P.J. Fanning
Q1. Nickname: “Padgie”!!
Q2. Favourite Position: Midfield.
Q3. Club Honours: Playing with the club all the boys in my family played for and Winning cups with my team!
Q4. When and where did you first play hurling (who was your coach, friend etc.) As soon as I could walk I’m not sure who was my coach but my best friend was Alan.
Q5. Other interests or hobbies apart from Gaa? Soccer, running, rugby, Australian rules and American Football.
Q6. Heroes: Ken & Eoin McGrath and Tony Browne.
Q7. What is your Biggest Fear? Guns!!
Q8. What is your Favourite Food? Spuds, veg, croquettes and roast spuds!!
Q9. What is your Favourite Film? The Hangover.
Q10. What is your Favourite Music? Written in the stars & invincible.
Q11. What is your Favourite Holiday Destination? Barcelona in Spain.
Q12. Best sporting event Watched/Witnessed: All the hurling matches I went to.
Q13. Best Mount Sion memory? My Dad winning the county final as a manager.
Q14. What has been your greatest moment in sport? Winning the John Keane Tournament as captain!
Q15. What is your favourite Hurling ground? Croke Park & Mount Sion.
Q16. What celebrity do you think you most look like and why? Jonny Wilkinson because our hair and faces look alike.
Q17. What is your favourite subject in school? Why? P.E. because you play games.
Q18. Marooned on a desert island what could you not be without? Water, Food, enough timber to make a boat, hurley and sliothar.
Q19. Least memorable game and why? Losing to Ballyduff Upper in County Championship Quarter Final.
Q20. If you were an animal, what kind would you be? Tiger beacuase they’re fast!!
Q21. In your opinion what is the worst invention ever created? Why? Fences!! – Because you can’t go on to the field!
Q22. What is your secret skill? My secret skill is climbing trees!
Q23. If you had 3 people around for dinner, who would they be and why? Frankie Walsh, Tony Browne and Ken McGrath because they are some of the best hurlers ever!
Q24. Who is/was the funniest on your team? Why? Samuel Mathe because whenever he scores he does a dance!!
Q25. If you could go back in time, where would you go? I would go back to 1959 when we won the All Ireland.
Q26. If you could trade places with any other person for a week, famous or not famous, living or dead, real or fictional with whom would it be? Why? My Great Grandad Pat because I want to see how he is getting on up in heaven.
Q27. What rule would you change in the GAA and why? I would change the rule about steps. I would change it from 4 to 6 steps.
Q28. Who do you admire most in Mount Sion, why? I admire Ken McGrath for the effort, heart and soul he puts into his hurling.
Q29. What are your Ambitions in Life? I have one, to try my best everywhere!!
Q30. In ten years time, I hope to be ……… playing for Waterford Seniors and be captain of Mount Sion Hurlers!!