British University Ladies' Gaelic Football Championship

The British University Ladies' Gaelic Football Championship is the ladies' Gaelic football Championship for university sides in Britain.

Organisation

It is run by the British Universities GAA on behalf of Ladies' Gaelic Football Association Normally played across venues in Birmingham and Manchester. The last few years have seen Division 1 played in Pairc na hEireann, Glasgow and Manchester.

Between 2001 and 2009, the Ladies Division 1 Championship winners would enter the Ladies HEC Lynch Cup - the Division 3 championship for universities in Ireland - at the semi-final stage. During these years, St Mary's University, Twickenham made the Lynch Cup final twice in 2002 and 2005 losing to Mary Immaculate College, Limerick and Trinity College, Dublin^[1] while Liverpool Hope University made the Lynch Cup final 3 years in a row, 2006-2008, losing to Dublin City University, Dundalk Institute of Technology and University College Cork.^[1]

In 2024, Britain representatives University of Liverpool played in the Ladies HEC Moynihan Cup.

Currently Coventry University are champions for 2024, having beaten University of Liverpool in the final.

In 2025, Britain representatives Coventry University, will enter the AIG Ladies HEC Donaghy Cup at the semi-final stage.

Championship Winners

Division 1

Year	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score
1997/98[2]	St Mary's University, Twickenham
1998/99[2]	St Mary's University, Twickenham
1999/00[2]	St Mary's University, Twickenham
2000/01[2]	St Mary's University, Twickenham
2001/02[2]	St Mary's University, Twickenham
2002/03[2]	St Mary's University, Twickenham
2003/04[2]	St Mary's University, Twickenham	2-04	Liverpool Hope University	1-06
2004/05[2]	St Mary's University, Twickenham
2005/06[2]	Liverpool Hope University
2006/07[2]	Liverpool Hope University
2007/08	Liverpool Hope University
2008/09	Queen Margaret University ?
2009/10	Robert Gordon University	0-04	St Mary's University, Twickenham	0-02
2010/11	St Mary's University, Twickenham	4-11	Liverpool Hope University	0-07
2011/12[3]	St Mary's University, Twickenham	4-06	Robert Gordon University	3-04
2012/13	Robert Gordon University	2-16	Queen Margaret University	5-05
2013/14	Robert Gordon University	1-03	Liverpool John Moores University	1-02
2014/15	Liverpool Hope University	6-09	Queen Margaret University	1-07
2015/16	Queen Margaret University	2-13	St Mary's University, Twickenham	2-05
2016/17[4]	St Mary's University, Twickenham	8-12	Liverpool Hope University	2-02
2017/18	Liverpool Hope University	5-08	Liverpool John Moores University	0-10
2018/19	Liverpool John Moores University	2-09	Robert Gordon University	1-??
2019/20	Not played
2020/21	Not played
2021/22	University of Liverpool	4-10	Liverpool John Moores University	3-11
2022/23	University of Liverpool	9-14	Liverpool John Moores University	5-04
2023/24	Coventry University	4-15	University of Liverpool	1-09
2024/25	Coventry University	3-12	University of Liverpool	2-11

Roll of Honour

• 11 - St Mary's University, Twickenham
• 5 - Liverpool Hope University
• 3 - Robert Gordon University
• 2 - Coventry University
• 2 - Queen Margaret University
• 2 - University of Liverpool
• 1 - Liverpool John Moores University

Division 2

Year	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score
2009/10	Northumbria University
2010/11	Northumbria University	3-06	University of Liverpool	0-04
2011/12	University of Liverpool	3-12	Manchester Metropolitan University	1-08
2012/13	Glasgow Caldedonian University	6-09	University of Dundee	0-04
2013/14	University of Dundee	1-04	University of Glasgow	2-00
2014/15	Coventry University	3-07	University of Birmingham	1-06
2015/16[5]	Glasgow Caledonian University	4-05	Northumbria University	1-02
2016/17	University of Glasgow	6-09	University of Birmingham	3-08
2017/18	Coventry University	4-10	University of Glasgow	0-10
2018/19	University of Manchester		Glasgow Caledonian University
2019/20	Not played
2020/21	Not played
2021/22	Glasgow Caledonian University	3-05	University of Manchester	1-01
2022/23	Glasgow Caledonian University	7-12	University of Manchester	5-04
2023/24	Glasgow Caledonian University	2-14	University of Glasgow	3-01
2024/25	University of Glasgow	0-08	University of Dundee	1-04 ( AET & 25m Kicks)

Division 3

Year	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score
2010/11	Manchester Metropolitan University	1-03	University of Central Lancashire	0-02
2011/12
2012/13	University of Glasgow	1-03	University of Birmingham	1-02
2013/14	University of Birmingham	0-07	Manchester Metropolitan University	1-02 (AET)
2014/15	Teesside University		Heriot-Watt University
2015/16	University of Glasgow
2016/17	University of Manchester	4-09	University of Stirling	0-06
2017/18	University of Manchester	4-07	University of Stirling	1-01
2018/19	University of Stirling
2019/20	Not played
2020/21	Not played
2021/22	Not played
2022/23	Not played
2023/24	Not played
2024/25	University of Edinburgh	1-04	University of Nottingham & Nottingham Trent University	1.00