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Kildare Senior Hurling Championship

The Kildare Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the UPMC Kildare Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kildare SHC) is an annual club hurling competition organised by the Kildare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the top-ranking senior clubs in the county of Kildare in Ireland, deciding the competition winners through a group and knockout format. It is the most prestigious competition in Kildare hurling.

In its present format, the eight participating teams are drawn against each other in a Preliminary Round and following that the four Preliminary Round winners go to a winners group and the other four in to a ‘losers’ group. At the group stages they play each other in a single round-robin system. This is followed by a knockout phase of one quarter final (3rd in Winners group v 2nd in Losers Group), then two semi-finals and culminates with the final match at St Conleth's Park in October. The winner of the Kildare Senior Championship qualifies for the subsequent Leinster Club Championship. From 1971 until 2012, the winning team received the Seán Carey Cup, however, a new trophy in honour of the late Tony Carew (Coill Dubh) was donated by the Carew family in 2013.

The competition has been won by 25 teams, 19 of which have won it more than once. Clane is the most successful team in the tournament's history, having won it 16 times. Naas are the reigning champions, having beaten Maynooth by 0-20 to 0-12 in the 2022 final.

Teams

2023 teams

2023 Hurling Grades

Roll of honour

List of finals

See also

References

  1. ^ "Burke hits 0-10 as Naas make it four Kildare SHC titles in-a-row". Hogan Stand. 25 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Kildare GAA: Naas hurlers make it three-in-row".
  3. ^ "Kildare SHC final: Naas complete the clean sweep". Hogan Stand. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Conway goal helps Celbridge secure title after tense tussle". Irish Independent. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Fitzgeralds inspire Ardclough triumph". Irish Independent. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Kildare SHC final: Ardclough bridge 11 year gap". Hogan Stand. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Celbridge deny Naas to claim Kildare hurling title". Irish Times. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Kildare SHC final: Coill Dubh unseat the holders". Hogan Stand. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  9. ^ "Clinical Keegan fires Celbridge to glory". Irish Examiner. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  10. ^ "Kildare SHC final: Confey upset the odds". Hogan Stand. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  11. ^ "Kildare SHC: Moloney on fire for holders". Hogan Stand. 11 October 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  12. ^ "Celbridge crowned senior hurling champions". Leinster Leader. 10 October 2009. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  13. ^ "Confey claim SHC title". Leinster Leader. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  14. ^ "Goals do the trick!". Leinster Leader. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013.

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