Zum Abschluss des Jahres lud das European County Board zu einem großen Pan-European Turnier in Limerick ein. Die Münchner Damen wollten sich das natürlich nicht entgehen lassen. Im Championship der Ladies 2011 war man noch im Rennen um den 2.Platz gegen Holland und Paris, während Belgien schon als Sieger feststand.
So gab es ein Wiedersehen der angereisten Münchnerinnen und der drei mittlerweile wieder in Irland studierenden Irinnen am Freitag in Limerick, das gleich zum allgemeinen Fingernägellackieren in den Teamfarben genutzt wurde.

Ladies getting ready for the finals in Limerick 2011

There is no training Saturday 13th of August due to the fact that club will be participating in the 7-a-side tournament in Maastricht. We will have both a mens & ladies team making the 1,400km round trip this weekend. For a list of the rest of the years events see the Regional Tournament listing. Training will be back on as normal on Saturday 20th of August at 11am, and as usual everyone is welcome to come along and try a session.

A Parish Far from home

An interesting book about GAA in Europe, called “A parish far from home” by Philip O’Connor from Stockholm Gaels is due to be published in September and should be worth keeping an eye out for.

With a foreword by legendary Irish broadcaster Mícheal O Muircheartaigh, “A Parish Far From Home” tells the story of how a group of Irish ex-pats got together to play one of their native games – little did they know at the time that the Irish community in the Swedish capital would rally together like never before to support them as they set out on their first season to try to capture the Scandinavian championship.

After a long and hot day at the Gartenstadt Trudering Football Grounds, Munich and Belgium qualified to play each other in the final.
The game was very closely contested with the teams tied at half time.
Belgium though built up a lead in the second half to run out winners 4-10 to 4-3

The full results can be found in the excel file here:
Munich Results 09 July 2011
Photos will follow both here and on Facebook.

Thanks to all teams and players who travelled to Munich on the day and all who helped out in preparation and running of the day.

On the 9th of July Munich will host a round of the Ladies European Gaelic football Championship.
UPDATE: Schedule is now confirmed with throw in time of 9.30am for the first game with the final at 16:20.
Addmission is free.

FULL SCHEDULE
9.30 Belgium A V Holland Ladies
10:05 Munich V Belgium B

10:40 Holland Ladies V Paris
11:15 Munich V Belgium A
20 mins break
12:00 Paris V Belgium B
12:35 Holland Ladies V Munich

13:10 Belgium B V Belgium A
13:45 Munich V Paris

14:20 Belgium B V Holland Ladies
14:55 Belgium A V Paris
15:20 30 mins break

15:50 3rd v 4th Playoff
16:20 Final

The colmcilles will be in attendance at the green farm festival this weekend the 24th and 25th of June.

There will be a demonstration of football and hurling at 4pm on Saturday but the highlight is Sunday where from 2pm there will be a kids hurling game followed by the ladies taking on the challenge of the parents in Gaelic football!

Today we celebrated the 10th Anniversary of the club. The weather was on our side, in fact it was 27C (in the shade). We had lots of people travel from near and far to come and join in our celebration. A big thanks has to be extended to everyone who made the effort to come along and share in our special day.

Today there were lots of different games, highlights included the ladies team taking on the parents of the kids hurling team, or the kids playing a great game of hurling on the “Arena” of SV. Gartenstadt. To see some of the pictures, check facebook.

On Saturday 4th of June the Colmcilles will be celebrating its 10th anniversary.
To celebrate we are having a series of games at our home grounds at Gartenstadt with former members making the trip back to Munich to celebrate with the current club members.

The schedule of events is as follows:

Friday 3rd June

• 9pm Social Event @ Augustiner am Dom (Facebook Event)

Saturday 4th June

(Facebook Event)

• 12:00 – START. Meet up at Gartenstadt
• 13:00 – 1st Game : Men
• 14:00 – 2nd Game : Kids
• 15:00 – 3rd Game : Kids parents V Girls
• 16:00 – 4th Game : Mixed
• 17:00 – Eat & Drinks in the clubhouse
• 20:00(ish) – moving to the Leopoldstr Strassenfest.

Due to his event, training on Saturday 3rd at 11am of June is postponed.

The summer is truly here, and it’s time to enjoy some Irish Gaelic sports in the heart of Munich.

Summer GAA training in Munich

Training takes place every Saturday at 11am at our club at Gartenstadt, Heinrich-Wieland-Straße 102, 81735 München. Full details can be seen here. If you would like to try Gaelic Football you are more than welcome to come down and try out a session or two.

Munich Colmcilles in the Papers

Last month our club was featured in the Prinz magazine, which lists the top events and things to do in Munich (and other German cities). We were listed along side such clubs as the Munich Lacrosse Club, A Munich boule club and Kubb Club. The feedback from the article has been very positive, and we are very happy to have some new local players joining us for training. Click here to read the full article.

Further Media Coverage

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