Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship

The Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship is an annual championship of hurling for male players in the junior grade and is organised by the Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The championship has been awarded almost every year since the first tournament in 1910.

Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship
IrishCraobh Iomána Shóisear Thiobraid Árainn
Founded1910; 114 years ago (1910)
No. of teams8
Title holdersSkeheenarinky (2nd title)
Most titlesThurles Sarsfields (5 titles)

The series of games is played during the autumn months with the final currently being played in November. The championship has always been played on a straight knock-out basis whereby once a team loses they were eliminated from the series.

The Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship is an integral part of the wider Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship. The winners of the Tipperary county final join the champions of the other five counties to contest the provincial championship.

Eight teams currently participate in the Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship. Ballybacon-Grange are the current (2017) holders.[1]

Qualification

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The Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship features eight teams in the final tournament. 28 teams contest the four divisional championships with the champions and runners-up automatically qualifying for the county series.

Division Championship Qualifying teams
Mid Tipperary Mid Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship Champions and runners-up
North Tipperary North Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship Champions and runners-up
South Tipperary South Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship Champions and runners-up
West Tipperary West Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship Champions and runners-up

Roll of honour

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# Team Wins Years won
1 Thurles Sarsfields 5 1955, 1956, 1958, 1987, 1995
2 Boherlahen-Dualla 4 1916, 1934, 1935, 1936
Mid Selection 4 1919, 1923, 1924, 1925
Holycross-Ballycahill 4 1941, 1974, 1988, 2010
3 North Selection 3 1926, 1929, 1930
South Selection 3 1928, 1931, 1932
Drom-Inch 3 1937, 1970, 2005
Kilruane MacDonagh's 3 1969, 1978, 1985
Moyne-Templetuohy 3 1961, 1965, 1990
Knockshegowna 3 1969, 1993, 2006
Ballinahinch 3 1980, 1994, 2002
Roscrea 3 1982, 1986, 2015
4 Borris-Ileigh 2 1910, 1933
Toomevara 2 1913, 1997
Killenaule 2 1927, 1951
Solohead 2 1938, 1959
Shannon Rovers 2 1939, 1968
Borrisokane 2 1940, 1981
Cappawhite 2 1942, 1948
Moneygall 2 1949, 2008
Moycarkey-Borris 2 1954, 2013
Burgess 2 1964, 1976
Kildangan 2 1971, 2016
Silvermines 2 1972, 1979
Nenagh Éire Óg 2 1983, 2000
Ballina 2 1984, 1996
Moyle Rovers 2 1998, 2007
Skeheenarinky 2 2014, 2021
5 Tipperary O'Learys 1 1922
Lorrha 1 1946
St. Mary's Nenagh 1 1947
Coolmoyne 1 1950
13th Battalion 1 1952
Newport 1 1957
Thurles Kickhams 1 1962
Carrick Davins 1 1963
Seán Treacy's 1 1966
Clonakenny 1 1967
Ballingarry 1 1973
St. Mary's Clonmel 1 1975
Éire Óg Annacarty 1 1977
Mullinahone 1 1989
Cashel King Cormacs 1 1991
Lattin-Cullen 1 1992
Galtee Rovers 1 1999
Fr. Sheehys 1 2001
Thurles Fennellys 1 2003
Ballyneale 1 2004
Aherlow 1 2009
Rockwell Rovers 1 2011
Kilsheelan-Kilcash 1 2012
Ballybacon-Grange 1 2017

References

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  1. ^ "Ballybacon Grange crowned Junior A hurling champions". Tipp FM. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.