The Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Slevin Coaches Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Westmeath SHC) is an annual
hurling competition organized by the
Westmeath County Board
The Westmeath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae na hIarmhí) or Westmeath GAA is one of the 32 County board (Gaelic games), county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible ...
of the
Gaelic Athletic Association
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and contested by the top-ranking senior clubs in the
county of Westmeath in
Ireland
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. It is the most prestigious competition in Westmeath hurling.
The competition has been won by 19 teams, 14 of which have won it more than once.
Clonkill
Clonkill is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about north–east of Mullingar.
Clonkill is one of 34 townlands of the civil parish of Rathconnell in the barony of Moyashel and Magheradernon in the Province of Leinster.
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is the most successful team in the championship's history, having won it 17 times.
Castletown Geoghegan are the reigning champions, defeating Clonkill by 0–22 to 1–14 in the 2022 Westmeath SHC final.
Current senior teams
The 12 clubs that will compete in the 2023 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship are:
Brownstown, Castletown Geoghegan, Castlepollard, Clonkill, Crookedwood, Cullion, Delvin, Fr. Daltons, Lough Lene Gaels, Raharney, Ringtown, and St. Oliver Plunketts.
Senior hurling in Westmeath is divided into two separate groups. Group A; Castletown Geoghegan, Castlepollard, Clonkill, Fr. Daltons, Lough Lene Gaels, and Raharney. Group B; Brownstown, Cullion, Crookedwood, Delvin, St Oliver Plunketts, and Ringtown.
The team finishing lowest in Group A is
relegated to Group B, the team finishing lowest in Group B is relegated to the Westmeath Intermediate Hurling Championship for the following season.
Top winners
Roll of honour
References
External links
Official Westmeath WebsiteWestmeath on HoganstandLough Lene Gaels
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Senior hurling county championships