Féile thrills and spills prove a roaring success on a sunny weekend of action in Cork

THREE days of intensive training under the blue skies of Portugal paid a handsome dividend for Ballymun Kickhams who saw off the challenge of St Finbarr’s in the Division 1 final of the Bus Eireann Féile Peile final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday.

Physically stronger and a classier football outfit, the Dublin youngsters showed the benefit of these three days of bonding together.

The placing of Glen Doyle at full-forward proved a masterstroke by the winner’s backroom staff. The Barrs defence couldn’t cope with his physical presence and his towering height and after a lot of pressure on the home defence, Doyle showed his undoubted class with a cracking goal in the fifth minute.