Archive for July, 2011
#261 Chicago GAA latest & Sunday schedule
In our podcast today, we take a look back at the action from a sweltering Gaelic Park in Chicago Sunday week last where three championship games were down for decision. New video webcast producers, Greg Miller, Zack Hamilton and Tommy Dolan take us through the action from Aisling Gaels win over Erin Rovers and St Brigids in the Junior A and [...]
#260 Mac’s and ‘Gaels make football semis as Wexford into Boston hurling final
In the race for places for this year's Northeast Playoffs, three spots were filled last Sunday at Canton, MA with two of the first semi finalists decided in football while a hurling final place was also handed out. In the mens senior football championship, Aidan McAnespies with a win over Wolfe Tones secured the outright top spot this year, and [...]
Gabriel’s and Emmet’s tops in London
While the senior hurling league is put on the back-burner for the moment, the senior hurling championship is in full swing in London with last weekend seeing second round action at Ruislip. Three games were scheduled last Saturday with the most noteworthy fixture pitting 2009 champions Robert Emmets against last year's hero's, Kilburn Gaels. A [...]
#259 Zurich champions of Europe
Last weekend's European Hurling & Camogie finals at the grounds of the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium saw Inneoin Zurich and Belgium crowned this year's hurling and camogie champions respectively. In the hurling, Zurich shaded De Haag by one point going into the finals on Saturday with defending champions, Belgium in third [...]
#258 Champs’ St Mikes off to fine start in Toronto
Defending Toronto senior football champions, St Mikes got their championship season off to a good start on Sunday at Centennial Park in Toronto, with an impressive win over St Vincents. These two have crossed swords many times in the past in Toronto but last weekend it was 'Mikes who had the upper hand when running out winners by 2-14 to [...]
Europe hurling finals today
It's finals time for European hurling and camogie as teams from all over the continent gather to battle it out for this year's championship honours in Brussels, Belgium today. It has been a terrific year for hurling in Europe this season with keen competition and more teams taking on a leadership role this season. Zurich with several home [...]
Four share lead in hurling as Neasden top football in London
With inter-county action out of the way for another season, London clubs can finally knuckle down to focusing on the action in both Division 1 Senior Hurling and Football leagues, and the Championship. We have a very competitive senior hurling league in progress in London at present, as after six rounds, four teams are tied at the top on 8 [...]
#257 New GAA webcast causing a buzz in Chicago
A new iniatitive in Chicago Gaelic sports circles is helping to create buzz around the games and is fast gathering momentum and spirit along the way. From as far back as the late 1880s, Chicago has had a long tradition of Gaelic sports being played in the area and today that history continues each week at Gaelic Park in the city. This year [...]
#256 Great win for Boston Galway footballers
With this year's Boston Northeast GAA Championship coming down to the wire as just two weekends are left before the 'Playoffs, it was no surprise that we had some very competitive games last weekend with Galway footballers showing they could be a danger yet to one and all. Lying in the middle of the table and having had come close on a few [...]
#255 Durham top seed in Toronto Championship
As the Toronto GAA Mens Senior Football championship gets underway this weekend at Centennial Park in Toronto, Durham have been named number 1 seed after ending top of the table in the league. That competition saw its final round last weekend - the finals are in September - with Durham grabbing the top spot after their four point win over [...]
