Young footballers in the Four Masters GAA Club, Donegal Town were given a great boost recently when four County players came along to give them a training session.
The four football stars came out to take the session as part of the Senior Men’s fundraiser. The top prize was a coaching session with Donegal players Karl Lacey, Paul Durcan, Luke Keaney and Barry Dunnion for an underage team.
Local woman, Marie Gorrell was the lucky winner and she donated the session to the Under 14 girls team, which her niece Neasa Gorrell plays for. The U12 and U13 boys football teams were also given this unique opportunity.
The session consisted of the boys and girls being split into four groups with each group working with a player before rotating. The lads worked on different skills; Luke Keaney worked on shooting, Barry Dunnion on tackling, Paul Durcan on catching, and Karl Lacey on soloing.
The session was finished with two games for the boys and girls separately.
Rory O’Donnell, Senior Management team, who spearheaded the fundraising initiative, commented, “a sincere thanks must be given to the lads for taking time out to lead the excellent session. I’m sure all the young players will remember this session for many years and it will hopefully inspire them to remain focused and perhaps in the not to distant future some of them may be County footballers”.
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