GAELIC SPORTS WORLD Issue 3 - June 20, 2014 | Page 6

COWBOYS LASSO THREE IN ROW Celtic Cowboys Hannah Kane (green) & Fionn MacCumhaills, Kelly Arledge, battle for possession. (Photo: Phrog Styre Photography) By Pat Doab Austin, June 14, 2014 On Saturday last, June 14, twelve teams representing four different clubs descended on Onion Creek Sports Complex in Austin Texas for the 2014 Texas Gaelic Football Finals. The growing popularity in recent years of Gaelic sports throughout the vast state of Texas meant that this was the biggest State Championship to date. Over 200 players took part in the competition with an equal amount of enthusiastic supporters on the sidelines. This year’s finals in Austin was a first for Ladies Football also as we had the first ever Texas Ladies Championship decider with the local Austin ladies team taking on rivals Dallas in the tournament opener. 6