Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship
The Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship is an annual championship of hurling for male players in the junior grade and is organised by the Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The championship has been awarded almost every year since the first tournament in 1910.
| Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Irish | Craobh Iomána Shóisear Thiobraid Árainn |
| Founded | 1910 |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Title holders | Ballybacon-Grange (1st title) |
| Most titles | Thurles Sarsfields (5 titles) |
The series of games is played during the autumn months with the final currently being played in November. The championship has always been played on a straight knock-out basis whereby once a team loses they were eliminated from the series.
The Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship is an integral part of the wider Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship. The winners of the Tipperary county final join the champions of the other five counties to contest the provincial championship.
Eight teams currently participate in the Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship. Ballybacon-Grange are the current (2017) holders.[1]
Qualification
The Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship features eight teams in the final tournament. 28 teams contest the four divisional championships with the champions and runners-up automatically qualifying for the county series.
| Division | Championship | Qualifying teams |
|---|---|---|
| Mid Tipperary | Mid Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship | Champions and runners-up |
| North Tipperary | North Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship | Champions and runners-up |
| South Tipperary | South Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship | Champions and runners-up |
| West Tipperary | West Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship | Champions and runners-up |
Roll of honour
| Team | Wins | Years won | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thurles Sarsfields | 5 | 1955, 1956, 1958, 1987, 1995 |
| 2 | Boherlahen-Dualla | 4 | 1916, 1934, 1935, 1936 |
| Mid Selection | 4 | 1919, 1923, 1924, 1925 | |
| Holycross-Ballycahill | 4 | 1941, 1974, 1988, 2010 | |
| 3 | North Selection | 3 | 1926, 1929, 1930 |
| South Selection | 3 | 1928, 1931, 1932 | |
| Drom-Inch | 3 | 1937, 1970, 2005 | |
| Kilruane MacDonagh's | 3 | 1969, 1978, 1985 | |
| Moyne-Templetuohy | 3 | 1961, 1965, 1990 | |
| Knockshegowna | 3 | 1969, 1993, 2006 | |
| Ballinahinch | 3 | 1980, 1994, 2002 | |
| Roscrea | 3 | 1982, 1986, 2015 | |
| 4 | Borris-Ileigh | 2 | 1910, 1933 |
| Toomevara | 2 | 1913, 1997 | |
| Killenaule | 2 | 1927, 1951 | |
| Solohead | 2 | 1938, 1959 | |
| Shannon Rovers | 2 | 1939, 1968 | |
| Borrisokane | 2 | 1940, 1981 | |
| Cappawhite | 2 | 1942, 1948 | |
| Moneygall | 2 | 1949, 2008 | |
| Moycarkey-Borris | 2 | 1954, 2013 | |
| Burgess | 2 | 1964, 1976 | |
| Kildangan | 2 | 1971, 2016 | |
| Silvermines | 2 | 1972, 1979 | |
| Nenagh Éire Óg | 2 | 1983, 2000 | |
| Ballina | 2 | 1984, 1996 | |
| Moyle Rovers | 2 | 1998, 2007 | |
| 5 | Tipperary O'Learys | 1 | 1922 |
| Lorrha | 1 | 1946 | |
| St. Mary's Nenagh | 1 | 1947 | |
| Coolmoyne | 1 | 1950 | |
| 13th Battalion | 1 | 1952 | |
| Newport | 1 | 1957 | |
| Thurles Kickhams | 1 | 1962 | |
| Carrick Davins | 1 | 1963 | |
| Seán Treacy's | 1 | 1966 | |
| Clonakenny | 1 | 1967 | |
| Ballingarry | 1 | 1973 | |
| St. Mary's Clonmel | 1 | 1975 | |
| Éire Óg Annacarty | 1 | 1977 | |
| Mullinahone | 1 | 1989 | |
| Cashel King Cormacs | 1 | 1991 | |
| Lattin-Cullen | 1 | 1992 | |
| Galtee Rovers | 1 | 1999 | |
| Fr. Sheehys | 1 | 2001 | |
| Thurles Fennellys | 1 | 2003 | |
| Ballyneale | 1 | 2004 | |
| Aherlow | 1 | 2009 | |
| Rockwell Rovers | 1 | 2011 | |
| Kilsheelan-Kilcash | 1 | 2012 | |
| Skeheenarinky | 1 | 2014 | |
| Ballybacon-Grange | 1 | 2017 |
References
- "Ballybacon Grange crowned Junior A hurling champions". Tipp FM. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.