GAELIC SPORTS WORLD Issue 21 – March 14, 2015 | Page 9

narrowly beating the home side but also had two losses. The same record was posted for both Galicia, also playing club league competition just this year and the Middle East. The team to beat were Canada. In the Men’s International World Cup, we had South Africa, Galicia, Argentina and Middle East and every player native to their home soil. Galicia, Middle East and South Africa were expected to be competitive on account of their own league (Galicia & Photo courtesy of Middle East GAA/Tina& Stew Hunt. Middle East) and tournament experience while Argentina new to Gaelic football but with a background in rugby and hockey, In the 8 team Men’s World Cup, split into two groups, in playing in their first tournament, were an unknown quantity. Group A it was all about Asia 1 who claimed three wins, As things panned out they impressed when winning all three New York were next best and qualified on 1-1-1, edging out of their games with Galicia also doing well and with South a shocked North America (1-2-0) who failed to advance, Africa losing two and winning one with some improvement and Europe again found the going tough with one win and to do for the semi-finals. Ditto for Middle East who failed as two losses. yet to record a win. In the Ladies World Cup we had two groups of four in A and B. Only the top four between both groups would make the semifinals. Best from Group A was Middle East with three wins, while Asia 1 showed well on 2-1. Asia 2 with three losses and North America with a record of 1-1-1 failed to qualify to many people’s surprise. In Group B meanwhile, it was a similar story as a strong Middle East 1 went 3-0 with Australasia 2-1, with New York also surprised on 1-2, Europe 0-3 and so both didn’t make the semis. Photo: T