BAHRAIN
SPERRIN METAL MIDDLE EAST LEAGUE - ROUND 2
DECEMBER 4, 2015
RECORD NUMBERS AT BAHRAIN
DUBAI LADIES TOPPLE UNBEATEN ABU DHABI AND NEW CLUB VICTORIES
The 2nd Round of the Sperrin Metal Middle East League took place in
Bahrain last weekend with a record
80 adult teams participating making it one of the biggest events of
the year in GAA circles around the
World.
Although the Middle East League
is only 6 years old the games in Bahrain have been running for the last
22 years, last weekend saw the 2nd
Round of action in this year’s Mid
East competition and it included the
launching pad for the Mens & Ladies
Jumping for joy at record tournament in Bahrain last weekend. Photo: Mid East GAA.
Junior Football League. It also included an Inter-schools competition for the first time which
“Seeing how the game has developed in the region makes
saw 290 kids from schools around Bahrain playing Gaelic
me very proud and the organization by the Arabian Celts
Games for the first time.
was outstanding and all credit to chairman, Joe Melia and
his hard working committee for hosting such a great event.”
Middle East GAA Chairman, James Kennedy, was particularly delighted at the youth involvement as well as witnessing
MEN’S SENIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE
many local and international players.
The Mens Senior League started with wins for Abu Dhabi &
“One of the highlights of the weekend was seeing young
Al Ain in the opening fixtures whilst the Arabian Celts drew
Bahraini kids playing Gaelic Games for the first time in the
their opening match against the Dubai Celts B Team and Abu
inter-schools competition and this was the feature all weekDhabi B had an early win. Dubai A having lost their opening
end with the adult teams also including a multitude of namatch picked up 2 wins against Abu Dhabi B & C and qualified
tionalities from around the world,” enthused Kennedy.
for the Cup semi finals along with Group winners Abu Dhabi
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