Posts Tagged ‘vancouver’
# 538 Shamrocks grab first win in Vancouver
Persistence they say is a virtue and no where is that inkling more evident than in Ladies Gaelic Football as last week's performance in the Vancouver Ladies Football League, by the yet-to-win Shamrocks, was further testament to the never-say-die attitude in ladies football. Vancouver GAA Vice President Ronan Deane reports on last week's action [...]
# 530 Wins for JP’s and Celts as new men’s championship takesoff in Vancouver
Week 4 of the Ladies Vanvouver Gaelic Football League saw the start of Round 2 of the Round Robin competition on Thursday with leaders JP Ryans and Vancouver Celts again impressing, and on Saturday we had the very first action in the inaugural Vancouver Men's Gaelic Football Championship. In the Podcast, Vancouver GAA Vice President Ronan Deane [...]
#522 JP’s leader in Vancouver League
A top of the table clash last week saw JP Ryan's coming out victors over Harps to take outright lead in this year's Vancouver GAA Ladies League. In the Podcast, Vancouver GAA Vice President Ronan Deane takes us through Thursday nights action with post match comments from Vancouver Shamrock's Katie McKay and JP's Canadian born Jenny Cheng. [...]
# 507 Vancouver GAA season opens with new team
Last Thursday at Stanley Park signaled a new season for the Vancouver GAA with the Ladies League kicking things off for the Canadian summer. In the Podcast, Vancouver GAA Vice President Ronan Deane, tells us about a new team in the mix this year and the opening round of the Alberta Cup at Forth McMurray on Saturday. 13:56
# 409 Vancouver teams tops in Western Canada
Though in the shade (with coach Ronan Deane) Vancouver ISSC’s Celts shone brightly on the field when winning the recent Ladies Senior Football Western Canada Championship in Vancouver. (Photo courtesy of Roan Deane). This year's Western Canada GAA Football Championships took place recently in Vancouver and it was the hosts' who came away with [...]
#365 JP Ryans get revenge in Vancouver, Edmonton win Alberta Cup Round 1
In last Thursday night's Round 3 of the Vancouver Ladies Football League in British Columbia Canada, JP Ryans got a measure of revenge for a recent loss to the Harps in a newly structured competition format. While further north at Fort McMurray in the first round of the 2012 Alberta Cup, last year's champs Edmonton do the business. In today's [...]
Podcast schedule
GaelicSportsCast brings you Podcasts from Sydney, Brisbane and Vancouver today Monday June 4, 2012. Sydney @ 12.30pm GMT Brisbane @ 3.30pm GMT Vancouver Canada @ 6pm GMT
# 340 Vancouver ladies football championship underway tonight
The Vancouver GAA season gets underway this evening Thursday May 24, with the start of the Ladies Football Championship at Stanley Park in the city. On account of a growing number of players - not only Irish immigrants but International and Canadian players as well - a new league format sees clubs divided into six smaller teams at Junior [...]
#204 Canada GAA readies for immigrant influx
With some 5000 working visas expected to be issued to Irish immigrants to Canada this year, it's no great surprise that accommodating the influx of potentially new Gaelic sports players was high on the agenda at the recent Canada GAA AGM. The convention was held at the end of February in Ajax, Ontario, with delagates from the five provinces [...]
#20 Recent Irish Immigrants in Canada swelling club ranks
As Vancouver gets ready this evening to open the Winter Olympics, GaelicSportsCast sampled the atmosphere late Wednesday night when talking over Skype to Canada GAA Secretary, John O'Flynn about the recent influx of Irish migrants to Canada and what it might mean for GAA clubs across this vast northern land. Mr O'Flynn also spoke about the hopes [...]
