{"id":224861,"date":"2026-01-03T08:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T08:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/224861\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T08:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T08:02:12","slug":"newcestown-hurling-boss-daniel-twomey-looking-forward-to-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/224861\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcestown hurling boss Daniel Twomey looking forward to challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">While Daniel Twomey will be the youngest manager in the 2025 Co-op SuperStores Premier SHC, he won\u2019t lack for experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The new Newcestown manager will be 36 by the time they open their championship campaign against Bride Rovers on Saturday, August 1 but, since his retirement from playing he has amassed a strong off-field portfolio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">As well as serving as a selector with the club\u2019s senior football team under Tim Buckley \u2013 helping them to win the SAFC in 2023 \u2013 he was involved in coaching St Mary\u2019s hurlers as they reached the Carbery JAHC final and also logged time with Newcestown camogie and under-age sides.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">With Niall O\u2019Sullivan having stepped down as manager after what was an encouraging year for Newcestown in the Premier SHC, Twomey was happy to take on the role.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI did a bit of coaching after I stopped playing and I enjoyed it,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWhen you stop playing, you miss it. I know you\u2019d be giving out that you\u2019re up there three nights a week or whatever, but you\u2019d miss it when you stop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThere were a few phone calls about getting involved and, in a small club, it\u2019s hard to get fellas. I\u2019m delighted to be there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Waterford native Wayne Power is remaining as coach from last year \u2013 Twomey cites his presence as a major boost \u2013 and the remainder of the ticket are natives.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4915631_3_articleinline_DENIS_20senior_203.jpg\" alt=\"Newcestown's Daniel Twomey battles against John Barry of Fr O'Neill's in the 2020 SAHC. Picture: Denis Minihane\" title=\"Newcestown's Daniel Twomey battles against John Barry of Fr O'Neill's in the 2020 SAHC. Picture: Denis Minihane\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Newcestown&#8217;s Daniel Twomey battles against John Barry of Fr O&#8217;Neill&#8217;s in the 2020 SAHC. Picture: Denis Minihane<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Conor O\u2019Donovan retains his selectorial role, ensuring a good degree of continuity, and Rick Bradfield has also come on board as a selector, so there is plenty of in-built knowledge of the squad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI\u2019ve played with a lot of them and trained a lot of them, from under-age up to this level,\u201d Twomey says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cEven last year, I wasn\u2019t a selector with the footballers but I was still on the line with them, so I obviously know all the lads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cTrying to stay injury-free is the big thing. We only have the bare 20, 22 players or whatever \u2013 if we have them, we\u2019ll be flying but you never know.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWe\u2019re lucky enough, we don\u2019t have that many fellas going away \u2013 if we did, we\u2019d be under pressure. Gear\u00f3id [O\u2019Donovan] is the only fella that\u2019s away but I think he\u2019ll be back again in the summer for us, he\u2019ll be a huge asset after the way he performed last year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">As well as Bride Rovers, Newcestown will have group games against the 2025 beaten county finalists Midleton and semi-finalists St Finbarr\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It will be a challenge, but, equally, Twomey hopes that they can make it a challenge for the sides they face, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWe thrive on it,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI don\u2019t think people like playing us either, it\u2019s not going to be an easy one when you\u2019re playing Newcestown. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWe rarely get bad beatings and I don\u2019t think that\u2019ll be happening as the lads put in so much effort.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Daniel Twomey will be the youngest manager in the 2025 Co-op SuperStores Premier SHC, he won\u2019t lack&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-224861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cork-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}