Connacht GAA Director of Hurling visit May 2017 NY GAA- Games Development Newsletter Huge thanks to Damien and Connacht GAA for their continued support of the Hurling programme in New York. Feile Hurling training /Coaching workshop Damien took a training session with the Feile Hurling team at Randall s Island on Thursday evening. This also was a coaching workshop in which Damien focused on small sided gamed to improve player s decision making, both players and coaches feedback from the session was extremely positive. Damien has been a huge part in the process of being able to bring this team to Ireland to compete in the Connacht Hurling Feile and the management and kids are looking forward to playing at the Connacht Centre of excellence in Ballyhaunis on June 30TH.
St Brendan s GAA Monroe Damien and Emmett had several meetings with St Brendan s GAA club in Monroe in Orange County, New York. Overall the club have made fantastic progress over the last year, with an increase in playing numbers and recruiting families from non-irish backgrounds. The club have teams in both Gaelic Football and Hurling from under 10 right up to under 17 and are having their first ever Cul camp and are attending the CYC this year after a long absence from the competition. The club are having a number of issues with facilities and this was discussed in great detail by club officers, Damien and Emmett.
New York GAA Brendan Keane Hurling 7 s The 2017 Brendan Keane 7 aside competition took place on Saturday the 27th of May. Overall 14 teams took part in the competition at different grades from Senior down to Junior B as well as Camogie. The Junior B final had Rockland against rivals Le Cheile. In an entertaining final it was the Bronx based Le Cheile team that won the title. A great standard of Hurling was seen in the junior B section in which all the players are American born. The Junior A final was a great game between NY Ulster and NY Westmeath. In a competitive game it was Westmeath who took the Junior A Cup, and will be looking to do the same for the Championship in the upcoming months. The Camogie final was between Liberty Gaels of New York against Ardrahan of Galway. The Galway girls produced an exhibition of Camogie to win the cup. The senior final was between NY Ulster and Father Toms of Boston. In a skillful and fast final it was the Boston team that took the cup home despite a great performance for the Ulster club. Senior - Father Tom's Boston Junior A - Westmeath NY Junior B - Le Cheile NY Camogie- Ardrahan Galway Player of the tournament was Shane McNaughton of NY Ulster A huge thanks to Rockland GAA for the use of their fantastic facilities. To tournament organisers Joan Henchy(NY GAA Secretary) Simon Gillespie (NY GAA GDO) Emmett Conlon (NY GAA HDO) also thanks to referees Chris Dalton (Rockland GAA) Damien Coleman (Connacht GAA) and Emmett Conlon (NY GAA HDO) Well done to all teams involved!
New York v Sligo May see's the start of the GAA Football championship and it started with New York taking on Sligo in the Bronx. A packed crowed filled up Gaelic Park with the strong possibilty of a New York win! In a very attacking game of Football it was the men from Sligo who won the game and progress to the next round of the Connacht Senior Championship.
GAA Coaching at Good Shepherd School Inwood Manhattan New York GAA development officers conducted introduction sessions to Gaelic Games to the boys and Girls of Good Shepherd School located at Inwood Manhattan. Kids got to try Hurling/Camogie as well as Gaelic Football, and it is clear by the big smiles on the kids faces the enjoyed the games. A huge thanks to principle Mrs Lavery and GYM teacher Mr Mooney for the invite!
St Brendan s GAA HDO New York GAA HDO Emmett Conlon was with St. Brendan's GAA Club under 14 and under 17 hurlers training in warm conditions. Their pitch was in perfect conditions for Hurling! In a very productive session for the players as the prepare for championship games. Rockaway Rovers on the rise In 90 Degree heat the Rockaway Rovers were out training hard hope to capture their second ever NYMB Championship. Great turnout and thanks to Coach Leahy and all the guys in Rockaway!
Celtics going strong NY Celtics training hard at U6-8-10 in Van Cortlandt park. This season the Celtics are off to a great start in the U10 season Well done to all the coaches involved! Sperrin Ogs training hard A great bunch of Under 6 and Under 8 kids from the Sperrin Ogs club at training. The club continue to get good numbers at youth level and are growing for the future! Guest coaches with Feile football team and referees inservice Sligo GAA Manager Niall Carew and Sundays Championship Referee David Gough taking a training session with the Feile Boys team and also Connacht Council Referee Tutors Sean Martin and Jerome Henry giving our NYMB and NYGAA Referees an in-service.
New York Minor Board - U17 Hurling Championship The NYMB U17 Hurling Championship got underway on Sunday with Le Cheile v St. Brendan's GAA Club at Gaelic Park. A very entertaining game finished with Le Cheile winning by 2 points. St Brendan's team was joined by RTÉ Sport's legend and Bronx native Marty Morrissey who wished both teams good luck for the season ahead!
Connacht GAA Half time games New York v Sligo - Half time games - New York's next generation of Gaelic games stars Well done to all the boys and girls who participated at the half time games on Sunday in front of a well attended Gaelic Park. First time that all four codes took part at the half time games! Well done to all who took park.
St Joseph s New Jersey going well Great work being done by all at St Joesph's New Jersey in Fairlawn. Good turnout last night at practice. Under 16 B Championship Final Congratulations to the 2017 NYMB U16B Football Champions St Brendans. Well done to all in Monroe and hard luck to the St Pats/New Haven/Setanta team
Shannon Gaels underage Hurling Shannon Gaels Hurling is going strong and growing, thanks to the club and coaches for promoting Hurling and Camogie in the club. Rockland Camogie Rockland Camogie continues to see good numbers, with a lot of new girls getting into the sport,recently NY HDO Emmett Conlon was training the girls to see how they have progressed.
New York teams play in Philly Camogie Blitz Well done to all the girls from New York who competed at a recent underage Blitz at Limerick Field s in Philadelphia. Overall the girls had a great day and lots of Camogie was played. Well done to all involved. New York Ladies The New York Ladies club season has seen a busy May with a number of games been played see action photos of games below
WestPut Setanta successful 7 aside Well done to all of the teams that took part in our Annual U-8 Tournament this past weekend. Thank you to all the clubs that travelled to play as you all added great atmosphere and color to the occasion. All 17 teams played fantastic football, especially the St. Barnabas Club who made it a unique day by winning the A,B AND C divisions in the boys grade and the WestPut Setanta girls who won the girls division. A big thank you to all the WestPut Setanta volunteers who organized and ran the event, referees for great officiating and the parents for getting the children there.