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

Ligue Bretonne de Football Gaélique logo.

The semi finals of the Brittany Football Cup were held this weekend and these are the results.
(Les demi-finales de la Coupe de Bretagne de Football Gaélique ont eu lieu ce week-end et ont donné les résultats suivants)

A Brest, le samedi 28 janvier 2012
BREST [15] 4-3  ST-BRIEUC/PORDIC [14 ] 1-11

Referee (Arbitrage ) Florian Lannuzel (Liffré)

A Guérande, le dimanche 29 janvier 2012 :
GUERANDE  [15] 4-3  LIFFRE [34] 6-16

Referee (Arbitrage) Phil Cornilleau (Liffré)

Two teams, Dasey’s Midnight Runners and The Moves Like badger, are made up of mostly local Kiwi players and they recorded impressive first wins on Wednesday evening.

Also going well after the second round are The Garage, An Su and Hankey St Bears and here to fill us in on the action, the results and also talk about the intriguing sporting landscape in the city is Wellington GAA Chairman and former Dr Crokes player, Donal Kavanagh.

 
Listen here: 11:35

Ligue Bretonne de Football Gaélique logo.

The French revolution in ‘Football Gaelique’ continues this weekend in Brittany, France with the semi finales of the 2011/2012 Coupe de Bretagne de football gaélique.

The first semi final takes place this afternoon at 14:30pm (CET) in Brest, between hosts Brest and neighbors, St Brieuc, while the second semi sees high flying Guerande at home to four time Brittany Championship winner, Liffre.

Here to talk about both semi finals is Nantes GFC player and official, Dimitri Martin and Brest secretary and player, Ronan Kerleo.

Listen here: 11:21

NOTE: Watch out for report on Week 2 of Summer ’12 Mixed 7s from Wellington, NZ and also this weekend a chat with the folks at INDY HURLING about their big SUPER BOWL exhibition on Tuesday night, Jan 31 in downtown, Indianapolis, IN.

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.

Former London GAA Chairman and newly appointed London Minor Board head, Tommy Harrell talks about the event in today’s podcast.
He also looks back on last weekend’s All Ireland Intermediate Club Semi Final loss by London hurling champion’s, Robert Emmets and on London footballers new FBD campaign while also examining London hurlers chances for the season.

Listen here: 15:09

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

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Last Wednesday evening the Summer ’12 Mixed Gaelic Football Sevens threw-in with 12 teams competing in this five week seven a-side first competition of the year at Ian Galloway Park, Wellington.

The Garage who won the league before Christmas were back in action and here tell us how they got on and talk about the highlights from Week 1, including a new hurling initiative, is Wellington GAA Chairman, Donal Kavanagh.
Donal’s guest this week  is departing club secretary and Tipperary native, Gareth Lynch.

Listen here: 19:16

Ligue Bretonne de Football Gaélique logo.

Gaelic football folks ‘en Bretagne’ or in Brittany, France waste no time when it comes to getting back in there playing as their 2011/2012 Championnat de Bretagne de Football Gaélique is already up and running.

Over the past several years, an explosion of Gaelic football or football gaelique teams has sprouted in this northwest corner of France with nine teams in competition today.
Teams hail from all over the Bretagne region, from Nantes in the south to St Brieuc in the north coast, but the thing that’s most impressive is that most are new clubs formed within the last five years and are made up of almost all French players.

The main competition, Le Championnat de Bretagne de Football Gaélique began life back in 2005 and since that time has been growing stronger each season with new teams joining the league.

The dominant force in ‘football gaelique’ over the past number of years has been the team from Liffré who have won the last four championships and this year are on track to make it five-in-a-row as they lead the table after three rounds with 38 points.

Runners-up last year, Nantes are in second place on 30 points and will be determined to gain revenge while Vannes, who are in third spot, will also be hoping to do well based on their good showing at their home tournament before Christmas..

While the next round of the Championnat de Bretagne de Football Gaélique takes place on St Patricks Day, March 17, 2012 at Guerande, there is also a secondary competition in Brittany, the Bretagne Cup.
This Saturday, Jan 7 at 2.30pm at the Stade du Petit Bretagne sees hosts, Nantes take on Guerande in the Quart de Finale de la Coupe de Bretagne.

Bretagne also play a secondary competition

Championnat de Bretagne de Football Gaélique Standings 2011/2012 

NOTE: Across top venues; on side teams. (No podcast with this post).

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.

                                

HAPPY CHRISTMAS

Listeners and Website  Visitors

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

The Garage - Wellington GAA MIxed Summer Sevens 2011 champions. (Photo courtesy of Wellington GAA).

It turned out to be another great day for Gaelic football in New Zealand today as this afternoon under brilliant sunshine, a fine local crowd witnessed some splendid competitive action at the finals of this year’s Wellington GAA Mixed Summer Sevens in Ian Galloway Park where The Garage extended their unbeaten run to take victory.

Two very exciting semi finals saw the new champions overcome Marty Morrissey by five points in the first, while in the second semi a thriller came down to the wire with Darryl’s Demons upsetting the other hotpot and unbeaten Wheelbarrow Wheelers by a point with the last kick of the game.

The final threw up another great game with a flurry of first half scores and a late goal sealing victory for The Garage against a tenacious ‘Demons outfit.

Here to tell us about the finals is Wellington GAA President, Donal Kavanagh who speaks to us from the tournament and coverage sponsors, The Establishment Bar in downtown Wellington where he is joined by the winning captain Darragh Curley. We also get to hear from players, Grainne, Stephen, Seamus and Mary Ann.

Listen here: 31:40

Going into the last round of the regular ‘Sevens schedule, Group A saw Murphy’s Law 7pm with a chance of joining  The Garage out of their pool, however, they faced their Group leaders on Wednesday night and despite their early promise in the tournament were well beaten by a score of [24] 4-12 to [11] 3-2.
Darryl’s Demons was another side in with a chance to make the finals and they seized their opportunity with both hands with a comfortable win over Clonbony Wolfhounds.

In Group B meanwhile, Al’s A Team, The Gazelles and Marty Morrissey were all vying for that all important second spot and as it turned out Al’s’ and Marty’ were paired together in the final round and it was the Clare Cork combo that Marty’ himself would be proud that took the game on a scoreline of [11] 3-2 [3] 1-0.
The Gazelles however didn’t make the most of their chances when disappointing against lively Cu Chulainn Hounds.

So the semi finals placements for Sunday at Ian Galloway Park are:

Semi Final 1  – The Garage v Marty Morrissey
Semi Final 2 – Wheelbarrow Wheelers v Darryl’s Demons

Final Table & Round 7 Results here: http://www.wellingtongaa.com/7s-fixtures–results.html

NOTE: No podcast with this post.
Watch out for finals podcast on Sunday.

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

This Wednesday night sees the last round of the ‘Summer Sevens before the finals on Sunday, and some very interesting matches should command a good crowd.

Two teams stand out at this juncture with Pool A’s unbeaten leader’s, The Garage already through to the semi finals, as are Pool B’s impressive table toppers, Wheelbarrow Wheelers.

Here to talk about who could be joining them in the finals is Wellington GAA President, Donal Kavanagh and guest this week, Gaelic football newcomer and top local New Zealand rugby referee, Scott McLean.

Listen here: 23:50

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All Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Quarter Final
@Ruislip, London

Robert Emmetts (London) [15]  1-12 Moycullen (Galway) [13] 2-7

All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Quarter Final
@Pairc na hEireann, Birmingham

Fullen Gaels (Warwickshire) [21] 4-9 Burt (Donegal) [10] 1-7

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

Last night’s limited calendar saw The Gazelles up against The Badgers, Su Oraiste taking on The Garage and in the game of the evening, Clonbony Wolfhounds versus impressive, Murphy’s Law 7pm.

Here to take us through the action is Wellington GAA President, Donal Kavanagh and special guest, Dub’ Eoin ‘Brogie’ Darby.

Listen here: 24:43

The popularity of the once indigenous sports is spreading beyond Irish cultural boundaries with one of the newer  clubs formed in the middle of the Indian and Pacific oceans on the island wilderness of Tasmania.

The Tasmanian Gaelic Football and Hurling Association began life in 2007 on the island’s capital of Hobart and ever since has been building up a home grown culture of Gaelic Sports that sees a growing base of almost all local players.

In our podcast today, GaelicSportsCast speaks to the President of the Tasmanian Gaelic Football and Hurling Association, Sean O’Moore about how Gaelic football is making an impact on the sporting landscape of the island.

Listen here: 22:05

Murphy's Law 7pm team going well in this year's Wellington Mixed Summer Sevens. Back row: Martin O'Shea, Deirdre McShane, Carol Griffen, Tracey Kane, Kevin Fitzgerald, and Declan Rynne. Front row: Tomas Harty, Andrea Byrne, Maurice Hartnett, and Robbie English. (Photo courtesy of Wellington GAA, NZ).

Despite the best efforts of wet weather, the Wellington Mixed Summer Sevens is in full swing with this Wednesday and Thursday nights action very competitive at Ian Galloway Park in Wellington, New Zealand.

The schedule was curtailed on Wednesday evening as rain saw just three games being played with The Gazelles v Hill 16 the pick of the night and best game to date.
Meanwhile, the team that caught the eye that evening was Murphy’s Law 7pm in their win over Darryls Demons.

On Thursday a mammoth seven games packed the programme with Al’s A Team and Wheelbarrow Wheelers also impressing.

Here to tell us all about this week’s Round 3 action is Wellington GAA President, Donal Kavanagh.

He is joined by two guests on the podcast, tournament organizer and Cork native, Trevor O’Halloran, and special visitor from Dr. Crokes in Kerry, Donal’s father, Sean.

Listen here: 19:55

In the Mallarkey Cup Final on Saturday,  St Anthony’s were trying to add to their recent McCardle Cup win but standing in there way was the more fancied Division 2 finalists and London Junior champions, St Joseph’s.

The McCullough Cup decider saw a repeat of this year’s hurling intermediate final with Fulham Irish out for revenge when taking on champion’s, Michael Cusacks.

And, in the U21 Football Championship Final, the club that has dominated the grade in recent years, St Kiernans were hoping for their fourth title in a row.

To tell us how it all turned out is London GAA Chairman, Tommy Harrell.

Listen here: 14:36

The tournament took place in Limerick as part of the city’s European City of Sport designation and was a source of immense pride for both the European GAA administration and players, many of whom had never kicked a ball in Ireland before.

With 26 teams in action from all across the Continent in the mens and ladies championship, as well as the mens shield, the standard was very competitive and the tournament turned out to be a great success.

Here to look back on the competition with GaelicSportsCast is European GAA Secretary, Tony Bass.

Listen here: 29:29

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/