Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship

The Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Slevin Coaches Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Westmeath SHC) is an annual hurling competition organized by the Westmeath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the top-ranking senior clubs in the county of Westmeath in Ireland. It is the most prestigious competition in Westmeath hurling.

Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship
Current season or competition: 2025 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship
Irish	Craobh Sinsear Iomána na hIarmhí
Code	Hurling
Founded	1903; 122 years ago (1903)
Region	Westmeath (GAA)
Trophy	Westmeath Examiner Cup
No. of teams	6
Title holders	Castletown Geoghegan (15th title)
Most titles	Clonkill (17 titles)
Sponsors	Slevin Coaches
TV partner(s)	Iarmhí TV
Official website	Westmeath GAA

The winning team is presented with the Westmeath Examiner Cup, originally awarded in 1963 to 'Jobber' McGrath of Rickardstown.^[1] The champions also represent Westmeath in the Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship.^[2]

The competition has been won by 19 teams, 14 of which have won it more than once. Clonkill is the most successful team in the championship's history, having won it 17 times. Castletown Geoghegan are the reigning champions, defeating Lough Lene Gaels 1-27 to 2–17 in the 2024 Westmeath SHC final.

Format

Senior hurling in Westmeath is divided into two separate groups: the Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship (Group A), and the Westmeath Senior B Hurling Championship (Group B), with each team getting at least five games.

The top team in the group stage gets a bye to the final, meeting the winner of the sole semi-final between the second and third placed teams.

The winner of the Group B final is promoted, and play in Group A the following year. The winner of the Group A final are the Senior Hurling champions.

The team finishing lowest in Group A is relegated to Group B for next year. The team finishing lowest in Group B is relegated to the Westmeath Intermediate Hurling Championship for the following season.

In the event of a tie between two teams at the bottom of either group, a play-off is used to determine who is relegated.

Teams

2025 Teams

The 6 teams competing in the 2025 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship are:

Club	Location	Position in 2024	Championship titles	Last championship title
Castlepollard	Castlepollard	Group stage	14	2005
Castletown Geoghegan	Castletown Geoghegan	Champions	15	2024
Clonkill	Clonkill	Semi-finals	17	2020
Fr. Dalton's	Ballymore	Champions (Westmeath SBHC)	0	—
Lough Lene Gaels	Collinstown	Runners-up	7	2002
Raharney	Raharney	Group stage	15	2023

Roll of honour

By club

#	Club	Titles	Championship wins
1	Clonkill	17	1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1969, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020
2	Castletown Geoghegan	15	1923, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1964, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2004, 2013, 2017, 2022, 2024
	Raharney	15	1913, 1914, 1919, 1967, 1973, 1984, 1992, 1994, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2021, 2023
	Brownstown	15	1938, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993
5	Castlepollard	14	1925, 1928, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2005
6	Ringtown	9	1906, 1908, 1910, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1942, 1980, 1987
7	Lough Lene Gaels	7	1975, 1976, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002
8	St Brigid's	4	1968, 1970, 1971, 1972
	Athlone	4	1905, 1907, 1911, 1912
	Delvin	4	1949, 1950, 1951, 1953
	Mullingar	4	1903, 1904, 1935, 1944
12	Rickardstown	3	1954, 1959, 1963
13	Athlone Military	2	1926, 1927
	Drumraney	2	1918, 1921
15	Riverstown	1	1909
	Mental Hospital	1	1924
	Collinstown	1	1955
	Columb Rovers	1	1945
	Pearses	1	1962

List of finals

Legend

• Gold – Leinster intermediate club champions
• Silver – Leinster intermediate club runners-up

List of Westmeath SHC finals

Year	Winners		Runners-up
	Club	Score	Club	Score
2024[3]	Castletown Geoghegan	1-27	Lough Lene Gaels	2-17
2023[4]	Raharney	2-19	Lough Lene Gaels	2-17
2022[5]	Castletown Geoghegan	0–22	Clonkill	1-14
2021	Raharney	0–21	Castletown Geoghegan	0–18
2020[6]	Clonkill	3–16 (AET)	Castletown Geoghegan	2–16
2019	Clonkill	2–16	Castletown Geoghegan	1–16
2018	Clonkill	1–13	Raharney	2-09
2017[7]	Castletown Geoghegan	1–18	Raharney	1–16
2016[8]	Raharney	2–18	Clonkill	1–13
2015[9]	Clonkill	1–14	Raharney	1–10
2014[10]	Raharney	2–12	Castlepollard	1–09
2013[11]	Castletown Geoghegan	1–12	St Oliver Plunkett's	0–11
2012[12]	Clonkill	2–16	Raharney	2–11
2011[13]	Clonkill	1–13	Castletown Geoghegan	0–14
2010[14]	Raharney	2–14	Clonkill	1–16
2009[15]	Clonkill	1–16	Lough Lene Gaels	2-09
2008[16]	Raharney	0–15	Clonkill	2-06
2007[17]	Clonkill	1–15	Lough Lene Gaels	0–05
2006[18]	Raharney	1–09, 4–05 (R)	Castletown Geoghegan	1–09, 2–05 (R)
2005[19]	Castlepollard	2-09	Lough Lene Gaels	0–04
2004[20]	Castletown Geoghegan	0–13	Lough Lene Gaels	1–09
2003[21]	Castlepollard	1–10	Clonkill	1–09
2002[22][23]	Lough Lene Gaels	1–08, 4–11 (R)	Castletown Geoghegan	0–11, 2–12 (R)
2001[24]	Clonkill	2–11	Cullion	2–05
2000	Lough Lene Gaels	3-08	Castlepollard	0–14
1999	Lough Lene Gaels	1–13	Castlepollard	1–11
1998	Lough Lene Gaels	1–10	Clonkill	0–09
1997	Castlepollard	2-07, 2–11 (R)	Lough Lene Gaels	0–13, 2–08 (R)
1996	Lough Lene Gaels	2-07	Castletown Geoghegan	0–09
1995	Castlepollard	1–10	Raharney	2–06
1994	Raharney	1–14	Castlepollard	1–10
1993	Brownstown	2-06	Castletown Geoghegan	1–08
1992	Raharney	2-06	Lough Lene Gaels	1–06
1991	Brownstown	4-06	Castlepollard	3-03
1990	Castletown Geoghegan	1–08	Raharney	1–07
1989	Brownstown	2-09	Castletown Geoghegan	2-03
1988	Brownstown	1–11	Raharney	1–09
1987	Ringtown	1–10	Brownstown	1–09
1986	Castletown Geoghegan	1–13	Brownstown	1–08
1985	Brownstown	1–09	Lough Lene Gaels	1–06
1984	Raharney	2–14	Castletown Geoghegan	2–12
1983	Brownstown	2–13	Castlepollard	0–07
1982	Castletown Geoghegan	0–14	Brownstown	1–06
1981	Brownstown	1–13	Raharney	0–05
1980	Ringtown	1–10	Brownstown	0–09
1979	Castletown Geoghegan	0–13	Raharney	2–04
1978	Brownstown	2–16	Castlepollard	1–06
1977	Brownstown	1–19	Castletown Geoghegan	1–09
1976	Lough Lene Gaels	2-07	Raharney	3-03
1975	Lough Lene Gaels	2-09	Raharney	1–05
1974	Castlepollard	1–08	Raharney	1–04
1973	Raharney	2–11	Castlepollard	3-06
1972	St Brigid's	3–10	Castlepollard	1–08
1971	St Brigid's	4-07	Raharney	1–07
1970	St Brigid's	1–08	Castletown Geoghegan	1–07
1969	Clonkill	2–11	Devlin	1–08
1968	St Brigid's	3-06	Castletown Geoghegan	1–06
1967	Raharney	4–12	Pearses	1–08
1966	Castlepollard	2-07	Pearses	2-04
1965	Castlepollard	4-02	Castletown Geoghegan	2-06
1964	Castletown Geoghegan	2–13	Raharney	1–07
1963	Rickardstown	6-05	Castlepollard	0–09
1962	Pearses	2-09	Raharney	3-05
1961	Castlepollard	2-09	St Patrick's	1–04
1960	Castletown Geoghegan	2-06	Castlepollard	0–08
1959	Rickardstown	6-07	Castletown Geoghegan	3-03
1958	Castletown Geoghegan	4-04	Castlepollard	1–02
1957	Castletown Geoghegan	2–10	Collinstown	4-03
1956	Castletown Geoghegan	3-09	Rickardstown	2-03
1955	Collinstown	8-05	Castletown Geoghegan	4-03
1954	Rickardstown	1–12, 3–05 (R)	Collinstown	3–06, 2–07 (R)
1953	Delvin	4–06, 2–06 (R)	Collinstown	5–03, 1–08 (R)
1952	Brownstown	4-05	Rickardstown	3-07
1951	Delvin	4-06	Collinstown	2-08
1950	Delvin	3-03	Collinstown	2-03
1949	Delvin		Ringtown
1948	Brownstown		Collinstown
1947	Brownstown		Rickardstown
1946	Brownstown		Clonkill
1945	Columb Rovers		Ringtown
1944	Mullingar		Ringtown
1943	Brownstown		Castlepollard
1942	Ringtown		Clonkill
1941	Clonkill		Brownstown
1940	Clonkill		Castlepollard
1939	Clonkill		Brownstown
1938	Brownstown		Clonkill
1937	Castlepollard	7-05	Ardnurcher	5-03
1936	Castlepollard	5-02	Clonkill	4-00
1935	Mullingar	3-03	Castletown Geoghegan	3-01
1934	Castlepollard	7-04	Castletown Geoghegan	1–01
1933	Castlepollard	4-04	Clonkill	0–02
1932	Clonkill		Delvin
1931	Clonkill		Castlepollard
1930	Clonkill		Castlepollard
1929	Clonkill		Ringtown
1928	Castlepollard	(awarded)	None
1927	Athlone Military		Killadoran
1926	Athlone Military		Collinstown
1925	Castlepollard	6-02	Raharney	2-00
1924	Mental Hospital	2-05	Castletown Geoghegan	1–04
1923	Castletown Geoghegan	7-00	Castlepollard	1-00
1922	No Championship
1921	Drumraney	3-04	Raharney	2-02
1920	No Championship
1919	Raharney		Drumraney
1918	Drumraney		Raharney
1917	Ringtown	4-01	Drumraney	3-00
1916	Ringtown		Drumraney
1915	Ringtown		Simonstown
1914	Raharney Rovers	5-01	Castlepollard	0–00
1913	Raharney Rovers	3-04	Crookedwood	1–00
1912	Athlone		Ringtown
1911	Athlone		Ringtown
1910	Ringtown		Riverstown Emmets
1909	Riverstown Emmets	5-04	Athlone St Ciaran's	2-02
1908	Ringtown		Riverstown Emmets
1907	Athlone		Drumraney
1906	Ringtown		Raharney
1905	Athlone St Ciaran's		Mullingar
1904[25]	Mullingar	2-02	Ringtown Myles O'Reillys	0–04
1903	Mullingar		Athlone

See also

• Westmeath Senior B Hurling Championship
• Westmeath Intermediate Hurling Championship