So many people ask for your background in their particular sport, if they are Sligo rovers fans, Munster rugby fans, English cricket fans or many more, but thanks to my father and many experiences in life I'm fortunate to have a background in many sports, my lack of deciding to concentrate on one possibly cost me fame for any of them, so i did not make myself exclusive to athletics, darts, gaelic football, rugby, soccer, basketball or cricket, but what i did get was an enjoyment from them all, and an appreciation of them all, a huge appreciation of them all as part of life.
A few pics from the past will show how many sports and clubs I've fallen for over the years, due to a variety of factors and I have gained so many friends from each one that I consider myself a very fortunate boy.
I have many pics that still need to be scanned in, we had no digital stuff back then except a company in Galway that went bust.
1976, an 11 year old get a national athletics award from Leinster's sponsors.
1981, a fifteen year old (white shirt, no bird) has had a coaching session with his friends and Ollie Campbell and Mike Gibson, organised from our club East Connacht.
1991. A newly married man, now 26, standing in the old paradise, I was there yesterday too, some traditions never leave ya.
1996. a 31 year old and now a dad of 2 beauts (Maggie and baby Cathy are behind the posts) scores for St. Mary's on the way to a county championship, and people wonder why Mary's is so important to me?
I am happy to try to replicate my dad's input by passing on my love of sport, it's brilliant that my gorgeous wife is the manager of the girls under 12 team, that one of the beauts (Joy) is a coach, and the other (Cathy) is a player but is also in the county community games final as a shot putter, which I was in the first picture, some traditions never end.
