All Ireland Schools (Boys) Hockey Championship

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The All Ireland Schools (Boys) Hockey Championship is an annual competition involving the strongest schools affiliated to the Irish Hockey Association. The competition is held in the Autumn term of each school year. The current holder is Banbridge Academy .

Venues

The venue of the competition is on a three year rota between Leinster, Munster and Ulster.

History

The competition began in the 1982-83 school year. It was initially dominated by schools from Ulster, with the first fourteen winners coming from that province. The monopoly was finally broken in 1996-97, when Newpark School from Dublin became the first winners from Leinster.

Format

Sixteen teams compete in the finals. The teams are drawn into four pools with four teams each. Each team plays the other three teams in their group once. Each group winner then play one of the other group winners in a semi-final match. The two semi-final winners then play each other in the final. The winner of the final is presented with the Tasmanian Shield.

Performance table

School Winners Finalists Total Finals Year of last win
Royal Belfast Academical Institution 7 5 12 2003-04
St. Andrew's College, Dublin 5 1 6 2014-15
Banbridge Academy 5 4 8 2011-12
Wesley College Dublin 3 7 10 2009-10
Newry High School 3 0 3 1984-85
Ashton School 2 2 4 2000-01
Bangor Grammar School 2 0 2 1997-98
Wallace High School, Lisburn 1 4 5 1987-88
Bandon Grammar School 1 3 4 2005-06
Cookstown High School 1 2 3 2007-08
Methodist College Belfast 1 2 3 1985-86
Newpark Comprehensive School 1 1 2 1996-97
Kilkenny College 1 0 1 1999-00
Wellington College Belfast 1 0 1 1993-94
Friends School Lisburn 0 1 1 N/A

Finals

1980s

Year Venue Winner Runner-up Notes
1982-83 Bangor Newry High School Banbridge Academy
1983-84 Dublin Newry High School Wallace High School, Lisburn
1984-85 Cork Newry High School Wallace High School, Lisburn
1985-86 Cookstown Methodist College Belfast Wallace High School, Lisburn
1986-87 Kilkenny Royal Belfast Academical Institution Bandon Grammar School
1987-88 Limerick Wallace High School, Lisburn Methodist College Belfast
1988-89 Lisburn Royal Belfast Academical Institution Banbridge Academy

1990s

Year Venue Winner Runner-up Notes
1989-90 Dublin Bangor Grammar School Royal Belfast Academical Institution
1990-91 Waterford Royal Belfast Academical Institution Newpark Comprehensive School
1991-92 Cookstown Royal Belfast Academical Institution Wesley College Dublin
1992-93 Dublin Banbridge Academy Royal Belfast Academical Institution
1993-94 Cork Wellington College Belfast Friends School Lisburn
1994-95 Belfast Royal Belfast Academical Institution Cookstown High School
1995-96 Dublin Royal Belfast Academical Institution Methodist College Belfast
1996-97 Cork Newpark Comprehensive School Wesley College Dublin
1997-98 Bangor Bangor Grammar School Ashton School
1998-99 Dublin Ashton School Wesley College Dublin

2000s

Year Venue Winner Runner-up Notes
1999-00 Cork Kilkenny College Ashton School penalty strokes
2000-01 Bangor Ashton School Wesley College Dublin
2001-02 Dublin St. Andrew's College, Dublin Wesley College Dublin
2002-03 Cork Wesley College Dublin Royal Belfast Academical Institution
2003-04 Banbridge Royal Belfast Academical Institution Bandon Grammar School
2004-05 Dublin Wesley College Dublin Bandon Grammar School
2005-06 Cork Bandon Grammar School 4 3 Royal Belfast Academical Institution extra time
2006-07 Belfast Banbridge Academy 5 4 Royal Belfast Academical Institution extra time - golden goal
2007-08 Dublin Cookstown High School 4 2 Banbridge Academy [1]
2008-09 Limerick St. Andrew's College, Dublin 2 1 Wesley College, Dublin [2]

2010s

Year Venue Winner Runner-up Notes
2009-10 Belfast Wesley College Dublin 3 2 Wallace High School, Lisburn extra time - silver goal
2010-11 Dublin Banbridge Academy 4 2 St. Andrew's College, Dublin [3]
2011-12 Cork Banbridge Academy 2 1 Cookstown High School [4]
2012-13 Belfast St. Andrew's College, Dublin 3 1 Wesley College Dublin [5]

Sources

  1. "Belfast Newsletter Final Report 2007-08". Retrieved 2007-10-27.
  2. "Irish Times Final Report 2008-09". The Irish Times. 2008-10-10. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
  3. "Irish Independent Final Report 2010-11". 2010-10-23. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
  4. "Bann win back-to-back Schoolboys champs". Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  5. "St Andrew's defeat Wesley to clinch All-Ireland honours". Irish Times. 2012-10-27. Retrieved 2012-10-29.

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