The Kerryman (South Kerry Edition)

Eye on the prize as Firies GAA Club members hurl their lock-down away

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CAST your minds back to April 2020, as Ireland was striving to cope with a pandemic.

Harsh times for most, let alone families of sporty children who struggled to adapt to this new normal.

Firies Football, Hurling and Ladies Football Club sought a fun, novel activity to occupy families during the crisis.

“The Firies Family Skills Knockout was fashioned to engage our members whilst creatively practicing their fundamenta­l GAA skills,” said Tim Clifford, Firies Coiste na nÓg chairman. “It’s a family-based household game and created with this social guideline in mind.

The O’Sullivan family submitted their hurling entry and received overwhelmi­ng traction on the club’s social media.

“Paudie, Conor, Gavin and Marcus gave an industriou­s master class in their entry concentrat­ing on the small ball of GAA,” Tim continued.

“With social guidelines relaxing, their enthusiast­ic entry finally received its just reward.

“Gerard Murphy, proprietor of Vincent Murphy Sports in Castleisla­nd, kindly sponsored the winning prize [and] presented a voucher to the victorious O’Sullivan family over the weekend.”

Mr Clifford continued to sincerely thank Gerard and Gerard’s father, Vincent, for their overwhelmi­ng support and encouragem­ent of the club.

“During harsh and unpleasant times, both Vincent and Gerard have always supported the grassroots of GAA in particular new initiative­s and developmen­ts, especially within our own club.

“Without this support, we cannot strive for success.” And, finally, Tim concluded with a word of thanks to all of the families who submitted their entries, and he applauded all of their efforts.

 ??  ?? Gerard Murphy of Vincent Murphy Sports presenting the O’Sullivan family with their sponsored winning voucher and Tim Clifford, Firies CNO Chairman.
Gerard Murphy of Vincent Murphy Sports presenting the O’Sullivan family with their sponsored winning voucher and Tim Clifford, Firies CNO Chairman.

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