Ulster Schoolgirls' Senior Cup (field hockey)

The Ulster Senior Schoolgirls' Cup is an annual competition competed for by schools affiliated to the Ulster Hockey Association, a branch of the Irish Hockey Association. The competition has been in existence since 1907 and is currently sponsored by the Belfast Telegraph.

Ulster Senior Schoolgirls' Cup

Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1907
No. of teams	36
Most recent champion(s)	The Royal School, Armagh
Most titles	Methodist College Belfast 18 outright and 3 shared
Official website	Belfast Telegraph Senior Schools Cup
Notes
Winners qualify for the Kate Russell All-Ireland Cup Finals

Since 1980, the winners have qualified to represent Ulster in the Kate Russell All-Ireland Schools Hockey Cup.

The most successful school is Methodist College Belfast with 21 wins (18 outright wins and 3 shared wins). The current holder is The Royal School, Armagh.

Trophy

The trophy is a small silver cup mounted on a plinth on a wooden shield.

Format

The competition is run through an open draw format. The first round is held in November, progressing through to a showpiece final held in early March. The final attracts a crowd of roughly 1000 people, which is large for an attendance at a hockey match in Ulster.

Current season

The Royal School, Armagh, captained by Anna McKew, defeated Strathearn 2–0 in the final played at Stormont. The victory meant The Royal School completed a league and cup double.

Performance table

School	Outright Titles	Shared Titles	Runners-Up	Total Finals	Last Title
Methodist College Belfast	20	3	12	35	2022
Victoria College, Belfast	14	2	8	24	1973
Belfast Royal Academy	12	3	8	23	2020
St Dominic's High School	7	6	7	20	1981
Ballymena Academy	6	3	9	18	2001
The Royal School, Armagh	7	0	1	8	2023
Lurgan College	5	0	7	12	2014
Strathearn School	5	2	5	12	1992
Regent House, Newtownards	4	1	2	7	1998
Friends School Lisburn	3	1	6	10	1999
Portadown College	3	0	2	5	1996
Londonderry High School	2	0	3	5	1954
Foyle and Londonderry College	2	0	2	4	2009
Princess Gardens, Finaghy	2	0	1	3	1971
Sullivan Upper School	1	1	2	4	2015
Banbridge Academy	2	0	2	4	2018-19
Dalriada School	1	0	5	6	1993
Omagh Academy	1	0	3	4	2005
Rainey Endowed School, Magherafelt	1	0	2	3	2018
Ballyclare High School	1	0	2	3	2012
Enniskillen Collegiate	1	0	1	2	1997
Larne Grammar School	1	0	0	1	2000
Royal School Dungannon	1	0	0	1	1995
Down High School	1	0	0	1	1939
Wallace High School	0	0	2	2	NA
Glenlola Collegiate School	0	1	0	1	1980
Ashleigh House School, Belfast	0	0	1	1	NA
Belmont Ladies' College	0	0	1	1	NA
Bloomfield Collegiate	0	0	1	1	NA
Coleraine High School	0	0	1	1	NA
Knock Ladies Collegiate	0	0	1	1	NA
Limavady Grammar School	0	0	1	1	NA
Oriel Collegiate School, Larne	0	0	1	1	NA

FINALS

1900s

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
1907	Victoria College, Belfast	2	1	Knock Ladies Collegiate
1908	Methodist College	1	0	Belmont Ladies' College
1909	Methodist College

1910s

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
1910	Victoria College, Belfast	3	1	Methodist College	Replay - Game 1: 0-0
1911	Victoria College, Belfast	3	0	Oriel Collegiate School, Larne
1912	Methodist College	2	0	Victoria College, Belfast
1913	Methodist College	2	1	Victoria College, Belfast	[1]
1914	Methodist College	2	0	Victoria College, Belfast
1915	Victoria College, Belfast	2	0	Methodist College	Replay[2]
1916	Methodist College	3	1	Victoria College, Belfast	[3]
1917	Methodist College	5	0	Ashleigh House School, Belfast
1918	Methodist College	1	0	Belfast Royal Academy	2nd replay - Game 1: 0-0; Game 2: 1-1
1919	Methodist College	2	0	Belfast Royal Academy	replay - Game 1: 0-0

1920s

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
1920	Methodist College	2	0	Belfast Royal Academy
1921	Belfast Royal Academy	2	1	Methodist College	[4]
1922	Methodist College	2	1	Belfast Royal Academy	[5]
1923	Methodist College	2	0	Ballymena Academy	[6]
1924	Victoria College, Belfast	4	3	Methodist College	Replay - Game 1: 2-2[7][8]
1925	Victoria College, Belfast	1	0	Methodist College	[9]
1926	Victoria College, Belfast	3	0	Methodist College	[10]
1927	Victoria College, Belfast	2	1	St. Dominic's High School	After extra time in replay - Game 1:1-1[11][12]
1928	Victoria College, Belfast	3	0	Friends School Lisburn	[13]
1929	Belfast Royal Academy	1	0	St. Dominic's High School	[14]

1930s

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
1930	Methodist College	2	0	St. Dominic's High School	[15]
1931	Methodist College	3	1	Belfast Royal Academy	[16]
1932	Methodist College & St. Dominic's High School	0	0	TROPHY SHARED	2nd replay, Game 1: 0-0; Game 2: 1-1[17][18][19]
1933	Methodist College	3	0	Lurgan College	[20]
1934	Belfast Royal Academy	1	0	Methodist College	[21][22]
1935	St. Dominic's High School	2	0	Methodist College	[23]
1936	Methodist College	4	0	Lurgan College	[24]
1937	St. Dominic's High School	3	0	Methodist College	[25]
1938	Methodist College	2	1	Londonderry High School	[26][27]
1939	Down High School	1	0	Victoria College, Belfast	[28]

1940s

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
1940
1941	Belfast Royal Academy	8	0	Regent House, Newtownards
1942	Victoria College, Belfast	3	1	Belfast Royal Academy
1943	Belfast Royal Academy	3	0	Londonderry High School
1944	Belfast Royal Academy	1	0	Lurgan College	[29]
1945	Belfast Royal Academy	3	0	Victoria College, Belfast
1946	Victoria College, Belfast	1	0	St. Dominic's High School
1947	St. Dominic's High School & Victoria College, Belfast	1	1	TROPHY SHARED	three attempts at a replay were postponed by bad weather
1948	Victoria College, Belfast	4	2	Dalriada School	after extra time
1949	Methodist College & St. Dominic's High School	2	2	TROPHY SHARED	replay - Game 1: 1-1[30]

1950s

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
1950	St. Dominic's High School	3	0	Belfast Royal Academy	[31][32]
1951	Victoria College, Belfast	2	1	St. Dominic's High School	Replay - Game 1:[33][34]
1952	Belfast Royal Academy	3	2	Londonderry High School
1953	Londonderry High School	3	2	St. Dominic's High School
1954	Londonderry High School	2	1	Ballymena Academy	[35]
1955	Lurgan College	2	0	Ballymena Academy
1956	St. Dominic's High School	3	2	Dalriada School
1957	Belfast Royal Academy	2	1	Lurgan College	[36]
1958	Belfast Royal Academy	2	1	Friends School Lisburn	[37][38]
1959	St. Dominic's High School	1	0	Friends School Lisburn	Replay

1960s

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
1960	St. Dominic's High School & Belfast Royal Academy	0	0	TROPHY SHARED
1961	St. Dominic's High School & Belfast Royal Academy	1	1	TROPHY SHARED	[39]
1962	St. Dominic's High School & Strathearn School, Belfast	0	0	TROPHY SHARED	[40]
1963	Portadown College	3	1	Strathearn School, Belfast	[41]
1964	Portadown College	3	0	Friends School Lisburn	[42]
1965
1966	Friends School Lisburn	3	1	Methodist College	[43]
1967	Strathearn School, Belfast			Bloomfield Collegiate
1968	Strathearn School, Belfast & Belfast Royal Academy	0	0	TROPHY SHARED
1969	Princess Gardens, Finaghy	1	0	Belfast Royal Academy

1970s

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
1970	Strathearn School, Belfast	5	1	Portadown College
1971	Princess Gardens, Finaghy	3	0	Strathearn School
1972	Victoria College, Belfast	3	2	Strathearn School
1973	Ballymena Academy & Victoria College, Belfast	0	0	TROPHY SHARED
1974	Belfast Royal Academy	1	0	Ballymena Academy
1975	St. Dominic's High School	2	0	Victoria College, Belfast	[44]
1976	Ballymena Academy & Methodist College	0	0	TROPHY SHARED	[45]
1977	Regent House, Newtownards	1	0	Rainey Endowed School
1978	Ballymena Academy	1	0	Coleraine High School
1979	Friends School Lisburn & Regent House, Newtownards	1	1	TROPHY SHARED

1980s

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
1980	Glenlola Collegiate, Bangor & Sullivan Upper School	0	0	TROPHY SHARED	Glenlola proceeded to the All-Ireland competition after a playoff that was drawn and a penalty stroke tiebreaker that took 20 attempts each to separate the teams.
1981	St. Dominic's High School	2	1	Strathearn School, Belfast
1982	Foyle & Londonderry College	2	0	St. Dominic's High School
1983	Strathearn School	4	0	Limavady Grammar School
1984	Strathearn School	2	0	Dalriada School
1985	Regent House, Newtownards	2	0	Ballymena Academy
1986	Friends School Lisburn	3	1	Ballymena Academy
1987	Regent House, Newtownards	2	0	Princess Gardens, Finaghy
1988	Methodist College	2	0	Friends School Lisburn
1989	Ballymena Academy	1	0	Strathearn School

1990s

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
1990	Ballymena Academy	3	0	Portadown College
1991	Ballymena Academy	1	1	Methodist College	Ballymena Academy won 2–1 on pens
1992	Strathearn School, Belfast	1	0	Dalriada School
1993	Dalriada School	0	0	Methodist College	Dalriada School won 4–2 on pens
1994	Ballymena Academy	0	0	Regent House	Ballymena Academy won 1–0 on pens[46]
1995	Royal School Dungannon	0	0	Ballymena Academy	Royal School Dungannon won 3–1 on pens[47]
1996	Portadown College	1	0	Foyle & Londonderry College	[48]
1997	Enniskillen Collegiate	2	1	Foyle & Londonderry College
1998	Regent House, Newtownards	0	0	Enniskillen Collegiate	Regent House won 3–2 on pens
1999	Friends School Lisburn	1	0	Omagh Academy

2000s

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
1999-2000	Larne Grammar School	2	1	Ballymena Academy
2000-01	Ballymena Academy	2	1	Dalriada School
2001-02	Royal School, Armagh			Lurgan College
2002-03	Lurgan College	9	4	Ballymena Academy
2003-04	Royal School, Armagh	3	2	Lurgan College
2004-05	Omagh Academy	1	0	Royal School, Armagh
2005-06	Royal School, Armagh	3	0	Omagh Academy
2006-07	Royal School, Armagh	1	0	Ballyclare High School	[49]
2007-08	Royal School, Armagh	3	1	Sullivan Upper School	[50]
2008-09	Foyle and Londonderry College	1	0	Ballymena Academy	[51]

2010s

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
2009-10	Royal School, Armagh	2	0	Omagh Academy	[52]
2010-11	Lurgan College	0	0	Wallace High School	Lurgan College won 4–3 on penalties[53]
2011-12	Ballyclare High School	2	1	Lurgan College	golden goal in extra time[54]
2012-13	Lurgan College	1	0	Victoria College, Belfast	[55]
2013-14	Lurgan College	1	0	Rainey Endowed School	after extra time[56]
2014-15	Sullivan Upper	2	1	Banbridge Academy	[57][58]
2015-16	Methodist College Belfast	1	0	Sullivan Upper	[59]
2016-17	Banbridge Academy	4	0	Wallace High School	[60]
2017-18	Rainey Endowed School	1	1	Banbridge Academy	Rainey won 3–1 on penalties
2018-19	Banbridge Academy	2	1	Ballyclare High School	[61]

2020s

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
2019-20	Belfast Royal Academy	4	2	Friends School Lisburn	[62]
2021-22	Methodist College Belfast	1	0	The Royal School, Armagh	[63]
2022-23	The Royal School, Armagh	2	0	Strathearn School	[64]
2023-24	The Royal School, Armagh	1	0	Portadown College	[65]

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