GAELIC SPORTS WORLD Issue 35 – October 6, 2015 | Page 25

Photo: Jeff McCarthy

LADIES CUP

MEN’S CUP

Helsinki ladies have been very busy in the past two years
and have built a team to rival most in Europe. Strong,
quick and aggressive in all they do. It was little surprise
that they cleaned up in this competition. That being said,
the score lines do a discredit to both Jyväskylä and Oulu
Ladies teams who both put in credible performances on
the day. With a little more time and experience these two
will start to challenge the Capital city girls.

The Helsinki Harps men’s team left a lot of big guns at home for
this tournament after a stellar year in the Nordic tournaments,
but they still had enough to steal the Elks Cup back down south
after last years shock defeat.
Jyväskylä ran out 2nd place runners up this year which is
mainly down to a lot of hard work on the training field and a
good young squad of players who will only get better with time.
Much the same can be said of the Oulu Irish Elks
who after their outstanding win in last years game in
Oulu have had a season of rebuilding and it showed
very much in their first game against Jyväskylä with
inexperience giving away to costly goals.
However, the final game against the Harps can only
give strong optimism for the future of Oulu GAA with
a performance that showed signs of the Elks of old.

Photo: Jeff McCarthy

Who knows what the future holds for Finnish GAA,
but 53 years from now there could well be another sell
out show in town.

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