Gerry Reilly Cup

Infobox GAA championship main


name=The Gerry Reilly Memorial Cup
first=1989
firstwin=Meath
sponsors= Valu - Kitchens & Bedrooms
irish=
current=Meath
currentordinal=7
super=th
most=Meath
mostordinal=7

The Gerry Reilly Memorial under-16 Inter-County Football Tournament is an annual Gaelic football competition in the province of Leinster in Ireland. The tournament was started in 1989, named after a young Gaelic footballer Gerry Reilly who was tragically killed in December 1987 at sixteen years of age.

The main sponsor is "Valu - Kitchens & Bedrooms" from Gleneagle. 'The ’Man of the Match’ award is sponsored for every game in the tournament by Peter and Patricia Caffrey of Interior Creations Ltd., Oldcastle.'. [http://www.hoganstand.com/dublin/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=80832]

The cup is run on a ’round robin’ basis. In other words each team plays each other and the two top teams progress to the final. Four counties participated in the 2007 tournament, Kildare, Westmeath, Dublin and Meath and formerly Cavan. The 2007 final will be contested by both Meath and Dublin.

Dublin were the 2006 champions having defeated defeated Westmeath 4-13 to 1-8 in the decider in Gilson Park, Oldcastle, County Meath. In 2007, Meath prevented Dublin from retaining the title by defeating them by 4-09 to 0-12 at Oldcastle. [http://www.hill16.ie/viewstoryhill16.asp?mainheading=Word+on+The+Hill&id=8682&viewstory=yes]

2007

The 2007 tournament is run on a ’round robin’ basis, which means each team plays each other once. The winning team from each game gets two points for a win and one point is given for a draw. The two top teams in the tournament play each other in the final.

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