The almost never-ending GAA season in NSW ended on Sunday 14 of September with the NSW GAA Championship Finals in all three codes. Unfortunately this was the year of the drought in the Cusacks Club with only the ladies team togging out on finals day. The hurlers were beaten by the Central Coast in their semi final on the previous Sunday as were the lads who failed to get past Clan na Gael despite the brilliant performance of Niall Douglas. The girls put up a good show again Clan na Gael in their final but unfortunately went down by 1-3 to 0-11.

However, it wasn't all doom and gloom and our lads did win the pre-season up the coast competition, which was held in Gosford in March. Ably captained by Cork man Brian Daly and coached by Darren Kierse they produced a great performance to beat Penrith Gaels in the final by 3-4 to 0-5. They also contested the League Final at Auburn but were beaten by old foes Clan na Gael. The ladies contested all 3 finals during the year, which bears testament to the hard work put in by all the players and team coach Quanah McBride.
The hurlers started out well and initially had large attendances at training. Unfortunately they suffered the same fate as the other two teams as numbers at training dropped drastically. Despite the huge effort put in by Neilus Murphy and Conor Bourke they had one of their quietest seasons on record.

Despite the lack of silverware this year there were some positives. Friendships were formed, outings were arranged, sessions were organised and lots of team bonding happened. There is an air of optimism and confidence for brighter days ahead - Cusacks will be back - sure the only way is up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Many Thanks To:

· Our generous and ever-supportive sponsors, The Illinois Hotel, Five Dock, Durty Neilly's, Paddington and Scruffy Murphys in the City
· Our very vocal supporters who cheered all our teams every Sunday
· All the girls and guys who did the weekly washing of the jerseys
· All the people who provided lifts to and from training and games
· Our trainers and managers - Quanah McBride, Darren Kierse, Neilus Murphy and Conor Bourke
· Paudie Hurley, Conor Bourke and Betty Servis for attending the NSW GAA meetings
· The ever-obliging people who helped out at the Games - doing canteen and bbq duties and refereeing and umpiring games
· Everyone who continually emailed us on their trips around Oz - for lengthy detailed emails Meliosa O'Byrne won hands down!
· All who bought our t-shirts, rugby shirts, polo shirts and gear bags
· Dee Stephenson for promoting and selling our merchandise.
· All who have recruited for the club - keep up the good work
· All our former players who sent good luck sms messages and good luck emails
· All our past players and fans who made the effort to travel out to games during the season
· Aussies Kristy Flanagan and Kate Radcliffe for joining our club
· Armagh man Shane Malone for coming back to Australia and to Cusacks

· Paudie Hurley on being elected Registrar on NSW GAA committee
· Club members who have made NSW State Teams for the Australasian Games
· Wenona McBride who celebrated her 30th birthday recently
· Eugene Fitzpatrick who turns 30 soon
· Kate (Joey) Gardiner who celebrated her 21st during the year
· All the party animals who partied on whether we won or lost
· Kilbrittain, County Cork on their camogie country final victory
· Katie McDermott and Eugene Fitzpatrick who got married in Nenagh during the year
· Paudie Cooney and Roisin Cooper who discovered love stories begin at Cusacks
· The two Cusack boys who survived their after dark swim in the freezing cold waters of Sydney Harbour at the end of the Club's booze cruise in July
· Daveena's little Jake who was our number one fan