South East Junior A Hurling Championship

The South East Cork Junior A Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Carrigdhoun Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1928 for junior hurling teams in the southeastern region of County Cork, Ireland.

South East Junior A Hurling Championship
Founded1928 (1928)
Title holders Valley Rovers (10th title)
Most titles Ballinhassig (29 titles)

The series of games begin in July, with the championship culminating with the final in the autumn. The championship includes a knock-out stage and a "back door" for teams defeated in the first round.

The South East Junior Championship is an integral part of the wider Cork Junior Hurling Championship. The winners and runners-up of the South East Cork championship join their counterparts from the other six divisions to contest the county championship.

Valley Rovers are the title-holders after defeating Ballymartle by 0-16 to 0-14 in the 2022 final.

2023 Teams
Team Location Colours Championship Titles Last Championship Title
Ballinhassig Ballinhassig Blue and white 29 2014
Ballygarvan Ballygarvan Red and white 2 2004
Ballymartle Riverstick Green and gold 16 2021
Belgooly Belgooly White and blue 0 -
Carrigaline Carrigaline Blue and yellow 8 2003
Courcey Rovers Ballinspittle Red and white 6 2019
Kinsale Kinsale Blue and white 7 2020
Shamrocks Shanbally Green and white 5 2005
Valley Rovers Innishannon Green and white 10 2022

Roll of honour
# Team Wins Years won
1 Ballinhassig 29 1928, 1946, 1948, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
2 Ballymartle 16 1936, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1951, 1952, 1958, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1985, 1986, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2021
3 Valley Rovers 10 1937, 1941, 1949, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1988, 2016, 2017,[1] 2022
4 Carrigaline 8 1935, 1938, 1947, 1974, 1982, 1983, 1990, 2003
5 Tracton 7 1929, 1942, 1944, 1950, 1957, 1979, 1987
Kinsale 7 1930, 1933, 1978, 1984, 1989, 2007, 2020>
7 Courcey Rovers 6 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2018, 2019
8 Shamrocks 5 1959, 1963, 1980, 1981, 2005
9 Passage 3 1931, 1934, 1945
10 Ballygarvan 2 1977, 2004
11 Rochestown 1 1932
Crosshaven 1 1969

List of finals
Year Winners Score Runners-up Score
2018 Courcey Rovers 0-14 Valley Rovers 0-13
2019 Courcey Rovers 3-16 Tracton 1-18
2020 Kinsale 1-22 Shamrocks 4-12 [2]
2021 Ballymartle 0-21 Valley Rovers 2-14 [3]
2022 Valley Rovers 0-16 Ballymartle 0-14

Records

Gaps

Top five longest gaps between successive championship titles:

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of South-East Junior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:

2022 Championship

Group stage

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Qualification
1 Ballymartle 2 2 0 0 +16 4 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Valley Rovers 2 1 0 1 +4 2
3 Kinsale 2 0 0 2 -20 0

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Qualification
1 Ballinhassig 2 2 0 0 +10 4 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Belgooly 2 1 0 1 +9 2
3 Courcey Rovers 2 0 0 2 -19 0

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Qualification
1 Shamrocks 2 2 0 0 +15 4 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Ballygarvan 2 1 0 1 +4 2
3 Carrigaline 2 0 0 2 -19 0

Knockout stage
Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
      
Valley Rovers 1-21
Ballinhassig 1-15
Shamrocks 3-08
Valley Rovers 0-20
Valley Rovers 0-16
Ballymartle 0-14
Belgooly 1-15
Ballygarvan 1-14
Ballymartle 2-18
Belgooly 0-16

References
  1. "Valleys retain South East crown". The Southern Star. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. "Kinsale end long wait for divisional hurling title with a win over Shamrocks". Echo Live. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  3. "Ballymartle stage comeback to snatch victory over Valley Rovers in South East JAHC final". Echo Live. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
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