Women's Irish Senior Cup (field hockey)
The Women's Irish Senior Cup is the premier knockout trophy played for by the top women's field hockey clubs in Ireland. The competition is held under the auspices of the Irish Hockey Association, a body that was formed with the merger of the men's and women's Unions in 2000. The Irish Ladies Hockey Union was the first women's hockey organisation in the world.{{cn|date=August 2018}}
Historical format
From its start in 1903, the tournament was played through regional tournaments. The winners of the regional tournaments in Leinster, Munster and Ulster would proceed through to an open draw. Occasionally representatives from the South East Branch and the Connacht Branch also took part. In 1990, it was decided to change the format to an open draw with the top four sides from each of the provinces competing.
Current format
In 1995 the decision was made to open the competition to all Senior Clubs in Ireland with seeding for the elite clubs introduced in 2000, exempting them from playing in the first two rounds, and going a long way to avoid mismatches.
The Final is played in Dublin and is normally broadcast by the Irish national television broadcaster RTÉ.
Finals
(Records are incomplete)
=1900s=
class="wikitable"
! Year ! Winner ! ! ! Runner-up ! Notes |
align="center"|1903
| width=190|Merton | align="center"|4 | align="center"|0 | width=190|Holywood | width=290|{{cite news|page=3|date=6 April 1903|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}} |
align="center"|1904
| Merton | align="center"| | align="center"| | | |
align="center"|1905
| Killiney | align="center"|4 | align="center"|2 | Holywood | |
align="center"|1906
| align="center"|4 | align="center"|3 | Cork Ladies | |
align="center"|1907
| align="center"| | align="center"| | | |
align="center"|1908
| Excelsior | align="center"| | align="center"| | | |
align="center"|1909
| Killiney | align="center"| | align="center"| | | |
=1910s=
class="wikitable"
! Year ! Winner ! ! ! Runner-up ! Notes |
align="center"|1910
| width=190|Cork Ladies | align="center"| | align="center"| | width=190| | width=290| |
align="center"|1911
| Cork Ladies | align="center"| | align="center"| | | |
align="center"|1912
| Killiney | align="center"|6 | align="center"|3 | Knock | {{cite news|title=All-Ireland Ladies' Cup|page=3|date=12 March 1912|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}} |
align="center"|1913
| Killiney | align="center"|w | align="center"|o | Knock | |
align="center"|1914
| Knock | align="center"| | align="center"| | | |
align="center"|1915
| Killiney | align="center"|4 | align="center"|2 | Knock | |
align="center"|1916
| Not Played |
align="center"|1917
| Not Played |
align="center"|1918
| Not Played |
align="center"|1919
| Not Played |
=1920s=
class="wikitable"
! Year ! Winner ! ! ! Runner-up ! Notes |
align="center"|1920
| width=190|Maids of the Mountain | align="center"|3 | align="center"|2 | width=190|Knock | width=290| |
align="center"|1921
| Knock | align="center"|7 | align="center"|0 | Waterford |{{cite news|page=2|date=18 February 1921|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}} |
align="center"|1922
| align="center"|5 | align="center"|0 | Waterford |{{cite news|page=2|date=17 February 1922|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}} |
align="center"|1923
| Maids of the Mountain | align="center"| | align="center"| | | |
align="center"|1924
| align="center"| | align="center"| | Knock | Replay - Game 1: 2-2 after extra time{{cite news|page=2|date=16 April 1924|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}} |
align="center"|1925
| Knock | align="center"|2 | align="center"|1 |{{cite news|page=2|date=12 March 1925|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}} |
align="center"|1926
| Queen's University | align="center"|2 | align="center"|1 | Maids of the Mountain | after extra time{{cite news|page=5|date=22 March 1926|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}} |
align="center"|1927
| Queen's University | align="center"|2 | align="center"|0 | Cork Ladies |{{cite news|page=11|date=21 March 1927|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}} |
align="center"|1928
| Knock | align="center"|9 | align="center"|1 | Maids of the Mountain |{{cite news|page=6|date=2 April 1928|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}} |
align="center"|1929
| Queen's University | align="center"|6 | align="center"|4 | Maids of the Mountain | after extra time{{cite news|page=3|date=8 April 1929|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}} |
=1930s=
class="wikitable"
! Year ! Winner ! ! ! Runner-up ! Notes |
align="center"|1930
| width=190|Maids of the Mountain | align="center"| | align="center"| | width=190| | width=290| |
align="center"|1931
| align="center"| | align="center"| | | |
align="center"|1932
| Ards | align="center"|4 | align="center"|2 | Cork Ladies |{{cite news|page=2|date=4 April 1932|newspaper=Northern Whig}} |
align="center"|1933
| Cork Ladies | align="center"| | align="center"| | Dublin University | |
align="center"|1934
| Cork Ladies | align="center"| | align="center"| | |
align="center"|1935
| Maids | align="center"|5 | align="center"|1 |{{cite news|page=3|date=15 April 1935|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}} |
align="center"|1936
| Muckross | align="center"|4 | align="center"|2 | Ards |{{cite news|page=3|date=6 April 1936|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}} |
align="center"|1937
| align="center"|3 | align="center"|0 | Ards | Replay - Game 1: 1-1{{cite news|page=3|date=12 April 1937|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}}{{cite news|page=3|date=26 April 1937|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}} |
align="center"|1938
| Muckross | align="center"|1 | align="center"|0 | Cork Ladies |{{cite news|page=2|date=11 April 1938|newspaper=Northern Whig}} |
align="center"|1939
| Muckross | align="center"|4 | align="center"|1 | Ards |{{cite news|page=11|date=3 April 1939|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}} |
=1940s=
class="wikitable"
! Year ! Winner ! ! ! Runner-up ! Notes |
align="center"|1940
| width=190|Loreto | align="center"| | align="center"| | width=190| | width=290| |
align="center"|1941
| Not Played |
align="center"|1942
| Not Played |
align="center"|1943
| Not Played |
align="center"|1944
| Not Played |
align="center"|1945
| Not Played |
align="center"|1946
| Loreto | align="center"|3 | align="center"|2 | Victorians | |
align="center"|1947
| align="center"| | align="center"| | | |
align="center"|1948
| align="center"|2 | align="center"|1 | Knock |{{cite news|page=3|date=12 April 1948|newspaper=Northern Whig}} |
align="center"|1949
| align="center"|4 | align="center"|0 | Owls |{{cite news|page=2|date=11 April 1949|newspaper=Northern Whig}} |
=1950s=
class="wikitable"
! Year ! Winner ! ! ! Runner-up ! Notes |
align="center"|1950
| width=190|Pembroke Wanderers | align="center"|4 | align="center"|1 | width=190|Ashton | width=290|{{cite news|page=5|date=17 April 1950|newspaper=Northern Whig}} |
align="center"|1951
| UCD | align="center"|2 | align="center"|1 | Victorians | after extra time{{cite news|page=2|date=16 April 1951|newspaper=Northern Whig}} |
align="center"|1952
| align="center"| | align="center"| | | |
align="center"|1953
| Loreto | align="center"|2 | align="center"|1 | Ashton |{{cite news|page=8|date=25 April 1953|newspaper=Ireland's Saturday Night}} |
align="center"|1954
| Muckross | align="center"|7 | align="center"|1 | St Dominic's Past Pupils |{{cite news|page=7|date=10 April 1954|newspaper=Ireland's Saturday Night}} |
align="center"|1955
| align="center"|3 | align="center"|1 | Loreto |{{cite news|page=6|date=16 April 1955|newspaper=Ireland's Saturday Night}} |
align="center"|1956
| Loreto | align="center"|4 | align="center"|1 | University College Cork |{{cite news|page=3|date=14 April 1956|newspaper=Ireland's Saturday Night}} |
align="center"|1957
| St Dominic's Past Pupils | align="center"|2 | align="center"|1 | Loreto |{{cite news|page=7|date=13 April 1957|newspaper=Ireland's Saturday Night}} |
align="center"|1958
| Loreto | align="center"|8 | align="center"|0 | Old Ursulines |{{cite news|page=8|date=12 April 1958|newspaper=Ireland's Saturday Night}} |
align="center"|1959
| Muckross | align="center"|4 | align="center"|1 | Ards |{{cite news|page=9|date=21 March 1959|newspaper=Ireland's Saturday Night}} |
=1960s=
=1970s=
class="wikitable"
! Year ! Winner ! ! ! Runner-up ! Notes |
align="center"|1970
| width=190| Pembroke Wanderers | align="center"|2 | align="center"|1 | width=190|Old Ursulines | width=290|{{cite news|page=2|date=11 April 1970|newspaper=Ireland's Saturday Night}} |
align="center"|1971
| Muckross | align="center"|1 | align="center"|0 | Ulster College of Physical Education |{{cite news|page=8|date=1 May 1971|newspaper=Ireland's Saturday Night}} |
align="center"|1972
| Portadown | align="center"|3 | align="center"|1 | Muckross |{{cite news|page=2|date=15 April 1972|newspaper=Ireland's Saturday Night}} |
align="center"|1973
| align="center"| | align="center"| | | |
align="center"|1974
| Pegasus | align="center"|2 | align="center"|0 | Hermes |{{cite news|page=2|date=6 April 1974|newspaper=Ireland's Saturday Night}} |
align="center"|1975
| align="center"|1 | align="center"|0 | Pegasus |{{cite news|page=12|date=7 April 1975|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}}{{cite news|page=2|date=5 April 1975|newspaper=Ireland's Saturday Night}} |
align="center"|1976
| Muckross | align="center"|2 | align="center"|0 | Pegasus | Replay - Game 1: 1-1{{cite news|page=12|date=5 April 1976|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}}{{cite news|page=10|date=3 May 1976|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}}{{cite news|page=4|date=3 April 1976|newspaper=Ireland's Saturday Night}}{{cite news|page=3|date=1 May 1976|newspaper=Ireland's Saturday Night}} |
align="center"|1977
| Portadown | align="center"|2 | align="center"|1 | Loreto | |
align="center"|1978
| Pegasus | align="center"|3 | align="center"|0 |{{cite news|page=12|date=10 April 1978|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}} |
align="center"|1979
| Muckross | align="center"| | align="center"| | Catholic Institute | |
=1980s=
class="wikitable"
! Year ! Winner ! ! ! Runner-up ! Notes |
align="center"|1980
| width=190|Portadown | align="center"|1 | align="center"|0 | width=190|Belvedere | width=290|{{cite news|page=12|date=14 April 1980|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}}{{cite news|page=3|date=12 April 1980|newspaper=Ireland's Saturday Night}} |
align="center"|1981
| Pegasus | align="center"|2 | align="center"|1 | Genesis |after extra time{{cite news|page=17|date=6 April 1981|newspaper=Belfast Telegraph}} |
align="center"|1982
| Muckross | align="center"| | align="center"| | Ashton | Replay - Game 1: 0-0 |
align="center"|1983
| Portadown | align="center"|3 | align="center"|2 | Muckross | after extra time in replay - Game 1: 1-1{{cite news|page=3|date=12 March 1983|newspaper=Ireland's Saturday Night}}{{cite news|page=3|date=19 March 1983|newspaper=Ireland's Saturday Night}} |
align="center"|1984
| Pegasus | align="center"|3 | align="center"|1 | Catholic Institute |{{cite news|page=3|date=14 April 1984|newspaper=Ireland's Saturday Night}} |
align="center"|1985
| Portadown | align="center"|1 | align="center"|0 | Pegasus | |
align="center"|1986
| Portadown | align="center"|1 | align="center"|0 | Replay - Game 1: 1-1 |
align="center"|1987
| Pegasus | align="center"| | align="center"| | Portadown | |
align="center"|1988
| align="center"| | align="center"| | |
align="center"|1989
| Pegasus | align="center"|2 | align="center"|0 | Muckross | Replay - Game 1: 0-0 |
=1990s=
class="wikitable"
! Year ! Winner ! ! ! Runner-up ! Notes |
align="center"|1990
| width=190|Portadown | align="center"| | align="center"| | width=190|Muckross | width=290| |
align="center"|1991
| align="center"| | align="center"| | Muckross | |
align="center"|1992
| Pegasus | align="center"|1 | align="center"|0 | Portadown | |
align="center"|1993
| Portadown | align="center"|2 | align="center"|0 | Loreto | |
align="center"|1994
| Muckross | align="center"|1 | align="center"|0 | Pegasus |{{cite news|page=24|date=7 March 1994|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}} |
align="center"|1995
| Pegasus | align="center"|2 | align="center"|0 | Muckross |{{cite news|page=22|date=27 March 1995|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}} |
align="center"|1996
| Pegasus | align="center"|2 | align="center"|1 | Muckross |after extra time{{cite news|page=26|date=25 March 1996|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}} |
align="center"|1997
| Hermes | align="center"|2 | align="center"|1 | Muckross |{{cite news|page=26|date=3 March 1997|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}} |
align="center"|1998
| Pegasus | align="center"|5 | align="center"|0 | |
align="center"|1999
| Hermes | align="center"|3 | align="center"|2 | Pegasus | |
=2000s=
=2010s=
Notes:
- a Alexandra College/Old College would later be named Old Alexandra
=2020s=
class="wikitable"
! Year ! Winner ! ! ! Runner-up ! Notes |
align="center"|2019-20
| width=190|UCD | align="center"|3 | align="center"|1 | width=190|Pegasus | width=290|[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/hockey/54219475 BBC] |
align="center"|2020-21
| width=190|not played | align="center"| | align="center"| | width=190| | width=290| |
align="center"|2021-22
| width=190|Catholic Institute | align="center"|1 | align="center"|0 | width=190|Pembroke | width=290|[https://hockey.ie/insta-crown-remarkable-season-with-first-ever-womens-irish-senior-cup/ Hockey Ireland] |
align="center"|2022-23
| width=190|Monkstown | align="center"|3 | align="center"|1 | width=190|Catholic Institute | width=290|[https://hockey.ie/irish-senior-cup-finals-match-reports/ Hockey Ireland] |
align="center"|2023-24
| width=190|Railway Union | align="center"|1 | align="center"|0 | width=190|Catholic Institute |
Sources
{{Reflist|2}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927225705/http://www.hockey.ie/competitions/isc_women.cfm The Irish Hockey Association Website]
{{Ireland field hockey links}}