WHAT'S ON: Host of guest speakers at GAA event in Carlow including pivotal member of Ireland Olympic's team

SETU campus in Carlow is set to host an amazing group of guest speakers at the Gaelic Games - Performance Analysis day.

The event is set to take place on Saturday the 9th of November with tickets on the event retailing for €50 (€25 for accredited GAA Analysts).

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The event will feature 6 guest speakers and they are listed as follows:

Evan Talty: 

-MSc Applied Sports Coaching from University of Limerick
-Program advisor to Setanta College

Brian Mc Clelland:

-Performance Analyst at Sport Ireland Institute, leads the performance analysis delivery for the Ireland senior women hockey team.
-2024 seen Brian work with Track Cycling at the Paralympic Games with Team Ireland winning a silver medal in the female tandem track event.

Colm Nally:

-Colm is a seasoned coach with over 20 years’ experience coaching both club and county.
-He has spent many years coaching juvenile and adult teams with his local club Newtown Blues in Drogheda.

Kevin Mc Guigan:

-Kevin has been a practicing sports performance analyst for 15 years, having graduated from UUJ in 2006 with an Undergraduate in Sport Science, and subsequently a MSc in Sports PA from IT Carlow in 2017.
-Current head of Performance Analysis with Swim Ireland, having formed part of the support team for Team Ireland swimming team at Paris 2024, headlined by 1 gold and 2 bronze medals.

Brian Fitzpatrick:

-A seasoned sports coach and analyst with over a decade of experience in the field. Since starting his coaching journey in 2009 and venturing into sports analysis in 2011, he has developed a deep expertise in athletic performance. Brian holds a First Class Honours degree in Sports Science, with a dissertation focused on the Welsh Rugby Union.
-In 2014, he worked with the Dublin Senior Hurlers and later joined London Irish in the English Premiership, as well as IQ Rugby, from 2014 to 2017. He founded BF Sports Analysis in 2017, which has since collaborated with 20% of All Ireland League clubs.

Lisa Fallon:

-Lisa Fallon, a groundbreaking football coach and UEFA Pro License holder from Dublin, made history as the first female head coach in professional men’s football in Ireland and the UK.
-Currently working alongside Arsene Wenger in the FIFA Global Development Division, she has coached Galway United, Chelsea, Cork City, London City Lionesses and had six years with Northern Ireland’s men’s national team. Lisa advocates for high-performance cultures in sports and holds key positions in organisations such as Paralympics Ireland and Sport Ireland.

More information about the event can be found by following the link HERE.