Beem set on making most of life

CAMOGIE has a brand new fan in the US PGA champion Rich Beem.

The extrovert American watched the telecast of the All-Ireland final between Cork and Tipperary on Sunday and couldn’t believe the courage and dexterity of the combatants.

“Those women yesterday were unbelievable. Holy cow! After watching this, I’m thinking now our American footballers are just a bunch of pansies. These women just pick it up and whack the hell out of it. These girls with these sticks ... they say they break their knuckles all the time.

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