Fergus Finlay: Shared resilience has turned a big crisis into an opportunity

Zoom, it seems, is one of the tools of resilience. When Lakers had to switch all their work to Zoom, it was a real worry. We needn’t have worried. The team rose to the challenge magnificently.

We’re all missing Lakers desperately. The craic is always great there, high-fiving when you come in, jokes and laughter and no shortage of hugs. All that has been stopped for months. Instead, the building is quiet. There’s a lonely feel to the place.

Lakers is the club I work with in Bray. I’ve written about it before. I’m the chair of a voluntary board stuffed with great people — all of them committed to the growth of the club and determined to make sure it survives every crisis. And they’ve been through a few.