GAELIC SPORTS WORLD Issue 17 – January 10, 2015 | Page 22

DUBAI, UAE
JANUARY 9, 2015

BUSY TIME FOR MID EAST
AS TIPP PAY VISIT

All Ireland Hurling finalists Tipperary take in a training session at host club Dubai Celts in their week-long visit last week. (Photo
courtesy of Paddy Darcy.)

It’s a busy time for the folks in Middle East GAA as they
prepare to host the first ever GAA World Games in Abu
Dhabi in early March. They also conduct their second
coaching course workshop next week and at the end of the
month see Round 3 of a very competitive Mid East league,
and in between, hosted a visit last week from the Tipperary
hurlers.

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While international GAA units and local regions (outside Ireland & Britain) are preparing to send team representation to the GAA World Games (sponsored by
Etihad), the Mid East GAA are busy with hosting arrangements and organization in conjunction with Abu Dhabi
Na Fianna. On the field, many players hav