JOHN WEST FEILE PEILE na nOG 2023

Region 6 – St Paricks GAA Club, Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny

01/07/23

Saturday July 1^st was the day the ‘’Big Ball’’ took centre stage across the Country as the John West Feile Peile took place in numerous locations throughout Ireland. While John Lockes  and Kilmacow represented their Clubs and County further afield Kilkenny hosted the Region 6 games in Ballyragget thanks to the generosity of the local St. Patricks Club.

The format of the day was 8 team competing which consisted of two groups of 4 teams. Each team played 3 games in their respective groups and were then placed either 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd or 4^th with 1^st & 2^nd going forward to the Cup competition and 3^rd & 4^th going to the Shield competition.

Group 1                                                   Group 2

St. Patricks(Wexford)                               Rockwell Rovers (Tipperary)

Baltinglass (Wicklow)                               Barrow Rangers (Kilkenny)

Cois Bhride(Waterford)                            Lancashire (UK)

Erin’s Own (Kilkenny)                                Inny Shamrocks(Westmeath)

In Group 1 the local side from just over the hill in Castlecomer showed some early good form and looked strong throughout the group games to finish in 1^st place. St Patricks & Cois Bhride  finished in 2^nd & 3^rd respectively while Baltinglass took 4^th place.

In Group 2 Inny Shamrocks finished in 1^st spot winning their 3 games, Rockwell were 2^nd with 4 points, Barrow Rangers 3^rd with 2 points and Lancshire propping up the table in 4^th spot.

Cup Semi Finals 

Erin Own V Rockwell

Inny Shamrocks v St Patricks

Cup Final   

Erins Own v Inny Shamrocks

          Cup Champions Erins Own

Shield Semi Final

Barrow Rangers v Baltinglass

Cois Bhride v Lancashire

Shield Final

Baltinglass v Lancashire

Shield Champions Lancashire

Erins Own

Lancashire

St. Patricks

Baltinglass

Cois Bhride

Rockwell Rovers

Barrow Rangers

Inny Shamrocks

Massive congratulations to Erin’s Own who won the Cup Final on the day and an equally massive congratulations to Lancashire on winning the Shield Final on the day.

Thank you to all that made the day a success, to the players, mentors, Clubs and the parents who contributed on the day and everyday a big thanks to ye. To the referees’ on the day we have to say a thank you. Finally to the host Club St. Patrick’s who provided their excellent facilities for the day we have to say a huge Thank You. Both pitches were in excellent condition for the day and the welcome was exceptional for all. Thank you for the stewarding, match officials and all the catering folk.