Enjoy Irish Sports all day on May 24 at Southwestern College. Join us for more than 70 Gaelic Football, Camogie, and Hurling games played by dozens of teams across the USA and Canada in a one day tournament open to the public. Free admission and parking. Also, enjoy Irish music, performances by Clan Rince School of Irish Dance and a beer garden for 21 and over. The West Coast Sevens is the second largest Gaelic sports tournament in the US. Local San Diego teams competing include Setanta Gaelic Football and Social Club, Na Fianna Ladies Football and Camogie Club. St. Peter's Hurling Club, and San Diego Rovers Hurling Club. Hurling has been played for more than 3,000 years, and is considered the fastest game on grass using a wooden stick called a hurley and a small leather ball called a sliotar. Camogie is the women's version of Hurling, Learn more about Hurling and Camogie at https://usgaa.org/hurling. Gaelic Football has been played since the middle ages, and is a very fast form of soccer where players advance the football, a spherical leather ball, up the field with a combination of carrying, bouncing, kicking, hand-passing, and soloing (dropping the ball and then toe-kicking the ball upward into the hands). Scoring in Hurling, Camogie, and Gaelic Football is by hitting or kicking the ball over the crossbar for one point, or under the crossbar and into the net for three points. Learn more about Gaelic Football as players advance the football, a spherical leather ball, up the field with a combination of carrying, bouncing, kicking, hand-passing, and soloing (dropping the ball and then toe-kicking the ball upward into the hands). Food available for purchase. Beer garden for 21+. Admission and parking are free. Visit: sandiegogaa.com/information/ West Coast Sevens on Facebook / Instagram
