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Asian Gaelic Games 2007

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 19:57:59 -0600

Asian Gaelic Games 2007
Singapore 22-24th June 2007
@Singapore Polo Grounds

Schedule of Events:
Our schedule for the weekend is finalised.

Friday 22nd June:
Opening Ceremony and Tournament Draw
Asian Civilisations Museum, Empress Way
8pm – 11pm
Attire: Please ask club members to wear Tour Polo’s.

After-party Molly Malone’s, Circular Road 11pm – late

Saturday 23rd June:
Asian Gaelic Games: Day 1 Tournament Play
Singapore Polo Grounds, Mt Pleasant Road
9am – 6pm
Saturday Evening BBQ @ Polo Grounds:
6pm – 8pm

Sunday 24th June:
Asian Gaelic Games: Day 2 Tournament Play

All Ireland GAA results

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 07:22:47 -0600

Did anyone catch the results of the 2006 GAA All Ireland finals?

I see Tipp took home the Minor hurling title.

Surely Cork are in there somewhere? How did they do at the handball championships??

What about Dublin? They were hardly beaten by that culchie team were they??

The True Enemy

Tue, 04 Jul 2006 16:32:13 -0600

Its hard watching them win. Every true Irishman has something in his
genetic makeup that rebels against the thought. Anyone but them.
Anyone but those arrogant bastards.

Its not that we actively hate them. Most of us would be hard pressed to even dislike them. Truth be told, we quite like them. They are after all our neighbours, and in recent years, we've even seen them buying houses in the Irish countryside, living among us.

And lets face it, even before they started moving here, most of us lived among them. We've all worked there at some point in our lives, though of course the entire time we dreamed of the day when we'd have enough money saved to move back home.

What to expect in 2006

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:45:38 -0600

From Terry at www.hoganstand.com

A season of great highs, devastating lows and plenty of controversies await us. Here is an idea of what we can expect to see in the summer of 2006.

May:

Munster Hurling:
Tipperary lose to Limerick and Babs Keating causes fierce controversy by saying that he’d have got ’a better performance from 15 Polish immigrants’. He furiously denies saying this but is forced to resign when it turns out he said it live on the Sunday game.

Peter Canavan announces his return to inter-county football.
Cork hurlers take to the field against Clare all wearing red jocks over their shorts with the slogan ’just do it’ on them. A huge controversy rages when it’s reported that each player got €8.5 0 from Nike to do so. The GPA argues that there is nothing in the rules that says they can wear their jocks over their shorts. Donal Og Cusack insists they are not looking for Pay for Play.

Feudian Slips

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 03:00:46 -0600

MICHAEL Buerk watching Phillipa Forrester cuddle up to a male astronomer
for warmth during BBC1's UK eclipse coverage remarked: "They seem cold
out there, they're rubbing each other and he's only come in his shorts."

KEN Brown commentating on golfer Nick Faldo and his caddie Fanny
Sunneson lining-up shots at the Scottish Open: "Some weeks Nick likes to
use Fanny, other weeks he prefers to do it by himself."

MIKE Hallett discussing missed snooker shots on Sky Sports: "Stephen
Hendry jumps on Steve Davis's misses every chance he gets."

JACK Burnicle was talking about Colin Edwards' tyre choice on World

How to tell a Munster Man from a Leinster Guy....

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:24:31 -0600

City fears a drop kick from fans

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:46:40 -0600

The Times April 20, 2006
City fears a drop kick from fans
By A Correspondent

By Sunday afternoon half of Limerick will have travelled across Ireland to watch Munster play Leinster in the semi-final of the rugby union Heineken Cup, but Diarmuid Scully, the mayor, has begged the fans not to stay in Dublin overnight. He fears their absence will threaten Limerick’s status as a city.

An exodus of 20,000 fans is expected on the day Ireland’s four-yearly population census is taken. Mr Scully wants them to return straight home after the match to ensure that the count is an accurate reflection of the Limerick population.

Taipei Touch Tournament Proposal

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:31:41 -0600

greetings. i am interested in running touch rugby tournaments in taipei. i understand there are some run from time to time and im also keen to participate in those.

i would like to know what kind of level the play is at in taipei and what rules are adhered to. i will eventually need to gather further information on how to book grounds and where to find teams.

i look forward to any comments on this. feel free to reply here or to email me directly on:
grantjohndexter@hotmail.com
(use subject - mail for grant - to avoid the junk mail box)

Sex cues ruin men's decisiveness

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 00:41:47 -0600

Sex cues ruin men's decisiveness

Catching sight of a pretty woman really is enough to throw a man's decision-making skills into disarray, a study suggests.

The more testosterone he has, the stronger the effect, according to work by Belgian researchers.

Men about to play a financial game were shown images of sexy women or lingerie.

The Proceedings of the Royal Society B study found they were more likely to accept unfair offers than men not been exposed to the alluring images.

The suggestion is that the sexual cues distract the men's thoughts, preventing them from focusing on their task - particularly among those with high natural testosterone levels.

The University of Leuven researchers gave 176 heterosexual male student volunteers aged 18 to 28 financial games to test their fair play.

They are looking for opportunities to pass on their genes

Our young players deserve this chance

Mon, 17 Apr 2006 00:56:49 -0600

LAST Thursday night here in the Telstra Dome, the International rules U17 competition got off to a promising start when Ireland came from 13 points dowm in the last quarter to grab a deserved draw with Australia, 38 points each.

This was the venue for the Ireland-Australia game in the Rugby World Cup a few years ago. Then it was a home from home for Ireland, but this time there were very few Irish in for the game - mainly families of those playing.

With my son Shane involved, it was an opportunity for the rest of my family to go and support. He, along with Pearse Hanley from Mayo, Willie Mulhall from Offaly and Ray Cullivan from Cavan, grabbed valuable scores in that last quarter to level the game.

Corkwoman is first Irish woman to win World Indoor Gold

Sun, 12 Mar 2006 21:47:24 -0700

Steps that led O'Rourke to glory
RICHARD LEWIS IN MOSCOW

The Cork athlete is the new world indoor 60m hurdles champion, a
reward for all her hard work

OUTSIDE the amazing Olympijski Arena, snow is everywhere. Temperatures
are minus seven and the weather is deteriorating. Inside, sobering
words about the heat of Portugal were more than welcome, though when
Ireland's Derval O'Rourke talked about them, she could never have
realised what two weeks in the sun would do to her career.
In January, she travelled for warm-weather training to Portugal,
determined it would provide the foundation for a tilt at becoming the

Cork 1-11 Dublin 1-10

Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:36:59 -0700

Cork 1-11 Dublin 1-10: Rebels repel Dublin revival
Michael Foley at Páirc Uí Rinn

A HOME game against Dublin has always been a cherished old poultice, passed down through generations of Cork footballers to help them escape their sick bed. Twenty-three years have now passed since Dublin recorded a win in Cork, and after a difficult start to the League their most recent visit was gratefully availed of by the locals.
By the end of a lively game Cork could count eight scorers and a selection of fine performances on a desperately mucky night. Their defence knitted tightly together and when Dublin started to jab a finger in Cork’s chest midway through the second-half, their composed response was deeply impressive.

Shanghai confirmed as host for the Asian Gaelic Games 2006

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 22:05:54 -0700

Shanghai has been confirmed as host for the 2006 Asian Gaelic Games.
The AGG, one of the fastest growing events in the Asian sporting calender, will take place on October 14-15.
The dates are slightly later than normal, due to the clash with a variety of sporting events in Ireland such as the All-Ireland finals and the Ryder Cup at the K-Club in late September.