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She’s Ace Festival 2022 - Entry Open

A date for all you female handballers, and wannabe handballers to pencil into the diary!

The entry portal is now live, and we can confirm that the She's Ace Ladies Festival for 2022 will go ahead in Tyrone venues in January.

Unfortunately due to Covid relates issues, Breaffy House and Mayo venues are unavailable this year, but thankfully Tyrone Clubs have stepped in willingly to host and ensure we can run the event.

This event has grown into the largest annual female only handball tournament globally, attracting 200+ players ranging from 11&U to 40+. Grades for all youth and adult age groups will be run alongside a Ladies Open National Ranking Event. 4-Wall Handball will be the priority on Saturday, with Sunday's focus turning to a more relaxed and fun 1-Wall competition.

Entry Deadline

Wednesday 5th January @ midnight

Entries Capped:

Please note that due to Covid related restrictions, we regretfully have to limit entries for this event. See below for the breakdown of entries allowed per grade.

4-Wall Grades

  • 11&U (Capped at 24)
  • 13&U (Capped at 24)
  • 15&U (Capped at 20)
  • 17&U (Capped at 20)
  • Ladies Open (Capped at 16)
  • Ladies B (Capped at 16)
  • Ladies Challenger (Capped at 20)

1-Wall Grades

  • 11&U (Capped at 24)
  • Mixed Team (Capped at 60)
  • Ladies Challenger (Capped at 20)

Discounts:

  • All entry fees are a great, reduced value of only €20 per player
  • Family of 2 (Includes Adult & Children Players) €5 discount
  • Family of 3+ (Includes Adult & Children Players) €10 discount

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Enter Online

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Accommodation Options:

See below for recommended accommodation options.

Note that Kelly's Inn (details listed on below document) have a very small number of rooms available and have offered the tournament discount rates below.

  • 1 Adult & 1 Child (U16) = £55 Bed & Breakfast per night
  • 2 Adults & 2 Children (U16) = £90 Bed & Breakfast per night

Suggestions

Note:

  • The 4-Wall grades are provisionally scheduled for Saturday 15th Jan
  • The 1-Wall grades are provisionally scheduled for Sunday 16th Jan
  • Entry number dependent, the above provisional schedule may have to be modified
  • The Ladies Open 4-Wall event is a National Ranking event and will take place on Friday & Saturday.
  • Further queries - Contact development.handball@gaa.ie