GAELIC SPORTS WORLD Issue 21 – March 14, 2015 | Page 9

narrowly beating the home side
but also had two losses. The
same record was posted for
both Galicia, also playing club
league competition just this
year and the Middle East. The
team to beat were Canada.
In the Men’s International World
Cup, we had South Africa, Galicia, Argentina and Middle East
and every player native to their
home soil. Galicia, Middle East
and South Africa were expected
to be competitive on account
of their own league (Galicia &
Photo courtesy of Middle East GAA/Tina& Stew Hunt.
Middle East) and tournament
experience while Argentina new
to Gaelic football but with a background in rugby and hockey,
In the 8 team Men’s World Cup, split into two groups, in
playing in their first tournament, were an unknown quantity.
Group A it was all about Asia 1 who claimed three wins,
As things panned out they impressed when winning all three
New York were next best and qualified on 1-1-1, edging out
of their games with Galicia also doing well and with South
a shocked North America (1-2-0) who failed to advance,
Africa losing two and winning one with some improvement
and Europe again found the going tough with one win and
to do for the semi-finals. Ditto for Middle East who failed as
two losses.
yet to record a win.
In the Ladies World Cup we had two groups
of four in A and B. Only the top four between both groups would make the semifinals. Best from Group A was Middle East
with three wins, while Asia 1 showed well
on 2-1. Asia 2 with three losses and North
America with a record of 1-1-1 failed to
qualify to many people’s surprise. In Group
B meanwhile, it was a similar story as a
strong Middle East 1 went 3-0 with Australasia 2-1, with New York also surprised
on 1-2, Europe 0-3 and so both didn’t make
the semis.
Photo: T