Kildare Senior B Hurling Championship
| Kildare Senior B Hurling Championship | |
|---|---|
| Irish | Craobh Iomáint Shinsir B Chill Dara |
| Code | Hurling |
| Founded | 2022 |
| Region | File:Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare (GAA) |
| No. of teams | 6 |
| Title holders | File:Colours of Kildare.svg Clane (1st title) |
| Sponsors | UPMC |
| Official website | Kildare GAA |
The Kildare Senior B Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the UPMC Kildare Senior B Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kildare SBHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kildare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association for the second tier hurling teams in County Kildare in Ireland.
In its current format, the Kildare Senior B Championship begins with a group stage. The six participating teams play each other in a round-robin system. This is followed by a knockout phase that culminates with the final match at St Conleth's Park. The winner of the Kildare Senior B Championship qualifies for the subsequent Leinster Junior Club Championship.
Clane are the title holders after defeating Leixlip by 1–18 to 1–17 in the 2025 final.[1]
Format
[edit | edit source]Group stage
[edit | edit source]Over the course of the six-team group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed at least five 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 four teams from the group stage proceed to the knockout stage.[2]
Knockout stage
[edit | edit source]Semi-finals: The top four teams from the group stage contest this round (1st v 4th and 2nd v 3rd). The two winners advance to the final.
Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final.
Promotion and relegation
[edit | edit source]At the end of the championship, the winning team is automatically promoted to the Kildare Senior Championship for the following season.[3] The bottom-placed team from the group stage is automatically relegated to the Kildare Intermediate Championship.
Teams
[edit | edit source]2025 teams
[edit | edit source]| Team | Location | Colours | In championship since | Championship titles | Last championship title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Colours of Galway.svg Broadford | Allenwood | Maroon and white | 0 | — | |
| File:Colours of Kildare.svg Clane | Clane | White | 2024 | 0 | — |
| File:Colours of Kerry.svg Kilcock | Kilcock | Green and gold | 0 | — | |
| Leixlip | Leixlip | Maroon and white | 2025 | 1 | 2023 |
| File:Colours of Laois.svg Naas | Naas | Blue and white | 0 | — | |
| St Laurence's | Narraghmore | Amber and red | 2025 | 0 | — |
Qualification for subsequent competitions
[edit | edit source]At the end of the championship, the winning team qualify to the subsequent Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship.
List of finals
[edit | edit source]List of Kildare SBHC finals
[edit | edit source]| Year | Winners | Runners-up | Venue | # | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | Score | Club | Score | |||
| 2025 | Clane | 1–18 | Leixlip | 1-17 | St. Conleths Park | |
| 2024 | Naas | 1–21 | Moorefield | 0-17 | Manguard Park | |
| 2023 | Leixlip | 1–16 | Naas | 2-08 | Manguard Park | [4] |
| 2022 | Éire Óg-Corrachoill | 3–16 | Naas | 1–11 | St Conleth's Park | [5] |
Roll of honour
[edit | edit source]By club
[edit | edit source]| # | Team | Titles | Runners-up | Championships won | Championships runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Colours of Laois.svg Naas | 1 | 2 | 2024 | 2022, 2023 |
| File:Colours of Kildare.svg Clane | 1 | 0 | 2025 | — | |
| File:Jersey Maroon Yellow Maroon.svg Éire Óg-Corrachoill | 1 | 0 | 2022 | — | |
| File:Colours of Galway.svg Leixlip | 1 | 0 | 2023 | — | |
| 4 | File:Colours of Limerick.svg Moorefield | 0 | 1 | — | 2024 |
See also
[edit | edit source]- Kildare Senior Hurling Championship (Tier 1)
- Kildare Intermediate Hurling Championship (Tier 3)
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