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2017 DONEGAL CHAMPIONS Kilcar have crashed out of this year’s campaign following a 1-9 to 0-6 quarter-final loss to Naomh Conaill today.

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Without key men Paddy McBrearty and Ryan McHugh, who are both facing long spells on the sidelines with injuries, Kilcar bowed out after a six-point loss in Donegal town.

Earlier this week it was confirmed that 2016 All-Star McHugh would be out of action for the rest of 2018 after suffering concussion in a challenge match.

Meanwhile, McBrearty is recovering from cruciate surgery.

To add to their woes, Kilcar also lost star midfielder Mark McHugh 10 minutes into the game as he suffered a shoulder injury.

In a repeat of last year’s county final in which Kilcar ended a 24-year wait for county senior glory, Naomh Conaill exacted sweet revenge today.

Although severely under-strength, Kilcar battled gamely but Kieran Gallagher’s goal and two crucial points courtesy of substitute Brendan McDyer got Glenties over the line and into the semi-final. 

For results from today’s club clashes around the country, check out our score centre.

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LIAM SHEEDY IS back in charge of the Tipperary senior hurlers for the second time.

Back once again: Liam Sheedy.

Source: Cathal Noonan

Eight years after departing as an All-Ireland winning boss with the Premier county, he’s taken the reins as Michael Ryan’s successor on a three-year term.

The Portroe man was in charge of Tipperary between 2008 and 2010, steering them to Liam McCarthy glory in his last campaign as they ended Kilkenny’s five in-a-row bid.

He also oversaw their National League victory in 2008 and two Munster successes.

The appointment has been warmly welcomed in Tipperary, with hurling fans near and wide delighted to see Sheedy back in the inter-county mix. 

And former Galway star Ollie Canning is delighted to see the 48-year-old back at the Tipperary helm.

“Look, Liam is a good guy,” four-time All-Star defender Canning said at the Electric Ireland GAA Minor Star Awards in Croke Park yesterday.

“It just shows his drive and his passion for Tipperary hurling. Liam came in for a couple of seasons and won an All-Ireland in 2010 and then passed on the baton to the next management team. It was fairytale stuff for Liam really in his managerial career, the way it worked out for him. 

Ollie Canning in action for Galway in 2010.

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“For him to go back and put his reputation on the line again, I feel it speaks volumes for his passion and his interest in Tipperary hurling. He obviously feels that he has the raw material to work with, as in the players.

“I know last season didn’t go that well for Tipperary. They didn’t qualify in the top three of the round robin series in Munster but if you look back on the previous three years in the championship, only one point separated Tipperary and Galway every year between a one-point loss (2015), one-point win (2016), one-point loss (2017)…..

“Tipperary are competing. As we know, Galway won the All-Ireland last year. In the previous three years, one point is all that separated them teams. 

“Liam Sheedy is probably looking at it going, ‘Yeah, I think the players are there but they probably just need a refresh and a new management team in to try and look at it from a different angle and try and get more out of these players.”

He added: “It’s going to be very interesting. The championship now, I think, has resemblance to back in the 90s where you had different teams like Offaly and Wexford breaking through, winning All-Irelands.

“For me, the championship is probably as open as it has ever been in the last 15 or 20 years. Bear in mind we had the great Kilkenny team that really dominated for 10 or 12 years, even longer. 

Tipp lifted the silver in 2016.

Source: James Crombie/INPHO

“For me, I think any of five or six teams could win it (next year). If you look at last year’s championship, I’m sure Cork and Clare were disappointed that they didn’t get over the line in the semi-finals. 

“We could have been talking about Cork and Clare in an All-Ireland final and that has to give them encouragement for next year.”

Another man well versed to voice his opinion on Sheedy’s return is Mattie Murphy. A hurling manager who had a second coming himself, Murphy was in charge of the Galway hurlers firstly for the 1994 and 1995 seasons and then again between 1998 and 2000.

“I think it’s a positive for Tipp,” he said as he received the Electric Ireland Special Merit Award for 2018. “He had a very good working relationship with them.

“It’ll depend on who he puts in his backroom team. Is he going to be able to get Eamon O’Shea to go back and join him? There’s a rumour down our side that he’s going to join another backroom team. I don’t know. 

“There’s a lot of egos inside the Tipp camp at the moment. There are a few fellas that need to be told on no uncertain terms, ‘You either behave or there’s no place here for you’. Because they’re hurlers above the ordinary, it’s not that easy to do it. Ultimately, it’ll be the breaking point.

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— Electric Ireland (@ElectricIreland) September 29, 2018

“He either gets them lads to toe the line or he works without them. You can’t have fellas inside your set-up (that go against the manager). There’s too much negativity going on then because there’s fellas that are behaving themselves, doing everything according to plan and following your instructions and then there’s one or two who, on a regular basis, decide that they have another set of rules.”

Murphy, who has guided the Tribesmen to six All-Ireland minor hurling titles, added of troublemakers from his own experience:

“You can’t tolerate them. By holding onto them, it’s short-term gain. By getting rid of them, you’re laying down your marker.

“You’re in the job not to be liked, you’re in the job to do it and to have some success. You won’t be successful by being a nice fella and not biting the bullet.”

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EIGHT TIME ALL-Ireland winner Michael Fennelly says he’s ‘very much interested’ in a stint at inter-county coaching or management — but not until further down the line.

The Kilkenny great called time on his playing career with the Cats last December, almost 12 years after making his senior debut in 2006.

Ballyhale Shamrocks midfielder Fennelly bowed out with eight Celtic Crosses, nine Leinster titles, five National Leagues, three All-Stars and the 2011 accolade for Hurler of the Year following a glittering career in the middle-third.

As he hung up his boots, he noted that his ‘body has surpassed its limits at this time’ after a string of injuries and that he was ‘looking forward to spending my spare time with my new wife Lesley as the next chapter of our lives unfolds.’

The 2008 All-Ireland winning captain has a huge interest in strength and conditioning (S&C) and is a lecturer of Sports Science at Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT).

And S&C coaching, or even management at senior inter-county level, is something that really appeals to the 33-year-old.

“Without a doubt, yeah,” he said at the Electric Ireland GAA Minor Star Awards, when asked if he was interested in getting involved with S&C at senior inter-county level.

“Very much interested. I’m probably more interested in the coaching side of things to be honest, or even the manager side of things as well. I’ve knowledge in S&C, I’ve knowledge in most of the areas now; nutrition and video analysis. That’s a big, huge plus, so head manager or head coach is where I want to be at some stage,” he grins.

“But no, I’ve a huge interest in it. I’m trying to hold myself back from getting in because if you go back in, you’re at it four or five nights a week, more. We’re on about the ESRI report with players putting in 30-odd hours a week.

“Managers, selectors, backroom team, they’re probably putting in maybe — I don’t know — 40, 50 hours a week, I’d say. I have no time for that at the moment to be honest. I want to take a break, to a certain degree, in terms of those commitments. I’ve just finished with Kilkenny less than a year now. 

Fennelly retired last December.

Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO

Fennelly added: “I’m very eager to get into it. I’ve a passion for it, definitely.

“I like working with players. I’d like to work with younger players and develop them maybe in terms of 19, 20, 21. I’d love to develop them more maybe if it’s strength, the mental preparation or whatever it may be, just small things to try and improve players.

“That’s where I’d like to go in and observe maybe teams, but in due course.”

Still playing club hurling with Ballyhale under the watchful eye of former teammate and now club manager Henry Shefflin, Fennelly admits that he does miss the inter-county set-up.

Looking out on Croke Park and questioned if he misses the big days, he smiled:

“Without a doubt. To be honest, even just there today you’d be envious of these young fellas now starting out their potential inter-county career.

“You’d be in awe of them to a certain degree. The way the championship is at the moment it’s very exciting and obviously there’s a hue amount of interest in it. It’s getting better and it’s improving.”

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Updated Oct 1st 2018, 8:13 PM

CARNACON HAVE APPEALED the two-week suspensions that were imposed by the LGFA’s National Appeals Committee last week on the eight players who left the Mayo panel.

The42 understands that Carnacon formally lodged their appeal to LGFA Central Council this morning and it is likely to be heard in the next seven days.

In the meantime, Carnacon have two Mayo ladies SFC games to play this weekend and will be without their suspended contingent unless a successful appeal takes place before Friday night.

The reigning All-Ireland champions were due to play Castlebar Mitchels yesterday but the game was postponed due to a bereavement in the Carnacon club.

Carnacon will face Castlebar in the refixed game on Friday night before they take on Knockmore in their final Group A game on Sunday.

The bans are due to expire at midnight on Thursday 11 October but by appealing to Central Council, Carnacon are running the risk of longer suspensions being imposed if it is not successful.

Source: Mayo LGFA

The eight players – Cora Staunton, Fiona McHale, Martha Carter, Marie Corbett, Amy Dowling, Doireann Hughes, Sadhbh Larkin and Saoirse Walsh – were initially given four-week bans. Their appeal to the National Appeals Committee saw two-week suspensions imposed instead after a lengthy six-hour meeting in the Tullamore Court Hotel last Thursday.

The report from last week’s appeal hearing, signed by all seven members of the National Appeals Committee, has been seen by The42. It revealed that the initial four-week bans imposed on the Carnacon players were “quashed because of the procedural irregularities” used by the Connacht Council. Instead, two-week suspensions were imposed on the players for bringing the Association into disrepute. 

In attendance at the meeting in Tullamore were the eight Carnacon players and representatives from the Connacht Council, Connacht Appeals Committee, Mayo County Board. A solicitor from Leman Solicitors was also present to ensure that a fair hearing was conducted.

The Mayo county board explained at the hearing that “the collective withdrawal of the eight Carnacon Players, the manner in which their withdrawal was communicated to the manager and their subsequent press statements which was intended to make the function of the Mayo manager untenable, was calculated to bring the Association into disrepute.”

Carnacon’s Fiona McHale

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The Carnacon players responded through their spokesperson Fiona McHale and, according to the document, she argued that “they are amateurs, they are entitled to withdraw their services to their County at any time without bringing the Association into disrepute, that they did not want to be there, that their initial press statement was representative of Carnacon and non-Carnacon players in response to media pressure, that the timing of the initial statements was significant and that both Mr Leahy and Mayo County Board indulged in press statements which exacerbated the issues.”

The Committee stated they were “disappointed by the paucity of their response” in relation to the “justification for the withdrawal and the justification for issuing a press statement and the tone of initial press statements after they withdrew from the Mayo team.”

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While the Committee agreed that the decision of the players to leave the Mayo panel “should not of itself be regarded as bringing the Association into disrepute”, they were slapped with two-week bans because of how their withdrawal from the squad “was communicated and the initial press statements which led to innuendo against Mr Leahy.”

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HENRY SHEFFLIN, TOMMY Walsh, Eoin Kelly and Lar Corbett are some of the big names that will be in action in Borrisoleigh next month as part of a fundraiser for Amanda Stapleton.

Amanda, the sister of former Tipperary defender Paddy Stapleton, was diagnosed with a brain tumour in recent months and a charity game has been organised to raise some much-needed funds for her.

A host of Kilkenny and Tipperary legends will line out in the game that takes place on Saturday 3 November at 6pm at The Park in Borrisoleigh.

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The legends of hurling will reunite for the Amanda Stapleton Benefit Match in Borrisoleigh on November 3rd

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“We’ve a lot of contacts within the two panels,” Paddy Stapleton told Tipp FM. “It was a rivalry around ’09, ’10, ’11 up to ’14 and even ’15 that captured the imagination.

“So we were hoping maybe we’d put something together that really would. The main event is the match itself but we have a whole day of events going. We’re really looking forward to it and it’s something brilliant to focus on in a positive way.

“The whole parish already is behind us, the whole county really. We’re feeling it from everywhere and I think it’s going to be a fantastic day.”

Donations can be made on the Gofundme page here.

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LEE CHIN HAS backed Paraic Fanning to “do a great job” as he takes charge of the Waterford hurlers next season. 

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Waterford native Fanning was part of Davy Fitzgerald’s backroom team in Wexford in recent years and takes over from Derek McGrath who departed after five years at the helm.

“Looking at Paraic with Davy for the last few years he would have learned a lot,” Chin said at the the launch of the Fenway Classic.

“It is a whole new challenge for him and I think it is one he will really relish. 

“Paraic is a leader and we learned a lot from him in Wexford. We have great time for him and we still do obviously.

“It was a bit of a strange one because none of us from Wexford expected that Paraic would go to Waterford to get the top job, but I’m absolutely delighted for him, and I think he is going to do a great job there.”

Lee Chin at the 2018 Fenway Hurling Classic launch

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Chin accepted that Fanning would be missed in the Wexford set-up but added that he was always likely to aim for an inter-county job at some point. 

“You could see that quality in him and that is what he was aiming towards at some stage in his career. I’m just delighted he is with his own county, the county he is going to be the most passionate about.

“We have a lot of time for him and we learned a lot from him throughout the last two years.

“He offloaded a lot of wisdom and knowledge and his passion was very infectious as well.

“We will miss him in Wexford for sure, but we will probably cross paths later on in the year as well. I just wish him all the best.

“I think that is something I’d describe Paraic as if I was asked to do so in one word: passionate. With Waterford I think he is going to have a great time there.”

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BERNARD BROGAN SAYS he plans to sit down with Jim Gavin to discuss his Dublin future before he commits to playing in 2019. 

Dublin are bidding for a fifth All-Ireland title in succession next year and Brogan has yet to decide on his future.

The 34-year-old suffered a torn ACL back in February and he missed almost all of Dublin’s championship campaign.

Brogan returned to training during the summer and made a brief appearance off the bench against Roscommon in the Super 8s. But he failed to make the matchday 26 for both the All-Ireland semi-final and final. 

“I’m definitely going to sit down with Jim and see is there a role and see if they want me back,” he told Jenny Greene on RTE 2FM. “It’s tough to walk away from, it’s been an amazing journey.

“We’ve done so well and had such amazing times and even if I step away, it’s been an amazing ride.

“It’s a big carrot. I’m still working with the Dublin physio’s to get myself right and then it’s about sitting down with Jim. As you know, these young lads keep on coming through the ranks.”

Brogan is still carefully managing the rehab on his knee after he tore his cruciate for the second time in his career.

“It’s a long recovery, it’s a lonely recovery – there’s a lot of sessions on your own in the gym and weights. The same day I had mine – Josh van der Flier had his as well. I didn’t really know him at all. Ray Moran the surgeon had said he was down the corridor, so I went onto Twitter as we were friends on twitter so we just exchanged numbers.

“He’s a young guy, a professional athlete – it was good for me to bounce ideas off him. He was coming back and as we went along, we were dovetailing on where we were both at.

“He said last week that I got 1 nill up on him because I got back before him but he’s 2-1 now because he has a man of the match performance and a try for Leinster in the last 2 weeks so it’s great to see him doing so well – it just shows the character he is.”

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THE GAA’S STANDING committee on playing rules have issued the five new rule changes that they are proposing to experiment with in Gaelic football.

Tyrone’s Colm Cavanagh and Dublin’s Brian Fenton battling for aerial possession in this year’s All-Ireland final.

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A restriction in handpasses, a plan to have all sidelines kicked forward, the introduction of an attacking mark, the implementation of a sin bin and a new kick-out rule involving zoning are to be considered.

The committee will now engage in a consultation process in relation to these months during the month of October with players, coaches, referees and officials all set to be dealt with.

If approved by Coiste Bainistíochta, the proposed rule changes would be implemented as a trial during the 2019 Allianz football leagues and if successful there, could be approved by Congress 2020 for implementation in that year’s championship.

Here are the five proposed rule changes:

1. Handpass

To introduce a restriction of three consecutive passes of the ball with the fist or open hand by players of the team in possession.

Mayo goalkeeper Rob Hennelly hand passes to Caolan Crowe.

Source: Tom Beary/INPHO

2. Sideline Kick

That the ball shall be played in a forward direction from the kick.

Exception: In the case of a sideline kick being taken by an attacking player on or inside the opponents’ 13m line, the ball may be kicked in any direction.

3. The Mark

To extend the application of the mark to the clean catching of the ball on or inside the 20m line from a kick delivered on or beyond the 45m line without it touching the ground.

In the case of a mark being awarded to an attacking player on or inside the 20m line, the free, if availed of, shall be taken from the point on the 20m line directly in line where the Mark is awarded.

In the case of a mark being awarded to a defending player on or inside the 20m line, the free kick, if availed of, shall be taken from the point where the mark is awarded.

The application of the mark in the two areas of it arising (i.e. as in current rule and in new proposal) shall be standardised as follows:

– Up to 15 seconds shall be allowed for a free to be taken from a Mark.

– If the referee determines that the player who makes the mark has been injured in the process and unable to take the kick, the referee shall direct the player’s nearest team mate to take the kick.

– A score may be made from a free awarded for a mark.

– The normal rules governing free-kicks shall apply (e.g. players being 13m from the ball before it is kicked).

Exception: A free-kick from a mark shall be taken from the hand(s) only.

If a player opts to ‘play on’ when awarded a mark, he may be challenged i.e. provisions (b) (i) and (ii) of the current mark rule shall not apply during the experimentation.

Monaghan vs Kerry players tangle off the ball during a kick out in Clones in July.

Source: James Crombie/INPHO

4. Sin-Bin

The penalty on the day for a black card infraction or two yellow card infractions – an ordering off for ten minutes in a sin-bin.

A subsequent black card infraction shall be penalised by the showing of a Black Card followed by a Red Card.

A subsequent yellow card infraction shall be penalised by the showing of a Yellow Card followed by a Red Card.

In either case there shall be no substitution allowed. The maximum number of substitutions in normal time to return to five.

The duties of a referee and sideline official to be amended in accordance with this proposal.

Galway’s Eamonn Brannigan is black carded during their July clash with Kildare.

Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO

5. Kick-Out/Zoning

For a kickout, two players only from each team shall be positioned between the two 45m lines. The goalkeeper and a maximum of six players from each team shall be behind the respective 45m lines, until the ball is kicked.

The ball from the kick-out shall travel beyond the 45m line before being played by a player of the defending team. Other rules relating to the kick-out to remain unchanged.

Penalties:

1. For another player on the team taking a kick-out to play the ball before it has travelled outside the 45m line or has been played by an opposing player.

Penalty:

(i). Cancel kick-out

(ii). Throw in the ball on defenders’ 20m line in front of the scoring space.

2. For a player to cross a 45m line before the ball is kicked for the kick-out.

3. For a player(s) to, in the opinion of the referee, deliberately seek to delay the kick-out by not retreating behind the 45m lines in a timely manner.

Penalty for the above Fouls:

A 45m free off the ground and in front of the scoring space shall be awarded to the opposing team.

4. For a player(s) of each team to simultaneously cross the 45m line(s) before the ball is kicked from the kick-out:

Penalty:

A throw-in ball shall be awarded on the centre of the 45m line involved or at the centre of the field (if infringements are made on both 45m lines).

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The Standing Committee on Playing Rules is comprised of:

David Hassan (Chair), Tracy Bunyan (Sec), Pat Daly, Seamus Kenny, Brian Cuthbert, Michael Delaney, David Collins, Alex McQuillen, Frank Murphy.

Under GAA rule, changes to the playing rules of Gaelic Games are only possible in years divisible by 5, making 2020 a year that permits changes to the playing rules.

“In advance of this document there was extensive research carried out including detailed consideration of video footage, data provided on inter-county games from 2011 to the current season, and discussion on the part of the committee’s members during the course of the year,” remarked David Hassan.

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“Proposed changes are designed to enhance the core skills of Gaelic football. The committee will now embark on a period of consultation with all of the key stakeholders involved in the playing of our games. This feedback is important, and we also know that the ultimate test of any proposals is when we see them implemented on the field of play.”

Communication was also sought from all 32 GAA county boards as well as overseas units seeking feedback on the existing playing rules of Gaelic football, as well as holding a meeting between the SCPR and the Chair of the Referees’ Development Committee.

It should be stressed that these proposals are on an experimental basis only and will be subject to a review.

During 2018 much of the Committee’s focus has been on Gaelic football. It has also reviewed the playing rules of hurling as well as a number of other areas that span both codes and will consider these in much more detail during the second and third years of its three-year term.

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WHAT A WHIRLWIND few days Donegal star forward Yvonne Bonner has had.

Yvonne Bonner.

Last Thursday the 31-year-old signed a professional deal for Greater Western Sydney (GWS) Giants, meaning she’ll be a teammate of Cora Staunton’s in the AFLW next year.

Bonner had originally travelled to Melbourne with 10 other Irish athletes to the week-long CrossCoders trial camp. And she caught the eye of the Sydney outfit, penning a rookie contract for the 2019 season. 

While Down Under, she missed out on a few things at home.

The Tir Chonaill attacking ace was nominated for a second All-Star award, pitted against Dublin’s Niamh McEvoy and Cork’s Doireann O’Sullivan for the full-forward position.

In her absence, her club, Glenfin, made it back-to-back Donegal SFC titles after a thrilling 4-7 to 3-7 win over Moville.

And they were back out in provincial action a week later, this time with their now-professional athlete to boost their hopes while they were without another Donegal star, Karen Guthrie, their injured captain.

Source: Glenfin GAA Facebook.

Bonner inspired as per, finishing with a tally of 2-4 — 2-2 of that coming from play — as she put on a fine display and helped her side into the Ulster semi-final.

The scoreline against four in-a-row Cavan champions Lurgan was 5-12 to 0-11 and Glenfin now face Down’s Bredagh in the last four. 

While there was plenty to discuss after the victory, the main focus was on 31-year-old Bonner’s time in Australia and the deal she struck whilst there.

“It was just a roller coaster of a week out there,” she told Donegal Daily at Pairc Taobhoige, Glenfin as the full-time whistle sounded. ”I was delighted to even get picked to go over to the camp. It was a great experience.

“But yeah, it was surreal then when I was meeting the likes of (Giants’ coach) Al McConnell after seeing the (Cora Staunton) documentary, watching it and watching the Giants set-up. Little did I think I’d be sitting there the week after and signing a pro contract. It was just kind of surreal really. You just go with the flow, and I’m delighted now to give it a shot.

“The age of me as well, to be going out there! Little did I think at this age (this would happen). Where I should be finishing, I’m starting more stuff. We’ll give it a shot. It’s not a long season either so I get to come back and hopefully slip back into the Donegal team. If I keep playing that long, until March, I might as well push it out another wee bit.”

In action for Donegal.

Source: Tom Beary/INPHO

She noted that her new Aussie Rules club are fully supportive of her commitments back home with Glenfin, just as they were with Cora Staunton and Carnacon’s All-Ireland run last year. 

Once those commitments finish up, she’ll be Sydney-bound for pre-season. Something she’s well and truly relishing.

“It’ll be a big challenge,” she concluded. “I’m excited now to get stuck in and learn a new game.

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PHILLY MCMAHON HAS taken up a new role with Dublin Camogie.

The six-time All-Ireland champion comes on board as Head of Performance, with his company BeDo7 forming an exciting partnership with the Dublin camogie set-up.

Ballymun defender McMahon will oversee the strength and conditioning of all Dublin squads from U14 to senior, officially starting from mid-October.

“I always wanted to get involved with a team giving 100% commitment into something and what better than Dublin Camogie?” he said, in quotes reported by WeAreDublinGAA. 

“It’s the county I love so why not get involved in it. I seen the opportunity to get involved to try support the great volunteers that are part of Dublin Camogie.”

Dublin camogie chairperson Jenny Byrne welcomed the news:

“As Chairperson of the Dublin Camogie Board I am thrilled that Philly has come on board with Dublin Camogie. He sees the great potential within Dublin Camogie to win All-Irelands.

Looking forward to my new role as head of performance with @CamogieDublin. 💙👕 https://t.co/yktlXnYdeT

— Philly Mc Mahon (@PhillyMcMahon) October 2, 2018

“In conjunction with Philly, the Dublin executive have decided to put a structure in place where strength and conditioning is paramount in our training. It’s also about educating our players about injury prevention, nutrition and having the right mindset as female athletes.

“We as an executive identified there was a weakness within strength and conditioning in Dublin Camogie that needed to be rectified. Because of Philly McMahon’s experience, knowledge of the GAA scene, the clubs and structures, we believed he was the best person to approach and talks began.”

McMahon added:

“When I first met Jenny and the committee I sensed that they had an open-mindedness to my ideas and I think that was the big thing for me, I wanted to get involved and I had the company so it was, ‘Can I get involved with a group of people that I can learn from but also be expressive in my ideas?’

“The committee are very open to new things and you got to do new things to create success, we can’t keep doing the same things and expecting different results so I think it’s a great fit, I think it’s an exciting opportunity and I am really looking forward to seeing how it goes.”

Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO

Dublin camogie sides have been excelling at underage of late and the senior side have progressed under Kilkenny’s David Herity.

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The five-time All-Ireland winning goalkeeper resigned in September, but steered the Sky Blues to their first All-Ireland semi-final since 1990 last year. This year, they bowed out at the quarter-final stage after a 16-point loss to Galway.

Meanwhile, the Premier Junior side made it second time lucky in Croke Park in September as they beat Kerry to the All-Ireland crown.

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