British University Ladies' Gaelic Football Championship

The British University Ladies' Gaelic Football Championship is the ladies' Gaelic football Championship for university sides in Britain.

Organisation

It is run by the British Universities GAA on behalf of Ladies' Gaelic Football Association Normally played across venues in Birmingham and Manchester. The last few years have seen Division 1 played in Pairc na hEireann, Glasgow and Manchester.

Between 2001 and 2009, the Ladies Division 1 Championship winners would enter the Ladies HEC Lynch Cup - the Division 3 championship for universities in Ireland - at the semi-final stage. During these years, St Mary's University, Twickenham made the Lynch Cup final twice in 2002 and 2005 losing to Mary Immaculate College, Limerick and Trinity College, Dublin[1] while Liverpool Hope University made the Lynch Cup final 3 years in a row, 2005-8, losing to Dublin City University, Dundalk Institute of Technology and University College Cork.[1] In 2024, Britain representatives University of Liverpool played in the Ladies HEC Moynihan Cup. In 2025 Britain will enter the AIG Ladies HEC Donaghy Cup at the semi-final stage.

Currently Coventry University are champions for 2024, having beaten University of Liverpool in the final.

Championship Winners

Division 1

Year	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score
1997/98[2]	St Mary's University, Twickenham
1998/99[2]	St Mary's University, Twickenham
1999/00[2]	St Mary's University, Twickenham
2000/01[2]	St Mary's University, Twickenham
2001/02[2]	St Mary's University, Twickenham
2002/03[2]	St Mary's University, Twickenham
2003/04[2]	St Mary's University, Twickenham
2004/05[2]	St Mary's University, Twickenham
2005/06[2]	Liverpool Hope University
2006/07[2]	Liverpool Hope University
2007/08	Liverpool Hope University
2008/09
2009/10	Robert Gordon University	0-4	St Mary's University, Twickenham	0-2
2010/11	St Mary's University, Twickenham	4-11	Liverpool Hope University	0-7
2011/12[3]	St Mary's University, Twickenham	4-6	Robert Gordon University	3-4
2012/13	Robert Gordon University	2-16	Queen Margaret University	5-5
2013/14	Robert Gordon University	1-3	Liverpool John Moores University	1-2
2014/15	Liverpool Hope University	6-9	Queen Margaret University	1-7
2015/16	Queen Margaret University	2-13	St Mary's University, Twickenham	2-5
2016/17[4]	St Mary's University, Twickenham	8-12	Liverpool Hope University	2-2
2017/18	Liverpool Hope University	5-8	Liverpool John Moores University	0-10
2018/19
2019/20	Not played due to Covid
2020/21	Not played due to Covid
2021/22	University of Liverpool		Liverpool John Moores University
2022/23	University of Liverpool	4-10	Liverpool John Moores University	3-11
2023/24	Coventry University		University of Liverpool

Roll of Honour

• 11 - St Mary's University, Twickenham
• 5 - Liverpool Hope University
• 3 - Robert Gordon University
• 2 - University of Liverpool
• 1 - Queen Margaret
• 1 - Coventry University

Division 2 ( Shield )

Year	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score
2009/10	Northumbria University
2010/11	Northumbria University	3-6	University of Liverpool	0-4
2011/12	University of Liverpool	3-12	Manchester Metropolitan University	1-8
2012/13	Glasgow Caldedonian University	6-9	University of Dundee	0-4
2013/14	University of Dundee	1-4	University of Glasgow	2-0
2014/15	Coventry University	3-7	University of Birmingham	1-6
2015/16[5]	Glasgow Caledonian University	4-5	Northumbria University	1-2
2016/17	University of Glasgow	7-8	University of Birmingham	2-8
2017/18	Coventry University	4-10	University of Glasgow	0-10
2018/19
2019/20	Not played due to Covid
2020/21	Not played due to Covid
2021/22	Glasgow Caledonian University
2022/23	Glasgow Caledonian University		University of Manchester
2023/24	Glasgow Caledonian University		University of Glasgow

Division 3

Year	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score
2010/11	Manchester Metropolitan University	1-3	University of Central Lancashire	0-2
2011/12
2012/13	University of Glasgow	1-3	University of Birmingham	1-2
2013/14	University of Birmingham	0-7	Manchester Metropolitan University	1-2 (AET)
2014/15	Teesside University		Heriot-Watt University
2015/16	University of Glasgow
2016/17	University of Manchester	4-9	University of Stirling	0-6
2017/18	University of Manchester	4-7	University of Stirling	1-1

References

1. "LGFA Lynch Cup Roll of Honour". LGFA.
2. Darby, Paul; Hassan, David (18 October 2013). Emigrant Players: Sport and the Irish Diaspora. Routledge. ISBN 9781317968450.
3. "Results | GaelicSportsCast". www.gaelicsportscast.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
4. "Success for St Mary's at British Gaelic Football Championships". St Mary's University. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
5. "Ladies Gaelic Strike Silver! @ GCU Students' Association". www.gcustudents.co.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

External links

• Website