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Training starts every Saturday
at the Bali Memorial Stadium in Yong He at 10:30am.
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Training
Location
The directions can be found in the
picture below. Please
click the image below to enlarge!!
Map
if taking a car/scooter - We have included 2 maps, please view both
Map if taking the Ding Xi MRT - If you are
still unsure, please contact us info @taiwancelts.com
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Gaelic
Football can be described as a mixture of soccer and rugby,
although it predates both of those games. It is a field game which
has developed as a distinct game similar to the progression of
Australian Rules. Indeed it is thought that Australian Rules
evolved from Gaelic Football through the many thousands who were
either deported or emigrated to Australia from the middle of the
nineteenth century. Gaelic Football is played on a pitch
approximately 137m long and 82m wide. The goalposts are the same
shape as on a rugby pitch, with the crossbar lower than a rugby
one and slightly higher than a soccer one.
The
ball used in Gaelic Football is round, slightly smaller than a
soccer ball. It can be carried in the hand for a distance of four
steps and can be kicked or "hand-passed", a striking
motion with the hand or fist. After every four steps the ball must
be either bounced or "solo-ed", an action of dropping
the ball onto the foot and kicking it back into the hand. You may
not bounce the ball twice in a row. To score, you put the ball
over the crossbar by foot or hand / fist for one point or under
the crossbar and into the net by foot or the hand / fist in
certain circumstances for a goal, the latter being the equivalent
of three points.
Each
team consists of fifteen players, lining out as follows: One
goalkeeper, three full-backs, three half-backs, two midfielders,
three half-forwards and three full-forwards. The actual line out
on the playing field is as follows:
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|
Goalkeeper |
|
|
| Right
corner-back |
|
Full-back |
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Left
corner-back |
| Right
half-back |
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Centre
half-back |
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Left half-back |
|
Midfielder |
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Midfielder |
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| Right
half-forward |
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Centre
half-forward |
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Left half-forward |
| Right
corner-forward |
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Full-forward |
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Left corner-forward |
Players
wear a jersey with their team colours and number on the back. Both
teams must have different colour jerseys. The goalkeepers' jerseys
must not be similar to the jersey of any other player. Referees
normally tog out in black jerseys, socks and togs.
Goalkeepers
may not be physically challenged whilst inside their own small
parallelogram, but players may harass them into playing a bad
pass, or block an attempted pass.
Teams
are allowed a maximum of five substitutes in a game. Players may
switch positions on the field of play as much as they wish but
this is usually on the instructions of team officials.
Officials
for a game comprise of a referee, two linesmen (to indicate when
the ball leaves the field of play at the side and to mark '45''
free kicks and 4 umpires (to signal scores, assist the referee in
controlling the games, and to assist linesmen in positioning '45'
frees).
A
goal is signaled by raising a green flag, placed to the left of
the goal. A point is signaled by raising a white flag, placed to
the right of goal. A '45'/'65' is signaled by the umpire raising
his/her outside arm. A 'square ball', when a player scores having
arrived in the 'square' prior to receiving the ball, is signaled by pointing at the small parallelogram.
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Useful
Links
GAA
in Asia
Asian
Gaelic Games Official Website: www.asiangaelicgames.com
Japan
GAA : www.japangaa.com
Seoul
Gaels: http://www.geocities.com/seoulgaels/seoulgaels.html
Singapore
Lions: www.gaeliclions.com
Dubai
Celts: www.dubaicelts.com
Hong
Kong GAA : www.gaa.hk
Shenzhen
Celts: www.shenzhencelts.com
Life
in Taiwan
Celts FC: http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/theceltsfc/
Taichung Tigers soccer club : http://www.taichung-tigers.com
Forumosa
: www.forumosa.com
Taiwan
Ho! : www.taiwanho.com
Central
Weather Bureau: www.cwb.gov.tw
Newspapers
Taipei
Times: www.taipeitimes.com
Taiwan
News: www.etaiwannews.com
China
Post : www.chinapost.com.tw
Irish
Times: www.ireland.com
Irish
Examiner : www.irishexaminer.com
News
Ananova: www.ananova.com
Radio
ICRT: www.icrt.com.tw
Today
FM: www.todayfm.com
2FM:
www.2fm.ie
Other
GAA
Shirts: www.gaagaa.ie
St. Patrick's Day: www.st-patricks-day.com/irish
-pubs-worldwide.asp
Joseph Quinn: www.josephquinn.com
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