5 Minutes with………
NAME – Thomas Treacy
CLUB – Devenish
FAVOURITE POSITION – Goalkeeper
FAVOURITE PITCH – Croke Park
HOBBIES – Giving Barry Mulrone lessons on the golf course. It is always something I enjoy.
FAVOURITE GAA PLAYER – Kevin ‘King Bale’ Ferguson. Saved the club back in 05 & was lucky to grace the pitch with him for a few years.
BEST PLAYER YOU HAVE PLAYED WITH – Marty O’Brien. Very seldom his marker would’ve got the better off him.
BEST PLAYER YOU HAVE PLAYED AGAINST – Conor McManus or Bernard Brogan
BEST GAME YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN – Roscommon Qualifier game 2015.
BEST GAME YOU HAVE EVER SEEN – All Ireland Final 2011
BEST TRAINER WITHIN THE SQUAD – Anthony McGuinness. Never misses training & keeps himself in great shape. I wouldn’t be surprised if he is still playing when he is 40.
WORST TRAINER WITHIN THE SQUAD – Ruairi Doherty. Any talk of tough training & he is in the gym doing rehab work.
WORST TRAINING DRILL – Pressure squares
FAVOURITE SONG – Anything from Coldplay
FAVOURITE FILM – Shawshank Redemption
FAVOURITE HOLIDAY DESTINATION – New York
FAVOURITE DRINK – The occasional Carlsberg in Gilroy’s is hard to beat.
FAVOURITE MEAL – Steak dinner with all the trimmings.
BEST ADVICE YOU HAVE EVER RECEIVED – Don’t be coming out of your goals – Aine McCoy 2016
BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON YOUR CAREER – My Dad
CLUB VOLUNTEER OF NOTE – We have a lot of great servants but if I had to pick one I would say, Nuala McAloon.
MOST IMPORTANT SKILL IN GAA – Kicking
BIGGEST STRENGTH IN YOUR GAME – Kick outs
AREA OF THE GAME YOU WOULD LIKE TO IMPROVE ON – Speed
WHICH CLUB DO YOU LIKE TO SEE DO WELL IN FERMANAGH APART FROM YOUR OWN – Ederney
ADVICE FOR YOUNGSTERS – To always work hard on the basic skills & believe in what you are doing.
YOUNG PLAYER IN YOUR CLUB THAT WE SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR – A lot of good young players coming through thankfully but at U14 – James Campbell U16 – Odhran Flanagan
BEST THING ABOUT THE GAA – The way it brings the whole community together.
By Tom Sat 21st Oct