Posts Tagged ‘british universities gaelic football championships’
# 609 British Universities GAA season up and running
This time of year heralds the start of the British Universties GAA season and things are already up and running with games taking place over the past two weekends across the UK. In the Podcast BU GAA Coordinator Ronan McCarthy reports on the action so far and on changes this year to the competitions and structures. [...]
# 451 BU GAA Podcast
The British Universities GAA (BU GAA) regional circuit is nearing a close and last weekend saw important games take place in both men's and ladies Gaelic football. In men's football we had a Division 2 Final in the Midlands, two semi finals in Men's Division 1 in Scotland as well as the final round of games in the Ladies top section with Dundee [...]
# 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 & [...]
# 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 [...]
Teesside impress as Div 3 champs
Report by Ronan McCarthy The BU Division 3 Championships in Birmingham this weekend highlighted the strength of Gaelic Games at British Universities and on the international scene. Starting Saturday, the 'Championships saw 16 teams from across the UK and one from France, in the form of Rennes University, gather to do battle for this year's [...]
Result: British Universities Championships
Men's Division One Final Liverpool Hope 1-8 Liverpool John Moores University 0-9 (after OT). Division 2A Final Glasgow Uni 3-6 Liv John Moores B 1-9 NOTE: Watch out for podcast 'Championship Report from BU chairman, Peter Mossey on Tues Feb 14.
All Liverpool colleges final
It will be an all Liverpool final this year in the British Universities GAA Mens Gaelic Football Championship when reigning champions, Liverpool John Moore's University (LJMU) take on city rival Liverpool Hope University. In the first semi final, champions LJMU had the upper-hand over Londoner's, St Mary's on a scoreline of 0-11 to 1-2, but [...]
#197 John Moores back to winning ways
Liverpool John Moores University, the team that won four UK championships between 2006-2009, returned to winning ways yesterday when taking this year's British Universities Mens Football Championship, beating defending champions Napier University of Edinburgh at Pairc na hEireann, Birmingham. This Division 1 decider produced a thrilling game [...]
Napier and John Moores for final

Napier are set to defend their British Universities GAA Football title today when they take on John Moore's of Liverpool at Pairc na hEireann, Birmingham. In their semi final yesterday, champs Napier University of Edinburgh came out four point winners over Scottish side Robert Gordon's of Aberdeen. In the other Division 1 semi it was an all [...]
Top fancies going well in British Universities championships

After Day 1 of the British Universities Gaelic Football Championships in Birmingham yesterday, all the top teams in Division 1 are still very much in the hunt. Defending champs Edinburgh's Napier University got a fright early on from Northumbria University when scraping home by a single point. Meanwhile, Liverpool John Moores University, last [...]