Amazing sporting niche of my adopted village?

T Fearon · January 20, 2016, 09:35:59 PM

Yes with the appointment of Rory Best as Irish rugby captain,the little village of Poyntzpass,which I currently call home,has now produced an All Ireland winning captain,Joe Lennon,and an Irish rugby captain.Quite a feat!

seafoid · January 20, 2016, 09:39:34 PM

Quote from: T Fearon on January 20, 2016, 09:35:59 PM
Yes with the appointment of Rory Best as Irish rugby captain,the little village of Poyntzpass,which I currently call home,has now produced an All Ireland winning captain,Joe Lennon,and an Irish rugby captain.Quite a feat!

If the Irish team could abandon the box kicks and bosh bosh style for a "points pass" approach of quick and accurate offloads it would be even better

imtommygunn · January 20, 2016, 09:47:44 PM

All sounds very 32 county centric...

Orior · January 20, 2016, 11:16:28 PM

And don't forget we had a World Champion in 2013. Niall McVeigh from Poyntzpass won the 2013 Singles Title at the World Dwarf Badminton Championships in USA.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/world-beater-niall-mcveigh-honoured-29976808.html

Orior · January 20, 2016, 11:48:36 PM

Its a village son, village.

armaghniac · January 21, 2016, 12:02:53 AM

Quote from: AustinPowers on January 20, 2016, 11:20:31 PM
And the only town in Ireland with a Z?

Chapelizod?
Or like Fearon are you counting the 6 counties separately?

Tony Baloney · January 21, 2016, 12:27:33 AM

Maze(town)
Yellow Furze.

charlieTully · January 21, 2016, 08:30:57 AM

A Cheltenham winner too. Tammys hill.

armaghniac · January 21, 2016, 10:18:07 AM

and a champion WUM lives there...

Harold Disgracey · January 21, 2016, 11:38:41 AM

To be pedantic is Rory Best not from Acton?

illdecide · January 21, 2016, 11:51:36 AM

Another feat that village holds is it has the largest D**k in Ireland living there...in fact anywhere.

Orior · January 21, 2016, 04:00:24 PM

Quote from: Harold Disgracey on January 21, 2016, 11:38:41 AM
To be pedantic is Rory Best not from Acton?

Yes, he was reared closer to Acton than the Pass.

Keyser soze · January 21, 2016, 04:02:49 PM

I must say i'm amazed that you have abandoned the idyllic setting of Portadown after u waxing lyrical about the halcyon days of your youth there and the amazing cross commnuity spirit it fostered.

T Fearon · January 21, 2016, 05:45:03 PM

The community spirit in Ponytzpass is even better.Ive seen the village festooned in red white and blue buntings for July 12th and a day or two later these were replaced by the orange and White of Armagh ahead of a big game in Croke Park.

rosnarun · January 22, 2016, 12:31:55 PM

Quote from: T Fearon on January 21, 2016, 05:45:03 PM
The community spirit in Ponytzpass is even better.Ive seen the village festooned in red white and blue buntings for July 12th and a day or two later these were replaced by the orange and White of Armagh ahead of a big game in Croke Park.

That must be going back a bit