22/11/99: The establishment of a European Board of the GAA came one step closer yesterday as representatives of the continental Gaelic clubs met in Amsterdam to appoint board members to the embryonic committee.

An application by the European board to affiliate to the GAA still has to be accepted by the management in Croke Park before going before the Congress in Galway next year for ratification.

The president of the GAA, Joe McDonagh, attended the Amsterdam meeting while Barney Winston, of the GAA's International Dimensions Workgroup, chaired the historic meeting.

The position for chairperson of the European Board went to Mark Scanlon of Paris Gaels and Ann Donnelly, also from Paris, was appointed secretary. On Saturday in Amsterdam, Paris Gaels clinched the Brendan Maloney Memorial Football Trophy beating The Hague Club. Teams from Guernsey and Luxembourg also took part.