New Waterford manager Paraic Fanning has targeted promotion from Division 1B as one of his goals for the 2019 campaign.

Fanning was installed as Waterford manager and takes over a side that were relegated from NHL 1A earlier in the year.

Even though, Fanning admitted to the Waterford News & Star that he would love to see the county take the same path as Limerick and Galway as they have won the All-Ireland titles while playing in 1B.

“Well if we can follow the same track as Limerick and Galway as being All-Ireland champions coming out of 1B then we will take that but we do want to come out of that division as well,” said Fanning.

“Definitely one of our goals is to get back up to 1A. That said, playing in Division 1B does give you certain opportunities that you wouldn’t have in 1A. The intensity wouldn’t be as high but we still want to do as well as we can in the league and that means winning as many games as possible and hopefully getting promotion and from there a quarterfinal please god a semi-final or even final after that … that’s our aim for sure.”

Tweet

Most Read Stories