Video Courtesy of Indy Hurling Club.
GO INDY!

Indy Hurling showing how it's done at the Super Bowl Village on Capitol Street in Downtown, Indianapolis last night Tues, 31, 2012. Go INDY!

GaelicSportsCast goes live to the Super Bowl Village in Downtown Indianapolis.

It’s a fantastic night for the Indy Hurling club and the sport of hurling tonight as the game is showcased to thousands of Super Bowls fans at the Super Bowl Village.

Indy hurling is putting on a great show with basic drills and a hitting cage and football fans of all ages are having a go.

GaelicSportsCast catches the excitement when talking with club PRO, Kyle Keesling ….

Listen here:  8:12

The event takes place on Tuesday,  January 31st,  at the Super Bowl Village in Downtown Indianapolis.
GO INDY!

NOTE: Watch out for GaelicSportsCast preview of the event this weekend when chatting with the Indy club.

While football hordes are getting ready to descend on the city of Indianapolis, Indiana for this year’s Super Bowl, the hurling folk at Indianapolis Hurling Club have been busy on the indoor circuit over the past few months.

Here is there Upcoming Events Schedule taking them in to St Patrick’s Day.

Jan 25 @ 7 pm – Hurling Winter League 2.2@ Sportzone
Feb 6 @ 6pm -  Get Off The Booze, Get On The Ball – Start
Feb 8 @ 7 pm – Hurling Winter League 2.4 @ Sportszone
Feb 15 @ 7pm – Hurling Winter League 2.5 @Sportszone
Feb 17 @ 12pm – Social Event – Downtown Lunch @  Tilted Kilt, 141 South Meridian Street
Feb 22 @7pm – Hurling Winter League 2.6 @ Sportszone
Feb 29 @ 7pm – Hurling Winter League Playoffs @ Sportszone
Mar 2 @ 7 pm - Get Off The Booze, Get On The Ball – End @ Conners

]]> http://www.gaelicsportscast.com/2012/01/24/indianapolis-hc-upcoming-events/feed/ 0 http://www.gaelicsportscast.com/2012/01/23/northwest-schedule-2012/ http://www.gaelicsportscast.com/2012/01/23/northwest-schedule-2012/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:30:05 +0000 denis http://www.gaelicsportscast.com/?p=4526 The youngest Division of the North American GAA, the Northwest takes the lead in already putting in place their 2012 Schedule.

Hurling Clubs in the Pacific Northwest – Benton Brigade, Corvallis Oregon – Columbia Red Branch and Williamette Hurling, Portland, OR – Eugene Trappers HC, Eugene OR – Seattle Gaels, Washington, – Pocatello Hurling, Idaho, and Vancouver Harps, B.C. Canada
(Video courtesy of Columbia Red Branch HC, You Tube).

Listen here: 30:41

Music:  Militaire Electronic; Wallpaper and Cipher by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
and, music also by John McCartan and Lunasa.

Have a Great New Year in 2012  listeners and website visitors.

And, lots of exciting new plans for early 2012 with new programme style, content ….and delivery on the way. More on this in the coming weeks……2012 is going to be a brave new world for GaelicSportsCast!

Also in the loop Podcasts from Tennessee and Portland Maine.

The Celtics are one of the oldest New York GAA Minor Board Clubs in existence but not only that from the 1980s on it has competed successfully with mostly all American born players at Junior A and B grades.
Just  this past summer, the Junior A squad went to the championship game and their underage brigade from U10′s upward continue to win titles.

In today’s podcast we speak to the chairman of the club, former player and Bronx native, John McCarthy about this organization that still holds the record for most NY underage championships won in a single year.

Listen here: 34:50

NY Tyrone Senior Team 2011 at Gaelic Park, New York City. (Photo by Margaret Purcell-Roddy).

In today’s podcast GaelicSportsCast continues its series profiling GAA clubs in the New York region when looking at the New York Tyrone Gaelic Football club out of the Bronx.

NY Tyrone fields both Junior and Senior squads and while this year was a tough one for the juniors it was a magnificent year for the seniors who finished the league top of the table and reaching the championship game were just denied by holders NY Leitrim in OT.

The club has its eyes set very much on the future and here to tell us about that and the early years for NY Tyrone GFC is longtime club official and secretary, Seamus McNabb.

Listen here: 27:26

Gaelic Football coaching app to be launched in December by Elevate Sports Solutions.

The world of coaching and performance analysis is becoming an increasing feature of Gaelic Sports across Ireland and on the international GAA scene.

Coaches are putting a huge amount of time and effort into the development of teams and athletes and a new company, Elevate Sports Solutions based in Derry, Northern Ireland, this December is launching a unique set of coaching tools and services that could well have a significant impact on the development of coaching Gaelic Sports.

Elevate Sports Solutions is set to launch next week the first of two resources for coaches – Gaelic Football Coaching Cards, and one of the first of its kind in the world of GAA – Gaelic Football Coaching Apps for iPhone, iPad and Android.
The company also specializes in fundamentals, coaching strategies and offers an Elite Level Performance Analysis service.

In this podcast, GaelicSportsCast talks to two of the people behind Elevate Sports Solutions, former Derry footballer, Jonathon Bradley and hurler and footballer, Donal Leahy.

Listen here: 33:11

For more information go to  http://www.elevatesports.co.uk

Founded just three short years ago, the club affiliated to the New York GAA Minor Board, set out from the start to broaden the scope of the player base beyond the Irish American community and introduce Gaelic football to mainstream America.

This strategy has worked wonders for the promotion of the sport in the region and to talk more about that and get an insight into Setanta’s beginnings, we speak today with founder member and Setanta GFC President, Jerry Padian.

Listen here: 29:04

Setanta GFC website: http://setantagaa.shutterfly.com/

The ‘Gaels club was founded back in the early part of the last decade as one of a new breed of young juvenile Gaelic football clubs in New York City.

The club after humble beginnings has put down solid Gaelic sporting roots in the Woodside, Sunnyside and Maspeth areas of Queens and today participates in the NY GAA Minor Board’s, Spring and Fall Leagues at U8 – U 14 grades. Shannon Gaels also compete in local tournaments and at the annual American Continental Youth Championships (CYC).

Primarily focusing on Gaelic football, the club recently introduced hurling to young players, while at the same time adults started another exciting adventure when forming a Junior hurling team this summer.

Here to talk about the early years, the day-to-day running of the club, and its hopes for the future is PRO, Richard Corridan.

Listen here: 29:05

2011 New York Intermediate Football Champions, NY Dublin. (Photo courtesy of NY Dublin).

Not only has it been a great year for Dublin GAA at home, it has also been a tremendous year for Dublin GFC in New York as last month’s win in the New York Intermediate Championship Final sees the NY Dub’s playing senior for the very first time since the club’s reformation back in the 1990s.

NY Dublin was originally founded back in the 1930s but a lean period in the late 80s put things on hold, however, the club was resurrected in 1995 and ever since has been going from strength to strength.

As part of GaelicSportsCast profile series of New York GAA clubs, we take our first look at the grassroots GAA scene in the Big Apple by exploring the history of the NY Dublin Gaelic Football Club with reformed founder member, Niall Rice, and treasurer, Jimmy Campbell.

Listen here: 28:23

]]> http://www.gaelicsportscast.com/2011/10/20/dubs-in-new-york-carry-flag-proudly/feed/ 1 http://www.gaelicsportscast.com/2011/10/10/new-york-fall-short-in-replay/ http://www.gaelicsportscast.com/2011/10/10/new-york-fall-short-in-replay/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:48:25 +0000 denis http://www.gaelicsportscast.com/?p=4085 The All Ireland Ladies Junior Football Final replay ended in disappointment for the ladies from New York yesterday at Croke Park, as Wicklow proved a bridge too far for a very determined and never say die Big Apple outfit.

It was a great trial of the New York ladies to be there at all as this was their third trip in six weeks across the Atlantic for the All Ireland series and the anguish felt by the team at the final whistle showed how much the competition meant to them.

In today’s podcast GaelicSportsCast gives you a full rundown on the game.

Half Time: Wicklow [6] 0-6 New York [4] 0-4

New York good last 10 mins of half.

Nothing between Leitrim and Tyrone all through in a thrilling NY football final. (Photo courtesy of Peter Marney).

As the players of NY Leitrim and Tyrone in contesting for the 2011 New York senior football championship left the field at Gaelic Park the Bronx yesterday afternoon, the large crowd gave the teams a standing ovation as they had just witnessed one of the greatest senior football finals in the city in years.

A fantastic game of football saw Leitrim edge out a very gallant Tyrone in the dying minutes of OT with Kerry native, Dan Doona sending over a brace of points to see the champions retain their title by [17] 0-17 to [15] 1-12.

But NY Tyrone had come oh so close to toppling the champions as they were leading by a point with virtually seconds left in normal time only to see Leitrim steal in for a late equalizer.

Here to give a full report on the final is NY GAA Secretary, Liam Bermingham, and, we also here from delighted Leitrim selector, Frankie Dwyer and NY GAA Chairman, Larry McCarthy on a thrilling final.

Listen here: 20:36

New York GAA Senior Football Final result

Leitrim [17] 0-17 Tyrone  [15] 1-12 (after OT)

Leitrim v Tyrone

……Game in Overtime.

…….Leitrim up by a point with 6 minutes left…..

Gaelic Park, Bronx NY. (Photo by Peter Marney).

The place to be for followers of Gaelic sports in the ‘Big Apple’ was at Gaelic Park in the Bronx last weekend as this year’s New York Intermediate Football Championship was decided as well as the not so small matter of finding out what two teams would reach this year’s senior football championship final.

On Saturday, the Dubs and the Kingdom were at it again but this time on the other side of the Atlantic, and, in a thrilling Overtime struggle a pair of goals decided things once more in favor of the men in blue.

In the first senior football semi final on Sunday, table toppers Tyrone edged out last year’s intermediate champs, Armagh, while in the other semi final – in a repeat of last year’s final between NY Leitrim and NY Cork – champions Leitrim once more came out victors.

To fill us in on the weekends action and get perspectives from the respective winners, NY Dublin Treasurer, Jimmy Campbell talks about his side’s win, Tyrone Secretary, Seamus McNabb goes back over his club’s hard fought battle with Armagh, while Leitrim selector, Frankie Dwyer talks about his team’s second half performance against a good Cork team.

Later in the program we caught up with New York Ladies football team mentor and NY Games Development Officer, Simon Gillespie while waiting on a connector flight in Charlotte NC to La Guardia on his way home from New York’s drawn All Ireland Junior final in Croke Park on Sunday.
(Replay scheduled for Sunday Oct 9 @ 2.30 in Croke Park).

Listen to podcast here: 23:39

It was a very close battle all through with never more than a brace of points between these two evenly matched sides.

An Emma Clarke free pushed New York ahead with 10 minutes left to play but Wicklow came back to  level the score in the dying minutes through Laura Hogan.

GaelicSportsCast gives a full rundown on the game here: 9:34

Updates on the Facebook page of GaelicSportsCast.

Game to go to Replay.

New York 0-9 Wicklow 0-9 FT

Gaelic Park, Bronx NY. (Photo by Peter Marney).

At Gaelic Park yesterday in the Bronx, NY we had an exciting finale for the first of the men’s football championship titles when NY Monaghan edged out a never-say-die NY Celtics in the Junior Football Championship decider.

The only game on the card in Gaelic Park Sunday pitted the number one and two junior seeds this summer with last year’s runners-up, NY Monaghan attempting to go one better this time around. The ‘Celtics meanwhile had been molded from the NY Minor Board program and featured several Americans looking for championship glory.

It turned out to be an exciting affair with never a lot between the sides all through.

Here to tell us about that final, look back to last week’s games as well as look ahead to Saturday’s Intermediate final, and, preview this weekend’s senior football championship semi finals, is NY GAA reporter, Eugene Kyne.

Listen here: 17:13

]]> http://www.gaelicsportscast.com/2011/09/19/ny-monaghan-are-junior-big-apple-champs/feed/ 0 http://www.gaelicsportscast.com/2011/09/12/nationals-podcast-2/ http://www.gaelicsportscast.com/2011/09/12/nationals-podcast-2/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:27:05 +0000 denis http://www.gaelicsportscast.com/?p=3931
In the second of our reports today on last weekend’s North American GAA Finals, we here from NACB GAA PRO, Tim Flanagan.

Tim takes us though all the championship games and finals we hadn’t touched on in Podcast 1.

18:29

San Francisco GAA had the honor of hosting this year’s Nationals where over three days from Sept 2-4 at their new facilities at Treasure Island, teams from all across America and Canada gathered for men’s and ladies’ football, hurling, and camogie competition in an impressive 95 games.

In Podcast 1 we look back on all the action with Northeast GAA PRO, Rory O’Donnell and Canada GAA Secretary, John O’Flynn, who give their perspective on their respective regions and teams performances.

25:15

In Podcast 2 coming up later, North American GAA PRO, Tim Flanagan gives us a rundown on all the championship action.

2011 NACB Finals Results

Gaelic Park, Bronx NY. (Photo by Peter Marney).

After Hurricane Irene left New York GAA fixtures blowing in the wind a week ago, it was back to action in the Bronx yesterday as we had the first of the NY GAA football playoff in the mens intermediate and junior football championship.

In the two Intermediate quarter final playoffs, NY Donegal took on NY Rangers and Astoria Gaels played Brooklyn/Long Island Gaels.

There was just the one junior quarter final playoff on the card for Sunday and this saw Cavan taking on Westmeath.

While all this was going on over the weekend, the New York Ladies football team was excelling in the All Ireland Junior Ladies Football Championship 3000 miles away on the Green Isle.

Here to tell us about that match and give a full report on all the action from the Bronx is NY GAA reporter, Eugene Kyne.

Listen here: 18:13

New York GAA Results, Sept 4, 2011

New York 0-10 [10] Wexford 0-5 [5]

New York to play Wicklow in the All Ireland Final at Croke Park, Sept 25, 2011

The event is being hosted this year by San Francisco GAA at their new facility, Pairc na nGael at Treasure Island and over the next three days some 85 teams from all across America will be joined by their neighbors, Canada for a festival of hurling, mens football, ladies football and camogie.

In today’s podcast we take a look at the representation from Canada when talking with Canada GAA Secretary, John Flynn , and also chat with North American GAA PRO, Tim Flanagan about the event, the teams and what it means for participants.

Listen here: 20:19

Gaelic Park, New York. (Photo by Peter Marney).

New York GAA have cancelled fixtures set for Sunday Aug 28 at Gaelic Park, the Bronx, on account of the threat of Hurricane Irene hitting the city and greater NY area over the weekend.