Old rivals set to turn on the style for a worthy cause

HURLING fans are expected to turn out in huge numbers in Portlaw on Sunday evening when Waterford and Kilkenny renew rivalry in a tournament game for a very special and deserving cause.

Mossie Whelan, who was a regular on the Waterford senior hurling team between 1971 and 1982, has been struck down by the motor neuron disease, and club colleagues and friends have come together to raise funds to meet the costly medical expenses his illness is incurring.

In a glittering career Mossie won five Waterford senior hurling championships in the blue and gold of his beloved Portlaw. He won an incredible 12 league (Sargent Cup) medals, earned Railway Cup recognition with Munster, and was an All-Star replacement in 1978.