Posts Tagged ‘gaa’
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 [...]
Easy in end for Berkeley but UC Davis show improvement
In the 3rd round of this year's Northern California Collegiate Hurling Championship at San Francisco GAA headquarters, Treasure Island on Saturday, champions University of California Berkeley - known locally as Cal - despite going behind early went on to record an emphatic victory of 51 (11-18) to 7 (1-04) over this year's rookie outfit UC Davis [...]
#189 It’s …T Shirt Time in Wellington!
Two strong second half performances in the semi final and final proved decisive for T Shirt Time as they took victory in Wellington GAA's first Mixed Gaelic Football Sevens tournament of the year last night at Ian Galloway Park, Wellington, New Zealand. It was another fine evening for the folks in Wellington, not only weather wise, but that [...]
#188 US college boss supports International GAA approach
Following a statement by Member of European Parliament (MEP) and former GAA President Sean Kelly, calling for new thinking in how the GAA is structured globally, Eamonn Gormley chairman of the recently formed National Collegiate GAA of America, thinks that the time for a more world-centered GAA may be at hand. The Belgium GAA AGM was held last [...]
#186 Queensland GAA left devastated by floods, world appeal launched
Queensland GAA's home grounds in Brisbane, Australia have been devastated by the recent flooding in the region. After the waters subsided, the local GAA community were left reeling when they got their first sight of the scale of the damage inflicted by the terrible and massive flooding. While the clubhouse building hasn't suffered any apparent [...]
183 – ‘Crossmaglen get close call in London, Dicksboro march on
Armagh and Ulster Senior football club champions, Crossmaglen Rangers were pushed all the way by game London senior champions, Neasden Gaels in the All Ireland Senior Club Championship Football Quarter Final at Ruislip, London this afternoon. After an even start to the contest, The Cross pushed into a narrow lead towards the end of the first half [...]
#182 UC Davis join California college hurling circuit
Today marks another watershed for Gaelic sports as the University of California Davis for the first time in the history of the college enters a hurling team into sporting competition. At 12 noon today (PST) in the home of Gaelic games at Treasure Island in San Francisco, history will be made when UC Davis march out onto the field to play [...]
#175 Clonbony’ and ‘Garage make semis
Last night in Wellington, NZ at the final round of the Mixed Gaelic Sevens, it was all about which two teams would join front runners Kelly's Knights and Welly's Wellies for a place in the semi finals of this year's competition at Ian Galloway Park on Sunday. In Group A, the decisive game for second place was between the fancied Flannagan's [...]
#172 ‘Flyers and ‘Wellies lead way in Wellington
Despite the windy conditions last night in Wellington, NZ, Round 3 of this year's Mixed Gaelic Football Sevens went off without a hitch with another exciting evening of football. In Group A, we saw the game of the night between The Garage and Kelly's Knights. The match produced some fine football throughout with the pair having to settle for a [...]
#169 Transport Gaels thriving after 125 years
The Transport Gaels legacy as a GAA club in Dublin is one that is little known yet its foundation goes back to the very beginning of the Gaelic Athletic Association. Today, under the umbrella of the CIE Group, the Gael's draw Gaelic footballers from Dublin Bus, Bus Eireann, and Irish Rail. Dublin transport teams began life in 1886 when workers at [...]
