Irish switch 'the best thing I ever did', says fencing dreamer Dick 

IRISH CONNECTION: Fencer Jadryn Dick poses for a portrait during the European Games team day for Team Ireland – Krakow 2023 at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Blanchardstown. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Generations of impressionable kids have looked on agape at stars of the silver screen and wondered what it would be to emulate their movie idols. 

Childhood dreams rarely make it through to adulthood but Jadryn Dick took his fascination and ran with it.