- Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship
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Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship 
Irish ? Founded 1970 Trophy = Title holders Portumna
Galway (4rd title)Most titles Athenry (8 titles) Sponsors ? The Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship was an annual hurling tournament played between the senior hurling clubs in Connacht contested from 1970 until it became defunct after the conclusion of the 2007/08 season due to the predominance of the Galway champions coupled with a lack of meaningful opposition for quite some time. The winners of the Connacht hurling championship went on to qualify for the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship semi-final. Winners qualified for this competition by winning one of the five senior county championships in Connacht. Since Galway has traditionally been much stronger than the other counties, its county champions qualified automatically for the final. In 2007, this competition was won by Portumna from Galway, which happened to be the last time the competition was played, with the final being contested by Portumna and James Stephens of Ballina, Mayo. In the latter half of the 2000s, Portumna dominated hurling on the national stage, contesting four All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship finals in five years, winning three. Since the annulment of the competition, the Galway champions now qualify for the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship semi-final, while the county champions from the other four Connacht counties compete in the Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship
Although the competition was dominated by the Galway sides throughout its history, the title left County Galway on three occasions when Roscommon provided winners on these occasions with Four Roads winning two titles in 1977 and 1988, while Tremane won their sole title in 1976. Four Roads were awarded the 1977 championship as a result of Galway champions Kiltormer being handed a 12 month suspension by the Galway County Board for incidents which took place in an under-21 club match involving the club, which happened after Kiltormer had won the Galway title and were due to play in the decider.[1] Four Roads went on to represent Connacht in the All-Ireland semi-final of 1977/78. Mayo side Toureen reached the final on numerous occasions, most recently in 1999 when they ran Athenry close [2]. No Sligo or Leitrim side competed in a final throughout the competition's existence.Top winners
Team Winner Winning Years Last Losing Final 1 Athenry 8 1987, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004 N/A 2 Sarsfields 6 1980, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997 N/A 3 Castlegar 4 1972, 1973, 1979, 1984 N/A 4 Portumna 3 2003, 2005, 2007, N/A Kiltormer 3 1982, 1990, 1991 1977 Ardrahan 3 1974, 1975, 1978 N/A 7 Four Roads 2 1977, 1988 2005 Gort 2 1981, 1983 N/A 9 Loughrea 1 2006 N/A Clarinbridge 1 2001, N/A Killimordaly 1 1986 N/A Turloughmore 1 1985 N/A Tremane 1 1976 1980 Tommy Larkins 1 1971 N/A Liam Mellows 1 1970 N/A List of finals
Year Winner Score County Opponent Score County 2008 No Competition 2007 Portumna 6-23 Galway Ballina 0-07 Mayo 2006 Loughrea 2-16 Galway Athleague 2-03 Roscommon 2005 Portumna 2-22 Galway Four Roads 0-06 Roscommon 2004 Athenry 2-16 Galway Ballyhaunis 0-07 Mayo 2003 Portumna 0-17 Galway Athleague 0-05 Roscommon 2002 Athenry 1-19 Galway Four Roads 0-09 Roscommon 2001 Clarinbridge 2-18 Galway Four Roads 1-06 Roscommon 2000 Athenry 2-16 Galway Four Roads 1-07 Roscommon 1999 Athenry 1-13 Galway Toureen 1-06 Mayo 1998 Athenry 3-25 Galway Toureen 0-05 Mayo 1997 Sarsfields 5-15 Galway Toureen 1-05 Mayo 1996 Athenry 1-15 Galway Four Roads 1-08 Roscommon 1995 Sarsfields 2-17 Galway Toureen 0-05 Mayo 1994 Athenry 3-20 Galway St. Dominic's 2-03 Roscommon 1993 Sarsfields 5-12 Galway Four Roads 0-07 Roscommon 1992 Sarsfields 2-15 Galway Oran 0-07 Roscommon 1991 Kiltormer 2-09 Galway Four Roads 1-06 Roscommon 1990 Kiltormer 5-11 Galway Oran 0-06 Roscommon 1989 Sarsfields 5-14 Galway Toureen 0-00 Mayo 1988 Four Roads 3-05 Roscommon Abbeyknockmoy 1-08 Galway 1987 Athenry 4-18 Galway Padraig Pearses 0-07 Roscommon 1986 Killimordaly 6-16 Galway Toureen 1-04 Mayo 1985 Turloughmore 1-08 Galway Ballygar 2-04 Roscommon 1984 Castlegar 2-14 Galway Toureen 2-07 Mayo 1983 Gort 3-13 Galway Toureen 1-05 Mayo 1982 Kiltormer 3-14 Galway Four Roads 0-06 Roscommon 1981 Gort 8-13 Galway Toureen 0-03 Mayo 1980 Sarsfields 4-12 Galway Tremane 0-05 Roscommon 1979 Castlegar 1-16 Galway Tremane 1-09 Roscommon 1978 Ardrahan 2-09 Galway Toureen 1-07 Mayo 1977 Four Roads w/o Roscommon Kiltormer (susp.) Galway 1976 Tremane 2-07 Roscommon Kiltormer 1-09 Galway 1975 Ardrahan 2-14 Galway Athleague 1-04 Roscommon 1974 Ardrahan 9-12 Galway Toureen 1-06 Mayo 1973 Castlegar 7-08 Galway Tremane 1-07 Roscommon 1972 Castlegar 7-12 Galway Tremane 2-07 Roscommon 1971 Tommy Larkins 7-14 Galway Four Roads 0-06 Roscommon 1970 Liam Mellows 4-10 Galway Roscommon Gaels 2-5 Roscommon References
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