A big weekend with the finals of the Gerry Reilly U-16 FT taking place in Millbrook, Oldcastle. 

All teams are out to do their very best as they prepare for the new All Ireland U-17 Football Championship next year that replaces the Minor Football Championship.

2 Finals on Saturday with the Plate Final (2nd placed teams) and the Shield Final (3rd placed teams). Both should be very good games and not to be missed.

The Cup Final (1st placed teams) takes place on Sunday evening and this promises to be a mouth warming encounter. Both are unbeaten teams have been very impressive in the 'round robin' series of games. 

Monaghan will be all out to lift the Gerry Reilly Cup for the first time. Meath, too, will be very determined to be victorious and bridge a 10 year gap since they last won the Cup. What a game is in prospect!

Fixtures

Saturday, 29 July

Gerry Reilly U-16 FT Shield Final

Louth  v Wicklow @ 3.00 pm

Gerry Reilly U-16 FT Plate Final

Dublin v Laois @ 7.00 pm

Sunday, 30 July

Gerry Reilly U-16 FT Cup Final

Meath v Monaghan @ 7.00 pm

'Round Robin' Results

Round 1

Monaghan 0-13 Wicklow 1-8

Laois 3-14 Louth 1-13

Dublin 4-16  Westmeath 0-7

Meath 3-17 Longford 1-16

Round 2

Meath 5-18 Louth 6-6

Laois 4-10 Longford 2-13

Wicklow 7-12 Westmeath 3-5

Monaghan 0-10 Dublin 0-9 

Round 3 

Monaghan 3-9 Westmeath 2-9

Dublin 4-17 Wicklow 0-10

Meath 5-18 Laois 1-6

Saturday, 22 July

Louth 2-14 Longford 1-14

·         The tournament to be run on a 'round robin' basis, each team plays each other in their group.  2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw 

·         Group positions based on score difference in the event of teams on same points

·         Top teams in each group qualify for the Gerry Reilly Cup Final (Meath v Monaghan - Sunday, 30 July @ 7.00 pm )

·         Second team in each group qualify for the Gerry Reilly Plate Final (Dublin v Laois - Saturday, 29 July @ 7.00 pm))

·         Third team in each group qualify for the Gerry Reilly Shield Final (Wicklow v  Louth - Saturday, 29 July @ 3.00 pm))

This tournament commemorates Gerry Reilly who died tragically in December '87 at 16 years of age, and he had already proved to be a great footballer with huge potential to go on to great heights in the game. 

Winners of the Gerry Reilly Cup to date:

Westmeath        1990, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2010, 2011

Meath               1989, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2007

Cavan               1997, 2004, 2005, 2014, 2015, 2016

Dublin               1993, 1998, 2008 (U-17 Blitz), 2012, 2013

Winners of the Gerry Reilly Plate to date:

Meath                2013, 2015, 2016

Wicklow             2014

Winners of the Gerry Reilly Shield to date:

Westmeath        2013

Meath                2014

Monaghan         2015

Louth                2016

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