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M DONNELLY ALL IRELAND POC FADA FINALS 2010 Results |
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M DONNELLY ALL IRELAND POC FADA FINALS 2010
This year's Photographs can be viewed in the Photo Gallery!
All Ireland Finals report by Cóilín Duffy website
Down's Graham Clarke was King of the Mountain for the first time after claiming the overall title in the M Donnelly All-Ireland Poc Fada competition in dry but windy conditions at the Annaverna Mountain in Cooley, Co. Louth yesterday.
In the best weather conditions witnessed at the venue in many years, Clarke took honours ahead of Clare's Brendan McNamara, finishing the five kilometre course in 51 pocs.
Just half a puck separated the pair entering the final straight, but the Down Senior goalkeeper drove some spectacular shots towards the end to see him with four pucks to spare at the finish.
Photograph © Shay Larkin
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Brendan Mc Namara (Clare) pucking his way to 2nd place in this year's event |
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Ruairi Convery Drops out! |
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Ruairi Convery Drops out!
Louth’s Stephen Smyth from Pearse Og – The Louth Poc Fada Champion and 3rd runner up in the Leinster Provincial Championship will be competing on Annaverna Mountain tomorrow afternoon! Stephen represented Louth in 2006, let’s hope that on this occasion he can bring All Ireland Honours home for the Wee County! He replaces Ruairi Convery (Derry) who due to County commitments has had to withdraw from the All Ireland Final.
Photograph © Shay Larkin
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Stephen Smyth competing in 2006 |
Louth now has competitors in all three categories…
Seniors – Stephen Smyth
Camogie – Voureen Quigley and Catriona Cantwell
Boys U16 – Dónall Connolly Jr.
Hopes are high for a Louth win given that it is the 50th Anniversary of the First Poc Fada – it should be a great competition in all 3 categories!
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Jerome Quinn's Poc Fada 2010 Launch Interviews |
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anpocfada.net brings you the latest news!
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Featured Interviews from the Launch
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2010 M Donnelly Poc Fada na hÉireann
Louth & Leinster champion Voureen Quigley gives a graphic description of the course at Annaverna Mountain, Ravensdale for the 2010 event to Jerome Quinn
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"It's part of our heritage", says Donnelly, "you can imagine Setanta up there hitting the ball and running after it'.
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The 50th Anniversary of The First Poc Fada 1960 - 2010
"He must have been very conscious that not only was he the winner of the competition but more important, he was the first-ever, man or boy, to perform this feat."
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This is a "Features" compilation of pages in other sections of the website.
On the 8th of August 1960 the first Poc Fada competition took place on Annaverna Mountain, 6 boys under the age of sixteen contested the event, all hailing from the recently formed (1959) Cumann Ógra Naomh Moninne which later became known as Naomh Moninne Hurling Club. Below “An tAthair" writes about the beginnings of An Poc Fada....
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