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Announcing Shanghai Gaelic Club’s first annual fundraiser of 2012!

Our first annual table quiz in association with The Camel Sports Bar
will be held on Thursday, 1st March 2012 at 8pm sharp.

Location:              The Camel Sports Bar, No. 1 Yue Yang Lu
(Near Dong Ping Lu)

Team:                  4 people per team. Please come early to ensure
you get a table.

Cost per person:  100rmb each (Buy tickets at the door)
Entry entitles you to 25rmb drinks inc.beer,
wine and spirits.

Prizes:               There will be a host of prizes on the night for
the winning team and also spot prizes up for grabs.

We hope to see you and your team on the night!

Shanghai GAA greatly appreciates your support.

Emily Seery

Social Events Co-ordinator
Shanghai Gaelic Football Club

Thanks to everyone for letting us know their preferences for Saturday’s training times. We are currently working on having a fixed training time in place for the season ahead.

This Saturday’s session is confirmed for 1pm to 3pm and the club bus will leave Camel at 12pm sharp. The bus will not hang around for stragglers and anyone who misses the bus will have to make their own way to the SRFC.

All players are encouraged to return to the Camel after training for 25RMB happy hour drinks and discounted food options.

Training returned this week and we had great numbers down at Luwan Stadium on Tuesday night. We hope to build on this momentum with our Saturday session, which has now been confirmed for 11am to 1pm.

The team bus will leave the Camel at 10am, anyone wishing to travel on
the club bus must get there before 10am. We are going to be very
strict on the bus departure times this year, if you arrive late and
the bus has already left you will have to make your own way to the
SRFC. You have been warned!

If you wish to take the metro to the SRFC, you can do so via

Line 7: travel to Gao Ke Xi Lu, change to line 6, get off Zhou Hai Lu station, SRFC is across the road.

Line 9: travel to Century Avenue (Shi Ji Da Dao ), change to line 6,
get off Zhou Hai Lu station.

Line 1: travel to People’s Square, change to line 2, travel to Century
Avenue, change to line 6, get off Zhou Hai Lu station.

Happy New Year everyone!

We return to training on Tuesday 07 February at Luwan Stadium!

Karl Turley and Emily Seery will be collecting membership payments and completed membership applications at training sessions so please ensure you provide them with both the application form and the respective fee. Membership forms will be available from both Karl and Emily once we return to training and we will also circulate the form through the email list in the coming days.  Karl’s email address is karlturley@campus.ie

See you all soon!

was a huge success! A big thank you to the committee for organising everything and ensuring we all had a great time. The perfect end to a fantastic 2011 for SHGAA!

See Fergus’ (many) photos HERE

and while you’re at it, have a look at his photos from the All Asia Games 2010 in Hong Kong. Good times had by all!

See you all in 2012

We are delighted to announce that our Christmas Party will take place on Saturday 03 December at 8pm in the back room of The Camel. This year we will have a seasonally themed buffet and happy hour drinks for the duration of the event and it promises to be another legendary end of season party!

All members are invited and non-members are also welcome. Total cost is RMB100 per person, payable on the door, and we ask that everyone RSVP to Catriona – catscan2004@gmail.com – before 5pm Friday 25th November.

In addition to the food and drink, we will also be announcing our end of season player awards. Each year we invite all members to have their say in the respective votes and the categories are as follows:
- Male MVP
- Female MVP
- Most improved male player
- Most improved female player
- Club person of the year
Please send your player votes to Catriona – catscan2004@gmail.com. Geoff Tink will also be presenting the comedy awards which highlight some of the funnier and more memorable moments of the season.

The 2011 Asian Games took place on the weekend of October 14th to 16th in Suwon, South Korea. Shanghai GAA brought one men’s team and one ladies team who were determined to build on the club’s success at the China Games and win more silverware. Both teams battled hard and made it to their respective finals but had to settle for runners-up medals. There is renewed determination within the club to regroup over the winter and go one better next year

More Reports and pictures can be found here

Other news – training continues at Luwan on Tuesday nights and at the SRFC on Saturdays. The final training session of the year will be held on Tuesday 29 November.

Shanghai Gaelic Football Club train twice a week. Come on down!

Tuesdays: 8-10pm at Luwan Stadium – 135 JianGuo Xi Lu, nr ShaanXi Nan Lu

Saturdays: 11am-1pm at Shanghai Rugby Football Club – ZhangYang Bei Lu, nr WuZhou Avenue. A free coach leaves The Camel Sports Bar at 10am sharp. Alternatively you can get there on the Metro – for Line 2 or Line 9 get off at Century Avenue station, for Line 7 get off Gao Ke Xi Lu station, and change to Line 6.  Get off at Zhou Hai Lu station . SRFC is right across the road.

Saturday 16th will see the inaugural Shanghai-Suzhou GAA Summer League kick-off! Combined teams from both squads will compete in 3 rounds for the much coveted (insert name here) trophy! The fixtures are; Saturday 16th July, Saturday 27th August, and Saturday 17th September. If you have not already registered, please contact players rep. Ben Somner on bwksomner@gmail.com TODAY!

The teams will be announced soon, so watch this space.

The bus will leave The Camel at 10am SHARP on Saturday. See you all there!

Hope to see you at the Le Cheile Quiz Night being held at The Camel
Bar on Thursday night, May 12th at 7:30pm.

We had a great turnout at the last quiz and as usual all funds will go
to the Starfish Foundation.  Carlsberg and wine will be available for
only 25rmb per glass.  Hope to see you there.

If you would like to book a table, please contact Eibhlis on president@lecheileshanghai.com.  If you don’t
have a table and would like to participate, come along and meet some
new friends!