Fitzhenry marking time as a summer of freedom awaits

TIME nor tide, ‘tis said well and often, waits for no man; neither does the treadmill, and every year, as another sporting season begins to crank up through the gears, another sporting stalwart steps off, decides enough is enough.

Fitzhenry marking time as a summer of freedom awaits

So it is this year with Wexford’s Damien Fitzhenry. In 1993, still a teenager, he made his senior debut, a National Hurling League quarter-final against Westmeath; July 11 last year, in a monsoon in Wexford Park, he played his last competitive match between the posts for the Yellowbellies, as Wexford lost a critical All-Ireland qualifier against Limerick.

At 34 years of age, three Leinster titles, two All Star awards and most precious of all, an All-Ireland from that magnificent season of 1996, sharing a place with the likes of the Rackard brothers, Nick O’Donnell, Jim English and other such true legends of the game on the all-time Wexford team chosen locally in 2002, he felt it was time to walk, no regrets.

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