Gaultier look to retain Feile Title this weekend, De La Salle & Dungarvan’s Kaiesha Tobin also travel north.

Twelve months ago, Galltir travelled to Limerick with a very good young team to compete at the Annual Feile competition.

It was known that the Barony Girls had a good team but few may have predicted that they would do as good as they did.

They began the Division Two championship with a comprehensive 8-5 to 0-2 win over Kilmallock in their first game on the Friday evening and followed it up with wins over Bruff on a 11-4 to no score score-line on Saturday morning and then beat Ballycastle in a winners takes all last league game on a 3-4 to 1-7 score line to take the only place available in the group in the semi finals.

A 3-6 to 1-3 win over Birr followed later on the Saturday evening in the semi finals which set up a final against a fancied Portaferry side in the final on Sunday afternoon at the Gaelic Grounds.

Just as they had all weekend, the Barony Girls were once again outstanding. Two first half goals from Emer Walsh and one from Aoife Fitzgerald had the side leading 3-1 to 0-2 at the break, and when Ann Corcoran and Emer Edwards added further goals in the second half there was no disputing what the final outcome would be, the Barony Girls running out comfortable 5-5 to 0-3 winners.

The Barony Girls are heading to Ulster this weekend to defend their title and they will travel very confident that they can do just that.

They have a large amount of the panel that won last years final. They will travel to Ulster in a confident mood. They recently won the county Under 14 title, beating Dungarvan in the final which will have the side brimming with confidence.

The Barony Girls are drawn in a group along with Ballinascreen from Derry, Naomh Eoin from Antrim and Kinnity from Offaly.

They will get their weekend underway at 2pm on Friday when they play Naomh Eoin at the Antrim Club’s home ground.

The Barony Girls have two games on Saturday morning. They play Ballinascreen at 11am at Ballinascreen and an hour later they play Kinnity.

In a change to the format of the competition from other years, all four teams are assured of a quarter final spot. The top two teams will contest the cup quarter finals and the bottom two will play a plate quarter final.

The Cup quarter final should Gaultier be involved will be at 3pm in Swatragh while the plate quarter final will be at the same venue an hour later.

Swatragh will be the venue for the Cup and Plate semi finals on Sunday morning. The Plate semi final is fixed for 11am with the cup semi final at noon.

The plate and cup finals are both fixed for Owenbeg. The Plate competition has a 2pm start and the cup final a 3pm start.

Also in action this weekend are De La Salle.

The city side are a relatively new outfit but are quickly showing the potential that they have.

Within their ranks they have some of the most exciting young camogie players coming through in the county, and its only a matter of time before they make an even bigger name for themselves than they already have.

Two years ago they represented the county at Feile and were somewhat unlucky to have come home empty handed loosing the division two final against Inagh/kilnamona from Clare by eleven points, but they will travel north this weekend confident of putting that right.

The Gracedieu outfit will compete in Division three. They have their first game on Friday afternoon when they play Greenlough from Derry in Greenlough at 2pm.

On Saturday morning De La Salle have two games, both at Glen Maghera again in Derry. The first is against the hosts at 11am and an hour later they play Drumraney from Westmeath.

Like Gaultier in Division two, regardless of where De La Salle finish in the table, they will have a quarter final later on Saturday afternoon.

Should they finish in the top two, they play in the cup quarter finals at 3pm in Maghera. If they finish in the bottom two, they play in the plate quarter finals at 4pm.

The Cup semi finals are due to take place in Eglish on Sunday morning at noon with the plate semi finals taking place at the same venue an hour earlier.

The plate and the cup finals are down to be played in Garvaghey. The Plate final has a 2pm and will be followed by the cup final.

Dungarvan club player Kaiesha Tobin will also travel to the north this weekend to take part in the Feile Skills event.