South East Junior A Hurling Championship
Code	Hurling
Founded	1928; 96 years ago (1928)
No. of teams	10
Title holders	Belgooly (1st title)
First winner	Ballinhassig (1928)
Most titles	Ballinhassig (29 titles)

The South East Cork Junior A Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Carrigdhoun Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1928 for junior hurling teams in the southeastern region of County Cork, Ireland.

The series of games begin in July, with the championship culminating with the final in the autumn. The championship includes a group stage and a knockout stage which guarantees each team at least 2 championship games.

The South East Junior Championship is an integral part of the wider Cork Junior A Hurling Championship. The winners and of the South East championship join their counterparts from the other six divisions to contest the county championship.

Belgooly are the title-holders, defeating Valley Rovers by 5-17 to 2-14 in the 2023 final.

Format

Group stage

The 10 teams are divided into three groups of four. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed at least two games. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record. The top two teams in each group qualify for the knockout stage.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals: Two lone quarter-finals featuring the four lowest-placed qualifying teams from the group stage. Two teams qualify for the next round.

Semi-finals: The two quarter-final winners and the top two highest-placed qualifying teams from the group stage contest this round. The two winners from these games advance to the final.

Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final. The winning team are declared champions.

Teams

2024 teams

To 2024 championship

Relegated from the Cork Premier Junior Hurling Championship

• Tracton

The teams expected to compete in the 2024 championship are:^{[ citation needed]}

Club	Location	Colours	Position in 2023	In Championship since	Championship Titles	Last Championship Title
Ballinhassig	Ballinhassig	Blue and white	Semi-finals	1929	29	2014
Ballygarvan	Ballygarvan	Red and white	Group stage	2020	2	2004
Ballymartle	Riverstick	Green and gold	Semi-finals	2021	16	2021
Belgooly	Belgooly	White and blue	Champions	2022	1	2023
Carrigaline	Carrigaline	Blue and yellow	Group stage	2018	8	2003
Courcey Rovers	Ballinspittle	Red and white	Group stage	1976	6	2019
Kinsale	Kinsale	Blue and white	Quarter-finals	1929	7	2020
Shamrocks	Shanbally	Green and white	Quarter-finals	1972	5	2005
Tracton	Tracton	Green and red	Group stage ( Cork PJHC)	2024	7	1987
Valley Rovers	Innishannon	Green and white	Runners-up	1929	10	2022

Roll of honour

#	Club	Titles	Years won
1	Ballinhassig	29	1928, 1946, 1948, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
2	Ballymartle	16	1936, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1951, 1952, 1958, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1985, 1986, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2021
3	Valley Rovers	10	1937, 1941, 1949, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1988, 2016, 2017, [1] 2022
4	Carrigaline	8	1935, 1938, 1947, 1974, 1982, 1983, 1990, 2003
5	Tracton	7	1929, 1942, 1944, 1950, 1957, 1979, 1987
	Kinsale	7	1930, 1933, 1978, 1984, 1989, 2007, 2020
7	Courcey Rovers	6	1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2018, 2019
8	Shamrocks	5	1959, 1963, 1980, 1981, 2005
9	Passage	3	1931, 1934, 1945
10	Ballygarvan	2	1977, 2004
11	Rochestown	1	1932
	Crosshaven	1	1969
	Belgooly	1	2023

List of finals

Records

Gaps

Top five longest gaps between successive championship titles:

• 45 years: Kinsale (1933-1978)
• 28 years: Valley Rovers (1988-2016)
• 27 years: Carrigaline (1947-1974)
• 27 years: Ballygarvan (1977-2004)
• 24 years: Shamrocks (1981-2005)
• 22 years: Tracton (1957-1979)
• 22 years: Ballymartle (1986-2008)
• 20 years: Valley Rovers (1968-1988)
• 18 years: Kinsale (1989-2007)
• 18 years: Ballinhassig (1928-1946)
• 18 years: Ballinhassig (1973-1991)

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of South-East Junior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:

• 1930's: Kinsale (2) 1930-33 & Carrigaline (2) 1935-38 & Ballymartle (2) 1936-39 & Passage (2) 1931-34
• 1940's: Ballymartle (2) 1940-43 & Tracton 1942-44 & Ballinhassig (2) 1946-48 & Valley Rovers (2) 1941-49
• 1950's: Ballinhassig (4) 1953-54-55-56
• 1960's: Ballinhassig (5) 1960-61-62-64-65
• 1970's: Ballinhassig (3) 1970-71-73
• 1980's: Kinsale (2) 1984-89 & Carrigaline (2) 1982-83 & Ballymartle (2) 1985-86 & Shamrocks (2) 1980-81
• 1990's: Ballinhassig (6) 1991-92-94-95-96-98
• 2000's: Ballinhassig (4) 2000-02-06-09
• 2010's: Ballinhassig (4) 2011-12-13-14

See also

• South East Junior A Football Championship

References

External links

• Carrigdhoun GAA website