Gerry Reilly U16 Football Tournament
June 27, 2017
Dublin give winners Cavan a guard of honour after last years very exciting Gerry Reilly Cup final at Millbrook.
This year will marks the 28th Anniversary of the Gerry Reilly Memorial U-16 Inter-County Football Tournament played in July every year.
Games are always very competitive and at a high standard. Next year sees the All-Ireland U-17 Football Championship replacing the Minor Championship, which gives all the counties a great opportunity in developing their teams for next year.
The opening games are on Saturday, 1 July with Monaghan taking on Wicklow and Laois taking on Louth. On, Sunday, 2 July, Dublin play Westmeath and Longford play Meath.
Cavan who have won the competition for the past three years will not take part in this years tournament.
The competition which is sponsored by RESPA proved a great success in providing a platform to launch inter-county football careers. This is backed up with so many players from all the participating teams making it all the way to represent their senior county teams at the highest level. Indeed many went on to be Football All-Stars.
The 'round robin' games are played on 3 successive weekends.
Group A
Laois, Longford, Louth & Meath
Group B
Dublin, Monaghan, Westmeath & Wicklow
Round 1
Saturday, 1 July
Gr.B: Monaghan v Wicklow @ 1.00 pm in Millbrook
Gr.A: Laois v Louth @ 1.00pm in Gilson Park
Sunday, 2 July
Gr.B: Dublin v Westmeath @ 4.00 pm in Millbrook
Gr.A: Longford v Meath @ 7.30 pm in Millbrook
Round 2
Friday, 7 July
Gr.A: Louth v Meath @ 7.30 pm
Saturday, 8 July
Gr.A: Laois v Longford @ 2.00 pm
Gr.B: Westmeath v Wicklow @ 7.30 pm
Sunday, 9 July
GrB: Dublin v Monaghan @ 7.00 pm
Round 3
Saturday, 15 July
Gr.B: Monaghan v Westmeath @ 7.30 pm
Gr.B: Dublin v Wicklow @ 3.00 pm
Sunday, 16 July
Gr.A: Longford v Louth @ 3.00 pm
Gr.A: Laois v Meath @ 7.30 pm
All games in Millbrook, Oldcastle
Finals: W/e 29/30 July (Cup, Plate & Shield Finals)
• 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
• Second team in each group qualify for the Gerry Reilly Plate Final
• Third team in each group qualify for the Gerry Reilly Shield 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, 2010, 2011
Meath 1989, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2007
Cavan 1997, 2004, 2006, 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
