GaelicSportsCast

In GaelicSportsCast podcast today, London GAA PRO Declan Flanagan tells us about Division 1 Football games played on Tuesday night and about last Sunday’s football cup final decider. He reports on London footballers’ season and also looks ahead to the start of the Senior Hurling Championship this weekend.   NOTE: New ebook on the growth of Hurling in America available on Amazon here and for UK residents here  

Week 6 of the 2012 Milwaukee Hurling League took place at a parched and hot Brown Deer Park in Milwaukee last Sunday with Game 2 between Ale House on 3-1 versus undefeated Packys, the anticipated meeting of the afternoon. Three other games were also on the card and here to tell us about each game is Milwaukee Hurling Club PRO Andy McKee. NOTE: New ebook on the growth of Hurling in America available on Amazon here And, HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY TO ALL AMERICAN GAA CLUBS!

The Stockholm team celebrate their victory over host's Oslo last Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Europe GAA). The second round of the Scandinavian Regional Gaelic Football Championship took place on Saturday in Oslo Norway with three teams in the men’s football (no ladies in this round) taking to the field. Stockholm the holders of this Championship, since it’s inaugural outing three years ago, led the region after Round 1 in April with Oslo a close second and Gothenburg in third spot. All three lined out last Saturday for the Oslo Tournament, and here to fill us in on the action and bring us up to date on the latest news from Europe GAA, is PRO Brian Clerkin. NOTE: Podcast from Milwaukee and London coming up later today. New ebook on the growth of Hurling in America available on Amazon here AND, HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY TO ALL AMERICAN GAA CLUBS!

Sunday proved to be a great day for the clubs of Cormac McAnallens, Michael Cusacks and Central Coast as the former carted off the mens and ladies football titles, Cusacks last minute scores denied rivals Shamrocks, while Coast’s camogie team and mens B footballers performed heroics. Here to tell the story of yesterday’s NSW GAA League Finals at Monarch Fields in Ingleburn Sydney, is NSW PRO Michael O’Laochdha. NOTE: No Podcasts from Vancouver and Queensland as both areas had schedule rain-outs on Thursday and Sunday respectively. New ebook on the growth of Hurling in America available on Amazonhere              

Charleston Hurling Club 2012 It seems that hardly a month passes before yet another new hurling club sprouts up in America. One of the latest arrivals to taste the lure of the ancient game is from the southeast coast city of Charleston in the state of South Carolina. Since late last year American Ryan Shrum and Irish native Brendan Dagg have been building a club one hurler at a time and this spring received a boost when, out of the blue, cadets at the local Citadel Military College decided it was time to join rank at Charleston HC. In the podcast the club’s two co-founders talk about the club’s beginnings, practice sessions, unique promotion efforts and on their first tournament participation recently at Charlotte, North Carolina.   36:39

Week 5 Leaderboard (Note: Irish Pub score should read 4-5). Week 5 of the Milwaukee Hurling League took place at Brown Deer Park on Sunday and by the end of the day’s five game schedule we saw a big shakeup at the top of the Leaderboard while in the “Basement” it got less crowded. To take us through all the action is Milwaukee Hurling PRO Andy McKee. 16:19 NOTE: Podcasts from South Carolina tomorrow Thursday. And ……………………….. New eBook on the growth of Hurling in America will be out this weekend.

London are looking to put their recent narrow defeat to Leitrim in the Connacht Football Championship behind them when Antrim come calling to Ruislip on Saturday for Round 1 of the 2012 All Ireland Championship Qualifiers . This time last year the visitors from Fermanagh got a rude awakening but can London repeat the same trick against Antrim? In the Podcast London GAA PRO Declan Flanagan looks ahead to the big game. 9:09  

Two tournaments took center-stage in Europe on Saturday last with the 5th and final round of the Iberia Mens and Ladies Football Championship in La Coruna on the northwest coast of Spain, while in the political heart of the continent in Brussels Belgium, we had the second last round of the Benelux Championship. Here to fill us in on all the results and how both tournaments turned out is Europe GAA PRO Brian Clerkin. 23:47 Brussels Tournament Results – Round 3 Benelux Championship @ Kituro Rugby Club 2012 Iberia Round 5 Results @ La Coruna, Spain Europe GAA Standings June 28, 2012      

It was a very good weekend for the clubs of Souths, Easts Celts, and Cuchulains on Sunday at Gaelic Park  Willawong with each recording victories in mens and ladies football, and hurling respectively, in this year’s Queensland GAA League. To take us through yesterday’s schedule of games in Brisbane is Queensland GAA President Seamus Sullivan.   14:27

NSW GAA club captains at a photo shoot for promotion of the forthcoming NSW Championship with Sydney's famous Bondi Beach in the background (Photo courtesy of NSW GAA Facebook). This year’s pairings for the 2012 NSW league finals in Sydney have been decided with yesterday’s semi finals in men’s and ladies football throwing up surprises on a day that saw the Clan na Gael club make it into three finals. Here to tell us about the semi final action at Monarch Fields is NSW PRO Michael O’ Laochdha.   17:37  

In the second of our Podcasts today we catch up on the latest from the 2012 Toronto Men’s Senior Football League. St. Mikes have been all dominant in the league to date and remain in pole postion at the head of the League Table with St. Vincents also going well in second, however Toronto Gaels after a slowish start,  put in good performances in winning their last two rounds to solidify third place. To find out how the Gael’s won their matches in Week 4 and 5 of the league, we hear from Toronto GAA Official Cathal McGee, who fills in for Ross McElhone who is away.   11:04   NOTE: NSW League from Sydney rained out last weekend. No news to report from Europe this week but will be back next week along with the London podcast.    

In today’s Podcast we report on Week 4 of the 2012 Milwaukee Hurling League. Heading into Sunday’s games we saw four teams sharing top spot on the League Leaderboard – McBob’s, Packy’s, Shamrock Club and Trinity. They were all in action last weekend and to tell us about how they and others got on and also about the recent Twin Cities Minnesota Hurling Tournament, we hear now from Milwaukee Hurling Club PRO Andy McKee. NOTE: Milwaukee back to regular Wednesday schedule next week. Toronto Podcast coming up later this afternoon.   16:28

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 we get a run down on both competitions from Vancouver GAA official and former Western Canada GAA Chairman Ronan Deane. In the latter part of the podcast, Ronan fills us in on life in northerly Fort McMurray for the many Irish moving to the booming oil town. 16:00    

Over the past two years the Dunedin Connelly’s Gaelic Football Club in Edinburgh  – the most honored title-wise of the five senior football clubs in Scotland – has initiated a youth development strategy at primary schools in order to sustain the club and Gaelic football into the future. In the Podcast today we speak with the club’s Youth Development Officer Niall Considine and Treasurer Alan Ward about the steps taken to introduce some 1200 primary school students to Gaelic football in Edinburgh. 18:59 NOTE: Toronto Podcast rescheduled to tomorrow Friday June 15, 2012.  

It’s getting very crowded at the top of the Leaderboard in this year’s Milwaukee Hurling League with four teams sharing top gun on 2-0. Last Sunday at Brown Deer Park saw the first full schedule of games with five matches down for decision on a day that saw everyone battling the 90 degree-plus heat and humidity. Here to tell us the tale of Week 3 is Milwaukee Hurling League PRO Andy McKee. 13:02