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Australian GAA |
New South Wales
Has its
headqurters at Princes Park, Princes Road West,
(off Chisolm Rd) in the Sydney Suburb of Auburn.
Every year from April to September the Sydney
GAA Clubs battle it out for the Various honours
of The League, The NSW Shield and The
Championship.
Mens Gaelic Football (SF)
In Total There are Six Senior Football Teams
which are The Irish Australians GFC, The Michael
Cusacks, Young Ireland GFC, The Irish Rovers GFC,
Clan na nGael-Eastern Sydney, and finally but
certainly not least the Penrith Gaels.
Ladies Gaelic Football
(LF)
There are at present just four teams in the New
South Wales competition: The Irish Australians
GFC, The Central Coast, Michael Cusacks and Clan
na nGael-Eastern Sydney. The ladies football in
Sydney has been a great success for some years
now and it continues to get better despite the
dominance of one team in particular. This is a
sport that can really take off in Sydney as
nearly all our non-Irish girls who play it
absolutely love it. Two more teams in the ladies
comp would really take it to greater heights.
Hurling
The Hurling Competition at the moment has just
three teams participating which is a pity but
Hurling seems to struggle more for players in
these parts with most of the OneYear Visa Irish
prefering to play a season of Football instead.
It makes it hard for the hurling residents of
Sydney but fair play to them they keep the Clash
Of The Ash a continuous sound each year at
Auburn . Present teams in the Hurling
Competition at the moment are Michael Cusacks,
The Central Coast and The very popular Sydney
Shamrocks. One could say that a fourth team is
needed and The Irish Aussies have indeed
considered the possibility of entering a fourth
team into the battlefield, however to date we
have had nobody willing to put his or her hand
up and say they will do it. It is no easy job
but the Club is willing to back anybody who
might be interested in giving it a go. So if
anyone knows anyone who is heading for Sydney
long term and they like Hurling with an
organising passion then please get in touch with
us via email or snailmail.
Minor Football
Is not in a healthy state in New South Wales,
Only ourselves and our friends at The Central
Coast really ever made an effort to kick start a
formidable Competition which eventually folded
at the end of 1996. Penrith Gaels to their
credit did try to field a minor team but it
never materialised. Still! all is not lost just
yet but for such a Competition to exist which
would be ongoing we feel it should become a
Sydney Schools Sport as has been experimented at
Normanhurst Boys High. The potential is there
but the right people are needed and the schools
need to be approached with the idea. Other than
that the NSW.GAA does manage to get a State Team
together at the end of the GAA season after the
kids have finished playing Rugby League and
Soccer ????
State Games
Every year in Australia is the Australasian
Championships which are held in a different
State each year. The State teams are chosen from
all the different Sydney clubs. Team Managers
are appointed by the association. In 1998 they
were played in Brisbane Queensland. In 1999 they
are held in Perth Western Australia.
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