Gothenburg GAA: January 2015

Saturday, January 17, 2015

2013 Award - Best Male Player (Just a little Late)

2014 Award - Best Improved Female Player with the 2014 Award - Best Female Player

2014 Award - Best Improved Male Player

2014:Inter-Provincial Championship:Final Night

Goteborg Combined Team photo Copenhagen 2014

Gothenburg Ladies, Göteborg 2014

Göteborg Team Photo - Oslo, 2014

Combined Mens team - Leinster and Connacht - Stockholm 13-09-2014

Combined Mens team - Leinster and Connacht - Stockholm 13-09-2014 — at Skarpnäcks sportfält.

Combined Mens team - Munster and International - Stockholm 13-09-2014

Combined Mens team - Munster and International - Stockholm 13-09-2014 — at Skarpnäcks sportfält.

Combined Ladies team - Göteborg/Bordeaux - Stockholm 13-09-2014

Combined Ladies team - Göteborg/Bordeaux - Stockholm 13-09-2014 — at Skarpnäcks sportfält.

Viking Gaels Hurling; Final Round: Hurling and Camogie Championship 2014, Brussels, Belgium; 2 August 2014

Viking Gaels Hurling; European Round 1 Camogie and Hurling Den Haag 26th April 2014

Gothenburg GAA AGM 2015 @ The House of Jakey, Thursday Jan 22nd 2015
7pm - 9pm (2 hours)
Your attendance is greatly appreciated. Bring along some biscuits / cake or fika and sure a few beers wouldn't go amiss !!!!!

A wee run in Alingsas - 18th Jan

A run in Alingsas this Sunday (18th Jan) - contact Billy/Mal for more information.

Provisional dates for 2015 Nordic cship

All

These are the provisional dates for 2015 calendar

9th May - Malmo

6th June- Gbg

15 August - Stockholm

All ok with these?

I know 6th June is national holiday but nothing I can do about that

If all in agreement then these will be ratified on tonight's ECB cal

Then we need to get our ass in gear and plan pitches etc

Tks

Billy

Also who's up for a run in Alingsas this Sunday at 11am?not Saturday as originally planned...

Let me and Mal and Pail know soonest

Referee Coaching Course - Leuven, Belgium 6-8 February 2015

Fyi

Our chance to have referees in the Nordics.any takers?

We can discuss on conference call tomorrow

Thanks

Billy

From: Marie-Thérèse Dockery, European Secretary
Sent: 11 January 2015 18:33:01
To: ALL ECB CLUB OFFICERS, BOARD & CCC
Cc: refereesadministrator europe
Subject: Referee Coaching Course - Leuven, Belgium 6-8 February 2015

Dear all,

Wishing you a very Happy New Year!

Recent years have seen rapid growth in the number of new clubs in Europe, and consequently an increase in the number of games being played each year. 2014 alone saw more 60 tournaments and a staggering 1,000+ games played across Europe. 2015 will likely see these numbers increase and so this places pressure on our existing refereeing resources. To cope with increased number of games being played, new referees are urgently needed!

European referees are fully trained and certified to GAA, LGFA and Camogie Association standards. Once qualified, referees are invited to express interest in officiating at tournaments in both their own regions, and across Europe, and participate in 3-4 tournaments per year. For each tournament, reasonable (vouched) travel costs (up to EUR 200) are refunded, and up to two night’s accommodation (in 3/4 star hotel) and all meals are provided by the host club as well as transfers to/from airports/train stations etc.

A referee’s coaching course for new and existing referees (who have not attended a course within the last 3 years) will be held in the Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe, in Leuven, Belgium on the weekend of 6-8 February. All are welcome to attend and we would particularly welcome participants from the Benelux, Scandinavian and Central/East regions where we currently have no/few referees.

The course will begin with an informal introduction and supper on Friday evening and continue on Saturday (c.9am – 6pm) and on Sunday (from c. 9am to 1pm). Depending on the number of participants, the course may begin on the Friday evening, to accommodate for an earlier departure on the Sunday.

Accommodation (bed & breakfast on a sharing basis) and meals (coffees, Friday evening, Saturday lunch/dinner) will be provided by the European County Board. Reasonable travel expenses (refunded after a referee has officiated at two tournaments) will also be covered by the Board.

I would be grateful if you could circulate this email amongst your club members and would encourage attendance at this course.

If you are interested in becoming a referee/refresher training, I would be grateful if you could contact me as soon as possible, and in any case, before COB Wednesday, 21 January. Places on this course will be limited and so I encourage you to register your interest asap.

Please do not hesitate to contact me should you require additional information.

Kind regards,

Marie-Thérèse

Marie-Thérèse Dockery

Secretary, European County Board

Máire Treasa Ní Dhochraigh

Rúnaí, Coiste Chontae na hEorpa

Things to do 2015

Hello lads and lassies

Hope all is well..

i know its the off season but it would be no harm getting our heads together to see how we can kick off next year and get cracking

A few things off tthe top of my head that we have to start thinking about

1/Indoor training -- we need to look at a place to train and get fit again.we always leave it to last minute and are then goosed for a place to train.Other teams have started already!Kelly , what about gothenburg Celtic ?

Perhaps a Gothenburg GAA pre-Christmas run in Skatas or Slottskogen just to meet up and have a short run out and get the spirit going-- maybe a drink afterwards ? what do ye think

2/AGM date and venue.

3/Gothenburg hosting a round next year--- more than likely we will host with June 12 as the preferred date.we need to talk to Joel and Bersekers to confirm Kviberg for next year ( Niall , could you make contact with them?) we need to get an organising committee to get things down on paper and see what needs to be done...

4/ St Patricks day party in Portugese club--- i am in contact with the Portugese club committe so set a date for this...

5/ New players-- need to start posting posters in sports club etc to attract new players etc,.now is the time to do it .. need to see whose in the universities and see if any new Irish Erasmus players have come to Gothenburg

anyway , just thought id throw these thoughts together and get a head start!

god bless

Billy

Hurling & Camogie Championship 2015 - declarations of interest

Hello all

After a very beneficial convention last week in Belgium , we look forward with renewed interest to our championship in both codes for 2015.

In order to aid with planning and resources and to accomodate teams in terms of preparation etc and to get a headstart on fixing dates for the 2015 ECB calendar,I would be grateful if you would signal your intention or otherwise to host a round of the 2015 championship.

Established clubs are most welcome to submit their interest and some already have done so.However, we have also received interest from developing clubs which participated in last years championship ( Viking Gaels / Dresden ) so if you would formally declare your interest in reply to this mail , it would be great.
And if you could formally declare your interest as soon as you can in December , it would be great.

We will have an additional round this year alongside the normal 4 round championship and this round will be in the format of an interprovincial / developmental 7's competition structure in the hope to foster new and developing clubs and players to participate.The same format applies to camogie so please engage your club members to get involved in next year s championship.I will be sending more information about this additional round in the near future.A mail has gone out to all European clubs ( and football clubs ) yesterday to actively encourage players to get involved and to renew interest in hurling and camogie.....

looking forward to hearing from you all soon

is mise le meas

Billy Finn
European Hurling officer

October 25th and End of year Party

Hello all

Just a quick mail to ask you about two things

October 25th ----Malmo are willing to hold an Interpros series on October 25th for men's and ladies.Copenhagen have said they ll come across as well.Who would be interested in going down on the Saturday?option is to come back or stay down that night.

Nice way to finish the year

Paul ,can u do a doodle to see who s interested?

November 15th ---- End of year party in Alingsas

Mal and Josefine have come up with an idea to have the end of year party /training dag in Alingsas this year .November 15 would be the date.

The plan would be as follows:

Training - 10 am to 12am

Shower/lunch etc - 1pm to 3pm

Celebrations - 4pm to 5pm

Dinner - 7pm

bowling - 9pm

Josefin said if people want to stay over ,she has some room in her house.

So,who is up for it?think it would be a great end to year and something different as well.

Paul , could you set up a quick doodle to get names and lists going.

Lastly,this is nomination list for The 2015 player of The year awards.

Mens player of The year

Ladies Player of The year

Mens most Improved player of The year

Lades most Improved player of The year

Send your nominations only to jakey and winners to be announced at our end of year party ,,,,!

Thanks

Billy

Year end get together Nov 22nd Gothenburg

Hello all

Just a quick note to inform you that the date for our end of year get-together has now been switched to Nov 22nd and its now on in gothenburg.

All suggestions are now welcome as to what we ll do on the night but we 'll need to book something fairly quickly.

I can get a good price at Star Bowling in Odensgatan for a TreKamp ( horse racing,golf,shooting,)but all suggestions are welcome and we need to decide if we are having a sit down meal or just drinks.

Paul,can you do up a Doodle with the necessary choices and we'll decide by Nov 3rd as to what we'll do..

Also , keep sending in your players of the year nominations to Jakeys email address.

Some people have sent them in so just keep them coming!!!!!

tks

Billy

Viking Gaels

Hello all

Hope I find you all well.

well the good news is that we have a Viking Gaels sponsor for 2015.The Irish Rover pub in Copenhagen has agreed to be our sponsor.Attached I have the new Viking Gaels kit for 2015 which they have kindly agreed to sponsor.They have also agreed to donate some funds towards our travel expenses for next year.

I hope this now gives us the impetus and drive to compete at a higher level in 2015.We had a great introductory year in 2014 where we competed at 2 Euro tournaments and came 5th overall in the standings.I need you to unearth the hurlers in your club and get them out of the woodwork.we already have 2/3 new players for next year ( Welcome John Lambert and Tony Kennedy ) and we need just a few more to be really competitive.As an ECB board member, I will really be pushing for the Nordic region to host a round of the European championship tournaments in 2015 with Copenhagen more than likely the candidate due to its central location.

There are now no roadblocks to our progress.Hurleys and helmets can and will be provided if needed.The calendar will be agreed by late January and hurling gets first pick of dates on ECB calendar.Therefore,we can plan well in advance and have a good idea of numbers.

thanks to all the lads who competed for the Gaels in 2014.Im sure you will all agree it was a really enjoyable weekend and the level of competitive games was really high.

its down to ye all now lads.Lets get our house in order and have a real good crack at the hurling season in 2015.

( please forward to anyone who i may have missed or should be on the mailing list - it does need to be amended

regds
Billy Finn

GAA End of year Get-together Nov 22nd

Hello all

just to remind you ,,, please let me know about our end of season get together,

only a few people have gotten back to me and i need to know either way ..

also,keep voting for players of the year by sending your mail/nominations to jakey

tks

Billy

GAA End of year Get-together Nov 22nd

Hello all

hope i find you all well.As previously advised , the date for the GAA end of year get together is now Nov 22nd.I ve taken the liberty of booking something for us that evening.

I have booked a 3-kamp at StarBowling on Odensgatan in Gothenburg that evening.Please see below for details

Racecars/Shooting and Golf Simulator from 19.30 to 20.30

Thereafter I have booked places in the restaurant from 20.30 on.

Prices - per person the 3 kamp is 260 sek per person.However,I have asked for a reduced rate on this price as well as the food menu that we will be ordering from.I know its prices but

I ll do my best to get a reduced rate for both.I should know by today or tomorrow

i ve attached a menu so we can pre-order and not be waiting around for food.so therefore at dinner, we can have a bit of craic and give out our awards for the year.

If you intend to be there and will be eating,please let me know asap that you will be attending and what you will be eating.the restaurant has provisionally booked us for 12 but if we will be more, I need to tell them in advance.If Paul or Niall can do up a doodle, fine but otherwise,please reply to this mail saying that you are doing 3-kamp and are having a meal.

keep sending in your votes for players of the year to Jakey.. there is still time !!!

thanks

Billy

Viking Gaels

Hello all

My goodness ! The gospel of the Viking Gaels is growing !!

we are now up to 20 replica kits that have been ordered.Thanks to all and those not even in Viking Gaels hurling for buying and getting involved.

The order for 20 will now be placed on Monday so today and Monday morning is the last chance if you want to order. I am ordering on Monday so people will get their jerseys in time for Xmas.

if we get more orders in after that ( in quantities of 10 ) ,we can always place an order in a few weeks time.

Pull hard !!!

is mise le meas

Billy

Viking Gaels replica kit

Hello all

Thank you so much for your custom for the Viking Gaels 2015 replica kit.

The order has been sent and now is in production.

For those of you who have transferred the funds ( 40 eur per jersey ) thank you so much.

Please transfer the funds as soon as you can if you have nt done so already

Ill be pushing kit supplier for delivery as soon as possible ( hopefully within 2-3 weeks)
see below the account info if you dont have it already make sure you reference your name on it so i know its from you. also give me correct name and postal address as you know how pedantic Nordic post can be For Irish deliveries , your jerseys will be delivered direct and ive provided your mobile numbers for contact purposes.

Any questions let me know

tks again

Billy

Viking Gaels

Hello all

Hope all is well

just in case you have nt seen the facebook page.

The Viking gaels Hurling 2015 Replica kit is now available to order.. cost is 40eur ( which includes post and packaging ) .send me an e-mail and ill pass on payment info.

sizes are regular fit large and regular fit extra large .we just need 4 more orders to complete the initial batch of 10.these can then be sent with our own playing kit which is currently in production if we get 10 orders or so....

leadtime 2-3 weeks ..

so come on and buy..... its all about spreading the word! the Viking Gaels will make nothing on the jerseys sales but they are a lovely jersey and a present !!!

let me know soonest

billy

Viking Gaels

2015 Nordic Football Championship & Convention matters II

Hi Billy,

Great to get the ball rolling early! We in would certainly be interested in hosting a round of the Nordic C'ship in Stockholm next year. 2012 was the last time we hosted and we have traveled to every tournament since.

Regarding issues for the region I think coaching and referees are two big areas that we need to focus on. I believe Donie made a great start in Oslo earlier this year with the coaching. I think it would be great to expand that out to the rest of the region and try to increase the amount of qualified coaches. It would be great to have a goal to get one person per club that is qualified to give coaching courses! I'm not sure if it's an issue for the convention but possibly just a coordination issue with the coaching officer of the ECB.

We have two people that have expressed interest in refereeing. We hope to send them on a refereeing course early next year.

Should we consider setting up our own formal organisational structure in the Nordics with the amount of teams we have now? It could also benefit us when trying to get pitches, funding etc if we have a formal organisation set up in the region. We could also market the Nordic C'ship and try to get sponsors on board that could subsidise the tournament costs - for example a hotel chain to help with accommodation. Lots of possibilities if we could get a few heads together.

Interested to hear your thoughts!

Colin

2015 Nordic Football Championship & Convention matters

Hello all

I hope I find you all well and your respective clubs are taking a well-earned break from all the activity of a long and tough season.Even though one season has finished , there is another one shortly around the corner.The winter break wont seem that long until we are all ready to go again.

To this end,I feel it would be no harm to prepare ourselves for next year in terms of planning of tournaments and how we can all accomodate and help each other.As a ECB board member,there is a huge amount of logistical planning that goes into co-ordinating the fixture list for a whole continent across four grades.
Our region has steadily expanded over the last 2/3 years and I welcome our new and not so new teams from Helsinki,Oulu,Jyvaskula along with our establised teams of Gothenburg,Malmo,Stockholm,Copenhagen,Tailinn.Moscow GAA maybe on the horizon soon also.

Therefore,we had operated a round-robin system of hosting of events / rounds of the Ladies & Mens Football championship.As new teams have come on board,this needs to be reviewed so teams get a chance to host if they so wish.So basically what I am asking at this early stage is for declarations of intent to host.we usually have 3 rounds of the Nordic championship and last year Oslo,Helsinki and Copenhagen hosted.On behalf of Gothenburg GAA club,we would love to host a round next year as a means of developing the work we have put in down here to attract non-native players.
The ECB fixture list has to be completed by early Feb 2015 so if we have our dates and venues agreed before then ,it will aid us greatly to obtain more suitable dates in May,July and August .
Therefore,please send in your declaration of intent to host in 2015.,, thank you !!!

One other matter is that the Euro GAA convention is on the end of November in Belgium.Put simply, is there any motions or considerations that we need to consider as a region which will be of benefit to us all? Are we all happy with the current format - does it need to be restructured? Do you want changes made to the organisation as a whole.? We are a strong region but have huge logistical and cost issues in playing our games that other regions dont have to consider.
Is there something you would like to see on this point.? Coaching considerations maybe?Combination teams at tournaments? Representative sides ?

all suggestions / viewpoints welcome and remember,we are all in this region together so any motions have to be of benefit to all of us!!

And finally,as the Euro Hurling officer, i would actively encourage hurlers in your clubs to come out of the woodwork and get involved with the Viking Gaels in 2015.we had a hugely successful 2014 and I am strongly pursuing that a Nordic city host a round of the hurling championship in 2015.We are entitled to as we attended two rounds of the Euro championship in 2014... I know ye are there so come on !!!!!

is mise le meas

Billy Finn

Stockholm Tournament II

Hello all

See attached the information pack for stklm

We ll talk about reg fee after the weekend and after training tuesday

Ladies,i have asked Belgium and Bordeaux about giving us players.should be no problem and ill keep u updated

Tks

Billy

Stockholm Tournament

Hi Folks,

We're delighted that you are all making the trip to Stockholm on 13th September for the Ladies and Mens Gaelic Football Tournaments. Attached is an info pack with lots of details about the day itself and also some useful tips on getting around Stockholm and to/from the airports. If I've missed anything please let me know. We are happy to help!

Included in the pack is details of the registration fee. We would really appreciate it if you could pay that in advance as we prefer to avoid handling cash on the day.

We hope to send out the schedule early next week.

Could you please confirm the final numbers by COB Friday:

How many players will you have?

How many will have lunch?

How many will have dinner?

Are there any special dietary requirements?

Many Thanks,

Colin

Stockholm information and details

Hello all thank you all for a wonderful Interpros tournament.

it was a huge success and thanks tp Paul and Mal for getting it sorted .. well done to leinster !!!
anyhow as discussed last night, please lodge 800 sek toSEB Club account bank account details below.

This will cover accomodation and petrol and the fundraiser this weekend will also go towards the cost of the tournament.please have it lodged by this Friday as the money will be drawn down by next Monday .
Daniel, can you pass on to Jimmy as i still dont have his email address?

Drivers will be Paul , Dag and Jakey and we will be leaving Friday night between 5.30pm and 6pm from Nils Ericssom terminalen car park.

keep an eye on your mails for further info

tks

Billy

Gothenburg GAA In-club Tournament 19th August

To get the autumn season started, we are having our internal tournament starting Tuesday 19^th August at pitch 19 at Kviberg. It will run for three consecutive weeks.

We are aiming for four teams with 7 players on each team to represent the four provinces of Ireland. The teams will be very mixed – ladies, men, beginners, people who haven’t played in years and current players.

The games will be 20 minutes long.

If you can’t come all three weeks, it’s not a problem – it’s all in the name of fun.

Bring a friend or family member, introduce someone new to the sport or dust off those boots that you haven’t used in years. We’ll start at 18.00 on Tuesday.

Stockholm Part II

Hello

the following people have confirmed their attendance for Stklm

Men

Billy / Mal / Niall /Moses / Declan/Dag / Daniel / Adrian ..

To confirm - Antonio Ramis / Donal Byrne / Hugh Henry / Seb / Tor / Jimmy

Ladies

Jessica / Josefin / Linn/ Heine / Madde

To confirm - Michelle

Accomodation needs to be booked soon so Paul and Daniel are co-ordinating .If the booking requires payment up front, Daniel will provide his bank account details which will require same day payment. PLEASE pay him promptly ie same day he books it... this will probably be nexrt thursday ...

please tell me dietary requirements for those who have confirmed

Regards
Billy

Stockholm (13th September)

On behalf of Colin, Stockholm GAA secretary

Hi All,

I wish to take this opportunity to invite you to Stockholm for the 2nd round of the ladies Pan-European and also a European mens grading tournament.

The tournament venue will be:

Skarpnäcks IP

Horisontvägen 15

12834 Skarpnäck

Stockholm

Note, it is approximately 20 mins by subway from the centre of Stockholm.

IMPORTANT:

We would be grateful if you could confirm as soon as possible if you plan on attending and provide estimates for the following (by next Sunday 17th August)

How many teams will you be sending (ladies and/or mens)?

How many players?

How many lunches will be required?
How many dinners will be required?

We appreciate that it is difficult to know at this stage but even if you can send me some rough numbers it will really help to organise the event. You can mail Colin at secretary.stockholm.europe@gaa.ie.

Once we have received confirmed attendance we will send out an info pack with details about the tournament. I would suggesting booking accommodation as early as possible since accommodation in Stockholm can fill up quickly.

Feel free to send me any questions you may have. We are happy to help!

Thanks a lot in advance - we look forward to welcoming you all to Stockholm in September!

Saturday, January 17, 2015

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