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Stockholm tournament review :

Gothenbburg GAA were in attendance for the last round of the Scandinavian championship.On a dank,horrible,rainy afternoon ,Gotheburg once again punched above their weight and performed with distinction.

First game versus Malmo saw the conditions deteriorating steadily but we got off to a good start and points from Adrian and Shane kept us in touch with Malmo at the break.However,Malmo got the upper hand in the second half with some well-taken points from their free-running forwards and although we pulled a goal back , there was just 2 points in it at the end .Great displays once again all round the pitch with Kevin and Adrian controlling midfield , David and Eoin sturdy in defence and Brendan mopping up and providing link play with Greg and Daniel , we fought as always to the end.( Malmo 0-7 Gothenburg 1-1 )


Next match up was Oslo and this turned out to be a surprise fixture in more ways than one.With a great start whereby we took the lead from the off ,Gothenburg put some great link play together and managed to go in at half-time all square with our Norweigan opponents.However, things went rapidly downhill after the break with some incredulous refereeing decisions giving Oslo some handy points.Added to this ,over-zealous tackling from Oslo resulted in Billy being cleaved by an Oslo player whilst trying to clear .Well,that was the signal for Brendan "everybody was Kung-fu fighting " O Driscoll to come in swinging to save the day.Although he got a beautiful left hook square to his jaw, he left his mark on a couple of Oslo players .The match peetered out after that with Oslo keeping the Got attack at bay .( Oslo 0-8 Gothenburg 0-4 )


Last match of the day saw Gothenburg taking on their new rivals and kingpins Stockholm.This turned out to be Gothenburgs best performance of the day who were right in it up until the final whistle.Some early points and some brilliant link play,movement and running from Adrian ,Steve ,Shane,David and Brendan meant that we shell-shocked Stockholm who responded with a poxy rebound goal.This gave them a lift and they went into the break two points up.Gothenburg tore into them again after the break and although we enjoyed the lions share of possession we just could nt translate this into scores,.Stockholm scored a late goal to seal the deal but we finished the tournament on a high nonetheless. ( Gothenburg 0-5 Stockholm 2-4 )

Also, a big shout out to Jessica Dahlman who played her first ever Gaelic football match and tournament.She played on the Stockholm team versus Talinn and I think now that she has gotten the Gaelic bug,she 's now a fixture.Well done ,Jessica !!!!!

Big thanks to Greg for coming up to Stockholm for the tournament !!thanks again ,big man !!


Gothenburg 's Player of the tournament - Without doubt ,David Burke .Tenacious defending all-day by the teak-tough Corkman .Consistent all day and doled out the hits when they needed to be given.!!good man,david.!!!

Best "Ultimate cage fighter " impression - Brendan O Driscoll ( see above )

Best " Person who kept everybody else awake on Friday night due to his snoring " - Jakey ( thanks again ) !!

So where to next ..........?


Well next port of call is the last round of the Pan-Euros in Limerick on Nov 5th.We need to decide finally if we are attending or not.I think we should go.. as simple as that.However, there really is no point going if we only go with 5 or 6.So, in order to arrange and discuss, a meeting ( EGM ) should be called to see what the story is.. i put forward Friday 9th September ( time and location to be decided ) for an EGM ... any other suggestions for dates which are more suitable ,just put them forward.we can discuss fundraising etc if the plan is to go ahead....

PS ,,, Catherine took a load of pictures.Can someone download them from Dropbox and put on the GAA website.Picasso

Is mise le meas

Billy Finn
Cathaoirleach
Gothenburg GAA club