Westmeath Intermediate Hurling Championship
The Westmeath Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Westmeath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association from 1985 for the third tier hurling teams in the county of Westmeath in Ireland.
In its current format, the Westmeath Intermediate Hurling Championship begins with a group stage. The six participating teams play each other in a round-robin system. The four top-ranking teams proceed to the knockout phase that culminates with the final match at TEG Cusack Park.
St Oliver Plunkett's is the most successful team in the tournament's history, having won it six times. Brownstown are the title holders after defeating Southern Gaels by 6–17 to 3–08 in the 2024 final.
History
The Westmeath Intermediate Championship was founded in 1985 in an effort to bridge the standard of play between the Westmeath Senior Championship and the Westmeath Junior Championship. For 35 years, the Westmeath Intermediate Championship was the second tier championship in the Westmeath hurling championship system.A review of Westmeath's hurling championships in 2019 proposed that the Westmeath SHC and Westmeath IHC be restructured. This resulted in the creation of the Westmeath Senior B Hurling Championship. Each of the three championships would consist of six teams. The first championship following the restructuring featured the five teams who didn't make 2019 final, as well as the 2019 Westmeath JAHC winners who gained automatic promotion.
Format
Group stage
Six clubs start in the group stage. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed five group games. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record. The top three teams qualify for the knockout stageKnockout stage
Semi-finals: The top four teams from the group stage contest this round.Final: The two semi-final winner contests the final. The winning team are declared champions.
Qualification
At the end of the championship, the winning team qualify to the subsequent Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship.Teams
2026 teams
The 6 teams competing in the 2026 Westmeath Intermediate Hurling Championship are:| Team | Championship titles | Last championship title |
| Castletown Geoghegan | 1 | 2023 |
| Clonkill | 1 | 2020 |
| Cullion | 3 | 2019 |
| Raharney | 2 | 1988 |
| Southern Gaels | 1 | 1986 |
| Turin | — | — |