Screaming At The Sky by Tony Griffin
Tony Griffin is a man of remarkable drive and determination, but during the course of four extraordinary, turbulent years, he was tested to the limit. This title presents the story of courage, of love and loss, and of battles won and lost both on and off the field.Tony Griffin has written a fine book,. . a charming, engaging, sometimes moving account of his life.
Griffin is no ordinary man. His book documents his hurling career, the wanderlust that drew him to Canada to study, his discovery of cycling, trying to cope with the loss of his father and much more. There is a brilliant portrait of the fragility of the mind of top-class athletes and it eloquently illustrates the battle with self-doubt that is so much a part of sport.
Tony Griffin's Screaming At The Sky: My Journey is a beautifully constructed portrait of a uniquely driven sportsperson. -- Michael Foley * Sunday Times *
A terrific book -- Denis Walsh * Sunday Times *
Tony Griffin has been a Clareman from birth, and he began his hurling career with local club Ballyea. He has been a member of Co. Clare intercounty hurling team since 2002 and, having been nominated in 2004 and 2005, was inducted into the GAA All-Star hurling team in 2006.
He founded the Tony Griffin Foundation in 2007, after the death of his father from cancer motivated him to begin a charity cycle across Canada and Ireland. Tony holds an honours degree in economics from NUI Galway and graduated on scholarship, with honours, from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia in May 2008 with a Bachelor of Science, Kinesiology. In 2008 he founded Sports Academy International with Clare footballer Tomas Madigan, a company which offers training camps and sports specific teambuilding to professional and amateur sports teams.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781848270893 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848270895 |
| Title | Screaming At The Sky |
| Author | Tony Griffin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2010-05-27 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year 2010 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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