Poc Fada this weekend

Marty Morrissey, one man who won’t be competing in this weekend’s Poc Fada

It’s the August Bank Holiday weekend and that can only mean one thing – the All-Ireland Poc Fada Championship is back on Annaverna.

This year’s annual event on the Cooley Mountains gets underway on Saturday at 11.30am with six time champion Brendan Cummins of Tipperary hoping to retain his title.

As well as the mens and pairs events, ladies will also take part for a seventh year while there is also an U-16 event.

It is 10 years since Paul Dunne of Knockbridge became the first and only Louth man to win the competition.

With no Louth man in the senior event this year, if there Is to be a local winner it will likely fall to U-16 representative Shane Connolly, who has been drafted in following the withdrawal of Carlow’s Kevin McDonald, or Niamh Mackin, who will compete in the camogie competition.

The order of play for the day is as follows:

Senior – Order of Play	Comórtas Beirte – Pairs
Colm Callanan (Gaillimh) Eoin Reilly (Laoise) Graham Clarke (An Dún) Patrick McKillion (Tír Eoghain) Sean McBride (Doire) James Skehill (Gaillimh) Cillian Kiely (Uíbh Fhailí) Andrew Fahey (An Clár) Jerry Fallon (Ros Comáin) Donal Óg Cusack (Corcaigh) Stevie Brenner (Port Láirge) Brendan Cummins (Tiobraid Árann)	Cillian Kiely (Uíbh Fhailí)  Sean McBride (Doire) Jerry Fallon (Ros Comáin)  Graham Clarke (An Dún) James Skehill (Gaillimh)  Brendan Cummins (Tiobraid Árann) Donal Óg Cusack (Corcaigh) Eoin Reilly (Laoise) Andrew Fahey (An Clár) Patrick McKillion (Tír Eoghain) Stevie Brenner (Port Láirge)  Colm Callanan (Gaillimh)
U16 – Order of Play	Camogie – Order of Play
Jack Coyne (Gaillimh) Adam O Brien (Luimneach) Donal McKernan (Aontroim) Shane Connolly (Lú)	Niamh Mackin (Lú) Catriona Mc Crickard (An Dún) Martine McMahon (Luimneach) Bronagh Mone (Ard Mhacha) Catriona Daly (Gaillimh) Deirdre Colfer (Loch Gorman) Patricia Jackman (Port Láirge)