| Barryroe | 1-15 – 0-12 | Clonakilty |
Photos from last summer’s GAA contest in Kilbrittain Grounds. This was a hard-fought match that was very close throughout the game.
Very physical.
Barryroe prevailed at the end but both teams really leaned into it.
Last summer, happened upon some Irish road bowling. Been wanting to witness road bowling for some time, and as luck would have it, there was a practice competition last summer (2024) in Lislee, a village in the Barryroe parrish in West Cork, Ireland.
It is a very intense sport, whereby two participants throw a 28 ounce iron bowl down country roads from point to point.
As you can see, it is a very physical sport, and the spectacle draws crowds of folks wagering on the competitors. I recommend it even if I’m not quite certain what’s happening.
Several years ago, we joined Southall, a small country pool up in NE Raleigh that has a lot of wonderful folks that frequent it.
The TSA team they have is quite splendid; there aren’t many year round kids, but the program is growing, and the coaching staff does a great job emphasizing goal setting, growth, and sportsmanship. One of these days I’m going to have to write a post about how wonderful youth sport is, particularly when you know your kid is being exposed to coaches with strong positive values.
I digress, congratulations to the Seahorses for your second consecutive undefeated season. Behold scenes from yesterday’s TSA Champs.
Despite having seen Senna, Days of Glory, F1, Rush, many episodes of Drive to Survive, & the Criterion collection of the animated movie franchise, Cars, tonight was Ace’s first live motorsport experience.
Scenes from tonight’s races at Wake County Motor Speedway.
