(Aug. '11) Hoboken Guards back Simon Brickenden clearing sliotar (ball) through outstretched hurley of Bronx Warrior during NYGAA Junior Hurling Final.
Discover Ireland’s national sport – Hurling – enjoy live Irish music, great drink specials, free food, make new friends and enter to win one of several Irish hurling jerseys at the 2nd Annual Guards on Patrol Pub Crawl & Hurler Auction.
Ladies and gents of all country origins who enjoy having a good time (craic, in Irish) are encouraged to attend this preseason kickoff fundraiser for the Hoboken Guards Hurling Club.
You’re saying you’ve never seen a hurling match? You’re the person this pub crawl was designed for, as hurling matches will be played on the sponsoring pub flat screens.
Click Here to See the Guards on Patrol Pub Crawl & Auction Poster!
Saturday, April 28, 4–10 p.m. (unofficial ending time)
Guard Patrol Destinations:
• Nags Head, 4-5 pm , 359 First Street
• Mulligans, 5-6:30 pm, 159 First Street
• The Shannon, 6:30-8pm, 106 First Street
• Morans, 8:30 till… 501 Garden St (at corner of 5th)
Cost to attend the event is a $10 bracelet and allows for discounted drink specials (to be announced shortly) and food at Mulligans. A five piece trad session band is included in the evening featuring a bodhran, accordian, banjo, pipes and guitar at three of the four pubs. Attendees can purchase the bracelet at sponsoring bars on the day.
Click here for photos from last years Guard Patrol, which drew 120 people despite pouring rain and gale force wind: http://www.hobokensocialsandbox.com/photos/1420031/#24047551
Sign-up on the corresponding facebook event page here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/348595608523294/
“We’ll Start the Bidding at… $20”
The featured event of the day will take place in Shannon Lounge when ladies on the crawl will have the chance to bid on their “favorite” team player as part of a Hurler Auction.
Nameless Cork-born Hoboken hurler on The Shannon auction block during the 2011 Guard Crawl.
On the auction block will be 13 single (meaning…unattached…we’ve had to explain this to people so just making sure we’re on the same page) hurlers ranging in age from early 22 to 30 somethings…the same amount of men that we put on the field at once representing the black white and red in a New York Gaelic Athletic Association match.
Hurling is a physically demanding sport, so the lads should be moving from pub to pub in quick form. Each auctioned hurler comes with a gift certificate to a local restaurant such as Zylo Restaurant, Onieals of Hoboken and SoHo, The Madison Bar & Grill, Court Street, Carpe Diem, etc. Bidding will start at $20 per hurler. The winning bidder gets the gift certificate, whether or not she wants to use it on a date with the accompanying auctioned hurler is her call!
ATTENTION LADIES! Have a question you would like asked each auctioned hurler when he’s on the block? Post it on our facebook page, or email it with any other question to:
The Hoboken Guards are fresh off their first tournament competition of the year, the annual Rockland 7s Tournament in Orangeburg, N.Y. Hoboken were victorious in all five matches against Philadelphia (Pa), Washington D.C., Rockland (NY) in their division play, knocking off Allentown (Pa.) in the semifinal, defeating Washington (D.C.) to capture the trophy, which will make its way to First Street in Hoboken and its home in Mulligans Bar.
The Guards, seeking both male and female new recruits, have begun training for the 2012 NYGAA Junior Hurling Championship season, which runs May through August in Manhattan College. Check hobokenhurling.com for the 2012 season schedule, which will be released shortly.
See you Saturday!
Hoboken Abu!
