It is organised by the BUGAA[1] which is a branch of the Higher Education GAA committee which oversees Gaelic Games in Universities.

[2] The Cup is named after a founder member of the hurling club at the University of Glasgow who died in 2001.

In 2001/02 efforts to organise a British Intervarsity Championship finally bore fruit, given an extra stimulus by the exhibition game played by Combined Universities selections of Ireland in 2000.

[3][4] The inaugural British University Hurling Championship was held in Glasgow at Pearse Park in April 2002.

The dominance of Scottish universities in this championship reflects the strong diaspora of Irish students at Scottish Universities as well as the presence of shinty clubs on campus which has helped in no small way to promote and develop the kindred Irish sport.