Archive for October, 2012
# 442 British Universities GAA Podcast
The British Universities GAA regional leagues continue across the UK with action in both men's and ladies football over the past two weekends. BUGAA Co-ordinator Ronan McCarthy is back once again to fill us in on all the latest news and results, and in the podcast, he also looks ahead to the big event this weekend, the 2012 BUGAA Hurling & [...]
Historic beginnings with start of New Zealand GAA league
History was made last Sunday, October 21 in the city of Auckland as three clubs from throughout New Zealand came together at Fowlds Park for the start of the first ever national GAA competition. The new Gaelic Football and Hurling League is part of a three round series of blitzes involving Auckland GAA, Hutt Valley/Wellington GAA, and [...]
# 441 All set for 2012 Asian Gaelic Games
The second last major event in the annual World GAA Calendar takes place this weekend in Asia when the Orange Eire GAA club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, gets set to host the 2012 Asian Gaelic Games. This year's event is set to surpass all previous records with participation levels of close to 1000 players from 59 teams from throughout the north [...]
# 440 Euros Round 2 Vienna Podcast
The second round of this year's European Gaelic Football Championships took place last weekend in the lovely city of Vienna Austria with much at stake towards the naming of overall champions in men's and ladies football. After Round 1 in Copenhagen last month, 2011 Men's Championship winners Guernsey Gaels were leading the way followed by [...]
# 439 British Universities GAA Podcast
The British Universities GAA (BUGAA) season kicked into full swing last Saturday with round 2 regional tournaments taking place throughout the UK. In the podcast BUGAA Co-ordinator Ronan McCarthy reports on the action in men's and ladies football from the university GAA circuit. 12:38
# 438 Tir Chonaill Gaels take London championship
This weekend in Ireland saw numerous county finals on offer but there was plenty to look forward to elsewhere, as across the Irish Sea, Tir Chonaill Gaels and Kingdom Kerry Gaels lined out to decide the winners of the 2012 London Senior Football Championship. The Kingdom, last year's league winners, had been something of a surprise packet in [...]
# 437 Middle East GAA season up and running
As the GAA season comes to a close across northern climes around the world, the middle and southern regions see their year begin in earnest. Last Friday October 5th, saw the start of the Middle East GAA winter season as round one of the 2012/2013 Middle East League got underway at Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. In the Podcast we speak [...]
# 436 British Universites GAA season gets underway
The 2012/2013 British Universities GAA (BUGAA) season got underway in Scotland last weekend and kicks into full swing this Saturday in five regions across Britain. GaelicSportsCast spoke this week to one of the busiest GAA officials in the UK, BU GAA National Co-ordinator Ronan McCarthy, who gave us a rundown on the structure, competitions and [...]
# 435 Pan Euro 2 Vienna Preview
In today's Podcast we look ahead to Round 2 of the Pan European Men's & Ladies Gaelic Football Championships which take place this weekend for the first time ever in the Austrian capital of Vienna. On Saturday some 23 teams from across the continent will be in action at the Sportzentrum stadium with five competing in the men's championship, [...]
# 434 Gabriel’s late strike decides London hurling final
In a close and exciting London Senior Hurling Championship Final yesterday at Ruislip, 2011 runners-up St. Gabriels defeated favorites Kilburn Gaels with a late goal to take this year's title. In the Podcast we hear from London GAA PRO Declan Flanagan on the big match, the Intermediate final and next weekend's senior football [...]
