GAELIC SPORTS WORLD Issue 21 – March 14, 2015 | Page 19

Photo courtesy of ME GAA/T & S. Hunt

SOUTH AFRICA GAELS
PLAYERS ON THEIR RECENT
IRELAND TOUR AND GAA
WORLD GAMES
SIGRID JAHN
The whole tour was an amazing experience. Being able to spend
time with guys and girls from different spheres of life was interesting and at times really funny. I enjoyed the tour and getting to know all the people and find out about their different
backgrounds and planned futures, not just from our company
but also the people where we stayed at. The Irish are very warm
and welcoming people. Gaelic football takes the best out of all
the games (Basketball, soccer, volleyball etc) and adds them together. It’s a fast game but really amazing to play!’

were so welcoming and made the
trip an absolute pleasure. They
entertained us all day every day.
The social matches that were organised all over Ireland were
great preparation for the games,
despite our fear for the cold. The
time spent in Abu Dhabi at the
world games, was also something
to remember. Despite being tired
from the traveling and the world
games itself, the stay was great
fun and the games well organized.
The banquet on Saturday was a
very nice social event, pity we had
to leave early to catch our flight
back home.
MNERO (GUGU) GABUZA
The tour in Ireland was a really good experience learning more about the Gaelic football games, especially its
history and to level it off going to the museum and its
biggest stadium, Croke Park. Every place we went to give
us knowledge about the sport that we didn’t know as it
is not well known in our country yet. Even though the
weather wasn’t on our side we managed to adapt to it. As
for the World Games, it was my first time, we tried our
best even though other rules were new to us, getting into
semis was a good job for the team. At least now we know
what to expect now that we have seen the strong and weak
points of other countries that we can learn from and rectify where we went wrong. Overall a great experience and
a nice tour we had.
OLUCHI ODIMEGWU

LISE COETZEE
I would like to thank the people and sponsors that made
the trip possible. It was a great experience. The Irish

The snow was something I never experienced before so it was
beautiful and exciting. Meeting the Prime Minister, Enda
Kenny was also an interesting experience.

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