Australasia GAA

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Australasia GAA

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The Australasia County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) , or Australasia GAA, or Gaelic Football & Hurling Association of Australasia is one of the county boards of the GAA outside Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games all across Australasia. The county board is also responsible for Australasia inter county teams . The board is made up of the following divisions New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia

1 History
2 Hurling
- 2.1 Honours
3 Gaelic football
- 3.1 Honours
4 Camogie
- 4.1 Honours
5 Ladies' Gaelic football
- 5.1 Honours
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] History

The first reported games of Gaelic football in Australasia were played in South Australia in the 1840s, and this begins the recorded history of Australasian GAA.

Official associations, however, were not formed until the twentieth century. The first two states to form Associations were Victoria and New South Wales. This was followed in 1963 by the formation of a South Australian association in South Australia and associations in Western Australia and Queensland soon after.

The first interstate championships in both codes were played between NSW, Victoria and South Australia in 1971.

In Sydney in 1974 representatives of state associations met and agreed to form the Gaelic Athletic Association of Australia to administer and promote Gaelic football and hurling on a national level. Subsequently, the Gaelic Athletic Association of Australia joined with the New Zealand associations of Auckland and Hutt Valley - Wellington from New Zealand to form the Gaelic Athletic Association of Australasia.

The last few years have been a time of expansion in the Association. New initiatives and developments, combined with GAA funding, have seen the number of teams competing in Gaelic football more than double.

[edit] Hurling

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[edit] Honours

[edit] Gaelic football

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[edit] Camogie

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[edit] Ladies' Gaelic football

The Australasia Ladies' football team have won the last three Women's World Cup competitions (the tournament does not include Irish sides)

[edit] Honours

Women's World Cup 2000, 2002, 2005

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[edit] See also

v • d • e Gaelic Athletic Association governing bodies

Irish Provincial councils	Connacht Council • Leinster Council • Munster Council • Ulster Council

Counties of Connacht	Galway • Leitrim • Mayo • Roscommon • Sligo

Counties of Leinster	Carlow • Dublin • Kildare • Kilkenny • Laois • Longford • Louth • Meath • Offaly • Westmeath • Wexford • Wicklow

Counties of Munster	Clare • Cork • Kerry • Limerick • Tipperary • Waterford

Counties of Ulster	Antrim • Armagh • Cavan • Derry • Donegal • Down • Fermanagh • Monaghan • Tyrone

Counties of the British Provincial council	Gloucestershire • Hertfordshire • Lancashire • London • Scotland • Warwickshire • Yorkshire

Counties of other regions	Australasia • Canada • Europe • New York • North America (USA excluding New York)

Non county bodies	Camogie Association of Ireland • Féile na nGael • Higher Education GAA • Irish Collegiate Handball Association • Games Administration Committee • Ladies' Gaelic Football Association