Archive for January, 2011
#187 Night of shocks
It was all happening for the penultimate round-robin week of the 2011 Wellington Mixed Gaelic Football Sevens last night as some of the top fancies for next weeks finals bit the dust at Ian Galloway Park. Early tournament runners, Empire Strikes Back and Flannagans Flyers looking hot in the past two weeks, ran out of steam Wednesday when [...]
Meelin too strong for Manchester’s gaels
Despite a brave performance by Fullen Gaels from Manchester, the visitors from Meelin in Cork proved a bridge too far in this All Ireland Junior Hurling Club Quarter Final at Pairc Na hEireann, Birmingham on Sunday. Meelin 2-14 (20) Fullen Gaels 0-08 Report by Karl McGuigan (Warwickshire PRO) Meelin made their first trip to Birmingham for [...]
Scale of disaster at Queensland GAA in Brisbane
This is an aerial photo of Queensland GAA grounds and clubhouse (in centre) during the height of the recent flooding in Brisbane. It recalls the gravity of the situation, not only for neighbours and their homes but also shows how closely things came to the local GAA community losing the clubhouse completely with water almost over the [...]
#186 Queensland GAA left devastated by floods, world appeal launched
Queensland GAA's home grounds in Brisbane, Australia have been devastated by the recent flooding in the region. After the waters subsided, the local GAA community were left reeling when they got their first sight of the scale of the damage inflicted by the terrible and massive flooding. While the clubhouse building hasn't suffered any apparent [...]
# 185 ‘Thriller Wednesday’ in Wellington
Expats and Kiwi Gaelic football followers in Wellington, New Zealand were treated to one of the best displays of football yet seen in the mixed sevens tournament format last night as of the six games played three of them ended in one point wins for the victors. Absolutely outstanding was the verdict by Wellington's GAA President, Donal Kavanagh [...]
#184 Stanford hurlers off to good start
Stanford had a comprehensive win over rookie hurling college University of California Davis at Treasure Island, Saturday for the first game in this year's Northern California Hurling Collegiate Championship. The more experienced Stanford hurling squad won this inaugural competition in 2009 and despite the best efforts of the opposition, had [...]
183 – ‘Crossmaglen get close call in London, Dicksboro march on
Armagh and Ulster Senior football club champions, Crossmaglen Rangers were pushed all the way by game London senior champions, Neasden Gaels in the All Ireland Senior Club Championship Football Quarter Final at Ruislip, London this afternoon. After an even start to the contest, The Cross pushed into a narrow lead towards the end of the first half [...]
Intermediate Hurling Club quarter final result from London
The AIB GAA Hurling All Ireland Intermediate Club Championship Quarter Final played at Ruislip, London earlier today ended in a win for the visiting Kilkenny side, Dicksboro. Dicksboro (Kilkenny) 2-13 (19) Kilburn Gaels (London) 2-04 (10) Game podcast report tomorrow evening Sunday Jan 16 along with the report of the AIB GAA Football All [...]
#182 UC Davis join California college hurling circuit
Today marks another watershed for Gaelic sports as the University of California Davis for the first time in the history of the college enters a hurling team into sporting competition. At 12 noon today (PST) in the home of Gaelic games at Treasure Island in San Francisco, history will be made when UC Davis march out onto the field to play [...]
#181 Flyer’s and ‘Time impress in great night in Wellington
It was an absolutely great night for Gaelic football in Wellington, NZ on Wednesday evening last as spectators were treated to thrilling games in the second Wellington Mixed Sevens competition at Ian Galloway Park. The pre Christmas sevens was such a success that there was a call for another mixed sevens competition and so on a lovely [...]
