GAELIC SPORTS WORLD Issue 37 – October 31, 2015 | Page 30

LONDON, ENGLAND
OCTOBER 29, 2015

EMMETTS TOPPLE KILBURN
As the conclusion of this year’s London Senior Hurling Championship takes
place this weekend it was something of
a shock that in the recent semi-finals
that last year’s champions Kilburn Gaels
failed to advance to Sunday’s final.
The two senior hurling semis took place
on Saturday, October 17 at the Irish TV
Grounds Ruislip with the first semi between holders Kilburn Gaels and the
in-form team of the season, Robert Emmetts. The latter side had a poor season
last year but in 2015 they were back with
The scoreboard at the final whistle of the recent London senior hurling semi-final recounts
Robert Emmetts surprise win over champions Kilburn Gaels. Photo: Declan Flanagan.
a ban showing well through the league
and winning the Collins Cup back in
June. Defending champions Kilburn Gaels though competihappen. With a minute remaining in normal time Emmetts
tive when losing the league final to St. Gabriels were finding
managed to score a goal to level matters and a minute later
the competition that bit tougher than last season.
added a point. Kilburn pressed hard for the equalizer in injury time but were not successful and so Robert Emmetts
GOALS COUNT
upset the odds to make the final.
This was a very entertaining game with nothing in it all
throughout. The difference in the end though was that Robert Emmetts got a pair of goals with the second one the crucial score and winning them a place in the decider. At the
break after a back and forth game, Robert Emmetts led by
a goal 1-7 to 0-7. That goal came around the midway mark
and kept Emmetts noses in front. Kilburn gained parity
in the second period and with 10 minutes remaining the
champions pushed on shooting three points. At this stage it
looked that they might go on for the victory but alas it didn’t

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TOO STRONG
In the second semi-final it was an altogether more cut and
dried affair as favourites St. Gabriels proved far too strong
for last year’s runners-up, Sean Treacy’s. This one was virtually over at half time with Gabriels leading by 0-10 to 0-2.
Treacy’s were on the backfoot for the half with their opening score only coming around the 17th minute mark. It got
worse in the second period as St. Gabriels picked off scores
at will with Treacy’s powerless to do anything about it. It fin-