Name
Birth
Year		Year
Joined		Description of how player came to the club

Jason Kenney19722007Flounder.
John Kenney19872007 My brother Jason and I started the club.
Bill Jones19692007Met Jason and John Kenney at the 2007 St. Patricks Day Parade in Madison. Jason said he was starting a club so i gave him my email.
Tom Isenbarger19722007Met Jason and John Kenney at the 2007 St. Patrick's Day parade in Madison. I chatted with them after recognizing their hurleys and they mentioned starting a club.
Chris Lane19802007Met Jason/Johnny Kenney and Tom Isanberger at Fitchburg Days.
Ben Bares19782007My Dad saw Bill Jones pucking around in the parking lot of Miller Park prior to a Brewers Game and recognized the sport because my brother and I had played with the Milwaukee Hurling Club. He gave me Bill's contact info and told me there was a new club forming in Madison.
Alan Morris19812007Found out about it from talking to Chris Lane, we were playing soccer together.
Mike Statz19662008Gary Jacobs introduced the club to me. First practice I attended in 2008 we got shooed off U-Bay field by the UW Police for trespassing.
John Campbell19802008I googled Gaelic football Wisconsin and came across the club. I went to a practice at Demetral park and meet Bill and John Kenney and the rest is history.
Travis Schafer19752008I saw Bill & Jason hitting the ball around in the backyard from my kitchen window. Bill waved me outside & I joined the club shortly after.
Michael Stapleton19812008I was going to play hurling in Milwaukee, but a member of their club said that there was a club starting in Madison and to reach out to Jason Kenney. I came out to my first practice on a rainy day at UW Bay fields, Pat Hereley was the only one there.
Michael Leitermann19752008Saw the TV/DVD setup of a sporting event that caught my eye. Chris Lane was manning the table and we got to talking.
Pete Drury19782008Discovered the sport on a family trip to Ireland in 07'. Brother in law found the club at Fitchburg Days in 08' and started playing that summer.
Mike Naprella19752008Gary Jacobs told about the club
Stephen Cobbe19762008Chris Lane and alan told me about it
Karl Galko19812008Saw guys pucking around at Olbirch park and wanted in. Not sure who i approached first but was welcomed in right away.
Heath Moore19702009I don't know there was a club in Madison. Happened to drive by olbrich park and saw the club's first Midwest tourney going on in 2008
Marcus Kennedy19872009Alan and the others at work invited me to play.
Phil Feutz19812009Met Cobbe, Alan and Marcus through soccer.
Brian Dowling19852010marcus and alan told me about it
Ted Bach19842011Discovered the club through Adam Murphy and joined at the beginning of the 2011 season.
Jeff Wallace19782011I told Travis Schafer I was thinking about playing rugby and he said I should check out hurling, went to a winter league practice and I was hooked.
Mike Shull19832012Discovered the club through Ted Bach, and came to check out a match at the end of the 2011 season, where I ended up joining the club.
Wade Anderson19722012Stopped by the tent at Irish Fest in Milwaukee. Saw that Madison had a club. Contacted them when I got back, went to a few practices and haven't stopped.
Chris Johnson19922012Got interested in hurling after seeing it at the Irish Fair of Minnesota in August 2011. Went to 2 practices with the Twin Cities Hurling club and when I moved back to Madison for school I got in touch with the Madison club and started hurling for real.
Kyle O'Keefe19852012I saw hurling at Irish Fest in MKE and googled when I got home, Saw madison had a club and I started the next year (2012).
Derek Hayes19772012Introduced to the club by Adam Murphy
Craig Wagner19712012I know a couple of hurlers from Milwaukee and had seen it demo'd by the Emmets at the Irish Fair when I lived in the Twin Cities. When I learned at the Overture Int'l Festival that Madison had a club, I signed up and joined. I was 41 in my rookie year.
Fergal Crowley19772012Heard about it from Stephen Cobbe & other pub goers.
Andy Bean19802012Was with the Hartford Club then i moved to Madison and got in contact with Marcus and played football at James Madison Park. The got drunk at the Carabu.
Matt Daly19882013Born on the island, moved to the states at a young age and never had a chance to play hurling growing up (always wanted to). Very happy that it has become an option over time. There is no sport quite like it!
Connor Jones19972013Bill Jones is my Dad. I participated in the minor development group in the spring/summer of 2012 and in 2013 played as a sub for the adult city league and Madison tournament game. First full season was 2014.
Brady Terry19862013I was approached by Bill Jones while hitting a sliotar around at a Madison park, but didn't officially join until I was signed up for the email list at International Fest.
Brian Murphy19872013Stephen Cobbe introduced the club to me
David Dodge19822013International Fest - Alan Morris' charming smile. Couldn't resist the perfect teeth. Alan decided I'd be a good fit. Went to my first soggy practice and was hooked. The very next weekend off to Fox River with Daly driving in a packed car with Elizabeth shotgun and Mike, Luke and I packed in the back seat. Got a few solos in and never looked back.
Jake Martell19742014Craig Wagner introduced me to Hurling.
James Moser19792014I lived in Milwaukee for most of my life, and was recruited to the Milwaukee Hurling Club by a co-worker (was a member from 2006-2009). I already knew about the Hailstones when my wife and I moved to Madison a few years ago, and I resumed playing in 2014.
Matt Coppola19892015Ran into Jake Martell at my wife's family thanksgiving. Got myself pulled into the indoor league in 2015.
Max Jakel19912015I first learned about the sport at McGuinness Irish Pub in Appleton and started practicing with Fox River Hurling Club. When I moved down to Madison I contacted Madison Hurling to play.
Tim Murphy19872015Found out about the club from the website
Joel Bodilly19902015Found out about the club from the website
Gareth Kaltenberg19842015Heard of it from my college friend, Collie Bartley (exchange student from Ireland). Ran into Marcus Kennedy at Paul's Club, chatted about my trip to Kilkenny and he told me about the club.
Logan Spillner19922015I saw a video of the 2012 All Ireland Championship while living in Platteville. I looked up Hurling clubs in the area and found the Madison club, but couldn't make the drive frequently enough. I moved to Madison in 2015 and promptly emailed Craig and Bill to get started.
Paul Anderson19912015I had seen a jersey at Brocach and it looked interesting, then one day I was at a Mallards game when the club was doing an event there, someone came up to me and buddy and told us to check it out. Tried it and fell in love with the games.
Dane Wudel19872015Found out over 1 too many whiskeys with a club member
Peter Kelly19852016First interactions with the club were at the awards dinner winter 2015 and started playing indoor in January 2016. I found about the club through Brian Murphy and Eoin Wren.
Curt Harper19932016I found out about the Hurling club of madison through Marcus Kennedy while working out at crossfit big dane.
Connor Drellishak19922016When I moved to Madison from Cleveland I searched for GAA sports and sure enough Madison played football and hurling
Ross Dunford19922017I first heard of the club when I played against Madison in Naperville in 2016.
Will Jackson19872017I googled hurling in Madison
Tamas Peterson19922017Found the club through a friend on the team, I mentioned I missed playing rugby and he got me out for practice by saying 'Well, if you miss crazy sorts you should come play Hurling.'
Dave Graf19732017Was riding my bike on July 4th near Jame Madison Memorial High School, saw you all scrimmaging and checked it out. Practiced with the club the rest of the summer, hurt knee in the Midwest Tournament but came back to play the next year.
Liam Jones20012017My Dad is Bill Jones and brother is Connor Jones. I first played in the 2017 midwest tournament and the first league game I played in was as a member of team Grey in the 2018 indoor league.
Seamus Mc Vey19822017Played soccer against Kennedy and Morris and Marcus invited me out, so you have him to blame for me.
Mark Smith19932018Introduced to the club through Tamas P, first season Indoor 2018
Ben Cottrell19922018December 2017 heard about the club through Peter Kelly, received a text off Brian Murphy after the call with Peter. First interaction with the clubs was watching Blue beat Green in an indoor game on like the 3rd of Feb, best memory of the day, the breakfast after the game.
Eli Berg19932018Tamas kept harassing me to try out hurling because I grew up playing lacrosse.
Dave Grieve19862018A friend played Hurling for Indy and when I moved to Madison was told to look up the club. Emailed Bill Jones and attended first summer practice of the year.
John Hargett19922018Eli and Tamas invited me to a scrimmage at the end of the 2017 indoor season. I'm pretty sure they did it as a joke and didn't actually expect me to play. Afterwards I signed up and played my first match in summer 2018.
Colm O'Reilly19922018Alan Morris sent me a work email when he heard i was moving to Madison. "Do you play hurling?"
Andrew Gifford19942018Logan wouldnt shut up about hurling until i tried it
Michael Twohig19882018Benji Cottrell told me about the club when we "worked" together down in Brazil. When I moved to Madison he brought me along to the Madison end of season tournament and I was handed a hurley and helmet
Gerry Grehan19872018When we were moving over Colm Egan (Chicago) put me in touch with Brian Murphy.
Zach Thielen19952018David Dodge
Micheál Slattery19942019Moved from Ireland to Madison in 2019 for work, Ben Cottrell asked me "Do you hurl yourself" and brought me along to my first training session.
Matthew Fahy19872019The lads at Glanbia
Niall Pender19942019Sucky had photos of the club all over the apartment
Gearoid Coughlan19942019Relocated to Madison and started playing with the club
Zach Trzebiatowski19922019Pretty sure i found the club through divine will. First games i played in were at the 2019 twin cities tournament. got to see Domhnall run through/over 3 consecutive Milwaukee guys to start the championship game.
Liam Shannon19942019Moved to Madison & heard about the club through work - Sean Doonan & Michael Twohig told me about it.
Dan MCauliff19802017Transfer from Milwaukee Hurling Club