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Continental Youth Championship
The Continental Youth Championships (CYC) is an annual weekend tournament of Gaelic football, hurling, and camogie organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association. It is contested by teams from the USA and Canada, and is a separate competition from the existing youth championships in the New York, Canadian, and NACB areas. It began in 2004, and its location rotates around various cities from year to year. The age of players ranges from Under 8 to Under 18. Hosts: * 2004 - New York GAA * 2005 - San Francisco GAA * 2006 - Boston GAA * 2007 - Chicago GAA * 2008 - Philadelphia GAA * 2009 - San Francisco GAA * 2010 - New York GAA * 2011 - Boston GAA * 2012 - Chicago GAA * 2013 - Philadelphia GAA * 2014 - New York GAA * 2015 - San Francisco GAA * 2016 - Chicago GAA * 2017 - Buffalo GAA * 2018 - Boston GAA * 2019 - Philadelphia GAA Growth The CYC has grown at a rapid rate since its inception. In 2006 it consisted of over 200 games played in three days. In 2014, 640 games were pl ...
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The Continental Youth Championships (CYC) is an annual weekend tournament of Gaelic football, hurling, and camogie organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association. It is contested by teams from the US and Canada, and is a separate competition from the existing youth championships in the New York, Canadian, and NACB areas. It began in 2004, and its location rotates around various cities from year to year. The age of players ranges from Under 8 to Under 18. Hosts: * 2004 – New York GAA * 2005 – San Francisco GAA * 2006 – Boston GAA * 2007 – Chicago GAA * 2008 – Philadelphia GAA * 2009 – San Francisco GAA * 2010 – New York GAA * 2011 – Boston GAA * 2012 – Chicago GAA * 2013 – Philadelphia GAA * 2014 – New York GAA * 2015 – San Francisco GAA * 2016 – Chicago GAA * 2017 – Buffalo GAA * 2018 – Boston GAA * 2019 – Philadelphia GAA Growth The CYC has grown at a rapid rate since its inception. In 2006 it consisted of over 200 games played in three d ...
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Philadelphia GAA
The Philadelphia Divisional Board of the North American GAA is the governing body of hurling, camogie, and Gaelic football in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. It is affiliated to the North American Board. Its headquarters are at the Limerick Field Complex in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Until the 2006 North American Convention, its territory included the Washington DC/Baltimore area. History The first recorded evidence of the Gaelic games Gaelic games ( ga, Cluichí Gaelacha) are a set of sports played worldwide, though they are particularly popular in Ireland, where they originated. They include Gaelic football, hurling, Gaelic handball and rounders. Football and hurling, th ... in Philadelphia was in 1914 when a meeting is said to have been held at Philo Celtic Gaelic Football Club. References External links GAAofficial website Philly GAAofficial website North American Boardofficial website Continental Youth Championshipsofficial website Irish-American culture in Ph ...
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Hurling Competitions In The United States
Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of players and much terminology. The same game played by women is called camogie ('), which shares a common Gaelic root. The objective of the game is for players to use an ash wood stick called a hurley (in Irish a ', pronounced or ) to hit a small ball called a ' between the opponent's goalposts either over the crossbar for one point or under the crossbar into a net guarded by a goalkeeper for three points. The ' can be caught in the hand and carried for not more than four steps, struck in the air or struck on the ground with the hurley. It can be kicked, or slapped with an open hand (the hand pass), for short-range passing. A player who wants to carry the ball for more than four steps has to bounce or balance the ' on the end of the stick, ...
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