Cork Senior A Hurling Championship | |
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Current season or competition: 2024 Cork Senior A Hurling Championship | |
Irish | Craobh Iomána Sinsearach A Chorcaí |
Code | Hurling |
Founded | 2020 |
Region | Cork (GAA) |
Trophy | Jim Forbes Cup |
No. of teams | 12 |
Title holders | Newcestown (1st title) |
Most titles | Charleville Fr. O'Neill's Kanturk Newcestown (1 titles) |
Sponsors | Co-Op Superstores |
Official website | Cork GAA |
The Cork Senior A Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-Op Superstores Cork Senior A Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Cork SAHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Associationfrom 2020 for the lower-ranking senior hurling teams in the county of Cork in Ireland. It is the second tier overall in the entire Cork hurling championship system.
In its current format, the Cork Senior A Championship begins in early autumn. The 12 participating club teams are drawn into three groups of four teams and play each other in a round-robin system. The three group winners and the three runners-up proceed to the knockout phase that culminates with the final match at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. The winning team is presented with the Jim Forbes Cup.
Newcestown are the reigning champions, having beaten Blarney by 3-17 to 0-24 in the 2023 final replay.[1]