by Cu Chulainns on April 19, 2011
Last weekend’s annual GAA Congress in Mullingar, Co Westmeath, saw US GAA or North American County Board (NACB) (excl New York) delegates go away relatively happy with all motions offered, passed.
A sticky issue for some divisions last year was on the matter of players Sanctions for those coming out from Ireland and not having J1 Visa’s.
Out of Motion 29 came the ruling that any player ‘eligable’ for a J1 Visa is allowed to have a sanction, while Motion 30 sees the deadline for sanction players to the NACB region extended from July 1st to July 20th. In Motion 31, the home based US player gets some leeway as their Inter-County transfer deadline to register with a club is being extended from December 31st to March 31st.
However, it seems though there has been no real progress on the TV rights issues or the showing of Gaelic sports online.
GaelicSportsCast spoke to new NACB PRO Tim Flanagan on Saturday evening about the how the changes affect American GAA and of the ongoing issue of TV access.
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by Cu Chulainns on April 10, 2011
With 17 football clubs, Gaelic Football in France is thriving and tomorrow Saturday, April 9, marks another occassion to celebrate a truly French revolution as the Nantes Gaelic Football Tournament gets underway.
Over the past five years the number of clubs in France is growing almost on a monthly basis, especially in Le Bretagne or Brittany region where some 8 clubs are now in existence.
The Nantes Club in Brittany play hosts to Guerande and Liffres tomorrow – Rennes late withdrawal – and here to talk about the tournament is recent Irish Nantes recruit, Ciaran Murphy.
This podcast also marks a brave new world for GaelicSportsCast as we are attending the event tomorrow and in this programme we bring you a report direct from training last night in sunny Nantes.
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by Cu Chulainns on April 7, 2011
For over a century, the sport of camogie has played a central role in the lives of young Irish women.
While camogie hasn’t always been at the forefront of the Irish sporting psyche in general, it has nevertheless remained vital for many and today there is a renewed sense of confidence as a growing member base both in Ireland and abroad, look to the future with ambition and purpose.
In today’s podcast, GaelicSportsCast speaks with Camogie President, Joan O’Flynn – herself a former emigrant in London – about the organisations ambitions and future hopes for the sport.
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