Féile na nGael 2017 is Here!

Féile na nGael 2017 is Here!

The National Féile na nGael competition in association with John West takes place in Carlow, Wexford and Kilkenny this weekend from Friday June 16^th – Sunday June 18^th. This year there is 112 Camogie teams taking part in National Feile (56 hosts, 56 travelling teams). With 7 Divisions, this will be the largest Camogie Feile since the competition started.

National Féile Fixtures

In Other Camogie Development News this week:

· Regional Feile 2017

· Feile Skills Competition 2017

· Hurl Smart Week Concludes

· Cumann na mBunscol Mayo 9 a side Finals

· Toronto Camogie Thriving

· Hurl with Me Continues

Regional Feile 2017

In addition to the National Competition 4 Regional Féile Blitzes will take place on Saturday June 17^th with 27 teams taking part. In total 3,336 under 14 girls will play Camogie this weekend as part of Féile na nGael. Best of luck to all players involved.

Division 1 Ballyboden St Enda’s, Dublin

Division 2 Mallow, Cork

Division 3 Ballinderreen, Galway

Division 4 Trim, Meath

Fixtures

Division 1

Division 2

Division 3

Division 4

Feile Skills Competition 2017

The Féile Skills Competition took place on Saturday June 10^th in the GAA Games Development Centre in Abbotstown. There were 26 counties represented from Camogie on the day (pictured above).

1^st: Amy O’Sullivan (Kerry)

2^nd: Alanna Fox (Clare) and Katie Gilchrist (Galway)

3^rd: Rebecca Farrell (Tipperary)

Kate Nolan (Carlow senior player) presented prizes on the day

1st Place Amy O'Sullivan Kerry

2nd Place Alanna Fox (Clare) & Katie Gilchrist (Galway)

3rd Place Rebecca Farrell Tipperary

All 26 participants in Feile Skills

Hurl Smart Week Concludes

Well done to all 66 clubs across the country who took part in ‘Hurl Smart Week 2017’. All reports of events are being collated and a draw will be done for 10 lucky clubs to win an Inter County Player visit. See below a sample of different ideas clubs had during the week.

Zorbing for Hurl Smart Week in Murroe Boher

St Josephs Madden Armagh senior players who abseiled the Europa Hotel in Belfast as a club fundraiser

Great turnout for Granagh Ballingarry Community Walk

Cumann na mBunscol Mayo Blitz

Well done to all the schools who took part in the Cumann na mBunscol finals in Mayo. The competition was 9 a side and the winners on the day, Tooreen National School were in flying form.

Brackloon NS

Snugboro NS

Tooreen NS

Toronto Camogie Thriving

Toronto Camogie in Canada are a club thriving at the minute. Having attended the World GAA Games last year in Dublin it set them up well this year with large numbers attending their first training session last month. They are preparing for the North American Championships to be held in San Francisco in September.

Hurl with Me Continues

The National Hurl with me Programme in Conjunction with the National Dairy Council continues in 24 clubs across the country. Preparations are under way for the national day which they will all attend on Sunday June 26^th at the GAA Games Development Centre, Abbotstown.