Hurling in North America News | February & March 2022 | Play Hurling

In this episode, we take a look at what happened in the North American Hurling community in February and March 2022, including Charleston’s Camden Cup, Rochester’s Indoor 7s Tournament, and hurling's feature on Storage Wars!

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00:00 | Hurling in North America News

00:13 | New Clubs
In new club news, camogie is now in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Na Laochra Camogie was started at the start of 2022. If you live in the area, make sure to give them a shout!

Also, Buffalo Fenians have expanded their club to include hurling. This new hurling team played in their first tournament in Rochester, more on that later.

Be sure to follow these 2 new clubs:
  / na_laochra  
  / buffalofenians  

00:34 | Winter Classic 7s Tournament
In New York news, Roc City Gaelic hosted an indoor 7s tournament in February. Teams from New York and Ohio competed in this one-day indoor tournament. And it was the debut tournament for the Albany Rebels and Buffalo Fenians new hurling teams.

00:52 | Butte St. Patrick’s Day Match
In Montana news, the 3rd Annual Butte St. Patrick's Day Hurling Match returned this year at Montana Tech. This kicked off the season for The Wolfe Tones and Thomas Meagher Hurling Club as they played their first hurling match of 2022. The Wolfe Tones defeated Thomas Meagher with a final score of 52-20.

The match included hurlers of all skill levels and they got a feature from the Montana Standard: https://mtstandard.com/sports/local/a...

01:13 | St. Patrick’s Day News Coverage
In other St. Patrick’s Day news, several clubs across North America were featured on TV by their local news stations.

02:10 | Hurling on Storage Wars
In other media news, Play Hurling was featured on A&E’s Storage Wars! I was asked to make an appearance on the show to talk about and demonstrate hurling.

One of the cast members found hurling equipment in a storage unit and wasn’t sure what the equipment was for.

Video source: A&E Televisions Networks - Storage Wars S14 E4 | How the West Covina Was Won

02:40 | Photo of the Month
This episode’s photo of the month goes to Jersey Shore GAA for their “Where’s the sliotar” post:   / 1494052169586196485  

03:00 | Video of the Month
This episode’s video of the month goes to Augusta Gaelic Sports who are absolutely killing it on social media. Here are a few of their recent videos.

03:16 | Club of the Month
March’s club of the month goes to Charleston Hurling Club. Thank you so much to Brian from the Charleston Hurling Club for taking over our social media accounts during the Camden Irish Festival.

Charleston hosted four teams in this 9-a-side tournament. Charleston took home the inaugural Camden Cup with a goal-heavy second half of the final - final score was Charleston 8-3 (27), Greenville 3-8 (17)

We'll be featuring Charleston Hurling Club again in April for the Holy City Cup, so stay tuned!

Follow Charleston Hurling Club on social media:
Charleston Hurling Club Website: http://charlestonhurling.com/
Charleston Hurling Club Instagram:   / charlestonhurling  
Charleston Hurling Club Facebook:   / charlestonhc  
Charleston Hurling Club Twitter:   / charlestonhc  

If your US or Canadian club would like to do a social media takeover and be featured as a club of the month, get in touch!


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Photo/Video Credit:
A&E Televisions Networks - Storage Wars S14 E4 | How the West Covina Was Won
Indianapolis: wthr.com & John Doran
Denver: thedenverchannel.com & Danny New
Savannah: WTOC 11 Production - GAA Morning Break:    • GAA Morning Break  
Rochester: spectrumlocalnews.com & @WendyMillsTV
Greenville: wspa.com & CBS
Hartford: fox61.com & WTIC-TV
DC: DC Gaels (Twitter)
Montana Standard & Matthew Kiewiet
  / cassc3aawmz  
  / cbnnwzdardz  


Music by:
Joakim Karud - Take It Easy [From The Archive]:   / take-it-easy