Sligo hosted their Football Feile Qualifying competition on Saturday 18th April with 9 teams taking part in the competition which was played in the Sligo GAA Centre of Excellence at Scarden. The 3 Teams who took part in the A competition were Coolera/Strandhill, Drumcliffe/Rosses Point and Tubbercurry/Cloonacool. Coolera Standhill got the better of Drumcliffe Rosses Point in the opening match but Tubbercury/Cloonacool proved too strong for Coolera Standhill and Drumlcliffe Rosses Point as the south Sligo side  topped the Division, Tubbercury/Cloonacool were declared winners of the A Feile and will be nominated to represent Sligo at the national Feile competition.

The B competition saw two groups of three fighting it out to qualify for this year’s Feile competition as the top two teams in each section would qualify for the Semi –Finals of the B competition . Eastern Harps and St.Mary’s qualified from group 1 and they were joined by Calry/St.Joseph’s and Curry and as the four played it out to book a place in this year’s national Feile competition , Eastern Harps and St.Mary’s won their respective Semi-Finals and booked a place in the B final . In an outstanding display of football it was Eastern Harps who came out on the right side of the result and are deserving of a place in this year’s national competition. Meanwhile as a result of Tourlestrane and St.John’s finishing bottom of their groups they were in the final of the C division which saw Tourlestrane come out on top and they will represent Sligo at national level also.