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[behind the wire]

how did kevin barrys from philadelphia do in the senior football?

[Gabriel_Hurl]

Toronto Mens Championship Semi Finals

Ottawa Gaels 2-13 v Durham 2-11
St. Vincents 0-9 St. Mikes 0-12

Thought you might be interested Sparky!

Fair play to ya's NQ - wasn't expecting ya to do it - but hat's off

[Niall Quinn]

Cheers Gabe, we really came out well, only to fade a little in the second half.
I hope to feck we perform on the weekend now. I've lost to Mikes 5 times in the Championship, and never beaten them - that ends on Sunday, fingers crossed!

[Carmen Stateside]

Results from Boston Finals:

Mens Senior Final     Mc Anespies   4-6       Donegal 1-7
Mens Junior a Final   Mc Anespies   0-10     Donegal 1-9

Ladies Final   Roscommon 1-8   TirNa Nog 1-7

Senior Hurling Final  Wexford 1-20  Tipp 2-16   ( aet)

[Niall Quinn]

Toronto Championship Finals

Ladies: Ottawa Gaels W v Michael Cusacks L
Men: St. Mikes W Ottawa Gaels L 

Feck, Gaelic football would try your patience at times!

[armagh leg-end]

Madden GFC Present this charity match in aid of Newry Hospice.

A number of current and former county stars will be representing each club along with some legends of Madden GFC.

This match is part of the celebrations for the 75th Anniversary of the club.

All Support Appreciated!

[screenexile]

Toronto Championship Finals

Ladies: Ottawa Gaels W v Michael Cusacks L
Men: St. Mikes W Ottawa Gaels L 

Feck, Gaelic football would try your patience at times!

Just noticed this now... COME ON THE MIKES!!! How many is that now? Something like 10 out of the last 15 or something? Good going by the lads!

How are things shaping up for the 7s lads? Are there many teams coming over from home? I'm guessing it's harder and harder to get teams over with most Championships running so late now. I suppose it gived the home teams a bit more of a chance they wouldn't have had previously. I'm sure it will be a good weekend again as always!

[Gabriel_Hurl]

The 2008 Powerscreen Tournament will take place on August 30th/31st a Centennial Park in Etobicoke.

The following visiting mens teams have been confirmed : Derrylaughan, Caymen Islands, Cleveland.

The following visiting womens teams have been confirmed: Clan Na Gael (Dublin), Caymen Islands and Cleveland.

The banquet will be held Sunday August 30th at 7pm at the Rembrandt Banquet Hall.

[The Iceman]

can someone keep us posted on the hurling results this weekend?

[gortnaleck]

I was up in Boston for the Nth American playoffs last weekend and had a great weekend.Everything seemed to run very smoothly and the weather was good.There was lots of food and drink at the fields and the volunteers did a great job keeping everyone served. The games are back there next year as well and the year after that they are in San Francisco,who intend to have their new fields at Treasure Island open by then.

[Carmen Stateside]

Result from last Sunday;
NY JuniorA Semi Final:
Tyrone 3-14   Armagh 0-7

Fixtures for this Sunday Sept 7th:
Gealic Park NY

Football
Junior B Final:  2.00pm     Donegal  v  Offaly

Junior A Final:  3.30pm     Tyrone  v  St Raymonds

[TyronePhilly]

North American County Finals
from the
Thar an Trasnán Blog

St. Mary's Chicago Defeat Eire Og in Camogie Final
Eire Og 1-5 St. Mary's (Chicago) 4-4

Eire Og were up against a tough opponent in the senior camogie final as they faced St. Mary's of Chicago. In spite of a wholehearted effort on the part of the local side, St. Mary's were that little bit better and got the vital scores to claim the championship. Three goals in the first half proved to end up being the difference between the teams. Eire Og made a good run at it in the second half, but Mary's held the local side out and ended up deserving winners.

St. Mary's held the advantage at the end of the first period thanks to three first half goals. Eire Og did well and registered five scores, a goal and four points. The first, a goal, came from Anna Flanagan and put Eire Og into a two-point lead. Colette Gill had opened the scoring with a point for St. Mary's with a point from a free. The Chicagoans then proceeded to register three goals in a row. Gill, Miriam O'Keefe – who dropped the hurl and handpassed into the net, and Grainne McCrickland each registered a major for Chicago. Eire Og made a couple of switches and then took a turn to dominate. Ciara Johnson pointed three times, twice from long range frees and once from play, and Michelle Walsh added another. At the half it was Mary's by four points.

In the second half Eire Og had the benefit of a stiff breeze in their favour and for much of the half dropped high balls into the Mary's penalty area. Marys' were first to score in the second period, however. McCrickland and Gill (free) each pointed for the Chicago side. Eire Og then applied a lot of pressure to the Chicago goal, but Roisin Callan was sound under the high dropping ball and the St. Mary's goalkeeper made some good clearances. Johnson registered the first score of the half for Eire Og with a fine point from play, but with less than 10 minutes remaining the Boston girls had it all to do. With time running out on the local side, Eire Og went in search of goal and generated some chances that went awry.

A last minute goal from Miriam O'Keefe put an exclamation point on the win for the Midwestern side, and while it was disappointment from a Boston viewpoint, the visitors from Chicago deserved the win.

Eire Og: N. Daly, D. Brennan, F. Gohery, A. Joyce, M. Keane, N. O'Neill, Caroline Hanley, Ciara Johnston (0-4), J. McCooey, M. Walsh, Anna Flanagan (1-0), Chris Hanley, S. O'Brien.
St. Mary's: R. Callnan, A. Byrne, A. Redmond, N. O'Keefe, C. Murray, L. Mitchell, A. Wall, E. Hennessey, Colette Gill (1-2), E. McQuaid, N. Kerlin, Miriam O'Keefe (2-0), Grainne McCrickland (1-2).

Kerry win Intermediate Title
Kerry 1-13 Galway 0-7

Both Kerry and Galway participated in the Intermediate Football, and both teams made the final on Sunday. Kerry defeated Ulster of San Francisco in the semi-final, and Galway got a bye straight into the final. Kerry avenged their disappointment in the Boston final with a convincing win. Mickey Joe Hynes put in a fantastic goalkeeping performance for Galway, and the margin of Kerry's victory would have been much more had it not been for Hynes. Hynes pulled off at least 5 point blank saves to keep his side in the hunt for much of the game.

Kerry opened the scoring with a Jer Molloy point. Kerry had the better of the early exchanges and registered a number of wides before Hynes pulled off his first amazing save of the game from Mark O'Sullivan. With O' Sullivan bearing down on goal, Hynes kept his nerve and blocked the point blank shot. Galway eventually settled down and registered some scores. Tommy Walsh and Peter Nolan got the tribesmen off the mark, but Kerry responded with scores from Richard O'Sullivan, Johnny Moroney, and Mark O'Sullivan. At the break Kerry led by five points to three.

Kerry took over in the second half and registered ten scores to three from Galway. Mark Evans and Mark O'Sullivan combined to great effect and between them accounted for five of Kerry's scores. Hynes pulled off another of his magnificent saves early in the half, and Ger Barry pointed from the rebound. Barry followed with a point from play, and then O'Sullivan found Evans for another Kerry score. Evans pointed again mid way through the half and Kerry were in the driver's seat, leading by six points. John Joe O'Neill and Mattie McKenna did well for Galway in trying to turn the tide, but to no avail. Evans and O'Sullivan each pointed again before Richard O'Sullivan found his namesake, Mark, who finally put the ball past Hynes for a Kerry goal. Conor Hurley capped the scoring with a point, and Kerry made amends for last week with a North American championship.

Kerry: D. Diggins, D. Forde, S. Moriarty, J. Barry, D. Fox, M. Godley, J. Moroney, R. O'Sullivan, M. Evans, J. Molloy, P. Devane, M. O'Sullivan, M. Sweeney.
Galway: M. Hynes, B. Dalton, S. Gallagher, P. Cummins, JJ O'Neill, A. Murphy, B. Rickerby, T. Walsh, P. Nolan, M. McKenna, B. O'Hora, D. Redmond, T. Schneider.

Roscommon Take First Ever North American Trophy
Roscommon 1-17 Boston Shamrocks 1-8

The Roscommon senior ladies added another piece of silverware to this year's haul by capturing their first North American Championship. Roscommon and the Boston Shamrocks contested the Ladies senior football final. Roscommon entered as Boston champions and the Shamrocks stepped in as the second home team, and both made the final. Roscommon displayed some lovely football over the course of the 60 minutes and fully deserved their win. Coming out of the back line there was almost always a player on the move looking for the ball, and once play moved into the forward line the Roscommon forwards displayed some nice inter-passing. It did not help the Shamrocks cause that stalwart Sinead Walsh had to leave the field mid-way through the first half with what looked like and injury to the ribs. Karen Maloney lit up the scoreboard with some brilliantly taken points for Roscommon, and there were some scenes of great joy as Roscommon Captain, Laura Burns accepted the first North American trophy on behalf of the club.

Roscommon recorded a formidable score of 1-11 in the first half. A Maggie Fox goal after 7 minutes settled the side. Aisling Jennings put the Shamrocks on the board with a point from a free soon afterwards. Roscommon displayed some great shooting, notably Sligo native, Karen Maloney. The Shamrocks struggled to lift the Roscommon siege in the first half and get the ball out of their own half. Roscommon capitalized on their wealth of possession and led at the half by a score of 1-11 to 0-5. Maloney put two wonderful scores over the bar, both from the right side of the field. One was a fantastic long distance strike from play and the other from a sideline ball. The Shamrocks showed some flashes of what they can do, setting up three scores in a row for Ann Doherty, Jennings, and Mary Cullen in the final 10 minutes of the half. Roscommon, however, held a strong advantage at the break, but the Shamrocks would have a breeze in their favour in the second half.

The Shamrocks made some inroads into the Roscommon lead early in the second half as they lifted their game. With the backs digging in and scrapping for every ball to deny Roscommon possession, Ann Doherty won the ball on the 65 and ran directly for goal. Doherty pulled the trigger 14 yards out and the ball struck the back of the net; the Shamrocks were back in it. Roscommon kept the pressure on. After Jennings tagged on a point for the Shamrocks, Roscommon responded with three points on the trot. Caroline Benson scored the first, and again, Maloney kicked a sideline over the bar and almost immediately afterwards followed with a great score from play; Roscommon were now back in the ascendancy. The Shamrocks kept up the fight to try and turn the tables. Another goal chance came – and went. Doherty was fouled in the penalty area and Jennings' placed shot came back off the post. The Shamrocks added a point from a Jennings 21-yard free, but Roscommon finished the game as strong as they started, with three points in a row and few could argue that the Rossies did not deserve their first North American championship.


Shamrocks: M. Harrison, S. Killeen, S. Boylan, C. Greir, J. Branigan, J. Rock, J. Donnelly, S. McHugh, C. McEleaney, S. Walsh, Ann Doherty (1-1), L. Purcell, K. Rohan, Aisling Jennings (0-6), Mary.Cullen (0-1).
Roscommon: N. Kavanagh, L. Burns, J. O'Connell, P. Bourke, Kyla McManus (0-1), J. Rogers, Jackie Mulligan (0-1), E. McGirr, I. McNulty, Karen Maloney (0-11), Caroline Benson (0-1), Sharon McGovern (0-2), Maggie Fox (1-1), D. Murphy, F. Claffey. Sub: Saline Reynolds (0-2).

Aidan McAnespies Win Second North American Title
Aidan McAnespies 2-15 Sean Treacys 1-7 (San Francisco)

McAnespies won their second North American Championship on the 20th anniversary of the murder of Aidan McAnespie at the Aughnacloy checkpoint in county Tyrone. Their first North American Championship came in 1998, on Aidan's 10 anniversary. Kevin Barry's of Philadelphia provided the semi final opposition, and the home side came through a dour enough encounter with a five point win. Kevin Barrys proved to be a tough opponent to break down, and in the second half made a run at McAnespies, scoring five points in a row to come within a point. Steven McGettigan then made the breakthrough and netted to put McAnespies in a comfortable lead. Declan Lally followed with a fine point to secure progression to the next stage.

In the final McAnespies met Sean Treacy's from San Francisco, who defeated Chicago Parnells in extra time in their semi-final. McAnespies played some good, error free, football in the final and looked comfortable throughout. In spite of conceding a goal late in the first half that brought the visitors level, McAnespies maintained their composure and continued to focus and work hard, and ran out convincing winners in the end.

McAnespies looked comfortable in the first half, and went in at the break with a five point lead. Within 10-15 minutes of the throw-in it looked apparent that the South Boston side had the aces in its deck. The McAnespies back line did a lot of mopping up as Sean Treacy's lost their way when entering the attacking zone. Christy Lynch had an excellent first half at corner back, as did Danny McBride in the middle of the field. The Strabane man supported the back line well and played the part of link man when McAnespies played the ball out of defence. McAnespies made good use of their posession. The local side went into a three-point lead in the early going, with Darren Ryan and Colm McCrory scoring the three points between them.

Treacys got off the mark after 13 minutes with a Mike McCauley point. There were a couple of lengthy stoppages as a result of some heavy challenges, and once things got going again in earnest, Treacys got themselves into the game. After Declan Lally added another point for McAnespies, Gene Griffin and McCauley again pointed for Treacy's. The San Francisco side drew level after 26 minutes when Mark Gallagher goaled. It came somewhat against the run of play, and McAnespies got the goal back before half time. McAnespies were the beneficiaries of a somewhat curious decision by the referee who blew for a free out for a pick up after Declan Traynor came off his line and bundled over an attacking player – a let off for the home side. Steven McGettigan and Ryan each pointed, and the Alan Feeney goaled in injury time after being fed by McCrory. McAnespies led by five at half time.

Playing with the breeze and away from the sun in the second half, the Boston side extended their lead to eight points as what appeared to be inevitable came to fruition. McCrory pointed twice from play and once from a free. Shane Glennon, who had entered as a sub in the first half, stemmed the bleeding with a well taken point for the visitors and looked like the San Francisco side's best attacking option. McCrory's speed continued to cause problems for the visiting back line in the second half, and the Monaghan man added another point for McAnespies. Danny McBride and Lally added two more points and with 10 minutes left the locals led by 10 points. Treacy's went looking for a goal - or two - that would be required to pull off a late comeback, and twice Glennon could have netted but shot over the bar. Colm McCrory underlined a great overall performance with a goal at the death. McAnespies win their second North American championship.
Macs: D. Traynor, G. Norton, C. Lynch, D. Donegan, N. Kerr, Alan Feeney (1-0), Danny McBride (0-1), M. Stanbrook, Declan Lally (0-2), C. Galligan, Darren Ryan (0-3), Steven McGettigan (0-1), Colm McCrory (1-8).
Sean Treacys: H. Hughes, C. Murphy, B. Molloy, Mark Gallagher (1-0), Stephen Driver (0-1), C. Conneeley, S. McAleer, P. Turnball, R. Kane, Mike McCauley (0-2), Gene Griffin (0-1), B. Nugent, D. Faherty. Sub: Shane Glennon (0-3).

[Carmen Stateside]

Tyrone won the NY Junioir title yesterday on a scoreline of 6-16 1-9  it is the first title since 83!
Heading now till celebrate some more

[TyronePhilly]

Tyrone Won the New York Junior 'A' Title in great fashion---with the goal scoring prowess of our own "Carmen Stateside".

Congratulations are in order to their entire panel of players, management, committee, and their supporters.

[Carmen Stateside]

Cheers Tyrone Philly! Head sore today