The Year in Review W-Z
W is for water break, the latest arrival to the GAA scene and a product of the COVID era and with it came the end of the Maor Foirne. The one minute break has added an interesting new dimension to the game and allows team managers an opportunity to impart some tactical advice across not always to positive it must be noted.
X is for X-ray and its more accurate modern format the MRI scan and for Lisa Burke the worst fears were confirmed. The knee injury sustained by Lisa in the Senior B championship match against Garrycastle was the horrible snapped cruciate and surgery was needed. The good news is that Ray Moran's scalpel and skill has fixed the cruciate and repaired the cartilage as well. In this winter of retirements, that has so far seen five Mayo footballers, three Kerry footballers, two Kilkenny hurlers, two Dublin footballers, two Cork hurlers several camogie players including a few Westmeath greats and two more hurlers from Westmeath hang up their boots, Retirement is not for Lisa, she has every intention of coming back and to line out for Mullingar Shamrocks. We wish Lisa the best of luck with her recovery and rehab and look forward to the day that the First Lady of Mullingar Shamrocks LGF takes the field again with the Cantona-like popped-up collar.
Y is for YouTube founded on 14 February 2005 by three former employees of PayPal and sold in November 2006 for $1.65 billion. More than 500 hours of content are uploaded on YouTube every minute and over one billion hours of content are watched every minute. Ollie Gallagher was one of those uploading content during Lockdown 1 and thanks to Ollie's generosity we were able to watch many of our great occasions from the past starting with the 1986 county final, several Leinster club championship games and some under age finals. It was great to make this connection with past games and past greats. Ollie's video of the 2000 final was especially memorable with great pre-match and post-match interviews bringing it all back home.
Z is for Zach. It is Zach not Zak and Aherne not Ahern or Ahearn or Ahearne. One for the future and one to watch in 2021 as it may be the season when he makes the breakthrough to senior football. We also have a Zak and he is on standby and waiting eagerly for a date for the Under-13 county final, the local Derby occasion with St Loman's. Zak Coyne is the young man in question and is a player of great promise.
