Schools’ Finals Week gets underway on Monday with 16 games scheduled in four days at Playball, Stormont and Havelock Park.
Finals Season has already begun with Portadown College claiming their first Belfast Telegraph Girls Senior Cup in 29 years with a shootout victory over reigning champions Royal School Armagh.
Belfast Royal Academy and Ballymena Academy get Monday’s games underway in the Senior Shield Final with the week culminating with the 100th John Minnis Burney Cup Final between Campbell College and R.B.A.I at Havelock Park on Thursday.
Spectators are welcome at all matches with gate fee of £3 for pupils and £6 for adults.
See the full schedule below:
Monday 10th March 2025:
Senior Shield Final: Belfast Royal Academy vs Ballymena Academy (water based pitch) – 1:00pm
Gibson Cup Final: Methodist College Belfast vs Rainey Endowed School (sand based pitch) – 1:45pm
Senior Plate Final: Larne Grammar School vs Grosvenor Grammar School (water based pitch) – 3:00pm
U14 High School Cup Final: Kilkeel High School vs Markethill High School (sand based pitch) – 3:45pm
Tuesday 11th March 2025:
McDowell Cup Final: Rainey Endowed School vs Royal School Armagh (water based pitch) – 1:00pm
Gibson Plate Final: Sullivan Upper School vs Regent House Grammar School (sand based pitch) – 1:45pm
Junior Cup Final: Coleraine Grammar School vs Rainey Endowed School (water based pitch) – 3:00pm
McDowell Shield Final: Belfast Royal Academy vs Wallace High School (sand based pitch) – 3:45pm
Wednesday 12th March 2025:
Junior Shield Final: Lurgan Junior High School vs Sullivan Upper School (water based pitch) – 1:00pm
U16 High School Cup Final: Dromore High School vs Kilkeel High School (sand based pitch) – 1:45pm
McDowell Plate Final: Methodist College Belfast vs Royal School Dungannon (water based pitch) – 3:00pm
4th XI Cup Final: Sullivan Upper School vs Methodist College Belfast (sand based pitch) – 3:45pm
Thursday 14th March 2025:
Intermediate Cup Final: TBD vs TBD (water based pitch) – 10:30am
Junior Plate Final: Friends’ School Lisburn vs Ballymena Academy (sand based pitch) – 11:00am
Ferris Cup Final: TBD vs TBD (Havelock Park, Banbridge) – 5:00pm
John Minnis Burney Cup: Campbell College vs Royal Belfast Academical Institution (Havelock Park, Banbridge) – 7:30pm
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