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.”
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Belgium Ladies V. Liverpool Wolfe Tones – Match Report from Birmingham
From Cathal Harkin – from the pitch side in Birmingham, comes this fairly excellent report of the day. All-Ireland Junior Championship Quarter-Final Wolfe Tones (Liverpool, Britain) 1-02 v 1-12 Belgium (Europe) What do you get if you cross a Colombian, a French, a Canadian, a Spaniard, some Belgian and a few Irish girls with anContinue reading “Belgium Ladies V. Liverpool Wolfe Tones – Match Report from Birmingham”
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”
Wet wet wet – Amsterdam and other stories
Can you drown while standing up? How can it rain so much? Those of you of a certain vintage will no doubt be familiar with the somewhat plaintive song by Travis, ‘Why does it always rain on me?’ … Supporters, players and the sodden sportsfans that endured the rotten weather on Saturday in Amstelveen couldContinue reading “Wet wet wet – Amsterdam and other stories”
Belgium Footballers lope down the road to Luxembourg for round 3 / finals of the Benelux regional competition
Benelux-Meeschterschaft am gälesche Fussball (This, friends, is Luxembourgish, a language not invented by three people as a joke, but a REAL LIFE ACTUAL LANGUAGE. This contradicts the constant refuting of ‘Belgian’ as a language. ‘Luxembourgish’ lives. This weekend, we’re heading down the E411 to Beggen Sports grounds outside Luxembourg City (well, not really a cityContinue reading “Belgium Footballers lope down the road to Luxembourg for round 3 / finals of the Benelux regional competition”
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”
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”
Football Round One: Luxembourg 2011
Saturday 9 April 2011 saw Belgium GAA face scorching temperatures and strong oppostion in Luxembourg. The first round of the mens Benelux championship and the ladies pan-European championship took place in Berbourg. It was a long day, punctuated by sunburn and ambulances.The mens teams were divided evenly for the day, with the A team comingContinue reading “Football Round One: Luxembourg 2011”
Belgium GAA Take Double Honours in First Home Tournament
Monday 10th May Belgium GAA took a clean sweep of cups in their first home tournament on 8th May. Former President of the GAA Sean Kelly MEP presented the cups to captains Caoimhe Ní Shuilleabháin and Eoin Ó Seanáin on an historic day for Belgium GAA. Belgium Ladies won Round 2 of the 2011 Euro-LadiesContinue reading “Belgium GAA Take Double Honours in First Home Tournament”
Belgium GAA Ladies and Mens Football Tournament – 8 May 2010
On Saturday 8 May, Belgium GAA will host its first tournament of the year, which will take place in the Catholic University of Leuven/ Louvain (more information on getting to the pitches below). Updated information: This is the link to the schedule (mens and ladies) for Saturday – http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=t2ocrKNmLGps2Veejaxk0Xw&output=html This is the first time thatContinue reading “Belgium GAA Ladies and Mens Football Tournament – 8 May 2010”
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