2019 Antrim Senior Football Captain......

GOOD LUCK DECLAN #Saffs19

1 Minute with Antrim Football Captain:

• Name: Declan Lynch

• Club: Lámh Dhearg

• Favourite Position: Full Forward

• Favourite Pitch: Lámh Dhearg / hoping the new Casement park will be up there when its build.

• Hobbies: Watching sport and socialising

• Childhood Hero: Stevie McDonnell

• Best player you have played with: I played many underage games with Deaglan Bunting, what a talent until he got too big for his boots and moved to Celtic.

• Best Player you have played against: Mathew Fitzpatrick

• Best game you have been involved in: Antrim senior football final v St Johns/ Ulster minor football final

• Best Trainer within the current Antrim Squad: Patrick McBride

• Worst trainer: Kevin Quinn/ Fintan Burke ( only S&C they do is the side plank)

• Worst training drill: Fionntan’s electric power runs

• Best motivator within the Antrim squad: Big Stevie Beatty loves a Braveheart Speech

• Pre- match Meal: Scrambled beans and wheaten

• Any superstitions: have to wear two pairs of socks

• Favourite Song: The Coronas- Heroes and Ghosts as Gaeilge

• Favourite Film: Braveheart or Michael Collins

• Favourite Holiday Destination: Lanzarote or Lagos in Portugal

• Favourite Drink: Flat white with the Good craic gang

• Favourite Meal: My partner Áine’s mums chicken and ham pie or chicken curry.

• Best advice ever received: go that extra mile and it will be less crowded (Sean Óg from Cork)

• Biggest influence on career: My family have played a massive role in my GAA career and life as a whole but a lot of credit must go to my Cousin GF who showed me how to hand-toe the ball.

• Club Volunteers of Note: Paul aka Buke Buchanan, Sean Maguire, Big Fitzy, Shanty, Joe Finnegan legends of the club

• Song you listen to before big games: The Foggy Dew

• Most important skill: kick passing/ communicating

• Biggest strength in your game: shooting

• Area of your game you would like to improve: decision making

• Which club do you like to see do well apart from your own: St Paul’s as my partner is from that club or Ardoyne- great club with so many great people associated with it.

• Which county do you like to see do well apart from your on county: None, its either Antrim or no one.

• Advice for youngsters: concentrate and practice on the basic skills

• Young players within your club to look out for: a few to look out for- Ross Murray, Eoin Mattasa, Jack Summerskill, Mark Lowe

• Best thing about the GAA: the friendships you make along the way.