{"id":12443,"date":"2025-07-14T20:17:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T00:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aoh.com\/?p=12443"},"modified":"2025-07-30T20:20:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T00:20:45","slug":"2025-greater-hartford-irish-road-bowling-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aoh.com\/2025\/07\/14\/2025-greater-hartford-irish-road-bowling-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Greater Hartford Irish Road Bowling Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Ancient Order of Hibernians Hartford\u00a0Division\u00a02 held the 2025 Greater Hartford Irish Road Bowling Tournament on Saturday, July 12. This year\u2019s tournament was held in a new venue this year &#8211; A.W. Stanley Park in New Britain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event benefited the Recreation Assistance Program for the City of New Britain, which assists families in sending their children to camps and other programs, and AOH Hartford\u2019s fight against hunger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was the fifth consecutive year that AOH Hartford sponsored the tournament and the championship trophy is named in honor of departed Brother Jamie Forzono, who originally brought the game to the Hartford area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"12436\" src=\"https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">AOH Hartford treasurer Kevin Morton, who served as chief referee for the tournament, presents the championship trophy to \u201cProper Four\u201d \u2013 who won the tournament for the second year in a row.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"12439\" src=\"https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">AOH Hartford Brother Tom Coleman presents the second place trophy to Tom Shea and his team. Shea is a professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut in Irish Studies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"12438\" src=\"https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The trophies for the event came with a painted ball on the top.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"12437\" src=\"https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thirty teams from Connecticut and Massachusetts took part in the event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<div class = 'socialMediaOnEveryPost'><div id=\"sgmbShare1-1\" class=\"sgmbShare jssocials-theme-classic sgmbWidget1-1\"><\/div><div class=\"dropdownWrapper dropdownWrapper1 dropdownWrapper-for-widget \" id=\"dropdownWrapper-for-widget\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dropdownLabel\" id=\"dropdownLabel-share-list\"><span class=\"sgmbButtonListLabel1\">Share List<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dropdownPanel dropdownPanel1-1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><script>  SGMB_URL = \"https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-builder\/\"; jQuery(\".dropdownWrapper\").hide(); SGMB_GOOGLE_ACOUNT = \"\"; <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n\t\tjQuery(document).ready(function($){var widget = new SGMBWidget();widget.show({\"id\":\"1\",\"title\":\"Default\",\"options\":{\"currentUrl\":\"1\",\"url\":\"\",\"shareText\":\"\",\"fontSize\":\"10\",\"betweenButtons\":\"1px\",\"theme\":\"classic\",\"sgmbButtonsPosition\":\"bottomRight\",\"socialTheme\":\"classic\",\"icon\":\"default\",\"buttonsPanelEffect\":\"No Effect\",\"buttonsEffect\":\"No Effect\",\"iconsEffect\":\"No Effect\",\"buttons\":\"{\\\"facebook\\\":{\\\"label\\\":\\\"Share\\\",\\\"icon\\\":\\\"default-facebook\\\"},\\\"twitter\\\":{\\\"label\\\":\\\"Tweet\\\",\\\"icon\\\":\\\"default-twitter\\\",\\\"via\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"hashtags\\\":\\\"\\\"},\\\"googleplus\\\":{\\\"label\\\":\\\"+1\\\",\\\"icon\\\":\\\"default-googleplus\\\"},\\\"email\\\":{\\\"label\\\":\\\"E-mail\\\",\\\"icon\\\":\\\"default-email\\\"}}\",\"roundButton\":\"\",\"showLabels\":\"on\",\"showCounts\":\"\",\"showCenter\":\"\",\"showButtonsAsList\":\"\",\"sgmbDropdownColor\":\"\",\"sgmbDropdownLabelFontSize\":\"14\",\"sgmbDropdownLabelColor\":\"\",\"showButtonsOnEveryPost\":\"on\",\"selectedOrExcluded\":\"\",\"showButtonsOnEveryPage\":\"\",\"textOnEveryPost\":\"\",\"showButtonsOnCustomPost\":\"\",\"textOnCustomPost\":\"\",\"showButtonsOnMobileDirect\":\"on\",\"showButtonsOnDesktopDirect\":\"on\",\"sgmbSelectedPages\":[\"\"],\"sgmbExcludedPosts\":[\"\"],\"sgmbSelectedCustomPosts\":[],\"showButtonsInPopup\":\"\",\"titleOfPopup\":\"\",\"descriptionOfPopup\":\"\",\"showPopupOnLoad\":\"\",\"showPopupOnScroll\":\"\",\"showPopupOnExit\":\"\",\"openSecondsOfPopup\":\"\",\"googleAnaliticsAccount\":\"\"},\"buttonOptions\":{\"facebook\":{\"label\":\"Share\",\"icon\":\"default-facebook\"},\"twitter\":{\"label\":\"Tweet\",\"icon\":\"default-twitter\",\"via\":\"\",\"hashtags\":\"\"},\"googleplus\":{\"label\":\"+1\",\"icon\":\"default-googleplus\"},\"email\":{\"label\":\"E-mail\",\"icon\":\"default-email\"}},\"button\":[\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"googleplus\",\"email\"]}, 1, '', 'https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4-scaled.jpeg', '', 'https:\/\/aoh.com\/2025\/07\/14\/2025-greater-hartford-irish-road-bowling-tournament\/'); });<\/script><\/div><script> jQuery(\".socialMediaOnEveryPost\").addClass(\"sgmb-right\") <\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ancient Order of Hibernians Hartford\u00a0Division\u00a02 held the 2025 Greater Hartford Irish Road Bowling Tournament on Saturday, July 12. 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