GAELIC SPORTS WORLD Issue 34 – September 19, 2015 | Page 15

A ESTRADA, GALICIA, SPAIN
PAN-EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

SUCCESSFUL EUROS 1 IN GALICIA

Men’s football action at Estrada, Galicia for the first round of the Pan Euros. Photo: Marie-Therese Dockery.

For the first time ever a round of the Pan European GAA
Football Championships was held last weekend in the Galician region of Spain in the city of A Estrada, and it turned
out to be a highly successful event.

arate teams into junior, intermediate and senior categories
for the European finals on October 17th in Vienna, Austria.

The number of teams participating was an impressive
25 with no less than 18 of those from Galicia comprising
of native players whose standard of play caught the eye.
Teams also travelled from Belgium, Holland, France, Germany and Italy, and with a good local fan base in attendance everything was in readiness for an exciting event.

A massive 15 men’s sides took to the fields with some
11 of those all from Galicia. This in and of itself is a testament to the growth of Gaelic Football throughout this
Celtic autonomous region of northwest Spain and as such
added greatly to the overall success of this first round of
the Pan European championships.

Two competitions were on offer in both ladies and men’s
football and the tournament acted as a grading tool to sep-

The men’s competition was divided into 4 groups playing 11-aside the standard model for men’s games across

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