Fall hurling fundraising campaign

We will use the funds raised to order the hurling equipment needed for the Fall league, as well as to order the travel team jerseys for when we represent the Bluff City at regional tournaments. We are going to start our recruitment campaign for the Fall league in the late summer, through social media and promotional events such as festivals. We wll also have pre-season instructional sessions that will be open to the public so anyone who's interested can come out and give hurling a try.

I grew up playing hurling and Gaelic football in Ireland and am very excited to share my love of both sports with my adopted city of Memphis. Since moving here in 2012 to work for FedEx, I’ve found Memphians to be very open to new  people and experiences, and was very encouraged to see so many people signup for our inaugural Gaelic football league this Spring (we had >50 people sign up, of which around 40 were regular players).

We want to build on that success by introducing them to Ireland’s other national sport, hurling, in the Fall season. However, the costs associated with hurling (especially the equipment) are a lot higher than Gaelic football, so we need to raise some funds to achieve that goal. In addition, we need to raise funds to cover the costs of travel team jerseys as we start to represent Memphis at regional tournaments in both sports this year and beyond.