Waterford camogie captain Niamh Rockett is calling on Déise supporters to get behind their virtual run to Croke Park on February 27.
The players will collectively run 240km along the Waterford Greenway. All money raised will go towards senior training costs for 2021.
“We don’t ask for anything extraordinary. Training in good facilities, getting physios at training, providing for buses, providing for gear and providing for food. If we could get food after a training session that would be brilliant. We don’t get expenses and we don’t get any mileage costs. No one is asking for that, just the standard amount of stuff is all.”
She says that fundraising for basic facilities can take its toll on players. “To be honest with you, it’s very draining mentally and physically. I’m not someone that does something half hearted. I really put everything into it and I’d do anything for the girls or the management team or the county board or anyone that’s involved in Waterford camogie. It can be very frustrating. It can take away from your own game and it can take away from your own personal life when you’re answering phone calls and begging, borrowing and stealing just for standard stuff. It really consumes your life. It’s not like you just go training from 6 o’clock onwards. You’re taking phone calls during the day, you’re taking phone calls during work, you’re asking sponsors and trying to come up with new, innovative ways to try and fundraise. Speaking for all the players, if we could concentrate on playing, it would be a huge weight lifted off everyone on the team.”
Please support our Waterford camogie girls as they embark on their virtual run to Croker! https://t.co/Mb8paOmCB4 pic.twitter.com/hU45axW5ai
— Waterford Camogie (@deisecamogie) January 25, 2021
Listen back to the full interview with Niamh Rockett from Friday’s Lár Na Páirce.
https://www.spreaker.com/user/wlrfm/larnapaircejan29p1
