Midwest Gaelic Classic: KC’s 1st Irish Sport Tournament
The greatest feast of Irish sport that Kansas City has ever seen takes place on Saturday June 27, 2009 at Swope Park when the Kansas City Gaelic Athletic Club (KCGAC) hosts the city’s first ever Gaelic Football tournament.
The 2009 Coors Light Midwest Gaelic Classic begins at noon in Swope Park at the Wizards’ Training Facility by 63rd & Lewis, and continues until 6:30pm.
Admission is FREE.
One of Ireland’s national games regularly played in front of crowds of 80,000 in its home country, Gaelic Football is a non-stop action-packed sport which to new eyes looks something like a mixture of soccer, basketball, and rugby. A round ball is caught and kicked and punched by 15-player teams trying to score pints (over the bar) and goals (under the bar).
Teams from the cities of Little Rock, Arkansas and Minnesota’s Twin Cities are joining 2 teams from the host city in a schedule of 4 games:
Match #1: Noon - KCGAC-Green vs Twin Cities GFC(Minn/StPaul)
Match #2: 1:30pm - Little Rock GAA vs KCGAC-Navy
Consolation Match 3:15pm - Loser match #1 vs Loser match #2
Championship 4:45pm - Winner match #1 vs Winner match #2
There’ll be food and vendors, and stuff for the kids, and whatever the heat the games will be played - if it’s too hot for you then you can cool yourself down in the sprinkler.
It’s a great opportunity to learn about your Irish heritage - an ancient Irish sport - and to support Irish culture in Kansas City.
The KCGAC is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to good sportsmanship and furthering Gaelic Games in Kansas City
This event is posted on the Kansas City Irish events calendar.
Eolaí gan Fhéile:
“A round ball is caught and kicked and punched by 15-player teams trying to score pints…”
Is cinnte go bhfuil siad ag iarraidh “piontaí” a scóráil!
Slán
Whoops - yes, of course they are. I wonder what was on my mind there?
I might just leave it uncorrected for posterity, and because I’m trying to think of a few ways to score a few pints for meself today.
I saw that too but, being this is still pretty much a pub league, thought it rather appropriate.
They do have pub leagues and forming a A-Team for travel and a home team as well. They are far more evolved than just a pub league. You are sadly mistaken and not well informed. I have been to several matches to see the lads in Minnesota and Arkansas they are a fine bunch with a great start and going on and on and on !!!!
Slán
John - you might want to relax a bit there.
The comments on this post are just a fragment of a much greater ongoing conversation spread over many posts, and in no way intended (and fairly obviously so I’d add) as anything approaching a definitive description of the activities of the KC GAC - an organisation this site and the commenter have been avid supporters of since its inception, if not before.
Or, in other words - context. This is a post about one specific event only, and the comments on it (before yours) are all humorous ones prompted by a typing error.