Rochey, Crusher, Hough, Dominic, Emmett, myself, Eoin, Daire, Yann, Muirits, Seamus, Bull. Maybe one or two more. We were all absent for one reason or another so it’s a credit to the club that we could muster a team to get up at 5am last Saturday and drive 8 hours to Zurich to play that same day.
Whilst the Championship was all but in the bag, there was the morale issue of fulfilling fixtures and respecting our hosts Zurich. So that lads travelled as 11 with Denzer being a late call up to the side.
First up were the hosts Zurich and the lads took all the frustration of sitting in the car out on them. It was a whitewash and as Lux had beaten them in the other group game it was decided to play the final straight away instead of asking the two sides to face off twice.
It was tight enough final by all accounts but the Belgian lads had enough in the tank to win 1-8 to 1-2. I've little detail of the matches as no official report has been penned at this point. However, the highlights which i did hear mentioned were the 1-1 scored by Denzer, Conor and Keary's massive defensive performances and a dominating performance by Eoghan Kelly, who was inexplicably denied the Player of the Tournament award.
Its 4/4 now this year, the last 5 if you include the last tournament last year. We've one outing left in Den Hague in September when we will officially be crowned European Champions for the first time in our clubs five year history. We'll go down there with the goal of completing the grand slam! Its something never been done in either code and would be a great way to finish the year for the most talented team we've had.
If any of the lads are reading this, please feel free to add your report. Adrian already did in the previous instalment.
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