Men’s CAU 7-a-side Football Competition

A very successful and enjoyable day was held at Mid Ulster Sports Arena on Wednesday September 29th as seventeen teams battled it out for the CAU 7-a-side football F.E trophy.

Representing the six main F.E Colleges in Ulster were: North West Regional College Derry, North Regional College Magherafelt, South West College Omagh, and Enniskillen, South Regional College Armagh, Newry and Lurgan plus Cavan Institute. A special mention goes to South East Regional College Lisburn as they entered the first ever Gaelic Football team to represent the Lisburn campus.

Played in near perfect conditions the football was off a very good standard, fast, good tackling and some great scores. There were four groups and each team played each other with the top two teams in each group progressing to the quarter finals.  The semi finals pitched Armagh against Newry and Lurgan against Magherafelt, with the Lurgan lads playing Newry in the final. The final did not let anyone down played at a very competitive pace Newry came out on top with a very solid performance and a score line of 4-4 to 2-5 to lift the trophy for the third consecutive year.

Third Level Development officer Gary Mallon was on hand to present the trophy and medals to the victorious Newry team and congratulate all the teams on their tremendous skills and effort displayed over the day.

A special word of thanks to the staff of the Mid Ulster Sports Arena for their support and help on the day, once again the pitches were a credit to Aaron their grounds keeper.

Thanks also to the Glenavon Hotel, Cookstown who catered for the teams and officials afterwards.