WHAT DID THEY THINK OF THE
OCCASION? WHAT DID THEY
COMPETE IN AND, HOW DID
THEY DO?
The games were played in Hong Kong
and the humidity was the worst I have
experienced. I couldn’t believe we had
to play football in it so this was a worry
and we could not prepare them for this.
Talking about it is one thing but playing
in it was another. Fortunately everyone
was in the same boat. We had 13 students
from BDIC travel, 12 boys and 1 girl. The
men’s squad contained 12 and they were
entered in the junior competition. Our
one girl representative, Robin, played
with the Beijing ladies second team and
did extremely well.
Photo courtesy of Colm Walsh.
The men’s team did very well. They scored in all of their
games and there was a huge difference between their first
game of the day and their last. In fact they played our Beijing second team in their final game which was great fun.
There was hit and goals going in all over the place and it was
a great way to finish out their first ever competition. Unfortunately victory eluded them but they did feel very much
part of the occasion and that was down to all the clubs involved in the All China Games especially Hong Kong GAA.
Joe Trolan, Chairperson of the Asian County Board also
had some nice words of encouragement for them as well.
DID THEY GAIN A LOT OF EXPERIENCE PLAYING AS A TEAM?
The old saying that you only get better playing games is
very much true in this case. They played competitive games
for the first time and you could see a competitive edge coming into they play that wasn’t evident before. They definitely
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became more of a team and they have told us many times
since then that they now understand what “team spirit”
means since being part of this experience. This was something that really struck a chord with all of us.
WHAT DID THEY COMPETE IN AND, HOW DID
THEY DO AT THIS YEAR’S ASIAN GAELIC
GAMES AND WHAT DID THE STUDENTS
THINK OF THE EXPERIENCE?
Basically the same thirteen travelled again. We had a
huge turnout at the start of o