GAELIC SPORTS WORLD Issue 9, Sept 13, 2014 | Page 3

CONTENT MAIN STORY - 6 - 13 We look back on the highlight of the US GAA calendar with a review of the Labor Day Weekend North American GAA Nationals. This event pulled over 2,500 players from 110 teams to Boston from places like San Diego, the Cayman Islands and Canada with all sharing hopes of glory. USA 14 - 17 AUSTRALIA 18 - 25 Nashville gets in the swing with the first round of the new Fall Hurling League while out west in Denver, young outfit Colorado Fenians Hurling Club organize an event with a difference. Read about last weekend’s exciting New South Wales GAA Championship finals and who raised trophies in the Queensland football finals. CANADA 26 - 31 Sharon Whelton gives us a round-up of the 2014 Alberta Cup and Western Canadian Finals, while Orla McKiernan reports on the recent Eastern Canadian Division Championships. We read also about the first Western Canada GAA Cul Camps. ASIA 32 - 34 Rose Clay tells us all about the third and final round of this year’s Korean Gaelic Games League upon its return to Busan. NEW ZEALAND 35 - 37 Paul Mullally reports on the Auckland Hurling & Camogie Tournament. EUROPE 38 - 39 The Irmandinhos Estrada Gaelic Football Club is going to start a Gaelic Football Youth Program this autumn for children in the city of La Estrada in the autonomous region of Galicia in north-western Spain. The article is in Galician with English summary. BRITAIN 40 - 43 London GAA was all the rage recently with no less than five championship finals over one weekend. We give you the lowdown. PERSPECTIVE 50 - 51 American native and hurler, Scott Cooper – known to his friends as ‘Coop’ – got to last Sunday’s breath-taking All Ireland Hurling final. It was a first final for the Florida based hurler and he tells us about his day. IRELAND FOOTBALL 54 - 55 Former national referee and GAA administrator, Tommy Moran, looks back on the All Ireland Football semi-finals, with an eye towards the defeated, and considers how the final might pan out. FRENCH BLOG 56 From Avignon, French native and Gaelic football player, Cyril Iordanidis, who recently started a club in the South of France, also looks ahead to the All Ireland Football Final between Kerry and Donegal but in French. 3