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).

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Action from the Boston Galway versus St Christophers clash last Sunday at Canton. (Photo by Rory O'Donnell).

With this year’s Boston Northeast GAA Championship coming down to the wire as just two weekends are left before the ‘Playoffs, it was no surprise that we had some very competitive games last weekend with Galway footballers showing they could be a danger yet to one and all.

Lying in the middle of the table and having had come close on a few occasions, Boston Galway had a great win on Sunday over 2009 champs St Christophers.
Only a point separated them in the end with the winning score coming from Sligo countyman, David Kelly, whose arrival should be a big boost for the men in maroon!

Meanwhile in other senior football action Connamara Gaels held off Mayo, Kerry defeated Armagh Notre Dame while Wolfe Tones beat Cork.

In hurling action we had another thriller, this time between third place Tipperary and bottom of the table Galway.
A last gasp goal saw Tipp salvage a draw against a very lively Galway.

To find out the details of the action and to learn what it all means as we near the end of the regular season, GaelicSportsCast spoke earlier today with Boston Northeast GAA PRO, Rory O’Donnell.

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Boston Northeast Championships Results July 16-17, 2011

Boston North East GAA Chairman, John Farrell presents The Ladies Senior Football Championship Cup to Tir na nOg captain, Sinead Bannon. Sinead is a graduate of the Irish Sports Youth League. (Photo by Rory O'Donnell).

That storied mens football club in Boston, Aidan McAnespies is putting in one hell of a senior football campaign this year as with three rounds left to play before the playoffs they are the only team to remain unbeaten and lead the Boston Northeast Football Championship.

McAnespies had a convincing win over arch rivals Donegal over the weekend, while in other action St Christophers had a good win over struggling Shannon Blues.
Second place Connemara Gaels were held to a draw by Kerry, and Galway had an important win over Mayo.

In the final game of the three game series in the Ladies Football Championship, last year’s champions Tir na nOg proved too strong once more for Boston Shamrocks and as a result of taking three out of three, Tir na nOg are crowned 2011 champions.

In hurling meanwhile, Fr Tom’s beat Galway in a thriller on Saturday while on Sunday, Boston Wexford held on to beat Tipperary.

In Junior C Hurling action Portland beat Worcester to go top of the table.

Here to fill us in on the latest from Boston is Northeast GAA PRO, Rory O’Donnell.

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Boston Northeast Championships Results, July 9-10

NOTE: Watch for new weekly podcasts coming from Chicago and Toronto, Canada.

After last Sunday's cancellation, will there be blue skies once more at Mono Park for this year's league finals? (Photo by Mark McGuinness).

More bad weather has hit this years New South Wales (NSW) GAA schedule, as the league finals fixed for last Sunday had to be called off due to heavy rains.

Bad weather has plagued the GAA in Sydney this year as early in the season several weekends were lost to the elements while a couple of weeks ago the final round of the league was also scuppered due to heavy downpours.

The league finals are rescheduled for this Sunday and officials are hopeful that the Mono Park venue will be playable this time around.

Happy faces all-round for Boston Wexford hurlers last Sunday after winning the 2011 Sheehan Cup at Canton, MA. (Photo by Rory O'Donnell).

The folks in Boston are getting plenty of value for money these days as there was more thrilling Gaelic sports action at Canton, MA over the weekend.

Two of the three senior football championship matches turned out to be crackers, while in hurling the final of the early season competition, the Sheehan Cup, produced an exciting come from behind win.
In that game, Fr Tom Burke’s looked to have done enough but Wexford came back with a late surge to take the cup by a single point.

In men’s football, unbeaten Wolfe Tones and Connemara Gaels played out a thrilling draw, while Shannon Blues edged out Mayo.
Meanwhile, champions from 2009, St Christopher’s got their season off to winning ways with an impressive performance over Armagh Notre Dame.

Here to tell us about all the action is Boston GAA reporter and Northeast GAA PRO, Rory O’Donnell.

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Boston Northeast Division Championships Results & Table June 5, 2011

London footballers nearly caused the shock of the young 2011 Senior Football Championship when almost toppling visitors Mayo two weekends ago, while last Sunday at Croke Park, the hurlers aided by quality new arrivals, impressed when comfortably beating Louth to take this year’s Nicky Rackard Cup.

Here to talk about those games and the influence of the new players, and, fill us in on club action, is London GAA Chairman, Tommy Harrell.

Warwickshire midfielder, Shane O'Hanlon on the attack against Leitrim in Round 2B of the Lory Meagher Cup at Carrick-on-Shannon.

Warwickshire hurlers proved too much for a battling Leitrim side at Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon yesterday when taking Round 2 B of this year’s Lory Meagher Cup.
The boys from Warwickshire got off to a sluggish start, perhaps due to their arrival that morning by plane (and returned that evening) from the West Midlands region of England, but their first score of the game, a goal after 14 minutes got them on their way.
Warwickshire led by two goals at half time and though Leitrim pulled back arrears to three by the 46th minute mark, the home side were unable to reduce the deficit further. 
Warwickshire’s third goal came soon after and from there they never really looked in danger and went on to win by [23] 4-11 to [17] 2-11.

Listen to a full report on the match by GaelicSportsCast here:

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Division 1 Football Championship
Napier, John Moores, Hope, St Mary’s Strawberry Hill, Newcastle, Robert Gordons, Dundee, and Northumbria University

Results to hand for Div 1
Liverpool John Moores 42 [8-18] Newcastle 5 [0-05]
Liverpool Hope  19 [3-10] St Marys Strawberry Hill 7 [2-01]
Robert Gordon 18 [1 -15] Dundee 9 [0-09]
Napier 8 [0-08] Northumbria University [1-04]

Championship Semi finals
Liverpool Hope v John Moores University
Rorbert Gordons University Aberdeen v Napier

(Report Coilin Duffy).

UC Davis Hurling Team (Photo courtesy of UC Davis Hurling Facebook).

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 Stanford in the first game of the 2011 Northern Collegiate Hurling Championship.
The past two years has seen Stanford, the inaugural winners of the competition, and last year’s victors, Berkeley, play each other in a best of three series. However this year, highlighting the sport’s growth throughout the California college system,
the rookies from UC Davis join the battle for college hurling honours.
During the week, GaelicSportsCast spoke to UC Davis ‘Culchies’ Co-Chairperson, James Daly about today’s game and about the hurling scene on this vast campus south of Sacramento.

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Thai GAA men's and ladies teams at the recent South East Asian Games, May 2009

GaelicSportsCast today visits the exotic and beautiful country of Thailand to talk with Thai GAA Chairperson Derryman, John Campbell. Like other GAA clubs in Asia, this newly formed club at times finds it difficult to keep numbers steady in an often transient migrant environment. However, the club has been greatly boosted recently by its successful hosting of the 14th Asian Gaelic Games in October, an event which opened the eyes of the club’s international players to the sincerity and sheer passion of Ireland’s favourite sporting pastimes.

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Hong Kong GAA ladies teams taking a well earned break at the recent Asian Gaelic Games in Bangkok

GaelicSportsCast’s first visit to the land of Dragons and Emperors, China, took place last weekend when we spoke to the new chairman of Hong Kong GAA, Kerryman, Shane Harmon. The former Laune Ranger corner back, looks forward to HK’s hosting of the 2010 Asian Gaelic Games while also keen to sustain the health of the 100 + club despite the to-ings and fro-ings of many an expat player. He also hopes to further enhance Gaelic Games among the International expat community as well as among local and regional peoples, many of home have found a new fondness for Gaelic Football. And…there’s a small bunch of hurlers eager to get the ancient game going in this ancient land!

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