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 and Division 2 and 3 played in various venues around Manchester.

Between 2001 and 2009, the Ladies Division 1 Championship winners would enter the 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, 2005-8, losing to Dublin City University, Dundalk Institute of Technology and University College Cork.[1]

Currently Liverpool Hope University are champions for 2018, beating cross city rivals Liverpool John Moore University in the final.

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
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
2009/10 Robert Gordon University 0-4 St Mary's University, Twickenham 0-2
2010/11 St Mary's University, Twickenham 4-11 Liverpool Hope University 0-7
2011/12[3] St Mary's University, Twickenham 4-6 Robert Gordon University 3-4
2012/13 Robert Gordon University 2-16 Queen Margaret University 5-5
2013/14 Robert Gordon University 1-3 Liverpool John Moores University 1-2
2014/15 Liverpool Hope University 6-9 Queen Margaret University 1-7
2015/16 Queen Margaret University 2-13 St Mary's University, Twickenham 2-5
2016/17[4] St Mary's University, Twickenham 8-12 Liverpool Hope University 2-2
2017/18 Liverpool Hope University 5-8 Liverpool John Moores University 0-10

Roll of Honour

Division 2
Year Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
2009/10 Northumbria University
2010/11 Northumbria University 3-6 University of Liverpool 0-4
2011/12 University of Liverpool 3-12 Manchester Metropolitan University 1-8
2012/13 Glasgow Caldedonian University 6-9 University of Dundee 0-4
2013/14 University of Dundee 1-4 University of Glasgow 2-0
2014/15 Coventry University 3-7 University of Birmingham 1-6
2015/16[5] Glasgow Caledonian University 4-5 Northumbria University 1-2
2016/17 University of Glasgow 7-8 University of Birmingham 2-8
2017/18 Coventry University 4-10 University of Glasgow 0-10
Division 3
Year Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
2010/11 Manchester Metropolitan University 1-3 University of Central Lancashire 0-2
2011/12
2012/13 University of Glasgow 1-3 University of Birmingham 1-2
2013/14 University of Birmingham 0-7 Manchester Metropolitan University 1-2 (AET)
2014/15 Teesside University Heriot-Watt University
2015/16 University of Glasgow
2016/17 University of Manchester 4-9 University of Stirling 0-6
2017/18 University of Manchester 4-7 University of Stirling 1-1

References
  1. "LGFA Lynch Cup Roll of Honour". LGFA.
  2. Darby, Paul; Hassan, David (2013-10-18). Emigrant Players: Sport and the Irish Diaspora. Routledge. ISBN 9781317968450.
  3. "Results | GaelicSportsCast". www.gaelicsportscast.com. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  4. "Success for St Mary's at British Gaelic Football Championships". St Mary's University. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  5. "Ladies Gaelic Strike Silver! @ GCU Students' Association". www.gcustudents.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
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