What a massive day. Our first home tournament saw six mens and six womens teams decend on Leuven for an action packed day of activity. There was an army of volunteers busily at work when I arrived to the pitches shortly after 9am but still I was greeted by a stern lecture from Caoimhe who seemed to decide that the slack show from the lads was all down to me.
Once there, my input was invaluable though. Myself and Olof stood chuckling as the girls, led by The Bomber, made an almighty balls of trying to assemble the goalposts. Never ones to stand back, we intervened and resolved the mess. All sorts of other stuff needed doing and got done before Belgium A and B squared off in the opening games in both competitions.
Full reports of the games will follow in the coming days but the main bits of news is that both the men and women won their competitions in stylish fashion. It was a fantastic result and topped the whole occassion. The other notable point was the men fielding a third team for the first time in European G.A.A. 50 players togged out for the men on the day.
Former GAA President and current MEP Sean Kelly was in attendance for the finals and would comment at the evening function on how impressed he was with the standard of play. It was a great honour to have him present on the day and will no doubt help further boost the profile of the club.
After a glut of recent tournament wins we finally had the honour of one of our players receiving player of the tournament. For the ladies, Ciara was a deserving winner and whilst the referee didn't think he was the best player, he felt Eoin Sheanon's honesty was deserving of the men's award!!
Needless to say, the night is barely a hazy memory at this point as the drinking and singing and talking bollicks contined well beyond sun rise. Another chapter written and closed for the club and most importantly, two more trophies in the bag.
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