Posts Tagged ‘hurling’
#233 – Favourites on course in NSW GAA League
Despite the best efforts of mother nature, scuppering two weekends of Gaelic sports in Sydney over the past number of weeks, this year's New South Wales (NSW) GAA League action has gone according to plan for all the top fancies. Last year's football champion's, Michael Cusacks lead the way in their table and look the team to beat once [...]
#230 Indy take first national hurling title
This weekend's first ever US National College Hurling Championships ended in a triumph for the young hurlers from Indiana University when they overcame UC Berkeley in a thrilling final yesterday at Gaelic Park, Chicago. After stormy weather had interrupted Day 1 late Saturday evening, Sunday morning saw Indy account for Purdue in Game 3 on a [...]
#229 Thrilling college ‘Nationals Day 1
Day 1 of the first ever US National Collegiate Hurling finals saw some thrilling action yesterday at Gaelic Park in Chicago. In Game 1 of a seven-side round robbin format in the historic competition, UC Berkeley from California, took on Indiana University and in an exciting game, the midwest team of Indy edged home by a single point 3-08 to [...]
#228 Historic US Colleges Hurling Championships this weekend
It promises to be an historic weekend for Gaelic sports and the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in America this week as the first ever National Collegiate Hurling finals take place this Memorial Day weekend, May 28-29. The birth of hurling at US college level has slowly been taking place over the past 3 years on America's West Coast, [...]
#226 Good start for football champs as Wexford hurlers into Sheehan final
On account of almost all games being rained out the prior week, this weekend at Canton, Boston MA saw a host of senior football championship first round games and Sheehan Cup hurling action pack a busy fixtures calender. The game of the weekend in senior football turned out to be the clash between Connamara Gaels and Shannon Blues' with the [...]
#225 Denver Gaels break new ground in the Rockies
The Denver Gaels GAA Club has taken Gaelic sports to a place where they have never been before. Last month, the Gaels played a half time exhibition game during a US college rugby match at Infinity Park stadium, the brand new Municipal Rugby ground in Glendale Denver, Colorado. This stadium is one of the premier rugby venues in America and [...]
McAnespies take season’s first title
One of the strongest senior football clubs in Boston, if not America, Aidan McAnespies showed again why they are a force as they crushed Boston Wolfe Tones last Sunday to take the first US Northeast competition of the season, the O'Brien Cup. The 'Tones had been putting in some impressive performances early on in the young season and looked like [...]
#224 McAnespies and ‘Tones in first Boston final
This afternoon at the GAA grounds in Canton, Massachusetts, sees the first final of the new US Northeast Division season when Aidan McAnespies take on Boston Wolf Tones in the O'Brien Cup final. The new season began three weeks ago with the start of the O'Brien Cup, and Wolfe Tones have looked impressive in getting to the final. Their [...]
#223 Great Luxembourg tourno as Den Hague open European hurling championship
European hurlers and camogie players are looking forward to this weekend with no small amount of joy as the start of this year's European Hurling and Camogie Championship takes place in Den Hague, Holland on Saturday, May 7. This is the first of four tournaments in the hurling and camogie circuit and European hurling champions Belgium will [...]
#221 Hoboken ‘Guards’ hurling renaissance
The town of Hoboken, New Jersey, is a virtual puck-out 'cross the Hudson River to New York City. Hoboken has seen many young Irish immigrants arrive in this bustling urban center over the past 25 years but up until last year hadn't witnessed any Gaelic sports history in recent generations. Some 150 years ago however, Hoboken - [...]
