Sport In Profile UK Issue 03 | Page 48

ST MARY’S GAA potential sponsors will see a potential benefit.” Challenges/Ambitions 48 ISSUE 03 “ “ “The biggest challenges for us in the future will be player recruitment and retention. In the past Wolverhampton attracted quite a few Irish lads of playing age to work or study in the area. They arrived ready to play but this is less the case now so we have to recruit from other sports and train new players up. The underage are starting to come through also but only a few from any one year will be retained as others will travel for work or university. In the next few years I would like to see us taking the Division 2 championship. It’s our premier competition. From there we could once again challenge in the division one leagues.” In the next few years I would like to see us taking the Division 2 championship.