Gaelic Sports are thriving around the world at present as was clearly seen at the recent Fexco 2011 Asian Gaelic Games when the largest ever contingent of teams gathered at Suwon City outside Seoul in South Korea for the popular annual event.
Hosted in a different city each year, the Asian Gaelic Games (AGG) since its foundation 15 years ago has witnessed tremendous growth with this year seeing some 57 teams from 22 clubs congregate from as far away as Dubai, India, Malaysia and Mongolia for top honors and the sheer enjoyment of playing Gaelic Sports.The AGG is a 9-a-side tournament featuring mens and ladies football, hurling with this year seeing the sport of Camogie taking its inaugural bow in this tournament.
This year’s three day event began on Friday, Oct 14 and here to tell us about all the competitions, the winners, and the task of organization is ‘Games Director and Seoul GAA Treasurer, Helen Cooke.
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