Wexford Senior Hurling Championship

The Wexford 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 Chadwicks 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 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.

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

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.

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
7	St. Martin's	4	1999, 2008, 2017, 2019
8	Blackwater	3	1889, 1890, 1898
8	Cloughbawn	3	1949, 1951, 1993
8	Castlebridge	3	1904, 1910, 1919
9	Blenbrien	2	1915, 1916
9	St. Anne's Rathangan	2	1924, 2000
9	Sally Beachers	2	1928, 1930
9	St. Fintan's	2	1929, 1934
9	Shamrocks	2	1964, 1969
10	Slaney Harriers	1	1903
10	Rathgarogue	1	1905
10	Ross/Rathgarogue	1	1912
10	New Ross	1	1913
10	Red Rapparees	1	1914
10	Ballymurn	1	1911
10	Crossabeg	1	1918
10	O'Hanrahan's, New Ross	1	1939
10	Oylegate-Glenbrien	1	1963
10	Rapparees	1	1978
10	Shelmaliers	1	2014
10	Naomh Éanna	1	2018

List of finals

Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Score	Captain
1982	Buffer's Alley	1-09	Oulart-the Ballagh	1-06
1983	Buffer's Alley	1-13	St. Martin's	1-01
1984	Buffer's Alley	2-05	Faythe Harriers	0-05
1985	Buffer's Alley	1-14	Faythe Harriers	0-12
1986	Rathnure	2-16	Buffer's Alley	1-14
1987	Rathnure	2-06	Cloughbawn	0-09
1988	Buffer's Alley	2-10	Rathnure	1-05
1989	Buffer's Alley	3-16	Oulart-the Ballagh	2-13
1990	Rathnure	2-08	Cloughbawn	1-08
1991	Buffer's Alley	2-10	Faythe Harriers	1-07
1992	Buffer's Alley	1-12	Oulart-the Ballagh	1-05
1993	Cloughbawn	2-10	Rapparees	2-07
1994	Oulart-the Ballagh	1-14	St. Martin's	0-16
1995	Oulart-the Ballagh	2-15	Glynn-Barntown	2-09
1996	Rathnure	1-12	Rapparees	0-07
1997	Oulart-the Ballagh	2-11	Glynn-Barntown	0-14
1998	St. Martin's	0-13	Rapparees	0-12
1999	St. Martin's	1-11	Rathnure	1-09
2000	St. Anne's Rathangan	2-12	Oulart-the Ballagh	2-10
2001	Faythe Harriers	0-13	Rapparees	0-09
2002	Rathnure	1-10	Cloughbawn	2-05
2003	Rathnure	3-09	Glynn-Barntown	1-13
2004	Oulart-the Ballagh	1-17	Rathnure	1-10
2005	Oulart-the Ballagh	1-15	St. Martin's	1-09
2006	Rathnure	1-12	Oulart-the Ballagh	0-09	Martin Byrne
2007	Oulart-the Ballagh	4-14	Buffer's Alley	2-06	Darren Stamp
2008	St. Martin's	1-13	Oulart-the Ballagh	1-08	Daithí Hayes
2009	Oulart-the Ballagh	3-12	Buffer's Alley	1-13	Paul Roche
2010	Oulart-the Ballagh	1-14	St. Martin's	0-06	David Redmond
2011	Oulart-the Ballagh	1-10	Rathnure	0-11	Keith Rossiter
2012	Oulart-the Ballagh	2-12	Faythe Harriers	0-13	Keith Rossiter
2013	Oulart-the Ballagh	3-12	Ferns St. Aidan's	1-16	Darren Nolan
2014	Shelmaliers	3-08	St. Anne's Rathangan	1-11	Ciarán O'Shaughnessy
2015	Oulart-the Ballagh	2-15	St. Martin's	0-13	Barry Kehoe
2016	Oulart-the Ballagh	0-17	Cloughbawn	1-11	Garrett Sinnott
2017	St. Martin's	2-16	Oulart-the Ballagh	1-09	Ciarán Lyng Patrick O'Connor
2018	Naomh Éanna	2-11	St. Martin's	0-13	Brendan Travers
2019	St. Martin's	1-15	St. Anne's Rathangan	1-13	Willie Devereux

Notes:

1984 - The first match ended in a draw: Buffer's Alley 0-12, Faythe Harriers 1-09.
1989 - The first match ended in a draw: Buffer's Alley 2-10, Oulart-the Ballagh 3-07.
1993 - The first match ended in a draw: Rapparees 1-08, Cloughbawn 1-08.
2006 - The first match ended in a draw: Rathnure 0-16, Oulart-the Ballagh 1-13.
Finals listed by year

Year	Winner	Opponent	Date	Location	Teams
2019	St. Martin's
2018	Naomh Éanna 2-11	St. Martin's 0-13	21 October 2018	Wexford Park	-
2017	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, A Maddock, P Kelly ; H O’Connor, M Maloney; J Firman, Joe O’Connor, Jack O’Connor ; C Lyng, R O’Connor, D Codd.
2016	Oulart-the-Ballagh	Cloughbawn	16 October 2016	Wexford Park
2015	Oulart-the-Ballagh 2-15	St. Martin's 0-13	25 October	Wexford Park
2014	Shelmaliers 3-08	St Anne's 1-11	26 Oct	Wexford Park
2013	Oulart-the-Ballagh 3-12	Ferns St. Aidan's 1-16	20 Oct	Wexford Park
2012	Oulart-the-Ballagh 2-12	Faythe Harriers 0-13	14 Oct		Oulart the Ballagh - Keith Rossiter
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
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
	Rathnure 0-16	Oulart-the-Ballagh 1-13
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
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, 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, 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, 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, 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, R.Eustace, 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, J.Doran, 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, 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,J.Lynch, W.Boggan, J.Dillon, J.Murphy, 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	St. Fintan's 1-02	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 - 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, 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, J.Cooney, J.McDonald, 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, J.Cooney, J.McDonald, 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, J.Cooney, J.McDonald, 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, R.Eustace, 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, R.Eustace, 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
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898	Blackwater
1897
1896	Castlebridge
1895	Castlebridge
1894
1893
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 and Blenbrien
1920s: 2 for Adamstown
1930s: 6 for Adamstown
1940s: 3 for Geraldine O'Hanrahans
1950s: 7 for St. Aidan's Enniscorthy
1960s: 3 for Faythe Harriers
1970s: 6 for Rathnure
1980s: 6 for Buffers Alley
1990s: 3 each for Rathnure and Oulart-the Ballagh
2000s: 4 for Oulart-the Ballagh
2010s: 6 for Oulart-the Ballagh
Gaps

Top five longest gaps between successive championship titles:

76 years: St. Anne's Rathangan
42 years: Cloughbawn
21 years: Geraldine O'Hanrahans
20 years: Faythe Harriers
16 years: Faythe Harriers

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