Gothenburg GAA Newsletter November 2013

Hello all and welcome to this months newsletter for all the happenings in Gothenburg GAA circles !!!

Lets see what is happening this month !

Malmo Review

Ladies and mens teams last weekend joined forces with Copenhagen and played Malmo in a very friendly down in Malmo.Great day was had by all and it proved a fitting end to this years action.The ladies proved worthy opponents against a classy Malmo ladies outfit and the lads and Cph easily brushed aside the Malmo challenge.A great night was had by all !

Winter Training

In order we keep sharp and in condition over the winter period , from Nov 6 th on, Caz , our previous personal trainer, will take a bootcamp session in Slottskogen every Wednesday evening at 6pm.Meeting place will be the normal Belparc car park.This is open to all and its a great way to keep fit over the winter.we want to hit the ground running next year and we 'll be working out a ballwork and skills session when we organise an indoor hall in the New Year.

Send me a mail or text if u are attending next week so i can let Caz know of numbers .....

New Players

Next year we will be welcoming the following new players to the male squad.All of the boys are on Erasmus placements and will be with us until the end or the start of June so hopefully we will be getting one or two tournaments next year.

Kyle O Dhugaill

Hugh Henry

Aidan Hannigan

Re tournaments next year , the hosts will be ( as its their turn ) Oslo,Copenhgen,Stockholm.

so start planning and putting a few kronor away for this.Dates are to be confirmed but itll probably  be May ( Stockholm ) , Copenhagen ( June ) ,Oslo ( August ) ... Meeting with all the rest of clubs in January to organise dates....

Christmas Night out / Awards Night

Our Christams night out this year is set for Dec 7th ( Saturday night ) Josefin to provide details as to what we re doing but all come up with some suggestions fairly lively.

Bee for Battens !! - as part of this night we ve been asked by Oslo GAA to hold a Santa / Christmas themed party to raise some money for Bee For Battens .This is a charity that Oslo GAA run to support one of their members whose family suffer from this heartbreaking childrens disease.I ll be getting literature from Oslo over the next few days but if we can think about things we can do on the night to raise funds ( 10 sek for a kiss from Santa and his little helper or something like that ... who wants to dress up ? !!!!! All suggestion welcome ( eg 12 pubs of xmas ) ???

We are also having our yearly awards ceremony on this night and your nominations for the below categories are to be sent to ( in private )  jakeyprentice@gmail.com by Dec 1st .....

Categories for this year are

Best Male Player -
Best Female Player -
Most improved Male Player -
Most improved Female Player -
Silent Pig Award  -

Newcomer of the Year award -

AGM Jan 2014

AGM will take place in Jan 2014... great idea to have it like last year in someones house.Niall held it last year .. this year can someone else have it in their place ? Tae and hang sandwiches will be provided !!!!

Club Membership

Need to have focus on this for next year..Not alot of people paid their fees last year so we will have to be firm on this for next year as it looks like we will be without our title sponsor !!!!

Other news

Catherine Hayes returns to our shores for the month of Decemeber and David Burke is due to be a father for the second time very soon or is already !!!!!!

Have a great month!!!

Billy