Milwaukee Hurling Club (MHC) the all American player club is the largest hurling club in America and is growing from strength to strength each year.
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Opening Day – 2011
Date: Sun, May 15
Location: Brown Deer Park, Milwaukee, WI

The Madison Hurling Club in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol. (Photo courtesy of the Madison HC).

Wisconsin, the beer producing state of America is quietly brewing another favourite passion, the Gaelic sport of hurling. Over the past several years the city of Madison, the state’s capitol, has seen hurling take root amongst the population of this four lake city much like its eastern neighbour, Milwaukee has seen over the past decade. Founded back in 2006,  the Madison HC, who affiliated with the North American Gaelic Athletic Association (NAGAA) in the Spring, recently received a huge boost when the club did well in their very first North American Playoffs in the Junior C Shield competition in Chicago. Boosted by this achievement, Madison HC hopes to grow membership and is confident the sport of hurling will continue to prosper in Madison in the future. Here to talk to GaelicSportscast about the club are American players, Madison GM Mike Statz and PRO, Michael Stapleton.

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MHC all stick in at the start of the season. (Photo courtesy of MHC).

So this year’s Milwaukee Hurling Club Championship has been whittled down to two following last weekend’s semi finals at Brown Deer Park.  In the first semi final of the day, McBob’s had it all to do as they were paired with Shamrock Club who went into the game with the best record in the league. However, it was the underdogs McBob’s who prevailed in this one running out four point winners with some fine point scoring helping them to victory. In the second semi final little separated Packy’s and Track’s going into the game and so it was on the field on Sunday as an exciting encounter produced the game of the season. Holding a narrow lead at half time, Tracks pushed on to increase the margin to 4 in the final quarter, however, Packy’s produced a great late rally of a goal and two points, and, from there they never looked back winning by four. Here to tell us about both games is MHC’s, Karen Fink.

MHC Semi Final Results
McBob’s 2-09 (15) Shamrock Club 1-08 (11)
Packy’s 2-11 (17) Track’s 2-07 (13)

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NOTE on San Francisco reports: GaelicSportsCast has not been able to get a report from San Fran GAA of late.

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Milwaukee Hurling Championship Playoff Quarter Final Results

Recent MHC action between Shamrock' and Trinity showing American passion for the game. (Photo by Alissa Kuether).

Coming to you a little later than our normal slot of Wednesday evening, we bring you all the latest from the shores of Lake Michigan where the Milwaukee Hurling Club (MHC) League entered Week 7 last weekend. There were four games down for decision last Sunday with the clash between Tracks (4-1) and Co Clare (3-2) one of the highlights of the day as the game had to be decided by OT. Milwaukee seems to have caught the red card bug that has been lately doin’ the rounds in America, as the decisive point in the game came when Co Clare had a player sent to the line and the extra man made the difference in the end for Tracks. In another nail biter, The Irish Pub’s (1-4) defense proved too much for battling Ale House (1-5) with the former coming out three point winners in the end. To tell us about the action is MHC official, Karen Fink.

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Milwaukee Hurling Championship RD 7 Results, July 11, 2010

Wet conditions made life difficult at Brown Deer Park last weekend. (Photo by Michelle Miksch).

It was a day of shocks in the Milwaukee Hurling Club (MHC) League last Sunday at Brown Deer Park. Mother nature with thunder storms did her best to disrupt matters but the hardy folks by Lake Michigan braved the day and what a day it turned out to be. Tracks with a healthy record of 3-1 went into their game as underdogs with unbeaten Shamrock Club and in a very competitive affair, it was the less fancied Tracks who pulled off the surprise of the day with a 1 point win. There were further surprises as Brocach and Ale House, with no wins to their name, showed plenty of steel to grab their first victories of the season. To tell us about the action is MHC’s Karen Fink.

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Milwaukee Hurling Championship RD 6 Results, June 27,2010

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Milwaukee Hurling Championship RD 5 Results & Standings, June 20, 2010

Round 4 of the Milwaukee Hurling Club Championship last weekend provided plenty of exciting action with an upset thrown in for good measure at Brown Deer Park. Slim McGinns were 1-2 going into their game against  3-0 McBob’s, however, the underdogs overturned the favourites by 21 points to 17.  To add to the day’s entertainment, two more games went to overtime with Co Clare and Tracks coming out on top in the end over Trinity and Brocach respectively. So approaching the halfway mark in this 10 round championship season, the Shamrock Club (4-0) is looking strong being the only ubeaten team. Here to tell us all about Rd 3 and Rd 4 is MHC’s Karen Fink.

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Milwaukee Hurling Championship Results R3 and Rd 4

'Woman Power' on display at Milwaukee Hurling Club's opener. (Photo courtesy of MHC).

Round 2 of the Milwaukee Hurling Club League saw hot and humid conditions from the early morning last Sunday at Brown Deer Park.  Conditions made it very difficult for some but McBob’s and Shamrock Club thrived with impressive wins and they now lead this 10 team league with two wins each. Later when things cooled off there was some very exciting fare, especially Packy’s one point win over Slim McGinn’s. In  another nailbiter with the last puck of the game, Co Clare won a very exiting contest against Brocach. To tell us all about the day is MHC’s Karen Fink.

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Milwaukee Hurling League Round 2 Results & Standings, May 23, 2010

MHC Opening Day 'all player stick-in' (Photo courtesy of MHC Facebook).

The largest GAA and hurling club in America, the Milwaukee Hurling Club (MHC) got its season off to a flying start last weekend when a huge crowd turned out for Opening Day at Kletzsch Park. The MHC have added a new adult team to their league this year to make it 10 teams vying for honours so things promise to be very competitive this summer in Milwaukee hurling circles. Here to tell us all about the big day is MHC Administrative C0-Ordinator, Karen Fink.

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Milwaukee Hurling Club. (Photo courtesy of MHC).

Tonight is the big night for the Milwaukee Hurling Club (MHC) as it’s time once more for the annual Hurling Draft. Over the course of 8 hours this evening, some 200 adult players will be organised into 10 teams for the forthcoming season which gets underway in a little over a weeks time. Telling GaelicSportCast about the big night as well as the season ahead is MHC’s Hurling Operations Administrator, Dave Olson.

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In 2007, current GAA President Christy Cooney (back, second from right), and former President Nickey Brennan (front, second left) paid a visit to Milwaukee Hurling Club. Dave Olson is seated in the front row between Mr Brennan and former NACB Chairman, Tommy Dolan.

Since coming into existence over a decade and a half ago, the Milwaukee Hurling Club’s rise to prominence is something of a sporting phenomenon as it has become the single biggest hurling club in America. Dave Olson, a founder member of the club, today speaks with GaelicSportsCast about how it all began, the club’s intriguing approach on and off the field and about his new role as Hurling Development Officer as well as his hopes for the future of hurling in America.