Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Gothenburg Gaa Newsletter August. 2013

Hello all and welcome to the August edition .

Summer is almost done and after a period of inactivity,we can now
concentrate on the remainder of the autumn schedule.

Tailinn 3rd round football championship

This weekend we see 6 players from Gothenburg competing on the
combination Gotslohagen team in the 3rd round and final rd of the
Scandinavian championship.(eoin,moses,paul,
declan,niall,billy).lying3rd
in the cship,a good run of results will see us claim 2nd spot from
malmo...!!
Promises to be a great weekend and we ll tell u all about it!!

StreetGames 18 aug

As part of idrottallians and Kulturkalaset Gothenburg Gaa club are
invited to showcase our game this weekend in the city.this is a great
way of contacting and recruiting new players for mens and ladies so
for further information contact Joel Sprang or Niall O Connor

Gothenburg 7 's tournament

As part of a great initiative by Eoin O Broin ,he is in the process of
organising a sevens series based on korpen format for both mens and
ladies of Gothenburg Gaa.team captains have been appointed and they
will be in contact with you over the next few days to talk about
availability and schedule of games.great way to stay fit and
competitive.


Viking Gaels 2013/14

Viking gaels hurling club held their first successful training session
last month in Gothenburg.the seeds have been sown and once the 2014
schedule is known,it is the intention of the club to attend one of the
European tournaments next year..so calling all you Gothenburg to come
out and join us.there will be one more training session before year
end(probably in Malmo)..so lets get involved.

Also congratulations to Malachy Magee of gothenburg GAA club who was
been picked on the European panel to play in the Aer Lingus Gathering
World International Hurling tournament in Galway in September.16 teams
from all over the world will compete with the finals being broadcast
live on TG4 from Pearse Stadium on September 21st....!!!!

Stockholm Grading tournament 15 sept 2013

Stockholm have asked us re our intention to travel up for this .this
is the last official tournament of the year and would be a great way
to finish off our playing year.a doodle doc will be created to see who
is intent on travelling.i will also ask Liam and stockolm ladies if
theyd ve up for a challenge match vs Gothenburg ladies that weekend.

All-ireland tickets

As a paid up member of Ecb this year,the club is entitled to be in the
draw with other clubs in Europe for tickets for both hurling and
football finals...more news to follow.

Gothenburg Gaa Golf classic Sept 28 2013

Our yearly golf classic and fundraiser takes place again this year at
Lerjedalen GK in Gunnilse on Sept 28th at 12 midday.We ve had a great
response on facebok and on invitations so it promises to be a great
day as usual as golfers compete for the Paul McCreevy memorial trophy.
Cost is 400 sek for greenfees and dinner afterwards so please tell
your golfing friends that we still have a few spots available.Even if
you are not playing the golf, come out for the evening.its a saturday
evening and if the musicians among ye come out , it'll be a right good
night with music and drink and a review of the year.Come on out and
support us and look up the Gothenburg gaa facebook page and invite for
details.( if golfing, you will have to be able to play and have played
before - golf club rules !!)
Also, if you can ask your company or workplace for little spot prizes
, that would be great..... just ask nicely !!!!!!!we need spotprizes
!!!

Social event
We now need to get our heads together and see what year end social we
are going to have.The Portugese club really want us to hold something
again before year end ..what are our thoughts on a Halloween or
Christmas party ? Or a year end dinner dance ? Any suggestions
gratefully accepted.


Training
There will be a light session this Thursday night( 15th Sept )  in
Kviberg pitch 18 at 7pm... just a little preparation for Estonia and
to start getting ready for Stockholm if you are going.I have only one
football so others must have the rest.

News
Congratulations to former Gothenburg GAA club member and current RTE
journalist Micil Glennon who tied the knot recently with Emma Norberg
in Skelleftea! Heard from the lads that went it was a mighty wedding
!!!!

is mise le meas
Billy Finn

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