GaelicSportsCast

New NSW Football champions celebrate their victory Sunday at Scruffy Murphy's Bar. (Photo courtesy of Cormac McAnallens GAC Facebook). It was a big day at Monarch Fields in Sydney on Sunday as it was NSW GAA Championship Finals time with no less than three teams in all four codes looking to add championship titles to league honours garnered earlier in the season. In Mens and Ladies senior football, Cormac McAnallens were looking to add to their league success, Michael Cusacks were looking to do likewise in their hurling clash with fierce rivals and 2011 championship victors’ Sydney Shamrocks, while in Camogie league winners Central Coast were also looking to get on the double. GaelicSportsCast spoke with Joint NSW GAA PRO Micheal O’Laochdha, and guests Tyrone man Emmet McKenna of McAnallens and Dublin native and Cusack’s Gearoid Keogh, who gave us the details from championhip podcast sponsor’s Scruffy Murphy’s Bar in the heart of Sydney. 22:56  

It’s that time of the year again when the North American GAA National Finals take place and this time around all roads lead to that grand old city, Philadelphia. The North American County Board (NACB) was founded back in Philly in 1959 and it’s only fitting that the Nationals should come calling home once in a while. The games run over three days starting on Friday August 31 and involves teams from every corner of America. To give us a sense of the occasion we speak to NACB GAA PRO Tim Flanagan. 14:05

Fulham Irish, pictured here after their first London Championship victory last year, added to their achievements last Saturday when winning the Tipperary Cup in London. (Photo courtesy of Fulham Irish Club). Last year’s London senior football champions Fulham Irish showed that their victory was no fluke as they beat the form team Tir Chonaill Gaels on Saturday to take the first major trophy of this year, the Tipperary Cup. The game turned out to be a thriller and to take us through it and the rest of the weekend’s schedule, which turned out to be a limited one, is London GAA PRO Declan Flanagan. 15:53    

If you are a follower of Gaelic Sports in Sydney, Monarch Fields was the place to be on Sunday as the much anticipated semi finals of this year’s NSW GAA Championships were down for decision. Teams in all four codes in mens and ladies football as well as hurling and camogie were all vying for final places in two weeks time and here to give us a report on the day’s action is Joint NSW PRO Micheal O’Laochdha. 18:41    

Tir Chonaill Gaels team photo ahead of their clash with Kingdom Kerry Gaels last Sunday at Ruislip, London (Photo courtesy of Declan Flanagan). As the athletes of the world were getting ready to bid farewell to the Olympics last weekend, London GAA was upping the antic with last round games in the men’s senior football championship and important games also in senior hurling down for decision. Tir Chonaill Gaels have looked the form team in football all season while in hurling Kilburn Gaels have also looked the one’s to beat. Both were in action over the weekend and here to tell us how they got on and give us the rest of results is London GAA PRO Declan Flanagan. 16:15

At Gaelic Park Willawong in Brisbane over the weekend three Queensland GAA League titles were decided with a fourth having to wait until midweek before a winner is declared. Going into this weekend John Mitchell’s were in a strong position to take the ladies football title, Tara were favorites to take the Camogie league, in hurling Na Fianna had already sealed victory, but the mens division 1 football race was still alive with East Celts taking on Harps on Sunday. Here to tell us how that game went along with the rest of the weekend’s action is Australasian and Queensland GAA President Seamus Sullivan. 16:48   NOTE: No NSW Podcast this weekend as Holiday Break in Sydney.

In today’s podcast we check in on the latest London GAA news, results and weekend schedules in all the major competitions with PRO Declan Flanagan.  

Players from Stockholm, Tallinn and Helsinki with the Irish and Estonian flags at last weekend's Tallinn Tournament. (Photo courtesy of Europe GAA). Today GaelicSportsCast takes its weekly look at Europe GAA on and off the field with PRO Brian Clerkin. On the slate is a report from the recent Tallinn Tournament, how Europe’s Poc Fada representative faced difficulties in the Cooley Mountains of County Louth, the first coaching session for the all new hurling club in Cologne Germany, and a look ahead to this Saturday’s August 11 Maastricht Hurling Sevens. 18:07

Following Sunday’s Queensland GAA League action at Willawong’s Gaelic Park in Brisbane, Australia we can now safely say that Na Fianna are the hurling league winners and that Souths have taken the Division 2 Men’s Football title. However there is still a bit of housekeeping to do in the men’s and ladies Division 1 Football as well as in Camogie. Here to tell us the tail of Sunday’s action is the chairman of the Queensland and Australasia GAA Seamus Sullivan.   16:00   NOTE: Queensland GAA Camogie results from Saturday, will be updated here when to hand.

It was crunch time in the New South Wales GAA Championship yesterday at Monarch Fields as four teams in all four codes in the final round in regulation were striving to make it into this year’s semi finals. Here to take us through Sunday’s action is NSW GAA Joint PRO Sean Grogran. 21:16

It was a busy weekend of London GAA last Saturday and Sunday with round 2 action in the mens senior football and hurling championship. The highlight game in senior football saw a clash of last year’s league winners Kingdom Kerry Gaels up against championship victors Fulham Irish, while in hurling high flying Kilburn Gaels were taking on holders’ Robert Emmetts. To tell us how things turned out is London GAA PRO Declan Flanagan. 19:16  

In our second podcast today we find out the latest from the Queensland GAA League at Gaelic Park, Willawong Brisbane. Sunday saw two games in men’s senior football, division 2 football, one game in hurling and a further game in ladies football the result of which ended in a shock. Here to fill us in on that game and the rest of the action, is Australasia and Queensland GAA President Seamus Sullivan.   20:24 NOTE: Europe Podcast changed to Thursday this week.

On Sunday we had the second last round of the 2012 NSW GAA Championship regular schedule with very important games on the card, two of which were repeats of recent league finals. With the semi finals around the corner, each team was trying to place themselves in a good position, and here to tell us how everyone fared at Monarch Fields yesterday is NSW Joint PRO Micheal O’ Laochdha.   20:11        

The first round of the Toronto Mens Senior Football Championship took place last weekend with the team to beat this year in action, league table-topper’s St. Mikes. In the first game of the day at Centennial Park Sunday, Mikes took on Durham, who had a respectable league campaign, while the second clash pitted the evenly matched St. Pats v Brampton. Here to tell us the details of each game, look ahead to this weekend’s championship schedule and hurling & camogie games, is Toronto GAA PRO Ross McElhone.   14:51

Ten teams took to the field at Brown Deer Park last Sunday with several needing to win to stand a chance of making it into the Milwaukee Hurling League Playoffs. Last weekend’s action spelled the second last round of games in regulation and here to tell us about how teams fared is Milwaukee Hurling Club PRO Andy McKee. 16:52