Archive for September, 2010
#149 Kilburn oust champions while ‘Treacys shock ‘Emmets
Last Sunday's London senior hurling championship semi finals at Ruislip, was a day for the underdogs as Kilburn Gaels knocked off last year's champions St Gabriels while Sean Treacy's edged out the fancied Robert Emmetts. In the first semi final, 10 minutes into the second half, Gabriels had pulled back a first half deficit to a single point [...]
#148 Leitrim dethrone Down in New York
A great weekend of action at Gaelic park in the Bronx, NY Sunday, saw Armagh and Mayo battle to an overtime draw in a thrilling intermediate football championship final, while in the first of two senior football semi finals, Leitrim took out champions Down to reach this year's final. The first match of the day saw an epic between the number 1 and [...]
Australasian championships start today in New Zealand
The 2010 Australasian Gaelic Football Championships got underway today in Auckland, New Zealand. The week long action commenced at Waitakere Trust Stadium earlier today and continues through to the finals on Saturday. This year there are 12 teams competing with five men’s, four women’s and three minor in football. On Saturday a [...]
Dubai take Brady Cup
It turned out to be a great weekend for Gulf region teams in this year's 2010 Asian Gaelic Games in Hong Kong as two of their teams, who had made the long trek, got to meet in the premier event, the Derek Brady mens football cup final. Dubai had led the group standings after Day 1 yesterday with final opponents Qatar next in line. In the final a [...]
Gulf teams going strong at Asian Games
At the first day of the 2010 Asian Gaelic Games in Hong Kong earlier, Gulf teams are showing good form as they top the table in two of the three mens football cup competitions. There are five teams taking part in the premier event, the Derek Brady Cup and after a series of four round robin 9 a-side seven minutes a half matches, Qatar and Dubai [...]
Hong Kong beats to the Gaelic drum
If you're an Irish man or women in Asia this weekend, or simply a newcomer to Gaelic sports, well there's only one place to be and that's in Hong Kong at the 15th Asian Gaelic Games. The games are set to throw-in tomorrow Saturday Sept 25, in Hong Kong, China, with the biggest ever participation of countries and players for this annual two day [...]
Washington Gaels show how it’s done
The hard efforts by the mostly All American club, the Washington D.C. Gaels in promoting Gaelic sports in the D.C. region, seem to be paying off as their participation in last January's NBC4 Health and Fitness Expo has reaped rich reward. The club, which does not depend on Irish summer immigrants for its existence, is very pro-active as regards [...]
#147 NY Donegal celebrate junior championship
At Gaelic Park in the Bronx last Sunday, NY Donegal junior footballers finally had something to celebrate as they took this year's championship title. For the past two years, Donegal had reached the junior final but victory had slipped through their fingers, but that all changed Sunday when in an exciting game they celebrated a one point win [...]
#146 McDermott’s win five in a row
It turned out to be a fantastic weekend for Birmingham club Sean McDermott's, as last Sunday at Pairc na hEireann in Birmingham, saw them take their 5th Warwickshire Senior Football Championship title in a row. However, this latest win had to be earned as the challenger's, St Barnabas of Nottingham really put it up to the champions in one of [...]
#145 Parnells take out London champs
We had plenty of excitement last Sunday in Ruislip as there was both junior and intermediate football titles up for grabs and also two senior semi finals to decide this year's London football championship pairing. Let's start with the seniors. Tir Chonaill Gaels were going for their fourth championship win in a row but a shock was on the cards as [...]
