Sunday, August 11, 2013

World Mini Games GAA 7s - Cork, Ireland

Good Afternoon,

I hope preparations are going well for the tournaments this weekend!
It's our biggest weekend in terms of playing activity, and we have
already received media coverage in Ireland and locally.

Any photos from the weekend would be appreciated, please forward them
to our PRO Brian (pro.europe@gaa.ie) as some articles will be
appearing in National papers next week and we have been requested to
provide good quality shots. Please also provide us with scores and
results so they can be published ASAP.

As regards the forwarded mail below, clubs are invited to express
interest directly to the organisers. This event has no European GAA
input, so clubs enter on their own prerogative/expense.

Enjoy the weekend!

Is mise
Brian

Brian Sheehy
Chairperson of the European Board
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: World Mini Games
Date: 12 June 2013 15:53
Subject: World Mini Games GAA 7s - Cork, Ireland


A chairde,

It is a pleasure to reach out to the pioneers of Gaelic Games in
Europe.  Being a Ballincollig GAA man myself, married to a Polish
woman, and with every possibility i might end over there someday, its
great to know that I can keep involved, though might have to set up
the first team in Poznan rather than regularly trekking over to Cumann
Warszawa.

My name is James O'Reilly and I am the Chairperson of the World Mini
Games, which will take place in Cork from the 23rd to the 25th of
August.  The Games, as the title suggests, are based around the
reduced format versions of adult sports, so rugby 7s, hockey 8s,
football 5 a-side etc, and there are over 30 different sports involved
so far.  We are also delighted to be hosting a Gaelic Games 7s
competition, which will be aimed at Junior level adult teams (or
equivalent) only.

The Games have been developed to give the non-elites of the world the
opportunity to take part in a large, City-wide sports event, and to
give those taking part the feeling of taking part in an Olympics or a
World Championships.  In GAA terms we are delighted to have all the
relevant backing from the various Boards, and now it is time to drive
on with the invitations.

We have more visually appealing flyers to follow, but I was hoping you
might already spread the word that the Games are taking place as no
doubt people are already making travel plans for the summer and if at
all possible mark it in your calendar, as it is an event open to many
teams under the auspices of the European Board.

All the tournaments will take place on the Saturday and Sunday, split
between UCC, CIT and Ballincollig pitches.  There will round robin
games on the Saturday and all teams will go through to a knock-out
competition on the Sunday, the level depending on their league table
finish on the Saturday.  The tournaments will also be split into
Junior A, B and possibly C, to give all Clubs a genuine and
competitive opportunity of winning a World title.

Registration to take part in the Games can be done here:
http://worldminigames2013.eventbrite.ie/ however, as this is the year
of the Gathering, indeed the Games are an official flagship Gather
--
Regards,
Billy Finn
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European Hurling Officer
Göteborg, Sweden

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