Boston Northeast GAA

2010 NACB Playoffs Draw

The North American County Board of the GAA held its annual pre-playoff meeting recently at Chicago Gaelic Park, the venue for this years finals. The main focus of the meeting was for the National Board to meet the local host playoff committee to review the plans already in place for the 2010 championship playoffs and make the draws for the tournament.

At least 20 cities, some with several teams, are expected to be represented at the finals over the Labor Day weekend, September 3rd^h thru the 5^th at Chicago Gaelic Park.

Similar to last year's playoffs in Boston, 17 championships are on the agenda with about 70 games expected to be played at this years event.   

 Typically, the winners of each divisional championship will represent their division in the playoffs but there will be cases where two teams from the same division will be entered in the same grade. In some cases, the defeated divisional finalists will represent their divisions in a lower grade in the playoffs. Since there are teams from several cities competing for divisional championships in various grades it may not be know until mid-August what clubs or cities will be participating in the playoffs in any a particular grade. Consequently, divisions rather than cities or club names will be identified in this initial draw.

With only three cities competing at the senior hurling level Chicago has agreed to enter two teams to ensure two semi-finals in the senior hurling championship.

For the first time in many years a canadian team will compete in this years championship. Following approval from both the Canadian and North American County Boards Vancouver will have a team compete in the junior "A" hurling championship

Following is a list of the divisions and the cities that were entered into the 2010 NACB Playoff draw: 

NORTHEAST: Boston metropolitan area, Hartford CN, Concord NH

CENTRAL: Chicago metropolitan area, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Minnesota Twin Cities, St. Louis,

WESTERN: San Francisco metropolitan area.

PHILADELPHIA:  Philadelphia metropolitan area, Allentown

MIDWEST:  Akron, Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Rochester.

SOUTH EAST: Atlanta, Charlotte

SOUTH WEST: Austin, Denver, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Diego, 

NORTH WEST: Portland, Washington - Seattle,

              MIDATLANIC: Washington DC, Baltimore, Alexandria, Westminister Ma,       

Following is the draw for the 2010 NACB playoffs:

Senior Hurling:

Semi-finals

Boston  Vs  Chicago 1

Chicago  2  Vs  San Francisco

Junior A Hurling:

Quarter- finals

Vancouver   Vs   Washington  DC

Milwaukee  Vs   Los Angelas

Semi-finals

Boston   Vs   Vancouver or Washington DC

San Francisco  Vs  Milwaukee or Los Angelas

Junior B Hurling:

Quarer-finals

Twin Cities  Vs   Celtic Cowboys

Denver   Vs   Atlanta

Indianapolis  Vs  Philadelphia

San Francisco  Vs  Seattle

Junior C Hurling:

Preliminary Rounds

Seattle   Vs   Indianapolis

St. Louis  Vs  Madison

Akron  Vs  Chicago

Quarter-finals

Seattle or Indianapolai  Vs  Philadelphia

St. Lousis or Madison  Vs  Milwaukee

Akron or Chicago  Vs  New Hamphire

Portland  Vs  Denver

Men's Senior Football:

Semi-finals

Chicago   Vs   Philadelphia

Boson  Vs   San Francisco

Men's Intermediate Football

Final

Philadelphia  Vs  San Francisco

Men's Junior A Football

Quarter-final

Chicago  Vs  Philadelphia

Semi-finals

San Diego  Vs  Chicago or Philadelphia    

Boston  Vs  San Francisco   

Men's Junior B Football

Quarter-finals

Northeast   Vs   Central

Mid-Atlantic  Vs  Denver 

Midwest 2  Vs  Los Angelas

Charlotte  Vs  Midwest 1

Men's Junior C Football

Quarter-finals

Northeast  Vs  Philadelphia

Austin  Vs  Chicago

Denver Vs San Diego

Western  -  Bye

Men's Junior D Football

Preliminary Rounds

Baltimore  Vs  St. Louis

Phoenix  Vs  Atlanta

Quarter-finals

Phoenix or Atlanta  Vs  Chicago Fire Dpt.

Midwest  Vs  Mason Dixon

Kansas City  Vs  Twin Cities

All-American Football

Preliminary Round

Philadelphia  Vs  Midwest 1

Quarter-finals

Philadelphia or Midwest  Vs  Chicago Fire Dpt.

Northeast  Vs  Western

Mid-Atlantic  Vs  St. Louis

Central  Vs  Midwest 2

Ladies Senior Football

Semi-final

Boston  Vs  Philadelphia

Final

Boston or Philadelphia  Vs  San Francisco  

Ladies Intermediate Football

Final

Washington DC  Vs  Philadelphia

Ladies Junior A Football

Quarter-final

Atlanta  Vs  San Francisco

Semi-finals

Atlanta or San Francisco  Vs  Boston

Charlotte  Vs  Chicago

Ladies Junior B Football:

Preliminary Round

San Diego   Vs  Seattle

Mid-Atlantic  Vs  Atlanta

Denver  Vs  Chicago

San Diego or Seattle  Vs  Mid-Atlantic or Atlanta

Denver or Chicago  Vs  Midwest

Draws for the camogie championships will be conducted later.

Eamonn Kelly

PRO - North American County Board