Team Gibraltar is all set to participate at the 2013 World Show Dance Championships. The event that will be staged at the Erdgas Arena, in Riesa, Germany, will see over 3,000 dancers from 30 countries taking part. Dancers will be travelling from four continents to join in this spectacular event organised by the International Dance Organisation (IDO).
His Worship the Mayor Anthony Lima has been invited by the GFA to attend Gibraltar’s first international friendly game in Faro which will be held this evening.
The Gibraltar Cheerleading Association’s National Squad will be competing at the UK National Cheerleading Association Winter Championships in Manchester on 23 & 24Nov, in their first competition abroad. Team Gibraltar whose ages range from 5 to 13 will be leaving on Friday 22nd November
The squad will participate in the Group Stunting, Street Cheer Group and Street Cheer Freestyle categories.
Ahead of Tuesday’s match against Slovakia, the Gibraltar Football Association’s A Squad gathered at the Gibraltar International Airport on Saturday to bid fairwell to the community as they embarked on a four hour coach journey to Algarve Portugal. The team will carry out a number of training sessions before the match on Tuesday evening at 7:25pm Gibraltar time. GBC will live stream the event.
YGTV caught up with Team Captain Roy Chipolina and player Jordan Lopez for more information…
This morning the GFA Futsal National ‘A’ Team set off for Poland to participate in their second tournament since joining UEFA. The Friendly Four Nations Tournament will see them play Poland this Saturday, Belarus on Sunday and Turkey next Tuesday. Kick off times are set for 7pm, 4:30pm and 3:30pm.
Speaking to YGTV as the team gathered at the Gibraltar International Airport this morning, Head Coach Mario Prescott explained that the team was relatively new, with most of the players coming from 11 a side football teams. The two remaining players from the earlier futsal team that played in France earlier this year are Jansen Prescott and Joseph Chipol. Mario insisted that this is the first time many of the players are playing futsal. ‘They’re going to learn a lot there. These three teams are of a very high standard’.