Davy a hit with players from day one, says Fitzpatrick

GERRY FITZPATRICK, Waterford’s hurling trainer for the past five years, has no doubt Davy Fitzgerald’s appointment was the catalyst for the team’s steady recovery of form.

But he does agree that he took over a team which had been built up over a period of years and to which a lot of people had contributed hugely.

A lecturer in Waterford IT and a former Irish basketball coach, Fitzpatrick was associated with the college’s Fitzgibbon Cup teams in the mid-90s and previously trained Waterford for one season. His CV also includes the winning of the women’s National Cup with Wildcats.