China's southern boomtown city of Shenzhen hosted the 8th annuall All-China Gaelic Games in April 2010.  With teams travelling as far as 4 hours by plane on Friday evening, the games kicked off Saturday morning in weather you would associate with the finest championship football at home.

Seven cities were represented with almost 200 players attending, Dalian, Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and the hosts Shenzhen.

A total of 43 games were played throughout the day, with the Shanghai ladies retaining their title they won the previous year.  In a closely fought game Shanghai defeated Hong Kong by 2-1 to 1-0.  In the Men's Cup final, Hong Kong also retained the cup defeating hosts Shenzhen in a great final by 2 points.  The game ended 3-5 to 3-3. 

Other winners on the day were Dalian and Beijing in the Ladies Bowl and Ladies Plate respectively.   Beijing and Suzhou won the men's Bowl and Plate competitions.  Referee Michael Collins from Clonakilty in Cork was sent on behalf of Croke Park to officiate at the games.

His excellency Declan Kelleher, Irish Ambassador to China attended the games and congratulated all teams for their effort put in during training for the event and performances during the day.  He expressed his welcome to all the international players that are involved in the various clubs throughout China and thanked the Shenzhen Celts for hosting a very successfull All-China Gaelc Games.