A small club with a big heart

It’s not so small that you’d miss it if you were passing through, but then you wouldn’t have much occasion to pass through.

Just to the north-west of Bandon lies Newcestown, not a big place but home to a GAA club which has enjoyed far more success than its size should suggest. Senior in football and premier intermediate in hurling, in 2012 the club won a minor A double working off a panel of 23 players.

For underage chairman Charlie Wilson, a county senior hurling medallist with Carbery in 1994, it was a journey that picked up more and more momentum as the campaign continued.