Hassett and Redmond tops

LIAM HASSETT and Charlie Redmond each walked off last night with €25,000 cheques from the final episode of the Guinness Hurling Bootcamp series on TV3 for their respective charities, Cystic Fibrosis Ireland and Mental Health Ireland.

Redmond emerged as the overall winner of the skills competition, while Hassett, Kerry’s winning captain in 1997, was voted the public’s number one choice.

Hassett joked that while he ‘might never play hurling in Croke Park,’ he came away with a deeper appreciation of the skills of the game. “It’s certainly not as easy as it looks,” he commented.