Cork Senior A Hurling Championship

Cork Senior A Hurling Championship
Current season or competition:
2024 Cork Senior A Hurling Championship
IrishCraobh Iomána Sinsearach A Chorcaí
CodeHurling
Founded2020; 4 years ago (2020)
Region Cork (GAA)
TrophyJim Forbes Cup
No. of teams12
Title holders Newcestown (1st title)
Most titles Charleville
Fr. O'Neill's
Kanturk
Newcestown (1 titles)
SponsorsCo-Op Superstores
Official websiteCork 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]

  1. ^ Cormican, Eoghan (28 October 2023). "Newcestown hold off Blarney in replay to clinch Senior A title". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 October 2023.