Hurling Club
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| Full name | Hurling Club |
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| Union | URBA |
| Founded | 22 August 1922 |
| Location | Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Ground(s) | Hurlingham |
| Chairman | Rolando Quinn |
| League(s) | Torneo de la URBA Grupo I |
| 2016 | 8° of Reubicación G1 B |
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Hurling Club, usually just Hurling, is an Argentine sports club, located in Hurlingham, Buenos Aires. As its name implies, the club was established in 1922 as a hurling team. Other disciplines hosted by Hurling are field hockey, gaelic football, rugby union and tennis.
The rugby team currently plays in the Torneo de la URBA Grupo I, the first division of the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires league system, while the hockey team competes at tournaments organised by the Buenos Aires Hockey Association.
Hurling is also notable for being the only club that hosts the practise of gaelic football in Argentina. The national side won the World Cup held in Abu Dabi in 2015, with a team formed exclusively by rugby union footballers.
Irish Argentine immigrants had been the first to introduce the practice of hurling in the country in 1887. They later formed the first team which was named "Buenos Aires Hurling Club", in August 1900. The World War I brought with it the import of hurleys was interrupted, as a result, the practise of hurling ceased until the war came to an end. In 1920, several clubs such as Buenos Aires, Mercedes, Wanderers and Bearna Baoghail, met to find a field where to play hurling. As none of the clubs had an own field, the first games were played at Club Singer.
In August 1922, the Banco de la Nación Argentina rented a land in the Floresta district to BA Hurling Club. On August 22, the "Federación Argentina de Hurling" (Argentine Hurling Federation) was officially established.
Nevertheless, in 1924 the Municipality of Buenos Aires sent an eviction order to the club, alleging that new streets would be opened there. Hurling moved to Villa Devoto, where the club rented a land on Santo Tomé streets. During its years in Villa Devoto, the club formed the first women's field hockey team (which began to compete under the "Golden Wings" name in 1931) and hosted the practise of athletics, bowls and tennis.
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