Name:
Gavin Buggy
Club:
St.Josephs Wexford
Occupation:
Shop Clerk
Other sports played and to what level?
GAA Hurling with Faythe Harriers – County Senior Hurling Champions 2001.
If you could attend any sporting event in the world what would it be?
Melbourne Cup Flemington Racecourse.
If you were throwing a party and could invite anyone in the world, dead or alive, who would you ask?
Jennifer Aniston – James Corden – AP.McCoy.
Favourite song?
'On Top Of The World' - Imagine Dragons.
First concert you went to?
Christy Moore in Dun Mhuire, Wexford.
If you weren’t playing handball, what would you be at?
Probably either still hurling with my Club or looking after an underage team.
If you could be any animal what would it be and why?
A Deer in the Wicklow Mountains, there is something mystical about them.
Name three things you would put on your “bucket” list?
Visit Scotland – Live in Portland for a Year – Own a good National Hunt Racehorse.
Are you a morning or night person?
Most definitely a night person.
What annoys you most?
Smoking – Bad language.
What is the strangest thing you have ever eaten?
Mexican.
What would be the first thing you would buy if you won the Euromillions, aside from the typical answers house/car/holiday etc?
I'd buy a big warehouse around Wexford town and build 8 40X20's and 2 60X30's.
One word to describe you?
Friendly.
What’s the best court you ever played on?
Borris, Co.Carlow.
Any odd items in your kit bag?
I always have to have a spare bottle of shampoo for Ducksy..!
Any pre-match superstitions?
No.
What’s your preferred footwear and gloves?
Mizuno Court Runners & Owen Gloves.
Who’s the biggest joker you've met in handball?
David Moloney.
Of all the players you know, who spends the most time in front of the mirror?
Michael Gregan.
Who is the best dressed Handballer you know?
Daniel Kavanagh (I know a few worst dressed as well).
Best memory in the game?
Winning the World Over 35 Singles in Portland in 2009.
What Handballers would you want (and not want) on your team in a table quiz?
Want : Catriona Casey – Ciana Ní Churraoin - Ciarán Neary.
Toughest opponent you’ve faced?
Eoin Kennedy.
Favourite shot?
Right Corner Underarm Kill.
Best game you've ever seen?
Any of the great Softball Doubles Finals with Ducksy/Downey against Sheridan/McGovern or Sheridan/O'Connor.
Best ever performance?
40x20 Intermediate Singles Semi-Final v's Owen McKenna 2008.
One to forget?
Plenty.
What is your immediate goal?
To try win a Senior Softball Doubles and hopefully see some of the girls that train with us win a Juvenile All Ireland.
How can handball improve?
Clubs and individuals themselves need to step up to the mark more at underage and not expect GAA Handball to do everything. A weekly slot on RTE Radio or TV wouldn’t do any harm to discuss the events of the previous 7 days and maybe do some features.