Autumn
Annual Awards & Dinner Dance
The club’s night of the year: awards for the season’s stars, a meal and music. The first ever club dinner dance was hosted in 2016.
Schedule & Events
Season calendar, games, results and the social events that make the Wild Geese a community.
Countdown: San Diego 7s
Memorial Day weekend · late May
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Our season at a glance
The local GAA season runs from February through September
Feb
Recruitment & pre-season
Teams start to recruit and warm up with light training sessions. The perfect time for new players.
Apr–May
Spring 7s & warm-up games
Smaller teams and relaxed rules help everyone get match-fit, including our Spring 7s series.
Memorial Day
San Diego / West Coast 7s
The highlight of the early season, held every Memorial Day weekend in San Diego.
Jun–Sep
Southland & SoCal Cups
Championship football against Culver City Cougars and San Diego, home and away.
Summer
Peter Glenane Memorial & International Rules
Our memorial tournament plus an exhibition International Rules game against the LA Dragons.
Labor Day
USGAA National Finals
The North American finals, held in a different city each year — traditionally over Labor Day weekend.
Autumn
Awards & Dinner Dance
We celebrate the season, hand out the awards and dance the night away.
Winter
Irish American Golf Tournament
Our annual golf day brings together players, families, sponsors and friends.
Wild Geese games
Southland Cup · SoCal Cup · tournaments
Our main games are played against Setanta San Diego and the Culver City Cougars over the summer — generally three away games and two home games, or vice-versa — in the Southland Cup and SoCal Cup.
We attend the San Diego 7s on Memorial Day weekend, travel to tournaments such as the Rumble in the Rockies in Denver, play an exhibition game of International Rules against the LA Dragons, and compete at the National Championships, held in a different city every year.
Current-season fixtures are confirmed in our newsletter and on social media as venues are booked. Sign up to the newsletter so you never miss a throw-in.
Men’s schedule — 2017 season (archive)
| Competition | Home | Away | Location | Date | Day / time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 7s Tournament | OC Wild Geese | OC Wild Geese | Fulton Park | April 22 | Sat 9:00 AM |
| Spring 7s Tournament | OC Wild Geese | OC Wild Geese | Fulton Park | April 29 | Sat 9:00 AM |
| Spring 7s Tournament | OC Wild Geese | OC Wild Geese | Fulton Park | May 6 | Sat 9:00 AM |
| Southland Cup Game 1 | OC Wild Geese | Culver City Cougars | Orange | May 13 | Sat 2:30 PM |
| San Diego 7s Tournament | Various | OC Wild Geese | Kearny Mesa Rec Center, San Diego | May 27–28 | Sat & Sun, all day |
| Southland Cup Game 2 | Culver City Cougars | OC Wild Geese | TBD | June 10 | Sat |
| SoCal Cup | San Diego | OC Wild Geese | TBD | June 24 | Sat |
| Southland + SoCal Cup | Culver City Cougars | OC Wild Geese | TBD | July 15 | Sat |
| Rumble in the Rockies | Various | OC Wild Geese | Denver | July 22–23 | Sat & Sun, all day |
| SoCal Cup | OC Wild Geese | San Diego | TBD | July 29 | Sat |
| Southland + SoCal Cup | OC Wild Geese | Culver City Cougars | TBD | August 19 | Sat |
| National Championship | Various | OC Wild Geese | San Francisco | Sept 1–3 | Fri–Sun, all day |
Results
2016 season — West Coast 7s champions & Southland Cup winners
| Date | Competition | Home | Away | Result | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southland Cup Final | Wild Geese 3-11 (20) | LA Cougars 2-10 (16) | Win | N Turkington (2-6), E Crowley (0-3), D O'Brien (0-1), J Connolly (0-1), B McAloone (1-0) | |
| Southland Cup | Wild Geese 2-17 (23) | LA Cougars 1-11 (14) | Win | C McAlinney (0-2), D O'Brien (0-4), D Greally (0-6), J Connolly (0-1), S McKiver (1-1), T Dolan (0-1), G Quinn (1-2) | |
| SoCal Championship | Wild Geese 4-6 (18) | San Diego 2-18 (24) | Loss | P Spillane (0-5), J Coughlan (1-0), T Deane (1-1), S McKiver (2-0) | |
| Southland Cup | Wild Geese 3-8 (17) | LA Cougars 2-17 (23) | Loss | E Crowley (1-3), S McKiver (1-2), D O'Brien (0-1), C McAlinney (1-2) | |
| SoCal Championship | Wild Geese 1-5 (8) | San Diego 0-13 (13) | Loss | T Deane (1-0), P Spillane (0-2), E Crowley (0-1), S McKiver (0-1), I Davis (0-1) | |
| Southland Cup | Wild Geese 1-15 (18) | LA Cougars 4-19 (31) | Loss | E Crowley (0-4), N Turkington (1-3), D O'Brien (0-1), D Listowel (0-2), S McKiver (0-2), T Dolan (0-1), P Cole (0-1), J Daly (0-1) | |
| San Diego 7s Final | Wild Geese 2-7 (13) | Celtic Cowboys 0-8 (8) | Win | N Turkington (2-6), T Courtney (0-1) | |
| San Diego 7s Semi-Final | Wild Geese 1-6 (9) | Setanta 0-7 (7) | Win | N Turkington (0-5), D O'Brien (1-0), E Crowley (0-1) | |
| San Diego 7s | Wild Geese 1-7 (10) | Setanta 1-8 (11) | Loss | T Dolan (0-1), D Greally (0-1), S McKiver (0-2), N Turkington (1-3) | |
| San Diego 7s | Wild Geese 2-7 (13) | Seattle Gaels 0-4 (4) | Win | T Dolan (0-2), N Turkington (1-3), J Connolly (0-1), J Daly (0-1), T Courtney (1-0) | |
| San Diego 7s | Wild Geese 5-4 (19) | LA Cougars 0-2 (2) | Win | D O'Brien (1-1), N Turkington (0-2), T Courtney (1-0), D Greally (1-2), S McKiver (2-0) | |
| Southland Cup | Wild Geese 4-17 (29) | LA Cougars 1-6 (9) | Win | J Connolly (0-1), D O'Brien (1-1), E Crowley (1-1), D Greally (0-5), N Turkington (0-4), T Courtney (0-4), S McKiver (2-0), T Dolan (0-1) |
Scores are written goals-points; total in brackets. Not sure how scoring works? Try our score calculator.
Social events
The craic is mighty
Winter
Irish American Golf Tournament
Our annual golf tournament — a relaxed day on the course for members, families and sponsors.
Summer
Peter Glenane Memorial Tournament
Named after one of our founders. First played in 2017, with mixed teams drawn from the men’s and ladies’ squads.
Summer
International Rules vs LA Dragons
An exhibition game blending Gaelic football and Australian Rules — always a spectacle.
Memorial Day & Labor Day
Tournament Weekends
Travel with the team to the San Diego 7s and the National Finals. Supporters welcome!
Throughout the season
Match-day Socials
After home games we head to our sponsors’ bars to celebrate (or commiserate) together.