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Antrim Senior Hurling Championship
The Antrim Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bathshack.com Antrim Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Antrim SHC) is an annual club hurling competition organised by the Antrim County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. It is contested by the top-ranking senior clubs in the county of Antrim, Northern Ireland, with the winners decided through a group and knockout format. It is the most prestigious competition in Antrim hurling. In its present format, the eight teams are drawn into two groups of four teams and play each other in a single round-robin system. The two group winners proceed to the knockout phase that culminates with the final. The winner of the Antrim Senior Championship, as well as being presented with the Volunteer Cup, qualifies for the subsequent Ulster Club Championship. The competition has been won by 19 teams, 15 of which have won it more than once. Loughgiel Shamrocks is the most successful team in the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Football
Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kicking or punching the ball into the other team's goals (3 points) or between two upright posts above the goals and over a crossbar above the ground (1 point). Players advance the football up the field with a combination of carrying, bouncing, kicking, hand-passing, and soloing (dropping the ball and then toe-kicking the ball upward into the hands). In the game, two types of scores are possible: points and goals. A point is awarded for kicking or hand-passing the ball over the crossbar , signalled by the umpire raising a white flag. A goal is awarded for kicking the ball under the crossbar into the net (the ball cannot be hand-passed into the goal), signalled by the umpire raising a green flag. Positions in Gaelic football are similar to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Páirc Mac Uílín
Páirc Mac Uílín () is a Gaelic Athletic Association playing field in Ballycastle, County Antrim, Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is the home of the Ballycastle McQuillan GAC, McQuillan GAC Ballycastle club, one of the most successful teams in the county. The grounds have two full size pitches, floodlight facilities, a training area, a Hurling wall as well as multi-purpose clubrooms. The club also has a wind turbine installed on site. It officially opened in 2007, the centenary year of Ballycastle McQuillan GAC, McQuillan GAC Ballycastle, with President of the Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA President Nickey Brennan, newly installed Ulster GAA, Ulster President Tom Daly and Antrim GAA, Antrim chairman Dr John McSparron in attendance. The first match was a friendly between the home side and Kilkenny GAA, Kilkenny club James Stephens GAA, James Stephens. In December 2012 Páirc MacUílín received the Antrim GAA, Antrim and Ulster GAA Ground of the Year awards. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
