GAELIC SPORTS WORLD Issue 29 – July 4, 2015 | Page 15

1 seed heavy favourites to advance to the semis.
Healthsource will be fancied to take care of 7th seed
Nine Irish but the No.3 side Triton face a tough assignment in Two Gingers. The game of the Playoffs
could be No. 4 Upland against No. 5 Pogues with
this one very hard to call.
2015 INDY INVITATIONAL
Saturday, June 20th saw the return of the Indy Invitational to the city’s brand new World Sports Park
where a magnificent 24 teams from 13 cities assembled for the annual tournament. Round-robin play
was the format with teams playing 11 a-side. This
Indy League action. Photo: Indy GAA.
new sports complex in Indianapolis has the best
interests of Indy GAA and Gaelic Sports in mind as pristine
JUNIOR A HURLING
grass playing fields allowed for 4 full sized GAA pitches.
Four teams took to the field in the topflight Junior Hurling
event and they were Michael Cusacks from Chicago, St. Louis,
GAELIC FOOTBALL
Washington DC, and Indy. The Chicago side were the favourSeven teams were in action in Men’s Gaelic Football – Cinites ahead of this event and they made it through to the final
cinnati, Chicago Parnells 1 & 2, St. Louis MO, Columbus
where they met host’s Indy who had also impressed going unOH, Louisville KY, Madison WI and host’s Indianapolis. The
defeated. The decider was a back and forth affair with little
tournament in general is for junior teams, but unfortunately,
between the teams all through. Indy came from behind late on
Parnells arrived with many of the senior players and so it was
to tie the game but Cusacks showed their strength when taking
no surprise that both of their teams filled the last sides in the
the lead in the final minutes and took the win.
competition with no final played.
JUNIOR C HURLING
The second hurling competition was a competitive event featuring 8 teams with two
teams from Indy and St. Louis, Madison, Akron OH and young clubs Naperville IL, and
Kalamazoo from Michigan.

Indy player Chris Ludlow aiming for the posts he built. Photo: Indy GAA.

Teams to shine here were Indy 2, St. Louis 2
and Hurling club of Madison. The Wisconsin
side were the standout team in this competition and they went on to beat St. Louis in the
decider.

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