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The Stockholm Gaels Ladies Football Team was established in 2010. Captained by Anna Rönngård (former Asian Champion with the Shanghai Sirens) and coached by the club chairman Phil O’Connor, we are dedicated to providing a fun, friendly sporting environment and to going as far as we can in every competition we enter.

Ladies’ Update!

The Stockholm Gaels ladies’ team is going from strength to strength this year! Our first training session took place on a snowy winter’s evening at the end of January, thankfully indoors, at Abrahamsbersskolan. We had a great turn-out of 15 girls, all willing to learn or improve their Gaelic Football skills. Our coach Phil O’Connor held a fun, competitive training session, and the enthusiastic and sociable atmosphere ensured all 15 girls returned every week, bringing friends with them. We had 21 girls training in that hall one evening – boy were we glad when we moved the trainings outside!

Once Spring arrived, we began training outside twice a week. We now train in Husby (pictured) on Wednesdays from 19.00-20.30, and on Sundays in Gärdet from 12.00-13.30. Most of our players only started to play Gaelic Football this year, and the improvement in skill level since January is phenomenal! There are as many Swedes playing as there are Irish now, and we also have girls from Germany, Scotland, England and China playing with us. We have been welcoming new players into our club all year, from beginners to elite players and we are always delighted to see a new face! Playing Gaelic Footaball is a fun, sociable way of keeping fit learning new skills and making a whole new circle of friends! For more information or to join the club, please send us an e-mail or see the Membership page.

Stockholm Gaels Ladies’ Team played in their first tournament in Copenhagen on June 10th 2011. It was a very enjoyable weekend, with lots of good football played, but unfortunately for us, Copenhagen came out top in the end. For a more detailed review of the weekend, check out the report on Stockholm Gaels Homepage. On August 20th, our Ladies Teams will compete against Tallinn in Ã…rstafältet, Stockholm. In addition to our Ladies’ Tournament, the Scandinavian Men’s Cup is up for grabs, and with lots of food, drink, music and activites for kids organised, it is shaping up to be a great weekend! For more information, see the Stockholm Gaels Homepage.

The Pan-European Ladies Tournament is next on the cards, and the Stockholm Ladies’ Team will travel to Brussels on September 10th to compete in the first round. Keep an eye on our webpage for further updates!