From Hoganstand.com Brothers Enda and Frank McNamara from Ballyhea in Co Cork, who are working in Brussels and playing hurling and football for Belgium GAA listen to special guest coach Sean Kelly MEP, a former GAA President. Former GAA President, Sean Kelly MEP, recently held a master class in Gaelic football for European sports expertsContinue reading “Kelly drops by for master class”
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Belgium GAA hosts the 2nd round of the Benelux Regional Football and Ladies Football Competition
On 18 May 2013 (09h00-18h00), Belgium GAA will host the second round of the Benelux Regional Football and Ladies Football 2013, with teams visiting from the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Germany. Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/events/423830477712294/ This tournament will take place in the excellently located surroundings of the Kituro Rugby Club (www.kituro.be). Bus 63 from GareContinue reading “Belgium GAA hosts the 2nd round of the Benelux Regional Football and Ladies Football Competition”
A brief history of Belgium GAA
Some highly recommended reading material on the history of Belgium GAA from former player, captain and trainer Eoin Sheanon for livegaelic.com http://www.livegaelic.com/gaa-abroad/gaa-abroad-belgium-gaa/ Belgium GAA A friend of mine once asked me was Belgium in Brussels or was Brussels in Belgium? Indeed. Ordinarily famed for its chocolate, the pissing boy and “the place that tells usContinue reading “A brief history of Belgium GAA”
Belgium GAA set down marker in The Hague with double win
The Hague, Sat, April 20th Belgium GAA got their competitive season off on the right foot with wins in the Men’s Championship, Ladies Championship and a 2nd place in the Men’s Shield. Ladies Championship Competing in the Ladies Championship with Belgium were Holland Ladies and Paris. The ladies were straight out of the blocks markingContinue reading “Belgium GAA set down marker in The Hague with double win”
Belgium GAA 2013 – show me your Meitheal
Dia Dhaoibh go léir, I’d like to welcome old and new members to the club for the 2013 season, Belgium GAA’s TEN year anniversary. I’d like to say a massive thanks to the outgoing committee for their hard work in 2012 and in previous years. This year’s committee stands on the shoulders of giants! Last year wasContinue reading “Belgium GAA 2013 – show me your Meitheal”
Quiz-nuts Roasting on an Open Fire
In case you missed it, tonight will be the very last Belgium GAA event of 2012, the Christmas quiz in De Valeras. Contact the lovely Christine O’ Gorman (belgiumgaa.camogie@gmail.com) if you want a last-minute registration for your team. That’s it – no more end-of-season dinners, no more Race Nights, no more Fr. Ted Céilis andContinue reading “Quiz-nuts Roasting on an Open Fire”
The Return of the Wild Geese
On Saturday 8 September 2012, the current batch of Belgium GAA footballers will face their biggest threat yet: a conglomerate of past players, former comrades and old friends. The All-Stars have challenged the Belgian men to a duel on home (astro)turf. In the words of organiser Shane Griffin, the All-Stars “will return to Brussels andContinue reading “The Return of the Wild Geese”
Belgium GAA hosts 1st European Cúl Camp
The first guest post by Martin and Paul (plus photos by Jane): On 2nd June 2012, Belgium GAA held its first ever Cúl camp. The camp was held over two days at the excellent venue that is the VUB. For a first-time camp with any club, numbers are always going to be an issue, however thatContinue reading “Belgium GAA hosts 1st European Cúl Camp”
Better late than never: Guernsey 2011
Note from the editor: Last year, I received this article about the football tournament in Guernsey for submission to a newsletter that never came about. It’s about time that the article was published in a public forum and what better time than the day before the first tournament of the year and the day beforeContinue reading “Better late than never: Guernsey 2011”
Belgium Conquers Germany and Spain
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” If Charles Dickens was a member of Belgium GAA, he might have rewritten A Tale of Two Cities, basing it in Frankfurt and Barcelona on the weekend of 11 June 2011, and making that first paragraph dramatically more positive. But he wasn’t, andContinue reading “Belgium Conquers Germany and Spain”
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