16 June 2003 May Steele Ladies Invitation Sevens 2003 - Saturday 2 August 2003 Share this Article 0 0 0 Shares! 0 Shares! May Steele Ladies Invitation Sevens 2003 – Saturday 2 August 2003 The fourth Annual Invitation seven-a-side ladies football competition hosted by the AIB All-Ireland Club of the Year, St Malachy’s Down, will be held in Castlewellan Co. Down on Saturday 2nd August 2003. The May Steele Perpetual Cup has been donated for the competition by the Steele family in honour of their mother May who was the founder and President of ladies football in Castlewellan as well as being a life long Gael and tireless worker for the St Malachy’s Club. The Castlewellan Club boasts a proud tradition of Sevens Football in County Down and runs a very successful senior men’s All-Ireland Invitation Sevens in the town in September every year (now in its 24th year). The ladies competition is modelled on the men’s with similar rules of play applying. Last year 18 teams from Ulster and further a field took part in this prestigious competition and this year St Malachy’s are hoping to increase the number of teams competing to 24 with teams from the other Provinces also taking part. The teams will be divided into groups of four teams that will play-off on a league basis at four venues in the town thus guaranteeing each participating team a minimum of 3 games. The group winners and runners-up will then play the final stages of the competition in St Malachy’s Park on a knockout basis. The competition will commence at approximately 11.00am with team registration between 10.00am and 10.30am. The quarter finals should commence about 2.30pm with the final scheduled to take place between 5.00pm and 6.00pm the same evening. The presentation of the May Steele Perpetual Trophy to the winning team together with individual ‘TS Foods Castlewellan’ sponsored Belfast Crystal trophies to the winners and runners up and a special Belfast Crystal sponsored award to the Player of the Tournament will take place after the finals. The event is more than a sporting occasion, it is also a great social event with dinner and live entertainment in the St Malachy’s GAA Centre and Social Club following the presentations. Many of the visiting teams opt to make a week-end out of it and stay over in some of the town’s hospitable guest houses and family run hotels. Enquiries welcome via our email service at castlewellangac@gaelmail.com or telephone Roisin 028 437 71034 or Catherina 028 437 71874 for further competition details or entry enquiries. Share this Article 0 0