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”
Category Archives: Hurling
Hurling/Camogie – Round Three – Zurich – 25 June 2011
The 2011 convoy of Belgians to Zurich was conducted en voiture, as opposed to last year’s Great Train Journey. This year’s odyssey had two immediate results. Firstly the camogiers (pictured below) won their third tournament of the year and in doing so, retained the European Championship ahead of their home and final tournament in LeuvenContinue reading “Hurling/Camogie – Round Three – Zurich – 25 June 2011”
European Hurling and Camogie Finals – Belgium – 23 July 2011
European Hurling and Camogie Finals – Belgium – 23 July 2011 (photo courtesy of Anna Bates) For a weekend, Belgium was the home of hurling and camogie. In Europe, at least. We even had Joe McDonagh to serenade us with The West’s Awake from the pulpit of De Valera’s. Some early organisational glitches aside (toContinue reading “European Hurling and Camogie Finals – Belgium – 23 July 2011”
The House Always Wins…
The House Always Wins 13 July 2011 – The gentlemen footballers of Belgium GAA were in the mood for fundraising/fleecing of late. With this in mind, they organised that most GAA of occasions, a Race Night. School night be damned, the whole club and more turned up in De Valeras to throw their money toContinue reading “The House Always Wins…”
Belgium GAA: Winners of 2010 European Hurling and Camogie Championship
On 16 July 2010, Belgium GAA travelled by plane, train and automobile to the European Hurling and Camogie Finals in Zurich. The hurlers went to complete their clean sweep of tournaments, going into the tournament already confirmed as European Champions. They acquitted themselves with aplomb, winning the final against Zurich. The fate of camogieContinue reading “Belgium GAA: Winners of 2010 European Hurling and Camogie Championship”
Belgium Hurlers Win in Den Haag
Monday 3rd May Belgium Hurlers, European Champions in 2009, continued their impressive run of success on May 1st last, clocking up their 7th tournament win in a row and their first of 2010. Belgium won the final by 1-8 to 1-5, with a goal by captain Phil Cushen the difference between the sides in theContinue reading “Belgium Hurlers Win in Den Haag”
St Patrick’s Day Festival in Parc Cinquantenaire This Sunday March 14th!
Belgium GAA and FC Irlande are once again jointly organising the fantastic and fun St Patrick’s Day Festival in Parc Cinquantenaire in the heart of Brussels from 11:30 til late this Sunday 14th March. Festivities will include BBQ and Bar, fun games for all the family, Gaelic Football, Hurling and Soccer, as well as musicContinue reading “St Patrick’s Day Festival in Parc Cinquantenaire This Sunday March 14th!”
Belgium GAA hurlers issue reply to Kilkenny’s 4 in a row
The Grand Slam plus one – Five in a Row – European Hurling Champions! Belgium hurlers travelled to Den Haag for the final tournament of the European Hurling year on Saturday to line out against a depleted Den Haag side. For numerous reasons Lux, Zurich and Paris all failed to travel. With the championship alreadyContinue reading “Belgium GAA hurlers issue reply to Kilkenny’s 4 in a row”
Belgium’s King Poc
As well as playing a central part in helping Belgium’s hurlers sweep to an unstoppable 2009 European Championship victory, Meathman Conor Aylward secured even more silverware for the club in July when he won the European Poc Fada competition. Aylward, pictured here demonstrating his unique Poc Fada stretching technique to Maria “Bomber” Brosnan, beat allContinue reading “Belgium’s King Poc”
Belgium crowned European Hurling Champions
Better late than never (!), here is the official tournament report from the 11 July Hurling tournament in Zurich, where the men of Belgium sealed the European Championship title with a hard-fought victory. Many congratulations to the hurlers, who under the steady guiding hand of manager Martin Crowley have been unstoppable this season. HereContinue reading “Belgium crowned European Hurling Champions”
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