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Actually, Condon is held as one of the local masters of the game, a player who is so skilled and accurate he can score from well inside his own half.
The goal is shaped like a football goalpost, with a soccer net under the crossbar.
Get the ball over the bar between the posts, it's a point. Get it under the bar between the posts, past the goalie with the really big hurley, it's three points.
Irish expats formed Twin Cities Robert Emmets Hurling club formed just three years ago.
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They have recruited a lot of locals since, teaching them the skills of the game. The club is now predominantly American. At 51, Jim Leinfelder is cheerfully the oldest man on the field.
The match being played here is the first in a new Twin Cities pub league. Club members have been training for some weeks. But this is the first game this season where the score counts.
Leinfelder says it's drawing out the experienced Irish players.
"Because the native Irish players know hurling," Leinfelder said. "They've been playing since they were kids. For us American players, we are thrilled every time we come out and manage to do something correctly, but they've mastered it long ago back in Ireland. So they need competition -- these guys are fierce, fierce competitors. So as soon as they start keeping a score they start to turn up."
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