Down's Barry Coleman NAME: Barry Coleman DATE OF BIRTH: 1-10-77 HEIGHT: 6' 1" WEIGHT: 11st 7lbs CLUB: St Patricks, Portaferry COUNTY: Down NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): Primary INTO Skills 1998; 1 Down Junior Championship; 1 Ulster MHC; 1 Ulster Club MHC; 1 Down Senior Championship; 1 Down Senior League; 1 Down Minor Championship; 2 Down Minor Leagues INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: Challenge match against Westmeath, 1997 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Aidan McCloskey, Antrim FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Casement Park or Croke Park HOBBIES: Cycling, football for fun, pool FAVOURITE POSITION: Centre half back or midfield FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Joe Cooney, Galway; Sean McMahon, Clare INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My uncle Martin Coleman THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Winning my first Down Senior Championship and playing in the Ulster Club Final against Cushendal in 1996 BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Being substituted in the Down Final of 1996, this was disappointing for me as it was my first senior championship and I wanted to play well for the team OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Portaferry clubmate Jerome Trainor and Down colleague Johnny McGrattan WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: The standard of refereeing must be upgraded DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: I would like to see more effort put towards club development, especially the youth. The youth must be kept interested and provided with an incentive to play the game in order to compete with other sports DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: My uncle Martin Coleman is currently Chairman of Portaferry club, my four brothers also play for the club PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Cindy Crawford - for obvious reasons FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'ah you will, you will, you will' - Father Ted PET HATES: People who rift (burp) and don't excuse themselves - especially at dinner FAVOURITE MUSIC: Ministry of Sound, Vol 2 FAVOURITE FILM: Jerry Maguire IDEAL DATE: Cameron Diaz or Sandra Bullock HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? At this stage in life, I would not be thinking of remembrance. But I think I would like to be remembered for captaining Portaferry to their first All-Ireland Club Championship Final on St Patricks Day Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 8th January 1999 Vol 9 No 2 Tweet

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