Guinness Asian Gaelic Games
The 12th Annual Asian Gaelic Games were held at the Singapore Polo Club on the 23rd and 24th June 2007, proudly hosted by the Singapore Gaelic Lions.
SGL welcomed almost 600 participants to the Lion City, from 15 different clubs with over 40 teams participating over 2 days of Gaelic Football and Hurling. This year we welcomed 3 new Gaelic Football Clubs from Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Participating clubs were
Beijing GAA
Dubai Celts
Hong Kong GAA
Japan GAA
Orang Eire (Malaysia)
Seoul Gaels
Shanghai Gaelic Football Club
Shenzhen Celts
Singapore Barbarians (Na Gallda)
Singapore Exiles
Singapore Gaelic Lions
Singapore Wombats
Taiwan Celts
Thailand GAA
Viet Celts
The Opening Ceremony was hosted by the Embassy of Ireland, Singapore. Ireland's Ambassador to Singapore HE Richard O'Brien was delighted to welcome Sheamus Howlin, Chairman of the Overseas Work Group of the GAA to Singapore and was also joined by the Chairman of the Singapore Gaelic Lions, Paul Prendergast and the Chairman of the Asian County Board, Paraic McGrath in welcoming the participants and supporters of the games to Singapore. Former Tánaiste Dick Spring together with the Irish Ambassadors to Japan and Vietnam - Brendan Scannell and Brendan Lyons were also in attendance.
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While Mícheál O Muircheartaigh himself was unable to join us we were lucky that his son, Cormac acted as MC for the evening at which the draw for the main competitions was announced.
Saturday and Sunday’s Games at the Polo Club were played through the hottest weekend of the year so far in Singapore. SGL’s 7 teams took the field fitter and better prepared than ever before thanks to the hard work and dedication of Donnacha, Jon, Bryan and Denise.
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During the course of the weekend we also ran a Lucky Draw and used sales of the games t-shirts and programmes to raise money for Special Olympics Singapore and the Hope Foundation. In all, over S$6,000 was raised, equally split between the two charities. Thank you to Rachel Cavanagh and Kellie McManus for their efforts.
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The presentation of the trophies & medals was held in early evening darkness at the Polo Club – both Hong Kong & Dubai retained their men’s & women’s titles with victories over Singapore & Korea while Dubai won the first Asian Hurling Championship with a win over Singapore. Our own Alan Power was named as Player of the Tournament, with the Ladies Players of the Tournament coming from Shenzhen and Seoul Gaels.
Click below to Read More about SGL's adventures at AGG 2007:
Men's A Team - click here
Men's B Team - click here
Men's C Team - click here
Men's D Team - click here
Hurling Team - click here
Ladies A Team - click here
Ladies B Team - click here
Ladies Exiles Team - click here
Gaelic Cubs - click here
Click below to Read More about the Social Events at Asian Gaelic Games 2007:
Friday Night Opening Ceremony - click here
Sunday Night Beach Party - click here
Singapore Gaelic Lions are proudly sponsored by:
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