Ulster Schoolgirls' Senior Cup (field hockey)
# 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.

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 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | |
| 1914 | Methodist College | 2 | 0 | Victoria College, Belfast | |
| 1915 | Victoria College, Belfast | 2 | 0 | Methodist College | Replay |
| 1916 | Methodist College | 3 | 1 | Victoria College, Belfast | |
| 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 | |
| 1922 | Methodist College | 2 | 1 | Belfast Royal Academy | |
| 1923 | Methodist College | 2 | 0 | Ballymena Academy | |
| 1924 | Victoria College, Belfast | 4 | 3 | Methodist College | Replay - Game 1: 2-2 |
| 1925 | Victoria College, Belfast | 1 | 0 | Methodist College | |
| 1926 | Victoria College, Belfast | 3 | 0 | Methodist College | |
| 1927 | Victoria College, Belfast | 2 | 1 | St. Dominic's High School | After extra time in replay - Game 1:1-1 |
| 1928 | Victoria College, Belfast | 3 | 0 | Friends School Lisburn | |
| 1929 | Belfast Royal Academy | 1 | 0 | St. Dominic's High School | |

### 1930s

| Year | Winner | | | Runner-up | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1930 | Methodist College | 2 | 0 | St. Dominic's High School | |
| 1931 | Methodist College | 3 | 1 | Belfast Royal Academy | |
| 1932 | Methodist College & St. Dominic's High School | 0 | 0 | TROPHY SHARED | 2nd replay, Game 1: 0-0; Game 2: 1-1 |
| 1933 | Methodist College | 3 | 0 | Lurgan College | |
| 1934 | Belfast Royal Academy | 1 | 0 | Methodist College | |
| 1935 | St. Dominic's High School | 2 | 0 | Methodist College | |
| 1936 | Methodist College | 4 | 0 | Lurgan College | |
| 1937 | St. Dominic's High School | 3 | 0 | Methodist College | |
| 1938 | Methodist College | 2 | 1 | Londonderry High School | |
| 1939 | Down High School | 1 | 0 | Victoria College, Belfast | |

### 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 | |
| 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 |

### 1950s

| Year | Winner | | | Runner-up | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1950 | St. Dominic's High School | 3 | 0 | Belfast Royal Academy | |
| 1951 | Victoria College, Belfast | 2 | 1 | St. Dominic's High School | Replay - Game 1: |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 1958 | Belfast Royal Academy | 2 | 1 | Friends School Lisburn | |
| 1959 | St. Dominic's High School | 1 | 0 | Friends School Lisburn | Replay |

### 1960s

| Year | Winner | | | Runner-up |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
| 1962 | St. Dominic's High School & Strathearn School,Belfast | 0 | 0 | TROPHY SHARED |
| 1963 | Portadown College | 3 | 1 | Strathearn School, Belfast |
| 1964 | Portadown College | 3 | 0 | Friends School Lisburn |
| 1965 | | | | |
| 1966 | Friends School Lisburn | 3 | 1 | Methodist College |
| 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
| 1976 | Ballymena Academy & Methodist College | 0 | 0 | TROPHY SHARED |
| 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 |
| 1995 | Royal School Dungannon | 0 | 0 | Ballymena Academy | Royal School Dungannon won 3–1 on pens |
| 1996 | Portadown College | 1 | 0 | Foyle & Londonderry College | |
| 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
| 2007-08 | Royal School, Armagh | 3 | 1 | Sullivan Upper School |
| 2008-09 | Foyle and Londonderry College | 1 | 0 | Ballymena Academy |

### 2010s

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

### 2020s

| Year | Winner | | | Runner-up |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2019-20 | Belfast Royal Academy | 4 | 2 | Friends School Lisburn |
| 2021-22 | Methodist College Belfast | 1 | 0 | The Royal School, Armagh |
| 2022-23 | The Royal School, Armagh | 2 | 0 | Strathearn School |

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