Driven Dungourney’s hi-tech edge to help against Fenor

The magic of modern technology has played a key factor in helping the Dungourney junior hurling panel keep tabs on each other’s extra-curricular work this year.

The east Cork side face Waterford’s Fenor in the Munster Club JHC final in Mallow tomorrow. Manager Brian Ronayne cites the addition of coach Peter Coady and fitness coach Dave Fitzmaurice as key in 2015’s run to a provincial final. The latter has instigated a group text on the mobile application WhatsApp, so every piece of physical work is recorded.

“Dave has the lads in the shape of their lives,” Ronayne says. “Physically, we were maybe of the impression before that we were fit but, if you look back, we might have been codding ourselves, we weren’t anywhere like we are now. Our hurling coach Peter Coady has brought a lot of experience, the two lads coming on board together has been a huge factor. There has been a huge level of accountability from the lads to each other. Before, they thought if you trained two or three nights a week that was enough, but now they have gym work and core work too.