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15 a-side European Championship – a round up

15 a side European Championship comes around once a year. The winners go on to face their British counterparts.

Amsterdam competition round up

Championship team return to winning ways They say winning is a habit. It’s a habit this team and this club have become especially familiar with over the past number of years. Not finishing the day at least in the final of a tournament has come to represent a failure. With our 3rd place finish afterContinue reading “Amsterdam competition round up”

Belgium GAA goes to Abu Dhabi – GAA World Games 6th and 7th March 2015

Belgium GAA were the team to represent Europe in the inaugural GAA World Games in Abu Dhabi. Here’s an account of how it went for the men.

BELGIUM GAA ABÚ (DHABI)

The season is under way and, if training’s anything to go by, it’s going to be a good one. Colin Byrne, who recently took up office as Chairperson of Belgium GAA, gets us going with his foreword to the season. He looks back on how far Belgium GAA has come as a club, the acheivements ofContinue reading “BELGIUM GAA ABÚ (DHABI)”

Nickkie, Voxing and sponsoring, and being an all-round legend.

I’m robbing and reposting with presumed permission from the wonderful Nicole Pacheco – hero, legend, all-star. Ms. Pacheco secured sponsorship for us to go to Birmingham this year (THANK YOU!) and has been a phenomenal force to be reckoned with this year, on and off the pitch. Here are her words about what playing GAAContinue reading “Nickkie, Voxing and sponsoring, and being an all-round legend.”

Heartbreak, sadness. But heads held high, 2015 awaits.

The trip to Maastricht for the Ladies Football extra curricular bout with the Munster champions Murroe Boher will go down in history as a great day. A tough, sadmaking, heartbreaking sort of day, but one from which we can’t but build and ‘drive on’ from (in the parlance of Aisling, Capitana the Great). We facedContinue reading “Heartbreak, sadness. But heads held high, 2015 awaits.”

The end of the 2014 season comes to a thrilling conclusion in Maastricht

Monday always seems a surreal sort of day post tournament. Aches. Pains. Bruises. Strangely shaped strangenesses in places that you didn’t know could hurt the way that they do now. But all that aside, what a weekend we had! What a weekend it was. It’s 9 degrees now and the 23 degree scorcher that weContinue reading “The end of the 2014 season comes to a thrilling conclusion in Maastricht”

Belgium GAA are European Champions 2014

Originally posted on One Life. Two Clubs.:
On Saturday, the mens and ladies Gaelic football teams from Belgium GAA were crowned the European Champions for 2014. The ladies continued their long history of success in this competition. Their quality and dominance is unparalleled and incredible. It was also great preparation for the ladies as they…

Red sky at night, shephards delight, red sky in the morning, its really really early

Tomorrow morning, a group of 29 Belgium GAA men travel to Maastricht to compete in the European football finals. Fielding two teams, one in the senior championship and the another in intermediate, and following months of hard training and playing numerous tournaments, it all comes down to this one day of football. The men haveContinue reading “Red sky at night, shephards delight, red sky in the morning, its really really early”

Last training session in ordinary time complete – Maastricht to see what we’re made of

What a year. 2014 has been an immense season. We’re a few days away from the close of an incredible year. .and we’ve this weekend to look forward to! The photos say more than I can. 4 Belgian teams will participate in the action across the day, topped off with a reception in the lovelyContinue reading “Last training session in ordinary time complete – Maastricht to see what we’re made of”