The day has arrived – the John West Féile Peile na Óg is taking place this weekend (Friday 23rd-Sunday 25th) in Monaghan, Cavan and Fermanagh. 160 boy teams and 96 ladies U14 teams will be attending. This means over 6000 players will be taking part with 1000 mentors patrolling the sidelines. Thousands of supporters will also be coming. Every team will get at least 4 games. (2 15 minute halves) All players will also play at least 30 minutes. Teams will arrive from all over Ireland, Britain and North America
In Monaghan there will be 36 visiting teams – 24 boys and 12 ladies(see attached list of teams visiting county) and all the players will be hosted by local families. Families coming to watch will be giving the local economy a welcome boost.
Basically 2 Group Games on Friday, 1 with your visiting club on Saturday morning. Then it’s off to Quarter Finals either Cup (Top 2 in Group) or Shield (Bottom 2 in Group) where it becomes knock out football. Then on Sunday it’s the Semi – Finals and Finals with all finals in Monaghan having live match day updates on @monaghangaa Twitter
In this post we have the final fixtures John West Féile na nÓg 2017 – Final Fixtures however these could be subject to change so for up to fixtures and results as they come in go to http://ulster.gaa.ie/fixtures-and-results/feile-2017/
Check the HostClubsandVisitors chart to see what Division your club is playing in and who they are hosting.
Finally there is the 2 documents that tell you where it all will happen from group stages right through to the final
QF-Final Venues – Monaghan Clubs
Of course we want all clubs to let us know what is happening so share your photos and posts with us on Facebook & Twitter @monaghnangaa
Also there is Féile Facebook @FeileGAA and Feile Twitter @feilegaa – so lets all get active and share
Bain Sult as an Deireadh Seachtaine
By Majella Boyd Fri 23rd Jun
