'Gaelic Football
is the Best Sport Ever'
By CATHOLINE BUTLER
SEATTLE - Marj Friedman had never heard of Gaelic football until she moved from Baltimore to Seattle four years ago. When she first moved to Seattle she started playing rugby since she had played that game in college. When she heard the girls at rugby practice talking about Gaelic football, she decided to check it out.
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Marj Friedman
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After seeing the game of Gaelic football, Marj was so taken that she joined the Seattle Gaels Women's Gaelic Football team.
"I think Gaelic football is the best sport ever," said Marj, "I like it because you get to run around a lot, whereas in rugby you don't always get the ball. Gaelic football involves elements of all these different sports, like there's some soccer, some basketball, and you can't stand still with the ball, you get to kick and catch. It involves a little bit of everything.
"A big part of Gaelic football is the social aspect, and that's a big part of the game for me. I like the camaraderie and most of my good friends that I hang-out with these days are from the Gaelic football team. We all go to the pub after practice and we also do other stuff together.
"One of the things, that I'm really excited about this year, is that we'll be going to San Francisco to compete. We'll get to play some really strong competition there.
"Another exciting event that we'll be going to is on the Labor Day weekend in Philadelphia. This will be my third year to go there and it's really cool. A big Irish party, it's not like anything I've ever been to before."
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TWO-TIME WINNERS the women's team of the Seattle Gaels walked away with the Kevin McFadden Memorial Trophy for the second year in a row.
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For more information about joining the Seattle Gaels Women's Gaelic football team, call (203) 500-3523, or e-mail: friedmarj@gmail.com.
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