Meet the Capt's of Castleknock and St Maur's
- Aug 30,2016
St Maurs and Castleknock with contest the New Ireland Assurance Junior Championship final this Wednesday night August 31st at 8.30pm in Fingallians GAA club, Swords. We spoke to team Captains Denise Covery and Eadaoinn McGuinness ahead of Wednesday’s big game.
DENISE COVERY (CASTLEKNOCK)
Q How did you come to play Gaelic football?
In 2nd class, the Castleknock GPO visited our school to recruit players for the Camogie team. I soon found out I was no good at camogie and joined the football team instead.
Q Who has influenced you the most during your club career?
My Dad
Q What has been the best and the worst moments of your club career so far?
Best: Wining Junior B Championship final, Worst: Team member Michelle’s knee injury
Q Who was your sports hero growing up?
Louise Mahony (Castleknock)
Q Who was the toughest opponent you ever faced?
Lynsey Davy (Skerries Harps)
Q What sporting event in the world would you love to attend?
NBA Finals
Q Which sports do you like watching apart from Gaelic Games, of course?
Basketball, Darts & Fencing
Q With the club championship now at the final stage, what is your club training schedule like?
Can’t tell!
Q If you could change one rule in Ladies football, what would it be?
The pick up
Q If there was a transfer market in Ladies football, which player would you like your club to sign up and why?
Cora Staunton for obvious reasons
Q What more would you like to see being done to promote women in sport, both at club and County level?
More money to be invested at grassroots level and more publicity for Ladies football
The New Ireland Assurance Junior Championship final, between Castleknock and St Maurs takes place this Wednesday August 31st, 8.30pm in Fingallians GAA club, Swords.
EADAOINN McGUINNESS (ST MAURS)
Q How did you come to play Gaelic football?
The nursery lads in St Maurs were in need of some talent all those years ago so they recruited a few of us girls as there were no girl teams at the time.
Q Who has influenced you the most during your club career?
My grandad Nick who always took interest in anything we were doing with the GAA. A shout out to my Dad for his ‘subtle’ words of encouragement from the side lines also
Q What has been the best and the worst moments of your club career so far?
Worst moment was losing the Championship Final in 2015 to Skerries Harps while the best moment was winning the Junior B championship, hopefully I will be able to update that after this year!!
Q Who was your sports hero growing up?
Ciaran Whelan (Dublin)
Q Who was the toughest opponent you ever faced?
Carla Rowe (Clann Mhuire / Dublin) she never stops going.
Q What sporting event in the world would you love to attend?
The beach volleyball in the Olympics – looks like great craic!
Q Which sports do you like watching apart from Gaelic Games, of course?
Rugby, Athletics and diving in the Olympics are also great viewing – most sports in general.
Q With the club championship now at the final stage, what is your club training schedule like?
Training twice or three times a week with challenge matches organised too
Q If you could change one rule in Ladies football, what would it be?
Maybe the sinbin rule
Q If there was a transfer market in Ladies football, which player would you like your club to sign up and why?
Carla Rowe – so I don’t have to mark her anymore!
Q What more would you like to see being done to promote women in sport, both at club and County level?
Organising Ladies games as the curtain raisers to Men’s games.