The Burney Cup (Ulster Schoolboys' Senior Hockey Cup) is an annual competition involving the strongest schools affiliated to the Ulster Branch of the Irish Hockey Association. The competition is held in the spring term of each school year and progress through to the final is via an open draw.
The most successful school is Friends' School Lisburn with 20 wins (16 outright wins and 4 shared wins).
The current holder is Banbridge Academy.
Eligibility
To play in the competition, boys must be 19 years of age and under on 1 April immediately preceding the draw. The draw for the Cup takes places in early January. A fresh draw to determine pairings is held prior to each subsequent round.
History
The trophy was presented by Andrew George Burney of East Antrim Hockey Club.
The first final took place on 22 April 1920 at the Ormeau Road grounds of North of Ireland Rugby & Cricket Club. The final was marked by future Irish rugby union and cricket international A.C. Douglas of Royal Belfast Academical Institution scoring all six goals in his team's victory.
Performance table
(one finalist missing)
+ Performance TableSchoolWinsSharedBeaten FinalistsTotal FinalsLast TitleWallace High School1906252023Friends School Lisburn1659302018Royal Belfast Academical Institution1435222024Cookstown High School1416212009Banbridge Academy14016302022Ballycastle High School914141964Newry High School609151984Methodist College Belfast20461999Campbell College20461986Belfast Royal Academy20131922Ballyclare High School20021935Banbridge Technical School20021924Sullivan Upper School21472017Bushmills Grammar School11571962Bangor Grammar School10891983Shaftesbury House10121927Kilkeel High School0022NACavan Royal School0022NARoyal & Prior School, Raphoe0022NAOmagh Academy0011NAStrabane Grammar School0011NA
Finals
(records incomplete)
1920s
Year Winner Runner-up Notes1920 Royal Belfast Academical Institution61 Belfast Royal Academy 1921 Belfast Royal Academy 1922 Belfast Royal Academy10 Cavan Royal School1923 Banbridge Technical School32 Cavan Royal School1924 Banbridge Technical School31 Methodist College1925 Ballycastle High School20 Friends School Lisburn1926 Ballycastle High School21 Shaftesbury Houseafter extra time1927 Shaftesbury House20 Ballycastle High School1928 Ballycastle High School30 Friends School LisburnReplay - Game 1: 1-11929 Banbridge Academy Ballycastle High SchoolReplay - Game 1: 2-2
1930s
Year Winner Runner-up Notes1930Ballycastle High School21Banbridge Academy1931 Ballyclare Intermediate Schoola10 Lisburn Intermediate Schoolb1932 Banbridge Academy43 Ballycastle High Schoolafter extra time1933 Ballycastle High School20 Banbridge Academy1934 Ballycastle High School43 Newry Intermediate Schoolcafter extra time1935 Ballyclare Intermediate Schoola21 Banbridge Academy1936 Newry Intermediate Schoolc Lisburn Intermediate SchoolbReplay - Game 1: 1-11937 Ballycastle High School20 Newry Intermediate Schoolc1938 Ballycastle High School10 Banbridge Academy1939 Banbridge Academy10 Friends School LisburnReplay - Game 1: 2-2
1940s
Year Winner Runner-up Notes1940Friends School Lisburn32Banbridge AcademyAET in replay, Game 1: 1-1 2 x ET1941 1942 1943 1944 Friends School Lisburn40 Bushmills Grammar School1945 Banbridge Academy52 Friends School LisburnReplay - Game 1: 1-11946 Friends School Lisburn40 Omagh Academy1947 Friends School Lisburn10 Newry Intermediate SchoolcAfter extra time in replay, Game 1: 1-11948 Newry Intermediate Schoolc10 Friends School Lisburn1949 Friends School Lisburn10 Methodist College
1950s
Year Winner Runner-up Notes1950Newry Grammar School21Bushmills Grammar School1951 Bushmills Grammar School30 Cookstown High School1952 Friends School Lisburn21 Bushmills Grammar School1953 Friends School Lisburn40 Cookstown High School1954 Friends School Lisburn32 Banbridge Academy1955 Cookstown High School10 Bushmills Grammar School1956 Banbridge Academy10 Newry Grammar School1957 Campbell College30 Friends School Lisburn1958 Friends School Lisburn21 Banbridge Academy1959 Friends School Lisburn31 Wallace High School
1960s
Year Winner Runner-up Notes1960Friends School Lisburn20 Bushmills Grammar School1961 Royal Belfast Academical Institution21 Banbridge Academy1962Ballycastle High School & Bushmills Grammar School00TROPHY SHARED1963Friends School Lisburn & Royal Belfast Academical Institution00TROPHY SHAREDAfter extra time1964 Ballycastle High School30 Strabane Grammar School1965 Methodist College10 Ballycastle High School1966 Friends School Lisburn20 Methodist College1967 Royal Belfast Academical Institution21 Newry High School1968Friends School Lisburn & Royal Belfast Academical Institution00TROPHY SHARED1969 Cookstown High School21 Royal Belfast Academical Institution
1970s
Year Winner Runner-up Notes1970 Royal Belfast Academical Institution10 Bangor Grammar School 1971 Friends School Lisburn &Royal Belfast Academical Institution00TROPHY SHAREDafter extra time1972 Cookstown High School21 Kilkeel High School1973 Cookstown High School20 Wallace High School1974 Cookstown High School10 Newry High School1975 Friends School Lisburn20 Royal Belfast Academical Institution1976 Friends School Lisburn &Cookstown High School11TROPHY SHAREDAfter extra time1977 Friends School Lisburn20 Newry High School1978 Friends School Lisburn10 Kilkeel High School1979 Newry High School10 Wallace High School
1980s
Year Winner Runner-up Notes1980 Cookstown High School40Bangor Grammar School1981 Newry High School21 Cookstown High School 1982 Banbridge Academy10 Bangor Grammar School1983 Bangor Grammar School30 Wallace High School1984 Newry High School10 Royal & Prior School, Raphoe1985 Cookstown High School32 Wallace High School1986 Campbell College21 Friends School Lisburn 1987 Royal Belfast Academical Institution40 Bangor Grammar School 1988 Royal Belfast Academical Institution30 Bangor Grammar School1989 Wallace High School31 Newry High School
1990s
Year Winner Runner-up Notes1990 Cookstown High School31 Methodist College1991 Cookstown High School43 Bangor Grammar Schoolafter extra time1992 Royal Belfast Academical Institution41 Cookstown High School1993 Sullivan Upper22 Banbridge AcademySullivan won 5-4 on penalties1994 Royal Belfast Academical Institution32 Banbridge Academy1995 Royal Belfast Academical Institution21 Friends School Lisburn1996 Cookstown High School10 Royal Belfast Academical Institution1997 Cookstown High School10 Bangor Grammar School1998 Royal Belfast Academical Institution30 Bangor Grammar School1999 Methodist College30 Campbell College
2000s
Year Winner Runner-up Notes2000 Royal Belfast Academical Institution40 Newry High School2001 Wallace High School32 Royal Belfast Academical Institution2002 Cookstown High School10 Royal Belfast Academical Institution2003 Royal Belfast Academical Institution52 Banbridge Academy2004 Royal Belfast Academical Institution11 Banbridge AcademyRBAI won on penalties2005 Banbridge Academy10 Campbell College2006 Banbridge Academy42 Sullivan Upper School2007 Banbridge Academy32 Cookstown High School2008 Cookstown High School63 Royal and Prior School, Raphoeafter extra time2009 Cookstown High School43 Banbridge Academy
2010s
Year Winner Runner-up Notes2009-10Banbridge Academy30Campbell College 2010-11Banbridge Academy54Cookstown High School2011-12Banbridge Academy32Friends School Lisburn2012-13Banbridge Academy31Sullivan Upper School2013-14Wallace High School33Banbridge AcademyWallace HS won 4-1 on penalty strokes2014-15Wallace High School32Banbridge Academy2015-16Banbridge Academy11Sullivan Upper School Banbridge won 4-1 on p/strokes2016-17Sullivan Upper School32Wallace High School2017-18Friends' School, Lisburn21Sullivan Upper School2018-19Wallace High School33Sullivan Upper SchoolWallace won on penalties BBC
2020s
Year Winner Runner-up Notes2019-20Friends' School and Sullivan Upper School sharedTROPHY SHARED Ulster Hockey2021-22Banbridge Academy 41Friends School Lisburn2022-23Wallace High School 10Campbell CollegeUlster Hockey2023-24RBAI21Banbridge AcademyUlster Hockey2024-25RBAI41Campbell CollegeUlster Hockey2025-26Banbridge Academy21RBAIUlster Hockey
Footnote
a Ballyclare Intermediate School would later be renamed as Ballyclare High School. b Lisburn Intermediate School would later be renamed as Wallace High School. c Newry Intermediate School would later be renamed as Newry Grammar School (1948) and then Newry High School (1966).
Sources
External links Ulster Branch of Irish Hockey Union