Article by Gary Jordan
Photos courtesy of Geoff White - gw-images.com
The first IFAF Women’s European Championships have been a
huge success. Great players have risen to the occasion and all the games so far
have been played in a super atmosphere with a level of sportsmanship that other
sports can learn from.
The six Group games were kicked off with a shock win (for
those outside of Great Britain), and from there you could never be sure of the
results as each Nation came into each game with high hopes.
Of course the story of the tournament has been the success
of the Great Britain Women, who have never before entered a tournament and have
equipped themselves marvellously against some of Europe’s finest. They of
course have one more hurdle to negotiate and it is arguably the hardest.
Ranked Number One the Finnish side have brushed away the
opposition with skill and confidence. Can they see their way past an adrenaline
rushed GB? Were just a few short hours away from finding out.
Results so far –
Great Britain 17
Germany 6
Finland 56 Spain 18
Sweden 14 Great
Britain 30
Spain 6 Austria 21
Austria 7 Finland 52
Germany 22 Sweden 12
Great Britain V Germany game images - http://www.gw-images.com/gb-v-germany-020815/4590164058
Sweden v Great Britain game images - http://www.gw-images.com/gb-v-sweden-040815/4590186483
Links for live coverage on Saturday
August 8th
5th/6th Place game – Spain v Sweden
3rd/4th Place game – Austria v Germany
Final game – Finland v Great Britain
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