Sam wants no regrets
Name: Sam Condon
Age: 15
Club: Kilmacanogue GAA Club Favourite position on the team: Full-back
Best game you were ever involved in and why? Minors v the Junior Bs. It was great fun.
Favourite player from your own club and why? John Fox, because he is so skillful.
Favourite national player and why? David Clifford because at 21 he is already the captain and great leader.
Your sporting dream for 2021: To win the Minor championship with Kilmac.
Your sporting dream overall: To watch Wicklow win the All-Ireland, ending Dublin’s dominance.
Name of your school and your honest opinion of it? St David’s Greystones. It’s a great school and will be even better when the new extension is finished.
Favourite subject: Science Favourite teacher? Mr Boland Name something you really like about your school (aside from the subject and teacher): Beside the sea and good friends.
What would you like to do when you leave school? Sports
journalism.
In your own words, explain what you love most about your club? Sense of community.
Favourite sporting venue in Wicklow? Aside from my own club, Aughrim.
Favourite sporting venue in Ireland: Croke Park
Favourite sports commentator: Chris Kamara
Favourite computer game: Call of Duty
Favourite food? cooked any way.
Most annoying habit in a teammate: Not passing.
Most annoying habit in a coach: ‘Just one more lap’.
What’s the one thing you look forward to most at training or a
Chicken, game? The craic and banter.
What’s the one thing you don’t look forward to at training or a game? Not playing well.
Best thing a coach ever said to you: Don’t come back with any regrets.
If your coach was an animal, what would he/she be? Lion - He is a great leader.
Have you any peculiar habits before a game? No
If lockdown was a food, what would it be? Gherkin
How have you found Covid-19 and how has it affected your life? Don’t like it. I miss my sports and friends.
If you were elected Chairperson of Wicklow GAA what would be the first thing you’d do or change? Sponsor my team to go America to play games with the Irish clubs in the USA.
If you could jump forward 20 years, how would you hope you had lived your life on and off the field and what would you like to have achieved? With no regrets and achieved happiness.
What do you like about yourself? Honest, kind and always got your back.
What’s in your pockets right now? (Be honest) Phone.
If you had one wish right now, what would you wish for? Permanent cure for Covid.