London Hurling
London
Hurling - Hurling in London
(http://london-gaa.blogspot.com)
London Hurling received
a massive boost in 2005 when London won the inaugral Liam Rackard
Trophy - the Tier 3 All-Ireland championship. They did so by
defeating a determined Louth side by 5-8 to 1-5 in the final. The
London hurling team are now promoted to the Tier 2 hurling championship
next year, the Christy Ring Cup, where they will come up against
much stiffer opposition with the likes of Antrim, Down, Meath and
others waiting for them.
The London hurling
team draws on players from all over Ireland who base themselves
in London. There were 4 Antrim, 4 Cork, 3 Tipperary, and 2 Kilkenny
men among others in the Liam Rackard winning squad of 2005.
Here at the Cuchulainn-Puirseil
hurling club we aim to further develop our squad over the coming
years by attracting more high quality players moving to London to
join us in our quest to build the Cuchulainn-Puirseil club into
the best hurling club in London. We have no doubt that great things
will happen with the Cuchulainn-Puirseil hurling club in the next
few years with great opportunities for competing for the London
Senior Hurling title.
On another note, some
people don't actually realise that the London Hurling team have
one All-Ireland Hurling title to their name, as well as one Liam
Rackard trophy. London won the All-Ireland hurling title back in
1901, back in the days when there were Home and Away finals where
the home winners took on London for the All-Ireland title. In this
period, London appeared in 4 finals in a row, winning one of them
as mentioned in 1901. That year they beat Cork by 1-5 to 0-4.
See below for the scorers
and details of the 2005 Nicky Rackard Cup Final:
Nicky Rackard Cup
Final At Croke Park
London
5-8 Louth 1-5
London - JJ Burke, E Phelan, T Simms, B Forde, J Dillon,
F McMahon, B Foley 0-1, M Harding 0-1, M O’Meara 0-1, D Smyth, J
Ryan, J McGaughan, D Bourke 1-4, B Shortall 1-0, K Mullan 2-1. Subs:
G Fenton for O’Meara, E Kinlon for Smyth, S Quinn 1-0 for Shorthall,
P Doyle for Phelan, P Finnegan for McMullan
Louth - S Smith, D Black, A Carter, S Darcy, D Mulholland,
P Dunne, R Byrne, D McCarthy, S Callan 0-1, T Hilliard, J Carter,
D Byrne, G Smith 1-2 , D Dunne 0-1, N McEneaney 0-1. Subs: S Conroy
for Black, G Collins for R Byrne, S Byrne for J Carter, A Mynes
for McEneaney, N Byrne for Darcy
Referee - T Mahon (Fermanagh)
As you can see above,
hurling in London is alive and well and none more so than at Cuchulainns
- so come along and join us and start playing hurling in London
for one of London's greatest hurling and GAA clubs - and bring your
friends with you! There's always room for more hurlers. To start
playing for Cuchulainns London hurling team you can either download
the players registration form from the online form on the top-left
of this page or you can contact one of our club officers below or
from our Contact
Us page:
Hurling Secretary
- Peter Scanlon (Phone: 07955
185 018)
Club Secretary - Cathal Murtagh (Phone:
07723 346 534)
Club Chairman - Mattie Smyth (Phone:
07958
567 104)
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