Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship
| Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship | |
|---|---|
| Current season or competition: File:Current event clock.svg 2024 Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship | |
| File:Colours of Antrim.svg | |
| Code | Hurling |
| Founded | 1937 |
| Region | File:Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim (GAA) |
| No. of teams | 11 |
| Title holders | File:Colours of Limerick.svg Carey Faughs (4th title) |
| Most titles | File:Colours of Limerick.svg Carey Faughs (4 titles) |
| Sponsors | Andersonstown Social Club[1] |
The Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition, organised by Antrim GAA.
The championship forms the second-tier of Hurling in Antrim. It is contested by the eleven clubs ranked 9–19 in the Antrim championship system. Each year, the champions are promoted to the Senior Championship and lowest finishing team is relegated to the Junior A Championship.
Carey Faughs GAC are the title holders, defeating Oisin's Glenariffe in the 2024 final.
Format
[edit | edit source]Group stage
[edit | edit source]The 10 teams are divided into two groups of five. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed at least four group games. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record. The top three teams in each group qualify for the knock-out stage.
Knockout stage
[edit | edit source]Following the completion of the group stage, the top two teams from each group receive byes to separate semi-finals.
Quarter-finals: Teams that finished 2nd and 3rd in the group stage contest this round. The two 2nd placed teams play the 3rd placed teams from the opposite group. The two winners from these two games advance to the semi-finals.
Semi-finals: The two quarter-final winners and the two group winners contest this round. The two winners from these two games advance to the final.
Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final. The winning team are declared champions.
Promotion
[edit | edit source]The winners of the Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship are promoted to the Antrim Senior Hurling Championship.
Relegation
[edit | edit source]At the end of the championship, two 5th-placed teams from the group stage take play-off, with the losing team being relegated to the Antrim Junior A Hurling Championship.
Qualification
[edit | edit source]The winners of the Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship progress to the Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship.[2][3][4]
History
[edit | edit source]Sambo won the title in 2019.[5][6] He was in charge of Naomh Éanna at the time.[7][8][9]
Teams
[edit | edit source]2024 teams
[edit | edit source]The 11 teams competing in the 2024 Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship are:
| Club | Location | Colours | Position in 2024 | Championship titles | Last championship title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Colours of Limerick.svg Carey Faughs | Ballyvoy | Green and white | Champions | 4 | 2024 |
| File:Colours of Down.svg Clooney Gaels | Ahoghill | Red and black | Semi-finals | 2 | 2022 |
| File:Colours of Limerick.svg Con Magee's | Glenravel | Green and white | Group stage | 1 | 2001 |
| File:Colours of Offaly.svg Glenariffe Oisín | Glenariff | Green, white and gold | Runners-up | 0 | — |
| File:StFinbarrs.png Patrick Sarsfields | Belfast | Green and black | Group stage | 2 | 2017 |
| File:StFinbarrs.png Robert Emmets | Cushendun | Black and green | Group stage | 3 | 2007 |
| File:Colours of Dublin.svg Shane O'Neill's | Glenarm | Blue and navy | Group stage | 0 | — |
| File:Duhallow.png St Brigid's Cloughmills | Cloughmills | Orange and black | Group stage | 2 | 2016 |
| File:Colours of Laois.svg St Gall's | Milltown | Blue, white and yellow | Group stage | 3 | 2018 |
| File:Colours of Cork.svg Naomh Pól | Belfast | Red and white | Group stage | 0 | — |
| File:Colours of Laois.svg Tír na nÓg | Randalstown | Blue and white | Semi-finals | 1 | 2020 |
Qualification for subsequent competitions
[edit | edit source]The Antrim Intermediate Championship winners qualify for the subsequent Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship.
Sponsorship
[edit | edit source]Andersonstown Social Club have been the title sponsor of the Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship.
Roll of honour
[edit | edit source]By club
[edit | edit source]| # | Club | Titles | Runners-up | Championships won | Championships runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carey Faughs | 4 | 8 | 1990, 2002, 2021, 2024 | 1984 2000 2006 2010 2013 2015 2017, 2019 |
| Gort na Móna | 4 | 0 | 1989, 1996, 2006, 2008 | — | |
| 3 | Robert Emmets | 3 | 1 | 1973, 1992, 2007 | 2022 |
| St Gall's | 3 | 0 | 1997, 2009, 2018 | — | |
| 5 | Kickham's Creggan | 2 | 2 | 2015, 2023 | 2018, 2021 |
| St Brigids Cloughmills | 2 | 1 | 2012, 2016 | 2011 | |
| Clooney Gaels | 2 | 1 | 2013, 2022 | 2020 | |
| Éire Óg Derriaghy | 2 | 0 | 1937, 1952 | — | |
| Patrick Sarsfields | 2 | 1 | 1972, 2017 | 2023 | |
| 10 | Naomh Éanna | 1 | 1 | 2019 | 2016 |
| Con Magees Glenravel | 1 | 0 | 2001 | — | |
| St John's | 1 | 0 | 2010 | — | |
| Lámh Dhearg | 1 | 0 | 2011 | — | |
| O'Donovan Rossa | 1 | 0 | 2014 | — | |
| Tír na nÓg | 1 | 0 | 2020 | — | |
| 16 | St Paul's | 0 | 1 | — | 2012 |
| Cuchulainns | 0 | 1 | — | 2013 | |
| Glenariffe Oisín | 0 | 1 | — | 2024 |
List of finals
[edit | edit source]List of Antrim IHC finals
[edit | edit source]Records and statistics
[edit | edit source]Teams
[edit | edit source]By decade
[edit | edit source]The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Antrim IHC titles, is as follows:
- 1930s: 1 for Éire Óg Derriaghy (1937)
- 1950s: 1 for Éire Óg Derriaghy (1952)
- 1970s: 1 for Patrick Sarsfields (1972)
- 1990s: 1 for St Gall's (1997)
- 2000s: 1 each for Con Magees Glenravel (2001) and St Gall's (2009)
- 2010s: 2 for St Brigid's Cloughmills (2012-16)
- 2020s: 2 for Carey Faughs (2021-24)
See also
[edit | edit source]- Antrim Senior Hurling Championship (Tier 1)
- Antrim Junior A Hurling Championship (Tier 3)
- Antrim Junior B Hurling Championship (Tier 4)
- Antrim Reserve Hurling Cup (Tier 5)
- Antrim Reserve Hurling Shield (Tier 6)
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