We were blessed with the weather again today for the latest edition of our annual Mini All-Ireland. Over 170 boys and girls from U10 down marched around our main pitches to the tunes of the iconic Ballidaggin pipe band, then hurled away to their hearts content, then retired to the clubhouse for a well-earned feast afterwards. All teams lined out in 'county' colours to represent Kilkenny, Cork, Galway, Tipperary, Offaly, Dublin, Kerry....and of course Wexford!

We also said farewell to long-time GPO Alan Monahan, who has moved on to 'bigger things ', but will always be a Harrier to us. Al received a presentation from Chairman Nicky Keeling. 

Thanks a million to everyone that contributed in any way to making this day such a success, including
•⁠  ⁠the Ballindaggin Pipe Band
•⁠  ⁠all the clubs who loaned us jerseys - Shelmaliers, Gusserane, St Martins, Castletown Liam Mellowes , Duffry Rovers, St Marys Maudlintown
•⁠  ⁠referees, including senior players Richie Lawlor, Richie Kehoe, Conall Clancy and Brendan Mulligan 
•⁠  ⁠all our dedicated coaches
•⁠  ⁠anyone that baked or contributed to the mountain of goodies on display in the clubhouse
•⁠  ⁠to those that directed traffic, handed out programmes or helped with the catering in the clubhouse and clean-up afterwards 
•⁠  ⁠to juvenile hurler Frankie Black for his photo and video montage
•⁠  ⁠to the parents for bringing their children out hurling all through the year
•⁠  ⁠and to the brilliant children themselves, without who these days simply could not happen

The hurling continues though - we're not finished yet! - and we'll all be back to training again next Sunday morning, while our U10 boys turn their attention to our in-house Terry Connolly Cup for the month of October.