Hurling--Ireland’S Ancient National Game the Test of Time
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Inside: Allianz Cumann na mBunscol News l Photos/Stories Galore 50th Issue Spring 2013 Volume 17, Number 2 €3.00 www.thegreenandwhite.com Scaling the Heights Limerick senior footballers reach the very top as G&W reaches Limerick Stars in Action P. 9 50th issue! Interviews: John Allen Maurice Horan, & Johnny Doyle BEST COUNTY PUBLICATION The Green & White in 7-TIME Rome…and Antarctica!” NATIONAL AWARD WINNER PLUS Puzzles, Competitions and more... The Green & White Spring 2013 Spring 2013 Issue Number 50 Spring 2013 Volume 17 Number 2 Follow us on Twitter @LimerickGAAZine The Throw In If you just got your copy of The Green and White at school, then This issue you’re much too young to remember when the first issue came out. 2 The Throw In (Unless you’re the teacher!) 3 General News This is the 50th Issue of The Green and White … a story that began in 1996 and is still being told three times a year. 4 Interview with John Allen It was the best of times …. Limerick had just defeated Tipperary 5 Meet Maurice Horan 5 to be crowned champions of Munster for the second time in 3 years. 6 Sarsfield Cup And the worst of times ….. Ciarán Carey’s team lost agonisingly to 8 Code of Good Practice for Young Players Wexford in the All Ireland final of that year, and Brian Tobin had a 9 Limerick Stars in Action goal disallowed for no obvious reason. The wait for the return of the 10 Larkin Shield Liam McCarthy Cup goes on. There were no computers or interactive whiteboards in class- 12 The Limerick GAA Club Draw rooms in those days. Wi Fi was unheard of. Mobile phones were 13 Meet Johnny Doyle just becoming popular. But one thing hasn’t changed. Everybody 14 County Football Shield wanted to play in the Cumann na mBunscol leagues for their 16 1996: The birth of The G&W schools. Who knows? Maybe get picked for the Mackey Cup. The 17 The G&W Covers Primary Game was in its infancy. 1996 was the year that it was introduced. 21 The G&W on Tour! Back to The Green and White. It’s a formula that has survived 22 Hurling--Ireland’s Ancient National Game the test of time. In this issue, we look back at the Allianz Cumann 23 Are you going to the Gym? na mBunscol activities of last term and look ahead to the competi- 24 The Lundon Eye tions to come. We meet the people who make headlines, John Allen, 26 Celtic Image Shield Maurice Horan, and others. We laud the achievements of St Paul’s 28 School Photos NS, winners of the County Shield and St Nessan’s NS, Celtic Image Shield winners. We relive the Sarsfield Cup and Larkin Shield and 30 Results Page the magical finals played under lights at Páirc na nGael. But now 31 G&W Gallery we have a 36 page magazine compared to the 16 page publica- 32 Prize Crossword tion of 1996. And the pages are bigger and they’re all in full col- 33 Cartoon Corner our. The Green and White has been voted Best Schools Publication 34 Fun & Puzzles on no fewer than seven occasions. Other counties such as Kerry and Cork have seen the potential of such a magazine and are now pro- 35 In Off the Post ducing a magazine of their own. 36 The Back Door There are many people who make up a winning team. Gerry Bennis has been a crucial reason that the magazine is still in exist- ence 17 years on. The support of the Limerick Development Draw has been vital in ensuring that The Green and White has developed from its genesis in 1996. John Hayes of Pallas Printing was a constant presence until his retirement. Every club in Limerick has ensured that the magazine is distributed to schools throughout the city and county. The GDA’s who organise delivery of the magazine 21 to every corner of the county are also key members of the team. Editors: Joe Lyons and Ciarán Crowe Finally, our thanks to all who helped in any way with the Design: ConsidineDesign.com compilation of this milestone issue—including: Eamon Pelan, Declan Printing: Cube Printing Bromell, Tony Bromell, Aidan Ryan, Declan Hehir, John Mortell, Sales: 5,200 per issue Gearóid O Tuathaigh, James Lundon, Nora Ryan, Jonathan Derrin, Distribution: Gerry Bennis (061) 325077 Secretary: Mabel Mullane (061) 355057 Lisa Power, Declan Considine, Collette O’GradyMartin Kiely, Maurice Fitzgerald and Owen Sheehy. Editorial Address: Patrickswell NS, Co. Limerick E-mail: [email protected] Luimneach abú, Twitter: @LimerickGAAzine www.thegreenandwhite.com Ciarán Crowe & Joe Lyons Front cover photo of the Limerick Senior Football team, mentors and Joint Editors supporters at the summit of Ireland’s highest mountain, Carrauntoohil, supplied by Martin Kiely. 2 Spring 2013 The Green & White +++News+++News+++News+++ New officers on Limerick Féile na n Gael 2013 County Board Féile is being hosted in in charge of Féile and he Limerick from July 5th to 7th. has a mammoth task on his The Green and White would supporter of this magazine. Féile na nGael is a national hands. Watch out for the like to wish every success to Donal takes over the purse festival of Hurling, Camogie visits to schools by celebrities newly-elected County Board strings from Owen Hayes and Handball for boys and during May. Owen has Chairman Oliver Mann, who has moved to girls under 14 years of age already met with officers Treasurer Donal Morrissey spearhead the Limerick and is based on the GAA of Cumann na mBunscol to and Public Relations Officer GAA Club Draw and is club unit. Owen Hayes is plan for this exciting event. Eamon Phelan. Oliver, tasked with co-ordinating a long-time supporter of Féile na nGael in Limerick the G&W, succeeds Liam this year. We would like Lenihan in the chair, while to thank Liam, Owen and Eamon takes over from Helen for their courtesy and Helen Cross, another ardent cooperation over many years. Boil and Bite Mouthguard Following the GAA’s Annual Congress in April 2012 a new rule was enacted that made it mandatory to use a mouthguard in all Gaelic football matches and training sessions from January 1, 2013 (for all age grades up to and including minor) and They are available for Eamon and Ann Cregan at the Croke at U21 and Adult level from purchasing through the Park Museum, shortly after Eamon was January 1, 2014. following local retailers: inducted into the GAA Hall of Fame The GAA are pleased to • Supervalu announce that an agreement • Centra has been reached to • Lifestyle Keep up to date with Limerick GAA distribute GAA/GPA mouth • Elvery’s ‘If you want something Not to be outdone, guards. The product range • O’Neills done, ask a busy man’ or Ger Downes, Gavin O includes both boil and bite • Sportsworld so the saying goes. Well, Mahony and Eoin Ryan are mouth guards and custom Further information on Eamon Phelan is certainly responsible for City GAA fitted mouth guards. The boil the implementation of a busy man. The newly- news. The easiest way to and bite mouth guards are Mouthguards for clubs, elected P.R.O. has wasted access these digital now available to purchase. parents and players can no time. If you want to know publications is to go to They come in four categories be found at www.gaa.ie/ what’s happening, look no www.thegreenandwhite.com. of protection: bronze, silver, medical-and-player-welfare/ further than County Board Links to both are available gold and platinum. mouthguards/. GAA News. on our Blog Winter 2012 €3.00 Winter 2012 Issue 2 €3.00 GAA News from Other Counties Rebel Óg meets Colm Speaking of new titles, border in Kerry, Stars of the O’Neil & Pa primary school pupils in Kingdom is proving very Horgan ORLA COTTER Cork are now reading the popular with young readers. STAR INTERVIEW second issue of Rebel Óg, Kids News the GAA fanzine produced If you’re a glutton for GAA Pa Horgan by Cork footballer and news, why not Google Plus Free Taking Demo with Club News Pa Horgan and Sciath na Scol Action Prize Crossword teacher Paddy Kelly and his gaabeo daily? It’s well worth Fun Zone brother Brian. Across the a look. and a whole lot more! 3 The Green & White Spring 2013 Interview with John Allen G&W: Are there any names that readers of The Green & White should watch out for this year--players who are new to the inter-county scene, perhaps? John Allen: I suppose that one player who has impressed us a lot is Cathal King from Na Piarsaigh. He’s a musician and he’s trying to balance the two things. John Allen, manager of the Limerick Senior G&W: Well, he has a kindred spirit in yourself as you are Hurling team also a musician. Indeed, rumour has it that you played guitar in the Opera House in Cork. ball quickly and try to keep possession, it makes it difficult John Allen: I played a little music all right! Cathal was for your opponents to control the game. It’s obviously harder away on tour before Christmas but he came back in in hurling because of the smaller ball and the stick but that’s December and slotted in immediately. And, he had what you need to aim for because the speed of the game maintained a level of fitness that enabled him to do that, and the speed of players on their feet has increased so much.