MBNA Kick Fada Competition

GAA Players Urged to Break 10-Year Record at the 2011 MBNA Kick Fada

Male and Female Club Players Nationwide Urged to Compete! A challenge has been set out to GAA players from both club and county across Ireland to take part in the 2011 MBNA Kick Fada competition and break the Kick Fada distance records which now stand for a decade. Over 20 inter-county stars are expected to accept the record-breaking challenge and take part in the 2011 competition, which takes place in Bray Emmets GAA Club on Saturday, 10 September. The Kick Fada records which stand at 73m for men and 52m for women were set in 2001 by four-time MBNA Kick Fada Champion Mark Herbert from the Ballyteague GAA Club and Suzanne Hughes from Ballyboden St Endas GAA Club in Dublin. 

The MBNA Kick Fada determines who is the longest and most accurate kicker of a Gaelic football in Ireland. Competitors must kick the ball over the bar through specific competition goalposts twice the width of conventional goal sizes. 

Any GAA players interested in taking part in the 2011 MBNA Kick Fada competition can contact PJ Cunningham of Bray Emmet's GAA Club on 086 821 7631  Or go to www.brayemmets.com and become a fan on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/people/Bray-Emmets/100001032670648#!/people/Bray-Emmets/100001032670648?sk=wall. Fans can also follow the latest news from the MBNA Kick Fada competition on www.mbna.ie/kickfada.

For further information please contact:John McGuinness / Diarmaid WalshMurray Consultants01 498 0300087 6417451 / 086 3106094jmcguinness@murrayconsult.ie / dwalsh@murrayconsult.ie