Galway's Alan Kerins NAME: Alan Kerins DATE OF BIRTH: 30-3-77 HEIGHT: 5' 10" WEIGHT: 12st CLUB: Clarinbridge COUNTY: Galway NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): 3 Connacht medals senior; All-Ireland Minor, U21, Intermediate medals; All-Ireland U16 Nenagh Co-Op medals; All-Ireland Mooney U14 medal; club intermediate medal; U21 medal; minor, U16, U14, U12 medals; Connacht Colleges football medals NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): Golf competitions, Connacht Colleges, soccer medals, badminton competitions TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Willie O'Connor FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Croke Park, Thurles, Semple Stadium HOBBIES: Golf, soccer, gaelic football, squash, badminton FAVOURITE POSITION: Right wing forward MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT ON OR OFF THE PLAYING FIELD: In college for my 21st, the lads stripped me and kicked me out the front door for a couple of minutes while people were passing by FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Joe Cooney, DJ Carey, John Troy, John Connolly INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My father (Martin Kerins) THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Winning the All-Ireland Minor Final in 1994 BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing the club county final OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Fergal Healy (Galway), Padraig Walsh (Galway) WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Using TV evidence for controversial decisions, for time keeping use the buzzer system as in Aussie Rules, use TV replay for square balls and controversial umpire decisions DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Championship structure and non payment of players RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES: My father Martin is manager of the club team and an ex selector on Galway senior and minor teams, brother Mark played Galway senior and Under 21, sisters Elaine - Galway senior and minor camogie teams, Anita - Galway senior All-Ireland winning panel, Miriam - Galway Under 14 and minor camogie teams FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'You are only as good as your last game/What if?/ Next year' PET HATES:Post mortems of games FAVOURITE MUSIC: Chart music, Bruce Springsteen FAVOURITE FILM: The Shawshank Redemption WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTO: Travel the world, drink and golf PERSON LEAST WELCOME AT YOUR HOME: Everybody is welcome IDEAL DATE: Anna Kournakova HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: As part of a great Galway All-Ireland winning team Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 17th September 1999 Vol 9 No 38 Tweet

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