Lovely Hurling!

Saint_Mel

My old club, Southern Gaels, were contesting the much sought after Westmeath Junior B Hurling Championship yesterday against Turin (from Mullingar, not Italy)
so I strolled down to the pitch to have a go at snapping that.

Been about 8 years since I swung a hurl in anger so I forgot just how fast the game is and missed a load of good shots.

Having said that, if I didnt have the camera with me I would have been lining out on the full forward line according to the manager ... or worse ... umpire!

MagicMarker

Some really good shots there, well done! They don't much look like juniors.

mervifwdc

#2 is a cracking good shot!

#4 is super, but could be brightened a good bit.

#1 is good but of players backs....


Nice work!
Merv.

keps

I agree with Merv- the 2nd shot down is really good and would stand on its own as a fine sports shot.

keps

MagicMarker wrote: »

Some really good shots there, well done! They don't much look like juniors.

Juniors in GAA is a term referring to the 'quality' of the players as opposed to their age.

keps

One thing that struck me about the photos.... isn't it great to see The Prince of Wales sponsoring a GAA team:):)

IIMII

What type of lens were you using?

keps wrote: »

One thing that struck me about the photos.... isn't it great to see The Prince of Wales sponsoring a GAA team

Her majesty's forests already supply us with a good quota of ash for the hurleys too

Saint_Mel

Cheers all for the comments. Actually I think the Intermediate team are out this evening so all going well I'll try to get down to that.

All shots were taken using Canon 40D & Sigma 70-200 f2.8

keps wrote: »

One thing that struck me about the photos.... isn't it great to see The Prince of Wales sponsoring a GAA team:):)

Great club man. Sure he won an U14 Feile with the Gaels. Good man to sell a few lottos aswell

keps wrote: »

Juniors in GAA is a term referring to the 'quality' of the players as opposed to their age.

And its usually inversely proportional to the players waist size

OnLooker

Good Stuff Mel. Hurling is quite quick to cover.

Here's a few I took on Tuesday night:

Saint_Mel

Intermediates were out yesterday against Crookedwood, lost by a cricket score