Budding hurlers at St Thomas National School, Peterswell, Co. Galway were the proud winner of Supermac's training session with Galway Hurling Manager Ger Loughnane.

Hurlers from St Thomas National School, Peterswell, with Galway Senior Hurling Manager, Ger Loughnane and members of the Galway management.

Supermac's, in association with the Galway Senior Hurling Team and Copper sports, launched an in-store competition last June for all young budding GAA teams.

The prize for the winning entry was an intensive training session with Ger Loughnane and a selection of the Galway hurlers, plus €1,000 worth of Copper training equipment. John Massey of St Thomas National School and his team-mates' GAA dreams came true, when they were announced as the overall winners.

John wrote the winning entry, in which he stated. 'I never leave my hurl down and my dream is to one day wear the maroon and white jersey.' Mrs Kathleen Forde, teacher and trainer at St Thomas National School, could hardly contain the team's excitement before the training session, which she believed would be the highlight of their summer holidays.

Ger Loughnane and a selection of the Galway hurlers gave an intense training session, explaining different techniques, which finished with a friendly match. They also had the opportunity to watch the Galway hurlers train for their forthcoming matches.

There was a phenomenal amount of entries to this competition and Supermac's thanked everyone who took time to enter. Runners-up Jason Nevin of Mullagh U10s and Stephen Kelly from Castlefrench National School both received training equipment for their clubs.

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