‘London’ Archives
#149 Kilburn oust champions while ‘Treacys shock ‘Emmets
Last Sunday's London senior hurling championship semi finals at Ruislip, was a day for the underdogs as Kilburn Gaels knocked off last year's champions St Gabriels while Sean Treacy's edged out the fancied Robert Emmetts. In the first semi final, 10 minutes into the second half, Gabriels had pulled back a first half deficit to a single point [...]
#145 Parnells take out London champs
We had plenty of excitement last Sunday in Ruislip as there was both junior and intermediate football titles up for grabs and also two senior semi finals to decide this year's London football championship pairing. Let's start with the seniors. Tir Chonaill Gaels were going for their fourth championship win in a row but a shock was on the cards as [...]
#140 ‘Super Sunday’ in London
There is a fascinating weekend of Gaelic games action in store at Ruislip this Sunday with London GAA billing it 'Super Sunday' as we have two county finals and semi finals down for decision. The first final of the day is for the London Junior Football Championship which sees Cuchulains up against Garryowen and this will be followed by the [...]
#132 Treacy’s, Gabriels join ‘Emmetts and Kilburn in London hurling semis
Over the weekend in Ruislip we had the 5th and final round of this year's London GAA Senior Hurling Championship. Two more teams qualified for the semi finals in September where in the most important game to decide semi placings we saw Sean Treacy's defeat Fr Murphy's by 4 points on a scoreline of 1-12 (15) to 1-08 (11). Treacy's did last [...]
#126 Champ’s St Gabriels still in contention in London
In the second last round of this year's London GAA Hurling Championship at Ruislip last weekend, we saw the champions of last year St Gabriels fighting for dear life to stay in contention as a loss to Fr Murphy's would see them out of the running. However, Gabriels showed that they are still a force to be reckoned with when beating their opponents [...]
#122 – London championships heating up
The London GAA Championships are heating up nicely with things oh so close at the top of both the senior football and hurling tables. At Ruislip on Sunday we saw the runners up of the last two years Neasden Gaels look as if they were going to pull away from Parnells, but the latter came back to grab a draw and a point, to leave both on top of [...]
#105 Shocks galore to open London Championship
There was a plethora of shocks at Ruislip for the start of the 2010 London GAA Football and Hurling Championships last weekend. In mens senior football we saw last year's intermediate champions St Kiernans take on and beat their senior counterparts, Tir Chonail Gaels in a great game. In senior hurling meanwhile, the surprises continued as 2009 [...]
#97 Neasden Gaels beat Tir Chonaill to take first Tipp Cup
In London last weekend we saw a repeat of last year's senior football championship final when Neasden Gaels took on the champions Tir Chonaill Gaels in the Tipperary Cup final at Ruislip. Neasden also lost the championship decider to their fierce rivals back in 2008, however they took the spoils and their first Tipp Cup last Saturday. The win [...]
#91 Underage success for London
While the London hurlers narrowly lost to Armagh in last weekend's thrilling Nicky Rackard Cup final in Croke Park, young London footballers were battling to success at the U14 Football Feile in Derry. In the London Camogie Championship Final, Tara once again showed why they are the dominant force in the metropolitan area while in Birmingham, [...]
#86 Tir Chonaill Gaels take Conway Cup in London
It was a battle of champions in Ruislip last night for the final of the Conway Cup in mens senior football with the 2009 Senior Champions Tir Chonaill Gaels up against Intermediate Champions St Kiernans. The game was competitive all through but it finished with the 'Gaels shading victory on a scoreline of 1-10 (13) to 1-07 (10). London GAA [...]
