Teams from across Asia set sights on ‘Oriental Sam Maguire’
In recognition of the growing importance of the event, Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs Tom Kitt & will attend to meet representatives of the various Irish communities from across Asia. The three-day event will bring together the Irish diaspora with teams representing Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Taiwan, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and Macau competing in seven-a-side men’s and ladies football competitions.
Over 300 players will participate with Korea seeking to retain the Derek Brady Trophy, the “Oriental Sam Maguire”, and Japan ladies defending their championship. Derek Brady was one of the original games’ founders in Taiwan and died tragically in a road accident before he could witness the incredible success of the venture he had helped to inspire.
The Asian Gaelic Games were founded by a group of Irish expatriates in Taiwan on New Year's Eve, 1995. Since then the venue for the games has moved from Manila to Singapore to Phuket, Thailand and now for the first time to Hong Kong, where men and women from as many as 14 different nationalities are expected to take part.
lWexford hurling star Paul Codd has donated his controversial Paddy Power branded hurley to help a sick child.
Codd will be remembered for his outburst against the Croke Park authorities following his usage of the hurley alongside Cork’s Sean Óg Ó hAilpín in the All-Ireland semi-final. Now Codd has given the hurley up for an auction to help send a sick child to Lourdes, his gesture boosting a fund-raising campaign for 10-year-old Shane Quinlan, who was diagnosed with T Cell Lymphoma in May and has to undergo chemotherapy to control the illness.
The auction will run from Monday, September 29 to October 6.
Bidding will take place through Patrick O’Brien who can be contacted on 059-9135728.
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