Underage Football
Following the 2009 relaunch of the club's underage football section, the inaugural Hong Kong GAA Primary School Gaelic Football championships took place on Wednesday 23 June 2010, in sunny Kings Park, Hong Kong. Over 70 boys and girls from Discovery College, Discovery Bay International School, Kiangsu Chekiang College International Section and French International School took part. Games were played on a 7 side, 10 a side and 12 a side basis. The four school teams were coached and organized by Damien Barry, JJ Neville, Sally Wong and Elaine Morgan. HKGAA club members and players William Murray, Shane Harmon and John Hone refereed the games.
Photos of the day can be viewed by clicking here
This competition was the culmination of a pilot coaching scheme implemented by HKGAA, the Asian County Board and the GAA where a designated coach has been working in interested schools across Hong Kong and Asia. As well as the aforementioned schools, coaches Caolan McBreen and Barry Watters have also been running coaching sessions and clinics in Renaissance College, Singapore International School and Beacon Hill School with the help of teachers Joe Fahy, Tim Teehan and Declan Burke, over the last two years. Children from Britain, Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, South Africa, Philippines, France and India to name but a few nationalities have been introduced to and participated in these training sessions and games.
As well as schools, the club will develop its own underage section, which will train alongside the adults (& parents) during the Summer League. It is the club's intention to make the Summer League an all encompassing family event over the 7 or 8 weeks that it lasts.
For more information on the underage development, please contact JJ Neville
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