Flynn, Johnny
February 26, 2013The town of Lismore and indeed Lismore's Camogie enthusiasts were struck with great sadness on Wednesday morning last February 20th when the news broke that local man Johnny Flynn had passed away to his eternal rest on his way to work. Johnny was a great ambassador for camogie and will be greatly missed, especially Lismore camogie club, where he was a member for over 35 years.
Johnny was club trainer for most of these years where he trained girls from under 10 up to adult. Johnny brought many successes to the club over the years training teams to win many County finals and indeed bringing the clubs first All Ireland title in 1989 when the clubs U14 team captured the Feile Na nGael that year.
In recent years, Johnny created more history for the club when he trained the clubs senior team to capture the clubs and indeed the County's first Munster Intermediate Club title in 2010 and again in 2011, making Johnny a very proud man on both occasions. Johnny was a man who lived and breathed camogie and loved working with the girls and gave a huge amount of his time training and encouraging them to play to the best of their ability.
Even though Johnny had stepped down last year as senior trainer that didn't mean he gave up camogie. He remained on as the minor trainer and gave a ten week coaching session to the girls in the local primary school in Lismore and was always willing to give a hand with the coaching of the younger girls in the Community Centre during the winter months.
Johnny was known far and wide throughout the country in camogie circles when he traveled with his teams for challenge games and indeed with his Feile teams. Johnny was also a qualified referee where he refereed many of the County's club games, he also served on the County Board a number of years ago. Johnny will be sadly missed by all who knew him and Waterford County Board would like to express their deepest sympathy to Johnny's Family on this very sad occasion.
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Courtesy of The Waterford News & Star
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