MHC Dish From the Pitch 2013 MHC Dish From the Pitch 10

WEEK 10- July 28, 2013

OUT OF THE SCRUM AND ONTO THE SCREEN
by Jason Kirkpatrick

photo credit: Aislinn Leonard

On Sundays this season a certain figure has piqued the interest of the sidelines and
sparked many a discussion of his origins. Who is that man running around the pitch with
a camera? He’s fast, does he play? These are common questions surrounding Chris Carter. 
He’s the man wielding the camera amidst all the action on the field, and his current
project revolves around hurling in America. He hopes that his film, tentatively titled
“Over the Bar,” will capture the fun and excitement of club and traveling team play in a
way that engages others to become involved in the micro-culture of hurling.
Carter is an old MHC alum who joined up and began his hurling life at a place called
the Black Shamrock in 1996. There he met hurlers like Mike Hamby and Dave Olson, as
well as many other familiar faces from the club throughout the years.  But, as some do,
Carter moved away from Milwaukee intent on continuing the sport that he had grown to
love saying, “I have experienced in my life and witnessed in the lives of others the strong
and meaningful personal relationships that arise among members of these clubs.”   He
found a home in St. Louis, though, where he played with their club for nine years,
eventually winning the National Junior C Championship in 2004 when they played in
Boulder, Colorado.
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