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Down’s 35th annual Feile na nGael finals
take place from Thursday 19th to Sunday
the 22st of April. They are the finale
to a wonderful competition through out
the month of April for young players of
Handball, Hurling and Camogie.
Saval host the Handball finals on
Thursday night with Castlewellan the
hosts for the Hurling and Camogie on
Friday and Saturday.
The
Primary Schools Competition is held on
Friday night for both Camogie and
Football. The evening begins at 6pm for
Hurling with the Primary Schools B final
between St Malcahy’s PS Castlewellan and
Ballyholland PS. It is followed at 6.30
by the A final between St Mary’s PS
Portaferry and St Mary’s PS Kircubbin.
The
Camogie begins on Pitch 2 and 3 also at
6. Two semifinals will be played
simultaneously, the first between St
Patrick’s PS Hilltown and St Patrick’s
PS Legamaddy and the second between
Ballyholland PS v St Patrick’s PS
Ballygalget.
With the winners going on to play in the
final at 6.30
Following the matches are the skills
competitions for primary schools both
Hurling and Camogie at 7.30.
Though the U-14 competition starts on
Friday night at 6.30 with the skills
contest the main competition starts on
Saturday. The day will start with a
parade leaving St Malachys School at
11 am. Competitors will parade through
the town to the GAA field. The first
match will throw in at 12.30 with the
Division 1 clash of Portaferry v
Bredagh followed at 1.30 pm by
Ballycran v Ballygalget. The two
winners meet in the Sunday final.
The
Division 2 hurling matches are held in
Annsborough at 12.30. The top 2 in a
league between Clonduff, Warrenpoint and
Leitrim will meet in the Division 2
final on Sunday.
The
U-14 Camogie Feile begins at also
begins at 12-30pm. It sees the meeting
of Castlewellan and Portaferry,
Ballygalget and Ballyholland, An Riocht
v Bredagh and
Ballycran v Clonduff. The winners will
enter the Cup and the loosers the
shield.
Sunday is Finals day. It begins at
1.00pm with the Camogie Final (10 mins
each half) followed at 1.30pm by the
Division 2 Hurling Final (10 mins each
half) and finally at 2.30pm the Div 1
Hurling Final (20 mins each half). The
winners of these 3 finals together with
the Handball winner will go through to
the national finals in Kilkenny later in
the year. |
