This week and other news

Hi all

Now that our bodies are beginning to recover from last weekend, I just
want to say what a privilege it was to be with and battled with you
all through the day,

It was one of the best weekends ever in our proud history and goes to
show what can be achieved with collective will.!!!!

However, we c'ant rest on our laurels.... we have our own tournament
coming up in the next few weeks with alot of work to be done.
Malmo ( mens & ladies ) / Stockholm ( mens and ladies ) / Oslo and
ourselves  ( mens and ladies ) have confirmed their attendance.
No show from Helsinki / Tailinn / Copenhagen this year ( although Cph
are still 50/50 as to whether they will send a mens or ladies team.


A file will be sent out with delegation of tasks but what needs to be
done asap and to draw a crowd is a poster advertising the day.Can
someone do up one quickly so we can put one up in both Dubs , other
pubs and sports halls ?


Otherwise, we will have training this Thursday at pitch 17 in Kviberg
at 6.30pm.we will have at least one new male and maybe a few new
females... its not long to go.Please try and come!

Gothenburg abu !!!!!

Billy

Training and general state of affairs

Hello all


Just a quick note to inform you of training next Sunday the 21st
midday at Slottskogen ( carpark by Belparc ) .Your attendance is
required  - its too close to cship to be fannying about and we need to
see who s serious about being in the team this year.........

We are just 5 weeks away from championship and to say we need to pull
the finger out is an understatement.Talking of Malmo, can you please
confirm your intention to travel or not asap by texting me or Paul or
Kevin or replying to this mail.Accomodation is still not booked as
only a few people have said they are.

Likewise, the ladies team this year , despite all good intentions at
the start of the year , is looking very likely not to be a goer this
year.Nobody is showing up for training ( except Madde ) and if we are
to get new players , we need to get them sharpish.Otherwise, we 'll
just join with Malmo / Cph which is what we do not want at all.....


Outdoor training starts week 18 in Kviberg  so please lets drive on , eh !!!!

regds

Billy

Viking Gaels in 2013

Ok lads,

It's time to crap or get off the pot :-D

We are all well aware of the potential here in the Nordics for hurling, we have a handful of fellas, even ladies in every club so I guess our main issues have been logistics and in a way competition with football.

Myself and Billy have been discussing ideas about how to get it going so we've decided to plan a Scandinavian 7's tournament to be held in Gothenburg (mid to late July - possibly the weekend of the 20th/21st.)
This would be a great opportunity for us to properly get together over a weekend, the idea being we train/play together before heading to our first tournament, with the aim being the final round in Brussels on August 3rd.

We'll get back to you shortly with a confirmed date but we'll be aiming for the date above.
Naturally if there are Camogie players we'll certainly accommodate them too.

Any thoughts/preferences??

Club secretaries,

Please pass this on to all club members.......there might be a few more closet hurlers/camogie players in your ranks.

Na Lochlannaigh Abú

Is mise le meas
Joe Whelan

{Viking Gaels Hurling} Fwd: Aer Lingus Invitational Hurling Tournament Galway (Sept 18 - Sept 22 ) - Team Europe

Dear club officer

Please see email below from  Billy Finn (Hurling Officer) regarding the selection of players for two Europe teams competing in the Aer Lingus international hurling tournament which will take place in Galway in September.

Europe will send two teams:

1. Irish born players

2. Players born outside of Ireland

Please bring to attention of all hurlers in your your club.

Regards

Tony

Tony Bass 

Secretary, Europe GAA

 

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Hello all

 

Just to remind you that due to promotional and committee requirements from the organisers , we were hoping to have some  names of attendees within the next 3 weeks.

 

So please get on to your members to declare their interest and intentions.This is a fabulous oppurtunity for us all involved in European  hurling.

 

 On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Hurling Officer Europe wrote:

Hello all

 

Hope I find you all well.

 

Recently I canvassed interest from all European clubs in declaring their interest to send non-Irish national members of their hurling clubs to the International Hurling tournament in Galway in September this year.The response was well-received and to date 18 players have indicated their interest and intention to travel to Ireland in September.

 

Now its the turn of our Irish nationals who play throughout Europe to declare their interest and intentions to participate in this fantastic tournament - a splendid chance to showcase to the world that hurling in Europe is vibrant and strong.

 

What we re looking for is Irish born members of all hurling clubs in Europe to nominate players from their club.The panel will be made up of 21 players With such a broad and varied pick of hurling members and clubs to chose from , a quota system per club may have to be put in place.However, this is all relavent to who and how many players declare their interest.Also, there will be a requirement to attend one mandatory training session at the last hurling round this year mainly to  a / establish the panel b/ inform players of the logistics involved.

 

The bonus for the players picked on the panel is an all - expenses paid trip ( flights and accomodation ) to Galway at the end of september and a chance to play against world opposition on a world stage.The format of the competition will be establised closer to the time with the finals being played in Pearse Stadium in Galway.

 

If you ve any questions , please let me know
--

Regards,

Billy Finn

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European Hurling Officer

Göteborg, Sweden

 

{Viking Gaels Hurling} Viking/Nordic Hurling in 2013

Happy New Year to ye all lads.

We return to the mission of forming our hurling team in 2013. I know we've talked about it a bit last year and got a bit of communication going, but I'd really like to give it another push in 2013.
On a whim the other day I made a last minute bid to host a round of the 2013 Hurling & Camogie Championships in Malmo in order to try and stimulate both our own and European focus on hurling in the region.
Whilst the bid was appreciated it was sadly shot down by the powers at be, due to the failure of the Budapest experiment a few years ago, as Budapest hosted a round but failed to turn up to any other rounds.
A new rule has now been put in place that potential hosts must play in 2 rounds of the previous years Championship, which personally I believe kills the whole impetus of what we are trying to do.
Nevertheless, I don't believe that will put a stop to us.
Billy Finn (Gothenburg) is the new European Hurling Officer so we have local support to get us off the ground in 2013.
Yes we are well aware of the time and money constraints involved in playing a second sport.
Most of our clubs have small numbers of hurlers or a number of small hurlers :-D and we have even found some non-club members willing to hurl.

So I'd like to ask the following of all clubs:
•Please forward this message to all your club members
•Club committees to consider allocating a small proportion of your budget to hurling in 2013 to help club members with expenses if possible.
•Any interested Hurlers AND Camogie players to contact me and we'll add them to the Viking Gaels mailing list.
•Join the Facebook group Viking Gaels
•Consider having some sort of Hurling meet in the region early in the season.
Billy is now also a Master Tutor so perhaps we could have a mini coaching/7's weekend.

When we have all interested players accounted for we'll create an equipment register to see what we have in regards to weaponry and helmets and possibly approach our good friend the Hurling Officer for a grant of some sorts.
Rumour also has it that Lahti Hurling Club in Finland are making a comeback so there is ample opportunity for us to make 2013 a successful launch of the Viking Gaels.

Please feel free to contact me
Pull!
All the best

Joe Whelan

Gothenburg GAA March Newsletter 2013

Hello all and welcome to this months newsletter

 

St Patricks Night Party 

What a night!!Thanks to all who contributed on the night and made it such a memorable occasion and a great success.Big thanks goes out to Kevin ( organising the whole event and cooking a feast), Declan and David for printing the fliers and all the advertising stuff ,Niall for doing the door,Daniel/Jessica/Paul / Stina / Malin / Madde for doing trojan work cleaning and washing up & Eoin for co-ordinating the musicians.It was a great night so much so that the Portugese club want us to do an end-of-year party as well ( Halloween or something)Might be a nice tie in with a successful 2013 season .... anyway , thanks again .

 

 

Training

Now the fun stuff is over, the serious stuff begins.We have around 8 weeks to Malmo.We have to start coming together more.Attendance has been truly awful.The indoor training day does nt suit everybody but nothing we can do about that now.With this long winter, we may not even get to an outside pitch until May so we have to put it in now.

Training is booked for next Saturday 23rd March in Valhamra but I think we should have an additional session Thursday 21 st at 7pm -  either in Slottskogen or Skatas.( interval session so we can get some cardio done.Please indicate your location preference by texting me ( 0723704037 ) or replying to this mail.

We have to start putting it in - sure the other teams are doing more than we are,......

 

 

Malmo Tournament May 25th 

As this is not too far away now, we need to start getting numbers together and seeing who is intent on going.If nobody has any objection, we will book the same place in Malmo that we ve always stayed in( Rut and Ragnars ) .. its cheap and cheerful and close to town.Please let me know by return of this mail what your intention is.

 

 

GIG Events

Irish Comhra event this Thursday in Språkcafe at 5.30pm with Joe Egan .. go on in and practice the cupla focal!!!

Keep an eye on the GIG facebook page  - they always have interesting events coming up...

 

 

ECB Referees course 

I have circulated a mail about ECB referees course.Please reply directly to ECB contacts as per mail - this is done by participants themselves and not through Gothenburg GAA.

 

Is mise le meas

 

Billy Finn

Gothenburg GAA

Gothenburg GAA February 2013 Newsletter

Hello all and welcome to the February edition of the Gothenburg GAA newsletter .Please see below information on current happenings and events :

 

 

Training

 

Training continues for the month of February every saturday at 3pm in Valhamra Stativshall.Attendance has been sporadic but there is a good vibe and now we need to increase numbers and get some good sessions all together.The sessions are varied , interesting , purposeful and great for conditioning which is what we need.Our first tournament is not for away and we need to get better numbers both for mens and ladies.We have done a great job of recruiting new players but we even need to do more to get more attending.When the weather allows, we can move outside for individual ladies and mens training.

 

We will get out what we put in and we have to start putting our tournament heads on soon.The year starts now ,not in Malmo on May 25tth and we have to see who is willing to put it in from now on.Lets get the lead out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

Viking Gaels hurling

 

The first European hurling tournament is down for April 6th in The Hague Netherlands.This is a 7's tournament and the Viking Gaels management committee are considering sending a squad to this for their first ever event .Let Billy know if you are interested in attending.

 

Ladies Football

 

The structure of the ladies football Pan Euro system has been agreed.It will be different to the mens structure this year with 3 Pan Euro rounds.

 

On the homefront, Stina ,Josefin and Malin have created a new facebook and information forum Gothenburg GAA girls to attract new players and more information about current events etc..Great stuff and keep it up !!

 

 

June 15 Tournament

 

Our ground deal with Spartacus has fallen through which means we need two pitches for our tourmanent.We are in discussion with Kviberg/Goteborg idrottallians to rent the fields for for our tournament with a backup of Goteberg Rugby club in Frolunda.If we could be on the lookout for any other place through any of your contacts, please let us know.in the meantime , we need to appoint a Tournament comittee to delegate who is doing what for the tournament so nothing is left to chance.Please put your name against the action item that you wish to be considered for ..

 

 

Action                                                                                                                                                     Owner

 

1. Advertising ( posters/leaflets/fliers/meal vouchers  )

2. Facilities( pitch rental / goalposts/ pitch lining etc )

3.Catering (lunch packs /pitchside snacks/beverages )

4.Tournament requiremets ( referees / registration / info pack / hotel deals)

5.Financial ( tournament fees - collection / invoice payment / meal payment )

6.Team Liason officers - appointed person to look after each team etc

7.Miscellaneous ( evening entertainment / drink vouchers )

 

 

St.Patricks weekend party March 15th

 

Likewise, preparations need to be put in place rather quickly for the party on March 15th ... the following action items need to be allotted and actioned

 

 

Action                                                                                                                                                        Owner

 

1.Advertising ( posters / ticket printing / fliers )

2.Music & entertainment ( set dancing / ceili / ice - breakers / games )

3.Logistics ( food plan / seating plan / food co-ordination / how to get there info )

4. Spot prizes ( raffle )

5.Financial mgt ( collection of monies )

 

 

We have a meeting with Gerry from the Portugese club on Feb 22nd to go through plans etc.On initial planning , the Portugese club will sponsor food for the night.They have asked us to do some desert treats / fika for afters.They will be running the bar that night with beer priced at 20 sek and a bottle of wine 100 sek ( decent brands).Our money maker will be tickets ( to be sold before then - even if people dont show up we have the money ) and the raffle.This depends on you getting the spot prizes.

 

It promises to be a great night and if we all contribute in some small way , it 'll be even a better night!!!

 

 

 

European GAA 5 Year Vision Plan

 

As a member of ECB , I have been asked to sit on a steering commitee to implement a 5 year vision plan for European GAA and where it wants to be in 5 years.With emigration so prevalent now and clubs popping over all over the place, its more imperative that European GAA stays strong , viable and self-supportive.To this end, they are asking all grass roots players to think about where they want European GAA to be in 5 years and what their concerns are and how they will be addressed and fixed.A forum / questionnaire will be sent out soon but in the meantime , start thinking about where you want European GAA to go and what you would like different or the same ....

 

 

 

Is mise le meas

 

Billy Finn

Gothenburg GAA Club