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Forum on juvenile hurling and camogie in Kerry

There was a series of very interesting presentations and discussions at the forum on juvenile hurling and camogie in Kerry.  On Friday the 27th of February, the speakers and topics included people in very suitable positions to offer their considered views.  Parnells are now please to make these recordings of the interesting discussions available online.  The topics covered and speakers were :-  

The National Situation

Tommy Lanigan. Chairman of James Stephens GAA Club, Kilkenny and Chairman of the National Hurling Development Committee.

Hurling in Schools

 
John Griffin. Primary schools teacher. Current captain and most senior player of the Kerry team. Worked as a full time coach.
 

Our Hurling Clubs

 
Maurice Leahy, played hurling and football for a long time. Managed games with Kerry during its Golden years. Won a county championship with Newtownshandrum in 1976. Returned to Causeway the following year where he played and coached in their 4 in a row county championship team. Present job 26yrs as coaching officer.
 

Camogie in Kerry

 
David Doyle. An Abbeydorney man. 30yrs of age and a primary schools teacher. Has been chairman of Camogie for past 5yrs during which Camogie has grown from a single u14 team to 4 inter county teams. There has been a Kerry senior Camogie team for the past 3 yrs. and for each of these they have contested an All-Ireland final.
 

Developmental Squads

 
Ger McCarthy. Has a life lifelong involvement going back to being a Causeway player and administrator. Managed the Kerry minor hurling team for 4yrs. U21 and senior selector 1998/99 and 2000. Hurling officer since 2013.
 

Expanding the Game

 
Dermot Reen. Chairman of Tralee Parnells. Never played a game of hurling in his life.

Fixtures and Competitions

 
Mike Leahy Played Kerry minor. Abbeydorney senior and intermediate. Chairman of the North Kerry Board for the past 5 years during overseeing the streamlining of fixtures and completion of competitions on time. 
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