St Michaels, Watford Year 7/8 Cup Winners 2017
Our county year 7/8 secondary schools tournament will be held on Friday the 19th of October 2018. Years 7 & 8 teams from schools across our county will be taking part in the busy one day event.
John F Kennedy (JFK) Catholic School in Hemel Hempstead will be hosting the event for the third year running. With a number of new schools attending, this years event promises to be one of the most keenly contested yet.
Previous Cup and Shield Winners:
2014:
Cup - Joan of Arc, Rickmansworth
Shield - St Marys, Bishop Stortford
2015:
Cup - St Marys, Bishop Stortford
Shield - St Bedes, Cambridge
2016:
Cup - John F Kennedy, Hemel Hempstead
Shield - St Michaels, Watford
2017:
Cup - St Michaels, Watford
Shield - Nicholas Breakspear, St Albans
Jack Joyce, who heads the Gaelic Football programme at JFK had this to say on hosting the event:
“John F Kennedy Catholic school have the huge honour and privilege of hosting this year’s Hertfordshire Secondary Schools GAA competition. It is the third year running that JFK have had the privilege of hosting the event. Since introducing the sport four years ago the students have benefitted hugely from the skilful and tactical elements of the game.
With the support of Hertfordshire GAA, JFK have either won or placed in the finals of the shield or cup. This has also led to success at the All Britain Championship (ABC’s) finals with the U13 and U15 teams reaching the semi-finals in the last two seasons.
With the increase in GAA being televised and the funding it has in place the participation levels at JFK have increased dramatically. A huge thank you must to go Herts GAA and Stephen Lavery and the support they continue to offer. JFK look forward to another successful event and season ahead.”
Preparations continue over the coming weeks. Any schools interested in entering a team should contact Stephen Lavery - cda.hertfordshire@gaa.ie.
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