Originally posted on One Life. Two Clubs.:
A group of seven brave footballers from Belgium GAA accepted the challenge set down by the Race Against Nature in Averbode on Sunday and took on the muddy obstacle course to raise money for the club. The day began at a meeting point on the outskirts of Brussels…
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An Open Letter to the All-Stars
Originally posted on One Life. Two Clubs.:
Dear All-Stars, It’s that time of year. You’re coming back. You have a big role to play on Saturday and you know it. Your job – a very important one – is to remind the guys and girls that line out for Belgium GAA in 2014 that they…
A days work done (for les damsels), men to fight again tomorrow morning @10:00
We’re dissecting the finer points of today’s play in Stockholm, let it not be said that the Stockholm Gaels cannot organise a stunner of a tournament, because today would then have to beg to refute you. Stockholm is a magnificent city built on 7 islands in an archipelago of wonderful proportions (your dear author nearlyContinue reading “A days work done (for les damsels), men to fight again tomorrow morning @10:00”
To Maastricht and the north
Belgium ladies and men’s teams are split today – with the two ladies football teams taking on the first pan Euro of their season and a men’s 15-a-side playing on Maastricht. As we have yet to manage bilocation, Jelena will be reporting from the Netherlands and I’ll be covering the action up north…. Best ofContinue reading “To Maastricht and the north”
Hurling and Camogie Finals 2014 – Belgium do the double
The finals of the Hurling and Camogie competitions of 2014 came to Kituro Rugby Club – and our very own Paddy Donnelly’s brother wrote this report. We thought you’d enjoy it. He promotes GAA games both at home and abroad. http://gaascores.com/2014/08/belgium-claim-european-hurling-and-camogie-championship-titles/ The final tournament of the European Hurling Championship took place in Brussels last week, withContinue reading “Hurling and Camogie Finals 2014 – Belgium do the double”
OOOOoorrrrmmmmmmggggg *We have another tourament in Brussels goys
Hello from Wexford, hopeful hurling and definite camogie capital of Ireland. I’ll find and source lots of photos from the weekends action in Thurles this Sunday with Belgium GAAs finest Camogie officer, Erraine Kennedy, Miss Nickie O’Pacheo and one Lulu Moylan, Belgium GAAs erstwhile Alternative-Irish-Outreach-Liaison-Officer – BUT – in the risk of sounding like someoneContinue reading “OOOOoorrrrmmmmmmggggg *We have another tourament in Brussels goys”
What if football hadn’t been invented? Prospect magazine examines the ghastly prospect
Matthew Taylor is professor of history at the International Centre for Sports History and Culture at De Montfort University and in this months edition of Prospect magazine, chiming with the World Cup extravaganza he asks the question, “What if football hadn’t been invented?”. A meeting held on the 26th of October 1863 with representatives ofContinue reading “What if football hadn’t been invented? Prospect magazine examines the ghastly prospect”
Not lost, nor lonely, Belgium wanders to Bavaria: An Ode to München
Monday, funday. Sometimes flashes of the weekend past are all you need to power through a desk and a computer based morning, when all you can really think of, or want to think of, is the weekend you’ve had, the football played, the sights you’ve seen (HUNDREDS OF GERMANS CROSSING THE ROAD WHEN THE GREENContinue reading “Not lost, nor lonely, Belgium wanders to Bavaria: An Ode to München”
Belgium GAA tears up the Ring of Kerry Cycle
Originally posted on One Life. Two Clubs.:
Last weekend saw the participation of five current and former members of Belgium GAA in the Ring of Kerry Cycle. The heroes were Johnny Phelan, Kevin Keary, Olof Gill, Keith Stephens and Jenny Doran. The cyclists were ably assisted by their manager, Maria Brosnan, who provided logistical and…
Belgium bound for Bayern(Munich) & we need to talk about Kevin
It is cold, it is wet, it is miserable and yes, it is early July. This is unfair. It is bucketing down and wet and cold and *gasp* Belgium have been knocked out of the World Cup. Its just not fair or ok. With nights without 3 matches ahead of us, its going to beContinue reading “Belgium bound for Bayern(Munich) & we need to talk about Kevin”
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