The GSCL has 2 tickets to the All Ireland football final this Sunday week in Croke Park.

Those of you who are paid up members are entitled to apply for one ticket per membership.
If you are interested please contact Damien Higginsk by 17h00 on Monday September 13th.

The draw that will be made that evening.

Winners of the tickets can pay 80eur to the club and collect their ticket in Dublin on the morning of the game.

Please not that there has been a changed to the original fixture list provided by the ECB earlier in the year.

Round 1 and 2 of the Pan-European football rounds have been swapped.
The first round on September 10th will now be in Brussels, with round two in Guernsey on October 8th.

Also, the penciled in round 3 for Limerick is 100% confirmed.

This weekend sees the final round of the Benelux championship where Luxembourg will be fielding two teams. The teams will be mixed and not graded in ‘Lux A team’ and ‘Lux B Team’ – So here’s hoping for an all Lux final. The lads will face teams from Belgium, Amsterdam, and the hosts Den Haag.

The groups have been been drawn as:

Best of luck to all involved.

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This past weekend saw the beautiful marriage of Munich Colmcilles‘ Jean-Marie Brown and Luxembourg’s Brendan O’ Callaghan in the picturesque setting of Barnabrow House in Cloyne, East Cork.

GSCL wishes them many years of happiness together.
Comhghairdeachas díobh.

Camogie

It was an early start for all, leaving from the Gare at 5am.

Even with the rusty limbs after a long journey, the ladies limbered up quickly and emerged victorious from a match which wasn’t their best display of the day against Belgium B. Things improved against the Belgium A team. A one point margin sealed the deal for the Lux Ladies against the team who would finally emerge as the day’s victors.

Zurich were the next opponents. Zurich seemed sharper but didn’t play Lux off the field. The match against Paris however was the highlight of the day for all; With a difference of 4 points at the final whistle after scoring 5-3, Paris emerged deserved winners, but were glad to hear the final whistle.

The last match of the day was the 3rd and 4th place playoff in which Lux lost to Zurich for the second time, but by a lesser margin. (Longer review here.)

Hurling

Luxembourg hurler’s first outing of 2011 was in Den Haag on Saturday May 7th. We competed in group games against Belgium, Zurich and finally hosts Den Haag. The opening game against Belgium was a tight affair with both teams level at half time. Unfortunately Belgium got the upper hand slightly in the second period and ran out winners by two points. The second game against Zurich saw a much sharper Swiss team comfortably claim victory. Pride was restored against Den Haag in the final group game with scores frequently going over for Luxembourg. we ended up on the wrong side of the scoreline once more but a much improved performance. The entire squad was used on the day itself and great encouragement has to be taken on the fact that 17 hurlers lined out at different stages during the day for Luxembourg. The tournament showed us where we were at and the work that lies ahead. we will enjoy the challenge at we return to training next week.