Gortan60
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Hurling
In Ireland, the game of hurling sometimes resembles a ‘Last Man Standing’ scenario, whether the prize on display is just local parochial bragging rights or a national All Ireland title. It’s all about Pride. It’s an amateur game, the players do not get paid any fee and the vast majority of them do not want that to change anytime soon. The general feeling is, if money comes into the equation, the pride in their club or their parish will disappear and the game will become nothing more than a money making exercise.
These photos are from a game played towards the end of 2013, when my local club here in Ardmore took on a neighbouring club, Youghal, in a rather important match in the Munster Championship. Ahem, Youghal won.
This photo shows a seventeen year old Youghal player celebrating after scoring one of his sides goals in that match, his club-mate in the background seems to have an air of satisfaction about the score but the goalkeeper, in white, is an absolute sight to pity. The goalkeeper, who I will not name, is one of Irelands most famous goalkeepers but is coming towards the end of his career, he is in his mid-thirties now. Many of my friends think the photo perfectly captures the Old And The New element to sport. What do you think?
In Ireland, the game of hurling sometimes resembles a ‘Last Man Standing’ scenario, whether the prize on display is just local parochial bragging rights or a national All Ireland title. It’s all about Pride. It’s an amateur game, the players do not get paid any fee and the vast majority of them do not want that to change anytime soon. The general feeling is, if money comes into the equation, the pride in their club or their parish will disappear and the game will become nothing more than a money making exercise.
These photos are from a game played towards the end of 2013, when my local club here in Ardmore took on a neighbouring club, Youghal, in a rather important match in the Munster Championship. Ahem, Youghal won.
This photo shows a seventeen year old Youghal player celebrating after scoring one of his sides goals in that match, his club-mate in the background seems to have an air of satisfaction about the score but the goalkeeper, in white, is an absolute sight to pity. The goalkeeper, who I will not name, is one of Irelands most famous goalkeepers but is coming towards the end of his career, he is in his mid-thirties now. Many of my friends think the photo perfectly captures the Old And The New element to sport. What do you think?
