Mizen Rovers make their mark with ‘care for our players’ programme

Where players and success are scarce, any silverware, irrespective of it being achieved outside the white lines of action, is appreciated by those who keep Mizen Rovers GAA club on the map.

Earlier this year, the West Cork club was named the overall winner of FBD’s Community Champions for Change programme. The award is for raising awareness of farm safety among teenagers. This week, a second piece of silverware was added — the club’s juvenile branch picked up the Rebel Óg award for May.

Most clubs concerns themselves with county championship glory, so how did Mizen Rovers find themselves in the primary schools of West Cork, handing out high-vis jackets to promote farm safety?