Ulster Shield

The Ulster Shield is the premier knock-out competition for ladies' hockey teams in the Ulster province of Ireland. It is one of the oldest ladies' hockey competitions in the world, with the first competition being held in 1896. Ireland was the first country to form a national association when the Irish Ladies Hockey Union was formed in 1894.^{[citation needed]}

From 1903 until the mid-1980s the winners qualified to represent Ulster in the Irish Senior Cup.

The most successful club is Pegasus with 28 wins from 34 final appearances.

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Total finals	Last title
Pegasus	30	7	37	2022-23
Knock	13	9	22	1947-48
Ards	11	5	16	2014-15
Victorians	10	10	20	1969-70
Instonians	10	3	13	1964-65
Randalstown	9	5	14	2015-16
Holywood	8	0	8	1908-09
Portadown	6	12	18	1991-92
Queen's University	5	14	19	2017-18
St Dominic's Past Pupils	3	1	4	1956-57
Ballymoney	2	4	6	2012-13
Ulster College of Physical Education/Ulster Elks	2	4	6	2009-10
Cliftonville	2	3	5	1910-11
Victoria College, Belfast	2	0	2	1898-99
Owls	1	3	4	1948-49
Lurgan	1	2	3	2016-17
Victoria High School, Derry	1	2	3	1901-02
Bangor	1	1	2	1903-04
City of Derry	1	0	1	1896-97
Collegians/Belfast Harlequins	0	7	7	N/A
Mid Antrim	0	4	4	N/A
Roebank (Limavady)	0	3	3	N/A
Strand House School, Derry	0	3	3	N/A
Armagh	0	2	2	N/A
Belvoir	0	2	2	N/A
Nomads	0	2	2	N/A
The Route, Coleraine	0	2	2	N/A
Downshire	0	1	1	N/A
Dungannon	0	1	1	N/A
Lisfannon (Buncrana)	0	1	1	N/A
North Down	0	1	1	N/A
Stranmillis Training College	0	1	1	N/A

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
1896-97	City of Derry			(Holywood or Strand House School, Derry)
1897-98	Victoria College, Belfast	4	3	The Route, Coleraine	^[1]
1898-99	Victoria College, Belfast	3	1	Strand House School, Derry	^[2]

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
1899-1900	Holywood	3	0	Victoria High School, Derry	^[3]
1900-01	Holywood	4	0	The Route, Coleraine	^[4]
1901-02	Victoria High School, Derry	2	1	Belvoir	Replay - Game 1: 1-1^[5]^[6]
1902-03	Holywood	1	0	Belvoir	^[7]
1903-04	Bangor	4	0	Victoria High School, Derry
1904-05	Holywood	2	1	Downshire
1905-06	Holywood	5	0	Bangor
1906-07	Holywood	3	0	Strand House School, Derry
1907-08	Holywood	2	1	Lisfannon (Buncrana)
1908-09	Holywood	2	1	Cliftonville	^[8]

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
1909-10	Cliftonville	4	0	Strand House School, Derry
1910-11	Cliftonville	2	0	Roebank (Limavady)	Replay - Game 1: 0-0
1911-12	Knock	3	1	Roebank (Limavady)
1912-13	Knock	1	0	Roebank (Limavady)
1913-14	Knock
1914-15	Knock	3	0	Cliftonville
1915-16	Not played due to World War I
1916-17	Not played due to World War I
1917-18	Not played due to World War I
1918-19	Knock

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
1919-20	Knock	2	0	Queen's University
1920-21	Knock	3	0	Cliftonville
1921-22	Knock	7	1	Dungannon	^[9]
1922-23	Knock	2	1	Queen's University	after extra time^[10]
1923-24	Knock	7	1	Victorians	^[11]
1924-25	Knock	5	1	Queen's University	^[12]
1925-26	Queen's University	2	1	Nomads	^[13]
1926-27	Queen's University	2	1	Knock	Replay - Game 1: 2-2^[14]^[15]
1927-28	Knock	3	1	Nomads	^[16]
1928-29	Queen's University	w	o	Knock	after 1–1 draw - Knock unable to field team for replay^[17]^[18]

Ulster Shield

Performance by club

FINALS

1890s

1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

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