Derry Under 14 7's Football

The Under 14 7's football held on Easter Tuesday proved to be a huge success. Over 450 players took part in the day of football at Owenbeg.

The Following teams contested the A Section:

Ballinascreen A, Bellaghy A, Dungiven A, Limavady A, Swatragh A, Slaughtneil A, Magherafelt A, Glen A.

The Semi Finals paired Dungiven A against Glen A and Slaughtneil A vs Ballinascreen A. Glen and Slaughtneil came out on top and played a keenly contested final that Glen won 2-04 to 0-07.

Congratulations to Glen and well done to everyone that took part. Some of the football played in Section A throughout was first class.

The B section had 21 teams competing for honours:

Castledawson A, Claudy A, Banagher A, Drumsurn A, Ballinascreen B, Glen B, Bellaghy B, Dungiven B, Glenullin A, Steelstown A, Desertmartin A, Doire Colmcille A, Doire Trasna A, Foreglen A, Greenlough A, Sean Dolans A, Lavey A, Kilrea A, Craigbane A, Slaughtneil B, Magherafelt B.


After some good sporting group games the semi finals were:

Castledawson A 1-02 vs Banagher A 0-01
Lavey A 9-03 vs Doire Trasna A 0-03

Castledawson and Lavey came head to head in the final however it was Lavey who just had too much for the dawson winning on a scoreline of 3-06 to 0-02.

Well done to Lavey and Castledawson for the remainder of the year and a word of thanks to all the teams who took part in the B section, it was very competitive.

The C Section included the following:

Claudy B, Bellaghy C, Drum A, Banagher B, Glack A, Limavady B, Ardmore A, Magherafelt C, Kilrea B, Glen C, Ballinascreen C, Swatragh B, Lissan A.

The semi finals had the following games:
Limavady B 2-00 vs Bellaghy C 4-05
Swatragh B 0-00 vs Lissan A 4-07

So it was a strong Lissan team against a youthful Bellaghy team in the final. Lissan proved just too strong for the Wolftones winning on a scoreline of 3-03 to 2-01. Fair play to Bellaghy C team for making it through to the final, it shows their strength and depth. Congratulations to Lissan on a cup i'm sure they will enjoy.

A special word of thanks to Diarmuid O'Kane for having the grounds in great shape, Ashlene McCaul, Shauna McCallion, Emmett Stewart and Kevin Hinphey for doing a lot of the behind the scenes work to ensure the smooth running of the competition and finally to the six referee's who handle things very well.

Team photo's will be included on the Derry Website and in the local press.