On Saturday Rockland GAA played host to the Dan Mc Sweeney memorial tournament. The tournament was established to commemorate Eoin Mc Sweeney's brother Dan who passed away. The Mc Sweeney family very generously supplied each player on the day with a commemorative T-shirt , medals and a trophy to remember a great member of the GAA who is no longer with us. In his speech Eoin played tribute to his brother and encouraged everyone playing the games to have fun and reminded everyone that while winning is important the most important thing in the GAA are family and friends and thats what lasts the longest.
On the playing field 7 teams participated in the blitz with the two Rockland teams giving great preformances throughout the group stages. The New York Celtics gave the preformance of the day in the semi final against Rockland Gaels but just couldnt match Rockland Harps in the final. The hosts were presented with the Dan Mc Sweeney memorial trophy much to the delight of the large crowd of parents in attendance.
The tournament concluded the Minor board season for 2010 and what a great year it was, the games program as set by our schedule chairman Tom Kerins was fantastic ensuring the best program for games in any overseas GAA county matching any schedule in Ireland, thanks a lot Tom! Looking forward to 2011 already!!
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