Spring is Sprung!

Good God is this really Brussels? The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, it’s a lovely warm day…did I mention the sun is shining? Well, it’s true and it must mean that gods are smiling down upon Belgium GAA as we begin a new year of training and questing for glory.

Now that the clocks have gone back an hour there’s enough daylight for midweek training and we can get serious in our pursuit of the European Championship.

Nothing is more important than good preparation so we’ve developed the most flexible and thorough training regime in the history of Belgium GAA.

Below is a rough guide for when training sessions will occur. For exact dates please check out our google calendar.

Monday training sessions (18:45 Parc Cinquantenaire – perhaps later as the evenings get longer) will be a joint session with footballers and hurlers focusing on physical fitness and skills.

Wednesday evenings (same time- same place) will be exclusively for hurling and focus on skills and techniques exclusive to the glorious game.

Saturday will be another joint session with the footballers from 12:00-14:00 in Parc Cinquantenaire.

There is an additional football training on Thursday evenings. Dual players who can only make Wednesday or Thursday will be asked to focus on whichever sport is being played that weekend.

See you at training!

Up An Craobh Rua!

2009 Starts Strong for Belgium Hurlers

This Saturday, Feb 28th saw Na Fianna GAA, lately of Dublin, travel to Brussels to take on Belgium GAA in parc cinquantenaire. Belgium staked themselves to an early lead 0-3 to 0-1 before the game was halted as Na Fianna forward Declan Power and the referee required medical attentionfor reasons not related to the match.

After a delay of forty minutes and two ambulances play resumed and Belgium GAA continued to pressure the Na Fianna defence. The first half ended 2-5 to 0-7 for Belgium with Eoin Sheanon making a number of points and with able contributions, when given the opportunity, from his fellow forwards Maurits, Mike H., and Conor A.

The seond half featured the fleet-footed Phil R. out of goals and into midfield and the lead-footed Adrian from midfield into goals where the clean sheet was maintained throughout the rest of the match. Phil C. exhibited his customary selfless and determined play after shaking off a little intitial rust and Belgium’s play continued to sail despite the loss of Eoghan K. and Dave B. for the second half due to other commitments.

There can be no doubt that the Na Fianna boys were feeling the effects of the previous night’s excesses and while it was good to get a victory to open the season there can be no doubt that much work remains if Belgium GAA is to finally win the European Championship.