Nov. 12, 2019 • Andrew Maron

For our final tournament of the year, we made the trip to Augusta for the Azalea Cup. We tried a new experiment as a club, where we pooled our cash and rented a passenger van for the majority of the players to ride in for the daytrip. While it meant having to wake up earlier than usual for the drive, it turned into a great team building experience for those of us in the van. Once we arrived, we saw a number of familiar faces, as we had played most of the attending teams at least once this year. Those of us who made the trip to Knoxville were also happy to see the Augusta players who were our teammates for a day. Augusta greeted us with a welcome package full of bottled water, protein snacks, and koozies. While the temperature was much, much cooler than average, we were excited for the otherwise perfect weather for a full day of hurling.

Nov. 5, 2019 • Andrew Maron

The penultimate game of the season followed a busy day for Charleston Hurling. Saturday November 2^nd saw a number of our members volunteering to promote the club and hurling as a whole. First, we had members taking the time to help the Citadel with their first time hosting the NCGAA Southeast regionals, with UNC and Virginia Tech in attendance. We also had our members represent the club at the Charleston Scottish Highland games, and managed to recruit a few people to come out and play the next day! Both J&W and Daps had strong showings for the Pub League matchup, with Daps having only a slight advantage in numbers. The first half had a few back and forth scores, with Brandon Callahan putting Daps on his back and scoring 7 of their 9 points in the first half. However, J&W held the advantage at 3-3 (12) to 2-3 (9) at halftime. The second half showed a stark difference in play. Daps managed an impressive defensive performance, locking down J&W’s offense completely and holding them to only 1 point for the majority of the half. The final play of the game gave J&W an opportunity to send it to extra time, with the offense making a final push for a goal. After a quick give and go, Brendan Dagg hit the ball just a little too high, and sent it over the bar for only 1 point:

Oct. 29, 2019 • Andrew Maron

There was a low turnout for week 5 of Fall Pub League as both teams struggled to get healthy players on the field after the 6th Annual Scruffy City Invitational. Team Wilson & Johnson only fielded six healthy players and Team Daps fielded eight. Team W&J borrowed Paul Moore from Team Daps to so that we could play a game of 7v7. Throwing convention into the wind, both teams agreed to played three 15-minute periods, counting only goals, no points. This forced both teams to work the ball up field and take shots on net. Team Daps started strong with high-pressure offense and ended the first period leading Team W&J by three goals (5 to 2).

Oct. 22, 2019 • Andrew Maron

After the 7^th Annual Holy City Cup, there was a short respite to prepare for 6^th Annual Scruffy City Invitational in Knoxville. As you may be aware, the Knoxville Hurling Club walked away from Charleston with our cup in hand. The bitter taste of defeat left several Charleston players determined to make the trip north to challenge Knoxville for their own trophy, the Clancy Cup.

Oct. 15, 2019 • Andrew Maron

It’s finally starting to feel like Fall in Charleston. Halloween decorations are up and the oppressive summer heat is on its way out. ‘Tis pleasant hurling weather, indeed.