Hertfordshire GAA

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Hertfordshire GAA
Standard kit
Province:	Britain
Nickname(s):	Herts
County colours:	Green and Yellow
Dominant sport:	Gaelic football

Hertfordshire within England

The Hertfordshire County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) or Hertfordshire GAA is one of the county boards outside Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in Hertfordshire. The county board is also responsible for the Hertfordshire inter-county teams.

The County board was created in 1960 when it was deemed that the number of clubs in the region north of London supported a separate league. The area is not in fact just Hertfordshire but encompasses Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire.

Hertfordshire is probably among the weakest of the British counties as a result of the small number of large population centres in the region it serves.^{[citation needed]} It has further been affected by the general trend of reduced emigration from Ireland to the UK since the 1980s. As a result, a number of the original clubs have folded – including the Milton Keynes-based team Erin Go Bragh in 2005. However, a resurgence may be under way. The youth sections of Glen Rovers and St. Colmcille's are very healthy while in 2006 a new Cambridge-based team joined the league.

Clubs

Erin Gaels (Luton)
St. Dympna's
Erin Gaels (Oxford)
Glen Rovers (Watford)
Eoghan Ruadh (Luton) - competes in London GAA region in Hurling
Luton Shamrocks - underage

Additionally there are three University teams in the region:

University of Cambridge
University of Oxford
Bedford University

County Board 2010

The current County Board is as follows:

Hon. President: Bob Canty, St. Colmcilles GFC
Chairperson: John Gormley, Glen Rovers GFC
Secretary:Aaron O'Byrne, St. Colmcilles GFC
Treasurer:Greg Treanor, Cambridge Paranells GFC
Development: Martin McManamon, Glen Rovers GFC
Youth Officer: Diarmuid Walsh, Glen Rovers GFC
Provincial Council Delegates: Willie Joyce and Bob Canty
P.R.O.: Damien Maloney

County Board 2007

Hon. President: Bob Canty, St. Colmcilles GFC
Chairperson: Shane O'Neill, St. Vincent's GFC
Vice Chairperson: Marcus Folan, Éire Óg GFC.
Secretary: Willie Joyce, St. Vincent's GFC
Assistant Secretary: Aaron O'Byrne, St. Colmcilles GFC
Treasurer: Jerry Brennan, Glen Rovers GFC
Registrar: Andrew McCabe, St. Vincent's GFC.
Development: Martin McManamon, Glen Rovers GFC
Youth Officer: Diarmuid Walsh, Glen Rovers GFC.
Provincial Council Delegates: Willie Joyce and Marcus Folan
P.R.O.: Bob Canty

County Board 2006

Jim Moss, St Colmcilles, Honorary Uachtaran
John Gormley, Chairman
Marty Poopy McManamon, Vice-Chairman
Willie Joyce, Runai
Bob Canty, Leas Runai
Jerry Brennan, Treasurer
Andy McCabe, Registrar
Shane O'Neill, Development Officer
Willie Joyce, PRO
Willie Joyce & Marcus Folan, Provincial Council delegates
Andy McCabe & Jim Moss, Provincial Council Proxy Delegates.
Marcus Folan, Éire Óg, County Youth Officer.
Shane O'Neill, St Vincents, County Board Development Officer

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