GAELIC SPORTS WORLD Issue 28 – June 20, 2015 | Page 15

PLAYOFF PICTURE
As things stand Connor’s are almost a lock
for #1 seed. They are 10-0 with a double header this weekend. Healthsource has an outside
chance at #1 if Connors falters in both games
but this is unlikely. Triton are possible for the
#3 or #4 seed.
A win or a loss by Upland will lock in #3. Upland will end up between #3 & #5. Upland has
a tough team in Healthsource to wind down
the season so maybe it will be #5. But if upland wins then #3 is Upland. Pogues will end
either #4 or 5, likely #4 due to Uplands harder
Photo: Indy GAA.
schedule. 2 Gingers is locked into the #6 spot.
9 Irish will end up #7 or #8 (they need a win or a Renner’s loss
Indy GAA hosted the inaugural event on the new turf with its
to lock up 7th). Renner’s needs two wins, or a win (by a lot of
tournament in 2014 and the park has a full size GAA pitch.
points) plus a 9 Irish loss to avoid the #8 seed and the play-in
game. Finally, Smoking Iron is a lock for the #9 seed (and the
The event features Hurling, Camogie and Gaelic Football as
play-in game).
well as Aussie Rules with teams travelling from places such
Akron, Columbus and Cincinnati in Ohio, Naperville Illinois,
Kalamazoo Michigan, Madison in Wisconsin, several clubs
MAJOR TOURNAMENT
from Chicago, St. Louis, and as far away as Washington DC,
The Indy GAA Invitational on Saturday, June 20th is masLouisville Kentucky.
sive by any standards as it features no less than 25 teams from
13 different cities across the Midwest and beyond. This will
This promises to be major event in the US GAA calendar with
be the biggest ever tournament Indy GAA has hosted since it
over 40 matches scheduled. At least year’s Invitational, Indy
began it in 2007 and it takes place at the pristine World Sports
won the Hurling A competition and the Camogie and so will
Park a new complex finished by Indy Parks