The Gerry Reilly Leinster U16 Football Tournament Quarter Finals take play this weekend.
The top 2 teams in each of the 4 groups from the 'Round Robin' series qualified for the Quarter-Finals giving us 4 very competitive games to look forward to.
Carlow take on Louth on Saturday morning in the first of the Quarter Finals. On Saturday evening it's the turn of Down & Longford to do battle. Down, like Carlow, are playing in the Gerry Reilly for the first time.
On Sunday afternoon Meath play Wicklow. Many of the Wicklow team played Meath Minors in this year's Leinster Football Championship. Then on Sunday evening it's Cavan taking on Dublin which should be a cracker of a match.
Gerry Reilly Leinster U16 Football Tournament / Quarter Finals
Saturday, 11 August
Carlow v Louth (@ 10.45 am)
Down v Longford ( @ 7.00 pm)
Sunday, 12 August
Meath v Wicklow ( @ 3.00 pm)
Cavan v Dublin ( @ 7.00 pm)
(All games in Millbrook, Oldcastle)
Round Robin Results:
Round 1
Group A
Cavan 5-18 Longford 3-6 ( Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, Longford)
Westmeath 3-17 Fermanagh 1-9 (The Downs)
Group B
Dublin 2-14 Kildare 0-14 (Manguard Plus Kildare GAA CoE Hawkfield) (played Wednesday, 11 July)
Down 2-9 Antrim 3-4 (Saval GAC Newry)
Group C
Meath 5-18 Leitrim 0-9 (played on Saturday, 21 Millbrook)
Louth 4-9 Offaly 2-13 (Monasterboice)
Group D
Wexford 3-15 Laois 2-5 (Halo Tiles Wexford GAA CoE Ferns)
Carlow 1-8 Wicklow 0-11 (Netwatch Carlow GAA CoE Fenagh) (played Thursday, 12 July)
Round 2
Group A
Longford 2-18 Fermanagh 1-8 (Teemore) (played Thursday, 12 July)
Cavan 4-12 Westmeath 0-7 (Lacken)
Group B
Kildare 6-17 Antrim 1-7 (All Saints, Ballymena)
Down 3-9 Dublin 1-12 (National Sports Complex, Abbottstown)
Group C
Offaly 1-14 Leitrim 2-11 (Ferbane, 4 August)
Meath 3-19 Louth 1-9 (Millbrook, Oldcastle)
Group D
Wicklow 1-16 Wexford 3-10 (played on Wednesday, 18 July in Aughrim)
Carlow 4-10 Laois 2-7 (LOETB Laois GAA CoE Portlaoise)
Round 3
Group A
Cavan rec. w/o from Fermanagh
Longford 3-19 Westmeath 1-10 (ClonguishGAA)
Group B
Dublin 1-5 Antrim 1-2 (St. Joseph's G.A.C., Glenavy, Co. Antrim)
12noon: Kildare v Down (Manguard Plus Kildare GAA CoE Hawkfield)
Group C
Meath 2-11 Offaly (1-8) (Ballyfore Gaa)
Leitrim 2-14 Louth 1-17 (Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada)
Group D
Wicklow 4-9 Laois 0-9 (Aughrim)
Carlow 3-10 Wexford 2-8 (Clonmore Gaa, Hacketstown)
Top 2 in each group qualify for the Quarter Finals
Quarter Finals Venue: Oldcastle GFC
E: Cavan v Dublin (Sunday, 12 August @ 7.00 pm)
F: Down v Longford (Saturday, 11 August @ 7.00 pm)
G: Meath v Wicklow (Sunday, 12 August @ 3.00 pm)
H: Carlow v Louth (Saturday, 11 August @ 10.45 am)
Semi-Finals-(18/8/18)
(Venue: Oldcastle GFC)
E v F
G v H
Final (8/9/18)
(Venue:Oldcastle GFC)
Winning Semi-Finalists = Cup Final
Losing Semi-Finalists = Plate Final
Gerry Reilly
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
Monaghan 2017
Winners of the Gerry Reilly Plate to date:
Meath 2013, 2015, 2016
Dublin 2017
Wicklow 2014
Winners of the Gerry Reilly Shield to date:
Louth 2016, 2017
Meath 2014
Monaghan 2015
Westmeath 2013