GAELIC SPORTS WORLD Issue 29 – July 4, 2015 | Página 14

INDIANAPOLIS
JUNE 30, 2015

CONNOR’S TOP TEAM
FOR PLAYOFFS
It’s been a busy time over the past
two weekends for the Indianapolis
Gaelic Athletic club as last weekend
we had the final round of the Hurling
League to determine the playoff picture and the prior week the biggest
ever gathering of teams for the annual Indy Invitational Tournament.
The Indy Invitational attracted a
record number of teams from across
six states and featured the codes of
Hurling, Gaelic Football and Camogie. We review how things went in
Connor’s Pub Team went unbeaten through the regular season - can they do the same
this event a little later but first it’s to
through the Playoffs? Photo: Indy GAA.
the home-grown action of last Sunday at Eugene Burns Field with all 9 league teams battling it
In the opening game 2 Gingers Whiskey had an impressive
out in the last round for playoff seeding’s.
win over third seed Triton Brewing and seal 6th place. Connor’s in the first of their two games defeated Pogue’s Run GroGoing into the final week Connors Pub, the only unbeaten
cer and later accounted for Renner’s & Nixon and so took the
side in the competition, looked a lock for the No. 1 seed with
No.1 spot and kept intact their unbeaten run. Healthsource
a record of 10 wins from 10 games and a double-header awaitwith victory over Nine Irish locked up the second seed while
ing them last Sunday. The only thing was to see if they could
Renner’s overturned Smoking Iron and these two meet again
maintain their fantastic winning streak through the regular
before the Playoffs begin to determine the 8th and final team.
season. The team with the second best record Healthsource
This weekend Indy GAA take a break but will be back in ac- 1 loss and 8 wins and 1 tie – had the No. 2 seed wrapped up
tion for the Playoffs on July 12. The draw pits the all-conquereven though they faced tricky opponents in Upland.
ing Connor’s against Renner’s or Smoking Iron, with the No.

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