GAA in Britain

[Zulu]

Tir Conail Harps won the Scotland homegrown by beating Coatbridge 0-12 to 1-3. Not sure how good they are but all our homegrown squads are much weaker than our club teams so maybe wouldn't be that strong nationally.

[theticklemister]

A chara,

The inaugural GAA Blitz of the Liverpool Irish Festival gets underway on Saturday, when teams from throughout the North-West of England take part for their chance to win the Roswick Trophy. 

This promises to be quite an events with 11 teams taking part. The action begins from 10.00am at Mystery Park, the home of Liverpool Wolfe Tones and culminates in the final around 3pm. There is folk music with the fantastic Ryans Band later at 5pm in Kellys Dispensary.

The teams are divided into 2 groups, they are as follows;

Group 1

St.Lawrences (Manchester)
St.Peters (Manchester)
Hugh O'Neills (Leeds)
St.Patrick's (Chester)
John Moores 1 (Liverpool)
Hope University 2 (Liverpool)

Group 2

Wolfe Tones (Liverpool)
St.Brendans (Manchester)
Hope 1 (Liverpool)
University of Liverpool
John Moores 2 (Liverpool)

The top 2 in each group go into the semi-final. The cup will be presented by the sponsor Roswick Construction after the final.

Come along and enjoy a feast of football on Saturday.

The girls blitz competition takes place at the same venue next week.



Liverpool Irish Festival GAA Blitz

25th November

This blitz is free of charge to take part

Itinerary
9.30am – Welcome and registration.
10.00am – Group stages will begin on the two pitches.
1.00pm – Lunch begins (free).
2.30pm – Group stages end.
3.00pm - 2 semi-finals take place on two pitches.
3.30pm – Final begins.
3:50pm – Presentation of cup by our sponsors Roswick construction.
5.00 pm – 6.30pm – Music by the folk specialists 'The Ryans' in Kelly's Bar on Smithdown Road. 2 minutes away (154-158 Smithdown Rd, Liverpool L15 3JR)

[theticklemister]

Liverpool Irish Festival Ladies 7-aside Tournament 2014

The Liverpool Wolfe Tones GAA emerged victorious from an enthralling 7-aside blitz competition on Saturday at a blustery Wavertee. Six sides took to the field of play to compete for the Roswick Construction 7-aside trophy and were split into two groups. In group 1 there were the Wolfe Tones Gaa Liverpool, Oisín C.L.G. Manchester 2 and St Lawrences GAA Club Manchester while in group 2 there included John Mitchels Gaa Liverpool, Oisin Gaa 1 and Liverpool Hope. The format of the competition was that the group winners emerged into the semi-finals while teams who finished second and third would play out for the chance to progress.

Group 1 kicked off with an emphatic win for the Wolfe Tones over Oisins 2 and this was followed with the former recording a win over St.Lawrences. The group was finished off with a fantastic game between Oisins 2 and St.Lawrences' Siobhán Ni Ceallaigh and Brenda Rice excelling in this in this Manchester derby for the girls in yellow and purple.
The group finished as follows;
1. Wolfe Tones Gaa Hurling
2. St.Lawrences
3. Oisins 2

Group 2 was a lot tighter with all three teams vying for first position. The first game saw John Mitchels overcome a spirited Liverpool Hope team in a high-scoring game. The next game was a great game of football, as two-evenly matched teams in Oisins 1 winning on a score-line of 3-05 to 2-04. In the final game Mitchels proved two strong for Oisins.
The group finished as follows;
1. John mitchels
2. Oisins 1
3. Hope

QFs
Oisins 1 had to play their counterparts in the first quarter-final and emerged winners.
Liverpool Hope finally managed to hit the target and eased past St.Lawrences

SFs
Oisins 1 v Liverpool Wolfe Tones
This was a fascinating game with the Wolfe Tones well in command, however a spirited comeback with a brace of goals kept the game in the balance. The Tones held on for a comfortable victory in the end.

Hope v John mitchels
The experience of the Mitchels proved decisive for this win. Another major factor was that the Hope ladies are down for a fixture tomorrow so they did not have a huge pick.

Final
Wolfe Tones 2-07 v 1-09 John Mitchels

The final came down to the two Liverpool clubs and what a final it was. It had great points, fantastic goals but the most enjoyable thing was the sheer die-hard fighting spirit from all the girls on show. The two teams went point-for-point and toe-to-toe in this pulsating game. Great scores from Tracey O'Hara and Brenda Barr for the Tones was replicated by great scores from Lisa McSweeney and Shona MagConghail for the Mitchels. Indeed the two players who lit up the competition for their scores and fighting values were O'Hara and McSweeney; they were simply a joy to a watch. O'Hara's long run from deep in her own defence put the Tones up by a point with a minute to go. In injury time he Mitchels had a chance to equalise from a 13m free however knowing that a draw would not be good enough because of the 45m rule, had to go for a goal which resulted in being beat back. A win for Wolfe Tones which caps a great season for the ladies, resulted in them getting their fourth trophy of the season. The trophy was proudly held aloft by captain Patricia Moyna from sponsors Roswick Construction.
John Mitchels :Tessa Marie Cadden, Colleen Gaffney, Karen Plunkett, Danielle Farrell, Niamh Nic Giolla Bhride, Lisa Mc Sweeney, Joanne McDevitt and Shona Mag Congail.
Liverpool Wolfe Tones : Kitty Murray; Ruby McCarron, Janette Maguire, Tracey O'Hara, Nikki Laverty, Brenda Barr, Carmel Hackett, Aoife Jacob, Patricia Moyna, Orla McHugh, Orlagh O'Hara, Niamh O'Connor

[LondonCamanachd]

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There's a shinty-hurling composite rules match taking place on 22nd November in London.

London Camanachd take on a mixed select from Sean Treacy's Hurling/Croydon Camogie at Mitcham RUFC.  Anybody that's interested is more than welcome to head along and say hello.  Should be a decent session after, too!

[Zulu]

John Mitchels 3-7 to 2-3 up in All Britain Final.

[Zulu]

John Mitchels 4-9 NLS 2-6, not sure how long is left.

[Zulu]

John Mitchels GAA Liverpool 4-11 NLS 2-10, not long left.

[Zulu]

John Mitchels 4-12 NLS 3-11, all over and Mitchels retain their crown. Not sure who they play now but they're a decent team.

[BennyHarp]

Congratulations to John Mitchell's, they've been a good team for a long time now and hopefully they can go on a spring a surprise in the All Ireland Championship.

[Maroon Manc]

Mitchels have been some outfit since they reformed in 07, they've won 4 All Britain's in that time, a fantastic achievement.

I thought they'd win, their a fitter team this year than last year, they didn't have any competition in Lancashire this year so it was hard to gage how good they were though.  I do think they've a better chance this year of progressing past the quarter final this time round. They play the Connacht champions on the last Sunday in November in Birmingham I'd imagine.

[Zulu]

Congratulations to JM on a brilliant win today. I didn't think they'd win today but apparently they were well deserving winners so you'd think they could give the whole thing a rattle now. Leinster winners up next though I don't know much about either Moate or Straffan but I'd imagine the winners will be good.

[theticklemister]

Mitchels well deserved it. First 20 minutes they were fantastic

[carnaross]

I understand a Scottish team has expressed an interest in joining the Pennine League for 2015. Also, different penalties for not fielding being mooted as well?

[theticklemister]

https://twitter.com/MidlandsSport

follow radio link for moate v mitchels

[BennyHarp]

Mitchells through to junior final, congratulations to them. Great achievement.