2024 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship

2024 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship
Dates	July 12 - Nov 2, 2024
Teams	6
Sponsor	Slevin's Coaches
Champions	Castletown Geoghegan (15th title); Aonghus Clarke (captain); Alan Mangan (manager)
Runners-up	Lough Lene Gaels; Tommy Doyle (captain); Joey Williams (manager)
Relegated	St Oliver Plunkett's GAA
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	62 (3.65 per match)
Points scored	781 (45.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)	David Williams (1-55)
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The 2024 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship was the 120th staging of the Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship.

A total of six teams contested the Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship. All six teams enter the round-robin stage, playing each other once, guaranteeing at least five championship games. The first round draws of games were streamed live via YouTube on April 4,^[1] while the full schedule was released via Twitter on June 17.^[2]

St Oliver Plunkett's GAA were promoted to the championship as last year's Senior 'B' champions^[3] replacing relegated Fr Daltons from last year.^[4]

Raharney entered the championship as defending champions,^[5]^[6]^[7] but were eliminated at the group stage.^[8]^[9]

The final was initially to be played October 27, at TEG Cusack Park in Mullingar between Castletown Geoghegan and Lough Lene Gaels,^[10]^[11] but was abandoned after 13 minutes due to unplayable conditions.^[12]^[13]^[14] The replayed match took place on November 2,^[15] with Castletown Geoghegan winning 1-27 - 2-17 to lift their 15th county title.^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]

Results

Group stage

Advance to final Advance to semi-finals Relegated to Senior 'B'

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Castletown Geoghegan	5	4	0	1	142	101	41	8
Lough Lene Gaels	5	4	0	1	127	109	18	8
Clonkill	5	3	0	2	128	118	10	6
Raharney	5	3	0	2	135	98	37	6
Castlepollard	5	1	0	4	85	128	-43	2
St Oliver Plunkett's	5	0	0	5	87	150	-63	0

Fixtures

Jul 12 Round 1	Castletown Geoghegan	2-17 - 1-22	Raharney	TEG Cusack Park
	David O'Reilly (1-3), Liam Varley (0-6), Jack Gallagher (1-2), Plunkett Maxwell (0-2), Johnny Bermingham (0-1) Peter Clarke (0-1), Aonghus Clarke (0-1), Peter Murphy (0-1)	Report	Killian Doyle (0-13), Eamonn Cunneen (0-4), Devan Hill (1-0), Cormac Boyle (0-1), Michael Doherty (0-1), Eoghan Ahearn (0-1)	Referee: Barry Kelly

Jul 13 Round 1	St Oliver Plunkett's	0-17 - 3-19	Lough Lene Gaels	TEG Cusack Park
	Paddy Lynam (0-4), Ross Corroon (0-2), Ciaran Curley (0-2), Matthew Cunningham (0-2), Davy Gavin (0-2), Shane Ormsby (0-2), Aaron Craig (0-1), Darragh Hughes (0-1)	Report	Marcus Kennedy (3-3), David Williams (0-6), Micheál Daly (0-3), Tommy Doyle (0-3), Aaron Kennedy (0-2), Derek McNicholas (0-1), Brendan Doyle (0-1)	Referee: James McGrath

Jul 14 Round 1	Castlepollard	0-16 - 2-18	Clonkill	TEG Cusack Park
	John McCarthy (0-9), Darragh McCormack (0-4), Charlie McCormack (0-4), Andrew Dermody (0-1), Allan Devine (0-1)	Report	Luke Loughlin (1-5), Jordan Smyth (1-1), Andrew Shaw (0-4), Darragh Egerton (0-3), Robbie Cleary (0-2), Jamie Coffey (0-1), Brian Gaffney (0-1), Matthew Glynn (0-1)	Referee: Caymon Flynn

Aug 2 Round 2	Lough Lene Gaels	2-16 - 1-10	Castlepollard	TEG Cusack Park
	Tommy Doyle (2-2), David Williams (0-7), Derek McNicholas (0-3), Shane Williams (0-2), Brendan Boyle (0-1), John Egan (0-1)	Report	John McCarthy (0-5), Allen Devine (1-0), Darragh McCormack (0-2), Andrew Dermody (0-2), Darragh Tierney (0-1)	Referee: Caymon Flynn

Aug 3 Round 2	Raharney	3-25 - 0-5	St Oliver Plunkett's	TEG Cusack Park
	Killian Doyle (0-10), Ciaran Doyle (2-1), Eamonn Cunneen (1-2), Cillian Doyle (0-4), Darren Finn (0-2), David Hickey (0-2), Robbie Greville (0-1), Eoin Keyes (0-1), Brian McGrath (0-1), Brian McHugh (0-1)	Report	Paddy Lynam (0-3), Davy Gavin (0-1), Thomas Meehan (0-1)	Referee: James McGrath

Aug 4 Round 2	Clonkill	3-11 - 0-27	Castletown Geoghegan	TEG Cusack Park
	Oisín Loughlin (0-7), Oisin Murray (1-2), Peadar Scally (1-2), Luke Loughlin (1-0)	Report	David O'Reilly (0-6), Liam Varley (0-6), Niall O'Brien (0-5), Peter Clarke (0-2), Aonghus Clarke (0-2), Jack Gallagher (0-2), Shane Clavin (0-1), Morgan Gavigan (0-1), Jack Murphy 0-1, Conor Murphy (0-1)	Referee: Barry Kelly

Aug 17 Round 3	Castlepollard	2-21 - 4-12	St Oliver Plunkett's	TEG Cusack Park
	John McCarthy (0-11), Darragh McCormack (1-3), Brian Gilchrist (0-5), Eoin English (1-0), Allan Devine (0-1), Darragh Tierney (0-1)	Report	Conor Lynch (2-2), Ciaran Curley (2-0), Paddy Lynam (0-4), Matthew Cunningham (0-2), David Gavin (0-2), Nathan Cornally (0-1), Shane Ormsby (0-1)	Referee: Barry Nea

Aug 18 Round 3	Clonkill	4-16 - 1-23	Raharney	TEG Cusack Park
	Oisín Murray (3-1), Peadar Scally (0-9), Luke Loughlin (1-1), Oisín Loughlin (0-2), Jordy Smyth (0-2), Andrew Shaw (0-1)	Report	Killian Doyle (0-12), Eoin Keyes (1-2), Eamonn Cunneen (0-3), Ciaran Doyle (0-2), Eoghan Ahearn (0-1), Michael Doherty (0-1), Rory Keyes (0-1), Brian McGrath (0-1)	Referee: Caymon Flynn

Aug 18 Round 3	Lough Lene Gaels	2-10 - 1-18	Castletown Geoghegan	TEG Cusack Park
	David Williams (1-6), Brendan Boyle (1-0), Aaron Kennedy (0-2), Micheál Daly (0-1), Marcus Kennedy (0-1)	Report	Niall O'Brien (0-8), Jack Gallagher (1-1), Liam Varley (0-3), Aonghus Clarke (0-2), Peter Clarke (0-2), Johnny Bermingham (0-1), Cormac Jackson (0-1)	Referee: James McGrath

Aug 31 Round 4	St Oliver Plunkett's	0-17 - 2-20	Clonkill	TEG Cusack Park
	Paddy Lynam (0-6), Conor Lynch (0-6), Matthew Cunningham (0-3), Ciaran Curley (0-1), Davy Gavy (0-1)		Oisín Loughlin (0-8), Luke Loughlin (1-2), Andrew Shaw (1-2), Peadar Scally (0-5), Jordy Smyth (0-2), Paul Poynton (0-1)	Referee: Caymon Flynn

Sep 1 Round 4	Castlepollard	0-16 - 3-27	Castletown Geoghegan	TEG Cusack Park
	John McCarthy (0-8), Darragh McCormack (0-5), Colm Dermody (0-1), Brian Gilchrist (0-1), Darragh Tierney (0-1)	Report	Niall O'Brien (2-12), Jack Gallagher (1-3), Liam Varley (0-4), Aonghus Clarke (0-3), Cormac Jackson (0-3), Conor Murphy (0-2)	Referee: Barry Nea

Sep 1 Round 4	Raharney	3-19 - 4-17	Lough Lene Gaels	TEG Cusack Park
	Killian Doyle (0-10), Eoin Keyes (1-2), Robert Coyne (1-0), Ciaran Doyle (1-0), Eamonn Cunneen (0-3), Michael Doherty (0-2), Darren Finn (0-1), Rory Keyes (0-1)	Report	David Williams (1-10), Shane Williams (1-1), Micheál Daly (1-0), Warren Williams (1-0), Marcus Kennedy 0-3), Derek McNicholas (0-2), Tommy Doyle (0-1)	Referee: Barry Kelly

Sep 22 Round 5	Lough Lene Gaels	4-20 - 3-21	Clonkill	TEG Cusack Park
	David Williams (1-10), Eoin Daly (1-3), Tommy Doyle (1-1), Marcus Kennedy, (1-1), Brendan Doyle (0-1), Jordan Williams (0-1)		Luke Loughlin (1-4), Peader Scally (0-7), Jordy Symth (1-0), Oisin Murray (1-0), Robbie Cleary (0-3), Andrew Shaw (0-2), Oisin Loughlin (0-1), Niall Mitchell (0-1), Josh Murtagh (0-1)	Referee: Alfie Devine

Sep 22 Round 5	St Oliver Plunkett's	3-26 - 3-15	Castletown Geoghegan	The Downs
	David Gavin (1-3), Paddy Lynam (0-6), Thomas Meehan (1-0), Shane Ormsby (1-0), Matthew Cunningham (0-2), Cian Lynch (0-2), Liam Carey (0-1), Aaron Craig (0-1)	Report	Niall O'Brien (0-11), David O'Reilly (1-3), Aonghus Clarke (1-2), Jack Gallagher (1-2)	Referee: Barry Nea

Sep 22 Round 5	Castlepollard	1-10 - 1-19	Raharney	Rochfortbridge
	John McCarthy (1-6), Darragh McCormack (0-3), Ciarán English (0-1)	Report	Eoin Keyes (1-4), Killian Doyle (0-6), Joey Boyle (0-2), Gary Greville (0-1), Eamonn Cunneen (0-1), Micheal Doherty (0-1), Robbie Coyne (0-1), Ciarán Doyle (0-1), Devin Hill (0-1), Rory Keyes (0-1)	Referee: Sean Carroll

Knockout stage


Semifinals			Final



			1	Castletown Geoghegan	1-27

2	Lough Lene Gaels	1-15	2	Lough Lene Gaels	2-17

3	Clonkill	0-16

Fixtures

Oct 6 Semi-Final	Lough Lene Gaels	1-15 - 0-16	Clonkill	TEG Cusack Park
	David Williams (0-9), Marcus Kennedy (1-0), Derek McNicholas (0-2), Eoin Daly (0-2), Micheál Daly (0-1), Tommy Doyle (0-1)	Report	Peadar Scally (0-9), Luke Loughlin (0-3), Andrew Shaw (0-1), Jordy Symth (0-1), Matthew Glynn (0-1)	Referee: Caymon Flynn

Oct 27 Final	Castletown Geoghegan	'ABND'	Lough Lene Gaels	TEG Cusack Park
		^[20]		Referee: Barry Kelly

Nov 2 Final	Castletown Geoghegan	1-27 - 2-17	Lough Lene Gaels	TEG Cusack Park
	Niall O'Brien (0-10), David O'Reilly (1-5), Connor Murphy (0-3), Liam Varley (0-3), Jack Gallagher (0-2), Peter Murphy (0-2), Aonghus Clarke (0-1), Peter Clarke (0-1)	Report	David Williams (0-7) Aaron Kennedy (1-0), Jason Malone (1-0), Eoin Daly (0-3), Tommy Doyle (0-3), Shane Williams (0-2), Marcus Kennedy (0-1), Derek McNicholas (0-1)	Referee: Barry Kelly

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Games	Average
1	David Williams	Lough Lene Gaels	1-55	58	7	8.28
2	Niall O'Brien	Castletown Geoghegan	2-46	52	6	8.667
3	Killian Doyle	Raharney	0-51	51	5	10.2
4	John McCarthy	Castlepollard	1-39	42	5	8.4

References

External links

https://westmeathgaa.ie/

[1] "Westmeath Championship Draw 2024". YouTube. 4 April 2024.

[2] ttps://x.com/westmeath_gaa/status/1802706168390844540/photo/1

[3] "Goals for O'Leary and Curley as Plunkett's blitz Ringtown". Westmeath Examiner. October 8, 2023.

[4] "Pollard relegate Daltons in deluge". Westmeath Examiner. September 15, 2023.

[5] "Doyle's late goal seals 15th Westmeath SHC crown for Raharney - HoganStand". hoganstand.com.

[6] "Raharney And Doyle Clinch County Title Amid Late Drama". Midlands 103.

[7] Buckley, Gerry (8 October 2023). "Killian Doyle the hero as Raharney reign in Westmeath". RTÉ.ie.

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[10] ttps://www.westmeathindependent.ie/2024/09/25/classy-castletown-advance-to-final-as-clarke-seals-victory/

[11] ttps://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/2024/10/10/101724/

[12] ttps://www.rte.ie/sport/hurling/2024/1027/1477718-westmeath-hurling-final-abandoned-due-to-bad-weather/

[13] ttps://www.midlands103.com/news/sports/westmeath-shc-called-off-due-to-the-elements-as-frank-mescall-announces-replay-updates/

[14] ttps://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/2024/10/29/williams-slams-decision-to-play-minor-hurling-final/

[15] ttps://www.midlands103.com/news/sports/free-admission-confirmed-for-tomorrows-clash/

[16] ttps://www.rte.ie/sport/hurling/2024/1102/1478762-obrien-leads-castletown-geoghegan-to-westmeath-title/

[17] ttps://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41508767.html

[18] ttps://www.gaa.ie/article/westmeath-shc-castletown-geoghegan-triumph

[19] ttps://www.midlands103.com/news/sports/an-unbelievable-group-of-lads-castletown-geoghegan-boss-on-15th-westmeath-hurling-title/

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