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| Cumann Warszawa | ||
| Founded: | 2009 | |
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| Colours: | White and Red | |
| Grounds: | Warszawa, Poland | |
| Coordinates: | 52°12′40″N20°59′38″E / 52.211°N 20.994°E | |
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Cumann Warsaw (Cumann Warszawa) is a GAA club in Warsaw, Poland. The club has joint hurling and Gaelic football sessions once a week at Pole Mokotowskie, with winter training taking place indoors at the nearby Stadion Skra.
The first competitive match for the club was in Vienna on 24 April 2010. [1] This was the first ever championship appearance by a Gaelic football team from Poland where they succeeded in winning the 3rd/4th place playoff with a score line of Cumann Warszawa 5:5 Vienna Gaels 1:2. In October 2010, the team won in Budapest the All-Europe Shield Final. [2]
The club was founded in October 2009. The first AGM of the club took place in March 2010 where the first committee was elected. [3] [4]
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