brian Dillons	0–21	Whitechurch	0–12
2018	Nemo Rangers	2–17	Brian Dillons	1–17
2017	Nemo Rangers	2–17	Brian Dillons	0–17
2016	Mayfield	0-15	Brian Dillons	1-11
2015	Brian Dillons	2-20 (aet)	Nemo Rangers	2-15
2014	St Finbarr's	3-11	Nemo Rangers	2-11
2013	Blackrock
2012	Brian Dillons
2011	Mayfield
2010	Mayfield
2009	Nemo Rangers
2008	Glen Rovers	2-13	Douglas	0-10
2007	Nemo Rangers	0-23	Glen Rovers	1-09
2006	Brian Dillons	1-13	Mayfield	0-11
2005	Mayfield	1-13	Brian Dillons	1-10
2004	St Finbarr's	4-06	Brian Dillons	2-11
2003	Blackrock	2-18	Passage West	1-13
2002	Mayfield	2-10	Passage West	0-09
2001	Glen Rovers	2-11	Mayfield	2-07
2000	Nemo Rangers	2-11	Passage West	0-12
1999	Mayfield	0-13	Blackrock	1-08
1998	Nemo Rangers	1-17	Mayfield	1-09
1997	Na Piarsaigh	1-10	Whitechurch	0-12
1996	Glen Rovers	1-16	Na Piarsaigh	2-12
1995	Na Piarsaigh	1-10	Passage West	1-05
1994	Nemo Rangers	1-18	Na Piarsaigh	2-13
1993	Glen Rovers	3-08	Nemo Rangers	1-11
1992	Glen Rovers	0-09	St Finbarr's	0-06
1991	Nemo Rangers	2-12	Delaney Rovers	2-06
1990	St Finbarr's	3-08	Passage West	1-09
1989	Na Piarsaigh	1-09	Nemo Rangers	1-08
1988	Delaney Rovers	2-13	Na Piarsaigh	1-08
1987	Glen Rovers	1-10	Delaney Rovers	0-12
1986	Delaney Rovers	3-16	Glen Rovers	2-09
1985	St Finbarr's	3-09	Na Piarsaigh	2-08
1984	Douglas	2-15	Glen Rovers	2-04
1983	Douglas	4-13	Na Piarsaigh	3-10
1982	Delaney Rovers	1-10, 1-14, 1-17	St Finbarr's	2-07, 3-08, 2-08
1981	St Finbarr's	1-12	Douglas	1-09
1980	Delaney Rovers	4-07	Glen Rovers	0-06
1979	Na Piarsaigh	1-12	Douglas	1-08
1978	Mayfield	3-09	Douglas	2-05
1977	Bishopstown	1-09	Glen Rovers	1-06
1976	Glen Rovers	1-15	Blackrock	2-06
1975	Glen Rovers	3-11	Mayfield	2-10
1974	Delaney Rovers	2-13	Rochestown	4-04
1973	Blackrock	4-10	Bishopstown	1-03
1972	St Finbarr's	3-09	Delaney Rovers	3-08
1971	Mayfield	2-09	Delaney Rovers	1-08
1970	Blackrock	2-10	St.Finbarrs	3-02
1969	Mayfield	3-14	Lough Rovers	3-04
1968	Brian Dillons	3-09	Delaneys	2-02
1967	Mayfield	6-07	Na Piarsaigh	0-05
1966	Douglas	2-06	Mayfield	1-07
1965	Brian Dillons	5-07	St.Finbarrs	5-03
1964	Nemo Rangers	2-04	St.Finbarrs	2-03
1963	Nemo Rangers	5-08	Blackrock	3-04
1962	Nemo Rangers	2-10	Lough Rovers	2-05
1961	Nemo Rangers		Bishopstown
1960	Nemo Rangers	6-17	Douglas	2-03
1959	Lough Rovers	6-09	Brian Dillons	3-05
1958	Glen Rovers	5-08	Blackrock	4-09
1957	St.Vincents		Glen Rovers
1956	St.Finbarrs	3-07	Glen Rovers	2-01
1955	St.Finbarrs	3-04	Lough Rovers	0-07
1954	St.Vincents	5-11	Brian Dillons	6-01
1953	Na Piarsaigh	5-04	St.Vincents	1-01
1952	Lough Rovers	4-04	Na Piarsaigh	1-03
1951	St.Vincents		Lough Rovers
1950	Glen Rovers	1-05	Brian Dillons	0-01
1949	Blackrock	6-02	Lough Rovers	4-06
1948	Lough Rovers	4-04	Glen Rovers	3-03
1947	Blackrock	3-04	Glen Rovers	2-06
1946	Na Piarsaigh		Glen Rovers
1945	Glen Rovers	3-02	St.Finbarrs	3-01
1944	Glen Rovers	9-05	Brian Dillons	1-00
1943	Glen Rovers	4-01	Brian Dillons	2-02
1942	St.Finbarrs	4-02	Glen Rovers	2-06
1941	St.Finbarrs		Mayfield
1940	St.Finbarrs
1939	Glen Rovers		Mayfield
1938	Brian Dillons		Glen Rovers
1937	Brian Dillons	5-07	Lough Rovers	4-04
1936	Brian Dillons	4-04	Blackrock	3-04
1935	Mayfield	9-04	Brian Dillons	5-02
1934	Glen Rovers
1933	St.Marys	7-03	Mayfield	2-00
1932	Lough Rovers
1931	Blackrock	3-06	Brian Dillons	1-04
1930	Glen Rovers	4-01	Lough Rovers	2-03
1929	Glen Rovers
1928	St.Annes	3-03	Mayfield	1-02
1927	St.Finbarrs	5-05	Commons Road	3-06
1926	College Rovers

Notes

1951 - St Vincent’s 2-01 - 2-01 Lough Rovers
1952 - Lough Rovers 4-02 - 2-08 Na Piarsaigh

References

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